Gitomer to speak in Dearborn

Tickets are $99, or $89 each for groups of 10 or more, and include a continental breakfast. To order group tickets visit the Gitomer website, contact Sara Riggenbach at 800.242.5388 or sara@gitomer.com.

“The man is phenomenal—the best speaker I’ve heard, and I’ve heard dozens,” said Barb Binkley, of Cooper & Binkley Jewelers in Brighton, describing motivational speaker and sales guru Jeffrey Gitomer.

“His understanding of sales and networking is right on target, and his message is exactly what most salespeople in Michigan need to hear.”

Billed as “uncut and uncensored,” Jeffrey Gitomer will deliver his secrets to making lifelong and mutually beneficial sales connections in a power-packed seminar at The Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn on October 12 at 8:00 a.m. The seminar, entitled “Network Your Way to RICH Relationships with The Little Black Book of Connections,” will show you “how to get from ‘who you know’ to ‘who knows you.’”

Co-sponsored by Michigan Retailers Association and Crain’s Detroit Business, the event is expected to draw a large crowd from the many fans of Gitomer’s popular business columns and books, as well as business people who have heard of Gitomer but not yet experienced one of his seminars.

Celebrating his 15th year as a columnist, and delivering more than 120 sales training programs annually across the globe, Gitomer promises “information you can take into the street and turn into money one minute after you hear it.”

Gitomer will teach salespeople and entrepreneurs where to network for the best results, how to network once there, and how to follow up to capitalize on the connections.

Binkley heard Gitomer speak in Florida at a seminar much like what he will present in Dearborn. Nearly 500 people packed the room, she said, and left feeling recharged and ready to put into practice Gitomer’s tips and general approach to sales.

“He is direct, very funny and no-nonsense, and his message is about putting away excuses and getting out there and making it happen,” said Binkley.

Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling and The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude, is president of Buy Gitomer, a marketing and sales training firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Gitomer gives seminars, runs annual sales meetings and conducts training programs on selling and customer service. His syndicated column, “Sales Moves,” now appears in business newspapers across the globe and is read by more than four million business professionals every week.

“If you have enjoyed reading Gitomer’s books or columns, just multiply your reaction by 10 to get a sense of what it’s like to hear him in person. That’s how good a speaker he is,” added Binkley.