Mastering The Art Of Selling

After failing in sales for six months, Tom Hopkins turned his own career around and earned more than a million dollars in three years. Now he tells readers his secrets of success.

Full of anecdotes, sales scripts, and proven tactics, this fully revised and updated book shows readers how to find the best listing prospects; win over "For Sale by Owner" sellers; earn the seller's trust; and more.

You're in sales. Whether you call it persuasion or sharing, it all boils down to the same thing. Your aim is to get other people to accept you, your product or your idea. Within these pages are hundreds of ideas for doing just that. Not only are the ideas here, but the words and phrases that make them work are here as well. Tom Hopkins is unique in that he won't teach you any strategy that he hasn't proven to work successfully in real-life selling situations. One single strategy alone has tripled the sales volume of many readers. That's why the book is recognized as a classic 25+ years after its first printing. This book is written in clear, easy-to-understand language. There's no hype or theory here, just proven-effective "how-to" strategies to help you increase your sales volume immediately. Need help in a specific area? Check out the detailed index. The answers to nearly every concern or objection are literally at your fingertips. Save yourself the time it took Tom to master the art of selling. It's all wrapped up in these pages for you.

Whether you're a financial services expert or novice, you understand the business. You've worked hard to gain your product knowledge. You study industry trends. But, do you know how to talk to clients so they'll listen? The How to Master the Art of Selling Financial Services live audio seminar shows you how to gain the trust of others quickly, get them to like you, take your advice, and become long-term clients which is the foundation for every successful business. Tom Hopkins has been training in the financial services industry over three decades and has developed methods to help you communicate with your clients and understand what your clients want from you. Once you know what clients want, you can learn how to provide it! Financial services representatives have turned to Tom Hopkins for years for his proven-effective, professional selling strategies which have helped them learn how to help more of their clients make financial planning decisions. How to Master the Art of Selling Financial Services audio seminar will help you: Learn effective ways to talk with clients and calm their fearsAsk the right questions to get clients talking about their needsImplement client feedback so that you can provide your best serviceIncrease your sales ratios with closing strategies that make sense to your clientsGrow your business with powerful, yet simple referral strategies This audio seminar includes a bonus PDF workbook to give you exceptional training of Hopkins' methods and will teach you how to master the art of selling financial services more effectively and efficiently than ever before! Topics include: Definition of SuccessFour Areas to Set GoalsHow to Set Financial GoalsWhat is Holding You BackPeople Business TriangleProspecting StrategiesClient FearsFear-Producing WordsQuestioning StrategiesNEADS QualificationDeveloping a Quality PresentationGlamour Words and Visual AidsAddressing ConcernsClosing the SaleBuilding a Long-Term Business

Have you discovered the power of the one-call close? Sell it Today, Sell it Now by sales champion, Tom Hopkins, is your ultimate reference guide to planning and perfecting the art of one-call closing. Whether you are an established sales professional with a long track record of achievement or a newcomer yet to make that first sale, you will learn why hundreds of thousands of salespeople use this book as a resource for new techniques and surprising insights. You will discover how easy it is to: Employ the 15 keys of overcoming objections Overcome your fear of closing Manage the 4 concepts that control all sales Let your customers answer their own objections Master the art of the one-call close Once you get a taste of this easy-going, soft-selling, results-only-system, you’ll absolutely love it and never want to sell any other way. This step-by-step sales training book holds the key to your successful sales career.

Shows that knowing the principles of selling is a prerequisite for success of any kind, and explains how to put those principles to use. This title includes tools and techniques for mastering persuasion and closing the sale.

Jordan Belfort—immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street—reveals the step-by-step sales and persuasion system proven to turn anyone into a sales-closing, money-earning rock star. For the first time ever, Jordan Belfort opens his playbook and gives you access to his exclusive step-by-step system—the same system he used to create massive wealth for himself, his clients, and his sales teams. Until now this revolutionary program was only available through Jordan’s $1,997 online training. Now, in Way of the Wolf, Belfort is ready to unleash the power of persuasion to a whole new generation, revealing how anyone can bounce back from devastating setbacks, master the art of persuasion, and build wealth. Every technique, every strategy, and every tip has been tested and proven to work in real-life situations. Written in his own inimitable voice, Way of the Wolf cracks the code on how to persuade anyone to do anything, and coaches readers—regardless of age, education, or skill level—to be a master sales person, negotiator, closer, entrepreneur, or speaker.

Of the 17 million people in the U.S. who are involved directly or indirectly in sales, many repeatedly acknowledge facing four major challenges: No prior sales education or training Lack of formalized sales training, resources, and methodologies provided by their companies Due to the recession and downsizing era, lack of 12-18 month professional sales training for new hires provided by Fortune 500 companies A consistent struggle to keep their sales force, distributors, manufacturers reps and affiliates motivated and focused on effectively selling their products and services Mastering the World of Selling helps companies and entrepreneurs overcome these four major obstacles with candid advice and winning strategies from the leading sales trainers and training companies in the world: Acclivus*AchieveGlobal*Action Selling*Tony Allesandra*Brian Azar*Baker Communications, Inc.*Mike Bosworth*Ian Brodie*Ed Brodow*Mike Brooks*Bob Burg*Jim Cathcart*Robert Cialdini PhD*Communispond, Inc.*Tim Connor*CustomerCentric Selling*Dale Carnegie*Sam Deep*Bryan Dodge*Barry Farber*Jonathan Farrington*Jeffrey Fox*Colleen Francis*FranklinCovey Sales Performance Solutions*Thomas A. Freese*Patricia Fripp*Ari Galper*General Physics Corporation*Jeffrey Gitomer*Charles H. Green*Ford Harding*Holden International*Chet Holmes*Tom Hopkins*Huthwaite, Inc.*Imparta, Ltd.*InfoMentis, Inc.*Integrity Solutions*Janek Performance Group, Inc.*Tony Jeary*Dave Kahle*Ron Karr*Knowledge-Advantage, Inc.*Jill Konrath*Dave Kurlan*Ron LaVine*Kendra Lee*Ray Leone*Chris Lytle*Paul McCord*Mercuri International*Miller Heiman, Inc.*Anne Miller*Dr. Ivan Misner*Michael Macedonio*Sharon Drew Morgen*Napoleon Hill Foundation*Michael Oliver*Rick Page*Anthony Parinello*Michael Port*Porter Henry*Prime Resource Group, Inc.*Neil Rackham*Revenue Storm*Linda Richardson*Keith Rosen*Frank Rumbauskas*Sales Performance International, Inc.*Sandler Training*Dr. Tom Sant*Stephan Schiffman*Dan Seidman*Blair Singer*Terri Sjodin*Art Sobczak*Drew Stevens, PhD*STI International*The Brooks Group*The Friedman Group*The TAS Group*Brian Tracy*ValueSelling Associates*Wendy Weiss&*Jacques Werth*Floyd Wickman*Wilson Learning*Dirk Zeller*Tom Ziglar*Zig Ziglar