{"id":13148,"date":"2022-08-31T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T07:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandler.dsstaging2.com\/case-study\/how-to-succeed-at-knowing-when-to-use-an-upfront-contract\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:17:50","slug":"how-to-succeed-at-knowing-when-to-use-an-upfront-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandler.com\/podcasts\/how-to-succeed-at-knowing-when-to-use-an-upfront-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Succeed at Knowing When to Use an Upfront Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Upfront contracts are used in Sandler training to describe <a href=\"\/blog\/handling-the-best-and-final-offer-gambit\/\">mutual agreements<\/a> between buyers and sellers about what will happen next. They are verbal agreements about anything from the agenda for the meeting to the next steps in the <a href=\"\/blog\/sandler-selling-system-aligned-buyers-journey\/\">buyer&#8217;s journey<\/a>. 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