Synopses & Reviews
"If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold is more than a 'how-to-sell' book. St. Lawrence and Johnson have approached the art of selling from a witty, entertaining, and inspirational view. The authors candidly recognize what ingredients are required for reaching success, and they have blueprinted a constructive approach that can apply to anyone, whether they are contemplating entering sales, or have made sales their career."--Nicholas D. Wolkonsky Director of Sales, High Volume Division, Western Region, ADT Security Services, Inc.
"If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold is an inspiring book written by two professionals who actually do sell. I found the principles and techniques easy to follow and implement. I am buying copies of this book for all my sales managers."--Robert Coakley Divisional Director of Sales, Alamo Rent A Car, Inc.
No matter what sort of business professional you are, you have to sell to succeed: make yourself heard, make your ideas known, convince others to act on them. No matter what you're selling, you need confidence, energy, and, above all, a positive attitude. If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold shows you how to energize your outlook, sell your ideas, produce top-quality work, and make others want to do business with you. This no-nonsense guide:
* Introduces OUTSELL, seven fundamental steps that will make your career take off
* Shows you how to develop and reach your goals
* Offers insights from hundreds of the world's top business professionals
* Teaches you how to sell your ideas and get results
* Helps you build enthusiasm, energy, a positive outlook, and confidence
* Concentrates on the skills and abilities you really need to succeed
Find the highest achievers in any industry and you'll find a legion of winners who know how to OUTSELL--whose drive, confidence, and persuasiveness power them to the top and keep them there. To join this exclusive club, you don't need an Ivy League education or an alphabet soup after your name, but you do need to understand the basic principles, absorb the positive attitudes, and learn the fundamental skills you will find in this book.
If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold is your roadmap to the impact zone--that high-reward arena where ideas are communicated with power, accepted, and acted upon. Top sales professionals Michael St. Lawrence and Steve Johnson give you a crash course in OUTSELL, the seven business principles that will help you become stronger, more disciplined, more persuasive, and a magnet for opportunity. By following these principles, gleaned from face-to-face interviews with hundreds of world-class outsellers, you'll learn to:
* Sell your ideas and get results
* Make others want to do business with you
* Identify the practical skills you need and acquire them quickly
* Develop a take-charge-now outlook.
This book is for people who want to live competition and breathe success--now! No matter what you're selling--products, services, ideas, yourself--what you learn here will start producing results immediately. And by applying these lessons every day, you'll achieve a lasting success that can only improve over time.
Review
No. 5 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List, Sunday, September 13, 1998
Synopsis
Find the highest achievers in any industry and you'll find a legion of winners who know how to OUTSELLwhose drive, confidence, and persuasiveness power them to the top and keep them there. To join this exclusive club, you don't need an Ivy League education or an alphabet soup after your name, but you do need to understand the basic principles, absorb the positive attitudes, and learn the fundamental skills you will find in this book.
If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold is your roadmap to the impact zonethat high-reward arena where ideas are communicated with power, accepted, and acted upon. Top sales professionals Michael St. Lawrence and Steve Johnson give you a crash course in OUTSELL, the seven business principles that will help you become stronger, more disciplined, more persuasive, and a magnet for opportunity. By following these principles, gleaned from face-to-face interviews with hundreds of world-class outsellers, you'll learn to:
- Sell your ideas and get results
- Make others want to do business with you
- Identify the practical skills you need and acquire them quickly
- Develop a take-charge-now outlook
This book is for people who want to live competition and breathe successnow! No matter what you're sellingproducts, services, ideas, yourselfwhat you learn here will start producing results immediately. And by applying these lessons every day, you'll achieve a lasting success that can only improve over time.
Synopsis
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Synopsis
If Youre not Out Selling Youre being Outsold Find the highest achievers in any industry and youll find a legion of winners who know how to Outsellwhose drive, confidence, and persuasiveness power them to the top and keep them there. To join this exclusive club, you dont need an Ivy League education or an alphabet soup after your name, but you do need to understand the basic principles, absorb the positive altitudes, and learn the fundamental skills you will find in this book. If Youre Not Out Selling, Youre Being Outsold is your roadmap to the impact zonethat high-reward arena where ideas are communicated with power, accepted, and acted upon. Top sales professionals Michael St. Lawrence and Steve Johnson give you a crash course in Outsell, the seven business principles that will help you became stronger, more disciplined, more persuasive, and a magnet for opportunity. By following these principles, gleaned from face-to-face interviews with hundreds of world-class outsellers, youll learn to:
- Sell your ideas and get results
- Make others want to do business with you
- Identify the practical skills you need and acquire the quickly
- Develop a take-change-now outlook
This book is for people who want to live competition and breathe successnow! No matter what youre sellingproducts, services, ideas, yourselfwhat you learn here will start producing results immediately. And by applying these lessons every day, youll achieve a lasting success that can only improve over time.
Synopsis
"If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold is more than a 'how-to-sell' book. St. Lawrence and Johnson have approached the art of selling from a witty, entertaining, and inspirational view. The authors candidly recognize what ingredients are required for reaching success, and they have blueprinted a constructive approach that can apply to anyone, whether they are contemplating entering sales, or have made sales their career."
Nicholas D. Wolkonsky, Director of Sales, High Volume Division, Western Region, ADT Security Services, Inc.
"If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold is an in-spiring book written by two professionals who actually do sell. I found the principles and techniques easy to follow and implement. I am buying copies of this book for all my sales managers."
Robert Coakley,Divisional Director of Sales, Alamo Rent A Car, Inc.
SELLING ISN'T JUST FOR SALESPEOPLE
No matter what sort of business professional you are, you have to sell to succeed: make yourself heard, make your ideas known, convince others to act on them. No matter what you're selling, you need confidence, energy, and, above all, a positive attitude. If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold shows you how to energize your outlook, sell your ideas, produce top-quality work, and make others want to do business with you. This no-nonsense guide:
- Introduces OUTSELL, seven fundamental steps that will make your career take off
- Shows you how to develop and reach your goals
- Offers insights from hundreds of the world's top business professionals
- Teaches you how to sell your ideas and get results
- Helps you build enthusiasm, energy, a positive outlook, and confidence
- Concentrates on the skills and abilities you really need to succeed
About the Author
MICHAEL ST. LAWRENCE & STEVE JOHNSON are partners and cofounders of Outsell, a sales training and consulting business. Before they founded the business, St. Lawrence was vice president of product development and national accounts at Dale Carnegie. Steve Johnson was in the sales training field for 10 years and also worked at Dale Carnegie. Their clients include Merrill Lynch, Pacific Bell, Blue Cross, Dean Witter, The Trane Company, and The Money Store.
Table of Contents
If You're Not Out Selling, You're Being Outsold.
One Life, One Boss.
Under Construction.
Tell It with Gusto.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered.
Eat Breakfast with Champions.
Life's Hard;
Hunker Down and Reach Higher Ground.
Live, Thrive, and Come Alive in the Impact Zone.
Index.