Christian Success Principles - for Sales Professionals


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One-Hundred and One Tips for Maximum Achievement Are you ready to go onto even greater achievement in your professional and personal life? Tommy Briggs has distilled into one book the lessons of a lifetime in professional sales. Half way through his career, he launched this intensive inquiry into the elements of success and achievement. Within six months, Tommy had already doubled his income by applying this developing master-plan for continuous self-improvement. Yet there's so much more than the prospect of financial success to be found in these pages. Christian Success Principles acquaints you with seven, time-tested and proven sales principles, along with many sage "tips" for implementing each principle. Find out how: . Your attitude can mean the difference between success and failure . The goal-setting process can chart your course to maximum sales achievement . A continuous self-improvement program will open the door to your future . Your self-discipline can become your painful path to lasting pleasure . Proper respect for your prospect can produce their respect in return . The sales presentation and closing can propel you and your prospect forward . Honing your leadership skills can multiply your creative output Discover that the "secrets" of modern success gurus actually appeared fi rst in the pages of Scripture. You will fi nd true success in looking behind the principles of this book to the Bible, then behind the Bible to Jesus Christ, the living Word of God. With these principles you can improve your sales skills while maintaining high standards of integrity, godliness and honesty. Success in your personal and professional life is simple though not always easy. To let thatsimplicity launch you toward maximum achievement, you are invited to draw from these pages as you would from a coach who is urging you on to success.




Selling the Right Way, Prayerfully God's Way


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Most sales publications cover selling exclusively from the worlds point-of-view. They cover a topic or two that may peak the interest of the reader, but they leave out two elements that are critical to a Christian sales professionals success. What are those two essentials you need to know? They are: 1.) Where does God fit into your life as a salesperson, and 2.) What else do you need to know to be a long-term sales pro? You see, selling is more than one or two techniques that will manipulate your prospect into buying. Its more than a few closing techniques that will seal-the-deal. Sales is an ability you are given, by God, to help other people solve their problems. You are a problem solver, an advocate for your client. This book will help you become the best you can be, with prayer and Gods guidance.




I Am a Christian First


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Simplified sophistication, is one way to describe this practical go-to resource for entrepreneurs, Christian C-suite executives and middle managers-and those on the climb to the top of their industry specific fields. In I Am A Christian First, Dr. Stephens highlights how living true to your values is what is required to fill industry-specific leadership gaps. Although the protocols operating in the natural realm are vastly different from those of the spiritual realm, Stephens builds an air-tight case for the superiority of spiritual protocols, in their nature and essence. She provides readers with a practical roadmap for maintaining their distinction as Kingdom citizens while navigating the terrain of the modern marketplace. An intriguing guide full of important tools for those in search of a tried, true, and trail-blazed path to success, I Am A Christian helps readers live balanced lives as they pursue success in an increasingly competitive world. This book is a must read for anyone whose moral and ethical fortitude demands countercultural strategies. If you've ever struggled to bridge your faith into your life as a professional, there's hope. In this deeply personal book, Dr. Stephens talks candidly about her successes as well as her own challenges in finding a place for Christ to be revealed and glorified in her career. In a series of crisp and insightful chapters, she offers best practices and actionable techniques paired with biblical principles and powerful scripture-based prayers - all of which are designed to help you navigate common pitfalls and achieve optimal growth as a Christian professional.




A Greater Determination


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A Greater Determination is created by a sales professional for sales professionals. Sales as a business can be one of the most difficult and challenging endevours a individual faces. The sales profession can carry a lot of baggage with it. Those who see themselves as servants of industry, God and see their sales business as a Sales Ministry will be more fulfilled than those who only expereince the grind. This book includes devotional exhortations, relevant Bible verses and meditations meant to encourage and benefit the lives of Christian sales professionals




The Heart of a Christian Sales Person


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Being a Christian sales person is going to be tricky. That's what I thought as I entered my first professional sales position. In retrospect, my life as a Christian sales person was confusing, gut-wrenchingly difficult, frustrating, and wonderfully rewarding. I dealt with questions that you may also face: - How do I balance the need to get results with the Christian ethic of leaving the outcomes to Christ? - Where do I go for support and encouragement in a church where I'm seen as a second class citizen? - How and when do I voice my beliefs on the job, when my employer is not paying me to do that? - How do I maintain my perspective when some of the professional Christians around me are so much more manipulative and deceitful than any secular acquaintance? - How do I maintain my Christian ethics inside a company that supports just the opposite? - How do I grow a consulting practice with no resources and no network? Here's my story.




Business by the Book


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What would happen if you made your business decisions by the book? By the Bible that is. This updated version of the best-selling Business by the Book offers radical principles of business management that go beyond the Ten Commandments and other biblical maxims. Business by the Book is a step-by-step presentation of how businesses should be run according to the Creator of all management rules: God. Larry Burkett, founder and president of Christian Financial Concepts, provides business principles from his own experience as well as what God’s Word says on topics such as: Hiring and Firing Decisions Pay Increases and Promotions Management Selection Employee Pay Decisions Borrowing and/or Lending Decisions Forming Corporations and Partnerships Business Tithing Retirement Whether you are the owner of a business, a corporate executive, or a manager, this best-selling classic is for you.




The Heart of a Christian Sales Person


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"Being a Christian sales person is going to be tricky."That's what I thought as I entered my first professional sales position. In retrospect, my life as a Christian sales person was confusing, gut-wrenchingly difficult, frustrating and wonderfully rewarding. I dealt with questions that you may also face:- How do I balance the need to get results with the Christian ethic of leaving the outcomes to Christ?Deeply honest, transparent and courageous. The lessons of what one man can do for his family, his business and our God if we will just earnestly seek God and let Him work in our lives. ~ Christopher Morrissette- How and when do I voice my beliefs on the job, when my employer is not paying me to do that?- Where do I go for support and encouragement in a church where I'm seen as a second class citizen?It was a pleasure to have read The Heart of a Christian Salesperson and to see the evolution of Dave Kahle. Kahle uses his ability to pare down personal experience into usable, practical life lessons; some sales related and some from his Christian walk. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the on paper the travails of a young salesperson into a mature man of God who uses his sales skills to further his walk with God and his ministry with other believers. The book is a short read and well worth the time. I intend to recommend it to my fellow sales brethren, both Christian and non-Christian alike. ~ Dave Whitis- How do I maintain my Christian ethics inside a company that supports just the opposite?- How do I maintain my perspective when some of the professional Christians around me are so much more manipulative and deceitful than any secular acquaintance?Having used Dave Kahle's excellent sales training materials at our company for many years, I've always been a fan of his. I regret never having had a chance to meet Dave, but after reading this book, I now feel that I know him on a personal basis. Over 40 years ago, after backing into a technical sales career as a young Christian because my father desperately needed a traveling salesman for the company he founded, I often felt that I should have answered a "higher calling." Dave also had his struggles in that area and through his own story, he shows that Christianity and sales success can (and should) go together. In fact, sales can be the special ministry to which you are called and a role which you alone can fulfill. ~ Tom Snow, CEO, T. J. Snow Company, Chattanooga, TNHow do I grow a consulting practice with no resources and no network?Here's my story.




Bible Based Businesses


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You can have a profitable business based upon Biblical principles, without sacrificing integrity, honesty, or profitability. There are certain principles that when applied work universally to prosper a business. These principles were put in to place by God for His creation to use. God designed this world to best operate under His laws. When we follow His laws things tend to go well. When we break His laws we get broken. Most secular business books and self-help books fall short because they extol the strengths of men and do not go far enough in giving the glory to God. Some have even taken God's principles and taught them as if they were their own or have given credit to some unnamed higher power. God laws are for the seen and the unseen or what we call the physical and the spiritual. Even non-Christians experience blessings when they apply God's principles in both the physical and spiritual realm. The sad part is they don't give Him glory when things go well. (But when things go bad you often hear them taking His name in vain.) We want to encourage Christian Business Owners to boldly give credit to our God who put these laws into place, who created us with the amazing abilities and capabilities of our mind, soul, and body and who gives us the very breath we breathe to live and prosper. One amazing thing about our God is His great mercy. Even when the world does not give Him the glory He deserves, He still blesses them. Jesus said that the Father sends His rain on the just and on the unjust. And Paul the Apostle tells us that it is the kindness of God that leads men to repentance. Our goal as Christian Business Owners is to first and foremost glorify God in our life and business. We choose to acknowledge Him in all our ways.




Sellegrity


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For the first time, the responsibility to "double" your sales (according to The Parable of the Talents) is teamed with the skills, strategies and attitudes that can help you achieve your sales goals by using bible-based principles! Author Robert Riker has been training sales professionals to "double" for more than 30 years. Many participants have "doubled," some in as little as a few weeks. Now you, too, can take advantage of the success secrets of top sales producers, learning to sell with integrity, honesty and without abandoning your Christian character - in fact, using it to establish a firm foundation from which to prosper. Sales Architecture - the "tools" of the top performers Personality Style Types - essential for developing rapport WOW! - Creating lasting customer delight Attitude Control - selling under adverse conditions Goal Setting and Personal Productivity Management - the basics of business achievement Christian Character and Purpose - integrating who you are with what you do. "Sellegrity" shows you how to... Integrate your purpose and passion for God into your profession. Double your personal sales or productivity - it's your duty! Shorten the selling cycle dramatically: turn months into days or even hours! Ask difficult, penetrating questions that engage your customer. Identify language and personality styles so that your communications are crisp, clear, comfortable and productive. Develop lasting client rapport that becomes the foundation for long-term selling success Learn how to create the WOW! effect so that customers brag about their experience instead of grumble. Negotiate any concern confidently, without tension. Close comfortably, quickly, and without pressure. The best salespeople make the sale feel safe - with no buyer's remorse. Set and integrate sales objectives into your daily work so that "achieving" becomes second nature. Develop and maintain the Christian attitudes of the top achievers - without compromising your personal ethics or Godly purpose. The author's powerful expectational selling format presents clear examples that can be used immediately. Recommended for: Christian sales and business people, especially sales managers Profession salespeople; retail, commercial, industrial, institutional Sales training departments, especially within Christian companies Adult education training - a full training package is available Small business owners and entrepreneurs This is a book that you can read today and put into practice tomorrow. It is also a book that is best studied and digested, for its true, lasting power only comes with time, practice and experience.




Sales According to Paul


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Summary:Sales According to Paul is about the ingenious strategies used by Paul of Tarsus, Apostle to Jesus Christ. Paul survived hardships that would've stopped most careers cold, amassed a local following while building a scalable sales process, and then scaled the Christian faith worldwide in an era before the internet and distribution channels. The book is written in two parts designed to mirror the arduous path salespeople take while embarking on a career in sales.Part I: SurvivalEven though it may seem like it at first, few salespeople have ever risked a public stoning for peddling their goods. Nonetheless, only 1 in 10 make it past two years. Against all odds, Paul survived the threat of death, privation, starvation, and public lashings to emerge as the champion for the Christian faith. Paul's trials and tribulations provide a wonderful metaphoric juxtaposition of what a salesperson must overcome to survive in this business. I have provided this framework for my readers.Part II: GrowthThe apostle Paul went through more than one miraculous transformation. The most popular of which is on the road to Damascus, where he encountered the Lord. Less known is Paul's encounter with a master mentor and coach who changed the course of Paul's ministry. After this encounter, Paul returned to his hometown of Tarsus and began a ministry there. With the help of his mentor, he perfected his model in Antioch and prepared it to scale to the rest of the world. Part two of my book is about how Paul followed the great commission established by Jesus by first reaching and selling to the people who knew him best. He perfected his model within his sphere of influence before scaling to the world.This book will demonstrate how the Apostle Paul:--Perfected his craft with little training--Kept his message alive when almost everyone wanted him dead--Had a chance encounter with a master mentor who would change his life--Was able to scale his local model to international success--Scaled the church model in Antioch to the world