Successful Cold Call Selling: Over 100 New Ideas, Scripts, and Examples From the Nation's Foremost Sales Trainer (Paperback)

by Lee Boyan (Author) "The question I get asked most often from members of my seminar audiences is, "Lee, what did you ever sell?..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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Experienced and new sales reps alike benefited from the practical information on various sales techniques, your comments were very motivational. -- Lee Nicholson, Sales Manger Hewlett Packard

Our reps respond to your non-theoretical approach and the ease by which they were able to adopt your principles to their job. -- Peter Muldowney, Marketing Director, 3M

Your program will give all our key players a firm foundation on which to build and develop the skills yo become true salespersons and not just order takers. -- Bill Joiner Senior VP Marketing, Gainer Bank --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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"Ideal for new and veteran sales reps alike, here is the perfect primer for a tough, rewarding job." --The Wall Street Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; 2 Sub edition (June 2, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814477186
• ISBN-13: 978-0814477182
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #340,648 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Selling techniques over the phone, etc., January 27, 2003

By A Customer

The author did a very good job of sticking to his objective of only teaching you cold calling techniques; that is, techniques to get the appointment, not techniques on how to sell once you got that appointment. He had many, many good ideas; some of which I learned, some of which I knew but had to be reminded of. I would recommend his book to anyone wanting to do a better job at cold call prospecting. The one big negative I would say about this book is that he took too many pages to get his points across, much too verbose. I got tierd of reading it, and kept telling myself, OK, when is he going to get to the point. Other than that, I would highly recommend the book.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal coaching from a real-life sales superstar !, December 28, 2003

By	Pork Chop (Lisbon, Portugal) - See all my reviews

First of all, my career background touches
many fields, such as computers, internet,
customer service, sales, telemarketing,
insurance, finance, telecommunications
and so on.

In a previous existence or job, I handled
thousands of outbound sales calls, mixed
with inbound, as well.

I've done veyr well well in my field, but also,
I've witnessed some sales superstars with equal
and sometimes, even better sales experience and
results than my own.

Reading the 260 pages of this book, by Mr Lee Boyan,
I have to admit this man is the right man to coach
veteran and newbie sales reps alike.

The door-to-door selling, or in personal sales,
coupled with telemarketing or outbound sales,
advice is obviously, plainly based in reality.

Frequently, the advice he gives, I find I've been
practicing many of those points all along, by
learning through my own mistakes, but also, by
knowing what worked the best, and by natural talent,
and also, by picking up from co-workers.

The bottom line, is that this book will easily FINE-TUNE
your own techniques, approaches. It will inform you
of new skills, perhaps you've never used in a job
situation (either on the phone, or in person, or
setting appointments). It will make you realize of many
small tricks you felt were "your own" but actually, are
techniques all pros should be using, all the time, on
the job.

This book was written 1983, and then revised in 1989,
yet it feels like it was written this year !!!

That's how good it is.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Learn how to prospect, March 21, 2002

By	dan (chicago, Il) - See all my reviews

Boyan's book is essentially a book about prospecting and turning those prospects into appointments with potential customers. He teaches readers to present themselves as problem solvers to potential customers' concerns. The emphasis throughout the book is placed on the customers. Boyan devotes a chapter to customer psychology and gives consideration to the reasons why customers make purchasing decisions. Although somewhat simplified, his suggestion for addressing a customer's concern by paraphrasing it so the customer feels like you understand him, and then offering a solution can be used in a number of ways to persuade customers to make an appointment with you. The only problem is he only presents one way to address a customer's concerns and pretty soon the customer catches on to your technique and stops listening to you. But still I recommend it. It's worth [the price], and the techniques presented in this book have lead me to make appointments with customers that eventually lead to $5,000 aluminum siding sales, $8,000 kitchen remodeling sales, and $4,000 windows sales.