{"podcast":{"title":"Impact Pricing","slug":"impact-pricing-802445","podcast_index_feed_id":802445,"rss_url":"https://impactpricing.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.ImpactPricing.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/5/a/b/85ab47b37a225eade55e3c100dce7605/2021_Impact_Pricing_Artwork_.png","author":"Mark Stiving, Ph.D.","episode_count":500,"summary":"The Impact Pricing Podcast will help you win more business at higher prices by teaching you about pricing and value. Once you understand how your buyers perceive the value of your product, you can build, market and sell products that win at higher prices. Pricing is really about creating, communicating and capturing value.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T20:18:37.371345+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/impact-pricing-802445"},"episode":{"title":"Why Buyers Don't Buy When They're Convinced — They Buy When They Can Predict with Todd Caponi","slug":"why-buyers-don-t-buy-when-they-re-convinced-they-buy-when-they-can-predict-with-todd-caponi","published_at":"2026-06-01T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/impact-pricing-802445/why-buyers-don-t-buy-when-they-re-convinced-they-buy-when-they-can-predict-with-todd-caponi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/impact-pricing-802445","url":"https://impactpricing.libsyn.com/why-buyers-dont-buy-when-theyre-convinced-they-buy-when-they-can-predict-with-todd-caponi","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/impactpricing/IP_Interview_with_Todd_Caponi.mp3?dest-id=997127","summary":"Todd Caponi is the author of The Transparency Sale, The Transparency Sales Leader, and The Four Levers of Negotiating. He advises revenue teams on decision science, transparency, and how buyers actually make decisions. In this episode, Todd challenges one of the biggest assumptions in business: that more information leads to better decisions. Drawing from buyer psychology and real-world sales research, he explains why buyers actively seek out negatives, why perfect pitches create skepticism, and why transparency accelerates trust. Why You Have to Check Out Today's Podcast: Discover why more information often makes buying decisions harder. Learn why buyers seek out negatives before positives and how transparency can increase trust, shorten sales cycles, and improve win rates. Master the shift from persuasion to prediction so buyers feel confident moving forward instead of getting stuck in analysis paralysis. \"We don't buy when we're convinced. We buy when we can predict.\" — Todd Caponi Topics Covered: 01:03 – Why Negotiating Pricing Feels So Unnatural. Todd shares the negotiation breakthrough that led him to embrace transparency instead of traditional sales tactics. 05:18 – Why Buyers Trust Imperfect Solutions More Than Perfect Ones. The consumer research that changed Todd's thinking—and why buyers actively seek out negatives before making decisions. 08:50 – Transparency vs. Honesty: The Difference That Changes Sales Outcomes. What transparency really means and how proactively sharing weaknesses can accelerate trust. 12:15 – The Long Game Wins the Short Game. A debate on incentives, trust, and whether transparency actually benefits individual salespeople. 15:11 – Do Buyers Make Emotional or Logical Decisions? Todd explains why feelings often drive decisions before logic…","meta_description":"Todd Caponi is the author of The Transparency Sale, The Transparency Sales Leader, and The Four Levers of Negotiating. He advises revenue teams on decisio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2039,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/impact-pricing-802445/episodes/why-buyers-don-t-buy-when-they-re-convinced-they-buy-when-they-can-predict-with-todd-caponi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/impact-pricing-802445/why-buyers-don-t-buy-when-they-re-convinced-they-buy-when-they-can-predict-with-todd-caponi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}