Sell with a Story

Sell with a Story – Written by Paul Smith

Amazon #1 Selling Sales Book – Sell with a Story

How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale
Stories sell. Great SALES STORIES sell even more.
Despite all the high-tech tools available to salespeople, the most personal method still works best.
Storytelling packs the emotional punch to turn routine presentations into productive relationships. It explains products or services in ways that resonate; it connects people and creates momentum. Stories speak to the part of the brain where decisions are made.

Paul Smith, author of the acclaimed Lead with a Story, shifts his best-selling formula to the sales arena. In Sell with a Story, he identifies the ingredients of the most effective sales stories and reveals how to:

  • Select the right story
  • Craft a compelling and memorable narrative
  • Incorporate challenge, conflict, and resolution
  • Use stories to introduce yourself, build rapport, address objections, add value, bring data to life, create a sense of urgency, and more

Complete with model stories, skill-building exercises, and enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies, this powerful and practical guide gives you the tools you need to turn your experiences into stories that sell.

#1 on Amazon’s Sales and Selling category

Advance praise for Sell with a Story

Mike Weinberg

“Sell with a Story has the power to transform your sales results. This instant sales classic is required reading for anyone who sells for a living, leads salespeople or simply finds themselves occasionally having to persuade someone to do something.”

Consultant, Speaker, and Author of the AMACOM Bestsellers New Sales. Simplified. and Sales Management. Simplified.

Gary Cofer

“I love it! Stories . . . allow for a real connection with the customer. And Sell with a Story is THE book to teach you how to do that.”

Chief Commercial Officer, GfK North America

Mike Parrott

“Paul Smith has done it once again! Sell with a Story is a practical and useful resource for anybody selling anything!”

Vice President/GMM, Costco Wholesale

Anthony Mullen, CEO

“Paul Smith’s book Sell with a Story is simply the most comprehensive book ever written on the science and the art of using authentic stories in the sales process.”

The Advanced Sales Summit

Mark Hunter

“This book will change the way you sell by being able to use stories to close bigger deals. With 25 styles discussed in the book you’ll find more than a few that will make you money!”

High-Profit Selling

Lisa McLeod

“A must read for anyone who wants to captivate attention and win business.”

sales consultant and author of Selling with a Noble Purpose

Dr. Jeffrey Docking, president, Adrian College

“Incredibly insightful and practical beyond words . . . a must read for anyone who wants to be more persuasive.”

Michael Miller, President and CEO of Primo Solutions

“This book is a game changer! . . . a must read, and essential to taking your sales skills to the next level.”

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Craig Wortmann, CEO, Sales Engine Inc

“Paul’s book, Sell with a Story, unlocks the secrets of a great story, and here he gives us a great gift. Get this book and tell your story!”

What’s Your Story? Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Colleen Francis

“Sell with a Story is a MUST READ. It’s THE book to show you how to craft memorable, compelling, and honest sales stories that will get more sales closed.”

Author of Honesty Sells and Nonstop Sales Boom

Skip Miller

“As a salesperson, you will finally get what storytelling is, and how to use it to create transfer of ownership and shorten the sale.”

Author of ProActive Selling

Logan Strain, Digital Content Specialist, NextGen Leads

“Anyone who thinks that storytelling can’t be learned hasn’t read this book.”