It’s a great time to be in sales

| Erica Summers | ,
The reports on sales are bleak. Increasing numbers of buyers avoid interacting with salespeople. Remote work makes it more challenging for sellers to get face time with customers. Selling continues to become more complex, and sellers struggle to s…

How to accelerate B2B negotiations with Give-Gets

The negotiation table is a lawless place. You never know what will happen when the first number comes out, or the counteroffer, and so on. We recently had a partner tell us the discounting in their sales team ranged from 0-90%.  Who c…

Video: Is Your Product Really a Commodity?

| Adele Mclean | , ,
Is your product a commodity? Is it really? Or, do your customers cry commodity during negotiations to get you to decrease your price? Watch the video below and listen as Adele McLean talks about how you can get out from under this tough negotiatio…

Only your prospect knows…

The Buyer-Seller Gap is getting its share of press these days. Even HBR is in on the fun, having tabulated seven daunting reasons why salespeople can’t close the deal. It gets worse: only about 55% of us make quota. I wonder if accountants are as …