FROM THE CREATORS OF SPIN SELLING—TRIED-AND-TRUE STRATEGIES TO ARM YOU IN THE WAR FOR SALES SUPREMACY "I distinctly remember my first VP talking about 'campaigns' and 'targets.' Indeed, successful salespeople have made learning from military tactics an important aspect of their careers. In this engaging read chock-full of practical and richly illustrated examples, John Golden provides strategies that are sure to increase even the most seasoned sales pros' success rates. It's a completely new take on sales education with powerful lessons you'll use to win your own sales battles." -- David Meerman Scott, bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR "There’s no doubt salespeople will profit from the book’s focus on besting one's opponent in a battleground much changed by the information explosion of the Internet." -- William Dermody, World/Military Affairs Editor, USA Today "An innovative and very insightful perspective on what it really takes to win." -- Dave Stein, CEO and founder, ES Research Group, Inc. "Great sales lessons presented in a really unique and interesting format . . . I recommend it for sales people starting out in the field as well as seasoned pros. -- Chuck Lennon, President, TeamLogic "A good military strategist is, after all, a salesman, which leads me to believe that a good salesman would make a good military strategist. The author has done an excellent job of showing how those two different communities are in fact very similar." -- Brigadier General Julie A. Bentz, PhDTM

Golden, CEO of Huthwaite, pairs lessons drawn from history's greatest military campaigns with modern business insights. The strategies, tactics, and terminology of war offer today's professionals an unbeatable perspective on the struggle to win every sale.

Battle strategies to become a "Master Sales Closer" and manager

Every day, millions of sales people find themselves in a race. Whether it's an in-house competition to reach quotas or the daily responsibility of selling to their customers, sales is a never-ending contest to produce results, to win. And every day, a relatively small handful of sales people do most of the winning. It's estimated that 15 percent of all sales people capture a staggering 70 percent of the business!Why? What do the top 15 percent know that other sales people don't? What skills have they mastered? What are the secrets to their success?The 8 Greatest Sales Secrets in the World provides the answers. It's the inspirational story of one sales person's struggle to win an impossibly difficult sales contest. Along the way, he learns the timeless lessons that are behind every great sales person's success-in business and in life.Disarmingly simple and profoundly true, The 8 Greatest Sales Secrets in the World will forever change how you sell, and show you the way to becoming a sales leader in your market.

Win more deals with the perfect sales story! “Power Messaging is a foundational element in our global marketing campaigns and sales training programs. We believe the concepts are core to engaging in customer conversations that are focused on their outcomes and what they want to achieve.” —Karen Quintos, CMO and SVP, Dell Inc. “The concepts outlined in this book are critical skills to building a world-class presales organization.” —Ken Hamel, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions and Presales, SAP “Our new messaging, using the approaches presented in this book, is great and is being widely used by our sales team. We’ve never had a year end sales meeting with content that was met with such widespread acceptance and enthusiasm.” —Jerry D. Cline, Senior Vice President, Retail Sales and Marketing, AmerisourceBergen Drug Company “The best salespeople sit across the table and make change easy for their customer by creating a succinct story and vision for what to change, how to change it, and how it will impact customer results. An enterprise focus on sales messaging, using the concepts in this book, is the hidden secret to driving incremental sales productivity and overwhelming customer success!” —Ken Powell, Vice President, Worldwide Sales Enablement, ADP “The Power Messaging techniques in this book are the foundation of how our marketing team creates our sales messages, as well as the process our field sales teams use for delivering that message in a unique and compelling way. At Kronos our results are a reflection of the power of the tool.” —Aron Ain, CEO, Kronos About the Book: In today’s highly competitive world of complex sales, commoditization of your brand is one of the greatest dangers. You must differentiate yourself from the competition—or you will lose out. And the way to do that is through customer engagement. Rather than sell your own corporate story and brand message, you need to tell customers their story—the one in which they are the heroes and they achieve success. Erik Peterson and Tim Riesterer have been developing and honing their Power Messaging sales technique for more than 20 years, and now they reveal all their secrets in Conversations That Win the Complex Sale. Presenting a catalog of facts or playing 20 questions with prospective customers is the surest way to lose the sale. Peterson and Riesterer provide the tools you need to recraft your message into a compelling story that wins more deals. With Conversations That Win the Complex Sale, you’ll learn how to: Differentiate yourself from the competition by finding your “Value Wedge” Avoid parity in your value propositions by creating “Power Positions” Create a message that can literally double the number of deals you close Spike customer attention and create “Wow” in your conversations Prove all your claims without resorting to lists of boring facts and statistics Your competitors are out there telling their own corporate story—a story customers don’t want to hear. Now is the time to seize the moment. This book is the one and only source you need to reframe your sales story and turn the tables on the competition by fully engaging their would-be customers. Conversations That Win the Complex Sale helps you create and deliver messages that customers care about, giving your brand the clear edge in today’s crowded markets.

Every day, millions of sales people find themselves in a race. Whether it's an in-house competition to reach quotas or the daily responsibility of selling to their customers, sales is a never-ending contest to produce results, to win. And every day, a relatively small handful of sales people do most of the winning. It's estimated that 15 percent of all sales people capture a staggering 70 percent of the business! Why? What do the top 15 percent know that other sales people don't? What skills have they mastered? What are the secrets to their success? The 8 Greatest Sales Secrets in the World provides the answers. It's the inspirational story of one sales person's struggle to win an impossibly difficult sales contest. Along the way, he learns the timeless lessons that are behind every great sales person's success in business and in life. Disarmingly simple and profoundly true, The 8 Greatest Sales Secrets in the World will forever change how you sell, and show you the way to becoming a sales leader in your market.

You can go after the job you want…and get it! You can take the job you have…and improve it! You can take any situation you’re in…and make it work for you! Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie’s first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. As relevant as ever before, Dale Carnegie’s principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age. Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.