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Sell Like a Spy: The Art of Persuasion from the World of Espionage

Available summer 2024 from Diversion Books

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Espionage for the Everyday 

Sell Like a Spy is about the idea that spies are the world’s best salespeople. Tasked with getting to know people all over the world, they must make the most difficult of sales – convincing someone to commit treason against their country or organization.  Spies are in many ways a misunderstood group of people. Far from the world of superheroes they are depicted as in movies, spies are in fact exceptional relationship managers with skills we can all learn from – whether we are salespeople, executives, or just about anyone interested in growing relationships and connecting deeply with people in their lives.  

I created Sell Like a Spy because I wanted to share the strategies and skills I picked up working directly with intelligence officers.

Working in corporate security with former CIA case officers I learned not only elements of the tradecraft they employ to collect information, but also how they network and accelerate the rapport-building process. 

In addition to lessons from the world of espionage, Sell Like a Spy features insights and tradecraft from many other elite government officials. These include former FBI hostage negotiators and experts in body language, military interrogators, members of the special forces, Secret Service agents, and many others.  Sell Like a Spy pulls back the curtain on the specialized training and experience that these individuals have utilized in their careers and puts them within reach to utilize in your career and everyday life.  

Jeremy Hurewitz has over twenty years of experience and sales success working for and selling to some of the biggest names in global business. At the heart of Sell Like a Spy is Jeremy’s unique career path, which allows him to connect the dots for salespeople and corporate executives and help them see things other trainers simply can’t. Jeremy is a gifted communicator, whose writing has appeared in dozens of publications around the world. The insights he shares on building relationships and overcoming challenges are as entertaining as they are insightful. His years spent working directly with intelligence officers and working on sensitive corporate investigations have provided him with compelling expertise, aligning the worlds of sales and espionage in a way that has never been done before. Learn more about Jeremy and his singular career.