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3 Tips for Responding to the Inevitable ‘Your Price Is Too High’ Rejection

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Your price is too high,” the prospect says. Or perhaps they tell you, “Your competitor has a much lower price.” These objections make you squirm not only because a price cut reduces your profit, but also because a concession would make it difficult, if not impossible, to provide products and services at your typical high standard.

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Future-proofing Workspaces: Top Tactics To Align CRE Choices With Business Needs

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However, when comparing total occupancy costs for smaller spaces and shorter terms, flexible workspace most often is less expensive. Traditionally, we analyze space cost on a per-square-foot basis, but flex space is priced per seat, reflecting its unique nature. Q: Flexible workspace is often dismissed as costly.

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How to Calculate Your Freelance Rate

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But even in cases with a fixed budget and no wiggle room to negotiate, you always have the choice to simply turn down an unfair rate. For example, if a client wants to increase sales, reduce expenses or improve team efficiency, ask them to attach a dollar amount to each objective. And remember, be confident in your skills.

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9 Tough (and Necessary) Lessons Entrepreneurs Must Learn

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Nancy Ganz, author, mediator and negotiator. The toughest lesson I’ve learned by being an entrepreneur is the price that is often paid for launching a startup with friends. You must be willing to sacrifice a meaningful relationship with someone you care about at the expense of building the company. Persistence of vision is key.

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2023 Financial Forecast: How to Prepare for the Year Ahead

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It’s become more difficult in the past year, however, to know what your expenses will be each month—and that makes it all the more challenging to stick to a budget. The rate of inflation, or measure of price increases, hit the highest level in more than 40 years in 2022. Expect inflation and higher interest rates to stick around.

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Get It in Writing: 5 Guidelines for Creating a Successful Freelance Contract

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It is a very good idea to discuss what that looks like and to negotiate that and push back,” he says. Establish ownership Intellectual property —or in other words, who owns what’s produced—can be a tricky negotiating point. Find freelance contract templates online Need a starting point for negotiation ?

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Annie Särnblad Wants to Teach You How to Read Facial Expressions—So You Can Get Ahead in Business

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She leads workshops at conferences, is sought after by Fortune 500 companies and has facilitated high-level negotiations. I call it the ‘no’ face because when you see it in a negotiation and somebody does this, they didn’t like that,” she says. She can also code the 10,000 muscle combinations within human expression.