Putting the Sales in Sales and Science Fiction #gitomer #geoffreyjames #sales

Constructive criticism time.  A friend mentioned to me that the Sales and Science Fiction blog was, so far, no sales and all sci-fi.  And yup... guilty as charged. 

So let's fix that right now!

Here's a list of the top five business books of 2013 as chosen by Inc. magazine blogger Geoffrey James.  James has written a number of business books himself, with another due out in 2014, and he produces a free newsletter on sales and business. 

James chose these books as the "best of the best sales books" of the year and calls them "must-reads."

To Sell is Human by Daniel H. Pink

Pick Up the Damn Phone! by Joanne S. Black

The Customer Rules by Lee Cockerell

80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall

21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer


As far as my own two-cent's worth goes, I'll most likely check into all five of these books, it's the Gitomer that will be at the top of my list.  I love reading Gitomer and have a number of his books on my shelf.  He's alTso referenced in The Handbook in Lesson 37 (which discusses putting a human, rather than robotic, face on your sales, and which looks to be the subject of the book by Joanne Black that is on the James list.)

The full blog post can be found at http://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/the-5-best-sales-books-of-2013.html.