Tough Calls

In this summary you will learn

• How to identify problem clients
• Which specific sales strategies to use with different types of difficult customers

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Why you should read Tough Calls

While most books about selling focus on the salesperson’s behavior, this book focuses instead on the client’s behavior and the sales approaches you should use depending upon just how weird or annoying - excuse us, that should be "challenging" or maybe "eccentric" - the client becomes. Josh Gordon clearly and effectively presents 20 different classic, difficult behaviors, including everything from "The Client Who Lies to You" to "The Client Who Knows It All." Gordon offers useful strategies for dealing with such personalities and situations, strategies that can help you make your sale and then make a clean getaway. The book is written conversationally and includes no filler or fluff, just plenty of well-organized and helpful ideas. getAbstract recommends this book to anyone who is trying to sell a product, service or idea, because sometimes it is nice to know that you aren’t the problem.

About the Author

Josh Gordon is president of an independent publisher’s representation firm, where he sells advertising space for magazines. He also writes regularly for Folio Magazine on the subject of selling, speaks at industry gatherings and runs private sales-training sessions.