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How to Win Negotiations Over Zoom
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How to Win Negotiations Over Zoom

As more people are working from home, virtual conferences, meetings, and even negotiations have become a necessity. However, Zoom and other...

How to Negotiate with Procurement
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How to Negotiate with Procurement

Procurement is an entity that tends to strike fear into the hearts of most salespeople and many executives. Interestingly enough, that’s who the...

The Right Way to Use Leverage in a Negotiation
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The Right Way to Use Leverage in a Negotiation

There’s a fundamental mindset problem with trying to gain negotiation leverage: You’re trying to take advantage of the other side or the situation at...

What’s Wrong (and What’s Right) with ‘Always Be Closing’
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What’s Wrong (and What’s Right) with ‘Always Be Closing’

What’s wrong with “always be closing”? To start, it’s pushy. You can’t approach the situation with this mentality and develop a relationship. Always...

How to Use Body Language as a Negotiation Tactic
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How to Use Body Language as a Negotiation Tactic

Negotiation isn’t always about the words you say and the way you say them. Nonverbal cues often play a crucial role in how things go when you’re...

Unwilling to Make Concessions in Negotiation?: Do This Instead
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Unwilling to Make Concessions in Negotiation?: Do This Instead

You’ve got a logjam. The other side has dug in. Your boss may want you to make this deal or maybe there’s something else motivating you to work it...

Labels vs. Questions: Unlocking ‘The Floodgates of Truth Talk’
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Labels vs. Questions: Unlocking ‘The Floodgates of Truth Talk’

Labels are the best information-gathering device out there. Bar none. This is so true that Brandon Voss of The Black Swan Group has even designated a...

How to Get Your Counterpart to Bid Against Themselves
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How to Get Your Counterpart to Bid Against Themselves

You may not think that it’s easy to get the other side to bid against themselves. But you’d be wrong. When you’re selling something, there’s a price...

What to Do If You Are Stuck in a Bad Faith Negotiation
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What to Do If You Are Stuck in a Bad Faith Negotiation

The most dangerous negotiation is the one you don’t know you’re in.

How to Use the Key to Tactical Empathy
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How to Use the Key to Tactical Empathy

Everyone who grasps the importance of that’s right is making incredible breakthroughs in their negotiations. They are killing it. And you will, too....

How To Negotiate Your Utility Bills Down
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How To Negotiate Your Utility Bills Down

Are you spending more than you need to on utilities? Almost certainly, if we’re being honest. Renegotiating your utility bills on a regular basis is...

Negotiating Everyday Bills Like a Pro
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Negotiating Everyday Bills Like a Pro

A lot of people treat customer service reps like dirt. If the last person an agent talked with wasn’t rude to them, then the caller right before them...

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