B2B Selling Guidebook

The B2B Selling Guidebook is a practical, concise, easy to read guide to Business to Business selling. The author has utilized the most important lessons he has learned in a successful career now exceeding 43 years in B2B and high end 'Enterprise' sales and sales leadership roles. He sets these lessons out for you to quickly and easily understand, without going through the pain he had to experience in learning them! With real examples taken directly from his career; from the earliest stages all the way to senior corporate executive and Managing Director/CEO roles, The B2B Selling Guidebook delivers superb insights into the reality of selling (and business generally) that can be applied immediately. Are you new to B2B Selling? Or highly experienced and wanting a powerful refresh? Or just interested in the reality of the world of commercial business? Then this is the book for you... Sell Better - Sell Faster - Sell More If you are looking for a heavy textbook on selling from an academic perspective you are in the wrong place! This is a light and simple guide to the most important tools, techniques and approaches to help ensure greater success in B2B selling - and in life. The B2B Selling Guidebook will also be useful to anyone whose work touches on the world of sales - for example, marketing, PR, 'C' Suite executives, procurement, legal, admin and finance professionals. The format is incredibly simple. Each chapter introduces a concept. Real-life anecdotes showing the technique, issue or approach are then given. Finally, a short summary of how to best apply that principle is then added. These real stories are enlightening, clear and powerful. Adopting these proven tools, techniques, attitude and processes will help you to become more professional and successful. The author has delivered value in many different market sectors, from Finance to Manufacturing, to Life Sciences, to High-tech and the Professions. He has also worked in many countries around the world. He has successfully sold high-value capital goods, enterprise software, support services, and consulting projects. His experience can help you to improve your performance.

This book goes right to the core of B2B sales. Following on from the worldwide success of his first two books, Jim has collaborated with 26 thought leaders and friends to create a unique book. Each contributor adds a single chapter on their experience or expertise, focused on one specific subject. Jim has even included chapters written by those who buy from B2B salespeople, which deliver further great insight. The chapters cover a broad range of B2B sales topics, including researching before calling, questioning skills, handling objections, becoming more collaborative, adding value, listening to your customers, leading with integrity, negotiation and many others. There are also chapters on attitude, the psychology of sales and even 'Lazy Pigeons'! These 26 guest chapters are full of advice, experience and wisdom designed to help you succeed. And Jim also adds another 10 chapters, building on the success of his first two books, to further cement and support your learning. Imagine having access to world-class skills learning from 27 experienced practitioners. Now imagine what that experience and knowledge could do for you...