Personal Selling

Look around you. Everything you see was bought and sold by someone. If you are considering a sales job, are in one but wallowing in the valley of mediocrity, or just need a "starter match" to get back on track, this book is for you.

On average, people leave about 20 percent of potential mutual gains untapped in any negotiation. This is akin to taking 20 percent of the value in any deal and dumping it into a garbage canister. Finding that hidden 20 percent, the “sweet spot”, is a skill that takes practice but is also one that anybody can learn. In Negotiating the Sweet Spot, Leigh Thompson offers surefire best practices and tools to use in daily negotiations and conflict situations.

It sounds so simple: Tell stories from your life, and people will remember your message. But when you get down to crafting one, there's nothing easy about it. Material for stories surrounds us. Yet few people are skilled at sharing personal anecdotes and even fewer know how to link them to professional goals. Whether you want to stand out in the interview process, add punch to a presentation, or make a compelling case for a new initiative, Let the Story Do the Work shows you how to mine your experience for simple narratives that convey who you are.

More Land Buying Tips is just that...more! The original Land Buying Tips book was popular, so we did it again with different contributors and topics. Rural real estate - land - is a unique niche. In our land-related books we speak directly to the specific issues that apply to all types of rural real estate like farms, ranches, timber tracts, recreational tracts, and wooded parcels that can be developed into home sites or camps and retreats. The contributors in this book - like the first book - are the real deal.

Written by Gary Keller, Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan, the authors behind national best-sellers The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, and SHIFT, Your First Home lays out the many benefits of home ownership, provides a practical eight-step process, and emphasizes the value of working with a team of qualified professionals to ensure a smooth process.

In an impatient world of infobesity, people don't want more information - they want to be intrigued and they want to be intrigued fast. After all, goldfish have longer attention spans than humans - nine seconds to our eight. So, right now, people want to know, "How is this relevant and useful to me? Why are you worth my valuable time, mind, and dime?" Bestselling author and ace communication strategist Sam Horn reveals her "secret sauce" for truly connecting with people - whether it's one or one million.

This audiobook is about investing in properties under $30,000 and becoming a wealthy real-estate investor enjoying the profits now, rather than later...with only two to five properties instead of hundreds or overly priced properties.

How do you spot an area poised for gentrification? Is spring or winter the best time to put your house on the market? Will a house on Swamp Road sell for less than one on Gingerbread Lane? The fact is that the rules of real estate have changed drastically over the past five years. To understand real estate in our fast-paced, technology-driven world, we need to toss out all of the outdated truisms and embrace today's brand new information. But how?

Discover 21 true stories of real estate investing deals that went terribly wrong and the lessons you can learn from them. The cost of these "deals gone bad" total millions of dollars in losses, years of unproductive activity, and incalculable emotional stress. However, you'll obtain the enormous benefits of the powerful and profitable learning lessons from these 21 mishaps without the costs! You're about to gather lifelong, extremely valuable real estate investment and house flipping wisdom that has taken others a lifetime and a fortune to learn.

Everyone likes the idea of turning the ugliest house on the block into the best house on the block and making a profit. Until now a system has not been shared on how to successfully complete this task on time and budget without getting your hands dirty. This audiobook not only cracks the code but shares the proven path and system to have a systems-based rehab business that makes consistent profits for ordinary, everyday people.

Building a profitable online business as a solopreneur can feel like you are constantly hitting your head against a brick wall. But it doesn't have to. By building an aligned community of like-minded customers, ambassadors and partners you can scale up with more ease, do more with less and ultimately feel less alone.A decade ago when plus size runner Julie Creffield came last in a race little did she know that she would go on to inspire millions of people around the world, and then proceed to use her 20+ years experience as a community engagement expert to empower and upskill thousands of ...

50 Things to Know About Selling Your Home, by Donna Batdorff, offers an expert’s approach to selling your home.

After waking up in a hotel room while on a business trip to Oregon on September 11, 2001, and learning that his colleagues back in the World Trade Center had perished, Alan Schnur resolved to start over with a life filled with more than hard work alone. He vowed to also attain the freedom to spend time with his family and travel the world for weeks on end. Time to reflect and share his wisdom with others. He travels all over the world and mentors others so that they, too, can achieve this same cash-flow mindset that leads to financial freedom and a fulfilled life.

John, a high-performing yet overworked sales manager at Spectra Robotics, has built his life and career on relentless ambition and constant pressure. Trained in the cutthroat world of Stretch Selling—a method that thrives on exposing customer pain, challenging their decisions, and driving hard closes—John has achieved success by playing the game as it's always been played. But as the demands of his job intensify, his world begins to unravel. Impossible targets. A fractured family life. An identity tethered to fleeting successes. Beneath his competitive exterior, John loathes the endless...

Pam Sowder needed to bring in extra money for her family but struggled to find a solution that would give her the flexibility that she needed to continue to be an active and present mother. Once she discovered the industry of direct sales, her life changed! No one thought she would succeed, including herself. But, she worked through her doubt and discomfort to create a multimillion-dollar business!

In this entrepreneurial age, it's very tempting to leave your job to start your own business. Before you do, learn all you can from the best. World renowned best-selling author and business consultant Brian Tracy tells you about one of today's most needed skill sets, entrepreneurship, covering these important topics: myths of entrepreneurship, the best business choice for you, financing the business, shifting from employee mindset to entrepreneurial mindset, creating a realistic business plan, hiring the best and managing for success, and fueling your business growth.

Told from the viewpoint of a self-described competition junkie, Compete, Play, Win is a look at the psychology behind the competitive drive, a look at the sociological ramifications of acting on competitive impulses, and a book of advice on how to channel those impulses for personal gain in business, sport, and in life.

The Stoic Seller: Navigating the Complexities of Sales with Clarity and Purpose Discover a transformative approach to sales that blends timeless Stoic wisdom with actionable strategies for today’s dynamic world. In The Stoic Seller, you’ll learn how to overcome the common struggles of sales—fear of rejection, burnout, stress, and the relentless pressure to perform—by grounding your actions in the principles of Virtue, Resilience, and Acceptance. Through practical insights and real-world examples, this book introduces the Stoic Seller Framework, a powerful guide to navigating the ...

Quick tips from Tom Hopkins on direct selling and our most powerful desire; to be comfortable. Other strong desires include security, achievement, recognition, money, and love but they all boil down to the fact that people want comfort more than anything else. When discussing your network marketing or direct selling opportunity with people, your number one objective should be to determine what their current comfort level is with their jobs and their lives in general. Once you know what they really want out of life, you can show them how your business opportunity will help them achieve that ...

This unique three-book bundle will help you learn how to increase your charisma, improve your persuasive communication skills, and to lower your stress and anxiety - even if you’re a total introvert. Unlock your full potential by learning how your brain works. These books will show you how not to change your behavior, and how to influence the behavior of those around you. Once you understand the psychology of human behavior, nothing will stand between you and the success you deserve.