Questions that Sell: The Powerful Process for Discovering What Your Customer Really Wants by Paul Cherry is a comprehensive guide that provides sales professionals with valuable insights and practical techniques for using questions effectively to uncover customers' needs and motivations. Through a strategic questioning process, the book offers a roadmap for engaging customers, building rapport, and generating successful sales outcomes.
"The Little Red Book of Selling" by Jeffrey Gitomer is a compact yet powerful guide that provides essential principles and strategies for achieving success in sales. Gitomer, a sales expert and motivational speaker, distils his extensive experience into a concise and engaging handbook designed to help sales professionals enhance their skills and achieve greater results.
"New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development" by Mike Weinberg is a comprehensive guide that provides practical insights and strategies for sales professionals to excel in prospecting and new business development. Published in 2012, Weinberg, a sales consultant and coach, draws on his extensive experience to deliver a straightforward and actionable handbook for individuals looking to achieve success in sales.
"Spin Selling" is a sales methodology developed by Neil Rackham in the 1980s. The methodology is based on extensive research into what distinguishes successful salespeople from less successful ones. Rackham and his team analysed over 35,000 sales calls across a wide range of industries and found that the most successful salespeople tended to ask more questions than their less successful counterparts.
"Customer-Centric Selling" by Michael T. Bosworth and John Holland is a comprehensive guide that redefines the traditional sales approach by placing the customer at the centre of the selling process. This influential book provides sales professionals with a strategic framework designed to align with the needs, interests, and preferences of modern buyers. Bosworth and Holland emphasise the importance of understanding the customer's perspective, fostering meaningful relationships, and creating value throughout the sales journey.
"Selling to the C-Suite: What Every Executive Wants You to Know About Successfully Selling to the Top" by Nicholas A.C. Read and Stephen J. Bistritz is a comprehensive guide that delves into the intricacies of selling to top-level executives in organisations. Through their extensive experience in sales and interactions with C-suite leaders, the authors offer invaluable insights and practical strategies for navigating the complex landscape of executive decision-making.