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Hacking Sales: The Playbook for Building a High Velocity Sales Machine

3.67 (288ratings)

Author:Max Altschuler

Published:March 2nd 2015

Book genres

Business

Topics

Startup Growth, Sales, Growth Hacking, Hypergrowth, Finding Customers


The world of sales is a $500 billion industry that employs over 15 million people in the US alone. However, only a handful of colleges offer degrees in sales and most MBA programs don’t offer a single sales class.

Business executives and investors have realized that a good sales team will make or break your business. As data and technology become cheaper to access, and more Well-educated people choose careers in sales; the world of sales is undergoing a massive transformation. Consider this book your degree in modern sales. I call it Sales Hacking.

In Hacking Sales, you’ll learn how to build a fully streamlined sales engine using new technology built for salespeople along with innovative new techniques. I showcase over 150 tools throughout the book, as we walk through the processes behind building an fully efficient sales machine. Some of them include:

-Building your Ideal Customer Profile
-Finding theses Ideal Customers by the thousands
-Getting Contact Info at Scale
-Different Strategies for Targeting Prospects
-How to Properly Segment Lists for Mass Emailing
-Building, Testing, Measuring, Optimizing Email Campaigns
-Hiring, Training, Managing Outsourced Sales Development Teams
-Best Practices for Nurturing Leads
-Negotiations, Objections, and Closing the Deal
-The Art of Getting Referrals During the Honeymoon Period
-Plus Bonus Material and Much More