Should salespeople respond to every RFP they receive? No. In fact, responding to every RFP could be costing you valuable sales opportunities.

In this Lee’s Lesson, Lee Salz, sales management strategist and bestselling author, explains how to qualify RFPs before investing time and resources into an RFP response.

Many salespeople approach RFPs with a “you have to be in it to win it” mindset. But RFPs can often commoditize your business, make competing providers look the same, and shift the buying decision toward price.

Lee shares 3 essential RFP qualification questions every salesperson should ask before responding:

How were we selected for inclusion in this RFP process?
Have you definitively decided to leave your current provider?
What criteria will be used to make the buying decision?

The answers can reveal whether you have a legitimate opportunity to win the business or whether the RFP is simply being used to satisfy a company policy, pressure the incumbent provider, or get lower pricing.

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You’re negotiating, making concessions, and lowering your price. But what if the person you’re negotiating with can’t even approve the deal? In this sales negotiation lesson, Lee Salz reveals one of the most costly sales negotiation mistakes: negotiating with someone who has the power to say “no,” but not the authority to say “yes.”

Before you give away another dollar, change your terms, or expand your scope, there’s one critical question you need to answer: Does this person actually have the authority to award you the business?

In this video, Lee Salz, sales management strategist and bestselling author, explains what happens when you negotiate with the wrong person, and why your carefully negotiated deal can become an even bigger negotiation when it reaches the real decision-maker.

The key lesson: Don’t spend your negotiating currency on someone who can’t award you the business.

Watch until the end to see how this common negotiation mistake can leave you with nothing left to give when the actual decision-maker enters the conversation—and what you should do instead.

What’s the biggest sales negotiation mistake you’ve seen? Share your experience in the comments.

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When a prospect says, “Your price is too high,” the natural reaction is to lower the price. But what if the real problem isn’t your price. It’s your belief in it?

In this Lee’s Lesson, Lee Salz explains how your confidence in your pricing directly impacts your ability to overcome price objections, communicate value, and close more sales. If you don’t believe your solution is worth the price you’re asking, your prospect will sense that hesitation too.

Learn how to handle price objections, sell value instead of discounting, strengthen your sales confidence, and win more deals at the prices you want.

Lee Salz is a sales management strategist and bestselling author of the Sales Differentiation book trilogy, helping sales professionals differentiate what and how they sell to win more deals.

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Are your prospects ignoring your emails and refusing to return your calls? You're not alone.

In this episode of Lee's Lessons, sales management strategist and best-selling author Lee Salz explains why prospects "ghost" salespeople and why blaming it on a busy schedule can be a costly mistake.

Many sales professionals assume that a lack of response means a prospect is overwhelmed with work. However, the real issue is often much simpler: your solution isn't one of their top priorities.

In this video, you'll learn:

* Why prospects stop responding
* The real meaning behind sales ghosting
* How to identify urgency during the sales process
* Why having a problem doesn't automatically create urgency
* How to align your solution with a prospect's priorities
* Practical strategies to improve your sales follow-up process

If you want to close more deals, improve your sales conversations, and stop losing opportunities to unresponsive prospects, this video is for you.

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Have you ever been working on a sales deal that seemed to be going perfectly? Only for the prospect to suddenly reduce the scope, delay the project, put everything on hold, or completely ghost you?

Instead of making assumptions about what went wrong, there's a smarter way to get clarity.

In this video, bestselling sales author and sales management strategist Lee Salz shares his powerful "I'm Confused" email strategy. A simple yet highly effective sales follow-up technique that encourages prospects to explain what's changed. This approach helps sales professionals uncover the real reason behind stalled deals, strengthen relationships, and improve future sales conversations.

Whether you're in B2B sales, business development, consulting, SaaS, account management, or entrepreneurship, this practical strategy can help you handle ghosting prospects professionally and increase your chances of winning more deals.

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Tired of chasing trade show leads that never respond? There's a better way.

In this video, sales management strategist and bestselling author Lee Salz shares a simple yet powerful trade show follow up strategy that helps sales professionals book more meetings and stop wasting time chasing cold leads.

Instead of collecting business cards and hoping prospects reply later, you'll learn how to schedule your next meeting while you're still having the conversation. This small change can dramatically increase your follow up success and build a stronger sales pipeline.

Whether you're attending trade shows, networking events, conferences, or expos, these sales tips will help you turn conversations into qualified meetings and more closed deals.

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Why do so many salespeople lose deals by trying to educate instead of engage?

In this episode of Lee's Lessons, sales management strategist and best-selling author Lee Salz explains why lecturing prospects creates resistance, and how top-performing sales professionals use the Epiphany Question Strategy to help buyers reach important conclusions on their own.

Instead of telling prospects what they should do, discover how asking the right sequence of questions can create powerful moments of realization that build urgency, ownership, and trust.

Whether you're in B2B sales, account management, consulting, or business development, this strategy will help you have more effective conversations and win more business.

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Unlock More Sales by Asking Better Questions | Lee Salz Sales Advice

What is the best sales advice you've ever received? In this video, sales management strategist and best-selling author Lee Salz shares the one mindset that helped transform his career, and can help you close more deals, build stronger relationships, and create opportunities you never expected.

Through a powerful personal story about landing his first book publishing deal, Lee explains why successful sales professionals never stop asking questions. Curiosity opens doors, builds trust, and creates opportunities that others miss.

📘 Learn more from Lee Salz’s bestselling book:
The First Meeting Differentiator. Available now on Amazon

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Why do elite sales professionals consistently outperform their competitors?

The answer often comes down to one critical discipline: deal qualification.

In this sales leadership lesson, Lee Saul explores a principle followed by top-performing salespeople worldwide: "If you're going to lose, lose early."

Too many sales professionals spend months pursuing opportunities they were never positioned to win. The most successful sellers take a different approach. They rigorously qualify prospects, identify poor-fit opportunities early, and invest their time where it generates the greatest return.

📘 Learn more from Lee Salz’s bestselling book:
The First Meeting Differentiator. Available now on Amazon

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Whether you're a sales leader, business owner, account executive, or sales professional looking to improve win rates, this lesson provides practical insights for building a stronger pipeline and closing more profitable business.

Learn why world-class salespeople don't just pursue opportunities. They qualify them.