“Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.”
Nicholas Sparks
“Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.”
W. Clement Stone
“Life is a series of sales situations, and the answer is no if you don't ask.”
Patricia Fripp
“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.”
Zig Ziglar
“For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.”
“If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.”
Henry Kissinger
“In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance.”
Bo Bennett
