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Little Red Book of Selling
by Jeffrey Gitomer
With The Little Red Book of Selling, Jeffrey Gitomer has created a real-world, practical, and fun book that salespeople will love and profit from. Salespeople want answers. That’s why the Little Red Book of Selling is short, sweet, and to the point. It’s packed with answers that people are searching for in order to help them make sales for the moment – and for the rest of their lives.
In the Little Red Book of Selling salespeople will learn why sales happen and a philosophy of success – long term, relationship driven, and referral oriented – nothing to do with manipulation or other old-world sales tactics. It has everything to do with understanding buying motives and taking ethical, relationship-building actions.
People don’t like to be sold but they love to buy has become more than Gitomer’s registered trademark- it’s a mantra. A mantra every salesperson needs to understand at the core of his selling success. Throughout this book the reader will begin to adopt a philosophy that drives them to a higher, value-driven purpose.
There are 12.5 powerful principles of sales mastery. These principles are at the heart of sales success. They are the difference between red (putting your heart into your career) and black (having a job, coming to work, and making a commission). Other chapters include; What’s the Difference between Failure and Success in Salespeople, The Little Salesman that Could, The Two Most Important Words in Selling, and Just Plain “How to Make a Sale.”objections and unique, insightful responses.
Excerpt: When you’re in a slump, you begin to press for orders instead of working your best gameplan (which is: “sell to help the other person,” and let your sincerity of purpose chine through). When you have the pressure to sell, the prospect senses it, and backs off.

kdaven
13 days ago
2 comments
I Would make "The Closer" By Ben Gay and 'How to Sell Yourself' by Joe Girard in my Top Ten.
YYing
4 months ago
2 comments
Very great book list, very attractive only read the title, hehe,
but I do not see the <> by KeithM. Eades. It seemed popular in IT coroperation.
tammiegonzales
4 months ago
2 comments
The list is great I just got done reading the magic of thinking big . It is another good one. by John Swartz. .
Boykin
4 months ago
2 comments
Great list! ...make it 21 and add: You Can't Teach A Kid to Ride A Bike At A Seminar by David H. Sandler
jillkonrath
4 months ago
2 comments
Thanks for including my book, Selling to Big Companies, on your 20 Best Sales Books list. I am honored to be included.
rich34232
4 months ago
878 comments
I have 15 of these exceptional books great list
SkipAnderson
4 months ago
2 comments
These are all great books. My only argument is that some of them aren't sales books. "Selling the Invisible" would be on my personal list of 20 top business books, or top 10 marketing books, but it isn't about selling!
rjp
4 months ago
108 comments
an instant library of reference material.....
jdoubleel
4 months ago
4 comments
Wow, I really feel like a professional Salesperson today. You guys have suggested 9 books that I already have in my sales library. And guess what? If you read the material and apply it, you will became a better salesperson.
HarrietAlison
4 months ago
468 comments
It is nice to have a put together list of sales books. I certainly would have no idea which ones would be considered the best. thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
jackpariseau
4 months ago
90 comments
Good list. Perhaps missing a few on the notivational side but if I had to choose 20 (hard choice) these would all compete.
LeslieNewYork2
4 months ago
8 comments
Thank You! I was at a NYC bookstore yesterday in the business section of Sales, and there was hundreds of books on the topic. How ironic that I pulled half of the books from this list to peruse.
I am so ecstatic, today you listed the Top 20 must have for Sales. Excellent Choice!