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How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules For Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients
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Sales rank 9,584
Customers rating (based on 78 reviews)
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Filled with smart tips given in the Fox signature style, counter- intuitive, controversial, and practiced, this hard-hitting collection of sales advice shows readers how to woo, pursue, and finally win any customer. In witty, succinct chapters, Fox offers surprising, daring, and totally practical wisdom that will help readers rise above the competition in any company in any field. A terrific resource for CEOs, as well as anyone looking to distinguish themselves in salesbe it books, cars, or real estateHow to Become a Rainmaker offers the opportunity to rise above the competition in any company, in any field.
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| Publisher | Hyperion | | Release date | 05/2000 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Edition | Hardcover |
| | List price | $16.99 | | Our price | $11.55 (you save 32.02%) | | Used price | from $0.01 |
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 Am I being Punked. Where's the camera?.
This is one of the worst marketing and sales books I have EVER read! This book is a joke, right?
I'll take that back. If you know a 13 year old kid thinking of starting a lawn mowing or baby sitting business, then on second thought, this is a good book to read.
For anyone over the age of 13, this is a cliche written piece of junk.
 Sales 101
I received this book as a gift as one of many sales people at a large company. Having been in sales for decades, I found much I was already aware of and practicing, so the book covers the basics. Some suggestions I did not agree with, but that's sales and we should take what we learn and adopt it to our own overall approach.
However, it never hurts to refresh oneself at times, it is actually a good idea no matter how skilled you are.
Basic, common sense stuff is in the Rainmaker. A quick read that might remind you of somethings you are overlooking.
 Sales common sense
I had hoped for more from this book.
First of all, it's a very quick read. I read it in one lunch hour, and that's not skimming. It's very basic English, simple sentence structure, general maxims. It's more like a morning pep talk to sales pros rather than a treatise on rainmaking. Nothing complex, nothing confusing, nothing intuitive.
A lot of it came across as common sense to me. I think you learn these lessons the hard way when you run your own business for any length of time.
I think it would be a fantastic book for corporations to hand out to employees as a mandatory read - too many employees see the impact of their jobs ending at the borders of their desks. It would also be a super gift for someone starting their first sales job. And it might be a nice pick-me-up for sales pros who are feeling a bit burned out.
But if you're an experienced pro, you're not going to find many revelations here.
Not what I expected
This book was promoted by a visual arts newsletter for art marketing. It has some helpful info but by and large it is geared towards industrial products, not fine art. It does, however, promote professionalism which I find useful in any marketing situation.
Misleading title
Like other reviewers, this is a decent book on selling, but little insight on rainmaking.
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