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6 Quoting Problems Nobody Talks About Until They Cost You a Deal

6 Quoting Problems Nobody Talks About Until They Cost You a Deal

The lost deals you know about aren't the ones that hurt most. A competitor undercuts you on price. A customer goes dark. A deal sits in the pipeline...

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8 Questions That Surface Where Your Quotes Are Losing Money

8 Questions That Surface Where Your Quotes Are Losing Money

A manufacturer's VP of Sales once described their situation this way: "Our margins are exposed to the entire sales team, every quote." He didn't mean...

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What Happens to a Deal After the Rep Sends the Quote

What Happens to a Deal After the Rep Sends the Quote

A rep spends four hours building a quote. The customer signs. Then somebody re-keys the order into the ERP by hand, the freight line gets adjusted,...

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How Manufacturers Stop Sales Reps from Setting Their Own Margins

How Manufacturers Stop Sales Reps from Setting Their Own Margins

A VP of Sales at a mid-size manufacturer described their quoting situation this way: "There's no real list price, and every rep picks the margin they...

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How Manufacturers Are Quietly Recovering 30% Margin Without Hiring Anyone

How Manufacturers Are Quietly Recovering 30% Margin Without Hiring Anyone

A sales rep closes a deal. The margin looks fine on the quote. But by the time the order ships, margin has eroded — a discount approved in a text...

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Why Reps Give Ballpark Prices (And What You Should Fix Instead)

Reps don't give ballpark prices because they're lazy. They do it because getting an accurate quote takes too long. Here's what to fix instead. "Can...

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