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Winning the Battle for Sales by John Golden
E-books / Sales Management / Nov 28, 2016 / Posted by John Golden / 5973

Winning the Battle for Sales by John Golden

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Drawing lessons on closing deals — from the world’s greatest military victories.

About Winning the Battle for Sales

What does selling products and services—or the failure to do so—have to do with Napoleon’s march on Moscow, Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg, and David’s epic battle with Goliath? According to sales expert John Golden, a lot–and not just because sales calls can feel like gruelling battles.

In this eye-opening sales guide, Golden reveals the surprising parallel between the steps of successful selling and the steps of successful warfare.

Winning the Battle for Sales delivers selling best practices based on examples from history’s battlefields Organized into three parts–the Sales Call, Account Strategy, and Sales Management–these tales reveal key takeaways that you can apply to every sale, including:

  • Pyrrhus of Epirus vs. the Romans (280-279 B.C.)—vital points on avoiding the pursuit of victory at all costs
  • Captain Bligh vs. Fletcher Christian (Mutiny on the Bounty)—important lessons about understanding customer needs and desires
  • The Siege of Petersburg (U.S. Civil War, 1864)—indispensable guidance on delivering “outside-the-box” solutions
  • The Gunfight at the OK Corral (1881)—the keys to preventing sales objections to ensure smooth negotiations
  • Brian Boru vs. the Vikings (Battle of Clontarf, 1014)—essential information on turning unseen opportunity into a value driver

Just as generals pore over every aspect of a battle after it’s fought, you no doubt review your sales tactics in a similar fashion. This guide is a quick, snappy, entertaining read.

About Author

John is the Amazon bestselling author of Winning the Battle for Sales: Lessons on Closing Every Deal from the World’s Greatest Military Victories and Social Upheaval: How to Win at Social Selling. A globally acknowledged Sales & Marketing thought leader, speaker, and strategist, he has conducted over 1500 video interviews of thought leaders for Sales POP! online sales magazine & YouTube Channel and for audio podcast channels where Sales POP! is rated in the top 2% of most popular shows out of 3,320,580 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM. In his spare time, John is an avid Martial Artist.

Author's Publications on Amazon

John Golden, best selling author of "Winning the Battle for Sales" presents "Social Upheaval: How to Win At Social Selling" to explain how every B2B salesperson can add social selling methods to their toolkits, and why it is so important that they do so without…
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FROM THE CREATORS OF SPIN SELLING―TRIED-AND-TRUE STRATEGIES TO ARM YOU IN THE WAR FOR SALES SUPREMACY "I distinctly remember my first VP talking about 'campaigns' and 'targets.' Indeed, successful salespeople have made learning from military tactics an important aspect of their careers. In this engaging…
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