The Sales Rep Survival Guide


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PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK: IS SELLING FOR YOU? The scope of this book is to provide a practical guide for the day-to-day operation of a sales representative in a territory. This handbook is useful to all salespeople regardless of experience. It doesn’t matter if you work for a large or small corporation. You could be commissioned, salaried or self-employed. This book can help you.




Sales Manager Survival Guide


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Finally! The definitive guide to the toughest, most challenging, and most rewarding job in sales. Front Line Sales Managers have to do it all - often without anyone showing them the ropes. In addition to making your numbers your job calls upon you for: Constant coaching, training, and team building Call, pipeline, deal, territory, one-on-ones, and other reviews that drive business performance Recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding top talent Responding to shifts in the marketplace - and in your company Dealing with, turning around, or terminating problem employees Analyzing and acting upon metrics to correct performance Managing the business and executive expectations Leveraging sales systems, tools, and processes Conducting performance reviews and setting expectations And more All this and making the numbers! Sales Manager Survival Guide addresses each of these issues, and many others, clearly, honestly, and in-depth. Drawing upon decades of experience in sales, sales management, and sales executive positions from small companies to giant corporations, David Brock gives you invaluable insight, wisdom, and above all practical guidance in how to handle the wide array of challenges and responsibilities you'll face as a Front Line Sales Manager. If you're a sales manager, or want to become one, this book shows you how to survive-and thrive. And if you want to be a great sales manager, this book shares the secrets, tools, and best practices to help you climb to the top-and beyond. "This is THE go-to resource for sales management!" Mike Weinberg, author of Sales Management Simplified




Pharmaceutical Sales Rep Pocket Survival Guide


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Unlike any Pharmaceutical Sales book found, this guide walks you through the career of a lifetime in Pharmaceutical Sales. We share our many years of Sales Experience in the industry to give you the fundamentals for success from entry to promotion. This pocket guide encompasses more areas of the profession than most guides on the market today, to include: Interviews Ride Alongs Team playing Administrative Duties And so much more! Written in a straightforward format, you will definitely be ahead of the game after reading this Pharmaceutical Sales pocket survival guide, which teaches you the most effective way to achieve success. If your goal is to obtain a position as a career pharmaceutical Rep or a position in management in the industry, then this guide is a must have.




The Sales Burn-out Survival Guide: The Essential Sales Manual for the Modern World


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Author Dan Driscoll's passion has always been business with a focus on sales, which-in his opinion-determines success or failure in business. But when sales becomes your life, it can sometimes shift from an enjoyable living to one filled with anxiety and pressure. The Sales Burnout Survival Guide is designed to help you feel good about selling again. So much of life is work, and very few people understand what makes work rewarding. Dan has taken wisdom he has gained in the last twenty years of his sales experience and condensed it into an easy-to-ready manual. Sales knowledge is essential in all professions in today's ever-changing world, but it can be fun and rewarding as well. Dan can teach you the skills you need for sales in this new social environment. This guide to building a successful and positive career in sales demonstrates how gaining a few simple, learnable skills can protect your income and transform your work life.




The Sales Survival Handbook


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From the cold calling, to commissions and caffeine addiction, learn the real hard truth about life in the sales profession. Lying customers. Changing quotas. Soul-crushing management. PSSD-inducing pressure (Post Sales Stress Disorder). What’s not to love about the world of sales? Whether you’ve been in sales for a while, are new to the game, or just need a lift, The Sales Survival Handbook shows you how to: Overcome objections without tears (yours and theirs) Get out of a sales slump legally Cold call without needing sedatives Beg for referrals (yes, beg) Spot common types of customers, coworkers, and managers Maintain a social life (mission impossible?) Complete with quizzes, lists, real-world advice, and all the dos and don’ts that have popped up thus far in the sales world, The Sales Survival Handbook offers you everything you need to survive the agony and enjoy the ecstasy of your sales career.




Marketing Madness


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In 1983, Reese's Pieces made their debut on the silver screen, gobbled up by that lovable alien ET, and sales of the candy shot up instantly by 66 percent. Reebok has sponsored the U.S. Olympic team-and the Russian team, as well! The British Boy Scouts sell space on their merit badges to advertisers. Michael Jacobson, founder of the Washington, D.C




The Fashion Designer Survival Guide


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“Mary Gehlhar’s third edition of her seminal Fashion Designer Survival Guide is the definitive how-to for navigating the fashion industry, post-pandemic. Mary’s trailblazing book illuminates and inspires. She is a fashion treasure and this new edition is a rare gem.” Tim Gunn “The Fashion Designer Survival Guide is packed with essential knowledge and advice from industry experts and experienced designers to set you on the right path. These insights will give you the solid foundation to create a plan and make smart decisions…” Christian Siriano In this updated and expanded edition of The Fashion Designer Survival Guide, Mary Gehlhar, industry authority and consultant to hundreds of fashion design entrepreneurs, offers behind-the-scenes insight and essential information to launch and grow your own fashion label. You’ll hear from experts in social media, financing, and sales, along with advice from dozens of designers on solutions to their biggest challenges and their keys to success. A new section of full color photos from 25 independent designers bring the concepts to life. In this must-have guide, Gehlhar reveals essential information on: Creating a viable business plan Social media strategies to grow your customer base Maximizing online sales to get your designs directly into customers’ closets Integrating sustainability in your sourcing and manufacturing Collaborating with influencers, stylists and brands to expand your audience Landing the right financing for your type of business Establishing wholesale partnerships with the best retail stores Navigating the pitfalls of production both at home and abroad




The Corporate Culture Survival Guide


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The father of the corporate culture field and pioneer in organizational psychology on today's changing corporate culture This is the definitive guide to corporate culture for practitioners. Recognized expert Edgar H. Schein explains what culture is and why it's important, how to evaluate your organization's culture, and how to improve it, using straightforward, practical tools based on decades of research and real-world case studies. This new edition reflects the massive changes in the business world over the past ten years, exploring the influence of globalization, new technology, and mergers on culture and organization change. New case examples help illustrate the principals at work and bring focus to emerging issues in international, nonprofit, and government organizations as well as business. Organized around the questions that change agents most often ask, this new edition of the classic book will help anyone from line managers to CEOs assess their culture and make it more effective. Offers a new edition of a classic work with a focus on practitioners Includes new case examples and information on globalization, the effects of technology, and managerial competencies Covers the basics on changing culture and includes a wealth of practical advice




The Future of the Sales Profession


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B2B sales is harder than ever before. Product lifecycles are getting shorter, sales cycles are getting longer, there are more competitors entering the market, and buyers are doing most of their research online before they even call you. When you finally get the meeting, buyers only want your best price.Despite all of this, your manager keeps asking for more - more calls, more meetings, more pipeline, faster, faster, faster!You're stuck between a rock and a hard place - a more challenging sales environment than ever before on one side, and ever-increasing quotas and expectations on the other.How will you respond? Wait and see how it all unfolds? Or fight for your career and your livelihood? In The Future of the Sales Profession, sales leader Graham Hawkins shares the cold, hard truths about the new realities facing the sales profession, and how you can protect and enhance your career."The Future of the Sales Profession is a fascinating, sobering and enlightening book. If, as Graham suggests, over 20% of sales people will lose their jobs by 2020, then this book is the best survival guide you could ever hope for." - Cian McLoughlin, CEO of Trinity Perspectives"This book is a compelling and comprehensive insight into the changing nature of business in the 21st century. Sales people will all have to adapt, and Graham has articulate exactly how." - John Merakovsky, CEO SEEK Learning."Graham Hawkins has nailed the future of selling in this must-read for every sales person seeking to prosper in the age of automation and customer empowerment." - Tony J. Hughes MD of RSVPsellingGraham Hawkins is an author, speaker and the Founder of SalesTribe, the world's first career transition management company designed forB2B sales people. Businesses need access to modern sales best practices, and sales people need new opportunities. SalesTribe makes those connections.




Chris Gore's Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide, 4th edition


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The guerrilla guide to marketing and selling an indie film. Some people are just there for the loot bags. But most of the people at a film festival are trying to market and sell an independent film. Don’t be just one of the horde. Use Chris Gore’s Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide to help your indie film stand out! Entertainment Weekly loves Gore’s book, calling it a “treatise on schmoozing, bullying, and otherwise weaseling one’s way into the cinematic madness known as film festivals.” The newly revised and updated fourth edition includes full listings for more than 1,000 film festivals, with complete tips and contact information, plus in-depth analysis of the Big Ten festivals. With detailed, fresh how-tos for marketing, distributing, and selling a film and using websites to build buzz, plus interviews with top festival filmmakers, step-by-steps on what to do after your film gets accepted, and explanations of how to distribute a film, Chris Gore’s guide tells filmmakers exactly how to become a player in the indie world. Chris Gore’s Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide includes access to Chris Gore’s online database with complete listings for more than 1,000 festivals—find the best for indie, documentary, short, student, digital, and animation!