Hi Readers,
I bought this book last week. I'm a sales manager and have read a lot of sales, marketing and personal improvement books, and listened to many CD's on the subject. I follow the new model of selling.
This book starts with how to increase profits using telephone selling and give some practical advice on how to setup a sales operation on the phone, basics scripts, closes, handling gatekeepers and some extra tips.
Being in telephone sales for a few years now i found that this book was more aimed at business that have not done telephone selling before. It covers the basics but i don't think the 'sales skills' would cut in my office. Very basic. One good section was handling gatekeepers, but the rest was fairly obvious.
some of the advice was; Use a phone that is clear and good quality, and if you call and the line is busy, call the next person.
Its not all bad, as i say its ok for setups, but wouldn't recommend for sales people or managers looking for new ideas and skills.
I'd stick with Brian Tracy Advanced Selling Strategies.