Tim Sanders is a New York Times bestselling author, public speaker, and former Yahoo! executive. He joined Yahoo! through the acquisition of Mark Cuban's Broadcast.com in 1999. Tim uses his business expertise to help some of the world's biggest brands lead their teams to greatness & close deals.

Tim is the author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller Love Is the Killer App: How To Win Business & Influence Friends. It’s been translated into over a dozen languages and has been featured in Fast Company, USA Today, the New York Times, The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and on CNN. His other books include Today We Are Rich, The Likeability Factor, Saving the World at Work and his most recent book, Dealstorming

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Dealstorming is the combination of brainstorming and deal making. @sanderssaysWhen you put brainstorming and deal-making together you solve all the problems that stand between you and the complex sale. @sanderssaysThe secret to dealstorming is to invite everyone involved in the problem to be apart of the solution. @sanderssaysA true top producer is a team builder. @sanderssaysYou are not an island. You can’t achieve true greatness by yourself. @sanderssaysIf you are good a dealstorming, you build a team and solve the problem quickly. @sanderssaysInvite peers to work together and build relationships so they can solve problems quicker. @sanderssaysYour competition is the status quo. You don’t sell a product or a service, you sell change. @sanderssaysAs a salesperson, you’re going to make contact with the informers, influencers, and signers. There is no such thing as a decision maker anymore.No one decides on anything on their own anymore. @sanderssaysYou need to learn enough about your client to know and understand their painful problem. @sanderssaysProper conception of the right deal to sell to the right person at the right time will cut your sale cycle in half. @sanderssaysAnything you can do that reduces your prospects time to decide by 20% increases your sales by 200%. @sanderssaysLong-term relationships are built by selling something that works. @sanderssays

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