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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

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Procurement and pricing Increasingly for global or public sector clients, procurement will have a major role in managing panels, framework agreements and tenders. Often, pricing becomes the focus of these negotiations. Pricing is one of the five considerations for procurement Do You Know what the Five Rights of Procurement are?

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The ultimate guide to solution selling

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Procurement departments are better at determining the company’s needs. Traditionally, salespeople were taught to target clients that knew what their goals were, knew that they needed to change something, and had a clear procurement process. Customers are better prepared. Refocusing away from the old criteria. Conclusion.

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

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Our target markets span large and small businesses; private, public sector and not for profit sectors; centralised and decentralised buying processes; procurement and user-led purchasing behaviour. So targeting is often more important and more challenging.