How to Sell Anything to Anybody

Joe Girard has always believed that smart work and persistence can work wonders, and he has proven this premise with his own life. Starting as a shoeshine boy, Joe Girard worked as a newsboy for the Detroit Free Press at the age of nine, and then as a dishwasher, delivery boy, stove assembler, and home building contractor before starting a new career as a salesman with a Chevrolet agency in Eastpointe, Michigan. Before leaving the agency he sold 13,001 cars in his fifteen-year career, including 1,425 cars in 1973, a record that put him in The Guinness Book of Records as "the world's greatest salesman" for twelve consecutive years. He still holds the all-time record for big ticket retail sales, an average of six sales a day. One of America's most sought after speakers, Joe Girard appears before civic groups, religious organizations, and sales conventions of major corporations. His list of engagements includes such important companies as Brunswick, General Motors, Sea Ray Boats, Hewlett-Packard, Ford Motor Company, Sears, CBS Records, Kraft, Ameritech Publishing (Yellow Pages), Polaroid, Dun and Bradstreet, Kiwanis Clubs, John Deere, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, K Mart, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Chrysler Corporation, General Electric, 3-M, IBM, and several hundred advertising and sales clubs worldwide. Mr. Girard's list of awards is exceptional, including the Number One Car Salesman title every year since 1966, as well as the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement. He was also nominated for the Horatio Alger Award by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (author of The Power of Positive Thinking) and Lowell Thomas, the World's First Radio Broadcaster. Joe Girard is always interested in hearing from his readers and may be reached by writing: Joe Girard P.O. Box 358 Eastpointe, MI 48021 www.joegirard.com.Girard, Joe is the author of 'How to Sell Anything to Anybody' with ISBN 9780446385329 and ISBN 0446385328.