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Just written Objections about price are rarely about price

Insight · From a book, last year

Every step you leave for the customer is a step where you lose some of them.

sales pricing

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People don't buy the cheapest option. They buy the one they can most easily justify.

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Consistency is a distribution strategy. Showing up weekly beats one perfect launch.

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