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Pick a Number–Just Make Sure It’s a BIG One

April 24, 2006 by Liz Leave a Comment

The First One to Pick a Number

HAS POWER. I found that out last night. It was exciting. Here’s what happened.

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In yesterday’s article, Job [and Client] Hunting ala Liz, I added three bits of advice I had learned about negotiating meetings. This was one.

The first one to name a number loses. To me that’s self-explanatory. If I say a number, they’re not going to go higher. If they ask, I usually answer with . . . what the work is worth, let’s talk a little more about what’s involved and what you usually pay for this kind of work.

I found out in less than 2 hours I was wrong. WAY COOL. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Customer Think, Personal Branding, Strategy/Analysis, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, Brand_YOU_and_ME, Customer Think, customer_think, job_hunting, Martin_Neumann, Mike_Sigers, negotiating, Ohad_Gliksman, personal-branding, prospecting, Tammy_Lenski

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