Top Sales books curated by experts

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Fundamentals of Sales

Understanding the concepts of Sales 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.

The Sales Development Playbook: Build Repeatable Pipeline and Accelerate Growth with Inside Sales

The Sales Development Playbook: Build Repeatable Pipeline and Accelerate Growth with Inside Sales

Raise your hand if your company needs more new customers.I suspect your hand is (figuratively) up. This book is about not just growth, but high-growth, explosive-growth, the kind of growth that weather satellites can see from space.The success of any business-to-business company is directly link…

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SPIN Selling

SPIN Selling

Written by Neil Rackham, former president and founder of Huthwaite corporation, SPIN Selling is essential reading for anyone involved in selling or managing a sales force. Unquestionably the best-documented account of sales success ever collected and the result of the Huthwaite corporation's mas…

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The Greatest Salesman In the World

The Greatest Salesman In the World

The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino is a motivational book that teaches the importance of persistence and self-confidence in achieving success. It follows the story of a salesman who learns the ten ancient scrolls of wisdom to become the greatest salesman in the world.

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To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others

To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others

"To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others" by Daniel H. Pink is an insightful book that sheds light on the transformative evolution of sales and selling. Pink argues that the digital age's landscape has shifted our economy into a new era where everyone is essentially in sales.<…

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The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need

The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need

Star sales speaker and author of The Sales Blog, Anthony reveals how all salespeople can attain huge sales success, with strategies backed by extensive research and experience. Once you learn Iannarino's core strategies, picking up the specific tactics for your product and customers will be that…

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The New Rules of Sales and Service

The New Rules of Sales and Service

The New Rules of Sales and Service demystifies the new digital commercial landscape and shows you how to stay ahead of the pack. Companies large and small are revolutionizing the way business gets done, and this book takes you inside the new methods and strategies that are critical to success in…

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Additional Sales Reading

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

Strategic Selling

Strategic Selling

Developed by Robert Miller and Stephen Heiman, strategic selling is a sales framework that focuses on building relationships with various decision-makers and stakeholders rather than just a single contact.

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Demonstrating To WIN!

Demonstrating To WIN!

The demonstration or presentation of complex products like technology or medical devices is like leading a person over a treacherous ravine. Throughout a demo or presentation, your prospect wants to run back to the relative safety of their existing world.

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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

Gap Selling is a game-changing book designed to raise the sales IQ of selling organizations around the world. In his unapologetic and irreverent style, Keenan breaks down the tired old sales myths causing today's frustrating sales issues, to highlight a deceptively powerful new way to connect wi…

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CODE Sales Training

CODE Sales Training

A to Z - Two Complete Sales Training Program by CODE Sales Development Co.With this book, you can learn how to sell. you can teach how to sell. you can sell succesfully what you have.

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$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No (Acquisition.com $100M Series)

$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No (Acquisition.com $100M Series)

Not that long ago though, my business had gotten so bad that I literally couldn’t even give my services away for free. At the end of each month, I would look at my bank account hoping to see progress (but there wasn’t). I knew something had to change...but what?

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Look Me In the Eye

Look Me In the Eye

Way back in early 2020 you needed a Zoom account, a camera, and a bit of privacy – and you were good to go for virtual meetings. Yes, it all still seems remote, tiring, and unemotional. Julie Hansen’s Look Me In The Eye can help you change all that.

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