Sales Thoughts Selling At The Next Level

Our goal in this book is to dramatically lift your sales game. Two reliable studies (Harvard and Gallup), found that 4% of the sales people in the U.S. sell 94% of the goods and services. Other, less dire studies indicate that 15% of all sales people are doing 70% of the selling. Either way you look at it, most sales people are not as good as you are. And there is one major reason.... Lack of planning! This book tells you how and what to plan. It provides key points on upping your game with tips to extend your longevity as a sales pro. Most sales people fail to understand that selling is a long-term investment in understanding your customers' needs and investing time in building strong customer relationships. You have to demonstrate that your customers are buying more than your product; they are buying your expertise and commitment to help them solve problems. Read on to learn how to become a trusted business advisor to your clients through some basic sales planning strategies.

PRAISE FOR NEXT LEVEL SALES COACHING "Steve Johnson and Matthew Hawk have created the most comprehensive, actionable, step-by-step guide for successful sales management I've seen in 25 years as a corporate training and development professional. Creating sales teams that stay, sell, and succeed is a lesson in successful sales leadership that is packed with case studies, scripts, planning tools, and resources that will be invaluable resources to sales managers both new and experienced." —Corey Rewis, Learning & Development Executive, Fortune Top 100 Most Profitable Company, Fortune 100 Best Place to Work® Company "Management is dead. Ask any professional or salesperson if they want to be managed, and they'll tell you, 'I'm good.' Professionals want to grow and develop. They want someone to work with them on an individual basis to help them identify their gaps and build a plan to sharpen skills and close those gaps. That's what Steve Johnson is an expert at and what this book will help managers do at a high level. Managers can use this book to evolve their skills and migrate from being managers to becoming coaches. The 'coaching gap' is the biggest opportunity for businesses today. If managers have not yet developed coaching skills, this book will have an enormous return for those that buy it, read it, and put it to use. Our team can attest to this from firsthand experience." —David Patchen, Senior Vice President, Education and Practice Management, Raymond James Private Client Group "I loved this book as it covered all the sales processes and coaching strategies that helped us drive strong, double-digit growth over the last ten years. A must-read for sales leaders!" —Tom Chelew, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Fleet Management, Enterprise Rent-A-Car "Having implemented the sales coaching techniques described in Next Level Sales Coaching over the last decade and a half at several different companies, I've consistently seen immediate and sustained improvement on key performance metrics in both customer satisfaction and overall conversions. The 'secret sauce' is in the defined coaching processes." —Michael Hatt, Principle Program Manager, Go Learning Development Team, Amazon "Next Level Sales Coaching provides comprehensive guidance for developing and executing core sales management activities that drive predictable and profitable sales. This is a must-read and an excellent reference for those who lead—or aspire to lead—sales teams." —Dario F. Priolo, Former Executive Vice President, Miller Heiman Group

Today many salespeople fail to achieve to their full potential because they don't understand the huge significance psychology plays in any major purchase. "Selling at the Next Level" addresses this subject with a revolutionarily simple approach to selling and sales training that shows even the novice salesperson how to master the techniques of the top sales producers using time tested principles, paradigms, and strategies that have application in any industry and in every selling situation. This is selling from another dimension; the inner psychological dimension. It is selling from the inside out and it requires the customer to take a more active role in the sales/purchasing process thereby creating greater acceptance, value, and buy-in for a "right now" purchase to be made if at all possible. The reader will find a different and vastly more comfortable way of qualifying, presenting, and organizing the sale into the mind, heart and the subconscious of the customer.

Kick your bad habits—and CLOSE MORE SALES! “I love this book, especially the importance of empathy—care enough about what you are selling to personalize its value to your customer!” —Jim Farley, VP Global Marketing, Ford Motor Company “In over 20 years of sales leadership, I had yet to see someone describe self-improvement through the elimination of existing behaviors rather than the creation of new ones—what a simple, concise, and personally applicable developmental tool. This is a must-read for everyone in sales!” —Chris Richardson, VP Global Sales, Abbott Vascular “Don Brown and Bill Hawkins, collaborating with Marshall Goldsmith’s incredible insight, have created strategy and ideas that will help you grow, sell more, and prosper!” —Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There in Sales! is a practical guide for anyone in sales—they hit the nail on the head! Read this book to learn how to build your relationships with customers while shedding the habits that are holding you back!” —Tom Reilly, author of Value-Added Selling “Deep and meaningful connections with people in business can change the trajectory of your career. This is a brilliant playbook for professionals who want to step up their game and truly own their success. I have seen the power of this approach in action—and IT WORKS!” —Rich Daly, Executive Vice President, Takeda Pharmaceuticals About the Book: One of the most influential business coaches of our time, Marshall Goldsmith helps businesspeople pinpoint career-harming behaviors, understand why they engage in them and, most importantly—stop. His book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There wasn’t just a runaway bestseller, it has helped untold numbers dramatically improve their careers and personal lives. Now, Goldsmith teams up with leading sales thought leaders Don Brown and Bill Hawkins to help you break the habits that specifically damage sales relationships. This dream team’s combined clients have increased their sales from 5 to 30 percent—and their gross profit up to 50 percent! In short, their approach works. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There in Sales! provides simple-to-use tools for maintaining and leveraging quality personal connections by doing something much easier than learning new behaviors: simply stopping old ones. When dealing with your customers, do you: Needlessly verbalize and execute every possible step in the sales process? Repeatedly initiate communication for no apparent purpose? Attempt to verbally “one up” your customer in conversation? The authors name 16 bad habits in all, and they provide proven techniques for reversing their negative effects by putting them to rest for good. There is no profession that depends more on good relationships than sales. And there’s no one more qualified to coach you to create and nurture productive sales relationships than these three authors. You do have the power to change. Let Goldsmith, Brown, and Hawkins help you kick your bad habits to improve relationships, increase sales, and enjoy a more fulfilling, enriching career.

ARE YOU REALLY READY TO CLOSE THAT HIGH DOLLAR DEAL?Next Level Selling, written by an award-winning sales leader and CEO, is a master work that reveals the steps of the Million Dollar Framework. Warning: reading this book and following the advice within can result in high dollar sales and long term agreements with companies such as American Airlines, Sprint, Halliburton, Comcast, Belkin, GoPro, Cisco, D-Link, Dell, Western Digital, Seagate, Kingston, ASUS, Buffalo, Orange, Toshiba, HP, Logitech, LG, Microsoft, Realtek, Netgear and many others! Start reading now to: ● Meet a smart gal named PAM: and learn why finding PAIN, AUTHORITY, and MONEY will assure your next deal;● Find out why adding a Maverick to your sales teams can catapult your sales;● Discover how companies with small marketing budgets can win million dollar deals;● Learn how today's customer differs from what you may think;● Understand the latest steps to pursue and close the biggest deals in your space ● Learn the six steps you should be taking after closing a sale;● Figure out how to get around the major obstacles every salesperson will face● Discover how the PAM sales process has identified, closed and delivered high value deals with the largest, most respected brands on the planet!● And much more! Next Level Selling answers the question: How do I identify, qualify and close high dollar opportunities while developing long term relationships with my target audience? Grab your copy now and join the next level!

A modern and heartfelt approach to successful career building specifically designed within the competitive car sales business. Acting as an influential guide through a series of individual, straightforward, and meticulous letters intended to inspire greatness, set goals, discover success, and create happiness through the precise, yet simple, process of relevant financial focus and honest customer appreciation, this book motivates readers to develop a unique sales style and apply profitable techniques developed by the practiced author that make it possible to take car sales to the next level and to take control of their futures - and to ultimately master their craft!

Is your sales career green and growing or ripe and rotting? Whatever condition you find it in, 97 Things to Take Your Sales Career to the Next Level shares simple but practical insights to help you become a high-performing sales professional. Unlike other business guides, this handbook features easy-to-understand strategies you can begin practicing in just minutes for high payoffs. So take your sales career to the next level by learning how to: Develop positive, productive daily habits from the moment you rise Diminish stress, work overload, and problems from difficult clients Understand prospects’ and clients’ needs with the four social styles Develop confidence, trust, and greater self-motivation

Doing more with less is a skill mastered by entrepreneurs. Budgets are tight, deadlines are short, and time is of the essence. Entrepreneurial project managers use these parameters to their benefit. Hurdling over obstacles with the bare minimum of effort makes their projects and teams stand out. Focusing inward to develop the skills and mindset necessary to accomplish anything with anyone sets an entrepreneurial project manager apart from the group. This book builds on the basics of project management knowledge with tools and techniques to get you as well as your projects and teams performing on an advanced level. No matter your industry or experience level, this book gives you practical ways to improve any project. More importantly, it shows how you can improve your own performance. The biggest improvements a project manager can make are about him- or herself. Personal limitations can be the hardest obstacle to overcome, and this book explains how to overcome them. The techniques have been tried and tested by the author who shares them with you in this book. Whether in your projects or career, all the right things can be said and done, yet the results are always unpredictable. We all have little control over events. This book’s tools and techniques give you the ability to handle anything that may come your way. Entrepreneurs are constantly changing and adapting to the world around them. They must stay cutting-edge to make their businesses thrive. This book explains how to take a cutting-edge approach to project management. The goal is to take your technical skills as a project manager, add the elements of an entrepreneur, and create a high-powered team around you as well as become the best project manager you can be.