The Lost Art of Closing
Winning the Ten Commitments That Drive Sales
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Anthony Iannarino
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Anthony Iannarino
About this listen
"Always be closing!" - Glengarry Glen Ross, 1992
"Never Be Closing!" - a sales book title, 2014
"?????" - salespeople everywhere, 2017
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. That left a generation of salespeople wondering how they should think about closing, and what strategies would lead to the best possible outcomes.
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 you've set it up properly with other commitments that have to happen long before the close. The key is to lead customers through a series of necessary steps designed to prevent a purchase stall.
Iannarino addressed this in a chapter of The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need - which he thought would be his only book about selling. But he discovered so much hunger for guidance about closing that he's back with a new book full of proven tactics and useful examples. The Lost Art of Closing will help you win customer commitment at ten essential points along the purchase journey. For instance, you'll discover how to:
- Compete on value, not price, by securing a Commitment to Invest early in the process.
- Ask for a Commitment to Build Consensus within the client's organization, ensuring that your solution has early buy-in from all stakeholders.
- Prevent the possibility of the sale falling through at the last minute by proactively securing a Commitment to Resolve Concerns.
- The Lost Art of Closing will forever change the way you think about closing, and your clients will appreciate your ability to help them achieve real change and real results.
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- AlbertaComputers
- 2020-01-10
One of the best sales books I've heard
a lot of books talk about be closing summer sale but miss all the important details leading that point. this course covers the entire sales process and should help any sales person increase their closing ratio
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- Stephen Bryant
- 2019-06-23
Well structured concepts to be readily applied
I have all three of Anthony's books but this one in audio only and I am listening to it a second time to reinforce the concepts. He is very focused on delivering messages and lessons that can be readily applied including providing examples with contexts. Seems more applicable to complex sales with multiple stakeholders (e.g., software sales, corporate buyers) but certainly many concepts are applicable in all selling situations.
Well worth the investment of time.
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- Heaven on earth with ruru
- 2023-05-26
Great read overall
A book that’ll compliment other books on sales development. Very well communicated and informative overall.
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