You don't have to cut profit margins just to make the sale. Discounts can be a great tool, but they're also expensive. Worse, if your customers start to wait for you to discount, they're counter-productive to your business.
Fortunately, there are lots of other tools in the sales toolbag. Here are 30 of them.
General methods
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