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Jeffrey J. Fox
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In Secrets of the Great Rainmakers you'll learn how to outsmart the competition and set yourself apart from the pack. In over 50 interviews with industry leaders from a wide variety of fields, best-selling author Jeffrey J. Fox will share the proven techniques and hard-won wisdom that have helped great rainmakers get ahead, along with his trademark brand of counterintuitive insight and commentary that have made his books so popular.
Among the secrets you'll find:
- Why silence can be golden
- How to find the decision maker
- Why relationships as a bankable selling strategy is bunk
Fox gets to the heart of the matter, and condenses years of hard-won wisdom into memorable lessons guaranteed to increase sales, they've already been proven.
©2006 Jeffrey J. Fox (P)2006 Audio RenaissanceListeners also enjoyed...
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. Every day more than 15 million people earn their keep by persuading someone else to make a purchase. But dig deeper and a startling truth emerges: Yes, one in nine Americans works in sales. But so do the other eight. Whether we’re employees pitching colleagues on a new idea, entrepreneurs enticing funders to invest, or parents and teachers cajoling children to study, we spend our days trying to move others.
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Lenghty book with a few solid tips on persuation
- By Gerardo A Dada on 01-21-13
By: Daniel H. Pink
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The 25 Most Common Sales Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- By: Stephan Schiffman
- Narrated by: Michael Ferreri
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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Noted sales trainer Stephan Schiffman, the famous master of cold calls and sales techniques, provides bite-sized tips on correcting common sales problems, using the same nuggets-of-advice format as in many of his other books!
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Distilled value.
- By Steve on 09-15-17
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All In
- How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams
- By: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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ALL IN is the pinnacle book in Mike Michalowicz's Entrepreneurship Simplified series, setting the standard for building high-performing teams in today’s challenging work environment. Whether dealing with remote work, flex schedules, or generational divides, ALL IN provides a proven framework for recruiting top talent, transforming underperformers into superstars, and cultivating a culture where every employee is as dedicated as an owner.
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Outstanding
- By Lance Lawshe on 06-27-24
By: Mike Michalowicz
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Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain
- How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur
- By: Ryan Blair, Don Yaeger
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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Ryan Blair knows about building a business from the ground up. Like many entrepreneurs he had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a "nothing to lose" mindset.Blair's middle-class childhood came to an abrupt end when his abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family. Blair and his mother moved to a bad neighborhood, and soon he was in and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his mother fell in love with a successful entrepreneur who took Ryan under his wing.
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I wouldn't read it again
- By Blahhhhhh on 01-07-13
By: Ryan Blair, and others
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Overdeliver
- Build a Business for a Lifetime Playing the Long Game in Direct Response Marketing
- By: Brian Kurtz
- Narrated by: Brian Kurtz
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Whether you’re new to marketing or a seasoned pro, this book gives you a crystal-clear road map to grow your business, make more money, maximize your impact in your market, and love what you’re doing while you’re doing it. Author Brian Kurtz takes you inside the craft to help you use all the tools at your disposal - from the intricate relationship between lists, offers, and copy, to continuity and creating lifetime value, to the critical importance of multichannel marketing and more - so you can succeed wildly, exceed all your expectations, and overdeliver every time.
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1 of the best books on marketing - highly recommended
- By Patrick J. Stiles on 12-13-19
By: Brian Kurtz
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The 25 Sales Skills
- They Don't Teach at Business School
- By: Stephan Schiffman
- Narrated by: Stephan Schiffman
- Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
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Master the skills you can’t learn in a classroom. You can break into today’s cutting-edge sales force - and become a leader. All it takes is learning Stephan Schiffman’s essential skills. Honed to perfection over decades of experience, his techniques will make you a top sales performer. From the man who’s trained more than a half-million salespeople, these are the secrets you won’t learn in any classroom. Now they’re yours for the taking and will put you on the fast track to career advancement.
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Great Sales book!!!
- By NN on 02-27-17
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Do It! Marketing
- 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Boost Sales, Maximize Profits, and Crush Your Competition
- By: David Newman
- Narrated by: David Newman
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Small business marketing doesn't have to be a mystery. It's just a series of simple decisions (and the action steps to implement those decisions) that will help you regain the clarity, confidence, and control you need to succeed. Do It! Marketing is an encouraging kick in the pants that will reignite your marketing mojo. The underlying premise is that "only action creates results."
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GOOD Book. However...
- By ala on 08-03-14
By: David Newman
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Free Prize Inside!
- The Next Big Marketing Idea
- By: Seth Godin
- Narrated by: Seth Godin
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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Purple Cow taught marketers the value of standing out from the herd, which is how companies like Krispy Kreme and JetBlue made it big. But it left readers hungry for more: How do you actually think up new Purple Cows? And how do you get them adopted by risk-averse Brown Cow companies? Free Prize Inside delivers those answers and much more.
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Another gem from Seth
- By Daryl on 12-29-09
By: Seth Godin
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Ahead of the Curve
- Two Years at Harvard Business School
- By: Philip Delves Broughton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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In 2004 Philip Delves Broughton abandoned a post as Paris bureau chief of the London Daily Telegraph to join 900 other would-be tycoons on the Harvard Business School's plush campus. With acute and often uproarious candor, he assesses the school's success at teaching the traits it extols as most important in business: leadership, decisiveness, ethical behavior, and work/life balance.
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On one breath.
- By Atkins on 05-17-22
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- Dean
- 12-03-09
Amazing eye opener
I own my own business and never considered myself to be a salesperson, then I realized I am; but not a good one. This book is an eye opener filled with amazing ideas.
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- Marian Hanganu
- 08-12-06
Sharp and inspiring
Jeffrey J. Fox is the best! His book is sharp, interesting, practical, profound, etc.
Take it, listen and live on his advice!
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- Christopher W Chrebet
- 10-03-06
inspirational
very inspirational, and if you can remember all the things it tells you to do you will make more sales. Somewhat entertaining.
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- M. Costello
- 04-04-06
Another Grand Slam
If you are in business, want to go into business, or just want an edge, Jeffrey Fox says it all. Great solid, practical, everyday advice that will make a difference!
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- JP
- 07-27-14
STRICTLY FOR BEGINNERS
What would have made Secrets of the Great Rainmakers better?
More practicality and fewer platitudes.
What could Jeffrey J. Fox have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
This seems to be Mr. Fox's schtick
What didn’t you like about Jeffrey J. Fox’s performance?
This book is useful if you have not thought through the most basic aspects of getting new work to your business. It's essentially useless if you need anything more than rudimentary first-steps education.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
This book was a waste of money. The most regretted book purchase of the last 10 years.
Any additional comments?
I cannot imagine anyone in the position to need this book would not already know these basic tips. It reads like a bad seminar.
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- J. M. Batista
- 06-09-07
Where are the secrets ?
Nothing new and bordering heavily towards dullness. Disappointing.
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- Bill M.
- 02-27-19
Bad Old School
I"m OK with old school approaches, but when a book touts a direction that never worked, it's absolute junk. It really is an outline of what's considered a lone wolf selling style, which is never repeatable nor should be followed.
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