presents American Management Association Seminars
Strategic Sales Negotiations
Seminar No: 05535 -XNBB
CEU Credits: 1.2
Length: 2 days
Today’s purchasers are more attuned to the "real value" of what they’re buying. Influence them and improve your profits.
Regain the seller's advantage over today's more sophisticated purchaser. Learn the tools, techniques and savvy negotiating tactics that enable you to influence your buyer's perception of cost, value and benefits. Close the sale by maintaining a flexible position that successfully counters your buyer's negotiating moves.
Attendees:
Sales professionals, sales managers, account executives, contract negotiators and anyone involved in the negotiating process. Note: Minimum sales experience is necessary.
How You Will Benefit:
- Improve sales margins and closing ratios
- Influence how customers view your product's costs, benefits and value to them
- Anticipate buyer behavior and turn it into an advantage
- Establish your credibility with the buyer
- Develop confidence-building skills that maintain your control of negotiations
- Be ready to justify your price when meeting price specifications
- Use creative advantages to counter competitive offers
What You Will Cover:
- Differentiating between selling and negotiating
- Using powerful sales negotiating/planning tools
- Addressing aggressive buyer demands face-to-face
- Developing stronger client relationships through win-win negotiations
- Creating a motivational climate for your buyer
- Identifying your settlement range
Extended/Detailed Seminar Outline
Learning Objectives
- Improve Sales Margins and Closing Ratios
- Focus on Selling Value and Not Price
- Anticipate the Buyer’s Ploys, Tactics, and Countertactics
- Establish Your Credibility with the Buyer
- Develop Confidence-building Skills That Maintain Your Control of Negotiations
- Be Ready to Justify Your Price When Meeting Price Specifications
- Use Creative Advantages to Counter Competitive Offers
Role of the Professional Salesperson
- Understand the Difference between Manipulative Selling and Consultative Selling
- Be Aware of Key Sales Responsibilities of Professional Salespeople
Role of the Buyer Defined
- View the Sales Negotiation Process More Objectively from the Customer’s Viewpoint
- Understand the Concept of Selling Profitable Deals More Fully
- Have a Better Understanding of Their Ability to Analyze the Financial Aspects of a Deal
- Be More Aware of Their Perceptions of the Sales Negotiation Process
- Have a Stronger Foundation for Selling to a Sophisticated Buyer
- Be Familiar with Common Ploys and Countermeasures Used in Sales Negotiations
Role of the Professional Salesperson Redefined
- Have a Greater Understanding of a Typical Buyer’s Motivation in Most Situations
- Be More Capable of Differentiating Themselves from Their Competition
- Be More Aware of the Consultative Sales Processes
- Understand the Difference between Selling and Negotiating
- Understand the Importance of Selling First, Negotiating Last
- Be Able to Handle Premature Negotiation Pressure from the Buyer
- Know When and When Not to Negotiate
The Sales Negotiation Process
- Have Experience in Identifying Elements of an Offering
- Understand How to Identify Negotiating Chips
- Be Able to Assess and Define Their Negotiating Authority
- Understand How to Create Value Which Offsets the Need to Make Concessions
- Understand the Value of Maneuvering Room, Concession Planning, and Planning
Using Powerful Sales Negotiation Planning Tools
- Understand the Process of Establishing Settlement Ranges in Advance
- Understand the Concept of Planning for Concessions
- Be Familiar with the Sales Negotiation Planning Instrument
- Be Familiar with a Format for Providing Feedback on the Sales Negotiation Process
A Sales Negotiation Exercise
- Have Practical Experience in Developing Settlement Ranges
- Have Practical Experience in Identifying Negotiating Chips
- Have Practical Experience in Planning Concessions
- Have Practical Experience in Completing the Sales Negotiation Planner
- Recognize the Importance of Planning
- Be Able to Evaluate the Sales Negotiation Process More Fully
Win-Win Sales Negotiations
- Be Able to Determine If a Sales Negotiation Was a Winner for Both Sides
- Be Aware of Many Critical Mistakes to Avoid in Sales Negotiations
- Understand the Importance of Following through after the Negotiation Is Completed
- Have a Better Understanding of Their Own Effectiveness in Sales Negotiations
- Understand How to Develop a Plan to Improve Their Sales Negotiation Effectiveness
Power and Position in Sales Negotiations
- Know How to Evaluate Relative Strategic Positions of the Parties to a Sales Negotiation
- Understand Fundamental Strategies for Various Power Positions
- Be Aware of Different Sources of Real and Perceived Power
Increasing Your Personal Power in Sales Negotiations
- Be Able to Identify the Four Primary Negotiating Styles
- Understand the Primary Goals and Fears Which Motivate Each of the Four Styles
- Be Able to Apply Basic Strategies to Favorably Influence Each of the Four Styles
- Be More Effective in Persuading Buyers Who Are Different from Themselves
Case Study: Negotiating a Mutually Profitable Win-Win Sale
- Have a Greater Appreciation for the Importance of Internal Negotiations
- Have Additional Experience in Developing Settlement Ranges
- Have Additional Experience in Identifying Negotiating Chips
- Have Additional Experience in Planning Concessions
- Have Additional Experience in Completing the Sales Negotiation Planner
- Be More Effective in Sales Negotiation Planning
- Be Able to Influence Buyer Behavior More Purposefully
- Be Able to Evaluate Their Personal Performance More Fully
Tips for Achieving Success as a Sales Negotiator
- Be More Aware of Key Elements Which Lead to Success in Sales Negotiations
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