Top B2B books curated by experts

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Fundamentals of B2B

Understanding the concepts of B2B starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

Unleash Possible: A Marketing Playbook That Drives B2B Sales

Unleash Possible: A Marketing Playbook That Drives B2B Sales

Unleash Possible is a shot in the arm for any marketer (or sales person) who is needing guidance and support. The pages are that of a coach who is encouraging their team that the seemingly impossible is indeed achievable. Marketing executives should add this book to their teams reading list as n…

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Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer

Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer

Carlos Hidalgo provides a clear roadmap and framework on how B2B organizations can implement change management and transform their Demand Generation. Case studies and excerpts from B2B marketing practitioners and ANNUITAS clients who have transformed their organizations and how they accomplished…

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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Life is a series of negotiations, and negotiation is at the heart of collaboration—whether you are a business executive, a salesperson, a parent , a community leader, or a spouse. As a former FBI hostage negotiator, Chris Voss gives you the tools to be effective in any situation: negotiating a b…

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Gap Selling: Getting the Customer to Yes: How Problem-Centric Selling Increases Sales by Changing Everything You Know About Relationships, Overcoming Objections, Closing and Price

Gap Selling: Getting the Customer to Yes: How Problem-Centric Selling Increases Sales by Changing Everything You Know About Relationships, Overcoming Objections, Closing and Price

People don't buy from people they like. No! Your buyer doesn't care about you or your product or service. It's not your job to overcome objections, it's your buyer's. Closing isn't a skill of good salespeople; it's the skill of weak salespeople. Price isn't the main reason salespeople lose the s…

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The Challenger Sale

The Challenger Sale

Based on an exhaustive study of thousands of sales reps across multiple industries and geographies, The Challenger Sale argues that classic relationship building is a losing approach, especially when it comes to selling complex, large-scale business-to-business solutions. The authors' study foun…

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Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide to Opening Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, Email, Text, and Cold Calling

Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide to Opening Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, Email, Text, and Cold Calling

The brutal fact is the number one reason for failure in sales is an empty pipe and the root cause of an empty pipeline is the failure to consistently prospect. By ignoring the muscle of prospecting, many otherwise competent salespeople and sales organizations consistently underperform.

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Additional B2B Reading

These books are not required for you to learn B2B, but they are highly recommended for you to deepen your knowledge.

The Pricing Roadmap: How to Design B2B SaaS Pricing Models That Your Customers Will Love

The Pricing Roadmap: How to Design B2B SaaS Pricing Models That Your Customers Will Love

Designed specifically for founders and executives in medium to large B2B tech companies, "The Pricing Roadmap" is your ultimate guide to crafting pricing strategies that drive success in the competitive SaaS market, dropping acquisition costs and exploding growth
Whether you're a startup, pre…

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