Selling to the C-Suite

What Every Executive Wants You to Know About Successfully Selling to the Top

Nicholas A. C. Read, Stephen J. Bistritz

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2010, 205 pages

ISBN: 978-0-07-162891-4

Keywords: Sales

Last modified: Nov. 23, 2012, 4:04 p.m.

Its the goal of every salesperson: getting access to senior client executives — the C-Level decision makers responsible for approving top-dollar deals. Selling to the C-Suite is the first book that reveals how to land those career-making sales in the words of CEOs themselves!

With 60 years of combined experience selling to corporations around the world, Nicholas A.C. Read and Stephen J. Bistritz , Ed.D., conducted in-depth interviews with executive-level decision makers of more than 500 organizations. One thing they learned might surprise you: leaders at the highest corporate levels don't avoid sales pitches; in fact, they welcome them — provided the salesperson approaches them the right way. Inside this invaluable book, CEOs reveal exactly which sales techniques they find most effective, as well as those you should avoid.

Selling to the C-Suite provides all the insight you need to:

  • Gain access to executives
  • Establish trust and credibility
  • Leverage relationships
  • Create value at the executive level

It also reveals when executives personally enter the buying process and sheds light on what role they play.

Selling to the C-Suite provides field-tested techniques to put you well ahead of thecompetition when it comes to making those multimillion-dollar sales you never thought possible.

  1. When do executives get involved in the decision process?
  2. A brave new world for sales and marketing
  3. Understanding what executives want
  4. How to gain access to the executive level
  5. How to establish credibility at the executive level
  6. How to create value at the executive level
  7. Cultivating loyalty at the C-suite
  • Afterword
  • Appendix 1: Guide to customer research
  • Appendix 2: Tools for building the executive relationship

Reviews

Selling to the C-Suite

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

Very Good ******** (8 out of 10)

Last modified: Nov. 23, 2012, 4:04 p.m.

This is something as unusual as a Business-to-Business sales book (not very uncommon) that in fact has some value. It doesn't give you any hints on how to get into the door or onto the agenda, but as soon as you have access to an executive, this book may help you understand what is expected of you.

Absolutely worth reading, as it explains the top executive mindset in a very good manner.

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