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Avoiding the Top 7 Pricing Mistakes
Exposing the Costly Mistakes Other Pricing Groups Have Made...So You Don't Repeat Them
Thursday, August 31, 2017
10 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern / 7 PM CET
With few well-worn paths to follow, most established pricing groups have had to find their way through costly trial and error. Fortunately, most of their mistakes have been small and relatively easy to recover from. There are a few mistakes, however, that have set groups back months or even years. You’re going to make mistakes; there’s no getting around that. But if you can avoid the biggest mistakes that others have already made, you’re definitely rigging the game in your favor.
In this subscriber-only webinar, you’ll learn about:
- Why it’s crucial to reject others’ notions of what a pricing function does and adopt a more powerful perspective.
- How a relatively simple shift in strategic focus can help you avoid a variety of future challenges and issues.
- The strategic disconnects and tactical blunders that can undermine everything you’re trying to achieve.
- The organizational dynamics that tend to be overlooked until it’s too late to do anything about them.
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How to Hire Great Pricing People
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Revamping Sales Comp to Improve Pricing
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Using Pricing Analysis to Drive More Growth
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How to Combat Competitive Pricing Pressure
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Diagnosing Pricing Problems
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The Pricing Practitioner's Primer on B2B Sales
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The conventional wisdom around pricing strategy often fails to make clear that some of the "standard" options are extremely dangerous in B2B environments! In this on-demand webinar, learn which pricing strategies actually work...and which ones will destroy your margins.
Powerhouse Pricing Teams
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The Fundamentals of Effective Pricing Analysis
In this on-demand training webinar, we share the fundamental concepts and principles behind effective pricing analysis, expose the critical building blocks that need to be in-place, and walk through a basic pricing analysis example to pull everything together.
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How to Price New Products
In this on-demand webinar, learn about three common types of new products that pricing teams are likely to encounter, and explore the core strategies and processes for dealing with the realities associated with them. Hint: "Best practice" is not always realistic.
Survival Strategies for Raising Prices
In this on-demand training seminar, learn why some B2B companies struggle with price increases while others are able to do it with far less pain and angst. What are leading companies doing differently to execute price increases with far less risk, conflict, and uncertainty?
The Fundamentals of Price Segmentation
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Chances are, the behavior of your salespeople will ultimately determine whether your pricing strategies are effective or not. In this on-demand training seminar, learn proven approaches and strategies for getting your sales team to price and discount far more effectively.
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Given the pace of change, it’s increasingly difficult to keep track of the various pricing technologies and what they’re best used for. In this recorded training seminar, we discuss the latest trends and developments and how different types of solutions compare.
The Essence of Strategic Pricing
It's easy to fill your to-do list with all sorts of tactical pricing tasks. But if you're only focusing on those, it's hard to generate significant results. View this recorded training seminar and learn about tackling the most powerful and effective aspects of real strategic pricing.
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Breaking Out of Your Pricing "Box"
Effective pricing in B2B often requires coordination between marketing, sales, product management, and even accounting. This on-demand training session exposes how to influence the other departments that can make or break your pricing efforts.
