Most sales professionals make the mistake of using the same sales patterns over and over. But since all customers are different, true pros know they must tailor their methods to the buyer if they want to make their numbers every year. ProActive Selling gives readers the tools they need to adapt their approach and maintain control at every stage of the sale. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition shows salespeople how to: * Qualify and disqualify prospects sooner to focus on the most promising accounts * Examine buyers' motivations from every angle * Quantify the value proposition early * Double the number of calls returned from prospective customers * Appeal to the real decision-makers * Use technology (e.g. cloud, video, social media, and more) to generate leads and shorten sales cycles * Increase the effectiveness of every interaction Featuring dozens of enlightening examples and the author's 17 exclusive, practical selling tools, ProActive Selling gives sales professionals the edge they need to exceed their goals-with any company, in any industry.

True sales pros know they must tailor their methods to the buyer if they want to make their numbers every year. Featuring dozens of enlightening examples, this book gives you the tools to adapt your approach with the buyers in mind and maintain control at every stage of the sale. In ProActive Selling, author William Miller shows salespeople how to: qualify and disqualify prospects sooner, shift their focus to the most promising accounts, examine buyers' motivations from every angle, quantify the value proposition early, double the number of calls returned from prospective customers, appeal to the real decision-makers, use technology (e.g. cloud, video, social media, etc) to generate leads and shorten sales cycles, and increase the effectiveness of every interaction. Most sales professionals make the mistake of using the same sales patterns over and over. With an essential understanding about the different needs of customers, this revised and updated second edition of ProActive Selling equips you to succeed with any company, in any industry.

As the president of a major sales company and experienced sales management trainer, author William Miller provides sales managers a proven method for successfully managing both sales processes and salespeople. Packed with specific, field-tested techniques, ProActive Sales Management teaches you how to: motivate a sales team; get your sales team to prospect and qualify; create a proactive sales culture; effectively coach and counsel up and down the sales organization; reduce reports to one sheet of paper and 10 minutes a week; forecast with up to 90 percent accuracy; and take A players to A+ levels. Today’s sales managers have to be quicker than ever, being more proactive about hiring the best performers and retaining them while multitasking with managing complex sales processes in order to close more deals. Filled with all new metrics and tactics for making the numbers in today’s sales environment, ProActive Sales Management is an invaluable resource for this brand of highly in-demand leaders.

Competitive Selling: The Guidebook to Proactive Calling in a Reactive World is about the toughness and edge you need to be successful in the highly competitive world of professional sales. But it doesn't just give you theories . . . it gives you tried and true techniques to follow to be a proactive caller, in very practical terms. If you ever struggle with the actual words to say when you are prospecting, Competitive Selling will give you a solid foundation in the words to say and how to approach the call with confidence. Selling is filled with rejection, but if you expect the "No"s--and even welcome hearing them--you can be the one in control and work on turning around even the toughest potential clients. The louder the environment is for prospects and customers, the more highly skilled you need to be at quickly capturing their attention and following a set roadmap to the close of the sale. Dive into Competitive Selling and become better than the competition at starting high in an organization, following up, leaving an intriguing voicemail message that results in a return call, gaining a critical "next set time," and using email as an effective touch point. Prospecting for new business is not glamorous, but if you have a solid plan and the drive to follow through on your goals, you will be successful. Marisa Pensa and Stacia Skinner will help you attain that success.

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Add 50% to 100% to Your SalesÂIn 5 Minutes Per Day 5-Minute Selling presents a proven, simple process that can double your sales, even if you donÂt have time for an elaborate new sales system. When you spend your days scrambling to take orders and resolving customer issues, there is little time for new sales techniques. This book is for you. In 5-Minute Selling, Alex Goldfayn describes how thousands of his clients and workshop attendees have generated dramatic annual sales growth with short bursts of action throughout the day. With three-second efforts throughout the day, you can add 50 to 100% to your sales. The techniques in this book are simple but powerful: YouÂll learn the power of picking up the phone proactively to call customers and prospects when nothing is wrong, because almost nobody does this YouÂll get approaches for offering customers additional products and servicesÂand asking about what else they are buying elsewhereÂbecause almost nobody does this either YouÂll also learn about the low-tech but incredibly effective singular impact of the hand-written note In short, 5-Minute Selling is about showing customers and prospects that we care about them more than our competition does with simple, repeated, lightning-fast, high-value, consistent communications. DonÂt Read This Book, DO THIS BOOK: 5-Minute Selling lays out a Two-Week Challenge for you implement in your sales work. Follow the detailed process for five minutes per day, for 10 working days (less than one total hour of time), and, like thousands before you, you will begin to see dramatic improvements in your sales growth.

Unlock the power of a simple phone call to boost your sales with guidance from a world-renowned expert In Pick Up The Phone and Sell: How Proactive Calls To Customers and Prospects Can Double Your Sales, sales expert, consultant, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Alex Goldfayn delivers a comprehensive roadmap to one of the most important weapons in any salesperson’s arsenal: the phone. From the author of Selling Boldly and 5-Minute Selling, the book teaches you techniques to supercharge your sales by making the proactive call the tip of your selling spear. In addition to critical advice on how to call people you don’t know, this timely and important book includes: A thorough introduction to the power of a proactive phone call and links to free call planners and trackers at goldfayn.com Direction on how to use text messaging as an adjunct to phone sales Instructions on the appropriate role of social media, including LinkedIn, in boosting telephone sales Guidance on how to stop being afraid of phone calls and how to effectively warm up any cold call. Perfect for new and experienced salespeople alike, who are more comfortable with email, videoconferencing, social media, and text than they are with the telephone, Pick Up The Phone and Sell is an indispensable guide to one of the most important and lucrative tools in the selling profession.

NAMED THE #3 TOP SALES BOOK OF 2018! Make extraordinary sales happen! In the Age of the Customer, sales effectiveness depends mightily on the buyer experience. Despite nearly-universal agreement on the need for creating value in every step of the buyer’s journey, sellers continue to struggle with how to create that value and connect meaningfully with buyers. New research bridges the gap and reveals the behavioral blueprint for sellers that makes buyers more likely to meet with them — and more likely to buy from them. In Stop Selling & Start Leading, you’ll discover that the very same behaviors that make leaders more effective also work to make sellers more effective, too. This critical shift in the selling mindset, and in the sales role itself, is the key to boosting your overall sales effectiveness. • Inspire, challenge, and enable buyers • Change your behavior to build trust and increase sales • Step into your leadership potential • See yourself the way your buyers do • Feel good about selling again When you’re aiming for quota attainment and real connections with buyers, this book gives you the confidence and skills you need.