For decades, sales managers, coaches and authors talked about closing as the most essential, most difficult phase of selling. They invented pushy tricks for the final ask, from the “take delivery” close to the “now or never” close. But these tactics often alienated customers, leading to fads for the “soft” close or even abandoning the idea of closing altogether. It sounded great in theory, but the results were often mixed or poor. Anthony Iannarino has a different approach geared to the new technological and social realities of our time. In The Lost Art of Closing, he proves that the final commitment can actually be one of the easiest parts of the sales process — if the salesman has set it up properly with other commitments that have to happen long before the close.
The Lost Art of Closing: Winning the Ten Commitments That Drive Sales
Anthony Iannarino
Portfolio
Available: 8/8/2017
240 pages
$27
