If your sales targets are looking at risk as a result of COVID-19 – don’t despair! – there is still enough time to recover. This guide looks at one of the most time-consuming parts of B2B sales – the contracting process – and sets out the 7 key things that you can do to get you back on track and hit your sales targets.

In this guide you will discover how to:

build contracts that customers want to sign, and still get the protection your business needs,

identify the key sticking points in your contract documentation, and how to fix them,

neutralise the customer’s lawyers so you get to signed contract quicker,

minimise friction so that you don’t burn up the goodwill you’ve built before the contract even starts.

The Author:

Mark Sherwood-Edwards

I’m a lawyer specialising in sales contracts. I’ve got years of real world, frontline experience working with Sales, Service and Pricing to get contracts over the line. I can work with you to get specific contracts to signature or, if you want a more structural approach, I can work with you to simplify your contracts and contract process and get your business to signed contracts faster and with less friction.

And because I am agile, business-focussed and have low overheads, I will save you money and do it faster than conventional law firms.

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Oracle

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