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Books like The Conversion Code
The best books like The Conversion Code are Never Split the Difference, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, and Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business. The Conversion Code by Chris Smith is about sales, lead generation, digital marketing. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Never Split the Difference
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Chris Voss · Business
Never Split the Difference is Chris Voss's argument that the rational, compromise-based negotiation frameworks taught in business schools miss something fundamental about how people actually make decisions.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini · Psychology
Influence is Robert Cialdini's account of why people say yes, and how that agreement is manufactured.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
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Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
Gino Wickman · Business
Traction introduces the Entrepreneurial Operating System, a practical framework for running a small to mid-sized business with more clarity, accountability, and traction.
A kindred business read.
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- The New Rules of Marketing and PR
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The New Rules of Marketing and PR
David Meerman Scott · Business
David Meerman Scott first published this book in 2007, when the idea that companies could speak directly to buyers without going through journalists or media buyers was still genuinely new.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Behind the Cloud
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Marc Benioff · Business
Behind the Cloud is Marc Benioff's account of building Salesforce from a startup in his apartment to the first cloud computing company to reach $1 billion in revenue.
Both dig into sales.
Read the summary → - Fanatical Prospecting
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Jeb Blount · Business
Fanatical Prospecting is Jeb Blount's direct argument that empty pipelines are the single biggest cause of sales failure, and that the fix is relentless, systematic outreach across multiple channels.
Both dig into sales.
Read the summary → - Invisible Selling Machine
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Ryan Deiss · Business
Ryan Deiss's Invisible Selling Machine is a short, practical guide to building automated email marketing sequences that move prospects through a buying journey without requiring manual follow-up at each step.
Both dig into digital marketing.
Read the summary → - New Sales. Simplified.
- Obviously Awesome
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April Dunford · Business
Obviously Awesome is April Dunford's practical guide to product positioning — the often misunderstood discipline of defining where your product fits in the competitive landscape so that the right customers immediately understand its value.
Both dig into sales.
Read the summary → - Permission Marketing
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Seth Godin · Business
Permission Marketing is Seth Godin's 1999 manifesto arguing that the dominant marketing model — interruption, buying attention, broadcasting to audiences who didn't ask — is fundamentally broken and becoming more broken.
Both dig into digital marketing.
Read the summary → - Predictable Revenue
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Aaron Ross and Marylou Tyler · Business
Predictable Revenue is Aaron Ross's account of the outbound sales system he built at Salesforce that generated over $100 million in recurring revenue.
Both dig into sales.
Read the summary → - SPIN Selling
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Neil Rackham · Business
SPIN Selling is Neil Rackham's distillation of twelve years of research and over 35,000 sales calls analyzed to determine what separates effective salespeople in complex, high-value B2B transactions from their less successful counterparts.
Both dig into sales.
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Books like The Conversion Code: quick answers
What are the best books like The Conversion Code?
The best books like The Conversion Code by Chris Smith are Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman, The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott, Behind the Cloud by Marc Benioff, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Conversion Code, such as sales, lead generation, digital marketing.
What should I read after The Conversion Code?
A natural next read after The Conversion Code is Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman, The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott.
What books are similar to The Conversion Code by Chris Smith?
The Conversion Code centers on sales, lead generation, digital marketing. Books with a similar feel include Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman, The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott, Behind the Cloud by Marc Benioff, Fanatical Prospecting by Jeb Blount — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
