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Major Account Sales Strategy Hardcover – 30 January 1989
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- ISBN-109780070511149
- ISBN-13978-0070511149
- Edition1st
- PublisherMcGraw Hill
- Publication date30 January 1989
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions15.75 x 2.03 x 23.37 cm
- Print length240 pages
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- ASIN : 0070511144
- Publisher : McGraw Hill; 1st edition (30 January 1989)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780070511149
- ISBN-13 : 978-0070511149
- Dimensions : 15.75 x 2.03 x 23.37 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 288,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 77 in Business Sales Textbooks
- 136 in Business Marketing Textbooks
- 473 in Product Management
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About the author

Neil Rackham is founder and former president of Huthwaite, Inc. Huthwaite researches, consults, and provides seminars for over 200 leading sales organizations around the world, including Xerox, IBM, and Citicorp. His academic background is in research psychology. It was at the University of Sheffield, England, that he began his research into sales effectiveness that resulted in SPIN. Mr. Rackham is the author of more than 50 articles and several books.
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- D. HARDINGReviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the top 3 Sales Books Ever
Verified PurchaseThe others are SPIN Selling and Miller Heimann Strategic Selling. I am certain that, like the other 2, I will be using this as a reference book throughout my career.
I guess that the only qualification is that the focus is high value B to B sales.
- Joanna D.Reviewed in the United States on 6 October 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars The pitfalls await the uninformed sales person; read this!
Verified PurchaseWhat are the focus of receptivity, the focus of dissatisfaction, and the focus of power? If you don't know, a set of nasty surprises awaits you as a sales person. As you seek entry into accounts to which you are expected to sell, you will find it's a cold, cold world out there, more than ever. Entering a new account and successfully turning it around can take forever--or a shorter time if you work smarter, not harder.
Neil Rackham's book deals head-on with the issues of breaking into and selling to accounts that are "negative"--that is to say, buying from your competitor. But you can find the chinks to work your way in and find mutual benefits. Chances are, there is dissatisfaction in some area--with a competitor, with a technology, with a situation. The knowledgeable sales person can find the dissatisfied parties and influence them to take action. The result--sales for you and an improved situation for them.
I found the book particularly good at identifying stages of the sale, in ways different from the traditional Xerox-style selling. For example, the stages are broken down into an implementation-resolution cycle, where, after needs are recognized, option are evaluated, concerns are met (objections, in old-speak) and finally a decision is made. You, as the salesperson, are shepherding the process with the decision makers and influencers through this cycle. So it pays to know where you are sitting in each stage of the cycle in order to present the right information to your client.
This book is not hard to understand, and is well-organized. If ound it interesting and valuable reading, and think it belongs on any the major account manager's bookshelf.
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Héctor O.Reviewed in Mexico on 12 April 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Verified PurchaseAltamente recomendable.