Article Meetings Negotiation Procurement 
5600 Blue
MARCH 8, 2018
Over ten years ago, after having spent more than 20 years a salesperson, VP sales and sales consultant, we secured our first contract to provide negotiation training for the procurement arm of a major US airline. By Procurement Magazine Let the panic set in….clearly I felt like the proverbial fox in the hen house!
Revenue Storm
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Too often, we are consumed by the constant flood of email responses, sales meetings, action items, chats, and texts. The initial negotiations were happening with procurement when we first became involved in the deal. The result effectively negotiated an increased commitment from $8M to $11M, with a progressive option to $16M.
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Mike Kunkle
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
Worse, recently, I’ve read an increasing number of articles and posts about how buying has become so convoluted and non-linear, that given that and a buyers’ market, sales process just doesn’t matter anymore. Go re-read the CSO Insights quote I used to start this article. Action Is Real Power.
Hubspot Sales
AUGUST 19, 2018
They bring in all stakeholders before negotiation starts. Are there other procurement process requirements that will require input from you? They bring in all stakeholders before negotiation starts. They get buy-in on each step before moving to the next one. They define their prospects’ decision criteria early on.
Red Star Kim
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
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. An HBR article offered a similar matrix with costs to serve vs willingness-to-pay. There are many articles on both of these topics.
Hubspot Sales
MAY 30, 2019
Stage 5 : Negotiate and Close. Each stage should define the objective, best practice activities, tools, models, and customer actions that signal readiness to advance to the next stage (for example, the customer agrees to a meeting in stage one or provides access to the executive buyer in stage two). Step 5: Negotiate and Close.
Account Management Skills
JANUARY 11, 2022
He specialises in helping agency leaders and their teams negotiate more profitably. I’ve had it on my shelf for a few years now and it becomes a reference guide for negotiating. Negotiating to become more profitable, have better relationships, increased pricing, which some agencies are not very good at. So Chris, welcome.
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