Selling in a Crisis: 55 Ways to Stay Motivated and Increase Sales in Volatile Times by Jeb Blount
About the Book:
In Selling in a Crisis, the world's most sought-after sales trainer Jeb Blount delivers an essential blueprint for staying motivated, keeping your pipeline full, increasing sales, retaining your customers, and advancing your career in times of uncertainty and change.
In his classic, no-nonsense style, Jeb gives you 55 easy-to-consume tips, techniques, and tactics that are time-tested and proven to help you stay on top when everything and everyone else is down.
You'll also discover the real secrets to selling more in a crisis; how to be a right now sales professional; 7 Steps of Effective Prospecting Sequences and how to be professionally persistent; how to adjust sales messaging to meet the moment; The five questions you must answer in the affirmative for every stakeholder; five ways to protect and advance your career; and so much more...
Jon Kabat-Zinn once said, "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." This is exactly what you'll learn to do in this indispensable guide for sales professionals who are navigating the rough seas of volatility.
With each chapter, you will find the motivation, inspiration, and confidence catch to rise above the negativity, catch your wave, and take control of your life, career, mindset, and income.
About the Author:
Jeb Blount is the author of 15 of the most definitive books ever written on sales and sales leadership and is among the world's most respected thought leaders on sales, leadership, and customer experience.
Through his global training organization, Sales Gravy, Jeb and his team train and advise a who's who of the world's most prestigious organizations. His Flagship website, SalesGravy.com is the most visited sale-specific website on the planet and his Sales Gravy podcast has over 40 million downloads.
And, interesting fact - Jeb Blount is now a member of a very exclusive club, The Marketing Book Podcast 7-Timers Club!
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Belonging to the Brand: Why Community is the Last Great Marketing Strategy by Mark Schaefer
About the Book:
Bestselling author and futurist Mark Schaefer explains why community is a vastly overlooked marketing opportunity for most organizations.
He explains how three major trends are colliding in a way that makes brand communities the future of marketing strategy.
Highlights include:
Through extensive research, diverse case studies, and expert interviews, Schaefer provides an inspiring, compelling, and actionable blueprint for the modern brand community.
About the Author:
Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, college educator, marketing consultant, and author.
His blog is one of the top marketing blogs in the world and his Marketing Companion podcast is one of the top business shows.
Mark has worked in global sales, PR, and marketing positions for more than 30 years and now provides consulting services with Schaefer Marketing Solutions.
He specializes in marketing training and strategy with clients as diverse as Dell, Johnson & Johnson, Adidas, and the US Air Force.
He has advanced degrees in marketing and organization development and is a faculty member of The Graduate Studies program at Rutgers University. A career highlight for Mark was studying under Peter Drucker while earning his MBA.
And, interesting fact – Mark was popular in school, but to his parents’ dismay, teachers noted on report cards that he was the class clown!
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Myths of Social Media: Dispel the Misconceptions and Master Social Media (2nd Ed.) by Michelle Carvill and Ian MacRae
About the Book:
Everyone knows that social media is free, millennials are all adept social media experts, and businesses always have to be available 24/7 and ultimately none of it really matters, as the digital space is full of fake news and online messaging is seen as inauthentic.
Don't they?
The use of social media as a business tool is dominated by falsehoods, fiction, and fabrications.
In Myths of Social Media, digital consultant Michelle Carvill and workplace psychologist Ian MacRae dismiss many of the most keenly-held misconceptions and instead, present the reality of social media best practices.
Using helpful and instructive, sometimes entertaining, and occasionally eye-watering examples of what you should and should not do, Myths of Social Media bunks the most commonly held myths and shows you how to use social media effectively for work and at work.
About the Author:
Ian MacRae is a work psychologist, consultant, speaker, author, and Managing Director of High Potential Psychology.
He works with and writes about, a wide range of topics relating to psychology and the workplace. He developed the High Potential Traits Inventory (HPTI), a personality assessment that has been translated into dozens of languages and used by over 50,000 people around the world.
He has published six books which have been translated into 10 different languages including Myths of Work: Dispel the Misconceptions and Succeed in the World of Work, Dark Social: Understanding the Darker Side of Work, Personality and Social Media, High Potential: How To Spot, Manage And Develop Talented People At Work, and Motivation and Performance: A Guide to Motivating a Diverse Workforce
And, interesting fact - despite living in the UK and having a Scottish name, he doesn’t have a Scottish accent – he is from Canada!
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Happy Work: How To Create A Culture Of Happiness by Nicholas Webb
About the Book:
Every year, highly respected CEOs, leaders, and managers launch, with the very best of intentions, “quality of work life” initiatives.
These leaders believe that happy employees are better employees, and they seek to make changes that will fulfill those conditions.
Regrettably, despite their high expectations, these programs nearly always fail. The metrics they are designed to improve — productivity, employee engagement, and even company profitability — don't budge. It is as if nothing had been done.
The author Nicholas Webb's company has become something of an organizational hazmat team, tasked with cleaning up after ineffective quality of work-life initiatives.
Based on his experience with numerous organizations over thirty years, he has formulated powerful solutions that really work. The lessons he's learned are presented in the pages of this book.
Nicholas Webb shares how to avoid the common pitfalls and how to leverage new best practices that provide predictable, measurable returns on your happiness initiative.
You’ll also discover the corollary between happy customers, sales growth, and innovation in the furtherance of happy employees.
You will learn why you should avoid the vast survey industry, and how to get real insights about what your employees want and need in order to build a workplace that your competitors will envy.
Your newly forged happiness initiative will attract and keep the best talent in your marketplace, drive the best innovations, build scalable and predictable revenue growth, and significantly improve the returns on your organizational strategies.
This book contains both deep research and thirty years of practical experience. You will learn how to leverage these insights to avoid common mistakes and enjoy the benefits of proven methods that deliver real results.
If applied properly with the correct infrastructure and training, your organization will achieve some or all of the following benefits:
We live in challenging times. All over the world, employees of companies large and small are questioning their career choices. Instead of taking their life path for granted and settling for what society offers them, many are asking, “Is this all there is? Why should I commute to a boring or distasteful job with little future, just to pay my mortgage? I want to do something that has meaning to me. I want to get up and go to work with a smile on my face.”
The Great Resignation served as a wake-up call. Today, the best companies have to compete for the best employees, and it’s not just about the size of the paycheck, it’s about performing meaningful work that creates value. This book gives every company a road map to relevance and competitiveness and helps make "Happy Work" a reality.
About the Author:
Nicholas Webb is one of the top company culture experts in the world. He has been awarded the Global Gurus Top 30 designation for customer service for 7 years.
Nick is the CEO of Learn Logic an employee and company culture training advisory firm that works with some of the top brands to help them build world-class employee and customer experiences.
As a technologist, he has been awarded more than 40 US patents for consumer and technology products. He also served as an adjunct professor for a health science university, where he led the Center for Innovation.
Nick is the author of multiple best-selling books on business innovation, customer and employee experience, and leadership. He is also one of the top keynote speakers on business growth, innovation, future trends, and company culture.
And, interesting fact – he is now a member of The Marketing Book Podcast 4-Timers Club!
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