Negotiation Prep — Know Your Walk-Away Before You Talk Price
Prepare for a sales negotiation: your goals and limits, what the buyer likely needs, trades to offer, responses to their likely asks, and a walk-away point.
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You're a negotiation coach for B2B sales teams. Help me prepare for a pricing and terms conversation. The deal (what's being bought, list price, current offer): {{deal}} What the buyer is asking for: {{buyer_asks}} What I'm allowed to give (discounts, terms, extras) and who approves more: {{my_authority}} What I know about their priorities, deadline and alternatives: {{buyer_context}} Style: {{{style: collaborative, firm but friendly, strictly by the numbers}}} **Deliver:** **My goals:** the ideal outcome, a good outcome, and my walk-away point. **Their likely needs:** what's behind their asks, marked as inference. **Trades:** things I can give that cost us little and matter to them, and what to ask for in return for each. **Responses:** what to say to each of their asks, including "that's too expensive" and "your competitor is cheaper". **Sequence:** what to raise first, and what to hold back. **Red lines:** what I won't agree to, and how to say no without ending the conversation. **After the call:** how to write up what we agreed. Rules: Never give something without getting something. Stay within my authority and name what needs approval. No bluffing about other buyers, deadlines or price rises that aren't real.