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How to Sue A Telemarketer by Stephen Ostrow, Esquire

Posted by litekepr on September 9, 2010

The vast majority of people dislike telemarketers. While we know that it is a job and people need to work and make money, but do that have to call and bug me at the worst possible times – to make a living? Some people seem to have unreal timing – where they always call or show up at the worst possible time. Telemarketers are like that – they almost always call at a bad time – like at meal time or when we’re racing to get ready to go out.

It seems that telemarketers are here to stay. Even with the “do not call” list – we still get telemarketer phone calls. So, is there anything we can do about telemarketers? And, while many people may dream of suing telemarketers, is it a legitimate option? Attorney, Stephen Ostrow gives us the answer in his book which gives valuable details about how to handle telemarketers, along with the legal perspective peppered with his own unique brand of humor.

I’ll admit up front that I hang up on telemarketers. I feel no shame or embarrassment about this and I don’t apologize for it. Yes – I have had them call me back and claim that we were disconnected. Being me, I hang up on them again. I know people who pay for caller ID or refuse to pick up “out of area” or “caller unknown” calls, because it may be a telemarketer. It seems ridiculous that people feel the need to act like this and it amazes me that more people don’t hang up on them.

For about two weeks I was a telemarketer for a local newspaper and I promised myself that I would never do that again – thankfully I haven’t needed to resort to that work. But there are plenty of people who work as telemarketers to put food on their tables and to keep a roof over their head. So, how can we deal with telemarketers and what can we do legally when telemarketers do cross the line? Those are two of the reasons why you need to read Stephen Ostrow’s book How to Sue a Telemarketer.

This is the table of contents:

  • What to Do When A Telemarketer Calls
  • About the Telemarketing Act of 1991 and Updates
  • How to Research the Telemarketer’s Legal Name and Address
  • Agent for Services to Process and Service of Summons
  • Legal Complaint and Forms
  • How to Prove Your Case
  • Collection of Your Damages
  • Unsolicited Faxes
  • Specific TCPA Causes of Action

On the very first page Ostrow tells the reader that picking up this book is proof that they have decided to stop being a victim of telemarketers and to be pro-active about “reclaiming the sounds of silence”.

Through the pages of his book, Ostrow gives specific examples of how to handle telemarketers. This includes the information you need to get from them, whether you can record them, how to record them legally, what to do and who to reach out to if they do cross the line and much more. He also explains the laws regarding telemarketers and when you do have a legal recourse against them.

Each chapter is packed with information on what to do and there is a “Check List Review” at the end of each chapter to make sure you got the points. I like simple reviews at the end of each chapter and especially since my reading time is often interrupted – it helps me be sure that I got the points. I know many other people have plenty of interruptions when they try to read too.

If you want to know what you can do to eliminate telemarketers from your life and how to do it properly — you need to read How to Sue a Telemarketer: A Manual For Restoring Peace on Earth One Call at a Time by Stephen Ostrow and Ozmo Kramer. This is a simple read – even when he discusses the legal details and lays out the specifics easily for anyone to understand. Take back your “peace” and learn how to handle “newbie” telemarketer and even the most experienced callers. Imagine – handling a telemarketer instead of having them handle you for a change.

For more information about this virtual book tour, please visit http://bookpromotionservices.com/2010/07/05/how-to-sue-a-telemarketer/ For more information about Steve visit his site at http://howtosueatelemarketer.com/

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Glamour Girl From the Stars by Carlton Scott

Posted by litekepr on June 30, 2010

As a young girl – I was always taller than everyone my age. That makes a person very self conscious and we all want to fit in – especially as a child in school. The height “issue” has always been a part of my life and I finally got to a point where I accepted it when I was working with a group of people who were all my height – and taller :)

So – I could definitely relate to PleeDee the Glamour Girl from the Stars. Can’t relate to the intergalactic part – but wanting to fit in and wanting to feel good about herself.

She is a girl that hears about the Miss Universe pageant and being an intergalactic girl – she thinks that there will be young girls from all parts of the universe. That seems like a logical assumption.

PleeDee borrows her father’s flying saucer – a girl has to have transportation to get to the Miss Universe pageant. She overshoots 2010 in her enthusiasm and ends up meeting dinosaurs, so after making a few adjustments, she reached 2010. Since she’s come so far, she visits various places on earth, including: Las Vegas with the glitz and Elvis impersonators, she gets away from Area 51 by heading to Hawaii with the sandy beaches and surfer dudes, she visits the Great Wall of China, visits the coliseum in Rome, and even stops off for some spaghetti.

Eventually she reaches Los Angeles, California and she is surprised to see that all the people in the competition are “only tall hungry females”. This is quite a sight for a young girl who is 3’2″ and wears size ten shoes. Looking around at the people in the pageant, she realizes she is a winner too – “or at least number two!”

As she gets back in her father’s flying saucer to go home, she understands that “when little girls live up to their potential, wherever they are, they’ll shine brightly with confidence, no matter how near or far.”

She learned a valuable lesson that all young girls and boys – and older boys and girls need to learn that they don’t have to look like everyone else to be special. Living up to their potential and excelling in their own lives is a great way to feel good about themselves.

This 3’2″ girl with green skin and size 10 shoes feels like a winner at the Miss Universe pageant, she sets a great example of children of all ages, shapes, genders, backgrounds and many other things that make us different from other people.

How can you help the children in your life feel better about themselves, to see they don’t have to look like everyone else and to understand who they are on the inside is even more important than how they look? Maybe PleeDee’s story will help them start to understand they “are a winner – or at least they are number two” — and that’s a good thing :)

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The Power of Your Child’s Imagination by Charlotte Reznick PhD

Posted by litekepr on April 30, 2010

The Power of Your Child’s Imagination by Charlotte Reznick PhD

(How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success)

We all know children that have things that we consider behavioral issues, some have bedwetting issues, trouble sleeping, headaches and stomachaches, anxiety and fear, trouble dealing with divorce of their parents and/or loss, anger frustration, problems in school, a hard time concentrating, arguments with siblings and schoolmates and much more. Frequently parents turn to medication or discipline – but how often do these things actually work?

I am a big fan of any alternative treatment options – so when Dr Reznick contacted me about doing a virtual tour with us to promote her book, I was very excited. As soon as I saw her press kit – I emailed several friends with children to tell them about this book.

To get an idea of the topics that are covered in The Power of Your Child’s Imagination – check out the table of contents.

Part One – The Tools

Chapter 1 – The Way Out Is Through the Inside

Chapter 2 – How to Get from here to There

Chapter 3 – The Benefits of Artistic Expression

Chapter 4 – Grown-Ups Need Tools, Too

Part Two – Putting the Tools to Work

Chapter 5 – Everyone Deserves to be Happy

Chapter 6 – When Life is Making Your Child Sick

Chapter 7 – The Bogeyman and Other Scary Stuff

Chapter 8 – Bedtime

Chapter 9 – Why Does Everyone Keep Leaving

Chapter 10 – When Good Kids Do Bad Things

Chapter 11 – Go For the Gold – Celebrate the Bronze

Chapter 12 – Can’t We All Just Get Along?

In the first part of the book, Charlotte Reznick shares her tools on how to help your child not only survive in a stressful  and difficult world – but it can help them to thrive – without drugs. Learn what tools she recommends – help your child learn to be creative and to use their imagination to the full. I love the technology that we have, but too many children and adults don’t show a lot of creativity. As a child and adult, I loved being creative and have always used my imagination – maybe too much.

Some of the conditions and ailments that these tools can help you with, include: stress induced headaches and stomachaches, bed wetting, inability to sleep, problems as school, problems with siblings, trouble concentrating, frustration ,anger issues, dealing with death or divorce, panic attacks, social anxiety, and much more.

Dr Reznick shares each tool – explains the details of each tool, explains how to prepare your child, provides notes to help you through the process with additional notes and she provides variations of each tool that you can use. She explains how children use each tool and gives troubleshooting tips. The book provides all of these details for each tool.

How many of these things does your children face on a regular basis? What would you give to find a drug free way to help them? The answer is here. After you read Part One and learn about the tools that Dr Reznick uses, move to Part Two and learn how she uses these tools to help the situations listed above.

I love the title of Chapter 5 – Everyone Deserves to be Happy. That is so true and we especially want our children to be happy and to help them move forward in life on the right foot.

In each chapter in Part Two – you see the instructions on how to put the tools to work, but that is just the beginning.  I love to see unique features in non-fiction and Dr Reznick provides these. She provides: quick tips to help you and your child, backtrack alerts and detailed “how to” instructions. While I appreciate all these elements, the backtrack alerts are wonderful – Dr Reznick gives you things to look for to see if you child is losing ground. This is wonderful and I think very beneficial because we all know how hard it can be to see changes in a person when we are around them all the time, but these are additional red flags to watch for and to understand there is a problem.

I think any parent, advisor, counselor, aunt, uncle etc who loves and helps children needs a copy of this book – and they need to read and use it. In closing, I have to share this quote from an 11 year old boy – to me, this proves this young man understands. He said, “The only way to love yourself is to believe and believe in yourself”.

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Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass

Posted by litekepr on April 2, 2010

I just completed the 4th book in the Body Farm novel series and its great. The review I read all said it was the best so far and I have to agree. I’ve enjoyed each book in this series and really enjoy the stories, the characters, the forensic details and much more.

For people who aren’t familiar with these books – they are a collaboration between Dr Bill Bass (from the University of Tennessee and the founder of “the Body Farm”) and Jon Jefferson (author, director, producer). They are both awesome people and they have collaborated on 6 books to date – unless I’ve missed any others. They have the Body Farm fiction series and also the Body Farm non fiction books – all center around Dr Bass’ experiences as a forensic anthropologist.

This is the 4th book in the fiction series and you can read each individually, but each story builds on the last and I like all the additional detail I bring to the story since I’ve read them all. BUT do NOT let that stop you from checking out this new book if you haven’t read the others. You can always go back and read them later :)

This book is set in Tennessee and it is centered around an interesting death in Oak Ridge – the home of the atomic bomb. I love novels that share real history and this book includes a lot of history and detail about what happened in this small town in the mountains in the 40s – before the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That history is woven into the story very well and we meet Beatrice – who is our narrator about much of the intimate history that took place in her life in Oak Ridge. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

All of the Dr Bass stories include interesting and unusual deaths – but I would expect no less :) This book is no exception. In the beginning of the book, Dr Brockton (the main character based on Dr Bass) is called to a crime scene and the dead body is frozen in the water in a pool. In true Dr Bass fashion – he uses his beloved chain saw to cut the body out of the ice.  The body is removed from the pool – but the chainsaw is also lost in the pool. That is only the first mishap. The body is taken back to the morgue and during the autopsy, it is discovered that the body died from the inside out – and a radioactive pellet is discovered inside the body. That all happens in the first 4 chapters.

There are so many details I’d like to share, but I don’t want to give too much away. However I will share some tidbits -

1 – the chain saw isn’t the only thing in the bottom of the pool

2 – the radioactive pellet stirs up a series of complications

3 – there are a second and third dead body as the story progresses

4 – Dr Brockton meets a woman who looks very much like his lady love that was killed in an earlier book

5 – Miranda (Dr B’s able assistant) meets a charming young man – and they bump heads early in on

6 – a roll of film in the freezer holds clues to spies and murder

7 – Beatrice may not be who she appears to be

8 – Dr Brockton’s new lady friend has a detailed history

9 – we even get a tour of the sewer lines in Oak Ridge

Highly recommended for people who like mysteries, murder mysteries, forensic detail, historic locations and events in fiction and anyone who just likes a really good story. Can’t wait for the next book :)

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Second Sight (2nd Ed) by Judith Orloff, MD

Posted by litekepr on March 1, 2010

In 1996 Dr Judith Orloff released her book – Second Sight – and it went on to become a best selling book. What has happened in Dr Orloff’s practice and the field of psychiatry and intuitive medicine in the last 13 years? The second edition brings you up to date on the changes is intuitive medicine.

In the late 1990′s Dr Judith Orloff released her story in the book- Second Sight – and she shared her struggles to understand her intuition and the events in her life that motivated her to weave her intuition into her psychiatric practice.

In addition – the second edition gives the reader information to delve deeper into their own lessons about intuition in their own lives. The reader learns how to understand intuition, how it works, how to tap into their own intuition and much more.

The second edition also has a new introduction written by Dr Orloff.  This book helps empower people to listen to intuition and apply it to decision making, health and emotional issues, and empower their lives.

The chapters in the second edition of Second Sight by Judith Orloff, MD include:

Part 1 – Initiations

Chapter 1 – The Beginnings of Wisdom

Chapter 2 – Validating the Voice

Chapter 3 – Loss of Innocence

Chapter 4 – Healing the Split

Chapter 5 – Mixing Medicine

Chapter 6 – Female Lineage

Part 2 – Teachings

Chapter 7 – Preparing to See

Chapter 8 – The Alchemy of Dreams

Chapter 9 – Intuitive Experiences in Everyday Life

Chapter 10 – The Well Balanced Intuition

Chapter 11 – The Spiritual Path of Intuition

Chapter 12 – Honoring the Gift

If you are interested in learning more about intuition in yourself or others you should read this book. If you are interested in how a psychiatrist can use the science she learned and combine it with her intuitive wisdom – this book is for you. If you read the original edition of Second Sight and you would like to delve deeper into Dr Orloff’s life experiences and to understand more about intuition – this is the book you need to read.

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About Second Sight by Judith Orloff, MD (2nd Edition)

In this moving personal story Dr. Orloff recounts her “journey to become whole” by first accepting and then embracing her intuitive abilities. She tells of her childhood fear of her intuition, of her physician-parents’ efforts to ignore and even deny them, and of her slow awakening to the understanding that her intuition is truly a gift. She tells of her struggle to incorporate her abilities into her practice and of the many successes she’s experienced with patients ever since. Second Sight is a soulful and friendly bestseller.

Text from the back cover
As a child, her vivid dreams and intuitions were whispered about behind closed doors. As a medical student, she denied the “shameful secret” by immersing herself in the absolutes of science. Then as a psychiatrist, Dr. Judith Orloff recieved proof of the value of her gift when an intuition foretold a patient’s suicide attempt. In this remarkable self-portrait, she takes you on the journey of a lifetime, one that brought her from ignorance to understanding, from loneliness to peace, from despair to hope…

Judith Orloff MD is author of the new book SECOND SIGHT: AN INTUITIVE PSYCHIATRIST TELLS HER STORY AND SHOWS YOU HOW TO TAP YOUR OWN INNER WISDOM (Three Rivers Press, 2010 updated edition). Her other bestsellers are Emotional Freedom, Positive Energy, Intuitive Healing. Dr. Orloff synthesizes the pearls of traditional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition, energy, and spirituality. She passionately believes that the future of medicine involves integrating all this wisdom to achieve emotional freedom and total wellness. For more inspiration and free articles visit www.drjudithorloff.com

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Women’s Millionaire Club by Maureen G Mulvaney, MGM

Posted by litekepr on February 14, 2010

Many people own home based businesses and in these tough economic times – many more people will launch home based businesses. Some people do very well with their own business – while others never make a decent living. What is the difference? Are there things they could learn that would make them more successful? This book contains a wealth of information that was compiled by interviewing some very successful women who run home based businesses and who are network marketing professionals. What do they have to offer you?

Maureen G Mulvaney is the founder of the Women’s Millionaire Club. She has all sorts of tools to help you succeed in network marketing – and this book is one of those tools. Maureen goes by the nickname MGM and she is an international speaker and a best selling author.

In the first part of this book, MGM shares “The Recipe for Success” and the “History of Network Marketing”.  She then explains the “home based business” concept and how it works today. Next she shares the demographics and her survey results for the women in the Women’s Millionaire Club. This gives you a great picture of the type of women who are making millionaires from their home based network marketing businesses.

MGM also delves deeply into the personality traits of these women. This is a step to get inside the head of these women. Then she turns the spotlight back on the reader by saying to “Know What You Want” and “Believe You Can Have It”. These are critical steps – no matter what these women can accomplish – you have to believe you can do it and be resolved in what you want. Obviously the next step is to “Take Action”.

Once she has given you the details about what she learned about these successful women and what MGM can share about network marketing – its time to read the profiles that were developed after detailed interviews with each of these women.

Each profile includes a combination of this information about each of these women:

  • Her Background
  • Her Decision to Succeed
  • The Benefits to Being a Woman
  • Her Ingredients for Success
  • Why She Did It
  • Her Legacy
  • Her Strengths

If you want a successful home based network marketing business – this is a must read. It takes you inside the minds, hearts and motivations of these 20 women and gives you a great set of tools to succeed.

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How to Get Financing For Your New Small Business by Sharon Fullen

Posted by litekepr on February 14, 2010

In good financial times it can be hard to secure financing for a new small business. So, getting financing in these tough and uncertain economic times are even harder. That’s a reason why you need to know about this book.

We all know that a business can be run in the ground by bad management, poor planning, a downturn in the economy and many other reasons. But improper financial planning is the #2 reason that businesses fail – that is why this book is a valuable resource. Far too many people plan to open or expand a business and incorrectly calculate how much money they will need. Having sufficient money available is critical in being successful.

Compiling a thorough and accurate financial statement is one key. Another key is having a thorough and complete business plan. Both of these items enable you to launch or expand the business with a solid plan and sufficient financing and it allows the lending institution to make the best loan to you and also to give you the best feedback for your  situation.

This book delves into some of the more creative financing options – and in these times, it doesn’t hurt to get creative when you look for financing.

Some of the topics covered in this book include:

Chapter 1 – Learning Your Money Formula

Chapter 2 – The Money is Out There

Chapter 3 – Your Business Plan

Chapter 4 – Investing in Your Own Dream

Chapter 5 – Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be

Chapter 6 – Your Loan Proposal

Chapter 7 – Valuation of Your Business

Chapter 8 – Debt Financing Versus Equity Financing

Chapter 9 – Uncle Sam Helps Out

Chapter 10 – Grants

Chapter 11 – Venture Capital

Chapter 12 – Investor Angels

Chapter 13 – Initial Public Openings

Chapter 14 – Direct Public Offerings

Chapter 15 – Strategic Alliances

Chapter 16 – Legal Considerations

Chapter 17 – The Pitch

Chapter 18 – Glossary

Chapter 19 – Resources

There are many unusual and creative financing options that are discussed in this book in detail. So – if you are looking for a very thorough book that walks you through the traditional and the more creative financing process for your business – this is the book for you. The resources section is also packed with all kinds of resources to get much more information to help you in search to get financing for your business. Like Chapter 2 says — the money is out there, you just need the details on how to get it.

Note – This book was written several years ago and there are new programs — however, this book will give you a great foundation to search for business financing and to better understand the process and to understand the terminology during the process.

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Heart of Marketing by Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski

Posted by litekepr on February 14, 2010

Customer service and really good customer service seems to be a thing of the past in many businesses. When I was growing up – my grandfather reinforced the importance of stellar customer service to me and that lesson has served me very well of the last two decades.  This book explains how to put “heart” back into our businesses and our marketing.

The full title of this book is Heart of Marketing: Love Your Customers and They Will Love You Back.

This book is made up of the answers to 45 questions about the “soft sell marketing” concept. There were MANY questions submitted, but Judith and Jim narrowed it down to 45 questions and share the answers with all of us in Heart of Marketing.

Some of the topics include:

  • What is Marketing?
  • What is the primary benefit of soft sell marketing?
  • How does soft sell marketing differ from hard sell?
  • People say to succeed you have to get your ego out of the way. What does that mean?
  • When creating soft sell marketing messages, which words reassure and establish a relationship quickly?
  • Do you use “urgency” or “scarcity” in soft sell marketing?
  • How do I sell without making a nuisance of myself?
  • How can you close a sale without pushing too far?
  • How do I train my brain to realize its ok to ask for the sale because what I am offering is of value of them and not just money for me?
  • What are the pitfalls of soft sell marketing?
  • How do I measure the success of soft sell marketing?

These are just a few of the questions that are included in Heart of Marketing.

Are you the type of business person or sales person who has a hard time with the traditional hard sell approach? You NEED to read this book. I learned long ago that you can make the sale and succeed with using hard sell techniques. This book takes that premise and walks you through the soft sell process. Even if you like the “hard sell” – you can learn valuable tips from this book and you may find ideas that you can incorporate into your current selling techniques. It could help you take your current success to a much higher level.

Are you an entrepreneur and business owner who wants their sales people to use the soft sell sales approach? You need to recommend this book to your sales team or better yet – buy copies for them and help them learn how to love your customers – your business will reap the benefits.  I worked with Judith and Jim on the campaign that helped them reach Amazon Best Seller status – now you can find out what all the excitement was about – and learn the soft sale tips that made this book a best seller.

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Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by James L Wilson

Posted by litekepr on February 13, 2010

Every business person faces stress and fatigue. Every business owner and entrepreneur faces stress and especially in these tough economic times. So – maintaining our health can be a key to being able to continue giving our best to our business, ourselves, our families and our customers.

A few months ago I heard about a medical condition that was new to me. It is adrenal fatigue. This book explains what it is and how we can recover — our energy, our immune resistance, vitality and our enjoyment of life. That sounds like something we all need to know. Seemed like valuable information to have to maintain our health.

This is some of the content of this book – and it is packed with great information —

  • Part One – Your Adrenal Glands and You
  • Part Two – Do I Have Adrenal Fatigue
  • Part Three – Helping Yourself Back to Health
  • Part Four – Functions of the Adrenal Glands
  • Appendices – Glycemic Index and Food Lists

Part One explains how the glands work, what factors in our lives can affect their function (its a huge list), what sort of people have adrenal fatigue and explains how the condition progresses and the symptoms.

Part Two has a questionnaire to see if you have adrenal fatigue and if it is a mild, modest or severe condition. It includes full details about how to read the results. Then something unusual that I really liked is a section to explain how the condition develops in our bodies and our health. There are also details about home tests and lab tests to determine the existence and severity of the condition.

Part Three is full of information about how to treat the problem. From lifestyle changes, the connection between the food we eat and adrenal fatigue – including details about food allergies and sensitive and using supplements. Hormone replacement is also discussed as it relates to adrenal fatigue.

Part Four is full of specific information about the adrenal glands, their function, and much more.

This book is great for anyone that is experiencing any of these conditions –

Tired for no reason

Trouble getting up in the morning

Need caffeine to keep going

Run down and stressed

Craving salt or sugar

Struggling to keep up

Hard time bouncing back from illness or stress

Not having fun

Decreased sex drive

How many entrepreneurs do you know that are dealing with any of these problems? This is the kind of condition that you can manage – I opted to be tested and then got on a daily regiment of supplements to get my body functioning better. So far -so good and it is very easy to do.  There is also a wonderful Adrenal Fatigue website to get great preliminary information and to see if there is a practitioner near you — if you find that you do have adrenal fatigue – I highly recommend getting the book to learn the ins and outs of this condition and how to get your body, your health, your life and your business back to normal.

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Guerilla Marketing Weapons: 100 Affordable Marketing Methods For Maximizing Profits From Your Small Business by Jay Conrad Levinson

Posted by litekepr on February 13, 2010

I’ve been a fan of the guerilla style of marketing for many years. It is the type of marketing approach I used for years and I was pleasantly surprised when I found the Guerilla Marketing website. That gave me the chance to find other marketing techniques that I could use in my promotional work. In these tough economic times – it is more important than ever to find inexpensive and effective ways to market our businesses.

First – you may be wondering: What is Guerilla Marketing? (Visit the official website for Guerilla Marketing)

The concept of guerrilla marketing was invented as an unconventional system of promotions that relies on time, energy and imagination rather than a big marketing budget. Typically, guerrilla marketing campaigns are unexpected and unconventional; potentially interactive; and consumers are targeted in unexpected places. The objective of guerrilla marketing is to create a unique, engaging and thought-provoking concept to generate buzz, and consequently turn viral. The term was coined and defined by Jay Conrad Levinson in his book Guerrilla Marketing. The term has since entered the popular vocabulary and marketing textbooks.

Guerrilla marketing involves unusual approaches such as intercept encounters in public places, street giveaways of products, PR stunts, any unconventional marketing intended to get maximum results from minimal resources. More innovative approaches to Guerrilla marketing now utilize cutting edge mobile digital technologies to really engage the consumer and create a memorable brand experience. – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_marketing

As a business manager, business owner and promoter – I’m always on the lookout for inexpensive ways to promote – for my clients and myself. Let’s take a look at the table of contents:

Chapter 1 – The More Weapons You Use, The More Profit You Make

Chapter 2 – Weapons for the Outset – (The Building Blocks to Get You Started)

Chapter 3 – Weapons Not Recognized as Marketing – (Misc Items that Will Represent Your Business to the Public)

Chapter 4 – Weapons That Begin With Attitude – (Elements of Business When You Interact With Customers)

Chapter 5 – Weapons Overlooked By Non Guerillas – (Creative Ways to Get Promotional Exposure for Business)

Chapter 6 – Weapons That Make You Easy to Buy From – (Ways to Make It Easy For People to Buy From You)

Chapter7 – Weapons That Are Frequently Misused – (Tried and True Ways to Promote – That Many People Use Wrong)

Chapter 8 – Weapons That Produce Instant Results – (Many Ways to Interact With Your Potential Customers)

Chapter 9 – Weapons That Have Extra Fire Power – (Weapons That Cost More About Can Generate More Results)

Chapter 10 – A Strategy For Using the Weapons – (Details On The Most Effective Way to Use These Tools)

Those 10 chapters contain an arsenal of promotional weapons for your business. The book lists 100 weapons that you can use – and on page 12 – there is a list of 50 FREE promotional tools. Any and every business person should review that list before completing their business plan – these weapons are THAT important.  Each and every weapon is explained throughout the pages of this book.

If you want to use unique, creative and inexpensive marketing for your business – this is a book that needs to be in your office. I’ve had my copy for some time and it is dog eared – like all great books. It is a very easy read, easy to understand and even though it has been on the market for years — the information is invaluable. It will also give you some great insights into the sorts of things that are Guerilla Marketing tools. I would bet you have used many of these weapons in your business – and you may not have considered many of these to be promotional weapons. Realizing that they are part of your promotion could help you to use them more effectively.

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