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Sales is now a team sport, and to win, you have to build and manage selling squads that work in complete alignment - not just during client meetings, but before and after, as well. In Sell Like a Team, Michael Dalis, a senior consultant at the legendary sales training firm, The Richardson Company, guides you through the process of creating and managing selling squads that execute and win in every sales meeting or pitch.

You can have a rock-solid business strategy, unlimited resources, and the most talented people on staff. But only one thing is guaranteed in today's hyperconnected society: If your business isn't likeable, it will fail. Dave Kerpen knows how important it is for a business to be liked - by customers, employees, stakeholders, and the general public.

Every year, managers at companies large and small are finding it harder to compete with the likes of Google and Amazon, who are stealing their customers and cornering every conceivable market and service. There is, however, a way for companies to survive - and win - in this era of digital behemoths. Choose Your Customer is a powerful customer-targeted guide that can help managers level the playing field against their biggest competitors.

There's one voice that matters more than any other: the voice of the customer. Learn how to fully understand the number one source of your organization's prosperity, profits, and productivity. These actionable insights will help you to better connect with your customers and gain an undeniable lead over your competition. Listen Up!: How to Tune In to Customers and Turn Down the Noise reveals how to create a customer experience that's built on listening and designed for engagement.

Good sales relationships don't just happen. They must be nurtured and developed. From ancient trade routes to modern Internet platforms, sales is one of the world's oldest professions. Throughout the ages, there have been as many ways to sell as there are customers who want to buy. But whether you're a novice or seasoned sales person, no matter what your product or service there is one truth that crosses all boundaries in selling. Selling depends on a relationship.

A good business developer, prospector and networker knows how to create a positive connection with the people they meet. They are the catalyst that creates a chemical reaction between strangers, and they know how to convert these opportunities into new business. Louisa Clarke and David Kean have spent their careers catalysing strangers into contacts and converting contacts into clients - and even into friends.

Most every company leader is in pursuit of growth. Growing companies are attractive. They’re attractive to partners, employees, and of course, customers. If your company is not growing, then you and your shareholders are losing equity, profit, and employees. Growth doesn’t just occur - growth takes the right culture, processes, and discipline. Most importantly, growth takes intent and deliberate, focused action.

Great customer service is dying. Is life too busy to teach this skill anymore? If it is, you are going to have a difficult time keeping customers. It doesn’t matter if you are in the restaurant business, retail business, salon and spa business, a government contractor, car dealership, or grocery store.

Steve Rangoussis has been there. He started his first career as a sales rep, learning the ropes and steadily climbing the sales ladder. Nearly 25 years later, Steve has served in just about every position in the sales hierarchy, uniquely qualifying him to demystify the sales world for sellers and non-sellers, alike. Sometimes, sales feels like alchemy. Sometimes, it feels like science. Sometimes, it feels like a foreign world, hard to penetrate and even harder to successfully navigate, with its particular jargon, professional pressures, and overall culture.

Keep Your Customers shares why loyalty in the business world matters and walks companies through the strategies and tactics that boost long-term customer value. It costs five to 25 times more for companies to acquire a new customer versus retaining an existing one. That means a company’s process to keep their customers is tied directly to their revenue and profitability.

The Art of Selling Rocket Science is a rare series of books written specifically for sales and marketing of technical services, including engineering, architecture, construction, applied science, information technology, and management consulting. These books support our main theme that the marketing and sales of complex, technical services are distinctly different from simpler consumer services. The professionals who provide these services earn their livings by developing solutions to complex problems, yet are also asked to participate in selling their services to customers.

True success in the business of sales starts not with the desire to sell, but rather the desire to serve. The business of sales is about empathy, learning, understanding, and ultimately bringing unequaled value to a relationship. Clancy Clark realized that applying these principles could complement any sales method to greatly improve results and build a career that fulfills him, one that is a calling rather than a job. Learn his story and how it can benefit your own career in sales.

#Resolve to Evolve is the book for anyone looking to start or grow a business in today’s changing markets. Whether your business is focused on products or services, the key to success is reaching the right consumers, and Megan Driscoll has written the book on how to do that. Using personal anecdotes and third-party research, Megan takes us with her as she learns the ins and outs of public relations and how she overcame the hurdles she faced in starting her own niche agency EvolveMKD.

Like it or not, professional relationships are impacted - positively or negatively - by the ability to communicate. Customers are won or lost, employees are encouraged or demotivated, professional networks are expanded or extinguished - all by how well we communicate. We Need to Talk reveals key strategies to help you build trust, win respect, and sidestep common minefields when communicating gets critical.

The term "personal branding" means to receive the person concerned by marking or labeling the person as a brand or something reduced to a mark of people. However, the expression "branding" in humans sounds catchier. To date, there is no uniform definition of personal branding. Given a large number of primarily American books, countless magazine articles, blogs, websites, magazines, and other media sources, the definitions of the term sometimes differ significantly from author to author.

Every business has customers, and employers are seeking to hire, retain, and reward employees who have the skills, the knowledge, and the motivation to provide a consistently superior level of service to every customer, every day. No longer is a bright smile and a friendly hello enough to satisfy customers and keep them coming back. Employers and customers want customer service professionals.

While instant communication is now easier than ever, people's attention is spread thin, time has never been more valuable, and disengagement in both customers and employees is at an all-time high. This means most brands never reach their full potential. But what would it look like if your customers were no longer disenchanted from being chased across the internet and hounded for likes, shares, opt-ins, and purchases?

With a detailed breakdown of the fundamentals of social skills, this comprehensive guide offers a profound insight into the lost art of communication. Being able to communicate clearly with others is an essential skill for building relationships and succeeding in life. Now, this audiobook arms you with the tools you need to become the master of any social situation and supercharge your ability to connect with others.

Are you ready to increase your businesses sales and your customer service reputation? The 7 Laws of Viral Customer Service will, without a doubt, enlighten you as a business owner! Believe it or not, 68 percent of customers begin buying from a different business as a result of poor customer service. That means, if you or your employees show poor customer service, you will, more often than not, never see that customer again! Research also shows that the average business loses 15 percent of its customers each year.

7 Dumb Things We All Say is quick and enjoyable listening. Action strategies are clearly outline and prove a road map to success. If you are serious about communicating well - and like a spot of humor along the way - then this is the book for you.