Gitomer Sales Quotes & Sayings

Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was "a way out of loneliness."
(NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.) — Jonathan Franzen

A course we different! Everybody know colored people and white people ain't the same. But we still just people. — Kathryn Stockett

Sales is survival, the best-prepared are most likely to survive. — Jeffrey Gitomer

My readers and my audiences have turned into my followers. They are more than interested in what I have to say in the subjects of sales, loyalty, attitude, networking, business social media, and becoming a trusted advisor. — Jeffrey Gitomer

There's no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you - unless your potion is hard work. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Take more chances than you dare. You'll make more sales than you expect. That's the formula. — Jeffrey Gitomer

A duodene of bird notes chirruped bright treble answer under sensitive hand. Brightly the keys, all twinkling, linked, all harpsichording, called to a voice to sing the strain of dewy morn, of youth, of love's leave-taking, life's, love's morn. — James Joyce

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. — Jeffrey Gitomer

You think that the world we live in is ordinary. We make noise and static to fill the empty spaces where ghosts live. We let other people grow our food, bleach our clothes. We seal ourselves in, clean the dirt from our skins, eat of animals whose blood does not stain our hands. We long ago left the ways of our ancestors, oracles and blood sacrifice, traffic with the spirit world, listening for the voices out of stones and trees. But maybe sometimes you have felt the uncanny, alone at night in a dark wood, or waiting by the edge of the ocean for the tide to come in. We have paved over the ancient world, but that does not mean we have erased it. — Sarah McCarry

The most killer questions in sales: "Mr. Jones, when I say (insert your product, your company, or anything you want an opinion about here) what one word comes to mind?" This is the most powerful question because it not only gives you top of mind awareness (the customer "hot button"), it also tells you their attitude towards it. — Jeffrey Gitomer

There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge. — Jeffrey Gitomer

I am like a person whose hands were kept numb, without sensation from the first moment of awareness - until one day the ability to feel is forced into them. And I say "Look! I have no hands!" But the people all around me say: "What are hands? — Frank Herbert

You have to hold your teeth clamped around Hollywood to keep from chewing on stray blondes. — Raymond Chandler

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In sales, it's not what you say; it's how they perceive what you say. — Jeffrey Gitomer

There is a gay agenda?" he asked. "Naturally. Although marriage is the second item. Draw two." "So what's the first?" Jackson asked, grinning. He seemed to be the only person at the table besides Levi who realized Jaime was kidding. Everybody else was staring at Jaime with open-mouthed shock. "Recruitment. Especially of children. That's why I'm here, in fact. We're having a membership drive this month, and whoever recruits the most minors wins two free tickets to see Kathy Griffin live. — Marie Sexton

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The number of those 19 to 25 with private insurance increased from 51 to 55.8 percent, and the percentage of uninsured fell from 33.9 percent in 2010 to 28.8 percent during the first half of 2011. — Michelle Singletary

The key is not to call the decision maker. The key is to have the decision maker call you. — Jeffrey Gitomer

The key in mastering any kind of sales is switching statements about you and how great you are and what you do, to statements about them, and how great they are and how they will produce more and profit more from ownership of your product or service. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Several national tests have revealed the following startling statistics about why salespeople fail ... 15% Improper training both product and sales skills. 20% Poor verbal and written communication skills. 15% Poor or problematic boss or management. 50% Attitude. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Friendly makes sales - and friendly generates repeat business. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Becoming well known (at least among your prospects & connections) is the most valuable element in the connection process. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Humor can give you the edge you are looking for. — Jeffrey Gitomer

I didn't want to feel like I was mimicking or copying someone else's performance, whether it's subconscious or not. — Aidan Turner

If you look at issues like immigration, gay marriage, gun regulation - these are all things that probably wouldn't be a source of much discussion at all in D.C., if they weren't sources of self-perpetuation. — Mark Leibovich

Faith doesn't deny a problems existence. It denies it a place of influence. — Bill Johnson

Leads to relationship. That's not the life cycle, that's the life cycle of sales. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Some things need to be broken. — P.C. Hodgell

I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got. — Richard M. Nixon

When you employ HUMOR, you create a friendly, relaxed buying atmosphere. — Jeffrey Gitomer

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. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Oh, Punky. You should afford to have a bit more humility. But the first goal is for you to stop cursing so much."
"Fuck that," Caroline said.
"You're failing miserably."
"I haven't even started yet. — Cecilia London

The more the therapist is able to tolerate the anxiety of not knowing, the less need there is for the therapist to embrace orthodoxy. — Irvin D. Yalom

Resilience is not what happens to you. It's how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you. — Jeffrey Gitomer