Pricing
The rush job nobody paid for
When a customer asks for it by Friday and no one mentions money, something has been sold at zero, and it is rarely the cheapest thing you make.
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Growth strategy
The renewal was decided long before the renewal conversation
By the time a renewal looks doubtful, most of the deciding has already happened, and the evidence usually sits in…
Market analysis
Nobody won that deal
Losing to a competitor and losing to nothing at all look identical in the pipeline report, and they call for…
Leadership
The decision you make three times
When a settled call keeps coming back to the table, the problem is rarely indiscipline. It is usually a signal…
Growth strategy
The churn that shows up as a smaller order
Most retention dashboards count customers, not revenue, which means the largest part of what you are losing never appears as…
Market analysis
The competitor you never quote against
Most loss logs name a rival. The deals that actually got away usually never got that far, and they respond…
Pricing
The customer paying full price who costs you money
Price differences between customers are visible to everyone. Cost differences are usually invisible, and they are often the larger number.
Growth strategy
Your win rate is a capacity problem, not a persuasion problem
Most attempts to fix a poor win rate target the closing conversation. The decision that moves the number most is…
Operations
Busy and at capacity are different problems
Businesses that hire because everyone is busy often find the new person absorbed within a quarter, with the same pressure…
Market analysis
What a competitor’s pricing page actually tells you
Competitor pricing pages are read for their numbers. The numbers are usually the least informative thing on them.
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