Contest To Help Me Hit The New York Times Best Seller List

It is so exciting to find out that the efforts of my team of friends and readers were able to sell out Amazon and Barnes and Noble! You guys are unbelievable! But, I need all your help I can get this week to make the big push to the NYT Best Seller List, so I've put together a contest. Actually, it is a contest in two parts.

Part 1:

Here's what I need from you and I'll tell you what the prizes are in a minute.

1. I need you to Tweet, Re-Tweet, and use every social media trick you know to get the word out. Please drive everyone to www.howtosellwhennobodysbuying.com or if you prefer to use your Amazon Associates link, that's cool too, but we need to rally and really push this to the next level.

2. If you have an email list, no matter how small, send an email to everyone who would find the book relevant. I'm not asking you to send spam, I only want you to send email to people who would benefit from the book and The Bold Approach Leads Machine.

3. Call your local Barnes and Noble or other local book store and ask them to bring a copy into the stores, that will help me get it on more shelves, you should not be required to buy the book to do this, if you are, don't worry about it.

4. If you have any contacts in leads groups, business organizations or other outlets that would benefit from the book who would like an article from me or an interview, please connect me with them and I'll make it happen right away.

5. If you already have a copy of the book and have begun reading it, review it on Amazon for me as soon as you can.

6. If you have a blog, write a blog post about the book and link back to www.howtosellwhennobodysbuying.com

7. Personally recommend the book to anyone you can.

8. If you have a following and want to do a teleseminar with me let's get it scheduled this week, I'll do teleseminars early to late.

9. You must Tweet, Facebook, etc., this contest to qualify.

10. Get creative, do anything you can think of to help me spread the word!

Now the prizes for PART 1 - Be sure to read on to part 2

To win the prizes, you must leave a comment on this post indicating what you've done. If you tweet, include a link to your tweet, if you blog, include a link to your blog, if you take a twitpic and share it send me the link. Basically, whatever you do, show me so I can weigh things equally. I'll choose the winner based on activity, creativity, and results!

Prizes for Part 1

1st Place - A Full Day of Consulting with me here in Boise and I'll take care of your airfare and hotel while you are here (coach airfare from anywhere on the United States mainland), plus I'll give you a complete set of all my products which combined have a value of close to $10k

2nd Place - A Netbook computer, a 1on1 phone consult with me and a full set of all my products

3rd Place - Renegades of Persuasion DVDs a 1on1 phone consult with me and your choice of one of my $2000 products

4th Place - Renegades of Persuasion DVDs, a 1on1 phone consult with me and a complete set of my books signed

5th Place - 10th Place - Set of Renegades of Persuasion DVDs

Ok, now that is pretty cool, here is the thing you can promote and blog about that is also pretty dang cool. And, technically you could win BOTH contests.

Part 2 BE MY PROTEGE CONTEST

If you don't know me yet, I'm Dave Lakhani. I'm one of the busiest and most booked speakers in the nation. I travel 180+ days a year worldwide and present 80-100 times per year live and do another 100 - 200 teleseminars a year. I'm considered one of the nation's top platform closers and a highly rated speaker. I'm also nominated for an American Business Award right now for being America's Best Sales Trainer. I've written five best selling books in the last five years and have co-authored half a dozen more.

I want you to have a chance to be my Protege. I'll teach you the the ins and out of the speaking, writing, information sales business. I'll reveal everything to you from how to speak, build a following, and create products to how to get booked.

And, this may be the most valuable thing of all. If you have a business book that you'd like to write, I'll introduce you to my publisher and give you my personal endorsement (assuming that after doing all the work with me that you have a marketable book). If you don't have a business book, I'll provide an endorsement and a forward to the book you do write and a letter of recommendation to go with your proposal. And, if you have the skills, I'll even authorize you to teach one of my programs in your region, virtually no one is currently authorized to teach one of my programs. And, finally, I'll have you present at one of my events where you can test your mettle and what you've learned.

We'll meet in person up to 4 times over the next year (you'll be responsible for your own transportation and lodging, and we'll be talking on the phone multiple times per month and working hand in hand to get you successful. If you need to create video, we'll do that while you are here, if you need audio, we'll do that, whatever you need to become successful, I'll help you with it.

Or, if you are not someone who wants to learn speaking and writing but you do want to become the best known entrepreneur or salesperson in your field, I'll mentor you for a full 12 months as well. I'll teach you every tip, technique, nuance that I know to get you the same results I've always gotten, see I've been the top salesperson at virtually every organization I've worked in and developed top sales teams everywhere I've managed teams.

Same deal as above. We'll meet in person up to 4 times over the next year (you'll be responsible for your own transportation and lodging, and we'll be talking on the phone multiple times per month and working hand in hand to get you successful. If you need to create video, we'll do that while you are here, if you need audio, we'll do that, whatever you need to become successful, I'll help you with it.

Ok, now to win, here is what you have to do.

1. You have to buy TWO of my books in a very specific format. You must buy one online before the end of the week and send the receipt to laura at boldapproach.com THEN you must buy one of my books offline at a retail store by Wednesday June 17, 2009 and take a picture of the book at the offline receipt so that I can read it in the picture and email that photo to Laura as well. If you don't follow both steps you can't win. If they don't have the book in your local bookstore yet, it doesn't matter, BUY IT ANYWAY that day, keep your receipt, when they get it in, take the picture with the receipt. I will not choose a winner until at least the end of the month to give everyone time to be sure they have their book in hand. If your receipt is dated after June 17, 2009, you can't win. Now that you have two books, I want you to give one of them away. Give it to someone who is already in sales, if you can, get a picture of you giving it to them. But here's the trick, it has to be someone you dont' already know. I won't know if it is or it isn't but I trust you.

2. You MUST create an Amazon video that includes How To Sell When Nobody's Buying Protege in the headline AND a link to www.howtosellwhennobodysbuying.com as the first line in the description of the video and place it on YouTube. The video should tell me what you've learned from the book that you intend to use to help convince me that you are the right person to be my Protege. You should also make a strong case for why I should choose you. Creativity will play a factor, so make a good video. You should also create a SECOND video that endorses the book that includes my name and How To Sell When Nobody's Buying in the headline and in the description. It should also be uploaded to Amazon.

3. You must actively promote the book as much as you can this week (if you've already been promoting the book, that counts)

You must meet all criteria to win and I'll be the final judge of who is most deserving of being my Protege. If I can't decide, I'll choose a panel of judges who will.

Void where prohibited, no cash value, you agree to be featured in any promotional videos or other material I create.

Comments

[Michael D. Walker]

Hi Dave,

This is an awesome contest! Whoever wins the protege training is in for a life altering experience.

I've already started my bid. Bought your book online yesterday during the initial launch & ordered it from local Borders offline.

Have already done 3 tweets about the book in the last 24 hours and will be re-tweeting about this contest as soon as I finish here. :)

Book is supposed to arrive at Borders tomorrow so video & photos are next!

Yes, I am trying to win.
You've gotta be crazy to not try to win this!

Congrats on hitting #1 with the book!

Cheers~

Michael

Michael D. Walker

[Denise Wakeman, The Blog Squad]

Not only should people buy the book, they should study this contest to learn how they can implement and generate the same buzz for their own products and services.

Nice job!

[Mariam Ispahani]

Dave -

1 - I tweeted re your book 4 times in less than 24 hours! :-) Below is one tweet...

http://twitter.com/saaze
Today I ordered a book hot off the press by @davelakhani How to Sell When Nobody's Buying http://bit.ly/1qf41t - fit for the times, get one! (about 16 hours ago from web)

2 - Yesterday, I went to Borders (in Sunnyvale, California) and yelled :-) at them for not stocking your book fast enough and told them to watch out for the book and get it out on the shelves asap.

3 - Told several of my friends.

4 - Going to post it on my facebook page which you can check in 5 minutes.

5 - You want to advertise for FREE on our digital signage screens in the SF Bay Area? A 15 second spot which targets young professionals at coffeeshops? My company is: http://saaze.com

[Bob Souer]

Dave,

Tweeting about your contest here ...

http://twitter.com/BobSouer/status/2109216142

Will blog about your book later today and leave another comment.

Great stuff, man!

Be well,
Bob

[Denise Wakeman, The Blog Squad]

Posted a picture of your book next to your blog! http://www.tweetphoto.com/14088emj

I'm not looking to win, just want to make sure campaign is a phenomenal success.

[April Braswell]

Hi Dave,

congratulations on your amazon and B&N.com success already.

bought the book yesterday online and already emailed the receipt for the bonuses.

Got about 5 ppl that I know of to buy the book online. Will be phoning and hitting b&m stores tomorrow and will video it (was already planning to do so as my proof! loving my flip video).

If you look at your REPLIES at twitter, you'll see all the times I've tweeted it plus the folks I got to RT it to their tweeple (@mmangen @JJJalopy @AlFerretti so far and more than one each).

Dugg the site yesterday, got 6 others internationally to digg it to and fave it:

http://digg.com/educational/Dave_Lakhani_s_Hot_New_Book_How_to_Sell_When_Nobody_s_Buying

Rock on!

Best regards,

April Braswell

[April Braswell]

oh yeah, and I FB'd it too :)

[Gary Loper]

Greetings Dave

It is been a pleasure helping you get the word out about "How to Sell..."

I have lost track of the number of tweets & RT I have posted over the past 10 days. Probably, a couple hundred by now and still going.

In addition I have been promoting the book at several networking events I have attended and directed. This morning half the room was writing down your name and sites to get the book. No telling the reach and results.

I am starting a new networking group and as director I will be making a very strong case and referring to the book to help others move closer to their dreams by increasing sales.

We have a newsletter we send out on the 22nd and will include my Amazon review(posted 6-8) and details on the book --this reaches about 2400.

Again, this has been a great experience in promotion and the benefits of social media.

Let me know how else I can help

Create an excellent day & better tomorrows
Gary Loper

[Helen Hoefele]

Wishing you, Dave, and all the contestant's good luck. Not sure that I'll really be much of a contender, but I'll put the word out where I can. Here's one for starters:
http://twitter.com/figmentations/status/2110437175

[April Braswell]

And I VOX blogged it b/c Vox has a high rating:

http://aprilbraswell.vox.com/library/post/dave-lakhanis-hot-new-sales-success-book-june-9-bonuses-day---how-to-sell-when-nobodys-buying.html

delighted to assist where I can
Tweeted and amped both u & ur book during the excellent @SalesEagle call. super gr8 for sales ppl who are interviewing for a sales position or want to RETAIN theirs!

best regards,

April Braswell

[business videos]

Amazing! It’s really informative post for me, and I think also that business videos are very important for online marketing and advertising, and videos play a major rule to make money online. Thanks for sharing.

[Mariam Ispahani]

Dave - here is an update re marketing your book...

1 - I finally just got it via Amazon and read a bit already!

2 - tweeted and re-tweet your info several times a day daily since June 9th.

http://twitter.com/saaze

3 - called several Borders and B&N stores to check their orders and get your book in! Told you this one already, and you called your publisher.

4 - posted on my facebook wall and on several facebook business and non-business groups I belong to.

5 - posted on LinkedIn sales and related groups and on my status.

6 - got the word out to friends and specially industry associates in my sales and marketing space.

You will make the NYT Best Seller List very soon!!! The reader force is with you :--)

-m-

[Michael D. Walker]

Hi Dave,

Last minute update for you.

Sent Laura the photos of the books & receipts:
Bought one copy in-store from B&N, bought one from Amazon and ordered one in-store from Borders.

Gave copy to Tim, the owner/operator of several McDonald's, whom I met at PT. Still hoping to get photo cuz we got interrupted by me being called away to surgeon's office.

Uploaded YouTube video per instructions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28NIYmdx4V4

Also did Amazon video review/endorsement
per instructions.

Too many Tweets to mention but doing a Twitter search of our names together should do the trick.

Also gave you exclusive space on my Facebook page.

Last but not least, sent you Twitpic of my 2 yr old holding copy of book at B&N.

No matter who wins, it's been fun helping get the word out for you.

You deserve all the success you're seeing.

Thanks!

Michel

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