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On Pricing Power and Fairness

The following article is my reaction to a blog from a friend, Steve Haggett at Iron Mountain.  He responded to an article from our Patrick McCullough about some of the pricing abuses in the pharmaceutical industry. 

Does your organization struggle with discounting?

Do you think your sales team effectively sells the value that you provide to your customers? And how would you measure that, anyway?

Take Value to the Next Level

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It was a tough conversation but in the end, it was simple and quite insightful. It started with a client pushing back on price. We responded that it was going to cost us a lot to get the job done. She came back saying it was a lot of money to supp…

Wayward Sales Veteran Comes Clean

How many blog posts have you read that start with something like, “As a 20-year sales veteran, I’ve experienced …blah…blah…blah”?  It’s amusing how sellers use tenure as a crutch for complacency. It sounds reasonable though, right? Why should…