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the new solution selling: the revolutionary sales process that is changing the way people sell
The New Solution Selling: The Revolutionary Sales Process That is Changing the Way People Sell
by Keith M. Eades   ISBN:0071435395
McGraw-Hill © 2004

This book expands the classic text's cases, examples, and situations and sharpens its focus on streamlining the sales process to achieve greater success in fewer steps and a shorter time frame.

Table of Contents
The New Solution Selling—The Revolutionary Sales Process That Is Changing the Way People Sell
Foreword
Preface
Part One - Solution Selling Concepts
Chapter One - Solutions
Chapter Two - Principles
Chapter Three - Sales Process
Part Two - Creating New Opportunities
Chapter Four - Precall Planning and Research
Chapter Five - Stimulating Interest
Chapter Six - Defining Pain or Critical Business Issue
Chapter Seven - Diagnose Before You Prescribe
Chapter Eight - Creating Visions Biased to Your Solution
Part Three - Engaging in Active Opportunities
Chapter Nine - Selling When You’re Not First
Chapter Ten - Vision Re-engineering
Part Four - Qualify, Control, Close
Chapter Eleven - Gaining Access to People with Power
Chapter Twelve - Controlling the Buying Process
Chapter Thirteen - Closing: Reaching Final Agreement
Part Five - Managing the Process
Chapter Fourteen - Getting Started with the Process
Chapter Fifteen - Sales Management System: Managers Managing Pipelines and Salespeople
Chapter Sixteen - Creating and Sustaining High-Performance Sales Cultures
Appendix A - Value Justification Example
Appendix B - Solution Selling: A Scalable Approach
Afterword
Index
List of Figures


The original Solution Selling rewrote the rules for the sales profession. Today, the revolutionary yet practical Solution Selling method remains the primary selling process for salespeople competing in every industry around the world, and in every size of business—from the smallest firms to the largest Fortune 500 corporations.

The New Solution Selling comprehensively updates this proven effective approach to help you succeed with todays no- nonsense markets and buyers . A practical guide designed to provide hands-on value to frontline salespeople as well as sales managers and executives, this step-by-step book shows you how to streamline the sales process by:

  • Quickly and accurately diagnosing your buyers business issues
  • Supplying mutually defined solutions to your customers recognized problems
  • Gaining access to key decision makers
  • Controlling the buying process
  • Defining milestones that can be measured and forecasted

Solution Selling first won its well-earned reputation among technology companies. Now The New Solution Selling shows how the same principles and process many be applied to any business relationship in any industry. This results-based book will show you how to improve your sales performance by first understanding your customers challenges—and then providing intelligent , accessible, and field-proven solutions to those challenges.

About the Author

Keith M. Eades is the founder and president of Sales Performance International (SPI) and Solution Selling, Inc. He and his associates have trained more than 500,000 sales and sales management professionals on the principles of Solution Selling. His clients include the worlds top selling organizations, such as IBM, Microsoft, AT&T, and Bank of America.