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Measure THAT
One of the secrets of the Yellow Pages was that the phone company would give you a second line when you bought a big ad.
Could you pull a Radiohead?
Radiohead, a wildly popular UK band, shocked the music world by first dumping their record label and then announcing that they planned to make their latest album, In Rainbows, available digitally with a “pay what you think it’s worth” pricing model.
The Knives Your Sales People Should Have
In December, I wrote a post titled Give Your Sales People All The Knives. While I let you draw whatever conclusions you wanted from the post, I thought I’d follow through and give you a little more detail about what I meant by the statement.
4th of the Top 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions
This is the 4th in my series of the 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions. #4 - RECRUITING The most important things to understand about consistently recruiting strong, successful salespeople are:
Motivation or manipulation?
What is the line between motivating sales staff and manipulating sales staff? How do you make sure you don't go over the line and place people under extreme pressure to achieve? Research both here and overseas shows that high performing sales people identified how important it was to their performance that they remain motivated, which they recognised can be influenced by both internal and external factors, with a sense of self satisfaction found to be the most important contributor to their motivation. Management need to act as true mentors and motivators for their staff, especially in sales call centres as this is, or can be,
Riding the Crest of a New Wave: How the Original SaaS Companies Have Gained the Upper Hand (PI Intelligence Bite)
With tier one vendors such as Ariba and SAP moving into the SaaS space, a model upon which organizations such as Source One’s reputation and business have been built, it is in effect an admission that the traditional licensing model does not work. Because of what can only be described as a monumental shift (remember the old analogy about big ships turning slowly), overall awareness and acceptance for SaaS-based or on-demand solutions is on the rise. And with it, the players who are and have already defined this new paradigm.
Why discounting is bad for business
Discounting is a short term fix with long term consequences! While there is some disparity among experts, most say that even in the current marketplace, discounting can cause long term damage to your overall business success. According to www.sm.com.au, discounting is a costly strategy for retailers. While the book called, You Can Compete, suggests that discounting will double retail sales, most data points towards a business disaster. There are several successful alternatives to discounting that are available for your business.
Global Competition, Where do I Place?
Your product is not unique. Likely there is global competition thanks to the Internet for every industry imaginable. In order to see results of your marketing efforts you must advertise globally via the Internet. Websites are becoming a predominate way to find useful information on any product or service. When focusing your marketing efforts to in whatever media advertising you choose, keep in mind the four P’s of marketing: Price, Product, Place, & Promotion.

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Price The Direct Link to Your Bottom Line
Setting the correct pricing strategy for your products and services is a great challenge. Pricing has tremendous impact on your profits, because pricing not only determines the quantity sold, but also the direct contribution to your bottom line. Following are a few key points to consider when setting prices.
Could you pull a Radiohead?
Radiohead, a wildly popular UK band, shocked the music world by first dumping their record label and then announcing that they planned to make their latest album, In Rainbows, available digitally with a “pay what you think it’s worth” pricing model.
What Should I Charge? First Understand What You’re Selling
Designers spend an inordinate and disproportionate amount of time determining pricing and fretting over it. But there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to pricing. This article helps designers figure out a pricing structure that works for them.
Selling Value - Hear Yes to These Questions
No matter what your pricing philosophy is at your company, buyers always buy based on value. Hearing yes to three quesions will allow you to build greater value in your pricing.
How to Set Prices and Discounts: a Primer
If you're having difficulty setting or structuring your pricing, this article will show you where to start. Covers basic techniques of pricing and discounting methods, and how to avoid setting your pricing well below the value you provide.

Avoid Being the Dumbest Competitor
Pricing is the tip of the profit spear. It is often said that profit is made on the buy side of the equation in wholesale distribution. That is a true statement. However, it only holds true if you are disciplined enough not to give that profit advantage away during the quoting and pricing process. The Quotation - Pricing Process "Your customer has no need for you to make a ‘fair' profit unless there is no other distributor willing to take your place." This is quite a sobering thought, but one that we should keep fresh in our minds. Pricing strategy starts by providing guidelines for your quotation process. If we do not have a vehicle, a scorecard or some methodology to determine how we are doing then we are driving through a tunnel with our lights off. Not having a formal quotation process increases our chances of becoming the

It's All About Value
Cost plus pricing, the method of pricing where a business adds on a specific amount over the cost of their products and services to give themselves a profit margin and to ensure all costs are covered. It is easy to implement and the most used method of pricing in the business world today. It is also a hugely flawed methodology
Small Business Coach - Do Your Pricing Strategies Maximize Your Profits?
Pricing strategies are often the last marketing mix tactic that most business owners consider important, but the first to get attention the moment sales decrease! Maybe you've never considered how your pricing strategies can maximize your profits. This is the first of a series of articles on using pricing strategically to maximize your marketing results. So, we'll start with some basics - here's seven pricing options you can consider when initially setting your prices.
Some Pros & Cons of Posting Your Pricing
To post pricing or not to post pricing, that is the question. With all apologies to Shakespeare for that terrible rip off of Hamlet's big angst-ridden speech, here are some of the arguments for and against posting pricing on our websites.
Are You Struggling With Your Pricing?
When you’re a heart-centered CEO you want your customers to feel like they received great value from your products and services, but you also need to put a roof over your head. I’m going to tell you right now, the only one who knows what the best model to use for your pricing is you. I’ll prove it right here and now.

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