Anthony Iannarino
Anthony is an international speaker, an author, and entrepreneur.
Anthony is the Managing Director of B2B Sales Coach & Consultancy, a coaching and consulting firm he started in 2007. Anthony has worked for—and spoken to—global giants like Accenture, Abbot Laboratories, Toro, TransUnion, Wells Fargo, GE, RR Donnelly and CH Robinson.
He also owns part of his family’s temporary and contingent staffing business, a company he has grown from 3M to 45M with a small sales force of 8 people. Solutions Staffing serves well know companies like Coca-Cola, Proctor & Gamble, Bare Escentuals, Advance Auto Parts, U-Haul, and fast-growing startups like Ring.
He is also the Managing Partner of two other staffing firms, MES Managed Employee Solutions, and Iannarino Fullen Group. Two startups already generating millions in revenue.
Anthony teaches Professional Selling, Persuasive Marketing, and Social Media Marketing at Capital University’s School of Management and Leadership.
Anthony graduated from Capital University with a summa cum laude dual major in Political Science and English Literature. He then attended Capital University Law School on the Dean’s Academic Scholarship. Without a break in between, he attended Harvard Business School, completing their Owner President Manager executive education.
Anthony is internationally recognized as a thought leader in sales, with his award winning The Sales Blog being read by 65,000 people each month. His Sunday newsletter reaches 80,000 people each week.
Anthony has been named one the 50 most influential people in sales by Top Sales World. He was also named one of the 25 most influential people in sales by Open View Partners.
In addition to writing daily at The Sales Blog since 2010, Anthony is also a contributing editor at SUCCESS Magazine and ThinkSales Magazine. He also writes an occasional column for Forbes.
Anthony’s first book, The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need, released in October, 2016 is a national bestseller. His second book, The Lost Art of Closing: Winning the Ten Commitments ThT Drive Sales will be released on August 8, 2017.
What makes Anthony unique is that he still sells. He still owns sales organizations. He is not someone who only knows theory; he is also a practitioner.