The 5 basic points of negotiations that every entrepreneur needs to know to be able to manage them well…
If you’re a freelancer or you run a small business, you will already have happened to make an offer to a customer and having to negotiate and then accepting an agreement with a hint of regret, because in one way or another “would you rather get a little more”.
This little more can be translated into different aspects: from the purely economic (the price of your service or your product) to those relating to working mode (timing, travel, reimbursement of expenses …). Sometimes this is something that you have taken for granted but that the customer does not even remotely considered, and which have not even been debated in the terms of your agreement.
In some cultures the negotiation is an integral part of any business transaction, while often it is not even contemplated: many people do not involuntary negotiations for fear of seeming rude, aggressive or pretentious, only to accept the final offer as it is, at the risk of never being fully satisfied with what they got.
Your needs and those of your customers are often different, and that’s why knowing how to negotiate at the right time and in the right way can be crucial to establish a bilateral relationship can satisfy both, and therefore more likely to develop a mutual confidence and a more solid continuity, the so-called win-win agreement (where both “winning” party).Continue reading →










