The referral arrived with a price already attached

Referral customers cost less to win and close faster. They also tend to arrive already anchored to what the account that sent them is paying.

By Steve 5 min read
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Referral is usually the channel a business is proudest of. Acquisition cost is low, the sales cycle is short, win rates are high, and the customers stay longer. So it is odd how often a referral-led business finds that its average price has quietly stopped moving: that list price rises have been absorbed everywhere except in the accounts it is most pleased to have won. The mechanism is not mysterious. A referral is a transfer of information between two buyers, and price is part of the information. What travels down…

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