Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Stick It To The Man (Kindle Edition)

Stick It To The Man
Stick It To The Man (Kindle Edition)
By Ronald Lewis

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Finally, a brilliant guide to outwitting and outplaying the lopsided world of the law and power.Lemon computer? Learn how to make them take it back and give you a brand new, better, faster computer instead.Got a speeding ticket? Learn how to get out, fast.Tired of fighting with the cable company over incorrect charges on your bills? Learn how to get them to reverse all the charges in question . . . and get additional credits, instead.Big box stores seem like big busts? How to get the most from them.Want to screw the airlines - just like they've been screwing you for years?And much, much more.Don't bother fastening your seatbelt--that law is for girly-men--but hold on for this exciting read!Finally, a brilliant guide to outwitting and outplaying the lopsided world of the law and power.Lemon computer? Learn how to make them take it back and give you a brand new, better, faster computer instead.Got a speeding ticket? Learn how to get out, fast.Tired of fighting with the cable company over incorrect charges on your bills? Learn how to get them to reverse all the charges in question . . . and get additional credits, instead.Big box stores seem like big busts? How to get the most from them.Want to screw the airlines - just like they've been screwing you for years?And much, much more.Don't bother fastening your seatbelt--that law is for girly-men--but hold on for this exciting read! Read more


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Best Practices for Persuasive Presentations (Collection) (Kindle Edition)

Best Practices for Persuasive Presentations (Collection)
Best Practices for Persuasive Presentations (Collection) (Kindle Edition)
By James O'Rourke

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A brand new collection of essential insights for your business and career from world-renowned experts…now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

3 expert guides to creating and delivering the best presentations of your life!

Learn how to make winning presentations fearlessly and painlessly…prepare quickly, efficiently, and well…manage anxiety and handle hostile audiences…answer the crucial ""So What?"" question brilliantly, every time…capture even the toughest, most high-level audience in 90 seconds... tell compelling stories that move your listeners to action!

From world-renowned leaders and experts, including James O'Rourke, Mark Magnacca, and Jerry Weissman.

A brand new collection of essential insights for your business and career from world-renowned experts…now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

3 expert guides to creating and delivering the best presentations of your life!

Learn how to make winning presentations fearlessly and painlessly…prepare quickly, efficiently, and well…manage anxiety and handle hostile audiences…answer the crucial ""So What?"" question brilliantly, every time…capture even the toughest, most high-level audience in 90 seconds... tell compelling stories that move your listeners to action!

From world-renowned leaders and experts, including James O'Rourke, Mark Magnacca, and Jerry Weissman.

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The Ultimate Investment, Achieving Life's Highest Returns, An Allegory (Kindle Edition)

The Ultimate Investment, Achieving Life's Highest Returns, An Allegory
The Ultimate Investment, Achieving Life's Highest Returns, An Allegory (Kindle Edition)
By H. Bradley Stucki

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In the tradition of, "The Greatest Salesman in the World," "The One Minute Sales Person," and "The Instant Millionaire" The Ultimate Investment is revealed in a simple story you can read in about two hours. It's the easiest investment you can make which determines the outcome of your entire life. The Ultimate Investment doesn’t cost money, but you can spend it. It’s the outcome of 25+ years of working with extremely wealthy people and consulting with over 250 small businesses.In the tradition of, "The Greatest Salesman in the World," "The One Minute Sales Person," and "The Instant Millionaire" The Ultimate Investment is revealed in a simple story you can read in about two hours. It's the easiest investment you can make which determines the outcome of your entire life. The Ultimate Investment doesn’t cost money, but you can spend it. It’s the outcome of 25+ years of working with extremely wealthy people and consulting with over 250 small businesses. Read more


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Goal Setting: Discover What You Want in Life and Achieve It Faster than You Think Possible (Kindle Edition)

Goal Setting: Discover What You Want in Life and Achieve It Faster than You Think Possible
Goal Setting: Discover What You Want in Life and Achieve It Faster than You Think Possible (Kindle Edition)
By K. Akhter

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This book is an easy-to-follow guide that will show you how to set and achieve goals.

Whether you lack direction, seem unsure, need guidance, are searching, or you are simply feeling frustrated and would like some sort of change in your life, this informative book can steer you in the right direction.

A direction that can eliminate confusion about what you want out of life and how to get it faster than you think possible.This book is an easy-to-follow guide that will show you how to set and achieve goals.

Whether you lack direction, seem unsure, need guidance, are searching, or you are simply feeling frustrated and would like some sort of change in your life, this informative book can steer you in the right direction.

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Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny (Kindle Edition)

Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny (Kindle Edition)
By Suze Orman

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Why is it that women, who are so competent in all other areas of their lives, cannot find the same competence when it comes to matters of money?

Suze Orman investigates the complicated, dysfunctional relationship women have with money in this groundbreaking new book. With her signature mix of insight, compassion, and soul-deep recognition, she equips women with the financial knowledge and emotional awareness to overcome the blocks that have kept them from making more out of the money they make. At the center of the book is The Save Yourself Plan—a streamlined, five-month program that delivers genuine long-term financial security. But what’s at stake is far bigger than money itself: It’s about every woman’s sense of who she is and what she deserves, and why it all begins with the decision to save yourself.


Join the Movement to Save Yourself with this Unprecedented Offer to Readers of Women & Money:

Suze Orman believes that having an account of your own is the cornerstone of long-term financial security, and so she has begun a national movement called Save Yourself to turn this wish—that every woman have an account in her own name—into a reality. She is joined in this crusade by the financial brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, which has come up with an extraordinary offer for readers of WOMEN & MONEY. Follow Suze’s Save Yourself Plan and open an account in your name with TD Ameritrade. Commit to an automatic deposit of at least $50 per month for twelve consecutive months, and TD Ameritrade will provide the incentive in the form of a $100 deposit into your account in the thirteenth month. In other words, you save $600 or more over the course of a year, and TD Ameritrade will reward that effort with a $100 bonus. Learn more inside the book or at www.saveyourself.com.


Offer valid for one new TD AMERITRADE account (non-retirement) opened between 2/27/07 and 3/31/08, and funded by 12 monthly consecutive automatic electronic deposits of $50 or more. First $50 must be deposited within 30 days of opening account. To be eligible, you must be a U.S. resident aged 18 or older. See www.saveyourself.com for obligations and limitations and to accept this offer. This is not an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction where TD AMERITRADE is not authorized to do business. Random House, Inc., does not endorse, is not associated with, and has no responsibility for the TD AMERITRADE offer. TD AMERITRADE, Random House, Inc., and Suze Orman are separate and not affiliated, and each of them is not responsible for the services and information provided by the other(s). TD AMERITRADE, Inc., member NASD/SIPC.


From the Hardcover edition.Money maven Suze Orman's latest book, Women & Money addresses the complicated (and often dysfunctional) relationship women have with personal finance. Orman's direct, non-condescending style is perfect for this subject matter--she begins with the premise that "Women can invest, save, and handle debt as well and skillfully as any man" and then tackles the important question--"So why don't they?" Designed to educate and inspire, Women & Money also offers a "Save Yourself Plan," a five-month program that "delivers genuine long-term financial security." Want to know more? Watch a video message from Suze below, and take a gander at the first chapter of Women & Money--you'll be "controlling your destiny" in no time. --Daphne Durham


From the First Chapter of Women & Money

For Women Only

I never thought I'd write a book about money just for women. I never thought it was necessary. So then why am I doing just that in my eighth book? And why now? Let me explain. All my previous books were written with the belief that gender is not a factor on any level in mastering the nuts and bolts of smart financial management. Women can invest, save, and handle debt just as well and skillfully as any man. I still believe that--why would anyone think differently? So imagine my surprise when I learned that some of the people closest to me in my life were in the dark about their own finances. Clueless. Or, in some cases, willfully resisting doing what they knew needed to be done. I'm talking about smart, competent, accomplished women who present a face to the world that is pure confidence and capability. Do you mean to tell me that I, Suze Orman, who make my living solving the financial problems of total strangers, couldn't spot the trouble brewing so close to home? I don't think I'm blind; I just think that these women became very, very good at hiding their troubles from me.Why not? They had years of practice hiding them from themselves.


Why is it that women, who are so competent in all other areas of their lives, cannot find the same competence when it comes to matters of money?

Suze Orman investigates the complicated, dysfunctional relationship women have with money in this groundbreaking new book. With her signature mix of insight, compassion, and soul-deep recognition, she equips women with the financial knowledge and emotional awareness to overcome the blocks that have kept them from making more out of the money they make. At the center of the book is The Save Yourself Plan—a streamlined, five-month program that delivers genuine long-term financial security. But what’s at stake is far bigger than money itself: It’s about every woman’s sense of who she is and what she deserves, and why it all begins with the decision to save yourself.


Join the Movement to Save Yourself with this Unprecedented Offer to Readers of Women & Money:

Suze Orman believes that having an account of your own is the cornerstone of long-term financial security, and so she has begun a national movement called Save Yourself to turn this wish—that every woman have an account in her own name—into a reality. She is joined in this crusade by the financial brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, which has come up with an extraordinary offer for readers of WOMEN & MONEY. Follow Suze’s Save Yourself Plan and open an account in your name with TD Ameritrade. Commit to an automatic deposit of at least $50 per month for twelve consecutive months, and TD Ameritrade will provide the incentive in the form of a $100 deposit into your account in the thirteenth month. In other words, you save $600 or more over the course of a year, and TD Ameritrade will reward that effort with a $100 bonus. Learn more inside the book or at www.saveyourself.com.


Offer valid for one new TD AMERITRADE account (non-retirement) opened between 2/27/07 and 3/31/08, and funded by 12 monthly consecutive automatic electronic deposits of $50 or more. First $50 must be deposited within 30 days of opening account. To be eligible, you must be a U.S. resident aged 18 or older. See www.saveyourself.com for obligations and limitations and to accept this offer. This is not an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction where TD AMERITRADE is not authorized to do business. Random House, Inc., does not endorse, is not associated with, and has no responsibility for the TD AMERITRADE offer. TD AMERITRADE, Random House, Inc., and Suze Orman are separate and not affiliated, and each of them is not responsible for the services and information provided by the other(s). TD AMERITRADE, Inc., member NASD/SIPC.


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Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Empire: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy Family (Kindle Edition)

Empire: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy Family
Empire: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy Family (Kindle Edition)
By Brendan Jack

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Dunlop Fantasia has a passion for marketing, excellent ideas, hovercrafts and avoiding rehab. A dark, complicated family upbringing sets him on course for early divorce, a blunder with his father’s mistress, making TV shows, the heartbreaking death of a manservant, pursuit of celebrity endorsements and winning respect for his growing advertising empire. Follow his satirical exploration of wealth, self-help advice, business success, gritty optimism and downgrading to business class flights.

In easily-digested nuggets of wisdom, Dunlop has the answer to every question you’ll ever ask about building your legacy and getting ahead in life.Dunlop Fantasia has a passion for marketing, excellent ideas, hovercrafts and avoiding rehab. A dark, complicated family upbringing sets him on course for early divorce, a blunder with his father’s mistress, making TV shows, the heartbreaking death of a manservant, pursuit of celebrity endorsements and winning respect for his growing advertising empire. Follow his satirical exploration of wealth, self-help advice, business success, gritty optimism and downgrading to business class flights.

In easily-digested nuggets of wisdom, Dunlop has the answer to every question you’ll ever ask about building your legacy and getting ahead in life. Read more


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Why Should Anyone Buy from You?: Earn customer trust to drive business success (Financial Times Series) (Paperback)

Why Should Anyone Buy from You?: Earn customer trust to drive business success (Financial Times Series)
Why Should Anyone Buy from You?: Earn customer trust to drive business success (Financial Times Series) (Paperback)
By Justin Basini

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Brands must build trust by being credible and authentic and giving customers accurate, complete and consistent messages. Mark Stuart, Head of Research at the Chartered Institute of Marketing Sustainable marketing is about companies gaining trust, so it must be authentic and not greenwash. Georg Vielmetter, European Director, Hay Group Over the past two years business leaders have come under fire for elading the economy into recession. Blame is being laid at their doors, with consumers losing trust in businesses and doubting their motives. Stephen Howard, CEO of Business in the Community, in the Financial Times, 7 June 2010 In a recent survey in the US, the public were asked how much people in 10 occupations contributed to the well-being of society. Business executives were ranked at the very bottom of the group. Any company that wants to thrive in this environment has to reassess its efforts to bolster its reputation in particular and the reputation of business in general. Pankaj Ghemawat, Harvard Business Review, March 2010 Trust in business is currently at an all-time low. From banks to oil companies to car manufacturers, despite the billions poured into marketing and brand messages, the level of consumer trust in business is collapsing. Marketing departments and their leaders increasingly look like they are selling snake oil, taking reckless multi-million pound gambles on advertising and marketing campaigns that barely move the needle. One of the most pressing questions for business leaders today is Why don't they trust us? . Why Should Anyone Buy From You? presents a powerful prescription for brands and businesses that want to gain their customers' trust and confidence and in doing so, boost their sales and their business. This revealing book discusses the startling truth about the impact of trust on business and will help marketing professionals and executives understand the issues they need to tackle. It reveals the 10 powerful marketing secrets that will help build trust. The rewards are big: trusted brands in every category outperform their rivals; costs are lower; marketing is more effective; employees are more satisfied at work; and an increasingly aggressive media cut trusted brands more slack. Why Should Anyone Buy From You? is occasionally a damning indictment of current marketing and business practice, and frequently an optimistic take on how marketing can re-orient its current practice to achieve deeper, more trusting relationships with customers that are ultimately more profitable. Read more


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Monday, 29 August 2011

The Thank You Economy (Kindle Edition)

The Thank You Economy
The Thank You Economy (Kindle Edition)
By Gary Vaynerchuk

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If this were 1923, this book would have been called "Why Radio Is Going to Change the Game" . . .

If it were 1995, it would be "Why Amazon Is Going to Take Over the Retailing World" . . .

The Thank You Economy is about something big, something greater than any single revolutionary platform. It isn't some abstract concept or wacky business strategy—it's real, and every one of us is doing business in it every day, whether we choose to recognize it or not. It's the way we communicate, the way we buy and sell, the way businesses and consumers interact online and offline. The Internet, where the Thank You Economy was born, has given consumers back their voice, and the tremendous power of their opinions via social media means that companies and brands have to compete on a whole different level than they used to.

Gone are the days when a blizzard of marketing dollars could be used to overwhelm the airwaves, shut out the competition, and grab customer awareness. Now customers' demands for authenticity, originality, creativity, honesty, and good intent have made it necessary for companies and brands to revert to a level of customer service rarely seen since our great-grandparents' day, when business owners often knew their customers personally, and gave them individual attention.

Here renowned entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk reveals how companies big and small can scale that kind of personal, one-on-one attention to their entire customer base, no matter how large, using the same social media platforms that carry consumer word of mouth. The Thank You Economy offers compelling, data-driven evidence that we have entered into an entirely new business era, one in which the companies that see the biggest returns won't be the ones that can throw the most money at an advertising campaign, but will be those that can prove they care about their customers more than anyone else. The businesses and brands that harness the word-of-mouth power from social media, those that can shift their culture to be more customer-aware and fan-friendly, will pull away from the pack and profit in today's markets.

Filled with Vaynerchuk's irrepressible candor and wit, as well as real-world examples of companies that are profiting by putting Thank You Economy principles into practice, The Thank You Economy reveals how businesses can harness all the changes and challenges inherent in social media and turn them into tremendous opportunities for profit and growth.


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The Thank You Economy is much more than saying "thank you.” The Thank You Economy represents a much bigger movement. This book could easily have been called The Humanization of Business or Manners Marketing.

I feel that we're living through the biggest culture shift of our time. The internet, itself, is 17-years-old. It's just hitting the social part of its life. It's just like growing up. As you get to 13, 14 and 15, you want to go out and go to parties. That's what's happening right now! The internet is growing up.

What happens when we live in this word of mouth world where we're tweeting out "I love Company X's orange juice"? We're sharing thoughts that we never would have picked up the phone and called somebody about in the past. What happens when brands can be humanized? In The Thank You Economy, I tackle the issue of the ROI of social media and provide case studies. I think we wrote a much, much stronger book than I did with Crush It. When I say we, I mean the people in the social graph--the people that are living it.

There is enormous ROI in social media. It's like my famous saying though, "What's the ROI of your mother?" The data isn't as black and white like it has been in the past. I firmly believe that the brands that have a soul and a heart and understand how to scale this will win.

This is a comprehensive book from a guy that has lived in the social space for the last 6 years like I have. I live and breathe my community and I've been able to consult with big brands for the past two years on how to leverage this world of caring. This is the perfect book, not only for entrepreneurs who might have an employee or two, but also for brand managers and CMOs at bigger companies.

If this were 1923, this book would have been called "Why Radio Is Going to Change the Game" . . .

If it were 1995, it would be "Why Amazon Is Going to Take Over the Retailing World" . . .

The Thank You Economy is about something big, something greater than any single revolutionary platform. It isn't some abstract concept or wacky business strategy—it's real, and every one of us is doing business in it every day, whether we choose to recognize it or not. It's the way we communicate, the way we buy and sell, the way businesses and consumers interact online and offline. The Internet, where the Thank You Economy was born, has given consumers back their voice, and the tremendous power of their opinions via social media means that companies and brands have to compete on a whole different level than they used to.

Gone are the days when a blizzard of marketing dollars could be used to overwhelm the airwaves, shut out the competition, and grab customer awareness. Now customers' demands for authenticity, originality, creativity, honesty, and good intent have made it necessary for companies and brands to revert to a level of customer service rarely seen since our great-grandparents' day, when business owners often knew their customers personally, and gave them individual attention.

Here renowned entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk reveals how companies big and small can scale that kind of personal, one-on-one attention to their entire customer base, no matter how large, using the same social media platforms that carry consumer word of mouth. The Thank You Economy offers compelling, data-driven evidence that we have entered into an entirely new business era, one in which the companies that see the biggest returns won't be the ones that can throw the most money at an advertising campaign, but will be those that can prove they care about their customers more than anyone else. The businesses and brands that harness the word-of-mouth power from social media, those that can shift their culture to be more customer-aware and fan-friendly, will pull away from the pack and profit in today's markets.

Filled with Vaynerchuk's irrepressible candor and wit, as well as real-world examples of companies that are profiting by putting Thank You Economy principles into practice, The Thank You Economy reveals how businesses can harness all the changes and challenges inherent in social media and turn them into tremendous opportunities for profit and growth.

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Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire (Hardcover)

Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire
Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire (Hardcover)
By Reginald F. Lewis

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"Voyages deep into the frenzied, complex world of LBO transactions. "BusinessWeek. "Sheds light on an important chapter in both African-American and American business history. "Earl G. Graves, Publisher, Black Enterprise magazine. When Reginald Lewis was six years old, his grandparents asked his opinion about employment discrimination against blacks. Reg replied simply, "Why should white guys have all the fun?" Why, indeed! Lewis grew up to become the wealthiest black man in history and one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time, reigning over a commercial empire that spanned four continents. At the time of his death in 1993, his personal fortune was estimated at $400 million. "Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?" traces Lewis's rise from a working- class neighborhood in east Baltimore to Harvard Law School and ultimately into the elite circle of Wall Street deal-makers. Expanding on Lewis's unfinished autobiography, journalist Blair Walker completes a vivid portrait of a proud, fiercely determined man with a razor-sharp tongueand an intellect to match. He shows how Lewis's lifelong hunger for wealth and personal glory fueled his success on the playing field, in the classroom, and in the boardroom. Walker also provides a rare insider's view of Lewis, the iron-willed negotiator and brilliant business strategist in action as he finesses one phenomenal deal after another. A moving saga of personal courage and determination as well as a virtual how-to book for those who would like to follow in Lewis's footsteps, "Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?" is every bit as memorable as the man whose story it tells. Read more


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No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing (Hardcover)

No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing
No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing (Hardcover)
By Erik Deckers

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The In-Your-Face, Results-Focused, No-“Kumbaya” Guide to Social Media for Business!

  • Detailed techniques for increasing sales, profits, market share, and efficiency
  • Specific solutions for brand-building, customer service, R&D, and reputation management
  • Facts, statistics, real-world case studies, and rock-solid metrics

Stop hiding from social media--or treating it as if it’s a playground. Start using it strategically. Identify specific, actionable goals. Apply business discipline and proven best practices. Stop fearing risks. Start mitigating them. Measure performance. Get results. You can. This book shows you how.

 

Jason Falls and Erik Deckers serve up practical social media techniques and metrics for building brands, strengthening awareness, improving service, optimizing R&D, driving better leads--and closing more sales.

 

“Conversations” and “communities” are wonderful, but they’re not enough. Get this book and get what you really want from social media: profits.

 

Think social media’s a passing fad? Too risky? Just a toy? Too soft and fuzzy? Not for your business? Wake up! It’s where your customers are. And it ain’t going away. Does that suck? No. It doesn’t. Do social media right, and all those great business buzzwords come true. Actionable. Measurable. And...wait for it...here comes the big one. Profitable. Damn profitable.

 

Want to know how to do it right? We’ll show you. And, yeah, we know how because we’ve done it. This is the bullshit-free, lie-free, fluff-free, blessedly non-New-Age real deal. You’re going to learn how to use social media to deliver absolutely killer customer service. How to R&D stuff people actually want. Develop scads of seriously qualified leads. You’ll figure out what you want. You know, the little things like profits, market share, loyalty, and brand power. You’ll figure out how to measure it. And then you’ll go get it.

 

One more thing. We know what scares you about social media. Screwing up (a.k.a., your mug on the front page of The Wall Street Journal). So we’ll tell you what to do so that won’t happen. Ever. No B.S. in this book. Just facts. Metrics. Best practices. Stuff to warm the hearts of your CFO, CEO, all your C-whatevers. And, yeah, you. So get your head out from under the pillow. Get your butt in gear. Let’s go make some money.

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Act Like You Mean Business: Essential Communication Lessons From Stage and Screen (Paperback)

Act Like You Mean Business: Essential Communication Lessons From Stage and Screen
Act Like You Mean Business: Essential Communication Lessons From Stage and Screen (Paperback)
By Rob Biesenbach

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What if your speeches and PowerPoint presentations and web copy could be as entertaining as a blockbuster film? Or as gripping as well-crafted television drama? Or as meaningful as a hit stage play? Here's a start: stop looking at other businesses for ideas and start looking at show business. Connect with your audience. Tell better stories. Express ideas visually. Appeal to emotion. These are just some of the important lessons from acting that can help you communicate more persuasively and effectively. In this fun, practical guide, author Rob Biesenbach offers hundreds of useful insight and tips from both his corporate experience and study of acting and improv. Read more


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Sunday, 28 August 2011

The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst (Paperback)

The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst (Paperback)
By David Nasaw

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Named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Business Week, and GQ, THE CHIEF: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM RANDLOPH HEARST is “an absorbing and ingeniously organized biography . . . of the most powerful publisher America has ever known” (New York Times Book Review). Drawing on papers and interviews that were previously unavailable, as well as on newly released documentation of interactions with such figures as Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, every president from Grover Cleveland to Franklin Roosevelt, and movie giants Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Irving Thalberg, David Nasaw completes the picture of this colossal American “engagingly, lucidly and fair-mindedly” (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.).
“Outstandingly researched, elegantly but not flamboyantly written, and fair in its conclusions about Hearst’s astonishing career” (Wall Street Journal), THE CHIEF “must be regarded as the definitive study . . . It’s hard to imagine a more complete rendering of Hearst’s life” (Business Week).The epic scope of historian David Nasaw's biography matches the titanic personality and achievements of William Randolph Hearst (1862-1951), who built "the nation's first media conglomerate" from a single San Francisco newspaper. Based on previously unavailable sources, including Hearst's personal papers, Nasaw's long but absorbing narrative gives a full-bodied account of the often contradictory mogul: "a huge man with a tiny voice; a shy man who was most comfortable in crowds ... an autocratic boss who could not fire people; a devoted husband who lived with his mistress." Wife Millicent Hearst and actress-inamorata Marion Davies also emerge with more complexity than in previous portraits like Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, whose factual inaccuracies Nasaw dissects. The author tempers the usual simplistic account of Hearst's political evolution from fire-breathing leftist to red-baiting conservative, calling him "a classic liberal" who believed in less-is-more government and deplored fascism as much as communism. Fresh insights and elegantly turned phrases abound in Nasaw's depiction of Hearst's activities as newspaper publisher, movie producer, and politician, but what's even more intriguing is the poignant personal drama of a man born "in the city of great expectations on the edge of the continent" who was buried 89 years later in San Francisco, "the place he used to know." --Wendy Smith Read more


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Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time (Paperback)

Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time
Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time (Paperback)
By Daniel Gross

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What do Bill Gates, Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, Mary Kay Ash, and Walt Disney all have in common? Uncompromising vision, a willingness to take risks, and exceptional business acumen. Not only did these individuals amass great fortunes, they revolutionized the business world and helped shape society as we know it. Theirs are just a few of the stories collected in this anthology of commercial ingenuity.

Drawing on a wealth of sources, this priceless collection brings to life extraordinary achievements, many of them forgotten or little known: how Robert Morris, the preeminent merchant of the eighteenth century, financed the American Revolution with his personal credit; how Ray Kroc used a shrewd real estate strategy to turn a faltering hamburger franchise operation into the McDonald's fast food empire; and how Mary Kay Ash built a billion-dollar direct sales cosmetics company by preaching a message of economic empowerment to women.

Enlightening and fascinating, Forbes(r) Greatest Business Stories of All Time celebrates larger-than-life ambition, inspired leadership, wheeling and dealing, and hard work.

Forbes is a registered trademark of Forbes Inc. Its use is pursuant to a license agreement with Forbes Inc.Historian and journalist Daniel Gross has produced a collection of profiles of corporate high-achievers that is exceptionally informative, extremely entertaining, and endlessly inspiring. In Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time, Gross examines 20 pioneering risk-takers who refused to compromise and were ultimately rewarded for their efforts. From the richest man in America during Revolutionary times (Robert Morris) to its richest man today (Bill Gates), the book tracks industrialists, corporate kings, financiers, and visionaries, including J. P. Morgan, Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, and Mary Kay Ash in a manner that shows why all are worth studying. Read more


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How to Negotiate Like a Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes (Paperback)

How to Negotiate Like a Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes
How to Negotiate Like a Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes (Paperback)
By Mary Greenwood

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For over twenty-five years, author Mary Greenwood has worked in careers that required expert negotiation. After becoming a professional union negotiator, she began to notice a specific set of rules people use to settle disputes. Greenwood compiles many of these rules in How to Negotiate Like a Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes, an easy-to-understand guide to negotiating any type of situation. Among these rules you will find the following:

• Focus on the goal and resist being distracted by emotions
• Request ground rules
• Avoid negotiating against yourself
• Do your research
• Know when to walk away

Greenwood lists each rule and subsequently offers a concise explanation on how and when to use it in your negotiations. She explains the emotional frame of mind you need for negotiations and reveals the preparations, strategies, and tactics required to close the deal. Telephone and on-line negotiations are also discussed.

Whether you’re involved in a professional dispute with another business associate, your boss, or even an online seller, How to Negotiate Like a Pro will put you ahead of the game!

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Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food (Paperback)

Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food (Paperback)
By Charles Wilson

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In the New York Times bestseller Chew on This, Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson unwrap the fast-food industry to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at a business that both feeds and feeds off the young. Find out what really goes on at your favorite restaurants—and what lurks between those sesame seed buns.

Praised for being accessible, honest, humorous, fascinating, and alarming, Chew On This was also repeatedly referred to as a must-read for kids who regularly eat fast food. Having all the facts about fast food helps young people make healthy decisions about what they eat. Chew On This shows them that they can change the world by changing what they eat.

Chew on This also includes action steps, a discussion guide, and a new afterword by the authors. Read more


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Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2012: Telecommunications Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies (Paperback)

Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2012: Telecommunications Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies
Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2012: Telecommunications Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies (Paperback)
By Jack W. Plunkett

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PLUNKETT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2012

Key Features:
-Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence
-Market forecasts and Industry Statistics
-Industry Associations and Professional Societies List
-In-Depth Profiles of hundreds of leading companies
-Industry Glossary
-Buyer may register for access to search and export data at Plunkett Research Online

Pages: 614
Statistical Tables Provided: 18
Companies Profiled: 433
Geographic Focus: Global

A complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms.
You will gain vital insights that can help you shape your own strategy for business development, product development and investments.

-How is the industry evolving?
-How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?
-How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?
-What is the size of the market now and in the future?
-What are the financial results of the leading companies?
-What are the names and titles of top executives?

Contents, Statistics, Forecasts and Analysis Include:

Major Trends Affecting the Telecommunications Industry
1) A Brief History of Deregulation
2) Local Landline Service Suffers; Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack
3) 3G Cellular Systems, Including EV-DO, LTE and HSPA+ Offer High Speed Competition to 4G
4) Wi-Fi Is Pervasive and Indispensible
5) WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi
6) Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch Raise User Expectations and Deliver Mobile Entertainment
7) Chinese, Indian and African Cellphone Markets Skyrocket
8) VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom
9) Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China
10) New Technology Will Give Fiber-Optic Network Owners a Break on Costs
11) TV over IP: Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market
12) Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction
13) Broadband Market Nears 1 Billion Users
14) Cable Providers Compete Aggressively For Telephone and Internet Access Business
15) U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations
16) Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence
17) Carriers Eliminate Unlimited Access Plans for Smartphones and Landlines, Up Profit Potential

Telecommunications Industry Statistics
1) Telecommunications Industry Overview
2) Quarterly Telecommunications Industry Revenue by Class of Customer, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2010 - 1st Quarter 2011
3) Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2006-2009
4) Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Breakdown of Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2006-2009
5) Household Wired Telephone Subscribership, U.S.: November 1983-July 2010
6) Annual Personal Consumption Expenditures on Telecommunications, U.S.: 1980-2010
7) Cellular & Other Wireless Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue, U.S.: 2006-2009
8) Top Mobile Operators by Number of Subscribers, Worldwide
9) Internet Access Technologies Compared
10) Wireless Standards & Speeds
11) Satellite Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue: 2006-2009
12) Internet Service Providers: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2009
13) Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2003-2010
14) Cable & Other Program Distribution, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2006-2009
15) Quantity & Value of Quarterly Shipments of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2010-1st Quarter 2011
16) Imports & Exports of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 2005-1st Quarter 2011
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Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter (Hardcover)

Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter (Hardcover)
By Steve Dublanica

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According to The Waiter, eighty percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining twenty percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths. Waiter Rant offers the server's unique point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen bits of human grace transpiring in the most unlikely places. Through outrageous stories, The Waiter reveals the secrets to getting good service, proper tipping etiquette, and how to keep him from spitting in your food. The Waiter also shares his ongoing struggle, at age thirty-eight, to figure out if he can finally leave the first job at which he's truly thrived.

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Entrepreneurs Guide to Direct Mail Order (Cash at Home Series) (Kindle Edition)

Entrepreneurs Guide to Direct Mail Order (Cash at Home Series)
Entrepreneurs Guide to Direct Mail Order (Cash at Home Series) (Kindle Edition)
By Sandy Harper

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This guide provides step-by-step information that will help you launch a successful direct mail order business from the comfort of your own home. The author shares her 25 years experience in direct mail order for the first time. You will learn how direct mail order is different from many other businesses and that you don't require substantial investments for inventory, rent, pay roll, or franchise fee. She reveals the secrets that many others have used to grow their businesses from a small kitchen table operation to a million dollar powerhouse.
There are thousands of new ways to make money on the internet and direct mail order. However, the one described in this guide is the most successful method that is easier, personally tested and need no investment. The only investment is that most of us already have at home, which is computer, internet connection and a room.
Remember, you are getting into a business of the future not the past. With the advancement of computers and internet, the richest businesses are no more oil and real estate but are Microsoft; and internet based businesses like Google and Facebook.
This guide provides you with a unique opportunity for generating a substantially high income that any professional would be proud of. We will emphasize some new and revolutionary ways to generate money on the Information Superhighway. We want the information you receive to be a real bargain for the price you pay. You will learn that the sky is the limit for what you can do with this information. You can operate on a scale of millions; yet test for a few hundred dollars.
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*This guide will get you started in direct mail order (especially email) which is a multi-million dollar industry and is still growing 15% per year.
*You will learn how to get the best non-spam lists of buyers not sellers.
*This guide will teach you how to start and succeed in a special way of Marketing - a lucrative mail order concept, which has created 20% of all millionaires in the last seven years.
*You will learn how to multiply a small investment into a fortune.
This guide provides step-by-step information that will help you launch a successful direct mail order business from the comfort of your own home. The author shares her 25 years experience in direct mail order for the first time. You will learn how direct mail order is different from many other businesses and that you don't require substantial investments for inventory, rent, pay roll, or franchise fee. She reveals the secrets that many others have used to grow their businesses from a small kitchen table operation to a million dollar powerhouse.
There are thousands of new ways to make money on the internet and direct mail order. However, the one described in this guide is the most successful method that is easier, personally tested and need no investment. The only investment is that most of us already have at home, which is computer, internet connection and a room.
Remember, you are getting into a business of the future not the past. With the advancement of computers and internet, the richest businesses are no more oil and real estate but are Microsoft; and internet based businesses like Google and Facebook.
This guide provides you with a unique opportunity for generating a substantially high income that any professional would be proud of. We will emphasize some new and revolutionary ways to generate money on the Information Superhighway. We want the information you receive to be a real bargain for the price you pay. You will learn that the sky is the limit for what you can do with this information. You can operate on a scale of millions; yet test for a few hundred dollars.
This information can be your key to FINANCIAL FREEDOM because:
*This guide will get you started in direct mail order (especially email) which is a multi-million dollar industry and is still growing 15% per year.
*You will learn how to get the best non-spam lists of buyers not sellers.
*This guide will teach you how to start and succeed in a special way of Marketing - a lucrative mail order concept, which has created 20% of all millionaires in the last seven years.
*You will learn how to multiply a small investment into a fortune.
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Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime (Paperback)

Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime
Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime (Paperback)
By Karen Plunkett-Powell

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Millions of Americans have fond memories of shopping at Woolworth's, wandering the aisles in search of a humble spool Woolco thread, festive Christmas decorations, a goldfish or parakeet, or a blue bottle of Evening in Paris perfume. And who could forget the special treat of grilled-cheese sandwich or ice-cream sundae at the famous lunch counter?

These and countless other memories are celebrated in Remembering Woolworth's. Packed with photos, first-hand remembrances, vivid anecdotes, and a lively, well-researched narrative, the book tells the story of how a poor potato farmer named Frank Woolworth created a merchandising empire that touched the lives of Americans in small towns, big cities, and everywhere in between. Chapters cover the store's humble beginnings, surviving the Great Depression, the civil rights sit-ins, Woolworth's around the globe, the popularity of Woolworth's collectibles, and much more.
In our age of nationwide discount retailers, Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime provides an entertaining look back at one of retail's most successful pioneers, F.W. Woolworth, and his empire of department stores that defined the shopping experience for millions over the course of its 118-year existence. Woolworth, considered by his first boss to be the "worst salesman in the world," overcame repeated failure and financial hardship to open his first store in 1879 in Lancaster City, Pennsylvania. Through trial and error, the young Woolworth learned that selling large quantities of low-priced merchandise led to profit. Insightfully, Woolworth made his customers feel "rich"--and generated immense customer loyalty by offering products at affordable, nickel-and-dime prices. The Woolworth Building in lower Manhattan, the tallest in the world upon its completion in 1913, embodied the strength of the retail empire that, at its peak, consisted of over 10,000 stores worldwide. The corporation was eventually sold in 1997.

Remembering Woolworth's combines personal testimony, black-and-white and color photos, and period graphics to create a friendly, scrapbook feel. Karen Plunkett-Powell adeptly explores the personal and professional sides of F.W. Woolworth and the success of his "Red-Fronts" both domestically and abroad. She is at her best, however, in recapturing the particulars of the Woolworth shopping experience: the counter girls, seasonal traditions, collectibles, and lunch counters. At times historically light and colloquial, Remembering Woolworth's nevertheless brings back to life one of retail's most influential entrepreneurs and one of the world's most endearing department stores. --Bertina Loeffler-Sedlack Read more


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One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work (Hardcover)

One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work
One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work (Hardcover)
By Stephen Key

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Turn your one simple idea into millions—without lifting a finger!

“Mr. Key’s brilliance, wisdom, and insight will make you rich. Buy this book!”
—Mark Victor Hansen, bestselling author and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series

“Stephen Key has written a book overflowing with the all-important information that inventors need: a step-by-step guide through everything that goes into a successful product introduction.”
—Gary Dahl, Pet Rock® inventor

“A terrific guide for anyone who wants to be a successful entrepreneur.”
—John Osher, innovation guru who created SpinBrush®, Stretch Armstrong®, Spin Pop®, and Quattro® Titanium Trimmer Razor

“Tired of working for corporate America? Tired of living paycheck to paycheck? One Simple Idea can teach you how to add a few zeros to your income. Buy this book and live your dreams now!”
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For as long as you can remember, you’ve had a dream. You’ve longed to see your product idea come to fruition so you never have to work for anyone else again.

Stephen Key has been living this dream for 30 years. The developer of such lucrative products as Michael Jordan’s WallBall®, the Spinformation® rotating label, and HotPicks® guitar picks, he knows better than anyone how to make a great living as an entrepreneur. Key develops ideas for new products, licenses them out, collects royalty checks, and doesn’t look back. You can do it, too. All you need is One Simple Idea.

In this book, Key reveals the secrets that helped him and thousands of his students—including bestselling author Tim Ferriss—turn their creativity into a passive income generator by “renting” an idea to a company, which takes care of R&D, production, marketing, sales, accounting, distribution, and everything else you don’t want to do.

You’ll be amazed at how simple the process of licensing an idea for profit actually is. Key explains how to:

  • Keep your ideas safe—without spending time and money on a patent
  • Be your own boss—without formally opening a business
  • See your product go to market—without footing a dime in expenses
  • Make potentially big money—without quitting your day job

The age-old business assumption that ideas must come from within organizations has been shattered. From global corporations to small businesses, companies have become so confident in outside entrepreneurs that licensing is now a $500 billion industry. Businesses need “freelancers” like Key—and you—to provide creative, marketable ideas for new offerings.

With One Simple Idea, there’s no prototyping, no patents, and, best of all, no risk. You can make the system work for you—rather than the other way around.

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