The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, Revised Edition
by Jeffrey Gitomer
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Author: Jeffrey GitomerEdition: Paperback
Published: 2003-08-07
ISBN: 0471456292
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Wiley
Book Reviews of The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, Revised Edition
Book Review: The Ted Williams of Sales
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay - full disclosure - I know the author and consider him a friend. He's also a client, and I've used his techniques to sell to him! That may be the only thing you need to know about this book.
Jeffrey Gitomer may not be the greatest salesman of all time - St. Paul, Zig Ziglar, Earl Nightingale, Dale Carnegie - there may be a few others who rank above him. Time will tell. But Jeffrey has written a book strictly devoted to selling which synthesizes the combined wisdom of all of the published salemen who have gone before him, with the practical knowledge that he has gained from a lifetime selling anything and, eventually, everything. I believe Jeffrey's position in the business world is similar to Ted Williams's in baseball.
As a kid, I remember reading Ted Williams's classic book, "The Science of Hitting." Hitting a pitched baseball is the most difficult skill in all of sports. Williams' book explained that the toughest part of hitting isn't the hand-eye coordination, it is the disciplined approach to preparation and pitch selection - the mental game, that counts. Williams' classic graphic of the strike zone filled with 77 baseballs, each baseball containing a batting average, was worth the price of the book, and an enduring image for baseball lovers. Williams was a great hitter - maybe not as significant as Babe Ruth, or with as high an average as Ty Cobb, but his most enduring legacy was the best book ever written about hitting. And, it's not about fancy tricks, it's about repetition and discipline.
I believe selling is the toughest skill to learn in business. The art of persuasion doesn't come naturally to most people, and some prospects give you more late breaking movement than a Papelbon "slutter" or a Rivera cutter. Jeffrey Gitomer's book helps you perfect the skills that you need to survive and prosper in what could otherwise be a difficult and discouraging world. Are you just getting started? Read the book of Rules. Do you need to cold call? There's a chapter that will give you steps to follow. Need a refresher - the principles are all summarized on handy flash cards and a computer disk. The 72 questions are like Ted Williams' 77 baseballs - designed to get you to focus on what you need to do to raise your average.
I've read the reviews already posted and I can't believe the handful of people who gave this book 1, 2 or even 3 stars - they must be ex-girlfriends or jealous husbands. Those looking for fancy tricks and clever schemes don't get it - that's too complicated, and, worse, destined for a one-time-only sale, or embarrasing failure. Learn the basics, and this book distills the best selling advice of hundreds of other authors, as well as Gitomer's years of Sales Moves columns.
Note - The Sales Bible distills those columns, and doesn't just reprint them as some authors with a regular newspaper gig are prone to do. This is a book that is intended to be USED, not just read. If you're looking for the "History of Great Sales," keep looking. If you're a saleman or an entreprenuer (which means you're that and more) buy this book, and learn from a true Hall of Fame salesman!
Summary of The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, Revised Edition
Sales guru Jeffrey Gitomer's bestselling classic is now available in paperbackJeffrey Gitomer's Sales Bible was listed as one of "The Ten Books Every Salesperson Should Own and Read" by the Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage Program. Now completely revised, this book is available for the first time in paperback. The Sales Bible has helped tens of thousands of salespeople all over the world reach their potential and close the big deal. Gitomer gives sales professionals the right answers to the toughest questions:
* How to make sales in any economic environment
* Twenty-five ways to get that most-elusive appointment
* Top-down selling
* How to fill the sales pipeline with prospects ready to buy
* How to use the right questions to make more sales in half the time
This book is everything its title claims to be.
Jeffrey Gitomer (Charlotte, NC) is a world-class authority on sales and customer loyalty. He leads over 125 training programs and annual sales meetings for companies like IBM, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Miliken, GE, Carlsburg, and Cintas. He writes the popular syndicated weekly column "Sales Moves," read by more than 3.5 million people across the United States and Europe. And his award-winning Web sites (gitomer.com and trainone.com) and his weekly e-zine (sales caffeine) feature every element of selling from making assessments to weekly articles, free sales tips, and streaming video sales training.
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