Jeffrey Gitomer

Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of The New York Times best sellers The Sales Bible, The Little Red Book of Selling, The Little Black Book of Connections, and The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude. All of his books have been number one best sellers on Amazon.com, including Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless, The Patterson Principles of Selling, The Little Red Book of Sales Answers, The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way, The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching!, and The Little Teal Book of Trust. Jeffrey’s books have sold millions of copies worldwide.

Jeffrey gives public and corporate seminars, runs annual sales meetings, and conducts live and Internet training programs on selling, customer loyalty, and personal development.

In 1997, Jeffrey was awarded the designation of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) by the National Speakers Association. The CSP award has been given fewer than 500 times in the past 25 years and is the association's highest earned award.

In August, 2008, Jeffrey was inducted into the National Speaker Association’s Speaker Hall of Fame. The designation, CPAE (Counsel of Peers Award for Excellence), honors professional speakers who have reached the top echelon of performance excellence. Each candidate must demonstrate mastery in seven categories: originality of material, uniqueness of style, experience, delivery, image, professionalism, and communication. To date, 191 of the world's greatest speakers have been inducted including Ronald Reagan, Art Linkletter, Colin Powell, Norman Vincent Peale, Earl Nightingale, Brian Tracy and Zig Ziglar.

“Jeffrey’s column is a great resource for any business. His wide experience plus in-your-face perspective are unique. We read his column every week and there’s always something that we can all immediately put into practice.” - John L. Kominicki Publisher, Long Island Business News

“Readers respond to Jeffrey's column because almost every business person is in sales in one way or another. He touches a chord because sales is the emotional part of the business - the highs and the lows. Jeffrey captures what that feels like, so readers instantly feel that he understands them.” - Jim Breiner Publisher, Baltimore Business Journal

“Whenever I'm out circulating in our business community, someone invariably comes up to me to comment on how much they enjoy and value Jeffrey Gitomer's columns. Enhusiasm for Jeffrey's columns comes from people at all levels in our local business organizations -- from owners and mangers to sales people and technical and administrative personnel. It's obvious that a large number of our readers look forward to reading Jeffrey Gitomer's columns in every issue of the Business Journal.” - Bill Settlemyer Editor, Charleston Regional Business Journal

“Many of our readers have become "Gitomer Groupies". They clip his articles every week and then pass 'em around like they're sales "vitamins." Jeffrey is a weekly staple for many of our readers. He's a dose of sales energy (and reality) that they can't find anywhere else. He truly helps people make more money--in a very common sense way.” - Ed Baker Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle

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