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The Best Damn Sales Book Ever: 16 Rock-Solid Rules for Achieving Sales Success!

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Greshes has a compelling book here. Over the last seven years I have built a multi tens of millions dollar business along with three other partners. We are at that crucial threshold where only two percent of American businesses pass beyond-the $25m mark. I can assure you the lessons I picked up from this book were not taught in the top flight MBA program I went through.

Greshes does not merely lay out a formula for success, he slaps you across the face with it and says pay attention this is how its done.

I can assure you that as someone who went home last Friday night assured that my business has a winning formula, I have begun recasting that formula this week. This book has it all: Key analysis, compelling anecdotes, real success stories and best of all a very pragmatic approach to how we can all do better.

One thing is absolutley clear, Greshes knows how to listen to people, because his side bar and "Sales Alert" comments will make you feel like he is speaking directly to you because he has heard it all before and he wants to help you get beyond all of the BS.

No excuses! Read it and prosper.

"The Best Damn Sales Book Ever", speaks for itself. It simply is what it promises. This is not one of those books to just sit on your shelf collecting dust. This is a tool that can be utilized build your current "job" into a meaningful career. Greshes "inoculates" the serious reader from mediocrity by step by step walking them through an activity plan and an effective written plan while explaining every step of the way why you need one.

Want to be successful in sales?

Invest your money wisely and buy this book. Then invest your time wisely, read it and do the work. And yes it's that simple.

Unfortunately, I've never been in Greshes' audience, and only know about him through his blog. What I will say is that this book showcases absolutely terrific life experiences, almost like an epic "sales journey," and Greshes is your guide. In fact, Chapter 2 is worth the price of the book alone: find out how a salesperson got himself into the Guinness Book of World Records off of a single cold call.

This book is NOT heavy on process, and it's central appeal is to your motivations as a business professional. Highly entertaining and very accessible, I think this is the only sales book that has ever touched me personally.

Great book; I not only enjoyed the book but it has assisted me in identifying my objectives and taking action. I have read many sales books and this is the only one that has prompted to do something about achieving my objectives.
Not just another sales book, this one will force you to take a hard look at yourself and will guide you on the actions that you must take to be succesfull.

Warren Greshes "Best Damn Sales Book Ever" is one of the essential tools for everyone in sales. Using real life examples and referencing businesses familiar to everyone he concisely puts down why most sales people achieve only mediocrity and very few are "Great." If you want yourself and your organization to be great this book is a must read. Especially for those who only know how to sell on price!!
Add this book to your arsenal of reference material and you won't regret it.

As a Managing Partner of an executive search firm, I am in the business of selling my services. In 15 brief chapters, Warren Greshes cuts through the junk other authors use to editorialize their thoughts. This book is so awesome. I enjoyed "The Best Damn Sales Book Ever" as it read easily and kept me turning pages. Not your typical sales book!

Read it in one night...couldn't put it down. This no nonsense book keeps you entertained and feeling like you want more - some great practical lessons.

This formula for success, with analysis, and some true success stories is a pragmatic approach to how we can all succeed. Loved the "Sales Alert" commentary-- hits home, very real.

Highly recommend it to all that want to succeed.

"The Best Damn Sales Book Ever" consists of fifteen chapters and sixteen rules that artfully frame the big picture of "success" in personal stories and experiences, while dispensing practical tips on selling throughout.

Primarily, the book's aim is to motivate and inspire, and give the reader fundamental ideas on what goes into a successful career and a balanced life, as well as what it takes to stretch oneself to keep pursuing their dreams. This book earnestly succeeds on all counts.

It's an effective technique because Warren's stories have universal appeal that humorously reinforce lessons and issues business people have to face each and every day. His frankness and genuine sincerity make it hard not to take note.

I'll give Greshes the last word:

"There is no 'by the book' way of being successful. Don't let anyone tell you,'You have to do it this way.' Even this book--I'm not saying that you have to listen to and do everything I tell you to do. All I'm saying is, here are the things successful salespeople and businesspeople do to be successful. If what you're doing is working 100 percent to your satisfaction, keep doing it. You'd have to be nuts to stop."

(You'd have to be nuts not to read this one!)

The Best Damn Sales Book Ever: 16 Rock-Solid Rules...

For such a strong title, it better back up what it claims or this author and his book would go right to the discount bin.

Does the book live up to the hype? I would have to say it's up there as far as the "management" of selling is concerned but if you are looking for a whole new way of selling, this book is not for you.

The author pretty much nails the important aspects of the "business" of sales such as time management, goal setting, action plans, persistance and motivation. There are alot of self help, motivational books out there but this one is specified for the profession of selling. If you are looking to get out of a slump or need inpsiration this book can't be beat.It is a quick read and could/should be re-read a few times.

I'm an avid Brian Tracy follower and was looking for another slant to keep myself motivated as this book does a wonderful job of doing just that.

If you're in sales, you owe it to yourself to get this new book. Not only does Greshes talk about what you need to know to succeed in sales, he makes it so simple that there's no way you can not follow his 17 rock solid rules for achieving sales success.

I particularly like how he divides the sales force between three groups, the 10% who are high achievers, the middle 80% who are medocre who just need to know how to focus better and change their attitudes and perceptions on what to change and improve upon and the lower 10% who are found in every company who try to make excuses and bring the top 90% down because they're not making it and don't want to look bad.

If you're either in the top 10% or better yet middle 80% in your sales force, YOU NEED THIS BOOK. Not only will it help you simplify your business life in sales, it will show you what you need to know (that your competition probably doesn't know) so you can break out of your slump or middle-of-the-road performance and get things going for you so you won't have to worry anymore and so you can start loving what you're doing.

I hope this book helps you hit your goals and I hope it gives you new eyes so you can set higher goals and achieve more than you ever thought possible. I hope you all the best of luck with your sales careers regardless.

Bill