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Episode 364 · The B2B Revenue Executive Experience

B2B Pricing Strategy: Why Reactive Models Fail

10 Feb 2026 · 39 min

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Pricing strategy in B2B is often driven by reactive discounting, arbitrary price increases, and sales negotiation pressure rather than value-based pricing. Pascal Yammine, CEO of Zilliant and former GM of Salesforce Revenue Cloud, joins Cory Cotten-Potter to reveal how you can transition from fear-driven negotiation to a data-backed B2B pricing model that secures margins. Learn how sales alignment affects pricing outcomes, how AI-driven optimization helps organizations make smarter decisions across markets, and why pricing optimization requires total alignment between sales, finance, and…

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The B2B Revenue Executive Experience

Cory Cotten-Potter · Business · English

The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is a podcast hosted by Cory Cotten-Potter, who dedicates each episode to helping executives train their sales and marketing teams to optimize growth. Whether you’re interested in increasing margins and growing your market share, enabling your teams to compete on

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