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For
Yellow Pages Advertisers Who Are
Frustrated With Their Results.
Here's
Why Some Yellow Page Ads
Are Ignored 9 times out of 10, While Others
Are Nearly Impossible to Overlook!
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Alan J. Saltz
Wharton Graduate, 2000
Top Yellow Pages Expert |
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What's
the difference between an ad that's gets just a trickle of calls, and
one that wins loyal new customers month after month, like clockwork?
You're about to find out...
Plus, discover how to implement simple changes
to your ad that can generate big jumps in response. And,
what's this about a free ad critique?
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"Response
Almost Tripled!"
"Thanks for all your help
on the ad. It has been working very well. The response to
the ad has almost tripled since it has gone out. I
recommended you to some other dentist friends of mine (in
different regions of course)."
James Lin,
D.M.D
Southland Dental
Calabasas, CA
"20%
Increase in Business!" "Alan, since our new ad came out (did I send you a copy?)
using your suggestions, we've seen a 20% increase in
business!! Thanks again!" Don Marcari,
Attorney
Newport News, VA
"$5400
in sales in
the first 3 days."
"Just thought
I'd let you know my Yellow Page ad that I sent you was placed in
the Charleston SC phone book. They began delivering the books on
August 1st.
So far, in the
first 3 days, we have made $5400 in sales directly attributed to
the Yellow Page ad. Not bad for a $1300 per month investment
Bob Jones
www.ValuePest.com
"I had to hire another person
to help answer the phones."
"Thank
you for your help with my Yellow Pages ad. I don’t have the numbers yet
but the new YP book came out with my revamped ad and the
phone is going crazy. I had to hire another person to help
answer the phones. I have
given several of your cards out and suggested people call
you. Thanks again."
Michael
Carlson
PowerClean
Anchorage, AK |
August 18, 2008
5:09 PM in New York, NY
Dear Yellow Pages Advertiser,
I f you're spending
your hard earned money to advertise in the Yellow Pages, you can't
afford to have a weak ad.
You can't afford to get
overlooked... passed over... or viewed as anything less than a
great option to each and every prospect who turns to your category.
With that in mind, could your Yellow Pages ad be
better?
What if simple changes to your ad could boost the
number of calls you get every month... and earn you a consistent flow of new
customers eager to do business with you instead of your
competition?
The fact is, every business owner dreams of owning an
autopilot ad like this, and no medium makes it possible like
the Yellow Pages.
Even today, as more people are turning to the internet
to seek out local businesses, the Yellow Pages still enjoys the lion's
share of lookups.
If that wasn't enough incentive, let's not forget that
these are ultra-targeted, ready-to-buy prospects that are
actively seeking you out at this very moment... ready to connect with a company like yours, and pay
good money for your products and services.
What a perfect time to have their undivided attention.
There's just one problem...
The Yellow Pages are fiercely competitive.
You're not just outsized... you're outnumbered.
You're not just outnumbered... you're surrounded.
And if someone else wins the customer, it means you
didn't.
I know, it's daunting.
The good news, is that the average ad is far more
of a "weakling" than a winner... and simple changes to your ad can
generate huge increases in response (you'll have the opportunity today
to discover an ad "tweak" that multiplied response by more than
500% year over year!)
The bottom line, is you have an incredible opportunity today to:
Stand out, grab your prospects
by the eyeballs, and steal them away
from under your competitors' noses!
Now I know what you're thinking...
That takes graphic design skills and years of
advertising experience, right?
Not at all.
It doesn't require any special design skills
It doesn't matter whether you're attracting
patients, businesses or cash-paying customers
Whether you sell products or services
Whether your average sale is $20 or $20,000
Whether you're well established or the "new kid on
the block
You've got all the ammo you need at this very moment.
Now, if you're still a little bit skeptical that's
okay. Your doubts are about to dissipate.
That's because in just a minute, I'm going to
reveal something about Yellow Pages Advertising
that's often the difference between mediocre results and great
results.
It's a simple lesson, but it may just be "the AHA moment"
that makes all the difference.
I'll get to it in just a second, but first...
Why listen to me in the first place?
Despite that boyish face of mine (I'm 30 if you can believe
it)... I've been helping small business owners with their Yellow
Pages advertising for the last 7 years and I've become one of
the foremost experts on the subject.
I've been interviewed by
publishers as far as New Zealand...
My articles have been
featured in business journals both online and in
print...
I've been highlighted in an issue of
Millionaire BlueprintsTM
in an article entitled "Paging to Profits"
and I'm a featured columnist for the
"The Magazine Yellow Pages" newsletter - the publishers
directory for Fortune 500 companies including Forbes, Business
Week, US News, and many others.
I also graduated from Wharton - one of the
most competitive and highly acclaimed business schools in the world -
with high honors back in 2000.
So pardon the brief lapse in modesty, but I wanted
to assure you that I really do know a thing or two about
effective Yellow Pages advertising.
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"By Far The Best Information
That I Have Found."
"I have pulled
many reports off the web and I have ordered several so-called
"how to" manuals on how to improve your Yellow Page ads.
You probably already know this but your book is by far
the best information that I have found!!!"
Jeff McClintock
BellSouth Yellow Pages Rep
Saint Cloud, FL
"Sales More Than
DOUBLED!"
"We
have seen a substantial increase in profit; in fact our sales
have more than doubled since using your book to recreate our
ad. The
book is worth thousands of dollars to our business. Thank you
Alan!
John Page
Page Insurance Agency
Idaho Falls, ID
"Without Any
Doubt, The Best... "
"Without any
doubt, the best book I've read on the subject of Yellow Pages
Advertising."
"The Holy Grail of Yellow Pages
Advertising On a Platter..."
“I’ve been doing Yellow Pages
advertising for clients for years and this is by far the best,
most in depth, super-easy-to-understand and apply course out there.
Alan has
literally put the holy grail of Yellow Pages advertising on a
platter for you. If you don’t buy and apply this course, you are
losing sales. It’s as simple as that. Awesome, just awesome.”
Sammer Hakim
www.marketing-commando.com
"The #1 Yellow Page Guru!"
"The #1 Yellow
Page guru... thanks for the critique... great stuff!"
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Now that that's out of the way, let's get to it and make sure you
understand
How to Avoid the Yellow Pages Advertising
Kiss of Death...
At a dinner party with my fiancé, we were sitting across the
table from a very nice couple we had never met before.
The gentleman was chatting with someone next to him while his wife was
telling us about her husband's business as an attorney.
So I "popped the question"...
Does he advertise his business in the Yellow Pages?
She explained that they had
JUST gone through the process of creating Mike's very first
Yellow Pages ad
with the design department.
Naturally, I told her that I run a
website that helps advertisers increase the profits they generate with their
Yellow Pages Advertising.
Her eyes lit up.
She immediately interrupted her
husband's conversation to tell him.
"You're an expert on Yellow Pages
Advertising?" he asked. Being less than confident with his
investment, he was quite eager to chat.
Essentially, he
blindly followed the advice of the Yellow Pages as the ad was being
created... simply answering a few questions regarding what content
they wanted to include.
So, with the captive attention of
both of them, I asked, "So... how did you decide what to include?".
They looked at each other, and
with a big half-embarrassed GRIN across both of their faces, they
replied...
"We looked at what
everyone else was doing!"
And there it was.
An answer that I've (unfortunately) come to
expect.
You see, blending in is the "Yellow Pages Advertising
Kiss Of Death."
Think about it...
In a medium where you're surrounded by your
competition,
How
can saying the same thing as everybody else
possibly be a formula for success?
How can it win you more than your "fair share" of customers?
It can't.
Here's why...
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The
75 Second Lesson
That Will
Re-Wire Your Brain And Forever
Change the Way
You Advertise
In the Yellow Pages...
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People turn to the Yellow Pages for a reason.
It's because they know what they need, and they want to
know who is the best option to provide it. As I've already
perhaps painfully expressed, that means it's you versus
everybody else.
But, to borrow
the saying that Geico® made famous (and arguably annoying)
"there's good news." I'll
get to it in just a second...
First, it's
important to understand that every Yellow Pages prospect who
turns to your category... is researching their options
in the hopes of finding a company that they WANT to do business
with.
Why? Because
customers are SKEPTICAL!
They start out lacking trust in you.
And until you prove them wrong, they won't dial
your number.
Think about it. Let's pretend that
that
you've got a nasty leak
and you need a plumber.
Are you willing to call any ad you see, or do you think to yourself...
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Is this company
good at what they do, or is their
careless error going to cost me in the long run?
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Will I feel
safe
with them in my home?
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Are they
going to bill me for things I don't understand? Or that they
"forgot" to mention up-front?
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Will they
track up my floor
and leave my house a mess?
Well, your prospects
are just as skeptical.
As honest as
you are... as fair, and humble, and skilled as you may be... no
one will ever assume that's the case. Frankly, they're probably
going to
assume the opposite.
So when they open up
the Yellow Pages, if there's a company that STANDS OUT -- and credibly
differentiates themselves from the competition as more honest,
more skilled, more approachable -- they're going to earn
themselves a brand new customer.
Right?
Now, I don't believe
that I've told you anything you didn't already know (yet).
BUT... if you were to open up your Yellow Pages
and look at each advertiser's attempt to get an eager customer
to prefer them over everyone else,
you'd start to wonder if ANYONE even tried!
ACTION STEP:
Try to spot a real difference in the ads you see in YOUR
Yellow Pages category. See how many things you see in one
ad that you don't see in any other.
What you'll see, is that aside from the company names, the logo, the slogan,
and the telephone number the ads under a given heading are
virtually identical.
They're glorified business cards.
They say the
same thing.
One says "the
plumbing experts"... the other takes the title "the plumbing
specialists"... yet another makes the claim "the master
plumber."
What's worse...
most advertisers waste a majority of the space they have for a "laundry list" of products and services THAT MERELY
PROVE THAT THEY BELONG IN THE CATEGORY THEY'RE ADVERTISING IN!
Big Mistake.
If the best you can
do to sell me on your plumbing company is to tell me you do
repair work, showers, tubs and tile, fix clogs, and install
water heaters - then you've given me absolutely no reason to
choose you over everyone else.
You've only told me that you do... well...
what a plumber does.
That might earn
you the occasional call from a price shopper who's about "as
loyal as a sack of potatoes." And yes, once in a while you'll
get some new business.
But more often
you're going to hear "the click" as your prospects hang up
the phone to call the next company.
This "me too
mentality" is the epidemic of Yellow Pages Advertising, and
worse...
It's costing you precious customers,
repeat business, and untold profits.
Everybody looks
like AN OPTION. No one stands out as THE OPTION.
But therein lies the good news...
What a great opportunity for the business
owner who knows what tweaks and changes to make to their ad!
That's why discovering the simple ways to differentiate your company from the
competition -- can literally explode your response
overnight!
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"SALES UP 30%!"
"Alan, Sales are up 30%!
I would recommend you to anyone, doing
business with you has been a pleasure."
Ronnie Miller
Freeport, TX
www.a-1comfort.com
"The Bible of Yellow
Page Marketing."
"Alan Saltz's book
should be The Bible of Yellow Page Marketing."
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Mark Joyner
International #1 Best-Selling Author
of Mind Control Marketing |
"Sales
increased and
costs decreased 35%!"
"Over the last 2
quarters with the new ads that you helped us develop, our sales from
the yellow pages have increased, but more importantly, the cost of
getting sales through the yellow pages has decreased by 35%!"
- Bob Leigh
Beyond Repairs
Omaha, NE
$25,000.00 Job As
a
Direct Result of New Ad...
"Alan,
we were just awarded a $25,000 job; a direct result of the
client calling us based on our yellow pages ad. He
indicated that our ad caught his eye! Thanks!"
John M. Prenosil
Ware, Massachusetts
http://www.jmpec.net |
This isn't Yellow Pages
"Voodoo".
You and I both know that
if we developed 2 different ads for your company, one would outperform
the other. What you also probably understand is that a good ad
would win by a significant margin.
Because, after all...
If an ad is good enough to create a preference for
your company for a single customer... think about what happens when...
say, 5,493 more customers turn to your category this year!
Think the same might
happen for a few of them?
That's exactly why most business owners I
speak with struggle for weeks or months trying to put something
effective together.
The difference is... while most of them are
guessing about what changes will drive more customers to
their business, I use the same proven formula
every single time.
Discover these
changes for yourself
and stop
leaving profits on the table!
This time, don't blindly hand the reigns over to
the Yellow Pages design department to create your ad!
Don't risk getting a "cookie-cutter" ad that has no
discernible differences over your competition.
With my help, you can tell the Yellow Pages
what changes YOU want to see, and still have your ad designed
absolutely FREE!
Introducing my most closely
guarded secrets to boosting Yellow Pages response... and my best
selling work:
Legal Theft - Version 2.1:
How to Use Yellow Pages Advertising
to Ethically "Steal" Business
From Your Competition!

Join business owners in over 20 countries...
In nearly 100 different industries...
And discover the secrets to Yellow Pages success...
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- Chiropractors |
- Dentists |
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- Auto Mechanics/Interiors |
- Carpet Cleaners |
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- Attorneys |
- Sign & Print
Shops |
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- Mattress Distributors |
- Accountants |
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- Real Estate Brokers |
- Heating/Cooling |
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- Pool Companies |
- Pest Control |
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- Electric Companies |
- Furniture
Dealers |
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Appliance Repair |
- Computer
Networking |
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- Telephone Systems |
- Painters |
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- Facial Surgeons |
- Dance Studios |
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- Office Supply Companies |
- Web Designers |
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- Insurance Companies |
- Computer Repair |
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- Movers |
- Powerwashers |
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- Tutoring/Education |
- Martial Arts |
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- Debt Companies |
- Waste Management |
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- Construction
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- Home & Office
Cleaning |
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- Florists |
- Home Remodeling |
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- TV Repair |
- Home Security |
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- Hypnotists |
- Interior Designers |
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- Satellite TV Providers |
- Sewing Machine
Suppliers |
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- Locksmiths |
- Marketing
Consultants |
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- Home Window
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Takes the mystery, guesswork, and
frustration out of Yellow Pages Advertising,
once and for all...
Legal Theft 2.1 is the definitive guide to Yellow Pages
Advertising that gets results.
You can keep having the design department
put your ad together -- but this year -- know what it takes to own
an ad that can grab your prospects by the eyeballs and credibly
convince them that there's no one they'd rather do business with...
than you.
Through pictures, sample ads,
examples, quick
exercises, and
"Plain English" explanations, discover...
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If you make just 3 simple changes to your
ad... MAKE THESE! Improving your Yellow Pages ad doesn't
have to be a grand project. In fact, if you want to make just three
simple changes to your ad that can literally multiply response,
go right to page 94!
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The 4 key elements of Yellow Pages ads that
SELL.
It's simple... don't overlook these 4 critical ingredients
to Yellow Pages success. Include all four, and your odds of getting
the call soar.
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The eye-opening experiment spanning over 2,000 ads...
in more than 240 categories that revealed the
2 greatest contributors to Yellow Pages response.
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A 500% response BOOST! Proof
that little changes can have a BIG impact on response. This
rarely-used but ultra simple ad tweak multiplied response for
one client by a factor of five! You'll find it on page 49 and 50.
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The 2 things your headline MUST, MUST, MUST do for
your ad to be effective. If it doesn't
do both your greatest opportunity to engage a prospect is
gone!
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3 major differences between Yellow Pages Advertising
and
EVERY other ad medium you use. STOP making the
mistakes you've been making for years, and START using
The Yellow Pages Profit Formula
TM.
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3 "universal motivators"
that drive response.
You're surrounded by your competition, right? These
3 things instantly set you apart, and can increase not just call
volume but call quality as well. I've seen these multiply
response for advertisers whose use them.
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How to literally "guarantee" your
way to more sales. Your customers will love you for
this, and most of your competitors will wrongly be too
scared to try it. (there are books
written about this concept alone - it's that powerful.)
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The Truth Revealed: when "extras" like color and larger ads
are worthwhile, and when it's a waste of your money!
Here's the unbiased truth.
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A simple strategy that
astonishingly reduces skepticism. If
there's a common trait among people who view your ad, it's
skepticism. This grossly underused technique
does more to combat skepticism than virtually any I've
encountered.
 
I wrote about this in an article that was
recently published, and the editor of the publication received
so much positive feedback... he ran it again! You
won't read about this technique in any other book on the
subject, but you'll find it on page 55
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The 5 most
attention-grabbing headline types...
and 26
examples you can literally "cut and paste" into your
ad.
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The "Magical Question"?
What everyone looking at your
ad wants to know... and how they decide who to call. Use it to
steal clients from your competition with the secret you uncover in
chapter 7!
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Where to get EYE-POPPING graphic images
so you don't end up with ghastly clip-art or overused pictures ever
again. You'll discover 3 websites for finding awesome
industry-specific images for just a couple bucks each. Send it to the
design department and voila!
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How "Selling With Specifics" accelerates your credibility
from 0 to 60 almost instantly. It's a simple tweak that
takes hardly any time to make, but increases the selling power
of your ad many times over.
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4 costly oversights
for pictures, photos & graphic designs. The
graphics you use in your ad can greatly effect your
response. I'll tell you how to choose between
graphics, when it's a good idea to use a picture of
yourself in your ad, and when it can actually turn people
away. (doctors and attorneys pay special attention!)
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The secret to outrageous offers that will have customers
beating a path to your door. PLUS - read 2 real-life
case-studies that will have you easily applying this concept to
your business.
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6 things to immediately REMOVE from
your ad and why any one of them can cost you
your prospects attention for good.
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REVEALED: the ad element that actually "triggers" the phone call.
Find out what it is, and the words proven to spark action
in your prospects.
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The 300 most referenced subject headings, ranked in
order, and what your category rank tells you about the
right advertising package for your business.
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A sneaky
little trick that allows you to
change one of your ads most
response-driving features -
as often as you like. Everything
else in your ad is fixed for an entire
year... except this. When I
explain this "loophole" you'll have an
opportunity to increase your response and
conversion during the year.
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The "LVC" concept: and why failing to consider it
when you create your ad will - with near certainty
- reduce the number of new customers your ad will attract
this year. This is the section of Legal Theft 2.1
that I've titled... **"The Concept You Can't Afford to
Not Consider."**
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The
reason most "bulleted-lists" are all wrong
and the super-simple solution. Bullets are a vital part of your Yellow Pages ad, and this
secret alone can make you stand out from every competitor
in your category. Don't run another ad until you fix
this glaring mistake.
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And more...
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"Alan! You are a GOD SEND!"
"Alan!
You are a GOD SEND! You really do deliver and you can
quote me on that! You really seem to understand what
business owners need,
Return On Investment!!"
Agatha Loewen
- Owner
Auto Interiors by Al's Repair
Toronto, Canada
"Made my ad a
WINNER"
"You could not
have imagined what my ad would have looked like, or how many
leads I would not have gotten per year if I didn't read Alan's
book. I can tell you I made several mistakes a TON of
other folks in the Yellow Pages make.
His advice has
made my ad a winner in my local book."
Courtney
Pelzel
San Antonio, TX
"So Darn Easy to Understand and
Implement"
"Alan, your
intimate knowledge of the Yellow Pages as a means to outwit
and outperform competitors is second to none. You
really know your stuff!
What's more is your ability to make everything
so darn easy to understand and implement that it's actually
enjoyable to learn."
"Looking For This For Such a Long
Time!"
"Alan, I read
your book yesterday. I loved it. I have been looking
for info like this for such a long time!"
Peter Cooke
Quogue, NY
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