Quotes from Jeffrey Gitomer


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The buyer, the prospect, the customer expects you to have knowledge of their stuff, not just your stuff.


Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don't display the talent to match their definition.


I consider myself a frequent flyer, flying roughly 200 times a year on mostly mainstream airlines.


When you hear bosses talk about their best salespeople, they often refer to them as rock stars. It's the highest praise your boss can give someone on your team.


The chief executive officer is also the chief sales officer. He or she is responsible for the success of the company and making a profit. The closer the CEO is to the everyday selling process, bringing in business, the more successful the company will become.


Rock stars, like anyone else, have to show discipline and take consistent good actions.


If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.


My website, my email magazine, my blog, my books, my corporate seminars, and my public seminars all create the ability for social media to work and all build reputation and ranking.


I grew up in an upper-middle-class town with a population around 12,000. My high school held around a thousand kids. All smart. We had a strict dress code. If you wore blue jeans to school, they sent you home.


Social media presents an opportunity for business people to connect and know each other prior to a phone call or email taking place.


I graduated from high school in 1963. There were no computers, cell phones, Internet, credit cards, cassette tapes or cable TV.


I don't want features, I want value. I don't want benefits, I want value.


We use social media as an adjunct to my total media/market outreach.


Every single person in every single company is either in sales or affects sales. Every single person in every single company is either in service or affects service.


Value-first is a perception. If your customer does not perceive it as value, then it's not very valuable.


Your grammar is a reflection of your image. Good or bad, you have made an impression. And like all impressions, you are in total control.


Selling is a natural skill. It's developed as a child. You may know it as persuasion.


Many salespeople are trying to make their quota rather than developing a deeper belief in their product or service - and even worse, they don't have a strong enough belief in themselves.


There is no one thing that can turn around a rejection. But there is one answer: begin talking to your customers who have already bought from you and discover why they bought.


People don't like to be sold, but they love to buy.