All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Get Lucky Muller, Thor | Becker, Lane Jossey-Bass , 2012 Business Strategy

Many entrepreneurs will claim that they got lucky or were in the right place at the right time when asked why or how their businesses succeeded when so many others fail. In Get Lucky, authors Thor...

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Bottom-Line Selling Malcolm, Jack Booktrope , 2011 Customer Focus, Marketing

In Bottom-Line Selling, sales consultant Jack Malcolm stresses that just knowing a customer’s needs is not enough for today’s sales professionals. Instead, they must understand their customers, their...

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Web Copy That Sells Veloso, Maria AMACOM , 2009 Communication, Marketing

Direct marketing websites need effective copy to engage prospects and convert them to customers. In Web Copy That Sells, Maria Veloso boils more than 30 years of copywriting experience down to a five-...

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The King of Madison Avenue Roman, Kenneth Palgrave Macmillan , 2009 Business Biographies, Marketing

David Ogilvy has been dubbed “the original mad man,” the “godfather” of the ad world, and “the pope of modern advertising.” In The King of Madison Avenue, Kenneth Roman, former chairman and CEO of...

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The End of the Euro Van Overtveldt, Johan AMACOM , 2011 Economics & Finance

During the summer of 2010, the world watched televised coverage of Greeks rioting after their wages, pensions, and social welfare programs were cut. No one should have been shocked by these images. According to Belgian...

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Going Social Goldman, Jeremy AMACOM , 2013 Marketing, Technology

In Going Social, Jeremy Goldman explores the many aspects of social marketing, focusing on the theme that today’s marketing efforts are relationship driven rather than product driven. He offers...

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No Excuses! Tracy, Brian Vanguard Press , 2010 Personal Growth

In No Excuses! Brian Tracy dispels the notion that talent and chance are responsible for success and instead presents compelling support for his theory that self-discipline is the key to being...

 
 
The Learning Layer Flinn, Steven D. Palgrave Macmillan , 2010 Human Resources

In The Learning Layer, Steven D. Flinn introduces the concept of a learning layer that rests atop all other systems within an organization and, like the human mind, can evolve and adapt to the input of...

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The Accidental Salesperson Lytle, Chris AMACOM , 2012 Customer Focus, Personal Growth

Though people often come to sales accidently, success is not accidental. Chris Lytle asserts that people will benefit most from The Accidental Salesperson by intently applying the concepts immediately...

 
 
Body Language in Business Furnham, Adrian | Petrova, Evgeniya Palgrave Macmillan , 2010 Communication

Body Language in Business by Adrian Furnham and Evgeniya Petrova is about the signals people send and receive, the messages they transmit and decipher, and the statements they make about themselves...

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