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Secrets of Successful Sales
Written by Alison Edgar
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If you don’t sell, you don’t have a business.
In Secrets of Successful Sales, Alison Edgar—The Entrepreneur’s Godmother—brings together psychology and sales to help you develop a winning strategy for increasing sales and growing your business.
Centered around Alison’s Four Key Pillars of Sales methodology, this book enables you to understand customer behaviours, provides you with a foolproof process, and explains how to create an effective strategy and close with confidence.
Author
Alison Edgar
Alison was recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020 for her work in Entrepreneurship and Business. Known for her tenacious attitude and her go-getter spirit, she regularly contributes to BBC TV and radio. This book is the follow-up to her debut, Secrets of Successful Sales, which was an international bestseller.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Some really useful guidance. I’ve got my own business with a small team of 6.As the director, I am the one who wears the sales hat. I’m not a born sales person but found by reading this book I understood the concepts well.