The Science and Art of Selling (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Science and Art of Selling<br><br>Mr. J. S. Knox, author of this book, is a practical salesman, with many years of experience in selling various commodities. He has thought long and deeply on the problems of life, business and success, and has assembled ideas, facts, and experience from all sources for this publication. It is not overstating it to say that he has condensed into one volume the essence of a dozen books, all of which he has illuminated and made vital by his own practical and sympathetic understanding of this important subject.<br><br>"The Science and Art of Selling" is sweepingly comprehensive, and decidedly concrete. It deals with the laws that govern the human mind, and shows that a knowledge of those laws is essential to advancement of any kind, either in business or in the professions.<br><br>Teachers, writers and others who love to contemplate salesmanship as a science, will find herein much fresh and interesting material.<br><br>All classes will enjoy and appreciate the definitions of salesmanship, and their application to every day activities, showing how "Every person is selling something." These explanations will do much to help you place yourself in the business world. They also point the way to promotions and greater success.<br><br>Merchants, large and small, and salesmen, trained and untrained, will relish the Selling talks and valuable suggestions for making sales, based on information obtained at first hand by the author.<br><br>No matter whether you are selling ideas or merchandise you will find inspiration and practical help in this book.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.