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Sales Alchemy: Turn Cold Calls into GOLD Calls

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This is more than a what-to-do book - much more. It is a ‘how-to-do-it’ book that outlines, in precise detail, what you need to do and how, to get and stay ahead of the game.
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A salesperson without a prospect is like a vehicle without fuel, neither the sale nor the vehicle is going anywhere. So, if you want to get ahead fast, you need to learn how to prospect for genuine prospects.

That’s where this pivotal book comes into play. I consider ‘Simple Alchemy: Turn Cold Calls into Gold Calls’ pivotal because it goes where few sales books have gone before. This is more than a what-to-do book - much more. It is a ‘how-to-do-it’ book that outlines, in precise detail, what you need to do and how, to get and stay ahead of the game.

About the authors

Clive C. Price

The consummate sales maestro, Clive can orchestrate any sales dialogue into a win-win for all. Pushing the boundaries of learning, he has successfully trained thousands of delegates around the world who have all experienced the ‘ka-ching’ factor from his unique brand of training. The naughty chuckle in his eyes is perhaps typical of an entrepreneurial thinker, who has turned the conventional ways of selling upside down.

Clive is Managing Director of The Peer Group in South Africa and has a BA (Econ) from Wits University and a post-graduate diploma in Learning Psychology from London University. He has an astute grasp of what it takes to succeed in sales and business and has published many articles including:

  • Objections Open the Doors
  • Six Common Sales Blunders
  • Are Brilliant Salespeople Born?
  • How Buyer’s Seduce Salespeople
  • Watch Your Sales Soar

Jean B. Dean

After many years in the corporate world of fashion, retailing and publishing, the entrepreneurial spirit won out and Jean became the founder of a successful design & marketing agency. Delivering blue-sky thinking, ensuring new ideas are continually being born and delivered to market and having clients come back for more is her main motivator.

Jean is excited about this collaboration with Clive and firmly believes that this book will ‘switch on a light’ for anyone involved in sales or running a business, helping to turn golden prospects into golden clients!

Prepared to be blown away with ‘The Alchemy Secret: Turn Cold Calls into Gold Calls’ – a must-read masterpiece for everyone involved in business.

Unless you work for a company that provides you with leads on a silver platter, you need to get and read this book.

If you’re like most salespeople, you delight in having the opportunity to sell your product or service to interested prospects. The challenge however, is finding them! Of all the sales challenges we face, ‘prospecting’ is one of the most difficult. Average salespeople wait for a prospect to fall into their lap, whereas sales professionals realize that they can’t afford to wait for things to happen – they need to be proactive and make things happen!

A salesperson without a prospect is like a vehicle without fuel, neither the sale nor the vehicle is going anywhere. So, if you want to get ahead fast, you need to learn how to prospect for genuine prospects.

That’s where this pivotal book comes into play. I consider ‘The Alchemy Secret: Turn Cold Calls into Gold Calls’ pivotal because it goes where few sales books have gone before. This is more than a what-to-do book – much more. It is a ‘how-to-do-it’ book that outlines, in precise detail, what you need to do and how, to get and stay ahead of the game.

Clive Price and Jean Dean have combined their many, many years of experience to produce a sales tool that every salesperson should have in their sales toolbox. Like any tool, the ideas, concepts and techniques that Clive and Jean share in this book won’t work unless you use them.

For sales professionals who consider themselves masters of their craft, having this powerful tool gives them a strong competitive advantage because they’ll be getting to interested prospects well before the average salesperson does.

This book is full of proven techniques that, if embraced, will help make you an even more successful salesperson.

Brian Jeffrey

Quintarra Consulting Inc.

  • Revised Edition
  • Foreword
  1. About the Authors
  2. Intro
    1. Going for Gold
  3. Suspects Versus Prospects
    1. On Your Marks…
    2. Profiling
    3. The power of questioning and listening
    4. The acid test of listening
    5. Summary
  4. Suspects versus Prospects
    1. Get Set…
    2. Benefit Based
    3. Don’t Hang Up
    4. Conquering Cold Call Reluctance
  5. Uncross Those Wires
    1. Can I Improve the Way I Speak?
    2. Speed
    3. Pace the Prospect
  6. Verbal Expression
    1. Communication In Business
    2. Quick and Easy Ways to Improve Your Speaking Voice
  7. Positive Phrasing
    1. ‘Can-Do’ Attitude!
    2. Phrases That Create Interest
    3. Handling Complaints
    4. Types of Complaints
    5. Golden Rule
  8. Mental Preparation
    1. Get Into The Zone
    2. Move From Relationship Selling To Business (Volume) Selling… Would You Rather Make A Friend Or Make A Sale?
    3. Setting Up Your Rules Of The Game!
    4. Fish For The “No” Early – Where Is This Conversation Going? Be Ruthlessly Honest With Yourself!
    5. Don’t Let The Prospect Get Lost At Sea – Help And Guide Them!
    6. We Need To Toughen Up - Salespeople Are Too Nice
    7. Lights, Cameras, ACTION!
I downloaded the E Book “Simple Alchemy: Turn Cold Calls into GOLD Calls” and it’s been a real game changer for my team. My sales team have always disliked cold calling and it was a challenge to get them to try cold calls. However by using the simple, practical, step by step information provided in the book they are now embracing cold calling and achieving real success. A must read for all sales teams!
As a business adviser I am constantly being asked about how to make more sales. This short and punchy book will be invaluable to my clients. Lots of simple but very effective advice and ideas, well done Jean and Clive.
I have been in sales for more than 12 years and always found prospecting and cold calling most daunting part. Now, I have an easy to follow guideline of how to approach a sales call and clever tactics to engage prospects – thanks to this Ebook “Simple Alchemy: Turn Cold Calls into GOLD Calls”.
Sales has always been the Achilles heel for my small business. This book not only shows you the practical steps to take when cold calling but it also gives you the confidence to pick up the phone! A must read for anyone wanting to take their business to the next level.
Clear, decisive and short, a must for anyone in prospecting and sales. Worth every penny.
It was great to read an inspiring book that actually has ‘How to…’ steps to overcome many difficult sales situations. I’ve been struggling to find new customers and having to cold call is not my favourite. Once I had correctly profiled my prospective customers correctly, through the tips given in the book I am better able to align my efforts with greater accuracy and lift my closing ratios to nearly 1;2. Many Thanks.
I thought it was a really good book. Not too long at all and easy to take in and understand... which then makes it much easier to put into practice!
Excellent. Really helped me get a handle on my sales, and in particular cold calls, which was always a daunting task for me! Worth reading!
As a self make entrepreneur im always looking for new and creative ways to innovate and be better!! I found this book highly relevant and easy to read. An absolute must for anyone to better their sales skills. It gets my approval.
This booklet helps you analyse your client and be steps ahead of him/her. Prospecting will no longer be that "heart beating faster moment", you will pick up that phone knowing exactly what you are doing. Let me not give away much, I highly recommend that you download it! YOU will not be disappointed at all. :)
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Clive Price

Jean B. Dean