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Selling the Invisible

Marketing, Customer Acquisition, and Sales

Selling the Invisible

Harry Beckwith

The VMT Review — Small Business library

This is particularly useful for founders selling services that customers cannot inspect before purchase. Beckwith focuses on trust, responsiveness, reputation, risk reduction, communication, and customer experience.

What the reader will learn

Service-business founders learn that customers evaluate confidence, reliability, clarity, personal interaction, and reduced risk as much as technical capability. Mentors can use the book to explain why a technically excellent service may still be difficult to sell when customers cannot easily assess or trust the provider.