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Selling: Building Partnerships, 8E remains the most innovative textbook in the Selling course area today with its unique role plays and partnering skills which are critical skills for all business people.

The authors emphasize throughout the text the need for salespeople to be flexible–to adapt their strategies to customer needs, buyer social styles, and relationship needs and strategies. This is followed by a complete discussion of how effective selling and career growth are achieved through planning and continual learning.

This market-leading text has been updated to continue its relevance in the Selling market today just as it was twenty years ago.

Book Details:

Hardcover: 576 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 8 Edition (November 17, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Stephen Castleberry and John Tanner

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Selling: Building Partnerships, 8E remains the most innovative textbook in the Selling course area today with its unique role plays and partnering skills which are critical skills for all business people.

The authors emphasize throughout the text the need for salespeople to be flexible–to adapt their strategies to customer needs, buyer social styles, and relationship needs and strategies. This is followed by a complete discussion of how effective selling and career growth are achieved through planning and continual learning.

This market-leading text has been updated to continue its relevance in the Selling market today just as it was twenty years ago.

Book Details:

Hardcover: 576 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 8th Edition (November 17, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Stephen Castleberry and John Tanner

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Don’t just get your message out. ROAR it out!

In this captivating parable, you’ll follow Ryan Miller, an executive struggling with reduced sales in a challenging economy. Ryan is mentored by his old Livingston, New Jersey high school friend, Lenny Bernstein, now a Hasidic Jew in Brooklyn having great success in his packaging business. Over a series of lunches around New York City, Lenny shares the key insights that have driven his sales through the roof, while allowing him to run his business efficiently-and still have plenty of time for family. Lenny explains the simple mnemonic R-O-A-R

• Recognize the four types of buyers
• Observe from the buyer’s perspective, and adapt your message
• Acknowledge the buyer’s special wants and needs
• Resolve the buyer’s issues

Book Details:

Hardcover: 211 pages

Publisher: Wiley; 1st Edition (April 19, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Kevin Daum (Author) and Daniel A. Turner (Contributor)

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Having trouble closing your deals?
Hitting a frustrating plateau with your sales numbers?
Feel that upselling is a lost cause?

Let sales guru Stephan Schiffman drive your sales pitches up a notch with his tried-and-true techniques-and get results immediately! Stephan Schiffman’s Sales Essentials includes time-tested tips on:

* Mastering the cold call
* Using e-mail as a selling tool
* Raising the steaks to “up” your next buy
* Closing the deal-every time!

Plus! You’ll also find 50 surefire questions to ask to make deal after deal, year after year. Packed with insider information you need to beat the competition, you can’t afford not to read Stephan Schiffman’s Sales Essentials!

Book Details:

Paperback: 416 pages

Publisher: Adams Media (January 1, 2008)

Language: English

Author: Stephan Schiffman

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Hold the line on price in every transaction— from the leading expert on Value-Added Selling!

These days it seems like we’re always in a buyer’s market. But even at a time when the word value is used interchangeably with cheap and the Internet is a bargain hunter’s paradise, there are ways for sales professionals to regain the upper hand.

In Crush Price Objections, Tom Reilly, bestselling author of Value-Added Selling, teaches field-tested tactics for engaging price shoppers and holding the line on declining profits. It provides tips and tactics for:

• Developing a price-objection counterattack before you meet with buyers
• Using questions and compelling presentations to move the conversation away from the subject of price
• Destroying price objections if they surface
• Understanding why and when to raise your prices
• Creating winning bids—on paper and online

Crush Price Objections offers you the tactical support you need to focus specifically on price resistance in order to attain maximum profit in the most challenging circumstances. Let Tom Reilly show you how to stop haggling—and start closing!

Book Details:

Paperback: 192 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (January 25, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Tom Reilly

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Now you can join the hundreds of thousands of salespeople who have followed Stephen Schiffman’s advice and watch your performance soar. Schiffman lets you in on the industry’s best-kept secrets. Learn how to:

• Convert leads to sales
• Motivate yourself and motivate others
• Give killer presentations
• Keep your sense of humor

This new edition includes:

• New examples using the latest advances in sales presentation technology
• Up-to-date cases of these successful habits in action
• Five bonus habits showing readers how to overcome mistakes, set sales timetables, and reexamine processes to shore up weaknesses

If you’re a salesperson looking to succeed, this is the book for you!

Book Details:

Paperback: 128 pages

Publisher: Adams Media; 3 edition (June 1, 2008)

Language: English

Author: Stephan Schiffman

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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The Psychology of Sales Success explains the three psychological dynamics that drive the sales process: understanding success, understanding your customer, and understanding yourself. Featuring wisdom from leading psychologists, psychiatrists, business school professors, successful authors, and talented sales professionals, this prescriptive guide gives you action steps for getting inside the heads of your customers and balancing that knowledge with your own behavior to achieve increased sales. You’ll discover how to:

• Master the thinking habits of successful sales professionals and harness their powers of concentration
• Handle customer anger, procrastination, and rejection
• Make confrontations work to your advantage
• Double your listening abilities in just minutes-and become a better sales person as a result
• Lower your anxieties, reduce stress, and boost your confidence

Book Details:

Hardcover: 224 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st Edition (February 26, 2007)

Language: English

Author: Gerhard Gschwandtner

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Create new markets for your innovative offering using the field-proven Maverick Method!

Developing an innovative product that breaks all the rules of the market is the first step to success in today’s economy. Now, how do you get it organizations to purchase it? Selling in a New Market Space reveals the sales secrets of the companies that have taken their “disruptive innovation” offerings to the greatest heights.

What you need for ultimate success is a team of Maverick Sellers–people who use sales techniques that are as innovative as the product they’re selling. This new type of salesperson understands that conventional methods serve only to doom new innovations to failure. Selling in a New Market Space explains how to build highly successful sales teams that create markets from scratch by:

• Articulating a compelling vision for the future
• Pinpointing your target market
• Controlling the decision making process
• Exposing exactly how large organizations make product selections

Book Details:

Hardcover: 256 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 18, 2009)

Language: English

Editor: Brian C. Burns and Tom U. Snyder

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Sales and marketing is a fast-paced environment, and there is never enough time to write good letters–letters that will communicate, convince, and close. Sales & Pitch Letters for Busy People will help salespeople at every level save time and avoid having to produce sales and pitch letters from scratch.

Sales & Pitch Letters for Busy People is a handy, quick-reference guide that not only tells you how to write virtually any kind of sales pitch letter, but includes a wide range of samples that you can easily and quickly adapt and use right now.

Book Details:

Paperback: 288 pages

Publisher: Career Press (August 2007)

Language: English

Editor: George Sheldon

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Learn to speak persuasively, enthuse your audience, and sell with confidence with Essential Managers: Selling. This book offers master tips and techniques for successful selling.

Book Details:

Paperback: 72 pages

Publisher: DK Publishing (February 2, 2009)

Language: English

Author: Eric Baron

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Sales Guru Stephan Schiffman shows you how to give your presentation the ultimate “wow” factor. In a business world moving at the speed of Blackberries and Bluetooth, Sales Presentation Techniques teaches you how to get and keep your audience’s attention. You will be ready to tackle the toughest boardrooms and conference halls after learning . . .

• The dos and don’ts of PowerPoint
• How to properly prepare the day of your presentation
• Strategic differences between presenting to an individual versus a group
• The correct way to handle distractions
• How to maintain and grow client relations
• And much more

Regarded as America’s #1 Salesperson, Schiffman promises to make your presentations sharper and more effective. Thereby making your sales-and commissions-much greater.

Book Details:

Paperback: 160 pages

Publisher: Adams Media (July 3, 2007)

Language: English

Author: Stephan Schiffman

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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ROI Selling works within a company’s existing sales methods to increase the effectiveness and production of their sales force.

Current economic conditions are forcing everyone from large corporations to smaller privately held companies to maximize their revenue streams from new and existing customers. To be successful, firms today must outsell their competition and exceed customer expectations-thus creating long-term satisfaction and loyalty.

Book Details:

Paperback: 336 pages

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; Original edition (September 1, 2004)

Language: English

Author: Michael Nick and Kurt Koenig

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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When it comes to sales presentations, every word counts—but who has the time to craft perfect presentations all the time?

You do—when you have Perfect Phrases for Sales Presentations. This go-to guide is exactly what you need to streamline this critical process. With hundreds of ready-to-use, time-saving phrases for delivering a winning sales presentation, this concise guide provides the ideal language for:

• Making a great fi rst impression
• Finding and cultivating prospective clients
• Grabbing and holding your customer’s attention
• Establishing your product’s value
• Getting commitment—and closing the deal

Book Details:

Paperback: 208 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 11, 2009)

Language: English

Author: Linda Eve Diamond

Category: Business Books, Sales Books, Business Writing Books

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Winning Sales Letters—From Prospect to Close teaches you how to:

• Strategize your messages for every stage of the selling process
• Command attention and motivate your clients
• Put your best self in every note
• Create engaging approaches for letters, e-mails, and text messages
• Avoid the mistakes that sabotage great communication

Book Details:

Paperback: 240 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (July 20, 2009)

Language: English

Author: Ralph Allora

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Selling – Powerful New Strategies for Sales Success explores the cutting edge of persuasive selling. This book isn’t for salespeople stuck in tradition, but those who embrace the new, and implement the strategies that will make them the superstars of tomorrow.

Unlike traditional sales books, you won’t find canned closes or regurgitated and repackaged advice. You’ll learn:

- How to buy back the sale

- Group strategies for mass influence

- The brutal truth about Value Driven Selling

- Sales Management secrets of today’s Top Sales Managers

Book Details:

Hardcover: 225 pages

Publisher: Network 3000 Publishing (October 26, 2007)

Language: English

Author: Kevin Hogan, Dave Lakhani, Gary May, Eliot Hoppe, Mollie Marti and Larry Kevin Adams

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Sales promotion is one of the most powerful weapons available to sales and marketing staff, and is used more than any other type of marketing- because it works. Almost 60% of sonsumers regularly take advantage of some form of sales promotion each month.

Packed with practical examples as well as new and updated case studies, the fifth edition details new developments in sales promotion, exploring the ways in which it can be used in conjunction with new media such as interactive TV, web-based advertising and mobile marketing.

Sale Promotion also highlights the tried and tested mnethods that companies use to stay ahead, revealing the winning offers that gain new customers and keep existing ones happy. Topics covered include: sales promotion and the customer; the purpose of sales promotion; what sales promotion can do; how to use different techniques, including joint promotions and of-the-shelf offers; how to be creativem how to use suppliers, how to implement a promotion; marketing accountability and research and international sales promotions.

Book Details:

Paperback: 280 pages

Publisher: Kogan Page; Fifth Edition edition (May 28, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Roddy Mullin

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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Selling for the Long Run provides the key principles for acquiring and maintaining satisfied, repeat-buying customers. How is this achieved? One word: relationships. At first glance, the answer seems simple—but is any relationship simple?

Wendy Reed, CEO of the global sales training firm InfoMentis, helps you make the transformation from an average salesperson who simply presents products to a great salesperson who serves as a collaborative partner with the customer. It’s the best sales approach for good economic times, and it’s the only one that works when times are tough.

Book Details:

Hardcover: 256 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (October 20, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Wendy Foegen Reed

Category: Business Books, Sales Books

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If You Understand Brain Basics, You’ll Sell More

As much as 95% of our decisions are made by the subconscious mind. As a result, the world’s largest and most sophisticated companies are applying the latest advances in neuroscience to create brands, products, package designs, marketing campaigns, store environments, and much more, that are designed to appeal directly and powerfully to our brains.

The Buying Brain offers an in-depth exploration of how cutting-edge neuroscience is having an impact on how we make, buy, sell, and enjoy everything, and also probes deeper questions on how this new knowledge can enhance customers’ lives. The Buying Brain gives you the key to
• Brain-friendly product concepts, design, prototypes, and formulation
• Highly effective packaging, pricing, advertising, and in-store marketing
• Building stronger brands that attract deeper consumer loyalty

Book Details:

Hardcover: 252 pages

Publisher: Wiley (August 9, 2010)

Language: English

Author: A.K. Pradeep

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No matter what, where, and to whom you sell, everything you do fits into one of three phases of the sales process: Planning, Execution, and Closing. True red-hot sellers know exactly what each phase encompasses, and the rest of us can learn in the time it takes to read this ultra-practical book.

Red-Hot Selling presents a simple, start-to-finish sales process for new sales professionals and veterans alike that shows how to:

Eliminate the peaks and valleys in your sales cycle • Manage your time for optimum results • Ask your customers and prospects the six most powerful questions • Find and penetrate the best accounts • Create and deliver dynamic sales presentations and winning proposals • Beat back objections • And much more

Book Details:

Paperback: 240 pages

Publisher: AMACOM (June 2, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Paul S. Goldner

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Ideal for sales teams in any industry, Sales 2.0 finally marries Web 2.0 technologies with the innovative sales practices those technologies enable, resulting in improved sales productivity and results. The business of sales is changing; whether your business changes with it will determine your long-term success. Sales 2.0 is the next step in the evolution of sales.

In Sales 2.0, authors Seley and Holloway demystify the emerging Sales 2.0 trend and provide a framework that business leaders and sales professionals can use to implement it in their organizations. They explain why traditional sales tactics no longer work and why you should change the way you sell. They explore Sales 2.0 in practice and showcase four industry-leading companies currently using Sales 2.0 successfully and profitably. They show you how to align your sales resources with customer opportunities to create better sales force deployment and territory coverage. That means segmenting your sales process steps, customers, and opportunities and using the most profitable sales channel or communication medium to engage more buyers.

Book Details:

Hardcover: 256 pages

Publisher: Wiley; First Edition edition (December 15, 2008)

Language: English

Author: Anneke Seley and Brent Holloway

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Chet Holmes helps his clients blow away both the competition and their own expectations. And his advice starts with one simple concept: focus! Instead of trying to master four thousand strategies to improve your business, zero in on the few essential skill areas that make the big difference.

The Ultimate Sales Machine shows you how to tune up and soup up virtually every part of your business by spending just an hour per week on each impact area you want to improve—sales, marketing, management, and more.

Book Details:

Paperback: 272 pages

Publisher: Portfolio Trade (May 27, 2008)

Language: English

Author: Chet Holmes (Author), Jay Conrad Levinson (Editor), Michael Gerber (Foreword)

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Follow the advice of Stephan Schiffman-America’s #1 Corporate Sales Trainer-and take your career to the next level. This special anniversary edition of his perennial bestseller, Cold Calling Techniques (That Really Work!), provides you with all of the right tools for turning prospects into meetings, and meetings into big sales.

This easy-to-follow guide will help you beat today’s cold calling obstacles such as voicemail, caller ID, cell phones, and e-mail. Schiffman’s professional experience and corporate wisdom guarantee your future success. Providing online resources, the anniversary edition of Cold Calling Techniques packs in plenty of potential leads to help you hunt down more business.

Give yourself the edge. Cold Calling Techniques is the one book you need to make your sales opportunities better, pitches stronger, and commissions greater.

Book Details:

Paperback: 160 pages

Publisher: Adams Media; 6 edition (July 3, 2007)

Language: English

Author: Stephan Schiffman

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This is a must-read. In today’s competitive marketplace, Walkup has written the definitive guide for making the phone one of your most valuable tools. Keep this book handy, refer to it often, and your bottom-line will grow.

Book Details:

Paperback: 224 pages

Publisher: AMACOM; Second Edition edition (September 1, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Renee P. Walkup and Sandra McKee

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Continuing to evolve the breakthrough thinking of his bestselling classic Mastering the Complex Sale in this new edition, Jeff Thull once again pushes the envelope to give professionals—from individuals struggling with their first call, to senior executives trying to figure out why their value strategy is falling short—a comprehensive guide to navigate and win high-stakes sales. You will find yourself rethinking your beliefs about selling, applying this straightforward strategy, and achieving the success you are looking for.

This book will show you how to:

• Gain access and connect to the highest levels of powerand influence
• Separate real business from resource drains
• Navigate complex decision networks
• Prevent self-commoditization
• Connect your value to your customers’ performance metrics
• Quantify value with an amount your customers believe
• Co-create compelling solutions customers will invest in

Book Details:

Hardcover: 304 pages

Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (March 8, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Jeff Thull

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One of the World’s Most Popular Sales Methods–Updated to Give You the Edge on Today’s Demanding Customers!

Tom Reilly, creator of the value-added selling method, has good news for you: Even in today’s marketplace, you can still be a solid competitor without being the cheapest. You just need to sell value, not price.

For a quarter century, Value-Added Selling has been putting sales professionals on the path to excellence. Reilly has updated his seminal work to help you contend with today’s customer, who invariably expects more while paying less. This anniversary edition includes all-new material on:

• The critical steps of the buying process
• Account penetration, positioning, presenting, and leveraging value
• The Red Zone/Green Zone time management model for salespeople
• Planning sales calls and developing relationships
• The most current messaging tools for conveying multiple levels of value

Book Details:

Hardcover: 288 pages

Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (March 22, 2010)

Language: English

Author: Tom Reilly

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