A comprehensive guide to consistent sales success and effective customer relations. The amount of time customers have to invest in sellers is limited. They want the information they need now. Don’t dress it up. Don’t overdo it. Don’t waste their time. Zero-Time Selling gives every sales professional, sales manager, entrepreneur and CEO the tools to be completely responsive to that customer request. And win more orders in less time. Zero-Time Selling describes the ten essential sales practices that will enable you to: 1. Sell more, faster, without adding headcount 2. Create value for customers and differentiate yourself from competitors by how you sell 3. Convert a greater percentage of your sales leads into orders 4. Build a loyal customer base and increase repeat business 5. Increase the productivity of all your sales channels Refreshingly free of the usual conceptual sales jargon, Zero-Time Selling presents an accessible, straightforward path to consistent sales success. It is incredibly easy to learn and compatible with any selling system or sales methods a company currently uses. Based on his more than thirty years of sales, sales management, and sales consulting experience across every type of sales channel and sales environment, Andy Paul knows how products are bought and sold. Zero-Time Selling reflects his knowledge that in today’s hypercompetitive sales environment “how” a company sells its products and services is as important as “what” they sell in creating value for the customer and effectively differentiating their company and offerings. Praise for Zero-Time Selling “Any sales professional or sales team will quickly see tangible results once they start Zero-Time Selling!” —Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times bestsellers MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There “Reading this book empowers you to dramatically improve your sales. . . . I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t benefit immensely from implementing Andy Paul’s strategies for sales success!” —Ivan Misner, New York Times–bestselling author and founder of BNI® and Referral Institute® “Andy Paul . . . is one of those guys who just gets it. He understands how products are bought and sold. He knows what customers really need and want. This book leverages that savvy to show you how to sell and manage customer relationships in a manner that truly differentiates you.” —Keith Ferrazzi, bestselling author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back

In today’s fast-paced information-driven economy, customers want to make informed buying decision about new products in the least time possible. Your customers will acquire approximately 70% of the information they need to make an informed buying decision about your product or service from the Internet before they ever contact your company. Thus, when the customer finally contacts you, it means that their need for information is time-sensitive and urgent. The sales team that is the first to respond with the complete answers to the customer’s questions dramatically improves their chances to win the order. Zero-Time Selling shows you, the CEO, business owner, sales manager and sales professional, in 10 simple steps, how to always be first.

Zero-Resistance Selling is your guide to literally "reprogramming" your own self-image to help you attain your loftiest selling and career goals. You'll find step-by-step strategies to harness the power of your imagination to wipe away resistance to your sales presentations ... become an irresistible "master closer" ... conquer self-defeating habits ... and use stress to your advantage.

Praise for Zero Time(TM) "Zero Time provides valuable insight into the critical success factors of the digital age: total customer experience, velocity, and operational efficiency-all components of Dell's direct model." -Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Computer Corporation "Zero Time will become a secular 'bible' for the twenty-first century-speed in 'closing the gaps' is essential, not only for success but for survival."-Herbert D. Kelleher, Chairman, President, and CEO, Southwest Airlines Co. "With this publication, the authors continue to make significant contributions to the world of business, and we are deeply grateful for their remarkable insight and vision."-William H. Cunningham, Chancellor, The University of Texas System "Zero Time contains some of the most powerful and creative ways of thinking about learning systems, customer focus and delight, trusting corporate cultures, and organizational agility that I have ever seen."-David M. Darst, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter "Zero Time boldly identifies the point at which the much-noticed innovations of companies as different as FedEx, Dell Computer, General Electric, and Cisco will converge as a dramatic new model for American business . . . From the pile of new volumes on corporate change, this is the one to select for your strongest essential insight." -Barry Munitz, President and CEO The J. Paul Getty Trust "The business issues associated in moving at Internet speed to serve a customer base that desires instant gratification are clearly stated [in Zero Time] . . . The corporations that put these recommendations in place will be the winners in the electronic business age."-Ralph J. Szygenda, Group Vice President and CIO, General Motors Corporation "Zero Time is the executive's guide to the new millennium! Yeh, Pearlson, and Kozmetsky have distilled the essence of the chaotic dynamics of today's paradigm-busting business world into a coherent set of principles and guidelines for success."-Alan B. Salisbury, PhD, Past President Learning Tree International

Forget everything you learned about selling. Persuasion is not a sales skill—it’s a blunt instrument of last resort that sellers use when they don’t know how to influence the choices their buyers make. It’s the weapon of choice for mindless, uninspired sellers: the sales zombies who have stopped learning and stopped improving. Wouldn’t you rather learn how to master the art of selling in, by listening to what your buyers really want? In Sell without Selling Out, global sales guru, top podcaster, and entrepreneur Andy Paul shows you how to take charge of your own career without selling out to outdated, ineffective sales methods. He reveals the four Sell In pillars that are the indispensable instruments of selling: Connection, Curiosity, Understanding, Generosity. Everything else is mostly a combination of product features, technical specifications and pricing, which your buyers can get from the Internet. What they seek (and deserve) can only come from you: the human seller. If you’ve been told you need to be more “salesy” to get ahead in your career, you need this book. #DeathToSalesy

Combining leading-edge research with a vast amount of field experience, this book will show anyone how to become the trusted sales professional who consistently wins new business. Customers today are overloaded with information and overwhelmed by options. product value is so high across the competition that any kind of meaningful product differentiation--at least in the customers’ eyes--has disappeared. Therefore, between not recognizing product differences, combined with not having any time to spare to investigate what they don’t know, the difference maker for many decision makers is you! In Amp Up Your Sales, you will learn how to: Maximize the value of their selling Accelerate responsiveness to build trust and credibility Earn valuable selling time with customers Shape the buyer's vision Integrate persuasive stories into their sales process Build lasting relationships through follow-up and customer service The salesperson who is always responsive and completely focused on value will be the one who will stand out from the crowd and get the sale. The bad news is, your customers won’t understand and appreciate all the advantages of your product. The good news is, they aren’t making the decision based on the product, but on you!