The Abraham File:

Measurable and
Tangible Results

423 Actual Case Studies, Success Stories, Endorsements,

Testimonials, First-Hand Accounts and Second-Hand Biographical
Chronologies of How Various Proteges, Clients, Seminar Attendees
and Book Buyers Improved Their Sales, Grew Their Businesses,
and Increased Profits and Cash Flow.

Dear Business Owner:

What you are about to read are hundreds of real-world, actual successful case studies I have helped engineer.
These are actual first-hand accounts of how various business people, professionals, salaried wage earners and
even housewives and students have used my ideas, principles, philosophies and strategies to impact their
businesses, lives and incomes.
I hope these case studies will animate your sense of how much really IS possible for you and your business. It
will also show you the scope, breadth and depth of the profit-boosting capability I can deliver to your business.
Feel free to read just one case study or all 900+ and let your creative juices run wild.
It is being shared with a very limited group of individuals whom I believe will appreciate, understand, become
empowered and gain motivation to action by studying the openness and candor these customers, clients and
attendees to past programs of mine share.
The manuscript is broken down into four parts:
Section One is a collection of summarized testimonials and case studies. These virtually everyone are familiar
with because I use them for incorporation in many of my promotional efforts. I began with these because you
probably have heard about them before
Section Two, which is quite frankly my favorite section, is a collection of randomly chosen, first-hand accounts
of very specific case studies from different people I have impacted. Of particular significance in this section is
the depth of explanation the respondents went into in their attempts at describing specific applications of my
various principles or strategies that they implemented.
I originally wrote asking people to document the actual "true to life" successes they had personally
experienced using my techniques. As appreciation for their effort, I offered a tape interview I'd done with
Anthony Robbins. The breadth and scope of what they wrote overwhelmed me. I think it will impress and
inspire you, also.
Section Three is a catch-all section that's a composite of other success stories that I thought might give you
some good ideas.
Finally, Section Four is a second-hand account of how other people have succeeded by following my
recommendations.
I hope you profit from reviewing this document and will return to the website and select one of the 3 doors
available to you to learn more about how I can help you radically change the outcome of your business.
Warmly,

ROBBINS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, INC.

March 16, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham

Abraham Publishing
944 Indian Peak Road, #220
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 92074
Dear Jay,
I wanted to drop you a line to let you know how appreciative and thrilled I was
with your presentation during our Financial Mastery program.
Your ability to deliver outstanding value, your poise and apparent enjoyment of
Tony's interaction during your presentation certainly added tremendous quality
to our program. The fact that your were besieged with requests, more so than
any other speaker of our 34 speaker format, is a testimony in itself.
Your flexibility and focus on delivering value to our program I know will be
enjoyed by our participants and customers for years to come. Many of our
participants have requested information as to how to get in touch with you,
please let me know the address and telephone number we should distribute if
you so desire.
I am truly honored to have your, Jeff's and now Cristy's association. My
compliments again on the beauty of your bride. I look forward to doing even
greater events with you in the future.
Thank you again,
Sincerely,

Michael T. Hutchison
Vice President

MTH:kem
9/91 Towne Centre Drive
Suite 600

San Diego, CA 92122

(619)535-9900
FAX (619) 535-1417

Michael D. Basch
What I have learned about business success in 20 years, starting out as one of
the founders of Federal Express...then working my way down!!
Who I Admire. And where to turn for help growing your
business in today's relentlessly competitive marketplace.
Dear Colleague:
I was a founder and one of a handful of executives that started Federal Express probably the most
successful start-up venture in American business history.
In those early days, we raised over $85 million in capital, went from ZERO DOLLARS to One Billion Dollars
in ten years and from #279 to #1 in market share. Also, we were voted one of the ten best managed companies
of the decade.
I'm writing this letter to people who want more success, growth, profitability or competitive advantage for
(and from) their existing business. This letter is also intended for people who are struggling over how to
become more effective and innovative at what they're doing.
Finally, it's meant to show anyone willing to listen, how to exponentially expand their opportunities in both
action and thought, by making a quantum leap above your competition.
By telling you my own personal story, perhaps I can introduce you to a unique man and his unique
philosophy and breakaway business strategy that helped me to exponentially grow my own latest business
venture. He explained why many of the things I'd been doing or tried in the past hadn't worked as well as I
expected.
I suspect that this same man could help you get closer to the vision of success you have for your business
also. I'm sure you'll find my story worth listening to....
It starts out back in 1972 and ends right now, here, in 1994!
I initially served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Service when we started Federal Express.
Back then, Customer Service included purchasing trucks, hiring drivers, setting up "pick-up" and delivery
routes and areas, finding facilities and managing all ground activities. Believe me -- I really can relate to the
challenges and problems you face daily as pilot of your own enterprise. My operation went from seven sales
people to over 300 people in all kinds of disciplines in the first 9 months we started operations.
Lest you think my plight was any easier, better, different or more exciting than the road you've been traveling
-- think again!
In those days we fought like mad, just like you probably do. We scurried for direction, good ideas, good
people, customers and capital.
Our only constant was our endless pursuit to find out what our customers wanted (that the competition wasn't
giving them) and give it to them better! I don't honestly think most companies today understand how important
this awareness can be towards dominating a market or industry.
If you've never experienced rapid success and growth, you can't imagine the excitement and challenge it
creates.
I was good at one-on-one sales probably because I had such passion for the business I had helped found.
But when it came to marketing, positioning, influencing or persuading the entire marketplace to see and then
seize our advantage -- that required a totally different skill and ability. By the way, I've come

to realize that marketing is a combination of educating your market while increasing demand for your
product or service. Few companies recognize this critical fact.
At first, the other stockholders wanted me to be Senior Marketing Officer of Federal Express. I can honestly
say one of the best things I did for Federal Express during those early years was to turn down that offer.
I think I can honestly say that Federal Express would not have succeeded without the help of a marketing
genius -- which is integral to the point I need to make about your company's prospects for continued success
and growth, too!

Marketing Genius #1
The critical marketing job was given to one of the two marketing geniuses I have met in my life. A man
named Vince Pagan. Vince died about 10 years after we started Federal Express.
During those ten years, I had the good fortune of being able to work with Vince. Early on, for example,
Vince understood that the core buying motive of people who purchase package transportation services is to
"keep the boss off my back" or the flip side, "make me a hero in my boss' eyes."
None of our competitors understood this powerful nuance. I'm not certain many of the founders fully
understood this fact, either. But boy, did Vince Pagan grasp its potency.
Federal Express' primary customers were not executives or even the people who benefited from fast, reliable
delivery. They were more often traffic managers, clerks and secretaries. People who were performing a buying
service for others who benefited. Their need and, therefore, the value we added, was not "on time delivery" as
everyone else assumed. It was credibility and fingertip access to the information.
First, this knowledge led to "Absolutely Positively Overnight." Heavily advertised, this let the buyer know
that if they used Federal Express, they made the right decision. They couldn't be faulted. They used the best.
Vince had an intuitive understanding of marketing that provided the direction for Federal Express' service
delivery system through today and into the future -- over 20 years since it started and 11 years after his death.

part sales expert, a brilliant idea generator, an astute strategist and innovator and an absolute master at creating
competitive advantages for his clients.
You've probably read about him in publications like USA TODAY, Success Magazine, Entrepreneur, The New York
Times, The Los Angeles Times, or Washington Post. He's pretty audacious since he regularly charges clients a
mind-boggling $3,000 per hour for his advice.
Probably more amazing still are the thousands of separate business success stories the man's helped engineer.
People like Tony Robbins, Tom Hopkins and The W. Edwards Deming Training Organization all have used
his services. So too, have dominant businesses in over 100 separate industries.
I'd heard a bit about Jay before but frankly never really given him or marketing much thought until I reevaluated the key success factor I needed to ensure that my fourth attempt at a start-up succeeded massively.
That fourth business is my present consulting business. We started out with a bang -- and all was seemingly
well. One thing led to another and within a year I was at seven figures. But there was a problem. Our
business was all emanating from two clients. And we were so busy servicing these clients we didn't spend any
time whatsoever intelligently, strategically or productively marketing!
Two totally unexpected reversals in a row left us with -- you guessed it -- no business and no prospects.
Another painful lesson for me.
That's when I sought out Jay Abraham.
Remember I said that I have known two marketing geniuses in my entire life -- Vince Fagan was one. Jay is
the other.
I guess I would define a marketing genius as someone who has the ability to see through the cloud to the
obvious -- then apply the actions and specific tactics necessary to rum mere "Potential" into dollar-rendering,
tangible RESULTS!
I can count the people I have known that I would consider geniuses on one hand. Vince, Jay, Fred Smith,
Federal Express' CEO, and Art Bass, Federal Express' president for five years.
So you can fully appreciate the magnitude of this statement, you should know that in my capacity as Senior
V.P. at Federal Express, I had the opportunity of rubbing shoulders with hundreds of very successful, very
wealthy and highly respected business leaders, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. The four men I've named I
consider true geniuses.
Every specialty has its superstars. Those people who clearly stand at the head of the pack. When you're lucky
enough to work with them, your own horizons are broadened, your vision gets expanded and your personal
potential grows exponentially.
Back to how I finally met Jay.
I had hired a marketing consultant to try and help me develop a marketing plan. All well enough.
However, after working with him awhile, he felt (to his great credit) that we needed a bolder, more
innovative approach than he could offer. He recommended I attend a boot camp conducted by Jay.
He told me about Jay's ability to regularly put on seminars where 200 people paid $20,000 each just to
participate and hundreds of people had their name on a waiting list. I figured that anyone who could make
$4,000,000 on one seminar had to be worth listening to.
Then I heard something even more amazing. Jay didn't even deposit or keep attendees money until --and
unless they received full value long before they even attended his program. It seemed he'd prepared some
unbelievable pre-attendance information that hundreds of people actually used to make huge profits -- prior
to even attending.
I have found out that one computer company made $643,000 from just one idea they got in Jay's advanced
materials. A manager at Oracle Computers made her division an extra $400,000 in the three

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months before she attended. A manufacturing company made $850,000. A little video store tripled their
weekend rentals using one technique in Jay's advanced material. I can go on for pages. But I think you get
the idea.

I Spent $25,000 on Jay's Seminar

Jay stopped conducting his sold-out $20,000 programs and started holding smaller, more intimate
$25,000 ones. I had to experience one for myself.
Now by this time $25,000 was a lot of money for my little clientless and capital impaired fourth business to
consider. My business manager was totally against the expenditure.
But I knew Jay offered an obligation-free preview set of tapes and written material before you ever
committed a dime to him -- so I signed up and requested a set.
I listened to them intently and I decided to give one of his ideas a try. To make a fascinating and fabulous
story short -- on the tapes, Jay taught me how to use risk reversal to compel virtually any qualified prospect
to commit to try out your product or service. No one in consulting had dared guarantee their results before - but Jay made such a compelling case for why it would work, I decided to do it.
At my next sales presentation to a group of business leaders, I merely said that, if I can't put together a program
that produces an immediate and ongoing increase in customers and business, you don't owe me a thing -including the expenses.
That one twist produced four new clients from one presentation -- three for me, and one for Jay
Abraham.
I was happy to have paid my money -- it came out of a small portion of the profits Jay's advanced ideas had
earned me -- and I went to Los Angeles and attended his three-day program. My expectations were for two
or three more good strategies, but I got much more than that.
I learned that the only thing that separates the super successful from the "also rans" -- is your mindset!
Jay teaches people more workable, tangible and profitable techniques and strategies than they can probably
apply in three lifetimes -- but what he teaches you about mindset is his true gift of wealth.
He teaches people all about optimal success strategy -- it's getting the maximum result in sales, benefit, goodwill,
productivity, profitability and residual value out of every action a company takes, every dollar they spend,
every contact they make, every hour they invest, every presentation they make and every opportunity that ever
presents itself.
He teaches you how to become exponential in both thought and action. How to engineer quantum leaps in
growth, achievement and profitability.
He shows you how to outsell, outmarket, outposition, outmaneuver, outnegotiate, outservice and
outpromote or outadvertise everyone else you compete against.
He teaches you how to enjoy the game of business again -- or, for many, how to enjoy it for the first time in
your life.
He gives you competitive advantage. He cuts your costs while increasing your results.
He teaches you how to only pay for results, not potential, in everything your business does. I can go on for
pages.
Jay Abraham has only one objective. Making his clients successful. He doesn't care whether you like him or
not as long as you're successful. And success to him is measured in dollars -- not potential!
Jay realizes that the secret to one's success is their mindset. If you want to be rich, don't work hard, think like
a rich person. If you want to be successful in marketing, change the way you think. People don't
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change the way they think by somebody telling them what they want to hear. Jay expands your mind
until you're ready to change your mindset.
I paid $25,000 to learn this man's ideas and secrets, then I followed him to Australia for a month to watch him
in action with other entrepreneurs. Call me a glutton but I traveled to Los Angeles two more times to study
his methods -- the man is that knowledgeable.
I've seen him help chairman's of half billion dollar financial conglomerates, then turn right around and help
a tiny start-up get off to a profitable start.
I've watched him grow service companies, manufacturing concerns, retailers, wholesalers, transportation firms
-- small, medium -- you name it; the principles this man teaches work wonders for anyone willing to work
them.
But stylistically, he's unlike anyone else you ever listened to or learned from. He teaches by example. He
shows his point through real-world success story illustration. He makes the participants and attendees conduct
the program for themselves -- this process is so powerful and effective it'll literally blow your mind when you
experience it.
Speaking about experiences -- learning how to grow your business directly under Jay Abraham is such an
incomparable process, the 1000 people he trained last year started referring to it as "The Abraham
Experience."
Which -- finally brings me to the point of this letter. After seeing the profound and profitable impact Jay
could have on virtually any business, I persuaded him to conduct a specially priced, specially designed, threeday program series for business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals and serious seekers of independence.
A program that taught and explained his fundamental success principles and demonstrated them in action -but at a price you couldn't afford to miss out on.
Remember -- Jay sold out five 200-person $15,000 programs. He sold out his $20,000 program, and he
filled all of his $25,000 strategy sessions including the one I paid to attend.
Jay has agreed to hold a handful of $5000 special three-day long, four-part training sessions for qualified and
sincere business owners.
Not only do you get three solid days of the man himself, you also get thousands of dollars in advance
pre-attendance material that's designed to make you a handsome profit -- just like it did me prior to
attending.
You get to network with hundreds of success-driven, like-minded business owners from all over the nation and
world and from dozens of different industries.
Their ideas and perspectives are worth a fortune by helping to shift and improve your mindset. Then Jay and
a hand-picked group of his colleagues will work with you by phone for twelve consecutive months to enhance
your success and achievements.
Better still, unless you get enormously more than $5000 in cumulative value by 2:00 on Day Two of the
program, you can leave and receive a full return of your program fee.
Also, to make it totally irresistible -- Jay will let you pay for the bulk of your attendance fee after you return
home and start applying more of the concepts he teaches you -- the profits from which will more than pay for
the entire program. Or -- if you prefer to bring along a partner, you can do so for free just by pre-paying the
fee up-front with full refund privileges still protecting your investment.
Why would Jay agree to do this when he's regularly filled $20,000 and $25,000 programs? These will be fun,
and easy -- and fresh ideas will flow. Opportunities galore will present themselves to Jay. Joint ventures.
Clients. Acquisitions and licensing deals aplenty will come to Jay. He likes that.
I've never written a letter this personal, revealing or laudatory before about anyone.

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Obviously, I believe Jay Abraham is a very special asset you should be exposed to.
He is the only living marketing genius I know to exist. He is one of four geniuses I've met and known in my
life. He's a man who taught me how to grow my own small business exponentially.
He's the only marketing genius you'll ever meet who'll say, "If I don't make you money, I don't deserve to be
paid."
Up until recently, the only way to access Jay was to pay him $3,000 an hour or $25,000 to attend his
program.
This letter is your formal invitation and opportunity to spend three life-changing and "business-altering"
days and nights with Jay for one-fifth the price I paid.
Why am I eagerly enthusiastic about a chance for you to access Jay when I paid five times more? It is a
different program. But that probably wouldn't even matter to me.
Knowing how much Jay can help you, this is probably the best opportunity I've ever seen for your
company to grow and prosper. I want to be part of it.
My close association with Jay will produce marketing ideas that should make me millions of dollars. I expect
to forge profitable relationships and network with many stimulating and successful "self-made" entrepreneurs;
thus, opening up countless additional opportunities. Finally, I want to develop my mindset, marketing skill and
ability to innovate to an even higher level than I'm at now -- and I sense that this program is the fastest way
for me to do that.
My plans are to attend these upcoming programs; mostly as an observer -- but also to talk for 90 minutes or
so about the essence that made Federal Express great and how to transfer those systems to your company.
Enclosed is a formal promotional piece on the program that's upcoming. It gives you the flavor...tells you
what to expect and answers the questions you might have.
If the chance to grow your business exponentially without risk or obligation appeals to you read the
promotion, call to reserve your seat, and receive the preview materials.
Finally...
Nightingale-Conant Corporation is the world's largest and most influential personal development publisher.
Among the nearly 200 authors whose work they publish are Tom Peters, Ken Blanchard, Tony Robbins, Brian
Tracy, Tom Hopkins, Deepak Chopra, Steven Covey, Earl Nightingale and Napoleon Hill.
They don't even currently publish any of Jay Abraham's work.
Yet both the President and his partner attended Jay's three-day-long Mastermind Marketing Program not once
-- but twice. Once in November, then again in January. They sat through every hour of each 36-hour
experience.
Then they spent 20 hours privately interviewing Jay to see what made him tick and what made his
concepts produce such powerful results.
Even though Nightingale-Conant doesn't publish Jay's work, they recommended every business owner or
professional in their customer base try to attend Jay's next Mastermind Program. More importantly, they told
live attendees that attendance was probably the best business investment attendees could ever make.
In the process of preparing to attend Jay's first Mastermind Program, Vic Conant made $900,000 off the preattendance materials Jay sent to prepare him for the experience. Vic says they'll make him millions more over
the next twelve months from what they learned.

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Inside is the actual letter Nightingale-Conant sent to their entire customer base. I encourage you to read it.
I personally talked with both Vic and Kevin McEneely at Jay's last program. I know first-hand every word of
this letter is absolutety true.
There are few life changing experiences in one's life. Jay Abraham is one.
Sincerely,

P.S.
Why else did I write this? Because most people in business today are operating without sufficient grounding,
preparation or understanding of their purpose, the highest and best use of their time, ability or opportunity.
By this I don't mean they lack specialized training. Most are probably over-trained in the wrong things, but
ill-trained in marketing, innovation and a success-based mindset.
Most people I have met and I'd include my former self in the category fail to grasp the overall, long-range
picture of what it can be -- what it should be like. They do not understand and appreciate the universally
applicable fundamentals of enduring success, the basic optimization philosophy, the endless profit and
opportunity implications and ramifications which are absolute essentials to becoming super-successful.
Only one man living I know can teach those things to entrepreneurs and professionals. Jay Abraham can
guide you to a richer, more fulfilling reward from your life investment in your business. Do read the
accompanying promotional offer and call to reserve your seat right now.

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Victor Conant, President

Nightingale-Conant Corporation

Dear Special Customer

As President of the world's largest, most influential personal development publisher, we take our
reputation and integrity quite seriously. We would never compromise or breach the trust and respect we've
painstakingly established with our customers.
That's why I have rarely lent my name, let alone my corporation's endorsement and recommendation, to
anyone in the past. I made an exception to this policy two months ago when I sent out a strong endorsement
of marketing genius Jay Abraham and encouraged my customers in business (or thinking about starting a
business) to attend and participate in Jay's November Mastermind Marketing Training program in Los
Angeles.
Before I'd ever write such a powerful letter I had to personally be convinced; so too did Kevin McEneely,
C.O.O. of our company and an accomplished marketer in his own right. When Kevin and I first heard
about Jay, we were admittedly intrigued. He's become something of a hero to thousands of successful
entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals because of all the ways he's helped them grow their
businesses and create greater wealth.
We've heard a lot about Jay from people in our own business highly successful people we both greatly
admire and respect. Tony Robbins used Jay as his primary marketing strategist for a critical business
challenge he was facing. Jay developed a strategy for Tony that not only made him $1.5 million in about
three months, but out produced the approach Tony's company had previously used by over 300 percent.
Guthy-Renker, the infomercial people who produced Tony's show and a dozen other successful television
infomercials, regularly seek Jay's advice and recommendations on growing their business.
Tom Hopkins not only turned to Jay for marketing advice, he asked Jay to be the only person Tom had
ever collaborated with before on a tape program.
Dozens and dozens of personal improvement, human performance and peak achievement experts have
turned to Jay over the past few years to get their businesses going and growing again.
Success Magazine wrote a fabulous article about Jay that concludes, "...he may well be the
greatest marketing expert alive today."
So, Kevin McEneely and I decided to learn more about this unusual man. The first thing we did was
research his press. Interestingly, he's the only person we'd ever heard of who has had two separate feature
stones written about him in the Money section of USA Today. He's also had major articles written in
Entrepreneur. Inc., the Los Angeles. Times, Washington Post. Chicago Sun Times and San Francisco
Chronicle to name a few. Oh, yes, The New York Times also.
None of these articles were negative. Even the Associated Press, a press syndicate noted for substantially
understating the significance of personalities in their articles, wrote about Jay just 90 days ago. In that
article, John Cunniff (chief business analyst for A.P.) wrote "...he can succeed

where the Federal Government seems to have failed in spurring business growth to
new heights. His ideas can awaken small business (owners) to enormous
possibilities for growth."
Kevin and I decided we had to know more, so we contacted Jay's office and asked his staff to send us his
proprietary materials to read and listen to. I should point out that we sell tapes for $39-295 a set.
Jay's materials are so valuable he regularly gets paid $1,800-$5,000 for a tape set and $1,000 a copy for
one of his special reports. Interestingly, his materials aren't even professionally packaged. He just
records his seminars live and unedited and he writes down his current thoughts on growing business,
increasing sales and improving profits and thousands of people seem to almost stand in line
for the copies.
"Why?" we asked. When we received our copies, the answer became clear.
His material is brilliant not the complex or theoretical-type "generalized" philosophy I'm told many
conventional business experts confuse you with. Jay Abraham delivers real world, "hands-on," highly
specific, and extremely clear... step-by-step explanations of exactly how to grow any business and I do
mean any.
We later learned that Jay has been influenced by some of the greatest innovators, marketing minds and
entrepreneurs of the century. He's worked with, studied under or researched many of the great business
achievers and entrepreneurial minds and learned how to combine the key elements of their instinctual
brilliance into an amazingly simple success system that produces results whenever it gets properly
applied.
I know...I know ... that's an awfully powerful statement for me to make -- but facts are facts. I know a
lot about talented experts and effective training methods from the personal development authors we proudly
publish. But when it comes, specifically, to growing a business and increasing your bottom-line profits,
Jay Abraham is in a class by himself. He has personally produced more documented success stories of men
and women from virtually all walks of business life making amazing amounts of money and profit increases
than any one expert we have ever heard about and we know about virtually every legitimate business
expert. Kevin and I honestly found his track record almost unbelievable ourselves, so we personally
checked them out.
What we discovered truly impacted us. We found stories ... real-life success stories of doctors whose
practices doubled or tripled; of retailers whose sales shot up 40%; of wholesalers who added hundreds of
thousands of dollars to their bottom line. We actually talked to dozens of small and medium entrepreneurs
who have made small to large fortunes (large to us is seven figures or more) just by following Jay
Abraham's advice and ideas.
O.K., we thought. We had to see the man for ourselves. But first we decided to personally try out a few of
the ideas we got from the tapes and written materials Jay's office sent us. When we listened to the tapes,
alone, they dramatically changed our thinking and expanded our horizons. We saw possibilities and
opportunities where they'd never existed before. Within 6 months of trying out our first Jay Abrahaminspired idea, we made something close to $900,000! When the first "little" idea someone gives you
produces nearly a million dollar profit, you tend to take that man's advice and
recommendations seriously.
That's why we sent the letter encouraging you to attend a special training program Jay conducted in
November.
Both Kevin and I registered to attend and participate ourselves.

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Here's what we experienced. First we met nearly 150 like-minded, success-driven business owners and
entrepreneurs who were committed to achievement and growth. They'd already taken an idea from nothing
and built a solid business -- now, they wanted to grow it to the next level of profitability and success.
We learned an enormous amount of ideas from these participants. You see part of the unique training
program Jay puts attendees through is a powerful masterminding/interactive process that forces you to open
your mind and absorb all the other ways of doing business, making money, selling, promoting,
prospecting, marketing or advertising that people outside your basic field have successfully learned to do.
Once you are introduced to all these fresh new approaches, your horizons are raised many tunes over.
Jay has developed probably the most successful business growth and achievement process we've ever
studied. It actually encompasses four separate parts. Each part is critically interconnected to produce the
enormous increases and profit gains people attending regularly achieve.
The first stage of Jay's brilliant success achievement process starts with grounding you in his
fundamental belief systems, philosophies and basic strategies on business, competition and customers
before you attend his live training. Toward this end he sends you out literally $5,000 in priceless advice
and perspective-altering preparatory materials.
I know you think I'm being hyperbolic with my adjectives but I assure you, I'm not. Why? Because there
are dozens of documented stories of people using the Abraham materials to produce profits in the tens and
hundreds of thousands of dollars prior to ever attending the live portion of the program itself. A few cases
in point just to establish my own veracity on this subject....
As I mentioned, Kevin and I made $900,000 on the first idea we implemented. That idea came right out of
the preparatory materials Jay sends all program attendees. Michael Quinn used these materials to make
$643,000 profit before he ever met Jay in person. A division manager at Oracle Computers made $400,000
in about six weeks using just one idea she got from the advance materials. I could go on for pages but I
think you get the general idea. So advance fundamental grounding is Part One...
Part Two is the live 36-hour program where Jay personally leads you in an extraordinary three day journey
that precisely explains how to grow any business...why companies gain competitive advantage over
others...how to gain distinction for your company, product line or profit center...massive veins of windfall
profits just waiting to be harvested for your business...the truth about how to sell, advertise, market,
promote, negotiate with, persuade or influence any market -- and how to create an optimal success system
for your specific business situation that produces the maximum possible profits and success levels from the
minimum efforts, expense and risk.
This live training program is totally interactive. There's extensive examples, illustrations, questions, answers
and highly specific demonstrations to bring all Jay's powerful principles to profitable application in your
own specific business situation.
Remember, I personally attended all three days with Kevin McEneely, and I assure you every word I've
written is based on my own personal, first-hand experience.
Part Three is networking. In a nutshell, he brings together a few hundred people (each person possessing
20 years, on average, experience and expertise) to concentrate all their combined ability and intellect on
one another's individual problems, challenges and opportunities for three incredibly illuminating days
and nights. So many breakthroughs occur during this process I honestly can't do it justice in
this letter

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But this is only Part Three. Along the way Jay carefully teaches each attendee the three simple, yet
infallible ways to grow any business and gets into all kinds of possibilities within each category getting
various attendees to show their own successful past experience with each approach so you see first-hand
how real, doable and profitable these "little" shifts (or additions) in the way you conduct your business
can be on your bottom line.

Highest and Best Use of Your Time, Capital and Opportunity: Getting
Leverage on Yourself and Your Business
He then gets you to identify your own best options from all the success strategies he reveals and together
you forge your own optimal success strategy before you leave the program. Each day attendees
carefully determine and report the improved scenario and profit contribution they conservatively believe
each new strategy will add to their business. Attendees learn enormously from these specific insights.
At the program I attended, Jay added an average annual profit boost of almost a quarter million dollars to
each person's business (some made less, but a lot made much more.) This is not my opinion. Each
participant had to conservatively calculate worst case, not best -- what each specific idea and strategy Jay
taught them would mean to their bottom lines. Next, Jay made them cut their figures in half then halve
them again to be absolutely realistic.
Then each attendee stood up and documented not only their total figure -- but the actual actions they
would take to produce these impressive increases. The money-making business education we all got from
this process was enormous. It added a conservative $5 million to our bottom line -- if Kevin and I do the
things Jay taught us at the program.
Part Four is forced success." I'm being a bit overt in my description but the effect is the same. You see
Jay knows from years of personal experience with private clients that, left to their own devices, the vast
majority of people will only accomplish a small fraction of the potential he's taught them how to achieve.
So Jay added a brilliant addition to this training program. For one full year you get to participate on long
interactive group follow-up conference calls with Jay and other experts he invites for each call. These
calls are designed to force more discipline into your execution, to work individually with people who need
a bit of a push, and to develop breakthrough strategies. They are also to report and share success stories
so you will have a real "success model" to pattern your own efforts after -- and help correct any problems
or mis-applications you may be making.
Quite honestly, if you participate on all 12 monthly follow-up consultation calls, it's virtually
impossible not to produce dramatic improvements.
We proudly publish some truly gifted personal development experts, most are my very good friends. I
admire them deeply. But Jay is different from a personal development expert He's an entrepreneur, an
idea man, a world-class business strategist and a marketing genius rolled up into one. He is unquestionably
the most "business savvy" real-world expert you'll ever see in live action. He combines a unique blend of
reality with highly specific and experiential "instruction."
In other words, everything he does, teaches or illustrates is based on first-hand experiences Jay's had
so he's able to illustrate and explain issues and concepts to you in exact, clear and tangible methods you
can easily understand and act upon. Jay combines strategy with tactical execution.

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We're told that many business and management experts present highly abstract, theoretical philosophy and
you're forced to fend for yourself. Jay teaches you exactly what to do. why to do it and when and where
~ and most importantly how to execute for maximum profit with minimum risk.
This ability doesn't come cheaply, however. You might remember (from my first letter) that Jay normally
gets paid $3,000 per hour for his private advice. He usually participates in the profits, too, at up to 50
percent of the money his ideas and concepts produce. He's made himself, his clients and joint venture
partners millions.
But I doubt seriously that you would be comfortable paying Jay $3,000 per hour to teach you his secrets
and methods...a year of working with him privately would run you hundreds of thousands of dollars. I
personally think it's a very good investment but I doubt if you can currently justify it.
That actually is the primary reason for me re-writing you a letter one final time.
Jay's November training program actually exceeded my own expectations by a huge margin. I know my
partner Kevin was impressed also. The head of a $500 million title company was there taking copious
notes. So too was one of the world's foremost commercial insurance agencies...as were some of the
greatest future achievers I've met.
Jay has two more programs currently scheduled. They're on June 3, 4, & 5 and a final one on August 12,
13, & 14 both in Los Angeles. I think you should seriously consider participating in one of these. In my
humble opinion, you should be there if:

You currently run or manage any profit-motivated business or professional practice and you're not
living up to your full business potential.

You're starting to lose your edge and need a fresh new approach to give your business a distinctive advantage over the
competition.

You want to have more joy, far more control, more financial and personal fulfillment out of your
business activities but don't quite know how to do it on your own.

You want the enormous effort, investment and commitment you've made and are continuously making in the business
to pay off more handsomely.

You recognize that good ideas properly acted on can be worth a small fortune to you and you're eager
to be taught as many breakthrough money-making or success building ideas as possible.

You want business to be easier, more automatic than it has been lately.
You could really benefit from uncovering a $50,000 or $500,000 windfall profit within your
business.

You've become far too wedded to tradition or single-minded in your thinking and know that a broadened, more "funnel
vision" (as opposed to tunnel vision) perspective can infuse you and your business with the shot in the arm it needs.

You could benefit greatly if you had a marketing genius watching over and advising you for the next
full year.

I've asked Jay to hold a block of places at his June and August upcoming training programs for you and
other Nightingale-Conant customers I feel should be there.

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We're told that many business and management experts present highly abstract, theoretical philosophy and
you're forced to fend for yourself. Jay teaches you exactly what to do. why to do it and when and where - and most importantly how to execute for maximum profit with minimum risk.
This ability doesn't come cheaply, however. You might remember (from my first letter) that Jay normally
gets paid $3,000 per hour for his private advice. He usually participates in the profits, too, at up to 50
percent of the money his ideas and concepts produce. He's made himself, his clients and joint venture
partners millions.
But I doubt seriously that you would be comfortable paying Jay $3,000 per hour to teach you his secrets
and methods...a year of working with him privately would run you hundreds of thousands of dollars. I
personally think it's a very good investment but I doubt if you can currently justify it.
That actually is the primary reason for me re-writing you a letter one final time.
Jay's November training program actually exceeded my own expectations by a huge margin. I know my
partner Kevin was impressed also. The head of a $500 million title company was there taking copious
notes. So too was one of the world's foremost commercial insurance agencies...as were some of the
greatest future achievers I've met.
Jay has two more programs currently scheduled. They're on June 3, 4, & 5 and a final one on August 12,
13, & 14 both in Los Angeles. I think you should seriously consider participating in one of these. In my
humble opinion, you should be there if:

You currently run or manage any profit-motivated business or professional practice and you're not
living up to your full business potential.

You're starting to lose your edge and need a fresh new approach to give your business a distinctive advantage over the
competition.

You want to have more joy, far more control, more financial and personal fulfillment out of your
business activities but don't quite know how to do it on your own.

You want the enormous effort, investment and commitment you've made and are continuously making in the business
to pay off more handsomely.

You recognize that good ideas properly acted on can be worth a small fortune to you and you're eager
to be taught as many breakthrough money-making or success building ideas as possible.

You want business to be easier, more automatic than it has been lately.
You could really benefit from uncovering a $50,000 or $500,000 windfall profit within your
business.

You've become far too wedded to tradition or single-minded in your thinking and know that a broadened, more "funnel
vision" (as opposed to tunnel vision) perspective can infuse you and your business with the shot in the arm it needs.

You could benefit greatly if you had a marketing genius watching over and advising you for the next full
year.

I've asked Jay to hold a block of places at his June and August upcoming training programs for you and
other Nightingale-Conant customers I feel should be there.

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how to market. Even fewer businesses understand why and how to innovate. Jay Abraham is a worldclass marketing expert but he's probably even better at innovating. He looks at business as a series of
marketing profit centers pulling together and cross-pollinating to produce massive profits.
He understands clearly all the viable ways you could improve or increase the success quotient of your
business and he explains this process in a simplified manner anybody can understand and believe in.
When Jay breaks down the three ways to grow a business and then walks you through your own best
application, it's virtually impossible to deny the impact these actions will have.
My father originally published Earl Nightingale. Earl wrote a wonderful condensation of Napoleon Hill's
"Think and Grow Rich." In it he commented that the hand putting down the book at the end is a far
different, changed hand than the one that picked it up initially to read.
I'd say something similar about attending Jay Abraham's June or August Mastermind Training program.
The business owner who participates is a far wiser, more skilled marketer and innovator than the person
who walked into the room on Day One.
I've written you before about worthy people and products we publish.
But, I've never written you a letter this strong about someone we don't even publish. Frankly, growing a
business and increasing profits requires much more than personal development. It takes both a clear
understanding -- and the learned ability to better capitalize on specific success factors overlooked by
almost everyone. This unhedged endorsement letter is my way of putting the full force and reputation of
Nightingale-Conant and my own personal credibility on the line to tell you something important ....
You can profit greatly by attending Jay Abraham's training program. I know my partner and I did. Read
the enclosed brochure.
I've taken the liberty of reproducing a few of the articles about Jay to further evidence his professional
credibility.
P.P.S.
Tony Robbins said it best when he wrote these words about Jay Abraham...
"...some of the biggest entrepreneurial success stories of the last twenty years have
been masterminded by Jay Abraham.... When a man can take the same people... the
same company...the same efforts...the same expense...but by changing strategy and
approach produce ten times more results, is it any wonder I am signing my name to
this letter....I have personally recommended his weekend seminars to more than 500
people and he's gotten rave reviews....He helps you develop ideas on how you can
immediately increase your income, whether it's from your kitchen table or your
corporate boardroom...you'll be vastly rewarded for your efforts, I assure you."

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Why I Hate Jay Abraham

by Robert Ringer
Author of Looking Out for Number One, Winning Through Intimidation and Million-Dollar Habits
People have often asked me,
I submitted it, I decided to follow was irresponsible. He would often
"Why did you refuse to talk to
in Joe's footsteps and publish the promise to get something to you,
marketing wizard Jay Abraham for
book myself, then sell it through then be days late without even
six years?"
direct marketing. When my book calling to let you know there would
Right up to the time I began
climbed to the #1 position on The be a delay.
writing this letter, I have never diNew York Times Best-Seller List,
(2) Jay was arrogant. Henever
vulged the answer to that question
virtually no one realized that I had put on a suit or sportcoat (let alone a
to anyone but the late and great
not only published it myself, but tie), wore sandals (with no socks) no
advertising legend, Joe Karbo. In
also orchestrated the entire mar- matter whom he was meeting
case the name doesn't ring a bell
keting campaign to promote it. In- with, and insisted that all meetings
with you, Joe Karbo was the adverterestingly, Jay Abraham had also be held at his palatial home.
tising maverick who wrote the legbeen an early disciple of Joe
(3) Joe and I also agreed that
endary ad that is best remembered
Karbo's. Well, a few days before Jay was immature. He refused to
for its even more legendary headJoe died unexpectedly of a massive allow anything to get in the way of
line: THE LAZY MAN'S WAY TO
heart attack about six years ago, I his daily exercising and other nonRICHES. The ad compellingly
spent Sunday afternoon at his business activities.
described a paperback book whose
house, relaxing and exchanging
(4) Finally, we both thought
title was the same as the headline
marketing tales.
that Jay was rude. He was always
of the ad. The book, of course, was
At one point during our con- in a hurry, usually interrupting a
also written by Joe.
versation. Jay Abraham's name caller with, "I've got to run; I'm
Joe Karbo was my mentor.
came up. Joe mumbled a couple of late for a consultation," or someWithout his teachings, I probably
unkind remarks about Jay, and I thing to that effect.
never would have self-published
said something like, "Oh, you, too?"
What was really weird, though,
and marketed my three #l-bestWe started to compare notes on was that Jay also displayed an unselling books, Winning Through Inthis fellow Abraham, and agreed common capacity for kindness,
timidation, Looking Out For #1, and
that he definitely was not the sensitivity, and compassion, which
Restoring the American Dream. He
Abraham of biblical fame. Basi- made him, without question, one
taught me the tricks of the trade
cally, Joe and I found that we had of the most peculiar people I had
what makes a good headline, how
similar gripes about this strange ever met. He was, and is, the ultito write ad copy that keeps the
humanoid from Palos Verdes.
mate human enigma.
reader's attention, how to analyze
Above all, however, he's perThe Sins of Abraham
mail-order resultsan education
sistent. Thus, over the years Jay
that I could not have obtained had I
sent me an endless string of letters
Now, for the first time ever,
received ten marketing degrees
apologizing for the now-forgotten
I'm going to reveal here the sum
from the best universities in the
sin that prompted me to cut off
and substance of our conversation
country.
communication with him, in addiabout Jay Abraham.
When my first book was retion to trying to call me about a
(1) Joe and I both felt that Jay
jected by every publisher to whom
dozen times during that same period.

About a year ago, I finally relented. I don't know whether it

was temporary insanity on my
part, or that I had matured and
become a more flexible, more
forgiving person.

Abraham, the Mad

Genius
Whatever the reason, I'm glad
I relented, because as I've come to
know Jay, I have a better understanding of why he acts the way he
does. Put simply, Jay is a mad
genius. He is to marketing what
Einstein was to physics, what
Freud was to psychology, what
Beethoven was to music. These
kind of men have no time for niceties, for protocol, for normal human
activities. Such things only get in
the way of their creativity and their
obsession with their work.
When I finally came to recognize that Jay's real sin was that he
was a geniusa marketing geniusI was able to view him in a
whole new light. He isn't arrogant,
immature,or rude. He's just
totally
immersed
in
his
passionmaking products and
services more profitable through
ingenious marketing campaigns. I
still don't think he realizes that
he doesn't wear socks!
As to his not getting material
to people when promised, the reason
is now clear. It's a by-product of
the demands on his time. Jay
overbooks, which ! dislike intensely. I personally think he
would be better off if he'd take on
less work. But Jay is
hopelessly
greedynot for
money, but for every challenge
that comes his way. He's an
insatiable teacher, and had he not
found out that he could make millions
at his profession, I honestly believe
that he would do it just for the
sheer challenge.
AH of which brings me to todayand this endorsement.
If you'll note, the headline at
the top of the first page is written in
the present tense. It says, "WHY I
HATE JAY ABRAHAM."

So what's my problem now?

Frankly, I feel like the koala bear in
the Qantas commercials on TV.
Honesty compels me to admit that
now that I know Jay, he's a
charming, lovable, almost cartoonlike character. But he still irritates
me.
Why? Because he makes everything look so easy. I'll not be
modest: When it comes to marketing. I'm not exactly chopped
liver. I'm not shy at all about telling you that Fortune magazine did
a three-page article on my marketing exploits, entitled "Robert
Ringer's Winning Streak." The
article heralded the fact that I had
published five books in a row (i.e.,
books other than my own) that I
succeeded in marketing to bestseller status on The New York Times
and other major best-seller listsa
first in publishing history. About
the same time, The Wall Street
Journal also ran a front-page story
on my marketing exploits.
But the sad truth is that when it
comes to marketing, Jay runs circles
around mein his bare feet, yet!
Jay Abraham comes up with more
great marketing ideas in five minutes than I come up with in a
month. Now that I've had the
opportunity to get to know him on
a
personal
basis,I'm
dumbfounded at his idea-aminute mind. Jay is not human;
he's a marketing machine that
never stops.
If that sounds humble on my
part, forget it. It's nothing more
than begrudging honesty.

Abraham, the Scientist

I'd like to explain the primary
difference between Jay and I because, quite frankly, to confront it
is like a catharsis for me. It drove
me nuts for more than six months
until I finally figured it out.
I am to marketing what Glenn
Campbell is to music. Glenn plays
the guitar by ear; I write ad copy by
"ear." I have a knack for writing ad
copy that grabs people's attention.

It has served me well, but that's the

extent of my marketing skills.
Jay Abraham is a totally different animal. Jay Abraham is scientific. Jay Abraham is a maestro.
Jay Abraham writes his ad copy
ad copy that has made people literally millions of dollars over the
yearswith
a
scientific
approach.
Every
word
is
carefully thought out, every comma
carefully placed. All past ads are
intensely scrutinized under an
"Abrascope," and their results
studied in the most scientific
fashion imaginable.
But writing ad copy is only a
small part of what Jay Abraham is
all about. He isn't a copywriter;
he's a marketing man. More specificallyand I can't emphasize it
enough timesJay Abraham is a
marketing genius.
Jay is also an idea machine. He
doesn't try to win your approval;
in fact, I think he's oblivious to
such things. His style is to interrogate you. If you're more interested in having your ego assuaged
than in making money, you
probably wouldn't like Jay's
style. You have to understand
that Jay doesn't see his
interrogation as offensive; he is
merely fascinated with your
marketing problem.

Abraham, the Obsessed

In fact, he's obsessed. He must
solve your marketing problem; he
must
make
you
money.
Personally, I believe that to fail
to do so would be a blow to his ego
that he could not tolerate. He's
received so much adulation from
grateful clients over the years, so
many words of praise from
contemporaries,
that
his
situation is analogous to a pitcher
who's in the midst of throwing a
no-hitter. The pressure constantly
builds; he feels as though he can't
afford one slip. Heaven forbid he
should fail to produce spectacular
results for someone. He might be
viewed as a mere mortal! And the
track record he has mastered is
literally astonishing.
But me? While Jay is working

his marketing miracles for fifteen

or twenty businessmen and women
simultaneously, I labor away at a
tortoise's pace, developing one
(hopefully) great marketing campaign every year or so.
I tell you, I hate Jay Abraham.
Shortly after I had reinstated my
relationship with Jay, I wrote what
I thought to be the ultimate
mailpiece. I was getting ready to
call my broker in the south of France
to have him start looking for a villa
for mewhich I would obviously
be able to afford soon after the results of my mailing piece began
coming inbut, just for good luck, I
thought I'd have Jay take a look at
my work of art before sending it to
press.
I told him in advance that it
was a dynamite mailpiece, and that I
was sure he'd love it. I went to his
house, had him read it, and
then...the dreaded silence. He put
down my masterpiece, looked at
me with an uncomfortable expression on his face, and said, "Do you
want the truth, or do you want me
to make you feel good?" (To fully
appreciate this story, you have to
understand that Jay thinks that I'm
an absolutely great ad writer. Also,
his ego aside, he gets a vicarious
thrill out of seeing other marketers
and ad writers turn out successful
mailpieces and ads. It's in his
blood.)
Obviously, I wanted the truth.
And the truth was, "If you send
this mailpiece out, I personally
believe that you're going to be
devastated." My first impulse was
to light a match to his beard, but I
controlled myself. I asked him to
tear the piece apart sentence by
sentence, and he kindly obliged
me. When he was finished, I realized just how right he had been. I
had allowed myself to get caught
in one of the oldest copywriter
trapsfalling in love with my own
wordsand had written a lot of
very interesting copy that contained absolutely none of the necessary ingredients of a good sales
piece.

In an hour or so, Jay gave me

about a hundred suggestions on
how to change the ad, most of which I
adopted. The bottom line is that it
turned out to be an extremely successful mailpiece, and there's no
doubt in my mind that it was, indeed, headed for disaster prior to
my obtaining Jay's input Jay does
the same "emergency" quick-fix
"marketing-dectomies" for faulty
sales pitches, promotional campaigns, and impotent business
sales strategies, as well

The Misconceptions of the

Business World According
to Abraham
Jay has often told me that he
never ceases to be amazed at the
commonality of misconceptions
that small businessmen and women
harbor. They must all be going to
the same wrong seminars or reading the same wrong business books.
Below I'm going to briefly discuss
what Jay considers to be some of
the worst, and most common,
misconceptions that business
people haveparticularly owners
of small and medium-sized businesses. If you heed what he says,
and take action, I think you'll be
pleasantly surprised at the results.
By the way, I want to be right
up front with you and tell you that I
am, at heart, a marketing oriented
entrepreneur, so I personally am
biased toward Jay's opinions in this
area. On the other hand. I have
good reason to be biased,
because my own modest efforts
have produced millions of dollars in
results in situations where
Establishment types have told me
that a product or service wouldn't
sell.
Misconception No. 1: Having
the best product or service
guarantees success.
This belief has frustrated more
good business people than just
about anything else I know of. And
with good reason: It simply isn't

true!
For example, Jay is convinced
that some of the best books ever
written have not been read by more
than a handful of people. (I totally
agree, because I have personally
read many such books.) He is
convinced that some of the best
products ever made have failed in
the marketplace. He is convinced
that some of the greatest services
ever offered have gone unnoticed
by the general public.
Obviously, by now you can
guess why this is so. It's because
they simply weren't marketed at
all. What a tragedy.
One of Jay Abraham's strongest convictions about the business
world is: If you're in business
any businessyou have to also
be in the marketing business. Jay
firmly believes that marketing is
what separates the good product
from the good product. Marketing
is what separates the good service
from the good service. What he
means is that, all other things being
equal, marketing is the difference.
Either you get into the marketing
business, or your business gets left
in the marketing dust of your
competitors.
A very astute friend of mine
(an attorney) passed along an interesting observation to me about a
year ago. He said that in observing
all of the businesses he had done
work for over the years, almost
without exception he noted the
following:
Every business that was not
marketing driven, no matter how
good its products or services and
no matter how well managed it
was, had either gone broke or
struggled to keep its head above
water.
On the other hand, every
business that was marketing
driven, no matter how inferior its
products or services and no matter
how poorly managed it was, was
successful almost without fail.
I realize that business people
with quality products or services,
but little or no marketing strategy,

will probably bristle at the above

statements, but I'm merely passing
along the comments of an intelligent, conservative observer who's
been involved with hundreds of
businesses over the years.
I do hasten to add that, in my
opinion, companies with low quality
products or services will ultimately fail. However, I'm just as
certain that companies that do produce quality products and services,
but are weak in marketing, will
rarely succeed. Certainly, such
companies can never hope to
scratch the surface of their potential.
Of course, as my attorney
friend pointed out, the biggest successes of all come from companies
who have good products or services, good management, and are
marketing driven. He didn't need
to sell me on this point, because
I've been marketing oriented since
my youth. But 1 thought it was a
fascinating comment, particularly
because it came from a staid, playit-by-the-book, conservative attorney, and certainly worth passing
along to you to reflect on.
The bottom line is this: Get it
out of your head that you can succeed just because you have the best
product or service. You can't. A
good product or service is a prerequisite. But there are lots of good
products and services around. If
you're in businessany kind of
businessmake sure you're also
in the marketing business.
Misconception No. 2:
Concentrate on keeping costs
down as though cost cutting
were an end-all, be-all
First of all, Jay has always
viewed good people, equipment,
and outside experts not as
expenses, but as moneymaking
tools.
He feels that if they don't make
you money, you shouldn't use
them. I myself subscribe to this
philosophy, which is why I always
get the best personnel money can
buy, the best equipment money can

buy, and the best experts money

can buy.
If you're obsessed with keeping your overhead down, think of
it this way: If your overhead is
$10,000 a month and your sales
$5,000 a month, your overhead is
way too high. But if your
overhead is $100,000 a month and
your sales are $300,000 a month,
your overhead (though ten times
higher than the overhead in the first
example) is amazingly low!
Which leads to this obvious
question: Why does everyone
work so hard at slashing overhead?
Why not concentrate on increasing
sales instead?
Common sense dictates that the
more cash you bring in the front
door every month, the less likely
you are to have cash flow problems,
and the better position you'll be in
to solve your other business problems.
It puzzles me that so few
businessmen and women seem to
be able to grasp this simple concept. I
can only theorize that it's a result of
people being taught from an early age
to be overly cautious, to avoid risks
at all costs, to take what ap-pears to
be the safest way out. And that's
just exactly how I've seen many
overhead slashers end up out!
In point of fact, the biggest
danger of all is failing to take actioni.e., stagnating.
Inaction virtually guarantees a
business failure.
Don't allow yourself to get
called out on strikes with the marketing bat on your shoulder.
That's what I love about Jay
Abraham. His whole orientation is
toward increasing sales.
And he usually accomplishes
this objective without increasing a
company's overhead or advertising budget.
Best of all, he himself doesn't
cost anything, because he gets paid
out of increased profits.
Misconception No. 3: It's
difficult for a small business

to raise money without giving

away the store.
Not so. Jay Abraham was the
first person to make me realize that
the easiest and least expensive way
to raise money is by "re-deploying" your own assets.
In other words, what Jay does
better than any other human being
on the globe is take what you already have and use it to generate
cash flowquickly.
Why pay for money, or give
away part of your business, if you
can generate additional cash within
your own company?
I'm convinced beyond doubt
that not one out of a thousand
business people understands this
concept
But once you understand it,
you'll feel as though you've struck
the motherlode. I know, because
I've done it time and again myself.
And Jay Abraham has done it literally hundreds of times.
It's a phenomenon that you
have to personally experience to
fully appreciate.
When you observe Jay put together a marketing campaign for
you virtually overnight, then witness, with your own eyes, the cash
pouring into your coffers within a
few months (sometimes within
weeks), it's enough to make a
grown man salivate.
Remember: From sales comes
cash, and from marketing comes
sales. Who needs investors or
partners?
Misconception No. 4: Only
big companies can afford to
advertise, market or promote.
A more accurate statement
would be that only big companies
can afford high-priced, MadisonAvenue-type ad agencies that don't
get paid on the basis of results.
Instead, the big ad agencies get
their up-front costs covered, they
get paid just for placing ads, and
they almost never have to produce
mail-order results to earn their fees.

The reality is that most big

advertising firms could never
make it if they had to depend upon
direct-mail results to earn their
keep.
The truth of the matter, however, is that a small or mediumsized business cannot afford not to
advertise or market
But it's imperative that a small
businessman or woman avoid
high-priced,
no-guaranteedresults ad agencies as surely as he
or she must avoid fee-building,
deal-killing attorneys.
Either one can bankrupt you.
That's one of the things that
most impresses me about Jay
Abraham.
He gets no up-front fees.
He receives no "agency discounts" (read "commissions") for
placing ads. He asks for no retainer.
Jay gets paid on the increase in
profits that he actually produces
for you. That spells "C-O-N-F-I-DE-N-C-E."
When (and if) he makes you a
dollar, he gets paid a quarter. If he
doesn't perform, he doesn't get
paid.
I strongly suggest that you
never hire an ad agency or marketing
person who is not willing to be
compensated on the basis of results.
So long as you stick to the
Abraham "prove-it-or-pay-nothing" approach, you'll always be in
a no-risk positionand there's no
way you can beat that kind of deal.
Misconception No. 5: During
bad economic times, it's an
inefficient use of resources to
invest in marketing.
Again, I'm biased, because I've
proven to my own satisfaction that
this is totally fallacious thinking. I
have often said that, to a great extent, I attribute the success of my
first #1 -bestselling book to the fact
that the country was in the midst of
its worst recession since World War
II.

While everyone was pulling in

their horns, I was bombarding the
nation with a marketing blitzkrieg
that seemed to be without competition. I believe that our country is
in for some very rough economic
times ahead (mainly as a result of a
badly bloated national debt), and,
though I wish economic chaos
could be avoided, I also see this
inevitable scenario as a marketer's
dream.
He who knows how to stretch
his marketing dollars in the coming
bad times will almost surely leave
the competition in his wake.

Abraham, the CashRow Machine

You know, I've met many
people who have read "business
management books like In Search
of Excellence, but are still in search
of cash. Truly, we live in an upsidedown world. You can bet your life
that not one of those trendy business authors has been on the firing
line, day in and day out, like Jay
Abrahamand certainly none of
them has come close to producing
the consistent results that he has.
In less than twenty years, Jay
Abraham has developed more than
200 distinct "Abrahaming" strategies. (Since only Jay Abraham does
what he does, I think if s appropriate
to differentiate it from "normal"
marketing.)
Jay has produced phenomenal
results for major magazines, large
brokerage firms, billion-dollar insurance companies, mutual funds,
and commodities companies, to
name but a few.
But his magic works just as
well, if not better, for small and
medium-sized business. One of
Jay's favorite lines says it all: The
main thing is not the size of the
business, but rather the size of the
potential."
I wish I had enough room in
this letter to list every Abraham
success, but that would make it so
thick that I'd probably have to ship
it to you in a wooden crate.

Of course, new success stories

are in the process of being written
every day as small, medium, and
large businesses continue to apply
Abrahaming to their cash-flow
needs.
The businessman of whom I
am most in awe is the one who can
afford to be without the
Abrahaming advice of Jay
Abraham. I haven't met such an
individual yet, but, if I ever do, I
know that heil have to own the
world's only perfect business.

The Teachings of
Abraham
As I mentioned earlier in this
letter, Jay Abraham is a teacher. I
don't want to pass over that point
lightly, because I personally believe
that it is his obsession with teaching that is at the heart of his unheard-of string of Abrahaming
successes.
(1 have never known anyone
to be unhappy with Jay's performance. As incredible as that
statement may sound, I can assure
you that if s true. I have known
several people who have become
very irritated with Jay, but every
single one of those people readily
acknowledges his unique ability
to produce sensational results.)
The reason that I want to delve
more deeply into the teaching aspect of Jay Abraham is that 1 have
never known another consultant
who tries to teach his clients every
thing that he knows. Most consultants guard their occupational
"secrets" zealously. Their ultimate
nightmare is that a client will learn
too much and then won't need their
services anymore. (Attorneys, of
course, are the classic example of
this paranoia.)
Not so with Jay. Jay wants
you to know everything about
Abrahaming that he knows. That
will become apparent to you the
first time you speak with him.
There are many reasons for his
unique philosophy about educat-

ing his clients, aside and apart from

his innate urge to teach. These
include:
(1) He is value-for-value oriented, more so than any person I
have ever known. His whole approach to business is to give the
client so much more than he expects
that he will be happy to pay Jay his
percentage of the profits.
(2) Jay feels that the more a
client understands his concepts, the
easier it will be to work with him,
the more likely he will be to adopt
Jay's suggestions, and the better
the chances for success. Thus, the
first thing that Jay wants to do is
teach you as much as possible about
everything that he knows.
(3) Finally, Jay is one of those
rare people who realizes that the
person who is always learning, always improving, always moving
forward, doesn't need to worry
about others discovering his secrets. In other words, while Jay is
teaching you what he already
knows, he himself is learning about
new ideas, strategies, and techniques through his dealing with
others. This is a natural result of
his working with all kinds of
businesses, day in and day out
continually asking questions, testing, and studying.
Jay teaches you things like:
How to increase your cash
flow many times over, without increasing your advertising budget.
How to make money from
ex-customers.
How to generate cash flow
from other businesses' customer
lists, with them providing both the
capital and the labor to do it!
How to "upsell" customers to
higher and higher ticket items.
How to find many hidden
cash-flow opportunities in your
business that you would never have
thought of.
How to set up non-competitive joint ventures with other
companies who would like access
to your customer list, with you
maintaining 100% control of the
deals and receiving a big chunk of

the profits.
And on...and on...and
onthe list is infinite.

The Cautions of
Abraham
I've gone out on a limb here in
singing the praises of a man whose
talents irritate me greatly, so I want
to be certain not to lead you down
a primrose path. Thus, I want to
pass along to you a few words of
caution that Jay has expounded
upon many times.
First, Jay will teach you anything he knows, without hesitation. But he's impatient. He will
not assuage your ego. He will not
tell you what you want to hear. He
will tell you what he really believesquickly and candidly. He
has no interest in being your "yes"
man or your psychiatrist. His
main objective is to make both you
and him lots of moneyquickly,
ethically, and with as little risk as
possible to either of you.
Second,notwithstanding what
I told you about my attorneyfriend's observations about marketing-driven companies. Jay will
not deal with you unless he is
convinced that you have a quality
product or service that is a definite
benefit to your customers.
Third, you must be able to
handle a dramatic increase in sales
almost overnight. If Jay agrees to
apply Abrahaming to your product
or service, he expects you to be
geared up to handle the increased
business. This is a common problem for neophytes in the directmarketing arena. Jay asks for
nothing up front, so you can understand why, when he produces
results, he expects to get paid to the
fullest extent possible.
Fourth, you must have an open
mind. If you want conventional,
dollar-wasting advertising marketing or sales promotion, hire a
dollar-wasting advertising firm.
There are plenty of them around
who will be happy to take your

moneyand teach you nothing. As

I said, earlier, Abrahaming is a
whole different ball game. To say
Jay is a maverick is almost an understatement. If you can't handle
being unique, don't play in Jay's
pen.
Lastly, don't contact Jay unless
you are either the owner of your
own business or are the person who
can make the final decisions regarding
your
company's
marketing plans. If you're the
kind of individual who has the
capacity to tune into the strategies
and techniques of Jay Abraham,
this point needs no further
explanation.

The Abridged Abraham

I've covered a lot in this letter,
so I think it would be helpful to
summarize what Jay Abraham is
all about.
1. Jay Abraham is a strange,
eccentric character who definitely
marches to a different drummer
than anyone else in the marketing
gameat least on this planet.
2. Jay Abraham is a marketing genius with a track record that
is unreal. He has never had a dissatisfied client Never!
3. Jay Abraham often comes
across as arrogant and impatient,
but he is, in point of fact, kind,
sensitive, and compassionate
sometimes to a fault. He's simply
thinking on a different plane than
you and Ia different dimension.
4. Jay Abraham continually
comes up with more unique, workable ideas in a shorter period of
time than any other marketing person alive. Congress should declare
him to be one of our great natural
resources.
5. Jay Abraham's approach to
marketing is scientific. He doesn't
guess; he studies, analyzes, and
tests. He learns everything he
possibly can about any product or
service he markets, as well as the
results of his marketing.
6. Jay Abraham is obsessed
with solving marketing problems.
He views your marketing problem

as a personal challenge to his genius. That's why he always finds a

profitable solution.
7. Jay Abraham adamantly
believes that the secret to operating
a successful business is not to concentrate on slashing overhead to
the bone, but on increasing sales
on a cost-efficient basis. He's
proven conclusively that his
philosophy works.
8. Jay Abraham, likewise, believes that the least expensive way
to raise cash for your business is
through increased sales, brought
about through increased dosages
of "Abrahaming."
9. Jay Abraham believes that
no matter how good a product or
service may be, it will not reach a
fraction of its potential without
sound marketing.
10.Jay Abraham believes that
no company, especially small and
medium-sized companies, can afford not to advertise or market.
11. Jay Abraham believes that
an advertising firm or marketing
consultant should be paid only on
the basis of results. To say the least,
his viewpoint does not endear him
to most of the people in the advertising and marketing industry.
12.Jay Abraham firmly believes that in a bad economy,
marketing efforts should be increased rather than decreased. He
is convinced that during the coming bad times, the vast majority of
businesses will make the classic
mistake of cutting back on advertising, which will leave virtually an
open field for opportunistic, resourceful marketers.
13. Jay Abraham believes in
teaching his clients everything that
he himself knows, because he feels
that it makes the profit potential
for both the client and himself much
greater. Therefore, he compulsively
teaches clients in an effort to make
them as self-sufficient as
possible. His theory is that the
more successful they are as a result
of his teachings, the more they will
want to learn new ideas, strategies,
and techniques from him in the

future.
14. Jay Abraham has an impeccable reputation for honesty and
integrity, and he is the ultimate
value for value entrepreneur. His
objective is to always make the
client feel as though he has received
far more than he paid forespecially since Jay's compensation
comes only from the increased
profits he produces.
In all my years as a best-selling author and speaker, I've never
written a letter of endorsement
like this. When you have a name
that people respect, giving any kind
of endorsement can be a risky
proposition, let alone writing a
whole letter about someone.
Not only is this the first time
that I've ever written such a letter,
but it undoubtedly will be the last.
I'm willing to make an exception in
Jay Abraham's case because I've
had the opportunity to work with
him so closely over the past year.
In addition, I've viewed him from
the worst possible side, and have
been able to find justifiable reasons
for actions that I once found to be
intolerable.
I feel comfortable in writing
this letter because Jay Abraham has
earned "A's" in all the areas that I
consider to be important: He follows my own value for value philosophy to the extreme; he thinks
long term in his dealings with
others, a rarity in a world filled
with short-term, gratification-oriented people; he is honest almost
to a fault; he seeks remuneration
for his remarkable talents based
only on resultsi.e., increased
profits; and no one that I know of
has ever been dissatisfied with his
performance.
Hmmm...you know, the more
I think about it, I really do hate Jay
Abraham.
Now, here's my word of caution to you: If you want to enlist
Jay's amazing marketing talents,
make sure that you have a firm
understanding with him ahead of
time regarding scheduling. He is
busyvery busybecause, obvi-

ously, he is in great demand. And,

as I said, he has an obsession to
both teach people and solve their
marketing problems.
Jay won't like what I just said,
but if I'm going to give him an
almost unlimited recommendation, I
want you to be totally informed of
the facts. No matter how brilliant
Jay is, no matter how much money
he can make for you, if he exacerbates or irritates you to the point
where you become fed up dealing
with him, it's going to reflect on
me.
Jay is charming, he really is.
He just takes on too much work. So
discuss his availability in detail
with him ahead of time so there is
no misunderstanding.
With the above caveat having
been added, I feel comfortable that
everything I have said in this letter
is 100% accurate.
Now you'll have to excuse me
while I go back to laboring away at
working on my one big marketing
success for the year. In my next life, I
dream of coming back as Jay
Abrahamwithout a beard, without compulsions, and with socks
and shoes.
Yours in Abrahaming,
ROBERT J. RINGER

I Paid This Genius $2 Million

by James Cook
President and CEO, Investment Rarities, Incorporated
Over an eight-year period, my
company, Investment Rarities, Inc.,
paid California marketing consultant, Jay Abraham, well over $2
million. You may already have
heard of Jay. He's well known for
his newsletter. Your Marketing Genius at Work, for which well over
5,000 business owners have paid
$500 to receive just 18 issues.
Among other things, he's also
been chiefly responsible for building up subscriptions for many of
the major financial newsletter
publishers. If you've ever subscribed to The Ruff Times, Personal
Finance, Doug Casey, Tax Avoidance Digest, Gary North, Predictions,
World Money Analyst, Silver & Gold
Report, you're undoubtedly familiar
with Jay Abraham's work.
I met Jay ten years ago when he
twisted my arm into a marketing
consulting agreement. Back then,
our sales were but a few hundredthousand dollars annually, and we
had less than ten employees. Since
teaming up with Jay, our sales
climbed to $500 million a year. And
our small company zoomed to 250
employees.
Here is exactly what we paid
Jay in profit shares (over the years)
taken directly from his 1099 form:
In Year 1 - $85,500 In
Year 2 - $178,500 In
Year 3 - $188,361

In Year 4-$96,952 In
Year 5 - $385,199 In
Year 6- $332,169 In
Year 7 -$668,519
We don't throw our money
around. So how can I justify these
enormous payments for marketing
help? Frankly, I've been criticized
for it. But, the truth is, the money
we paid Jay came from the increased profits he generated for us.
What's more, he taught me the
basics of marketing. He taught my
staff as well. He devised brilliant
marketing concepts, programs and
strategies that brought us new
customers, and made us grow. He
developed marketing techniques
that helped make us dominant in
our industry.
Oddly enough, it didn't take
that many hours of his time. He
mostly consulted with us over the
telephone.

Jay Starts Out With

The Basics
One of the first things Jay
taught me was the value of a customer. They are the best source of
new or additional business. We
developed marketing programs
that generated orders and reorders
from our customer base. We virtually doubled our business by

capitalizing on our present customers.

The fact that the customers are a
great source of business probably
seems obvious to you. It is true that
some of the things that Jay teaches
are basic and fundamental. I call
his instructions "re-learning". He
causes you to relearn elementary
marketing concepts. Most of us in
business already know quite a bit
about marketing. However, I don't
believe we truly learn or understand a thing until we've done it or
experienced it.
Jay causes you to implement
these fundamental strategies.
When you make these ideas work,
you master them in a way that you
never can by simply reading about
them.
Not that all of Jay's marketing
savvy is rudimentary; he devises
unique and sophisticated strategies
as well. He not only uses marketing
to build sales, he also solves problems with marketing techniques.
A few years ago, for example,
we sold a product that had a high
percentage of customer returns. We
were always issuing refund checks
for this product. Jay is an expert at
what he calls "post-purchase dissonance" otherwise known as
buyer's remorse. He devised a
small, written note that went into
each shipping package and virtually eliminated returns for this

product. We saved over $1 million

with this simple, little technique.

What Can Jay Abraham

Do For You?
I believe that Jay Abraham can
literally turn your business around
and make it explode. He can make
a company such as yours busier
than they have ever been before.
I wouldn't write this endorsement if I hadn't experienced these
things for myself.
He can show you how to overwhelm your competition and make
your business into an industry
leader. He can launch your company on a cycle of dizzying growth
and swelling profit. He can bring
you success beyond your wildest
dreams and teach you the marketing lessons that allow you to take
your business as far as you wish.
I don't care if you're a small,
start-up company or a giant enterprise, the things you can learn from
Jay can be crucial to your future
success.
Best of all, he's willing to do it
for you strictly on a contingency
basis where you pay him only if
(and after) his work for you pays
off.
And, then all he asks is that
you pay him a quarter for every
dollar he earns you.
I don't know of any other professional, consultant or real-life
expert who's willing or able to work
strictly on a "share-of-the-profits"
basis.

His Work For Others Is

Equally As Impressive
I have seen what Jay Abraham
has done for others. In the financial
newsletter business, he has been a
force to reckon with. His early renewal programs made tens of
millions of dollars for newsletter
publishers. He made $400,000, for
example, in nine months for one,
small newsletter alone. He took a
number of newsletters that couldn't

even break even on their subscription solicitations and brought in

523,000 new subscribers for them
at a tremendous, upfront profit.

His Track Record Is

Quite Impressive
Jay has counseled and helped
a wide variety of commercial ventures. In the past twenty years, he's
helped contribute to some of the
greatest overnight success stories
you'll ever read about
He has an uncanny knack for
making people a lot of money.
He even took a small chain of
faltering restaurants and taught the
owner a simple mailing strategy
that resulted in an immediate and
startling upturn in the amount of
new customers coming in to eat.
Jay Abraham can give you immediate,almost instantly profitable
marketing advice. I want to reemphasize that my own reputation goes on the line when I recommend someone and so does the
reputation of my firm. It's not
something that I take lightly or
have ever done before.
Nor will I probably ever do it
again.

What You Will Learn

From Jay Abraham
One of the first of many things
that Jay taught me was how to test.
You must advertise and you must
advertise effectively. To do this,
you must try many things to find
out what works. None of these
things needs to be expensive to
start. Small ads, small mailings,
brief commercials. Jay will tell you
exactly what to do and how to
measure the results before you
spend a lot of money on them.
He believes that advertising
must translate into immediate
business or it has failed. In other
words, you should earn a profitable
return on your dollars invested in
advertising. He is death on institutional-type ads.

He wants resultsand ads that

always pay for themselves.
In my business, we need leads
for our investment brokers to call.
This lead-generation can be expensive, sometimes $l0-50 per lead.
Jay devised a mailing piece for us
that accomplishes two things: it
sells one of our expensive products
at a profit and the profit from this
sale pays for the mailing. Consequently, we get customer names
for the brokers to call at no cost.
Our leads are free. Last year Jay
used this concept to produce 60,000
prime leads for us cost-free!
However, we tested many
mailing and advertising concepts
before we came up with the one
that worked. You test inexpensively
until you find something that works
and then you roll it out in a big
way.

Jay's Marketing Abilities

Are Enormous
Another concept Jay teaches is
back-ending; the art of multiplying
the profit options of a product or
service. He teaches you how to redeploy your assets. He tailors specific advertising strategies and
teaches you lessons that improve
your results.
He can "clue you in" on marketing and joint-ventures, per inquiry ads, free publicity, triangulating,
ad
barter,
gratis
advertising,
co-opadvertising,
licensing and ad leveraging. He
teaches how to upsell, resell and
cross-sell your customers. He
suggests powerful direct mail
strategies and space ads that work.
He enhances the perceived
value of your product or service.
He gets the customers' "hot button"
pushed. He can take your business,
analyze it and in short order, develop dozens of specific instructions that'll work immediately to
increase sales and boost profits
dramatically.
Here are just a few more things
he did for my company. Rather

than just sell investments, he developed a marketing philosophy

of educating the customer. In other
words, do something nice for the
prospective customers to educate
or inform them and they will become clients.
We sent out special, high-quality
investment reports. We interviewed dozens of investment experts and published the results in
booklets. We made two deals to
specially reprint books and interesting articles that we gave away.
We even bought unsold books
from publishers and mailed them
out. We sent out 20,000 copies of
one financial best-seller that we
bought for $1 per copy. Our customers loved us for it and they
responded in droves and we made
over $1 million on this one simple
concept alone! I still have a file of
letters from customers thanking us
for the wonderful book.
Jay engineered an amazing
number of marketing deals for us.
He got us over $1 million in advertising co-op money from people
whose products we sold. He arranged third-party endorsements
that brought in thousands of new
customers. He got us T.V. advertising that we didn't pay for until the
leads and responses came in. He
even arranged to trade a luxury
automobile I owned for three
months of T.V. ads that resulted in a
net savings of $100,000 on our
advertising expenses. Is it any
wonder that I enthusiastically endorse him and give you my unqualified assurance that his marketing talents are immense?
How can you benefit the most
from the sage advice of Mr. Jay
Abraham without risking a cent or
spending any money?

The Most Extraordinary

Performance-Based
Proposition You'll Ever Be
Made
Jay Abraham works with clients on a purely profit-sharing ba-

sis. If your firm qualifies... and Jay

accepts you, he will personally
maximize and develop all the
programming and marketing
strategies your firm requires. Then
he'll implement all the specific
tactics that you'll need to put to
work to produce the kind of profit
results 1 talked about in this letter.
And, Jay will personally manage all your marketing activities.
In exchange for that, all he asks
in return is your willingness to
share with him a portion of every
dollar in increased profits his concepts produce for you and then-he
only wants to be paid when (and
after) you've profited from the
money his efforts produce for you.
Surprisingly, most of this work
can be done for you by Jay over the
telephone. In the eight years we
worked with Jay, I think I only met
with him three times total. As I
have explained, Jay is experienced
and adroit enough to perform his
consultation services via telephone,
FAX and Federal Express.
In the conversations he shares
with you, daily and weekly, he will
equip you with the necessary
marketing weapons and strategies
to get your company moving.
No matter how complex, specialized or unusual your business,
Jay prides himself on his ability to
prescribe the necessary marketing
strategies to get the business moving
and ring up substantial profits.
Some people have referred to him
as a "marketing genius" while
others have called him the "wizard". I think it is safe to say you
will recognize his brilliance as he
directs you to take the necessary
steps to ensure the success of your
venture.
More importantly, your bottom line will probably swell if Jay
Abraham accepts you as his client.
I think it's also worth mentioning that Jay's definition of marketing extends to the broadest, possible
terms. He has counseled me on
subjects as diverse as acquisitions
and divestitures. I sold off two
separate companies because he

convinced me their potential was

limited. He was right.
Make no mistake about it; Jay
Abraham elevates marketing and
individualized instruction of those
skills to a level of awareness and
widespread usefulness that can
only be described as breath takingly
breakthrough. I know personally
that he is a marketing genius and
that his greatest success in terms of
his personal fortune and his national recognition is still to come.
You should become a part of
this success. Mark my words,
someday soon Jay will stop making
his clients wealthier than he is and
start owning the businesses himself. When that day comes, you'll
no longer be able to get him to
work for you for any price, unless
of course you're selling him your
business. I urge you to get his help
now if you qualify and talk to him.
If you do, you will know instantly
that what I've told you in this letter
is 100% correct. More importantly,
you'll have equipped yourself with
the marketing power that ensures
your company's future prosperity.

One Final Point It

May Be Important
In case you're wondering why
I'm writing such a glowing endorsement on behalf of a man who
no longer works with us, the answer
is quite simple; Jay normally takes
on a client for a maximum of two to
three years. He doubled the time
he spent with our company as a
consideration to our friendship.
During that time he taught me
virtually everything he knew
without withholding a single,
solitary technique or philosophy.
He built my company to a leader in
its field. He created 145,000 customers for me. He made us S25
million in one year. And, he taught
my whole staff how to sustain the
marketing programming he perfected. The least 1 can do is repay
his gift to me by touting his abilities
in this glowing endorsment.

Super Marketing by America's

Super Marketeer
by Howard Ruff Editor, The Ruff Times and President, The Ruff
Companies and Main Street Alliance
As author of the largest-selling
financial book of all time and
someone who built his financial
newsletter to the largest circulation in America and who worked
closely with Jay Abraham to do it
Howard Ruff is supremely
qualified to grill this marketing
master on his concepts, methods
and mindset.
***
HR: It took me three years after I
first met Jay Abraham to recognize
his genius. Frankly, at first he
turned me off. The reasons, in
retrospect are hilarious.
First, because I consider myself
such a good marketer, my ego
sometimes pprevents me from recognizing that virtue in others, but
the problems weren't just on my
end.
When I first went to Jay's home
in Palos Verdes, California on a
cliff overlooking the Pacific, I
found him hanging upside down
like a bat from some contraption
that was supposed to improve his
health.
He sleeps like a bat, too, going
to bed at 4:00 a.m. and sleeping
until noon, probably because his
brain is still compulsively racing
when you and I are pooping out.
Not only that, he's a fitness freak
who works out two hours a day
but at the same time seems to subsist on gallons of Diet Coke and

buckets of popcorn.
If you think that's strange, four
years ago he refused to come and
see me because he was afraid to fly. I
had to go to him. But last March
when I was having breakfast at a
hotel in Hong Kong, I looked up
and there he was. He had suddenly decided to no longer be afraid
to fly, and promptly took a vacation trip to Singapore, Bangkok and
Hong Kong.
He's obsessed with cars and
buys and sells Porsches, Rolls
Royces and Mercedes like you or I
might change socks.
Worst of all, each time I saw
him, he spent the first hour telling
me how wonderful he was.
You can understand why it
took me a while to wade through
all this to recognize his extraordinary gifts, but his work for others
was so wildly profitable, 1 decided
to get to know him.
I was finally forced to surrender to the fact that Jay Abraham is
an honest, loveable, eccentric, unorthodox genius the likes of whom
1 will probably never meet again.
Once I accepted that fact, he
made me millions. 1 paid Jay
Abraham $600,000 in one year because he made me $2 million, and
all the money 1 paid him came out
of the profits he produced for me.
He is an authentic marketing
genius free thinking, wildly cre-

ative and totally uninhibited.

Much of what 1 know about
marketing today I learned from
him.

HR: Let me ask you to do for

yourself what you teach clients to
do. Sell me your services as a marketing consultant. What describes
Jay Abraham in one short paragraph?
JA: I can do it in a sentence. I
teach companies how to reclaim
hidden assets they already have
spent money on, how to turn them
into windfall profits, how to perpetuate those profits into steady
income streams, and how to put
zeros on the end of their income
which puts two zeros on the value
of a business.
HR: That seems obvious, but every
businessman doing advertising or
sales is struggling to be more
efficient. How do you do it?
JA: It's very simple. You learn to
experimentally test all sorts of ideas
and let the market tell you. You
don't tell the marketplace.
HR: That's an interesting comment "You don't tell the marketplace." Do most businessmen try
to tell the marketplace rather than
listening to what it wants?
JA: Most businessmen build

their businesses like rudderless

boats. They don't distinguish
themselves. They don't give the
marketplace any definitive reason
for patronizing them, and they
don't ask the market what it wants,
not only in terms of products and
services, but what they want in the
perception of value and benefit.
HR: Give me a case history.
JA: For example, nobody tests
prices. You're a great example of
testing. A few years ago, didn't
you test $69 against $79 and find
$69 pulled three or four times more
subscribers than $79?
HR: Yes. We constantly test
prices and headlines in our direct
mail.
JA: We have found in countless
experiments that every business
has unique dynamics. You must
test all these variables, but you will
find that, for whatever reason, different products and services will
have optimum prices. If you don't
experiment, you won't find that
out.
HR: Can you give me more specifics on testing?
JA: I had a client who sold gold
and silver on a bank-financed leverage basis. They ran ads in The
MM? Street Journal with headlines
that said: "Two-Thirds Bank Financing on Silver and Gold." The
ads were only marginally effective.
I asked them if they had tried different headlines and they said
"no."
With this client, I tested three
different headlines. It took me all
of 20 minutes. Three weeks later,
we found one headline out-produced the others by 500% with the
same identical body copy. The
same $5,000 spent in The Wall Street
Journal, instead of producing
$50,000 in sales, produced $250,000
in sales!
I just changed the headline to
say "If Gold Is Selling For $300 an
Ounce, Send Us Just $100 an
Ounce And Well Buy You All The
Gold You Want."
All I did was rearticulate the

claim more graphically so an investor could really get excited.

HR: What's the underlying principle?
JA: The principle is that if you
don't test different ways of presenting your proposition, not in
just headlines but copy, packages,
prices, etc., you may be losing as
much as 21 times the profits, the
number of customers you can resell
, the prospects coming in.
HR: Do most businesses do a bad
job of exploiting the good will of
their customers?
JA: 99% of businesses don't understand that objective. They don't
know how to ethically exploit their
customer potential. They understand very little about how to bring
them in honestly, and they don't
know what to do once they get
them.
I taught one client how to make
more money off his competitor than
he made for himself.
He was generating leads for
office equipment. Every time he
mailed 1,000 pieces of direct mail it
cost him $1,000 and brought a 5%
response50 inquiries for $1,000.
Of those 50 inquiries he would sell
10%, or 5 people, meaning he did
not sell 45 of them. Until he met
me, he just kept sending out 1,000
letters for $1,000, selling 5 more
people and discarding the prospects. I told him, "Your goal is to
ethically exploit every opportunity
in all these prospects and customers.
First, I had him figure out why
the other 45 people didn't buy from
him. We identified some as "tirekickers," but most of them didn't
buy for one of three reasons. Either
(a) his product or service was too
expensive, too complex or too intimidating; or (b) it was not sophisticated enough for them; or (c)
his sales personnel irritated the
customers.
That didn't mean they didn't
want to buy office products. It just
mean the was unable to sell to them.

If he could convey these prospects

to his competitors, those whose
products or services were what
these people wanted, they could
sell to many of them.
He reluctantly allowed me to
prove the point. We made a deal.
We got half of the profit from the
sales his competitors made. He
made more money off the people
he didn't sell than on the ones he
did.
HR: I've noted over the years
that most of your ideas seem
absurdly simple and obvious. And
I have two reactions. I say to
myself,'Why didn't I think of that?"
And, "Why should I pay him for
this simple idea?" Of course, the
obvious answer is because I didn't
think of it and you did. The
solutions are usually simple.
JA: They all are. It's not hightech.
HR: Jay, give me some more examples of some techniques you'll
be teachingones you have used
with other businesses.
JA: Okay,here's one that's
made tens of millions of dollars
for my clients and a million for me.
I took one young psychiatrist
from $500,000 to $2 million in one
year with this simple concept. I
persuaded him to give the patient
the first consultation free, and tell
all
the
referring
doctors,
psychologists and schools that he
didn't fee! it was appropriate for
him to charge $140 or $150 the first
visit, knowing (1) most people the
first time are very inhibited, and
it takes them half of the first
session to open up; and (2) he
needed to decide whether he could
really help them. So he "riskreversed," which I teach everyone.
Doing only that, referrals started
coming in by droves.
HR: By risk reversal, you mean
placing the risk on the seller instead
of the buyer?
JA: Yes. 99% of the businesses
Jay the risk on the poor customer. I
teach my clients how to always

assume 100% of the risk, by a nostrings, money-back guarantee.

Then there's no impediment to a
positive decision. Even though a
certain number of people will, in
fact, ask for their money back, it so
increases sales that refunds don't
matter.
HR: But it still comes back to
quality of product or service. Good
marketing will not cover schlock.
JA: No. We can get a lot of
people through the front door, but
they'll leave through the back
door because they'll be on to us.
That's foolish when [the whole idea
is to] annuitize the revenue and
create an ongoing stream of income.
1 did a project with another
newsletter that had a certain
number of re-funds. I developed
a program where each refund
check was accompanied by an
acknowledgement that we had
screwed up. But we offered other
products, services or publications
at a generous discount. For every
$5,000 in refunds, we made a net of
$25,000. People don't take advantage. The customer is therebegging to be led. If they're mad, they
just want to be acknowledged. And
you say, "Yes, we did something

wrong, and here's how we'll make

it better. And by the way..." Just
by offering something else, you can
usually make a profit.
You
know
those
"infomercials," those half-hour
commercials that are on all night
on cable? The producers found out
that when people call in, 40% will
always buy twice as much if they
just offer it to them. 40%, just by
offering it to them.
Virtually no one in business
realizes how much persuasive
power you have over your customer if you just exercise it.
They're begging to be led. They're
prime when they're interfacing with
you, at your point of purchase, at
the counter, on the phone or by
mail. Just offer them alternatives
that are larger and better, or last
longer. You'll automatically
enhance the profit per sale and/or
the number of sales.
HR: Can you train someone who
doesn't have your years of business
experience to do this?
JA: I'll give you an example that
is so easily confirmed it's unbelievable.
We did a program for a video
store. Most people who buy video

players are enraptured for the first

three months and rent promiscuously until they hit their saturation
level. Then you and 4,000 other
customers of that video store all
wait for the day when the four new
releases come out. The first few
people get them. Everyone else is
exasperated, so they leave, probably renting nothing.
We got a video store to hire a
young man to watch every
"sleeper" in the store the old
stuff that was just gathering dust.
Then when people started to leave
empty-handed, he would say,
"There are three really wonderful
sleepers that few people have ever
seen. They had a limited production and advertising budget, but
they're excellent. Why don't you
take them, and if you don't like
them, they're free." Since it's a
risk-reversal, 50% of the people
took it. 90% of those paid for it.
What 1 teach is so disarmingly
logical.
HR: You've demonstrated that
with me over the years, and it's
been much appreciated. Thank
you a million, Jay!
JA: Thanks, Howard.

Profit Doctor Treats Businesses

Suffering From a Weak Economy
by Larry Spears
Former Managing Editor, The Los Angeles Times Business Syndicate, and Managing Editor of a
Times-Mirror daily in Orange County, CA
Ask a newspaper man for a recommendation, and you'll get an editorial
every time. That's exactly what happened when former Managing Editor
of The Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Larry Spears wrote this 'letter of
reference' for ]ay Abraham.
In fact, Spears was so pleased with
the article when it was finished,he
sent it out to over a hundred local
dailies across the country.

Jay Abraham has never spent

so much as a day inside a medical
school, yet his record for treating
ailing patients is among the best in
America. While that may sound
more like a scenario for potential
malpractice than a cause for boasting, it's not. The reason?
Abraham's patients aren't people
they're businesses.
Jay Abraham, you see, is sort of
a "profit doctor" a specialist in
helping businesses make more
money.
As such, he provides a full
spectrum of "medical treatments"
ranging from post-natal care for
fledgling companies having a tough
time getting started in corporate
life to rehabilitative therapy for
older firms suffering the pains of
faltering sales in a slowing business
climate. And, with the U.S.
economy in a recession, there's been

a growing demand for his services

in recent months.
A lot of people have been calling him lately, desperately searching for ways to keep their businesses going strong during the
slowdown that's occuring. They're
seeing a fall-off in responses to their
marketing efforts, a drop in the
number of new prospects their ads
are attracting and an overall decline
in their sales. They don't know
what to doand they're extremely
worried.
So how does Abraham deal
with worries these business operators are bringing to him? Well,
while it's not quite a case of "take
two aspirin and call me in the
morning," it's almost that simple!
"Ironically," Abraham explains, "most of the people who
call me are searching for some
complex, high tech, almost mystical
solution to the problems they see
developing. What they get from me
is really low-tech, back-to-basics stuff
that works."
"What I do is not about magical
answers or high-tech solutions.
Rather, it's about a lot of disarmingly obvious, common-sense
concepts that produce really big
results. These concepts are logical,
they're pragmatic, they're irrefutable, yet only one business in a
hundred really understands and
faithfully uses them."

For example, Abraham says

there are at least 15 things you can
do to keep your business going and
growing during a recessionary
economy things virtually guaranteed to keep patronage high and
profits flowing. The firstand,he
claims, the most important is to
start with what you already have.
"The first thing I tell every client
I consult with, regardless of the
type of business they're in, is to
identify and start conscientiously
and strategically working their
current and past customer lists,"
says Abraham. "A business spends
hundreds or even thousands of
dollars to initially locate, court and
close a single new customerand
then they forget to go back and resell him over and over again, which
is quite easy to do. Instead, they
spend another bundle of money to
run more ads, send out more
mailings or make more sales calls,
seeking another new customer."
"Why bother? Once you've
developed a customerassuming
your product and service satisfied
him you already have direct
access to the most cost-effective
and lucrative source of future
business there is."
It seems like such a basic thing
and it is. Yet, Abraham contends,
the vast majority of businesses don't
do it, nor do they employ any of the
other strategies on his list of sur-

vival techniques, most of which

are equally simple.
"I spend a lot of time dealing
with what I call the Eureka factor,"
Abraham says. "Someone will
come in all worked up over perceived problems, and I'll calmly sit
here and start outlining these very
simple things that they're not doing
to help themselves. Invariably, it's
like a light comes on somewhere
inside their head. Their eyes get
wide and they say, 'Eureka, why
didn't I think of that?'"
In spite of the Eureka factor,
very few of Abraham's clients seem
to resent the relatively simplistic
advice he hands out. Why?
Because it works and his list of
satisfied clients proves it
Over the past 15 years.
Abraham has consulted with
owners, presidents, sales managers
and marketing directors from more
than 2,000 companies in 165 separate
industries, ranging in size from a
neighborhood grocery store in a
rural town of 17,000 to timber and
paper-products giant Weyerhauser
Co. In addition, he's advised more
than a thousand entrepreneurs and
professionals in fields as diverse as
insurance, psychiatry, rare coins,
employment services (for chefs, no
less) and power lifting (that's right,
the kind involving barbells, weights
and bulging biceps).
Obviously, Abraham doesn't
claim that every one of his consultations has been a total success. In
fact, he admits his presentations to
Weyerhauser and several other
large corporations were less than
well received.
"Most big companies have a
corporate posture, and my philosophy doesn't mesh with it," he
explains. "Most corporate bureaucracies want a specific market-

ing strategy they can rush out and

implement and I don't have a
preconceived strategy. I believe in
asking the market what it wants
and then developing a strategy
based on that. My strength is
knowing what questions to ask the
marketplace, and then listening to
the market's reply. I don't believe
in trying to tell the market what it
should do and big companies
find that very frustrating."
With those exceptions, though, a
very high percentage of people
have emerged from their meetings
with Abraham more than content
with his advice which is fairly
remarkable considering his base
fee for a one-hour consultation is
$2,000!
But surprisingly, Abraham
prefers not to work on a flat-fee
basis. Following one of the principles he advises his clients to adopt
with their own customers,
Abraham believes in "reversing the
risk." In other words, he likes to
work on a contingency basis
explaining his techniques, helping
his clients implement themand
then sharing generously in the
added profits his concepts generate.
"The large majority of my clients have typically been solid entrepreneurs with good ideas, or
people with sound businesses but
not much cash," Abraham says.
This type of approach appeals to
them because I'm forced to
husband their resources while fully
leveraging their resources."
If the clients business doesn't
improve, Abraham makes nothing
but, if his advice pays off, producing
a big jump in the client's profits
Abraham reaps a reward that makes
his $2,000-an-hour flat fee look
miserly by comparison.
How much is such a deal i

worth? Abraham says the amounts

vary too much to accurately give
an average dollar figure. However, he does note that he has made
as much as $25 million in a single
yearand as much as $500,000 in
just one month strictly off his
contingency and joint-venture
projects.
Describing himself as an
"ethical opportunist," Abraham
says he also recommends the contingency approach when he encounters companies or individuals
who are, as he puts it, "succeeding
in spite of themselves."
"There are people in this country
who have such a valid concept that
the market responds to them in
spite of inept or non-existent
marketing efforts," Abraham says.
"There are companies that tend to
be what I call 'marketing illiterate.'
In other words, their products or
services are so good they're making
a million dollars a year without
really trying. What they don't realize is that they should really be
making $10 million. Come to me
with a business like that, and I'll
work like the devil to make a lot of
money for both of us."
"Regardless of the industry,
regardless of the company, there
are certain immutable principles
that can be applied to produce
success," he says, "and helping
people recognize and apply those
principles in their own business is
what I do best."
In other words, just as a
medical doctor examines different
patients, recognizes symptoms and
provides
the
appropriate
treatment, Profit Doctor Jay
Abraham looks at various
businesses, evaluates their
condition and prescribes what's
needed to cure their ills and keep
their bottom lines healthy.

George R. Culp
H.W. Culp Lumber Co.
New London, NC, 28127

The "Breakthrough" Drying Sytem

704-463-7311

Dear Jay,

I'm embarrassed. Actually I think red-faced and ashamed would be more appropriate.
I've promised you, (and myself), for months on end, even all the way to a year ago, that I would
sit down and chronicle in a clear, specific, concise, and to-the-point manner.....
......exactly what I learned from you......exactly how I have utilized, implemented, and
taylored to my own situation, your various concepts......and most importantly of all, a precision,
accounting of the immense multitude of benefits that I, (and others), are enjoying both in
financial and psychic compensation - it's in the millions. Seven figures. Really, it is.
Once more Jay, I do apologize for the delay. As my penance I'll try and go, as you've
taught me, the extra - extra mile. Here goes.

Background My greatest success has been with the marketing of my kiln drying schools. As you know, I'm
in the lumber business and that "kiln drying of lumber" is an integral part of the process of lumber
manufacturing.
You may recall that we had a conversation some years ago shortly after my attendance at your
Februrary 1990, Protege/Mentor week long training.
And in that conversation you sensed my need to quickly verify and implement your concepts,
and as well through your unique still of inquisition like questioning you made it instantly obvious to
me that I had expertise - easily demonstrable and verifiable - that my like minded co-sawmillers may be
willing to pay for.
As novice at marketing as one could be, I gave it shot. In May 1990,I held my first
training. Results - $50,000 net profit before taxes.
Since then Jay, I have gone on to host a total of 6 training programs, all at my own plant site.

To add, I also raised my price from an initial school cost of $1350/Corp. to $25,000/corp. All
totalled, net profits before taxes of $597,000.00. Free, found dollars.

A good testimonial, and I'm happy for certain, but there was for sure a marketing method to my
madness. (Believe me, it didn't just fall out of the sky.)
For the moment I would like to cover the most significant marketing concepts and the
implementation process of them, all of which I learned from you.
* Redeploying hidden assets - Jay, just the mere discovery alone that I had knowledge that
others would be willing to pay for was a major marketing move for me. I had already gone to all the
huge effort and expense to discover my technological concepts, so to take a small amount of extra
effort to market them, (small in relation to the "discovery" effort), and to lay them out for
instruction purposes was indeed a logical next step.
I was taking a previously "hidden" intellectual asset that was making money for me alone, and
turned it in to a real live, honest to goodness, profit producer simply by the passing along of it to
others who could use in their own operations.
* Leverage - I have found the "leverage" principle to be at the heart of everything.

X in (normally) = X out, or X in (can) = 10 X out

* The whole "school" idea is a leveraging of my own knowledge and efforts.
Utilizing my experiential realizations and wisdom as a profit center.
* Selling the school as a "leveraging" training program. "Take your same kiln
operation, and by following my techiques, gain as much as 25% more throughput, and at the same time
increase resuming quality by $500,000/year. All with no added costs."

* Testimonials and endorsements - No question about it the use of these two

marketing tools are the most powerful result-producing ones of all.
Why? It's simple. Provided the credibility of the testimonializer/endorser is not in question,
(the degree of believability of the T/E will determine the level of power), the potential customer
reads/listens too/views the endorsement with a subconscious attitude that the T/E has nothing to
gain or lose by telling the truth.
Testimonials and endorsements are the foundation of our judicial system and one of the
prime pillars of good marketing.
I used T's and E's in a multitude of ways - 1. Used 8 different kiln operations as Case Studies.
Each had a different style of operation and different products produced. All solicited corporations
could identify with one, if not more than that, of the 8 examples.
Utilized extreme levels of data specifics, (which is so vital), as well as detailed benefits of
dollars gained and other benefits. Added in verbal and emotional testimonials. Again, all this
used in a Case Study format.
2. Used numerous emotional, fact-based, and benefit-oriented comments and insights to
support claims of what the program can do.
3. Used personal testimonial and endorsement letters for program.

4. Used audio tapes of conference calls whereby past students told of accomplishments. (A
real voice normally isn't altered, and therefore adds a new slant of believability.)
Risk reversal - Wow, have I ever learned a lot here! Since the sawmilling community is a
fairly tight knit one, and everybody pretty much knows everyone else, I felt the liklihood of too liberal
a guaranttee was not to be of concern.
Different RR's I've used 1. Check up front but not cashed until after the school. Placed the check in an envelope in the
washroom. Any attendee could at any time, if dissatisfied with the school, without declaration pick
his check up.
2. Nothing up front. Down payment at end of live school, if and only if, satisfied. Followed by
monthly payments for 10 months. At any time if dissatisfied could halt payments.
This one worked the best. Several corporations shared that they would not have gambled
with an upfront $25,000 payment. What's more, with the time payment plan many mills could
avoid higher tiered management approval.
3. A $100,000 minimum, annual increase in profits. Once I demonstrated how easily this
increase could be realized, and from many many different avenues, all resulting from better drying of
their lumber, skepticism disappeared. Add to that, that the lowest level of new profits from the 8 Case
Studies was twice $100,000, it became very acceptable.
The power of telemarketing - Follow up by phone should never ever be discounted. Out
of a total of 25 sales in my last two schools at least 11 can be directly attributed to telemarketing.
In some cases, the phone simply served to move someone along the process of gaining
approval and registering. (People get caught up in their normal, day-to-day routines and oftentimes
lay your marketing materials aside for more urgent, even though they may be trivial, matters.)
In other cases, a live voice served to lend further credibility of the viability of the school.
The "approach" that worked best of all was one of further education, continued
testimonial and endorsement, and basically a "take away".
To expound. In some cases a manager may have concerns that my system would not apply to
his operation. Thusly, further education was necessary.
As registrations came in, reporting those signups served to give further credibility. (One large
multi-mill signup led to a Western Union Mailgram. It yielded two more registrations.
No high pressure telephone sales approach was used. We were calling "to see merely if there
were any questions, and to satisfy ourselves if they qualified".
If resistance was met, we told them that "not everyone was ready for the level of operation

we are taking miles to. It will involve some effort and expenditure, that's true, but so often people
wish to remain in their circle of comfortability rather than branch forth to new heignts. We wished to
ascertain whether this was that case or not." Of course they all said, "no, we're a forward moving
corporation." We then would precede with further education, features, benefits, credentialing, etc.
* The power of "FREE". - I allowed any mill that attended my Nov. 1993 school to attend
my Jan. 1994 school absolutely free of charge and with a total new set of attendees. And new
materials would be furnished free of charge too. At the Nov. school "you can send 3 men", and the
Jan. training "you can send as many as you want".
This concept sold many mills - "2 schools for the price of one" - "my main men can attend in
Nov. and there subordinates in Jan." - "Everyone at our mill can get your knowledge first hand."
And too, by having two schools close together I could capitalize on the marketing of the first
as already aquainting my list with me and the program.
But Jay, there was a secondary benefit to allowing mills to attend the second school for free. It
made several sales for the second. Here's what I mean - Of the 14 corporations that attended in Nov., 10 re-upped for Jan. I published the
fact that the 10 mills were going to expend more money and men's time to come back for a
"rehashment" and "further grounding" in the concepts.
And this is what it did - two new sales for the Jan. training related that since all those mills had
decided to spend further monies, even if just for travel and time, that the school must be great. They
said "you can get sold a bill of goods once" but no one would come back for more unless the
training had the true value as advertised.
Interesting revelations for me.
* "Emotion" - When to use them, and to your best advantage.
I had noticed, and it should be obvious anyway, that at the end of my seminar was when
attendees were the most "emotional". It was the time when hopes were the highest, credibility for
the training was peaking, opportunities for utilization of what they had been taught were being
mentally formulated, and they wanted to let it all out.
For a marketer it is an opportunity to get some of that priceless, deep from the heart
testimonials and endorsements that, as I mentioned earlier, are paramount to further success.
For many, if not all of the attendees, it is the only time when thought has been given to what
they are about to do. No other outside destractions are demanding of their "mental" time.
They've experienced educational and fact-backed credibility, they've seen first-hand
demonstrations of what they will soon experience themselves, and have heard others who have
followed the program earlier and have reaped the benefits. They want to jump on that band-

wagon and be part of it. This is their first opportunity.

Jay, I did two things that used emotions which worked dramatically well. One I learned
completely from you, the other I came up with myself. - Post-school questionaire: At lunch on the last day of the school a questionaire was passed
around to each student. But this questionnaire was designed differently. All the questions were
postured toward latter marketing usage. And they were also designed to allow emotions, (which are
running high at this point), to be easily injected.
Questions such as - If a friend in a like position as yours were to pull you aside privately right
now and ask you, "Would you recommend that I attend this training, and why?"

"GO!"
Responses such as, "Definitely, you can't get this kind of instruction anywhere else!"
"Absolutely! We were concerned about added production - not anymore!" , are common place and
serve a mighty purpose for future marketing.
In fact, my second school mailing was 95% quotations from the answers to the
questionnaire. (I had 142 useful quotations from 43 men at the November training.)
Furthermore it serves as a warmup and thought provoker for.....
- ....stand up and speak your piece at the end of the school
Others have called this exercise '"round the room". Specifically, as you well know, it's at the
end of the school when each student is given the opportunity to stand and voice what he learned,
how he'll use it to his advantage, and any other revelations and new found understandings he may
have experienced.
The questionniare serves as a warmup. It gets them thinking and internally verbalizing
what they are feeling about the program. They write it down.
And then extend it even to a higher zenith or peak with a stand up vocal testimonial.
For fear of sounding egotistical I'll refrain from giving specific quotations, yet I assure you
they are powerful in the least, and tearful from pride in the greatest.
But, as we've related together so often Jay, my school is only a "money hobby". In my prime
business of lumber manufacturing it's been equally as impacting.
Two ways particularly.
Way #1- A complete, total body X-ray of our sales approach revealed that we constantly
violated Marking Mistake #7 - Failing to make it easy to do business.
No kidding. After asking ourselves what could be difficult about our sales policies it
became painfully clear that we were far too rigid - rigid in the sense of not enough pricing flexibility - we wanted to firm price every thing for
up to 1 year. When after a small amount of research revealed that pricing at the time of

shipment yielded just as good a margin, and made the customer far more comfortable in the sense
his cost in each shipment was what the "market would bear" at the time of that shipment.
Too, some customers had voiced that they preferred custom packaging. Earlier, we had
balked, but for no real good reason. That soon changed.
Results: Long term contract sales of 25% of production rose to 40%, and with half the
effort. As well, 95% of the customers started "re-upping" each year. Previously it was 60%.
Way #2 - The introduction of "flexibility" into our manufacturing and marketing process.
If there is one "chagrin" to the lumber business it's that it is rigid in it's product mix - "we
make what we make and you can buy it or not.'" Know what I mean?
After canvasing our customer base, (remember, "the market will tell you"), we found several
new products high in demand and easy for us to make. In fact, one complete new product has no
cost involved and adds $15,000/ month to our bottomline. Again, 100% total profit.
Jay, in total to say that marketing has made me a higher level of income is an
understandment.
In reality it has made me a wiser person. Far more capable of serving my fellow man.
I guess you first made it clear to me when you said, "George above all, let your customer
know beyond a shadow of a doubt that his interests and success are supremely paramount to yours.
When you can do that, both consciously and unconsciously, you'll have realized and learned what
marketing is all about."
That is my credo.
With the greatest of respect, I am now and always shall be....

P.S. Jay, many have called you "Creative Genius", "Idea Machine", "Mastermind Leader", and
the like. All real and correct.
If I had to characterize you in a few short words it would be this -

".....a man who has observed and learned from his experiences. Analyzed those
experiences and delightfully laid them forth in terms that I and thousands of others can
understand. To just read your words, and hear you speak and teach, serve only as
guideposts to our taking action. Only then can we truly learn from what you so
graciously took the effort to create and gift to others."

Bell Enterprises
Rte. 378 & Walter Avenue Bethlehem, PA
18015 (215) 865-3323 Fax (215) 861-0444
Mr. Jay L. Abraham
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I decided, in appreciation for what you've done for me, to write you this letter.
As you may or may not know, I've never attended any of your live "training" seminars although for whatever the reason, I took
a leap of faith and purchased your home study program.
I'll admit, I was extremely hesitant about sending you my money. My wife and I kept saying to each other "there's no way anyone
can change their life by listening to audio tapes and reading a few books about the life and times of Jay Abraham, some marketing guru
from California." Well. I must say..."boy were we wrong!"
I can't imagine what I'd be doing today if I hadn't purchased your home study program. I'd probably be going to work at 8 A.M.
and leaving at 5 P.M....doing the same mediocre job for my clients I always did...and letting my business take me wherever it pleased.
But thanks to you...things have changed. And I just thought, maybe, by writing you this letter and sharing my experiences with
you, you might pass it on so that other people can enjoy the same success I have or at least the same opportunity to take action. It's
absolutely amazing what I've been able to accomplish by simply reading your material, listening to the audio tapes and watching your
videos again...and again...and again.
Every time (to this day) I read, listen to or watch any of your materials, I pick up something new. A new tactic, a new approach, an
idea I can use to help one of my clients prosper. Before I understood your concepts and made them a part of my mindset, I was just another
"run-of-the-mill" marketing consultant. I charged fees and got paid whether my strategies and ideas worked or not.
I never tested any headlines, approaches, offers, guarantees or prices. I had no idea what a USP was, and now it is the cornerstone of
how I look at building profits The thought of negotiating P.I. deals with the media or trying to attain free publicity was the last thing I
would have ever done for my clients and leverage was something I used to open my car door when it jammed.
But now, I apply these techniques all the time. Not only for me...but for all my clients as well. Let me explain:
In 1992, I helped a small mortgage broker earn over $31,000 in less than 45 days by simply applying the concept of testing. I tested
two or three headlines until I found a winner we could run with. Prior to my knowledge of testing, I would never have tried to see how
"high was high." My client and I would have been satisfied with mediocrity.
I recently applied your technique of two-step lead generation for a small manufacturer of parts-making equipment. I created such an
abundance of qualified leads that a $200 million corporation took notice perceived my small, $2-million-a-year client as a threat and is,
at this very moment, negotiating serious "buy-out" offers and licensing arrangements that could make my client extremely wealthy.
I grew an appliance distributor by over $300,000 in less than 12 months (during the heart of the recession) when the last thing
consumers were buying was luxury appliances. How? By uncovering the most lucrative aspect of their business (its volume buying
power) and selling that asset to the dealers rather than the product itself.
Everyone in the market was competing on price and price alone. They all said, "buy from us because we have the lowest price." I
was the first one to tell the marketplace "why" we had the lowest price. Prior to exposing myself to your material, I would never have
known to tell the marketplace the reason why we could offer such low prices. Correspondingly neither myself nor my client would be as
successful today.
Most recently I found myself laughing at another rather humorous situation.
A real estate developer contracted me to sell a $400,000 piece of property that had been sitting stagnant on the market for over
three years. Four different real estate agents had tried to sell it and each one kept saying the price was too high. So, when I took over
the marketing, the price had been lowered to $329,000.

Now here's the funny part. A few years ago, I would have done the same thing as the real estate agents...but not this time. Thanks to
you, I stepped out of my shell and away from the myopia that plagued everyone else, and realized that lowering the price was not going to
sell the property.
After all...everyone else had already tried it and it didn't work...so I tried something different. I asked the developer if I could
raise the price to $400,000 and use the $70,000 savings in a more effective way. He agreed, and I ran the following ad the next day:
"Bank Forces Developer to Sell Property Within 60 Days"
Developer willing to carry fne cost of your spec house, lot, or home until it sells or for 12 months
whichever comes first. Call 555-5555 for info.
The odds of my client having to fork over more than $70,000 in interest costs was highly unlikely.
As a matter of fact, the ad generated over 15 qualified prospects in one week and a sale in less than 30 days. Why? Because you
taught me how to "see the forest through the trees." You showed me how to find the hot buttons that make people tick. And I thank you
for that.
I now make a minimum of $25,000 every time I take on a new client. Prior to taking your home study course, I would have been
satisfied to make one-third of that amount.
My confidence and ability to help a company improve their profits has grown to such heights that I now enjoy (just like you) getting
paid 25 to 50 percent of the new incremental profits I help my clients earn. As a matter of fact, I've gotten so good and proficient at
improving bottom-line profits that I've even begun to get free nationwide publicity (another technique I learned from your program).
I've been a featured guest on numerous talk shows across the country such as, Small Business Strategies in Boston, MA; Morning
Business Drive in Washington, DC; Newsroom in Richmond, VA; as well as Business Day, Good Day U.S.A., The Stan Major Show and The
Sonny Bloch Show which are all syndicated nationally to a total, combined audience of over 265 cities across the country.
Doug Stephan, Chairman of the Board for the Independent Broadcasters Network, referred to me as "the nation's newest and
brightest young marketing expert you could ever meet."
All the success I'm enjoying now is a direct result of learning and attaining the mindset necessary to see opportunities where no one
else can. As a result, my clients are much happier with my services. Their profits have soared, and my income has doubled.
My wife is happier. I spend more time with my two children and I go to bed at night looking forward to the next day.
Jay, I hope you pass my story on to others who might be hesitant about the positive impact your home study program can have on
both their income level and their happiness. If they can't attend your program either due to cost or time constraints believe me, sending
for the home study version is a worthwhile decision.
As I mentioned earlier, "thank God I had the guts to take a leap of faith and purchase your materials." Believe me.. I was
nervous when I made that decision but it has paid for itself a hundred times over.
I realize you're a busy man...so I'll stop my rambling. But let me say just one more thing. I'm sure there are a lot of people who
call your office with the same concerns, aspirations and fears I had before I purchased your home study program. Tell them I said, "not to
worry." The home study program will be the best investment they ever make whether they own an existing business, want to own a
professional practice or are about to purchase or invest in any business enterprise.
Better yet, if they're really hesitant about the bottom-line impact your program can have on their lives, go ahead and share my
success stones with them you can even show them this letter I won't mind at all...as a matter of fact, I'd be honored if you did.

P.S.: Last year I made 4 percent return on my CD in the bank but I made over 2,100 percent return on my investment in the home study
program and that was last year alone!

Star Performance Seminars

3038 Industry St., Suite 106
Oceanside, CA 92054
Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
In February of 1993, I paid $5,000 to send two of my employees to your three day workshop. Since I'm in
the training business, I expected a lot for that kind of money.
My CEO and Marketing Director returned from your class with lukewarm feedback. I was looking for
spectacular ideas and insights.
I was going to ask for a refund.
I decided to first listen to the live audio tapes that we received a few weeks later and I'm glad I did.
I don't think my ex-employees went to the same workshop.
I got more usable ideas in those audio tapes than I had in almost every audio and video program I had ever
listened to combined. I had a renewing of the mind experience.
I immediately scheduled myself to attend your August conference.
It was by far the finest interactive high level of exchange thinking I had or have since participated in.
What has happened to my business and personal life since meeting you and implementing many of your ideas
is truly magnificent.
$2.000,000 Increase in Sales And
Traveling 10 Less Days a Month
Since listening to your tapes and totally emerging myself in your mindset, these are the 7 areas of my
business and personal life that you have positively impacted.
1.)

As a Real Estate trainer, I had no USP. I was a commodity. My USP now is:
"Your Personal Business Coach - For Life."
I have created a line of products and services that allow me to work with my client base as their coach
for life. This single idea is directly responsible for my reducing the number of days of the month I
travel from 18 a month to 8. Today I invest 50 percent of my effort working to serve e my current
clients more effectively as opposed to 100 percent of the time searching for new clients.
Jay, thank you for this gift. By the way, Jay, my top agents that I coach are now using the USP,
"Your Personal Realtor - For Life." Your impact is far reaching.

2.)

My product sales per person before meeting you was $30-35 per person.
You taught me 3 simple yet profound ideas that directly increased my product sales per person to $5060. That represents over $300,000 increase in revenue.

3.)

My three day seminar sales were averaging 100 people per program before I was introduced to
your concepts. Within 90 days, I increased that to 150 to 200 people per program, and 50 percent of
that increased business is referral. That's a $468,000 increase in revenue.

4.)

Jay, you also showed me how to set up my business back end. I had never mailed to my seminar
attendees as a matter of fact, we even contemplated throwing away the names at one time. Jay told
me to mail them an offer for a $20 product after the seminar.

We did.
The results - 20 percent of them buy - $30,000 in sales in 3 months. We will easily do $120,000 in
sales this year.
5.)

Jay, our new direct response marketing division will generate $250,000 in new business.

6.)

The new Insider's Club, which you and I started together, has gone from $0 to $250,000 in 3
months. We are on pace to increase that to $1,000,000 in the next 6 months.

7.)

You have had a major input in my entire shift in mindset from selling to serving. That's
probably worth $10,000,000 over the next 2 to 3 years.

Jay, if we never talked again, you have impacted my life in such a massive way mostly by helping me
redefine who I am and what contribution I make to others.
The amount of money I will earn from this shift will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars during my life
time (God willing). More importantly, my family and clients will enjoy a level of Joe Stumpf that they may
have never known if it wasn't for you thank you! Your friend and servant,

amdahl

AMDAHL CORPORATION

PHONE:
(908) 846-1400

TWO TOWER CENTER

15TH FLOOR
EAST BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY 08816

March 31, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA. 90274
Dear Jay,
It is with great pleasure that I share with you my recent successes using your
Mastermind Principles.
You are truly a mind expander and as I tell my associates you have the "only" PHD in
Marketing.
Let me outline a short list of successes with you. Since I have trained many of my
subordinates using your techniques I have no idea how to quantify the impact on them.
My association with you has truly been an enlightening and rewarding experience for me.
I find myself, almost daily using your principles, implementing your ideas, and continully
using your taped and written materials.

Principle Implemented/Successes;
* Revere what you do
Simply by understanding and applying this principle we recently signed a contract for
$380,000 for services that, in the past we would have given away. This contract ted to
a software license for an additional $400,000.
- Developing your USP
We have taken a technically complex product and defined a USP that lets the customer
know that "we can develop his application in one half the time and at one half the
cost and we guarantee it". The result to date is $400,000 in sales with many more sales
to follow this year. I believe this concept alone will produce an excess of $1.5M in
sates this year.

. Understanding the marginal net worth of your customers

After I better understood this principle I took a whole new look at our customer base.
One of our second tier (dormant accounts) had not bought new hardware from us in
five years. Much to my surprise this account contributed $5M profit to the bottom line
during the last five years from maintenance and software services. We have begun
taking a whole new look at our second tier accounts. Many of these accounts are
funding our future.
. Building a backend
I recently consulted with some friends of mine who own a financial services agency.
They are the number one agency in their company. ! worked with them on a strategy
on how to go from first class to world class. I showed them how to build/test and
develop a backend. They want me to help them to reach the next level. They have
never met a person like me who could show an experienced group of marketers how to
become substantially better. Obviously they don't know you.
* Funnel Vision versus Tunnel vision
I have been regarded as a forward thinker for sometime by many people in our
company. Your concept of funnel vision has reinforced the need for each person to
break out of his box, create the job, and develop the vision that will best serve his
needs. I truly believe that this is what employee empowerment, increased productivity,
and improved employee morale are all about.
In my work group if you don't like what is going on, change it. We create the vision.
Our business unit has averaged $130 million in sales per year for the last 10 years.
Most people would find that record enviable. We know we can do better using your
ideas. Everyone has been trained on your concepts.
PS.
I introduced my son who is a physical therapist to your materials and concepts. He developed
a plan for expansion of the practice where he works and reviewed the ideas with the owner.
Several weeks passed when the owner informed him that he was going to open a new practice
and he would like him to run it. He based the decision of the fact that my son was one of the
very few therapists that could think like a business person.

In summary, you have made a significant change in the way I think. When I go on a sales call
1 look forward to calling on an executive and seeing how I can use my new found knowledge to
help him to solve his business problems. I know if he truly regards me as a consultant I will
eventually earn his business. This makes the job fun, exciting and filled with more opportunity
than ever before.
You said the world is a 3D movie. Jay I want to thank you for giving me a pair of 3D
glasses so that I can see the myriad of opportunities. Despite twenty seven years in
marketing I thank you for continuing to make it a world of unlimited possibilities.

Very truly yours,

Robert A. Molluro
Regional Vice President
Amdahl Corporation

MARKETING MAGICTM, INC

Jay Abraham
The Abraham Company

944 Indian Peak Road, Suite 220

Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
March 7, 1994,
Dear Jay,

I am responding to your request for success stories.

As you know, when I met you in September of 1989, my first company, Micro Dynamics,
Ltd. (MDL) had a great product, but had no clue how to market it. I knew I didn't
know. I wanted to learn from the best. But I had no idea where to start.
Therefore, I attended your first Protege Training program in September 1989. At that
time, the fee of $15,000 was an absolute fortune for me.
Protege Training was the most incredible business experience I have ever had. The only
way I can describe it is "the lights went on." You molded my mindset with very simple
yet phenomenally powerful concepts, ideas, strategies, perspectives, action plans,
examples, etc.
During the week-long training, by phoning into our offices and making a few minor
adjustments in our marketing, we generated additional profits of $60,000 - and I hadn't
even finished attending the seminar yet! So before I left Protege Training, I had already
made back 4 times my investment! The following month, we made a $250,000 sale
that we had been trying to make for over 2 years. It was again based on just one small
idea (related to financing options) from the several thousand I got during Protege
Training.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg. Applying this information, we increased Micro
Dynamics revenues by 260% and went from a loss to a $526,000 profit in
just the first year! We were recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the 500 fastest
growing private companies in America in 1991 and 1992.
But there is much more. You suggested writing an information product that we give
prospects to educate them. We wrote Choosing the Right imaging System; An Insiders Guide
to the imaging Market. This alone created more credibility and had more positive results
than any other single thing we could have done. We distributed about 30,000 copies,
with 4 printings. It became the book in my industry. Even our competitors were ordering
it to train their employees! It made me an "expert" in our industry. It finally even
became a Comdex White Paper.
225 Crossroads Blvd. #403 * Carmel. CA 93923 (408)
624-6700 phone * (408) 626-6416 fax

My husband and I have since sold part of our stock in Micro Dynamics and have
moved to our favorite spot: Carmel California. And I've started a new business that I
again love and feel very passionate about.
But Jay, the most valuable thing I got out of Protege Training was the knowledge and,
in fact, security, that I could be successful at anything I really wanted to do. I felt you
had shared with me the "secrets" of success. All I needed to do was apply them.
You know, it's very hard to articulate exactly what it is that you do. You help achieve
breakthrough thinking with simple yet incredibly powerful concepts. I'd say you really
are a "marketing genius." I don't use the term "genius" lightly -I met a lot of very
smart people when I was at graduate school at Stanford and even more within my
industry, but I only use that term to describe a handful of people.
Since Protege Training, I've done 4 other programs with you. In each, the lowest
measurable, quantifiable benefit I've received is 4 times my investment. It does become
a no-brainer to continue to learn more from you.
Jay, if there's anything I can do for you, just let me know. And thanks again.

H O N D A - MAZDA M E R C E D E S - B E N Z BMW PORSCHE AUDI LAND ROVER

Ladies and Gentlemen:

About a year ago I received a compelling letter in the mai1
talking about a Mastermind Marketing meeting. Being a MercedesBenz/B.K.H. dealer my sales and service business was slow. I believed
the only way to prosper was to market my way out of the doldrums. I
initially had a hang up about spending $5000.00 to attend a seminar,
but what I was doing and had done in the past wasn't working. I
needed something new.

I flew out to Los Angeles and spent three solid fourteen to

sixteen hour days, listening to JAY ABRAHAM and his associates and
fellow Mastermind associates.
Over the last twelve months Jay has been my consultant and a
wonderful friendship has developed. Jay took an indepth view of our
business which included personnel, merchandising, banking
relationships and media selection. .
For an hour a week ha prodded as, praised us, challenged our
minds beyond belief and streched our minds even further! He helped us
structure "risk reversal" with several radio stations in our area,
helping us leverage our marketing dollars to the maximum. Jay coached
us and helped structure some of the most powerful, take-action letters
which brought customers into our dealership in droves. (Not just
traffic, but buyers! )
Holtz House Of Vehicles, Inc. 3955 West Henrietta Road Rochester New York 14623
(918)3340880 * (918) 424-4040

The three ways in which Jay repeatedly coached us an how to make

ft business more profitable have had a major impact on our staff. As a
result our team has gained massive leverage and taken a quantum leap
toward maximizing our profits.
X have found Jay to be demanding, tough, compassionate,
protective and someone you can really count on. Little did I know a
year ago that this marketing genius had a wealth of knowledge on ever;
Subject. His capabilities for teaching and coaching his proteges to
new heights is beyond belief.

Jay has helped make us a far more powerful force in the

automotive industry and has enabled me to grow on a personal
level more than I can ever put to words.

TOTAL P. 03

January 28,1994
Jay Abraham
Abraham Personal Advisory Services
944 Indian Peak Road, Suite 220
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I wanted to thank you for sharing your marketing mind-set with me.
I have been a student of marketing since the early '80's and I am
commited to life long learning. This thirst for marketing
knowledge lead me to discover one of your publications, "Your
Marketing Genius" in 1987. Using your principles and advice I
have been able to grow The Harty Press, Inc. from 5 million in
annual sales to over 12 million.
Over the last six years I have purchased "For Your Marketing Eyes
Only" and I have home studied via video tape your "Marketing Boot
Camps", "Prodige Training" and "Australian Boot Camp." The
information and marketing programming you share in these programs
is very powerful and is well worth every penny you charge.
The Northeast has been in recession since 1989 and using your
concepts I have grown and leapfrogged the competition. While the
competition was going backwards or struggling to stay even, The
Harty Press was and is enjoying good growth rates.
Using concepts like USP, Marginal Net Worth, Host-Parasite, and
Guarantees we have consistently added 150 to 200 new accounts
every year totaling $1.5 to 2 million in sales.
Anyone who is interested in growing a business and bringing more
money to the bottom line, must expose themselves to your valuable
information and methodologies.
Thank you.

P.S. Your recent thrust of the 3 ways to grow a business is a

powerful model and I'm looking forward to each strategy.

March 25, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Co., Inc.
944 Indian Peak Road
Suite 220
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
It is with great pleasure that I am writing you the following testimonial letter!

GLACIER RIDGE SALES INCREASE 80% IN THE LAST THREE

MONTHS OF 1993 COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD ONE
YEAR AGO!
COMPANY PRESIDENT ATTRIBUTES MUCH OF SUCCESS DUE TO
IMPLEMENTATION OF JAY ABRAHAM TECHNIQUES

Using marketing techniques learned during your seminars I turned a challenging year 1993 - filled with production problems into a stepping point for greater success in 1994!
Jay Abraham has been an eye opener for me. He had tought to see things from a
different perspective, increase our view and understanding - therefore finding more
opportunities that others would not see. Jay also causes me to ask better questions - i.e.
- How can I profit from this? What is the hidden opportunity? With whom can I establish
a mutually profitable joint venture?
Based on several key points in your lectures, Glacier Ridge made the following
alterations to its marketing approach, leading to incredible growth!

Shipping Address 222 South Easton Road, Suite 120 Glenside, PA 19038
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 187 Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 886-4670 FAX: (215) 886-8612

Mr. Jay Abraham

March 25, 1994

1) WE DISTINGUISHED OURSELVES FROM COMPETITORS BY

DEVELOPING A UNIQUE SELLING PROPOSITION - U.S.P.
Unlike most "New Age" beverage products, Glacier Ridge is made from 100%
Spring Water. Our new U.S.P. urges consumers to "Taste the Spring Water
Difference," and that message has been incorporated into all sales literature,
advertising and letterhead.
2) WITH ENDORSEMENT LETTERS WE INCREASED OUR DISTRIBUTOR
BASE BY 25%.
We sent endorsement letters from distributors and consumers, and thus
persuaded 5 new distributors to represent the Glacier Ridge brand.
3) RISK REVERSAL HAS HELPED TO PERSUADE UNTOLD NUMBERS OF NEW
RETAIL ACCOUNTS TO SELL GLACIER RIDGE!
Since June 1993, we have guaranteed that when a new-retail store buys 1 case of
Glacier Ridge, it can return any unused product for a refund after 90 days if the
store is unsatisfied with the product in any way.
4) REFERRALS FROM EXISTING DISTRIBUTORS HAS HELPED US FIND
DISTRIBUTORS IN NON-COMPETING REGIONS, AND OUR TERRITORIES ARE
NOW GROWING!
Last year, you could find Glacier Ridge only along the Northeast Corridor. Now,
you can find our product in Florida, Texas, Colorado, and parts of the Midwest.
i just wanted to thank you, Jay, for indirectly acting as my marketing mentor. With my
heightened marketing awareness and a truly great product to sell, Glacier Ridge
Beverage Company is bound for continued greatness in 1994!
Sincerely yours,

Marc S. Greenblatt
President
MG:ms
enclosures

Jay Abraham c/o

Abraham Publishing Croup, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Ste. 100
Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274

April 11,1994

In June 1990, I revived an idea for a better tool for removing mats and tangles from my dogs coat. The idea, had
come years before, when I had a cockapoo dog for a pet that always looked a mess, even just days after
professional grooming. But in 1990 I had read Anthony Robbins' Unlimited Power, had begun to act on my
ideas, taking the next step, or at least a next step, toward my goals.
I had also decided to get out of the aerospace engineering business, and to learn the skills of marketing where, it
seemed to me, the big money was made. One day my wife Jo, humoring my musings, suggested I build the
dematting tool and learn to market it I took that as an approval to risk real money (our money) and started
running. Four years later and with $85,000 in long term debt in tow, I have licensed the now very popular
MatBreaker grooming tool for production and distribution in the US to a still small, but rapidly growing company in
the pet industry. We expect my royalty to grow to S150,000 per year within three years. I retained rights to
foreign sales and for Direct Marketing in the US, and will launch a TV sales program in the next two months.
From Robbins' books and tapes I had learned the value of "Taking Action", observing the outcome, making changes
to improve the result, and taking a next step in line with the goals. Second, I had learned the value of other
peoples experience. So I joined an inventors group to learn how to patent an idea, I joined several entrepreneurs
groups to learn how to bring it into existence, and I started reading everything I could find on
marketing. I listened to every audio tape program I could beg, borrow or buy, watched hours of Brian Tracy
lectures, and subscribed to thirty or so magazines in the skill areas I thought I needed, thereby getting on probably a
million mailing lists-one of which was Jay Abraham's.
Now anyone who says they are worth $25,000 per hour is either very very good at what they do, or full of shit--I
had to find out which. In this particular mailing, he was pitching a marketing course for about ten times what an
expensive book on the subject would be, but I could pay for it over many weeks, one lesson at a time. It sounded
too good to be reel, but I could send it back if I didn't like it ( good Idea #1-always have an unconditional
guarantee). When the stuff came I couldnt put it down: it wasn't theory, it was parables and stories and just
grabbed me and put me right in the action. 1 could visualize myself putting these ideas to work-Now!
I was so impressed by the creativity of this man and me workability of his ideas and experience, I couldn't wait for
the lessons to trickle in. so I paid a lump sum for the rest of the course so I could read it all at once. Bad idea-for me!
I never had time to read the rest I got so rapped up in the marketing, publicity, ad design, the production problems
and the sales calls and trade shows and doing all this real world stuff, that I never got to read it all at once. In
fact, I saturated on the shear number of incredibly good ideas in a very. short time, probably using less man one or
two percent of what I read. Jay Abraham Is full of profit-making ideas, and the ones I put into action worked for
me...
The point is, I got so many insights and practical methods which I actually implemented that I succeeded with only
the first 10 lessons. Since it was a small business, and a small first entrepreneurial effort-we're not talking big
bucks here-I can't really impress you with a Bill Gates story of my own. But I can say I more than doubled my sales
every year, going from $13,000 in year one to $180,000 in the third year, and succeeded in attracting a buyer that
will provide the cash flow to finance my next venture. I did it without a single employee, never expanding out of my
home office, contracting out every aspect of the business but the core marketing function. And I had an
incredible adventure along the way. And you can bet I'm about to sit down and read the rest of this priceless course
before I proceed to my first multi-million dollar venture- the next one!

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February 3, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.

944 Indian Peak Road

Suite 110
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Good morning Jay:

Boy do I ever have a bone to pick with you. My intent when I signed up for the
November, 1993, Boot Camp was to learn a little bit about marketing and a few
strategies that I might implement to increase my business. Well I followed your
advice and to date I have listened to the pre-attendance tapes (four times), read
"Your Marketing Genius at Work" (twice). I have even listened to the tapes of
the November Boot Camp (three times). I have implemented a number of your
concepts such as referral letters, communications with my past clients, backends, upselling, joint ventures, and finding a specific niche within my area of
expertise (emergency and disaster planning). And do you want to known what I
have to show for all of this? Well I'll tell you. More business than I known what
to do with at 2 to 5 times my previous daily rate. I conservatively estimate that
my business will experience an increase of 400% this year. And you probably
thought I was mad at you for something, didn't you? Well I am upset. I can't find
anywhere in your materials where you give advice on how to handle such
explosive growth. Four months ago I would have never dreamed that I would
have such a problem.
Prior to attending your Boot Camp I was making a comfortable living conducting
training programs on hazardous materials handling and helping businesses
prepare for emergency situations. I am well respected within my industry and
relied totally on word-of-mouth advertising. Being well respected does not
however mean that you get paid more than someone that is less respected. I had
written a relatively successful book on hazardous materials regulations in 1987
and this had helped me gain a number of clients. My business is moderately
competitive in that there are constantly new people going into the business on a
daily business. You see I knew there
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February 3, 1994

had to be a better way. One in which I didn't have to compete with every
Tom, Dick and Harry so to speak.
Throughout the Boot Camp I continually kept trying to come up with that one
idea or concept that would set me apart from my competition. Every few minutes
I would come up with another idea. I was certainly suffering from information
overload. Monday morning following the Boot Camp as I was taking a shower at
the Westin getting ready to fly back home the idea came to me, yes in the shower.
It was so simple but it had never occurred to me. Well that idea didn't work, at
least not totally. But what it did was allow me to refocus the concepts that I had
been using for several years and packaged it into what will create a niche for me.
Selling the concept and benefits of emergency planning to business executives
was always an uphill battle. It didn't really matter that there were Federal
regulations that mandated the development of such plans. Simply put most
business executives are too busy trying to make money. Emergency planning and
preparation is never a priority until they are faced with an emergency. Making
payroll is a more pressing concern. You see what I did was ask myself and a
number of business people what was important to them. What I found was that
the most important thing to business owners was making their product or
providing their service and staying one step ahead of their competition.
Most people have difficulty accepting the fact that they could experience a major
fire or be devastated by an earthquake or hurricane. In fact the odds are very small
that a business will ever suffer a catastrophic incident. So I put another twist on
my approach. Almost every business will suffer from problems such as loss of
telephone service and power surges. What is the impact of losing your telephone
for a number of hours? For a business that relies heavily on the telephone it
could cost thousands of dollars. I simply made them focus on common situations
that could literally cost them tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Instead
of telling a business executive that I can help them prepare for the big one I tell
them that I can generally identify several overlooked situations that they may be
vulnerable to and that could cost them a considerable amount of money. These
same strategies work not only for handling a relatively minor situation but also
in recovery form a catastrophic incident. I have always given my clients this
information but I emphasized the wrong points. What I though was important to
my clients really wasn't, at least not in their eyes. I never spent the time to ask
them what was important to them, I just assumed that I knew what was.

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A number of people that I have talked with have thought that they were well
prepared and that it was doubtful that I could find any strategies that would be so
profound to them. Well in order to make the offer irresistible I used your risk
reversal technique. I simply tell the prospective client that if I can't provide them
with strategies that are worth at least 10 times the value of my fee then my
services are free and that I will even absorb the travel costs. The notion that I
would travel across the country at such a potential risk to myself has convinced a
number of executives to allow me to conduct my assessments at their facilities. I
ask them what do they have to lose by not giving me a chance. The worst that can
happen is that I will have wasted some of their time. The most likely result is that
I will identify several areas that they are vulnerable to that they had never
thought of and provide them with several strategies that can minimize their loss
from minor situations and keep them in business following a major incident.
The following will explain how I have implemented just a few of your concepts.
I intend to try some of the other concepts when I can find out how to compress 48
hours in 24.
Referrals - I had never used referrals in the past to my full advantage. I now ask
for referrals from each of my clients and have had no problem in obtaining them.
In addition, I have made agreements with six individuals across the country that
have become my paid referral system so to speak. All of these people have
extensive contacts within their industry and are more that willing to use their
influence to help me get contracts for a piece of the action. This alone has been
the single most powerful concept that I have utilized.
Back-ends - Once I get in the door to do my assessments I will generally identify
several upsells and back-ends that the client will need such as training, plan
development, safety equipment, etc.. I have made arrangements with equipment
vendors to refer my clients to them for a piece of the action and since I don't
have enough time to handle all of the potential upsells that a client may need I
have set up agreements with three of my "competitors" to handle the excess
training and plan development work for a piece of the action.
Seminars to promote business - I have made arrangements with two large
organizations for them to sponsor a three hour workshop on my strategies. They
will use the concept that they have made arrangements with me to

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conduct a very special workshop for their members. This will give me an
opportunity to present my ideas to a large number of potential clients and make
these organizations look good at the same time. In addition, the organizations
will provide me with a copy of their mailing list so that I can follow-up with the
attendees.
Publications- I have taken the ideas that I have had over the past several years,
repackaged them, included some of your concepts and have put my thoughts into
two books. Yes, I have written two books in the past month in my "spare time".
The first book "The Executive Guide to Disaster Planning" is at the printers and
the second book "Strategies to Reduce Your Vulnerability from Emergencies" will
be published in early March. In addition, I will be recording an audio tape
package that will explain my concepts for those too busy to read the books. You
might be wandering how I might have used some of your concepts to help a
business prepare for an emergency? Well many of the concepts that will help grow
a business will also help them recovery from an emergency. Joint ventures and
alliances can be used as just one example following an emergency. The ability to
utilize another businesses production, distribution, or office facilities following
an emergency can allow a business to continue operations.
Communications with clients -I have increased the number of mailings that I
provide to my clients. I now mail, fax or call all of my clients and prospects every
three weeks. I have recorded an eight minute audio tape set-up as an interview
that talks about my concepts and how it will benefit a business. I will be mailing
out copies of this tape along with a short letter basically telling them that I have
sent them a copy of an interview that I recently did and that I wanted them to
have a copy in case they might have missed it since it has many concepts that may
help their business.
I am a firm believer that your concepts will work for anyone that will take the
time to study and implement them. It would have been very easy for me to give
up the first few times that I presented my ideas and they didn't work but I stuck
with it and I finally hit on the magic formula. I think that it is important for
people to understand that they may not get instant gratification from your
concepts and that it may take a few attempts to find that magic formula. But if
they stick with it they will ultimately find what it is that they seek.

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February 3, 1994

Just to let you know, I have signed up to attend the April Boot Camp and it looks
as if I will be bringing two of my associates that I have recently formed joint
ventures with. I figure that the more they know about your concepts the more
money that they will make for me.

Sincerely,

William H. Stringfield
President

Anthony
Anthony Robbins& Associates
Robbins
Trail
Voice: (303) 674-2696
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8241S. Tim Tam

FAX: (303) 674-0180

Wednesday, April 13, 1994

Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Rd. Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I apologize for the delay in sending you this "Success
Story" letter. I just moved both my home and office and I only
just received the forwarded letter requesting success stories.
I was assured by Brian in your office that I could still submit
my letter.
As you know, when I first attended your $5000 seminar and
followed it with a two-hour personal consultation, I had just
purchased a Tony Robbins franchise business and was starting it
up. We were generating approximately $4000 in monthly sales,
were growing slowly, but the system we were using was incredibly
demanding and stressful on me and my small staff.
We were generating our sales primarily by running ads in
the local newspapers and selling callers via the telephone on an
introductory event we call "Breakthrough!" which sold for $99.95
and included an incredible one-day seminar and one-hour personal
coaching session.
Then, at the event itself as well as in the personal
coaching sessions, we would work to enroll people into our
longer and more expensive intensives. The system was
working, but to me, it was inefficient and too stressful.
In my personal session with you, you recommended that I
shift from using newspaper advertising to direct mail. You
explained that by spending money in newspapers, we were
broadcasting our message to many, many people who would not be
interested in our product, whereas, by using direct mail, we
would only be broadcasting our message to people who had already
raised their hands and said "I'm interested."
It took me 3 or so months to create and test a direct mail
piece designed to fill much larger "Breakthrough!" seminars, but
we worked out the kinks and it is now working quite well. Sales
have increased from approximately $4000 a month to nearly
$15,000 a month (and are continuing to grow) and we're creating
250+ new customers a month (who are ripe for many back-end
offerings) instead of 40-50.
Each Franchise is Independently Owned and Operated

And you know what else? We're generating those ever

increasing numbers and possibilities with a fraction of the
effort and cost.
Let me explain.
Through another marketing contact of mine, I discovered a
very cost-effective letter shop in Florida. They print up our 5
page sales letter, customize the first page with the first name
of the recipient, insert everything, ink-jet the address of the
recipient and our return address on the envelope, affix a real
stamp, do the zip code sort, etc. -all for a very low cost.
We used to do all our mailings ourselves or didn't do them
at all because of lack of time or manpower.
Then, an answering service I learned about from Gary
Halbert takes our credit card enrollments for us - 24 hours a
day, seven days a week - faxes the orders to us once a day
which my assistant enters into our database, sends out
confirmation materials, etc.
So, all of a sudden, we're generating 250+ new customers
a month (profitably) and I barely have to lift a finger,
whereas before I was a stressed out maniac while generating
fewer enrollments and new customers - all because of using your
suggestion of direct mail.
Also, as a result of moving to the direct mail, "automated"
model I just described, I've been able to slash my overhead by
25% or more because my marketing costs are lower, I don't have
to pay commissions to sales people because the direct mail
piece does the selling, I don't waste time or money on retraining people due to inevitable turnover, and I now have more
time to spend on creating, testing and rolling out more and more
new marketing plans.
The result is lowered cost, increased productivity and
profitability, and reduced stress. All things very important
to me and I'm sure to any business owner.
Using ideas I learned from your seminar and pre-course
materials (better than money-back guarantee was a key one) , and
modeling the "offer package" you use for your own $5000
seminar, I re-structured my "offer package" for our intensive
seminars and doubled our enrollments in just a few months. And
enrollments are continuing to grow consistently as I continue to
use the model I developed with your help.

In fact, as a result of
award last year from Robbins
people of any franchise into

using your ideas, we won the

Corporate for enrolling the most
our Unlimited Power Weekend!

Using what I learned from you, for the people that just
could not or would not come up with the money for our more
expensive intensive seminars, we created "scaled-down,"
"modularized" versions that I anticipate could add $50,000 or
more in pure profit to our bottom line this year alone. The
sky's the limit for the future. And it's purely incremental
business since in the past we would not have gotten anything
from those customers at all.
There are so many more ideas you gave me, personally, and
through your materials and course, that I haven't even had time
to consider, test or implement yet, but with my new found time
and revenue stream, I plan to. And I know that they will
dramatically impact my business and personal life just as much
as what I've already mentioned.
You also wanted me to explain how I see you. In my work
with Tony Robbins, I've really learned the value of the concept
of "modeling." That is, if you want to create a specific
outcome in your life, go find someone else who's getting that
outcome consistently and find out what their belief systems,
strategies and physiology (if appropriate) are. Then, if you
adopt the same beliefs, duplicate their strategies and
physiology (if appropriate), you can achieve similar results.
To me, you are a model, a mentor for how to conduct my
marketing activities and run my business. Through your
materials, seminar and personal session, I've been able to
isolate and install your belief systems within myself. I've
learned and been taught many powerful strategies that you've
used. And, as a result, I've been able to achieve very
positive results (in my small business) in a much, much shorter
period of time than would ever have been possible without you.
I hope this helps you. If I can be of additional
assistance, feel free to contact me as follows:
Voice:
Fax:

(303) 674-0470
(303) 674-0180

Mail:

Robert Scheinfeld
Anthony Robbins & Associates
8241 S. Tim Tam Trail
Evergreen, CO 80439

(you can also send the "success set" to the above address)
Thanks again for all your help, Jay, and the impact
you've had on my life and business.
Good luck with the book!
Warmly,

1077 Lexington St., Suite 205 * Waltham, Massachusetts 02154

Tel. (617)893-9300 * FAX (617) 893-1558

March 28, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950
Indian Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
It is a great pleasure to report the positive results I've experienced since being exposed
to the marketing principles and ideas generated through the Abraham Experience. I was one
of two hundred individuals who sat through the three day extravaganza in April, 1993, which
you modestly refer to as a "business seminar". The concepts which I learned from this
experience have had a profound impact on the success of my business.
I am in the property tax abatement business, and generate my income by negotiating
reductions in property tax values with local assessors, resulting in tax refunds for my clients
and contingent fees for my efforts. Obviously, the more cases I have, the better it is for my
profits, since the vast majority of cases result in a fee. Going into the seminar, my goals were to
a) increase the volume of cases for fiscal year 1994, b) increase the average size of the
cases, and c) increase the number of early sign-ups, allowing me to do the work in advance, and
thus be able to handle a greater case load.
On the plane ride back to Boston, I mapped out my strategy, using the most
applicable ideas I culled from the materials you issued and concepts you discussed First, I
contacted every client whose contract had expired but was not renewed. I also contacted the
"moving parade" of prospective clients who had once shown an interest in my services. That
one effort resulted in sixty-five contract renewals for the upcoming property tax season.
Second, I developed a Pre-Season Sign-up Program, giving a discounted fee to anyone
who signed up with me before November 1, 1993. I mailed this letter to five of my best
areas, and tested five different headlines and long copy v. short copy. In addition, I asked forty
of my best clients to send me a testimonial letter telling me in their own words, on their own
letterhead, how much I saved them. I took the best 10 (I received over 25...) and included
them along with the long copy. (Remember, I'm someone who had never used testimonials to
generate business...never thought to...)
The results were dramatic. One headline pulled five times the responses as all the
others combined. Long copy beat short copy hands down (surprise!?!). I picked up twentyfive new properties. This may not seem like massive results, but it is striking when you
consider that in past years I've sent out marketing letters over the Summer with no..zero..zip
results. This was all "plus" business to me because I was able to prepare these cases during my
slow season.

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To put this early success in perspective, the previous year I had a total of 108 cases,
and did quite well. But there I was in November, 1993, at the beginning of my primary
marketing season, sitting with 90 cases in the bankand I hadn't even sent out my major
marketing letter. Now, November is a time of year when I'm usually worrying about whether
I'll have sufficient numbers of cases signed up in time for the January filing deadline. You
have no idea how gratifying it felt to be sitting with 90 cases, all developed over the Summer
and Fall.
The end result: After sending out my well-tested, major marketing letter in January,
1994 (when the majority of bills go out), I signed up an additional 64 cases, giving me a total
of 140 cases for the fiscal year property tax season. This represented an increase of
approximately 30% over the previous year. The total volume of representation increased from
$151 million to S233 million- a 54% increase! And best of all, the average size of case
increased by 20%. Not only did I get more cases, I got bigger cases, many of which were
from major corporations.
It is somewhat early to quantify the financial rewards of this increased case load. But
based on past experience, each additional case is worth on average, $5,000 to me over three
years of representation. That equates to an additional $160,000 in fees from the increased case
load. However, because the size of the average case is 20% higher, I expect the increase in
total fees to be substantially greater.
Now, this increase in business is no coincidencebecause in my field the competition is
getting more intense each year, as accounting firms, law firms, appraisers, and local
representatives have recently started to jump into the fray, all competing for the limited amount
of business that's out there. But, I increased my market share dramatically this year because I
came back from California with the only pair of 3-D glasses in my area!
What do I see you as? In simple terms I see you as a Master; someone who has
been exposed to countless experiences, points-of-view, and ideas, and has the wisdom
and perspective to sort out the best ones, and guide those of us who are smart enough to
listen through the maze of success.
So thanks again, Mr. Jay Abraham. It's been worth the time, effort and financial
commitment you've commanded.

Jay Abraham-Personal Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd. Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, Ca 90274
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE INCREASES NEW BUSINESS.
Dear Jay,
Enclosed is a compelling letter about a specific
business success we've had with your ideas. B98-FM
is a radio station that is cautious about
guarantee. In January, we offered a Performance
Guarantee to advertisers who we worked with to
construct a compelling commercial and suggested
frequency. We also guaranteed a 24 hour 7 day a
week service contract for each client. This
presentation was so welcomed, it increased our new
business for February at least 25% which is
$20,000. in 30 days. This continual presentation
should have an overwhelming effect on our bottom
line for the year.
Warmly,

Next month we are adding a referral system to all

our guaranteed customers. We will track how to
start a productive relationship via referrals. We
are writing a specific script for referrals.

Jay has the right to publish this letter as is

Chet Tart
VP/GM
KRBB-Wichita
200 N. BROADWAY, SUITE 300 WICHITA, KS 67202 (316) 265-9800 FAX (316) 265-1162

"Vets for Pets for Less"

Would You Want to Sit on a Hot Seat with

Jay Abraham Fring Questions at You?
Read How a Hot Seat Could Have Saved Me $200.000.....
Jay Abraham
5908 Lemon Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90805
Dear Jay,
We own PetsVet and decided to have me attend Jay's February, 1993,
marketing program after being bombarded (and immersed) in the vast amount
of pre-seminar materials sent to us. Evidently our names came from a Tony
Robbins list of "PowerTalk" subscribers. Why did I attend?
Several years ago in New Mexico, we lost over $200,000 in a business that
did not succeed. We were devastated. We had a great staff, an excellent
product, and we had spent a lot of money for some very ineffective media
advertising. We had sold two very successful veterinary practices in which we
had used media advertising very effectively, and used the proceeds to go into the
new venture. (Hot seat question #1 from Jay would be, "Why would you quit
doing something you are successfully doing for a new business in a new field?"
Why, indeed).
When we started that business we knew that marketing was a key
ingredient to success. Our name was cute, our ads were cute and they all
bombed. (Marketing mistake #....--NEVER TRY TO BE CUTE!) The sad
thing about this venture is we'd have never gone into it if we'd questioned
ourselves as thoroughly as Jay would have in a 10 minute hot seat.
In fact the hot seat set a new standard for my questioning things we do in
our present business. Seven months after we opened our present business,
veterinary services in Denver, we received information that would
Corporate Office
12597 E. Mississippi Ave #300

8175-P N.

Sheridan
Aurora. CO 800 i 2
(303) 360-0760

Arvada, CO 80003
(303)430-0919

direct our marketing program for our three veterinary practices.

We opened our first two practices within 4 months of each other because
we had an existing database for each practice from vaccination programs we had
done in 2 large pet warehouse stores in metro Denver. We knew we had value
in these pet records; Jay's training showed us how to enhance the value of
the database.

What Did We Learn from Jay?

1. We started with 13,000 pet records; 6500 in Aurora and 6500 in
Arvada. One year later we have 25,000 pet records including 2,000 in our
third and newest location.
2. Our first two locations have the same gross income after 2 years that
the practices we built and sold in New Mexico had after 10 years. At this time
the profit is less because we are still servicing debt.
3. Our profits are finally increasing because of something Jay emphasized
in his seminar and pre-seminar materials. Namely, what happens when you
increase your fees by 10% and what happens when you increase the number of
your customers by 10%.
4. Our gross income was $179,000 at the end of 1992. Our gross income
was $396,000 at the end of 1993. Appraisals of veterinary records state that
first year records are worth $20-$30 each and go up for the next three years for
a top value of $55 per record. 25,000 times $20 per record = $500,000 value in
pet records alone. In our experience, the only people who don't believe there
is any value in records are bankers. (And, the bankers we have talked to in
metro Denver still haven't figured out that their major assets are the people
who walk in the doors to do business. Amazing.)
5. Our newest clinic in Lakewood opened in late May. Our first month
grossed $1,300; the second month gross $6,900 and the third month $9,000.
It takes most new practices three years to gross $9,000 per month and five
years to get a database of 3,000 records. The advertising consisted of ValPak
coupons and a 12-page letter sent to a purchased database of 5,000 dog and
cat owners within 3 miles of the new clinic. Do people read 12-page letters as
Jay says they do? Absolutelywithin 3 days of mailing a

woman called to let us know she found an error on page 9. Seven months
later people were still bringing in the offer on page one of that 12-page letter.
6. Each month we mail to 25% of our own database. There are
vaccination reminders plus offers that require the people bring the letter or
coupon insert to the clinic. We test headlines, we test prices, and we track our
results. It's easy to answer yes or no to ad sales people when you know what
your results are.
7. Jay told us to go to our suppliers and see what they might
contribute. We came up with a program with our pet food vendor that every
new puppy and kitten would get a free bag of the food that we sell in our
clinics. The vendor pays for it; and, they send the family a coupon for another
purchase of the food. All I had to do was ask!
8. Jay emphasizes that a business must have a back end. We realized
that we needed to add reasons for people to come to PetsVet other than
annual vaccinations and an occasional illness or wound. We have added pet
food and plan to enhance our line of pet merchandise to give our clients a
reason to come in our door several times a year.
9. Jay says we have to sell and educate our clients, not just offer lower
prices. Every reminder letter that we send has additional educational
information with it.
10. According to Jay, we have to make it easy, appealing and desirable
to business with us. We offer evening and Saturday walk in hours with no
appointments needed. If clients can't make any of the afternoon, evening or
Saturday hours we have them call in the morning to see when surgery will be
done and have them come in that morning. On our ads we state, "Our Friendly
Staff Provides You with Professional Attentive Care at Affordable Prices. We
Guarantee It!"
11. Jay says that we need to focus on the intended customer when we
prepare advertising. Here are some things we say in our ads:
"You can trust that your pet is in good hands...Over the last 10 years
our licensed veterinarians have performed over 75,000 surgeries and 90,000
vaccinations...

We're happy to give you our fees over the phone and also any other
information you might need...We welcome your questions."
What else did we learn from Jay? For the past year we have scraped,
scrimped, and scrounged at our first clinic because of two nearby pet warehouse
stores with low cost veterinary service facilities. To our complete astonishment
one of the warehouse stores went out of business in November, 1993. That
forced the owner of the very successful veterinary practice located in the
store (of which he was also part-owner and which was a separate corporation)
out of business.
Did we jump for joy? Actually, we jumped for the phone. We realized
there was a tremendous asset in the pet records, which I had learned in
telephone chit chat with their receptionist totalled 14,000. What has finally
transpired is we are negotiating to merge that practice into ours. In the
meantime we are renting the pet records. No one else had addressed the issue
of their potential value.
Many veterinarians snickered, gossiped, jumped for joy at this
practitioner's misfortune. They just Bat lost out. We hired the veterinarian
who had owned the practice and before we even got the rental agreement
executed our gross income went up $7,000 in the first month for the scraping,
scrimping clinic. This veterinarian did not failhe got locked out of his
facility! We knew the whole process of opening up a new clinic, getting permits
and doing the build out would take up to 6 months because contractors in metro
Denver are so busy right now.
What did we get in addition to records? We got a veterinarian who was
passionate about his business. He grossed $700,000 out of 1200 sq. ft. in 1993.
What a fabulous opportunity for us. Because of the sheer volume of business
he did, we are considering adding additional services in each of our locations.
I'm sure much of what I've described is just common sense to Jay. And
I'm sure it's common sense to anyone who has been trained to think like Jay.
Veterinary medicine is a "dog eat dog" field of endeavor. Anything we can do to
increase our edge is going to insure the success and longevity of our business.

Here is What Jay Has to Offer to a Business Owner:

1. Marketing strategy~we have learned where to spend our money
effectively and, most importantly, that we must track our results. We've
learned that much media advertising is image only and designed to win awards
for the agency. Advertising has to convey to potential clients the essence and
the unique selling proposition of your business. It has to compel people to do
business with you. We've strengthened the results of our advertising by also
incorporating the letter-call-letter-call strategy with our in-house mailings.
2. Philosopher-it has been so helpful to our business to realize that
some of our staff are linear thinkers and some are fractal thinkers, and there is
certainly value in both ways of doing things! Jay also emphasizes building
ethical relationships in which you acknowledge rather than appropriate the
contributions of others to your business success.
3. Master strategist-it's far more effective to go to your competition
who is experiencing difficulty and see what you can do together rather than just
hope you'll get some of their old customers. Also, it's more effective to market
your strengths than cut your prices. It's effective to go to your vendors and ask
for assistance. It's effective to track your results in advertising and quit doing
that which does not produce results.
4. Master of the Hot Seatif every business decision were prefaced with
10 minutes on a hot seat with incisive questioning as Jay does, a lot of
mistakes in all kinds of businesses could be avoided. He has the unique
perspective of having worked with and interviewed business owners from very
small businesses to very large businesses. His questioning methods force an
accountability for decisions that are being made. Every business should have a
tape of Jay saying, "And why would you do that?"
Jay is very diverse in his counseling for businesses because he has
counselled so many people in diverse fields with diverse needs. Right now
PetsVet is a small business. That does not mean that we have a small vision of
our business. We know that within 10 years 35% of all veterinarians will be
working for corporations. Our vision is that PetsVet will be one of those
corporations.
We plan to offer a joint venture relationship to veterinarians wanting

an excellent working environment, surrounded by enthusiastic staff, seeing happy

clients (and pets) in well-managed, profitable and predictable businesses. We
can do more than just dream; through Jay's materials and seminars we have the
tools at hand to build our business.
Small businesses in America have to do more than just barely survive.
They have to grow. We look at the impact of Pets Vet, a small business, on the
lives of the employees and their contribution to the economy. In one year's
time, four of our ten employees were able to buy their first homes or upgrade to
a bigger home. Four of them were able to buy new cars. Two of them moved
from their parent's homes into their own homes. Four of them were able to
refinance their mortgages. Who says one person or one small business can't
make a difference. Jay Abraham has the tools for every small business to
succeed. He has the tools for every large, successful business to stay that way.
Sincerely,
PetsVet, Inc.

Lynn Schmaltz
Vice-President
P.S. I forgot to mention that Jay is a super salesman. After all, he did convince
me, by letter, to take the time to organize the information I've just shared with
you. He walks his talk. He says market to your customers consistently and
often. The letter I have just responded to was one of four letters I have received
about different issues from Jay in the last six weeks.

March 17, 1994

Jay Abraham
Marketing Genius
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
RE: SUCCESS STORIES WANTED
Dear Jay:
It took me a while to grasp the concepts of your marketing strategies. Now, I feel very capable to
make any business work quite profitably.
I'm one of those people who had great ideas or intentions for a product or a service but never could
really get anything making a profit. Now things are different, My business is growing every month
since my first "Abraham styled letter" was mailed in November 1993. A copy of the letter in
enclosed.
I sent the letter to ten potential accounts, I got a 50% response, and secured one large account. I
even had one purchasing agent call to tell me how well the letter was written. He said he gets
bombarded with letters every month for services similar to mine and my letter was the best he has ever
read. We ended the conversation on a good note but, at this time the decision was up to others. I'm
confident they will become my customer soon!
Since the month of December 1993, using your concepts, one account has more than doubled its
orders. Another account has also increased its activity with my company from a measly $30.00
monthly billing average to over $100.00. Below are my total sales for the last half of the year.
LOOK:
MONTH: Aug.'93, Sept.'93,

Oct. 93, Nov.'93,

Dec.'93

SALES : $5010.20 $7182.5 $4124.60 $4850.58 $13083.71

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3110 Butler Street Harrisburg, PA 17103 Phone 800-949-0050 Fax 717-730-7880

I now realize the value of a customer and I'm always eager to invest in them when an opportunity
arises. The business has grown from simply repairing instrumentation to sales of new instruments, the
back-end.
Its funny because now I make more money on the back-end of some of my accounts than on the front
end. Its beautiful, I make money I would not have made before, and my accounts save money. My
bookkeeper is happy and intrigued because our total recievables for the first week of March '94 were
as much as the total month of October '93. The second week will be as much as the first. I literally
jump out of bed every morning because I'm eager to try a new concept with an account I visit that
day.
My new challenge, because of rapid growth, I'm in a cash crunch and my accounts are slow
payers. Jay, any suggestions?

George S. Diamond
President

P.S. This business has grown from a part time, one day per week venture to a full time operation!

3110 Butler Street Harrisburg, PA 17103 Phone 800-949-0050 Fax 717-730-7880

800 NINTH STREET SOUTH, P.O. BOX 20C9, GREAT FALLS. MT 59403
PHONE (406) 761-5000 FAX (406) 453-3946 TOLL FREE PHONES: IN MONTANA 800823-2647 OUTSIDE MONTANA 800-735-6753

February 21, 1994

THE INFORMATION I ACQUIRED IN YOUR NOVEMBER

1993 BOOT CAMP IS HELPING ME GENERATE $200,000
PROFIT FROM ITS FIRST APPLICATION!

Mr. Jay Abraham

950 Indian Peak Road, Suite # 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I attended your November 1993 Boot Camp in Los Angeles with Mr. Ted Cogswell. He
is the owner of an Insurance and real estate agency in Great Falls, Montana and I am
the Agency Manager. Prior to attending your Boot Camp, our insurance operation
generated about $500,000 annual commission income.
Montana, like most of the rest of the country, has a serious workers' compensation
insurance problem. The Montana State Insurance Fund writes the vast majority of
workers' compensation insurance in our state. I had been negotiating with several
insurance companies in an attempt to convince them that the time was right for them
to re-enter the Montana market. A couple of them agreed.
I crafted the attached 3-page letter and mailed 398 pieces to a four year old list of
major Montana employers and Montana manufacturers. The mailing took place four
weeks ago. As of this date I have had 19 telephone calls in response to the letter for
a 4.77% response rate. I submitted for underwriting 5 cases which involve $3,000,000
premium. They will be worth 5% commission ($150,000) over a one year policy term.
As soon as I can find the time (within the next 3 weeks) I will be working on four
more cases for an additional $1,100,000 premium and $55,000 commission income.
My staff is following the letter with telephone calls to each recipient. That effort has
given my sales people leads on an additional $720,000 premium and they have only
called about 15% of their list!

SERVING THE WEST SINCE 1937

Jay Abraham
pp.2
It is possible this one mailing alone will generate more commission income for
our agency over the next 12 months than we earned during all of 1993. !
consider that extremely remarkable! It is important to note that the initial
mailing was merely a test, I am modifying the letter and will test it with another
mailing of about 400 pieces. When that test is completed and final modifications
are made, my roll out will involve some 5,000 pieces.
If there is a moral to my story, I suppose it would be that it is comforting to open
with a successful test!
I am religious about using your tapes to deeply imbed your ideas and concepts in
my mind. The simple fact is, "THEY WORK." ! want them immediately available
for application in any marketing situation ! encounter. The best way to
accomplish that is through constant exposure.
Thank you for the material you gave me. I am a CPA and earned an MBA with
highest honors. I have 18 years experience in business. Your three day Boot
Camp was better than my entire formal education and the learning of those 18 years
combined!
In addition to my insurance work, ! am structuring a deal with Charlie Carboneau
and another with my father-in !aw. When ! make my first million I will be back
for some graduate work with you.... .that should be in about 18 months!
Warmest regards,

PS: I authorize you to use any and all of the above material in any way you
choose. In return I ask only that you send me your next $1,000 publication as I am
writing in response to the offer you made in our last conference call.
P.S.S: My primary motivation in writing is not to request your new information... I
want most to thank you for the clarity of your concepts and ideas. You are the spark
which will ignite a revolution in world commerce. THAT IS LONG OVERDUE!

NATIONAL METROLOGY
PO Box 686
Sunapee, NH 03782
March 31, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham

944 Indian Peak Road, Suite 110
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay;
I have been in business now for two years eleven months, and it's
just great! Thanks to you and the home study course I bought over
three years ago.
I have come a long way since the beginning of my business. From
what I thought was riches to greater riches. But I thought wrong
when I found out my spouse had me deeply in debt with credit cards. I
could tell you a real HORROR STORY, polish it up and you could make
a small fortune, from this testimonial. These are the things most
people are to embarrassed to talk about.
Jay, I am having a problem getting the rest of the way out of my
debt hole, and the other is the tax man. Between the two I find it
difficult with cash flow, it's just not there.
Another problem I have is there is only me, and my wife as
secretary. When I am out in the field working, and can not get my
phone work done, business slacks off. My business is high tech and
it's hard for someone else to talk with customers. I would like to
hire my brother, but he needs training and I can not afford to
bring him on full time, until the business grows to that point.
I have tried to do joint-ventures, but how do you do that with big
companies like Westinghouse, John-Deere, General-Electric, Ford,
etc? they just laugh at me, think I am some kind of nut.
I was talking with a man coming back from Chicago, he was out in
California down sizing a company. We got to talking about my
business and he said I was growing to fast. Zero to six months, six
months to one year 100%, first year to second year 100%, and second
year to third year 50%, he said the ratio's are not balanced
evenly.
Jay, thanks again for the course, I have only touched the tip of
the ice-berg with it.

Sincerely, Robert E. Almstrom

March 30, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
Jay Abraham Personal
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, Ca 90274
Dear Jay,
I want to thank you for the marvelous opportunity last year to
participate in your marketing masterminding seminar. Lots of
people have ideas. The difference is that your principles are
applicable to anyone of a number of businesses. The practicality
and employability that these ideas make are tremendously worth
while and highly valuable.
I am a commercial real estate broker and I deal principally with
retailers. The better they do, the faster they grow, the more
often I earn commissions! I have apply your principle of risk
removal to many real estate brokerage businesses. My function is to
put people into locations where they can make money. As result of
this I earn commissions. I do not want to earn commissions
merely by creating a capital event and transaction. Therefore, I
offer the flat out guarantee to my customers that, if they do not
have a profitable business out of any location I lease them I will
give them back the real estate commission which they didn't pay in
the first place. Chances are it was paid by the Landlord. That
position is a great tie breaker. It convinces the tenant that I
sincerely believe that they will make money at this location and
that it will be good for them. If I have only their interest at
heart they feel that much more comfortable going with my
recommendations.
I also apply many of your principle with some of my other clients.
One of these is a local chicken operation fighting the likes of
Boston Chicken and Kenny Rogers Roasters coming into his market. In
response, we have decided to do gorilla marketing and own the
neighborhood. We have identify front doors for our operations. We
are effectively marketing through doing fund raising programs with
student government organizations. We will give them one dollar
for every coupon redeemed for dinner packages. We now have hundreds
of salesmen working for us in high schools. If they get their
families to come they "own" a piece of us, as we turn around and
fund their organizations. Our cost of getting a new customer has
been identified at $8.25. We got this by seeing how much we were

spending in local newspapers divided by the response of how many

people came walking in through the door with the traceable coupons.
We've decided that if we were going to spend that much, lets give
some of it back to the Fire Department, lets give some of it back to
the High School Organizations. Results we have tripled the
response rate while reducing our cost of advertising 75% Our cost
of advertising and marketing are more targeted than they were in
the newspaper and we have supported the people and the
organizations that have supported us.
I have preached the basis three boxes of number of customers, sale
per visit, and frequency of customer base. I've worked with one of my
chain of Chinese fast food restaurant client. If we can drive up
the perceived value while perhaps lowering the cost per
transaction, we are tremendously increasing the frequency of
customer visit. My client owns a number of units in food court
operations. A typical customer to a food court comes and has a
choice of ten restaurants within the food court. Chinese
restaurants typically serve combination plates of an entree, fried
rice and an egg roll. We identified that a critical element was
the egg roll. Good egg rolls are only made by hand. We could
eliminate the egg roll, give more of the entree or side dish, and do
it at far lower cost due to the reduction in the labor intensive
component. We use different plates that only have two sections,
will serve either fried rice or lo mein on one side, and a choice
of two special entrees each day for the other side. The results far
exceeded our expectations. By going to increased value, our
competitive position has been substantially enhance. During the
first 30 days of the test, our customer counts were up 40% Our
gross volume was up 34%. It we retain 80% of the increase for the
remaindered of the year this will add an additional $100,000
incremental profit to the unit. As you can imagine 30 days later, we
rolled out the same value pricing structure to another one of our
units, results were similar. In this case, 38% increase in
customer count, 31% increase in gross volume. Interesting enough we
have compared notes with the other food court operators. Our
increase is more than twice their lost. We have not only gotten a
larger share of the pie, but we have also increased the size of the
pie.
There are 1,637 ways to improve your business. I have never found a
more organized way to determine appropriate ways for any client to
focus on what they should do first, than to sit down, draw the
three boxes, and start brainstorming in each of those boxes.
Jay your gift if simple. You help to show people how to be all
that they can be! You have given me the tools to do the samel It has
been rewarding for me and to me.

I believe the two greatest gifts we have are to learn and to give.
Your technologies help us enjoy both of these.
When we sat for three days in Los Angeles I most enjoyed being- up
front for the hot seats. The most important training for me was to
get into the same state you and Mack were and be able to access the
resources to think in the lines to flow forth with the resources of
ideas and answers. I would like to think that I can continue to be
spark plug for the buddy calls. On the buddy calls I'm amazed at
how many people invest their time to sit there for an hour, but
barely participate in the process. Rather they'll pay their money
and they want you to "do it to them", rather than understanding
that the growth and learning and access in resources are function
directly proportioned to their involvement and contribution.
Jay I like to stay on the loop and receive a schedule of calls. I
want to hold the mirror and help reflect your boundless enthusiasm
and excitement for the process.
Sincerely yours,

Paul G.W. Fetscher, CCIM

President

March 29, 1994

Time: 02:38:OOP

Jay Abraham
Ste 220
944 Indian Peak Road
Palos Vde Penins, CA 90274-

Dear Jay Abraham:

Two years ago, I engaged Jay Abraham for a 1 hour
consultation.
As of today, my gross revenues are
40%, a large part due to Jay's suggestions.
And
through one of the worst recessions California ever

telephone
up about
this is
had!

I was a bit skeptical at first about making changes to what

was already a successful business. But, since I spent the
money, I figured that I would implement at least some of the
suggestions and see what would happen. Primarily, I rewrote my
annual April 15 mail out letter designed to get me listings.
To my surprise, my phone started ringing off the hook as soon
as my mailer hit and kept on ringing for several weeks. I have
mailed out this April 15th mailer for over 10 years and never
had this kind of response.
One recipient called me and said he received tons of junk mail
over the years but had never received one like this. He said
all the others wanted to "sell" him something, but my mailer
"talked" to him. He said my letter was the first and only
letter he ever received that spoke of his problems, his
feelings and offered him suggestions that would help him.
That's why I have just engaged Jay for a 3 hour consultation
this year. I have already received 1 1/2 hours and he's hot. But
a word of caution or a bit of advice. Jay speaks a mile a
minute and comes up with hundreds of ideas. Some are excellent
and take a while to absorb, you may not "get" them at first.
Also, some of his ideas just won't work for your business and
you might get "hung up" on them. Don't. Just pass them buy and
you'll get 15 more ideas in only a few minutes.

ACCOUNTING & TAX PRACTICE BROKERS

930 Skyline Terrace. Laguna Beach. CA 9263i-!963 - (714) 497-3939 * (800) 274-4272 - FAX (714) 497-4097 1509
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Take my advice,
business grow.

consult with Jay Abraham

Sincerely

David C. Smith, Broker 1800-274-4272

and watch your

MARINA MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE BANKERS

April 18, 1994

Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! I feel like I have gone through a business awakening that will change the
direction of my life. Without a doubt, my attendance of the recent three day seminar in Los
Angeles has caused me to look at my business in an entirely different manner.
It is my vision, Jay, to come back to a future program to testify to others how important the
information you offer is. Helping others to be better at what they do has always been passionate to me.
I have always enjoyed sharing my knowledge, success, and failures.
I am currently on a mission to obtain great results in my business over the next six to twelve months. I
look forward to sharing my success with you and others in the future.

2525 Cherry Avenue, Suite 310 Signal Hill, CA 90806 (310) 427-7313

My God, Jay - You're

Right! Your Ideas Do
Work Wonders
You'll Thank Don Schenk

Your Pre-Study Materials Gave

Me A Kick In My Thinker
Hi Jay,
Here's a backend story.
Customers who call me to purchase a glossy publicity photo always want
just one tiny 4x5 inch print. It's easy to talk them into purchasing a few
additional prints - a $60 sale. BIG DEAL!
Then you shook my brain - HARD. So I decided to help customers discover
the 42 ways their publicity photos will bring them more business
(42 new backends) . Wait 'til you hear what happened! Then I set up a joint
venture with a color printing press company for postcards, catalog sheets,
color business cards and a dozen other products - with a 20%
(off the top) commission to my studio.

OK, OK - Here's What Happened:

The very first customer to whom I made a suggestion about these new
photo possibilities bought $912 worth of photography (instead of $60) and
spent another $1475 on color printing!
I damn near jumped out of my box.
You'll Thank

P.S. I really am shorter than you. I just

photograph tall. (And young. Isn't
photo retouching wonderful?)

Don Schenk
Photography
7413 Hamilton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45231
(513) 521-7307

ALLIANCE
Business Centers
March 23, 1994
Mr. Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Road
Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
Where do I begin? Over the past year since attending your three day mastermind program and the
subsequent teleconference calls each month you have transformed the way I think about our
Marketing and Advertising programs, in fact, the way I think about my entire business.
Your literature promoting the mastermind session promised that if I implemented just a few of the
ideas contained in the pre-seminar materials, I would achieve results that would return many times
more than the cost of attending. Only one day into the pre-seminar material I found myself
feverishly scribbling notes about how I could begin implementing the concepts that you teach.
I immediately gathered my management team and got them involved in writing a USP for each
profit center. When we were finished, not only did we have a strong statement making it clear
why a prospect should buy from us, but the processes of designing the USP also galvanized a
team spirit and enthusiasm among all my managers and their staff for what we were doing for our
clients. Continually demonstrating the companies' USP became the focus of every employee and it
showed when prospects would take a tour of the center and be introduced to the staff. In a recent
Customer Satisfaction Survey, clients were asked why they selected ALLIANCE. Nearly 38%
indicated that the genuine attitude among all the staff, not just the sales person, that "their
business was important to them" was a major factor that caused them to sign a lease. This
represents 76 leases from March 93 to March 94 with a total aggregate profit of approximately 1.2
million dollars.
Another simple concept we implemented immediately was to test our ads and direct mail pieces.
This simple but powerful practice was the easiest to implement and did not cost anymore than we
were already spending. The result - we have found four different ads which have all out pulled
our prior advertising by better than 190% with the current ad out pulling our old ad by nearly
300%. The greater flow of prospects combined with the USP integrated into the sales process
has been a primary factor to average occupancy in our centers going from 86.8% to 93.5% this
past year, an increase in our bottom line due to occupancy of $670,000.

Chanin Building 122 East 42nd Street Suite 1700 New York, New York 10168 TEL:

(212) 551-1000 FAX: (212) 551-1001

Since attending your seminar, we have implemented dozens of your ideas - or - our ideas that
have come about as result of your teaching in Fractal Marketing. At the risk of this letter being too
long (although we know that the "proper" length of a letter is relative to what you have to say), I
also want to thank you for getting me focused on the "back-end" sales opportunities in our customer
base and with the prospects who don't sign leases with us. I am certain that the ideas we have
developed with this new mind-set will generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional
profits for my company for years to come. One such idea that we have been working with for
the past twelve months is a relocation program for our clients that leave our business center and
move on to traditional office space. Rather than cutting prices to keep clients in the center when
they have truly out-grown us (the mind-set of our entire industry) we have now implemented a
program to help them leave. Of course we have bundled all the products and services they will
require after leaving our facility through relationships we have formed with high quality vendors.
We are paid fees and commissions from these vendors and our clients receive preferential
pricing and service. The net result - margins in our base business are preserved since we are
not aggressively price cutting to keep clients and the profits from the relocation program can
often times equal what we would have made from the client as a tenant for one full year. During
the last twelve months, we have generated over $82,000 in profit from this program. However, the
truly exciting part to the story is that we have signed up over fifty existing clients to participate
in the relocation program if they decide to move out of our center, a back log of business that could
generate over $450,000 and is growing with new enrollees each month.
Jay, as a further testimony to the power of the mind-set that you teach, I will describe for you yet
another program we have implemented as a result of your training. We stepped "out of the box"
and asked ourselves - what could we be doing with leads we generate but cannot use because
of geographic location or pricing? As a result, this past year we launched the ALLIANCE
Business Centers NETWORK which has become the fastest growing network of independent
executive suite operators in the United States. At present, we have reached ninety-one (91)
locations throughout the United States and at the time of this writing, I am working on adding
forty-six (46) locations in Europe. The purpose of the Network is to execute a lead referral
program for the members and provide reciprocal use benefits to each member's clients nationwide.
Membership dues and referral fees are now funding the entire budget for a national marketing
program. As you can see, the potential "back end" sales to the members and their clients is
voluminous.

As I consider a way to define your role as mentor, teacher and coach I am struck with the simple
notion that what you really are all about is teaching and living a mind-set, a word I found myself
using throughout this letter. Anyone can implement any number of your strategies and achieve
excellent results. However, if one will trust enough to let go and embrace your mind-set, they will
achieve exponential growth, both monetary and intellectual.
Jay, I look forward to developing a stimulating and enjoyable friendship with you for years to
come. I will keep you posted on further results and developments.

Warmest regards,

David Beale
President

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March 17,1994
Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I am pleased to respond to your request for success stories.
As an MBA ( in marketing, I might add ) I never felt I learned the
key to real marketing genius until I was exposed to you philosophy
and wisdom.
I have been on both sides of your marketing genius, as a student
and as a purchaser of services and products you were helping to
sell. Both sides are always an education and whether I am buying
from your sales letters or using your knowledge in my own
marketing, I continue to feel an excitement and eagerness as I
learn from a master those items that can stimulate action.
In my own experience I have utilized your USP and back-end selling
techniques. As marketing director, I have taken two national
membership associations that had reach a plateau and given them new
growth in both membership numbers and related sales dollars of
educational courses and merchandise. And, this was during what was a
period of declining employment. We saw an immediate 23 % growth in
membership and a 38 % growth in revenue.
And this growth continued, albeit at a slightly reduced rate, from
an organization that had shown no growth in the four previous
years.
I am now in my own business and continuing to use your techniques
to produce continued growth in a declining economy.
I'd like to think such accomplishment were due totally to my own
marketing genius, but I know your approach has sparked my own
talents. Thank you.

'Your Local Home Inspection Professional With a National Reputation"

March 24,

1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.

Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
Thank you for your inquiry regarding my personal success in sales since
being introduced to your program.
The greatest results I have had are with the "headline" theory and also
the 100% guarantee to my sellers and buyers. Sales are up by 35% and
listings by 75%.
The constant follow-up with postcards is easy for my assistant. She
has also used the many letters to contact and keep in touch with
clients and customers.
I have not yet integrated your entire program with mine. But in the
few short months of testing I have seen extensive progress. I predict
the dollar amount increase in my pocket this year alone will be at
least $70,000. Needless to say I look foward to working the plan
effectively.
I forsee my continued association as being one of constant polishing of
myself. I see you as my sales coach. Each time I participate in a
conference call with the insiders club my mind shifts just a bit more.
I feel more confident and professional.

1316 King Street

Bellingham, WA 98226 [ jj

Office (206) 735-3399 Fax (206) 647-2254 11

Moss Heling & Associates, Inc.

A Registered Investment Advisor

210 Regency Court, Suite L100, Waukesha, WI 53186

Telephone
Facsimile
Wisconsin WATS

(414)821-1008
(4!4)821-1048
(800)221-3467

Principals
Associates
Bruce R.Heling.CPA CFP Kelly W. Sachse.CFP
Cheryl A. Moss. CPA CFP

March 18, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing
944 Indian Peak Suite 110

Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Dear Jay:
I am responding to your query regarding how we have put your principles to work and the
results obtained. Please feel free to use this information in any manner you wish.
A little background - we are CPA financial planners here in the Milwaukee area. Our mission
is to assist our clients to maximize the quality of their lives, now and in the future, through the process
of wise financial decision-making. Our target markets include professionals, small business owners
and wealthy individuals.
In the process of our financial planning we first help clients to quantify and crystallize their
financial goals, for example, retirement. This is the easy part - anyone with half a brain and a computer
can do these projections. The hard part is "finding the cash" with which to fund a client's
retirement goal. This is where we earn our keep - analyzing cash flow, debt, income tax and investment
structure in order to "get the cash" to fund the clients' goals preferably without negatively impacting
current lifestyle.
One of the most important things that first attracted us to your boot camp in
February 1993 was the idea that we could use your concepts and strategies to help our professional
and small business clients to "find the cash" (to fund their personal financial goals) by maximizing the
marketing efforts in their businesses. What an intriguing addition to the more traditional financial
planning tools we used in the past to help our clients meet their goals! And a new source of revenue for
our firm in consulting fees.
Since the boot camp, we have had the opportunity to apply your principles on behalf of one of
our clients, a local CPA. Our agreement with him was that he would pay the hard costs (mailing list,
postage, stationary, etc.) and we would put in the time to develop and implement the marketing effort.
Our fee would be 15% of the first year's gross revenue plus 10% of gross revenue for the next four
years on clients obtained as a result of our programs.
We ordered a mailing list of prospects in his target market, (subcontractors in the construction
industry), designed a letter and sent out the first test mailing to 300 of the 3500
Fee-Only Financial Planning, Consulting & Investment Advisory Services

Members. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. Institute of Certified Financial Planners, International Associaton for Financial Planning

names on the list. The initial response was, on its face, very discouraging - only one response. It
was somewhat comforting in that it was a very high quality lead - 3 times the average annual
billing the CPA normally has with clients in this industry. Still, we (and I'm sure the CPA) were
initially quite discouraged and perplexed.
In evaluating the situation it occurred to me to do a Marginal Net Worth Analysis for the
CPA based on this one response. The bottom line of the analysis revealed that every client he
obtained like this had a value to him - in today's dollars and after all expenses except income
taxes - of over $70,000! Or over $700,000 if we ultimately achieve similar results with the rest of
the mailing list. This changed our perspective profoundly in the following ways:
1.
Results need to be measured in terms of Marginal Net Worth not numbers of
responses.
2.
The quality of the leads generated is more important than the quantity.
3.
Most important, it validated for us that we could actually do it. Until this happened, all
your material was still a theory to us, one we intellectually bought into but still had a vague
nagging fear about - Sure it works for you - but would it really work for us?
And how! Our fees from this one transaction present value to about $7,700 and we
realistically expect to earn over $100,000 from this one CPA over the next five years. In addition,
we have now begun a process to follow-up the initial letter with a call/letter/call/letter, etc. series
that we believe will lead to improved response rates out of this mailing list. And when we have
developed this marketing program to the point that we are obtaining reliable results, we plan to
market the program to non-competitive CPA firms outside of the Metro Milwaukee area.
Evaluating our efforts and results in these terms has been enormously clarifying and
inspiring. It makes such a difference to actually experience the Abraham concepts in our own
business. Thank you so much!!!!

Cheryl A. Moss, CPA CFP

M
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s

t gratefully, Id.
P.S. Not inconsequentially, we are a natural back-end for this CPA because our services do not
overlap. To the extent that we are successful in generating new clients for this CPA, we are also
surfacing new prospects for our financial planning and investment advisory services.
P.P.S. You'll find a copy of the Marginal Net Worth Analysis enclosed.

Results - one new client, $15,000 annual fees (Discount in first

CPA Marginal Net Worth Analysis
Facts: Marketing Costs (300 pieces mailed) Mailing list year equivalent to two month's
(3,500 names)
650 Postage (300 pieces)
156 Business reply permit
75
Letterhead & printing
300

Production

1,181
Net

& Overhead
Costs
67%
$10,050
10,502
10,975
11,469
11,985
12,524
13,088
13,677
14,292
14,935
15,607
16,310
17,044
17,811
18,612
208,880

Profit
Before
Mktg Cost
$2,450
5,173
5,406
5,649
5,903
6,169
6,446
6,736
7,039
7,356
7,687
8,033
8,395
8,772
9,167
100,381

Total costs

Year
1
1994
2
1995
3
1996
4
1997
5
1998
6
1999
7
2000
8 2001
9 2002
10 2003
11 2004
12 2005
13 2006
14 2007
15 2008

Fees
4.5%
$12,500
15,675
16,380
17,117
17,888
18,693
19,534
20,413
21,332
22,291
23,295
24,343
25,438
26,583
27,779
309,261

Direct Mail Costs

MHA Consulting Costs - Nominal $
MHA Consulting Costs - Present $

Cumulative
Marketing
Costs
$3,056
1,568
1,638
1,712
1,789

9,762
1,181
8,581
7,715"

Net
Profit
($606)
3,605
3,767
3,937
4,114
6,169
6,446
6,736
7,039
7,356
7,687
8,033
8,395
8,772
9,167
90,619

Net
Profit
($606)
2,999
6,767
10,704
14,818
20,987
27,433
34,169
41,208
48,565
56,252
64,285
72,680
81,452
90,619

Present
Value
5.50%
($606)
3,417
3,385
3,353
3,321
4,720
4,675
4,631
4,587
4,543
4,500
4,458
4,415
4,374
4,332

fees)

Cumulative

Sale of
Client @

Present
Value
5.50%
($606)
2,811
6,196
9,549
12,870
17,590
22,265
26,896
31,483
36,026
40,526
44,984
49,399
53,773
58,105

1 times
Gross
Revenue

18,693
19,534
20,413
21,332
22,291
23,295
24,343
25,438
26,583
27,779

Present
Value
5.50%

14,302
14,167
14,033
13,900
13,768
13,637
13,508
13,380
13,253
13,128

Total

Present
Value

Net
Profit
Nominal $
($606)
2,999
6,767
10,704
14,818
39,679
46,967
54,582
62,540
70,856
79,546
88,628
98,118
108,035
118,398

of Total
Net Profit
5.5%
($606)
2,811
6,196
9,549
12,870
31,892
36,432
40,928
45,382
49,794
54,164
58,492
62,779
67,026
71,233

(610) 9672760 FAX (610)

4583 SHIMERVILLE ROAD

EMMAUS, PA 18049

March 14, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. Jay

Abraham Personal 950 Indian Peak
Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates,
CA 90274
Dear Jay:
This letter is to inform you of my company's recent success. I own a tree and landscaping business
which I started as a one man operation after graduating from Shippensburg University in 1973. Over the
years, I have had moderate growth and profit every year until 1991.
In 1991 and 1992, we experienced our first years ever in which the corporation took a loss. This was due
mostly to a down turn in the economy and the fact that our services are not a necessity but rather a
luxury item for most people.
At the beginning of 1993 a friend of mine told me about you and what a great motivator you are. After I
received my first tape from you, I picked up on one idea in particular that greatly helped our success in
1993. That idea was "to resell the clients that we already had".
We offered our clients additional services other than the existing ones that we already had. By
supplementing our existing services, we went from a $40,000 loss in 1992 to $19,000 profit in
1993.
Your tape certainly motivated me to increase our sales and our profits. Thank you very much and best of
luck to you.
Sincerely,
Gary L.
Rohrbach
President
GLR/asd

Quality Capital Corporation

107 RR 620 So., Suite 7-A
Austin, TX 78738
512-261-5800 Fax
512-261-6800
March 13, 1994
Dear Jay Abraham,
You or your publisher have my permission to use the following success story:
My corporation made an extra $30,000 by using your Stealth Marketing
Technique #8: Utilize Host-Parasite Relationships. We did it as follows:
Joel Moskowitz wrote a manual entitled The 16% Solution, which teaches how to
safely earn at least 16% on your money by buying tax lien certificates. (A word of
explanation: When people don't pay their property taxes, county tax collectors in 27
states let investors pay those taxes instead and reap all the interest and penalties owe
the county! The moneys safe, as tax liens come before even first mortgages and the
money you invest is backed by 10 to 100 times as much property.)
The manual looked good in its 3-ring binder, but cost $99.75 and had no way of
reaching potential customers. Using your Technique #8,I was able to turn failure to
success. I contacted a number of investment newsletters to suggest that they offer the
manual to their subscribers in return for a fee for each book sold. Most declined, but
enough said yes that my company's share amounted to over $30,000!
Thank you for your books and tapes. I recommend them to everybody!
Sincerely,

Cindy Garner
President

1192 Lenark Ct., San Jose, CA 95132-2809

Ph. (408) 729-0790

FAX: (408) 729-0785

March 13, 1994

Dear Jay,
Here is what has happened with me since taking the 3-day "training" with you
last February.
1) Within one month after returning home, 1 completed a company
brochure I had been working on for the prior two years. The brochure had not
been completed before because I was never satisfied that it was sufficiently
different from brochures of competing companies or that is was worth the cost
of development and printing.
From you I learned:
(a) How to turn the customer's perception of my company from that of a
commodity to that of a proprietary advantage by making the invisible
visible; that is, by letting them know how we do what we do for them.
(b) I also learned how to use a guarantee in my brochure to lower the
barrier to purchase and increase sales. I learned that I make the rules of
the game I'm playing, so I could provide a guarantee to the extent that I
was comfortable. I could provide a partial guarantee and could stipulate
the terms of the guarantee.

So I created a guarantee in our brochure as follows: "We are so sure that

you will be pleased with our service, that if at any time within one year after
your inspection you feel the inspection was not as thorough as we promised,
you have the right to request the return of your inspection fee. Just write us
a short note asking for a refund, and let us know why you believe you could
have obtained a more thorough inspection. We'll promptly return your fee."

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I was initially concerned that customers might abuse the
guarantee. But you have been proved right once again. Within
the last twelve months since your training, we have had only one
person request a return of their fee - that is one out of 808
inspections. (l/10th of 1 percent). Certainly no abuse is taking
place here.
(c) The crucial item that helped me complete the brochure was
the development of a Unique Selling Proposition. I was already
using a USP by the time I attended the training. But, after taking
the training I realized it was weak and changed it. I then created
a more focused USP. I created it as a promise instead of a vague
nice-sounding statement. This focus allowed me to generate the
entire brochure in one sitting, followed later of course by finetuning and editing. The point I'm making is that before this I
tried bringing together pieces of information I thought would make
the consumer hire us, and tried fitting these pieces into a whole.
With a more focused USP, it was almost like writing a story.
One thing I noticed was that with my USP written as a promise, a
guarantee followed naturally. If I left the guarantee out because of
my fear, I would have left a hole in the brochure causing the
reader to stop or to feel incomplete with what they just read. I
have a strong feeling that buyers who feel incomplete about a
service they've just been offered won't buy. At least I know that
is true about me.
This leads me to the next idea that helped me complete the
brochure so rapidly.
(d) You said that sales letters and marketing materials do not have
to be brief - they have to tell the whole story. They have to
answer all the reader's questions, address all their doubts, and
remove all the obstacles to them making a purchase. With this in
mind, I was able to let my pen flow until I said all that needed to
be said. I did not stop to consider how things would fit in the
brochure I contemplated. After it was all down on paper, I went
back through and culled and shaped it, removing non-essential
words and phrases.

Page 3
2) I also learned from you that getting referrals was not
something I had to let happen to me. I could control and manage it. So
I started asking all the real estate agents I worked with to refer other
agents to our company instead of me. I told them I had made a
decision to expand and needed business for my new inspector. The
number of inspections we performed last year increased from 525 in
1992 to 808 in 1993 - a 56% increase representing another $75,000 of
income. That increase would have been larger except for the fact that
the inspector spent several weeks in Colorado visiting with his soon-tobe wife. A second inspector began working with our company on
January 12th of this year. Within 6 weeks, he became fully scheduled.
Of course, some referrals came in the normal course of providing good
service to our customers, but I believe that a large portion of that
came from systematically asking the agents we worked with to refer
business to us, instead of leaving it up to them.
We have further systematized how we'll be getting referrals. We
intend to send out the following letter occasionally to our agent
clients. I adapted this from an issue of the Results Report, a
newsletter published by some of your Australian proteges:
TO THOSE CLIENTS WHO LOVE AND ENJOY WHAT WE DO
We want to briefly let you know how we grow our business. We've
chosen to talk with you about it through this short note because we feel
we can offer convey what we want to say in writing rather than
verbally.
We really enjoy working and dealing with clients just like you. And for
that reason, we make it a policy to invite our special clients to refer others
like them to us.
On the one hand, it makes our job so much easier and more
enjoyable. And on the other, it allows us to serve you better.
You see, when we grow through referals we can put less money into
marketing and advertising. And the money we save there goes back into
the business to provide you with a greater level of service. Dealing with
people who value the level of service we provide allows MS to specialize
and focus very closely on your needs so we can give you what you want.

Page 4
Does this make sense?
With that in mind, can you think of anyone who might benefit from
working with us? If you can, please ask them to give us a try. If you
can't think of anyone at this time, that's ok. Just keep in mind how we
build our business, and refer us when the occasion arises.
Thank you for your trust and your business.
3) I am using a monthly newsletter to stay in touch with our
clientele. I have licensed the newsletter from a home inspection company
in Texas with exclusive use for my area. Licensing the newsletter is
saving me the cost and time of development. I was in the process of
developing our own newsletter when I was introduced to this other
company's newsletter. I decided to license it since it is published along the
same philosophical lines as I had intended for our own newsletter
Our first issue is being mailed out this week. We are also soliciting ads
from various trades persons who would like to reach our cliente. We believe
that we can sell more than enough ads to pay for the newsletter mailing and
licensing costs and even leave us with a profit. I'll let you know how this
goes. The ads will go on an inserted, double-sided page that the clients can
pull out and file for future use.
We are always being asked by our clients for referrals. Since our
Association's Code of Ethics prevents us from making a fee for referral
work, this is an alternative way we can benefit from the people we refer
anyhow. They are paying us for the benefit of advertising in our
newsletter, not for a portion of any work they may do.
Before taking your training, I had totally given up on the idea of ever
benefiting from referring tradesmen to my customers. I had accepted the
limitation by our industry's Code of Ethics. Now that I think more broadly
(fractally) I was able to see this alternative that does not violate our Code of
Ethics.
Our goal is to sell 40 ads at $600 per year. If we succeed, that will yield an
extra $24,000 for our company. I'll keep you informed.

Page 5
4) I am near the end of coming to an agreement with another
inspection firm in Virginia where we'll joint venture a medium-priced
inspection manual to sell to new inspectors entering the field. I will be
providing the computer disks that contain all the texts and drawings I
developed for my proprietary manual. The other company will be
providing the development and marketing costs.
Several other opportunities have come my way since your training;
opportunities I would not have been able to engage in as confidently as
I do now. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful not to engage too
many at once or I'll dilute my effectiveness.
I thank you for opening up my world as you did. Even though there
were 500 to 600 attendees in the room during my training, you were
still able to draw up from me my latent potential. You were able to
cause it to rise to the surface, even though we must not have interacted
one-on-one for more than 5 to 10 minutes total. I call this amazing.
I was thinking the other day that the reason you produce such
exceptional results with your trainees is your clear intention to produce
phenomenal results for them. You are totally committed to contributing
everything you can to make our lives more productive and happier.
And what makes you different from a "seminar" leader is that you have
no intention in just "feeding" us information; you are committed to
helping us change our mindset so we can rise to limits beyond anything
we thought was possible before. You can't help but be successful - you
are totally committed to your customer and the results your customers
really want. You live what you "preach". It must be a nice place to be
in, psychologically, where your intention is totally on the well-being of
others during your communication. I see you as a modern-day Socrates
- a teacher that principally draws out from the pupil rather than stuffing
in information.
Well, I must go now. There are letters, notes, and projects yelling out at
me for attention. But as you know, I'll be in touch.

Reginald E. Niles
Presidents

FEB 8 9-4 TUE 22 : 3T JOE ROY,

02

February 8, 1994

BUSINESS WRITER 6175274889

VIA FAX
Please deliver to Mr. Robbins
before his meeting with Jay
Abraham.

Mr, Anthony Robbins

c/o Caroline Rengel
Robbins Research
Dear Mr. Robbins:
Jay Abraham mentioned to me that he would be meeting with you. If you will spend a
few minutes to read this letter, I believe I can give you an informed perspective on the
value Jay delivers to his clients.
It's a pleasure to write this letter I am one of your many enthusiastic admirers, and one of
Jay's as well.
My business is writing speeches for senior managers in large corporations, I earn a healthy
six-figure income in this work, and I have charged as much as $37,000 for a single speech.
My clients have included the Chief Executive Officers of Honeywell, Prime Computer, Wang
Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation and many other companies in five countries. My
talent is always in demand, and I turn away more assignments than I accept.
And yet, I paid $5,000 to attend a three-day Jay Abraham seminar last November. Based on
the valuable insights I gained from that seminar, I paid him another $5,000 to consult with me
privately. And I have registered to attend yet another seminar in April.
Here's why.
I spent the last 17 years working with hundreds of business leaders, world-renowned
management consultants, and high-powered academicians. And yet I can say without
hesitation that Jay Abraham is the most brilliant business thinker I have ever met.

His style of thinking reminds me of the advice in the Tao Te Ching: Seek clarity of
mind, not cleverness.

P.

FEB- 8-94 TUE 22:38 JOE ROY,

03

BUSINESS WRITER 617527-4889

P.

The world of business consultants is crowded with the clever and the quick: Gurus who make
money writing books with clever chapter headings and cute expressions for painfully obvious
concepts. Jay is just the opposite. He talks only in disarmingly down-to-earth language and
reveals profound insights with the intensity of a laser beam.
His laser beam bums through the complexity and finds the simplicity. And although his
insights are often highly innovative, he recommends only those actions that his clients can
safely test before committing their business to something entirely new.
His style is Socratic: He asks the questions that we business people should be asking
ourselves, but aren't.
Example: My "presenting complaint to Dr. Abraham" was that some of my clients think of
speech writing as a commodity service. As a result, they don't invest enough of their time,
thought and energy and they deliver good but uninspiring speeches. I get paid, but I have
no satisfaction.
In the past, I have written speeches that brought tears the eyes of roomfuls of middle-aged
men. Speeches that inspired people to change their careers. Speeches that people remembered
10 years later. I wanted to write those kinds of speeches all the time, not just once in a while.
My clients wouldn't cooperate.
During the first five minutes of our private consultation, Jay asked me questions about what I
do and whom I sell to. Then he asked, "Instead of the excellence of the writing, why don't
you emphasize the results your clients could get from a great speech?"
There it was, the naked question that I along with every other speech writer
should have asked myself. This question unlocks the door to better client
cooperation if senior managers understand that speeches can be strategically
important, they will invest the time it takes to build a powerful script and an
electrifying delivery. And the results will be almost a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Based on that single question, I have redesigned not only my marketing, but my entire
business: What I sell, whom I sell to, and how I deliver it. All changed, and changed for
the better. The clients win. Their audiences win. I win.
Just imagine, now. If these weren't money-making ideas, my pride might have gotten in the
way. I consider myself an intellectual. For 17 years, I have been making money with my
mind and my pea. Clients, other writers, and public relations people hang on my words when
I describe how I do what I do. Then this guy comes along, and in five minutes asks the killer
question that could redefine my whole profession!
But that's not all he does this kind of thing in hundreds of industries. In November, I
saw him do it in 30 industries.

FEB- 8-94 TUE 22:38 JOE ROY, BUSINESS WRITER 6175274889

P.04

So, I see Jay as more than a marketing consultant. I see him as more than a strategist or
management consultant. I see him as a business philosopher a profound thinker. And even at
that, the rarest kind of philosopher one who also offers practical ideas by the dozens.
In fact, he generates so many exciting ideas that his clients myself included -- prefer to
break up our consulting time into small segments. A half-day with this man generates mote
ideas than most people could absorb. Mercifully, he accedes to these requests and sudiotapes
every word for our review.
I hope this has been helpful. Jay's thinking process is so wide-ranging and so powerful
that he is a bit hard to describe. That's why I had to tell you in terms of what he does for
my particular business.

Very truly yours,

Joe Roy
P.S.: One last example: In the session we had just today, he tossed out an idea -almost a
throwaway -- that could create an entirely new way to write and sell speeches. I don't
believe it's ever been tried, but it made logical sense to me as soon as I heard it. I
believe that if [ were to execute it properly, it could triple my income and allow me to
live part-tune in the Caribbean. You can bet I'm going to try It.

February 14, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham

Jay Abraham Publications
944 Indian Peak Road, Suite 220
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
RE:

"SURFER DUDE DOES GOOD"

Dear Jay:
Your new "Money Making Secrets" book gave me a headache after 15 minutes of reading it. My
mind was reeling with all these ideas, so much so that I had to put the book down. I got so
irritated at myself for missing such obvious and easy marketing techniques that would easily
double and triple my business this year. As you know, I have a tree care company on Long
Island. Last year I increased my business by 33 %, (actually a 44% increase in our higher profit
item - monitoring program), using the marketing principles you made available to me through
your books, tapes and seminar. One thing that I have implemented is to give away the first two out
of seven monitoring spray visits to clients recommended to me by Ireland-Gannon &
Associates, the largest landscape company in this area. It works great. Not only do I get top of
the line (rich) clients, but also with my backending, I make great profits even with the freebie
(perceived value), right from the start.
So here I was, happy to give it away (the freebie), but I was not extending the idea of marginal
net worth beyond this arena...There are many nurseries, high-end plant stores, florists,
landscapers, pool people, an invisible fence company and car detailing services that I have
established rapport with but have not put any "moves" (New York term) on. Their customers are
the kind of folks that I have come to love (ultra wealthy).
Reading the first four pages of your book made me see the error of my ways. I will offer to
give these other vendors' clients two freebie monitoring sprays. Also, I will give the vendors a
finder's fee of 20% of the referred client's monitoring program and 10% of what the referrals
spend on deep root feeding and pruning services this year. This should average out to a nice
$300 referral fee per client. 40 new clients would mean an extra $12,000 in their pocket, with no
investment on their part except a few kind words. We will make them look good because

of our caring, nurturing professional service. This links them to their customers stronger and
helps promote sales for the vendor...Everybody wins! Of course I will coach the vendors to take
full advantage of their customer base. Serving them helps me. I wonder where I learned that.
Thanks Jay...
I also learned to nurture my customers further through repeated letters, calls and visits; to using
post reassurance visits after the job completion to cross sell; to give our present customers the
best deals and guarantees and to understand the importance of my old customers and how to
keep them; to give special upsell deals at the point of commitment to one of our other services; to
segregate my customers into categories for targeted promotions. All of this I learned in the first 4
pages (only 390 to go...).
This book is wonderfully laid out and is a great refresher to the stuff I thought I knew. Your
friend,

P.S.: Feel free to use this letter if it serves you to.

P.P.S.: I would gladly pay to have this book on cassette tapes. It would make driving my car a
marketing seminar.

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REAL ESTATE GROUP. INC.
BROKERAGE AND MANAGEMENT
BROKERAGE SERVICES

COMMERCIAL

Local Perspective Worldwide

September 10, 1993

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Mr. Jay Abraham

26839 Westfield Drive
Palos Verdes Peninsula, California 90274
Dear Jay,
I want to thank you, Mack and all your guests, for allowing me the opportunity to attend such an
educational, dynamic and insightful seminar. I think I have learned more about marketing and how a
business operates in the past three (3) days than in my entire work experience. Your technique of
asking questions that lead to more questions really allows a person to clarify what it is they are trying to
do to solve their individual problems in business and in their own personal lives. At first I was
expecting you to give us the answers to specific problems in a traditional stye but soon it became
apparent that it wasn't the case. Your technique of drawing questions pertaining to our own individual
business, forces an individual to examine their own personal experience and/or problems. I noticed that I
became quite uncomfortable when I realized that I was going to be accountable for what I said I wanted
and that the only thing stopping from me from having what I want in my life was me. I also noticed
that a microphone could appear in my hand at any given moment and that I better be working towards
clarity of the subject at hand.
I would like to point out a few of the many insights that I gained through this experience. The first
thing I recognized was that 1 am not marketing myself in any organized or systematic style. I haven't
worked my data base in an effective way and therefore my name recognition isn't known in the
marketplace. I am in the process of changing this through consistent mailing and advertising promotion. The
second thing I realized was that I don't have a unique selling proposition. During the three (3) days I
worked through many U.S.P.'s and I think I have one that will work effectively. The third thing I realized
is that I could be marketing a target market routinely and testing and analyzing my percentage of conversion,
and begin to predict the outcome of my prospecting. This to me is very exciting. A fourth thing I
realized is the implementation of back end marketing through interacting with mortgage banking, property
management, tax re-evaluation services etc. I could increase market share tremendously using this
process. Jay, I could go on and on but 1 think you get the picture. I feel greatly indebted to you for
the wonderful experience and want to thank you once again.
Hope to see you soon,

Kurt T. Hoyt
Associate (310)
516-2353
KH/kai
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PS:

I'm sorry you didn't receive this letter sooner. The original was sent to the wrong address.

CB Commercial Real Estate Group, Inc.

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production sales and marketing

March 15, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. Jay Abraham, Personal

950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
Thank you for the opportunity to tell you about a marketing success I
have had due to the marvellous influence that your teachings and
marketing expertise have had in my life.
In late January of 1993 I received the pre-attendance materials for
the Mastermind Marketing Seminar that I attended in late February
of 1993. I immediately dug into the materials and was inundated
with a veritable flood of thoughts and ideas.
One of themes in your material was to revere your business and to
look to one's current business and customers as sources of new
income and opportunities.
As my thoughts reviewed the material I thought of a customer that, at
one time, had been my largest customer but, due to my lack of
attention, had become a minor customer. I was aware that they were
considering a major revamp of about 1/3 of their packaging and had
no idea where they were in this process.
I made a couple of phone calls and found out that these people were
indeed going to redesign the packaging for many of their products.
The project involved new molds for four sizes of bottles and the
projected volume of bottles was about 5,000,000/year.
They had already issued invitations to bid on this business and I
was not on the bid list. Furthermore, I found out that I was held
in such low esteem that I probably wouldn't be allowed to bid.
Bids were due in two weeks. I was so motivated by the
possibilities that I saw in this situation (because of the reading
and study that I had been doing of your material) , that I
immediately called and asked for appointments with all of the key
players that were involved in this project.
Only two out of four appointments that I asked for were grudgingly
granted (I had a real credibility problem as you can tell). One of
the concepts that you teach that struck me forcibly was that of

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admitting a mistake.
As I met with each of these two people, I told them that I realized I
had not done a good job for them in the recent past and asked them
for a review of my performance. I was very careful not to be
defensive and thanked them for their comments. I assured them that I
realized how poor my service to them had been and that I was
taking steps to remedy that situation.
Another of your concepts is to ask for a summary from the customer
of what their most important considerations were. I asked them
what they were trying to accomplish with the re-design of their
line of products and with the new containers that they had
proposed. After carefully listening and taking notes, I asked for
the opportunity to bid, even though I was very late in the game.
They granted my request.
I immediately contacted several suppliers that I felt could handle a
project of this magnitude. Within three days I was in Los
Angeles where all of these suppliers were located and spent two
days soliciting their help.
One supplier was very anxious to tackle the project and put
together a proposal that normally would have taken at least two
weeks in just two days.
I took the information they provided me and assembled it into a
very attractive proposal in a loose leaf binder. The proposal had
product drawings; a letter of introduction explaining our
capabilities and the capabilities of the manufacturer that we were
doing a joint venture with; a large amount of QC data; a list of a
large number of national companies that we and our manufacturer had
done business with; a history of both companies; the actual
quotation and proposal; and a summary that answered how we intended
to address all of their concerns and needs.
There were four key people at this company that had a hand in
making the decisions for this project. I assembled a binder with
the complete proposal for each one of these people. I also called a
printer in the city where these people were located (appx. 250
miles from Salt Lake City) and arranged for them to print up a
cover sheet to slide in the plastic jacket on the front of each
binder. The cover sheet was done in red and included the
customer's name, logo and headlines regarding the proposal.
I called for appointments and made a separate presentation to all

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four key decision makers. Included in the presentation was an
offer to fly two or three key people to Los Angeles for a plant
tour. By the time I got to the last person his comment was, "Hey, I
understand that you have given us a real great proposal today!"
This proposal was followed up with calls from the factory that I
had formed a partnership with and many other phone calls and
letters to reassure them of our capabilities and to answer
questions and concerns. The entire process ended in our receiving
an award of a contract for the business.
We have now been in production on this contract for about 5 months.
The customer is about 25% ahead of projections in terms of what
they have actually ordered. That means between 6-7 million
containers the first year. This has meant an increase in business
for the manufacturing plant of about 10% which is a hugh increase.
The tools used to make the bottles are "state of the art" which
means that profitability is even greater than we projected. In
addition to this, this much of an increase in business with no
increase in physical plant overhead has increased plant earnings.
My own personal income has increase 20% with this one piece of
business. In addition to this, my credibility with my customer has
increased dramatically, which has resulted in the opportunity to
bid on more business. I anticipate an increase of an additional
15% in my income this coming year because of this opportunity.
The greatest thing that you have done for me, and continue to do
for me Jay, is to open my mind to new ideas, remind me of forgotten
ideas and generally expand my consciousness and awareness of the
multitude of opportunities that confront me every day.
In addition to this, your material is a veritable gold mine in
terms of reference material. I refer to it all the time while
looking for specific solutions to marketing challenges.
Thank you for the contributions you have made, and continue to make
to my life. I am much richer in every way (not just financially)
because of your influence.

3752 West 1820 South / Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 / Telephone (801) 973-6056

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.-Jay Abraham personal
950 Indian Peak Road suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, Ca 90274
Dear Jay:
Thank-you for the opportunity to document my success story and for
the generous gifts you are offering.
I will document two success stories, my own marketing consulting
practice, Precision Marketing and Publications and a client of
mine.
PRECISION MARKETING AND PUBLICATIONS

Since receiving training from you in February 1990, my consulting

practice has increased 100% the first year, 100% the second year,
50% the third year, and is expected to reach 100% growth this year.
This percentage growth is measured in annual fees and income.
I built the practice using your techniques and philosophies. These
included:
1. A unique selling proposition which set me apart from all
other marketing consultants in that I guaranteed a 25-100%
increase in business.
2. I developed a telemarketing script which included this USP
and began a calling campaign which yielded me appointments
with small business owners.
3. I kept the ratios, tested and tracked the results. I
learned that out of 10 business owners contacted I could
generate 1 consultation. From 4 consultations I could
close a client.
I utilized this approach for the first two years of my practice.
Staying with this and refining the sales presentation and packaging my
services in different ways continued to improve the results and grow
my practice.
The biggest principle I used in this from your training would be
the USP and its integration into all my marketing efforts.
The third and fourth years, I tested a new marketing approach by
speaking to chamber groups and other business organizations. I
utilized your philosophy of leverage in that the time I was
spending one on one with telemarketing appointments was occupying
too much time and I needed to better leverage my time with business
owners.
By utilizing this marketing technique I cut all costs of my
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marketing to almost zero, however the yield from this marketing was
the same as the telemarketing. That is, I could get the same
appointment ratio and closing ratio. For example if there were 30
business owners at the chamber luncheon I would offer free
consultation to those interested. From 30 I would garner three to
four appointments and close one. The profitability of my marketing
dramatically increased.
Telemarketing costs would be approximately $300 to yield $3000 in
fees. With the seminar and workshop approach my cost is $50 to
yield $3000 in fees. 83% Profit Increase!1
This fourth year I am looking forward to employing a consultant
that I can now have go back and work the telemarketing that worked
before. Projections are that his success will generate for
Precision Marketing, an increase of $24,000 to $30,000 a year in
income.
CLIENT SUCCESS STORY

I retained this client two years ago.

This particular client is an attorney who gives seminars nation
wide two or three times a week.
He presents to approximately 500 people a week and sells 30% of his
books and tapes. Those who purchase receive a free consultation
with his law firm.
We implemented a back-end selling project to contact the other 350
people who did not purchase. We do this by phone. His business
income increased $800,000 the first year! This project continues
today yielding over $500,00 annually for the client as well as
providing a. residual source of income for Precision Marketing and
Publications.

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Jay Abraham is a master in leverage marketing thinking.

He knows how to identify hidden marketing assets in a business,
leverage those assets, and redeploy them in ongoing revenue and
profit increases.
This way of looking at marketing, has literally transformed my life
in that I could package my outside direct sales background into
consulting and now work for dozens of other clients.
I am beginning to understand better his philosophy of leverage and
non-traditional marketing and I am employing them in new ways with
my current clientele as well as new prospects.
I commend Jay Abraham for the great service he provides to business
owners and am thankful for the chance I had to learn from him and
enhance my personal career.
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ATTN: Jay Abraham Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Friday, 2:30 p.m.
March 11, 1994
Dear Mr. Abraham:
Let me introduce myself. My name is Don Diebel and I am President and owner of Gemini Publishing
Company in Houston, TX. We sell books, cassettes, and videos to help single men meet, date, attract and
succeed with women. We offer over 40 products in our 32 page catalog.
Over the years I've done my own marketing and ad copy and had been too stubborn and too much of a
tightwad to seek help from the experts in marketing.
I thought I could do it all myself. Boy, was I wrong! Just look at my net profit figures for
1986-1991:
1986 - lost $9276
1987 - lost $5003
1988 - lost $3375

1989 - lost $8479

1990 - lost $24,251 (ouch!)
1991 - lost $3143

But, things have turned around financially since 1991 when I purchased your course, "Your Marketing
Genius at Work." I have used your marketing strategies since 1992 and my net profit jumped dramatically
to $8698 for 1992 and $8000 for 1993. I owe all this success to following the marketing advice and how to
write ad copy in your course.
Before you put me on the right track to financial and business success, I was using my own marketing
course that could be called, "Your Marketing Idiot at Work." I made so many mistakes because of my lack
of knowledge.
These are just some of the many things I learned from you to make Gemini Publishing a success:
How to write attention-getting headlines. Changing headlines in my catalog made a big difference in
profits.
How to write good ad copy that stresses benefits and facts. My copy in the past had been too much hype
and generalities.
Taught me how to give my customers more than they expect. This has created many loyal
customers and loyal customers creates more sales.

* Showed me how to use premiums to increase orders. Now, my catalog is full of them and "they work
like crazy."
* Help me create my U.S.P. (Unique Selling Proposition). Now, I'm the envy of my competitors because
I offer more products, cheaper prices, cheaper postage, fast service, lots of premiums, and the best
money-back guarantee.
* Taught me to avoid mailing my catalogs from Thanksgiving to December 25th when my customers are
short on money. I was losing money before you made me aware of this fact. Now, I'm following your
advice to mail right after January 1st when my male customers are making New Years resolutions to
find a girlfriend, meet more women, overcome their shyness, etc.
* And most importantly, you made me aware of marketing mistakes and how to avoid making them.
I know you've been called a marketing genius, world's greatest salesman, master strategist,
philosopher, etc. I like to think of you as my mentor. I know you're a successful marketer and for me to
become successful in my business, all I've got to do is learn from you, "The Maestro." As the song goes,
"You are my hero, you are the wind beneath my sail."
To sum it up, thanks Jay for helping me turn my business from a loser to a money-making machine. I
know I'm not a Fortune 500 Company, but if you look through my catalog you will see that I have the
potential to make lots of money. I just need more exposure for my catalog.
You have my permission to use this testimonial for any purpose you may desire.

Don Diebel
President
P.S. Please note our new address and telephone number on this letterhead. You sent your last promo to
our old address on Gullwood St.
P.P.S. Enclosed is a copy of our latest catalog which you have helped to make a success.

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INC.
KENNETH ROSSMAN, S.R.A., I.F.A.
JOHN W. MOHRING, S.R.A., I.F.A.

20 WEST MAIN STREET

BAY SHORE, NEW YORK 11706
516/968-6350

We were successful in retaining approximately 75% of our

client base by being up-front with them and letting them know what
was happening. Before the old company was shut down we sent out a
letter explaining what was coming and letting them know that all
work in progress would be completed on time. A few days after the
old company shut down we sent a letter from the new company letting
the existing clients know that any follow-up service needed on work
done by the old company would be performed at no charge by the new
company.
To replace the other 25% of clients which were lost we began a
massive direct mail campaign directed at lawyers and lending
institutions. We sent out 300 of each of eight different letters and
based on the response of those then sent out approximately 5000
letters using the two formats that received the highest response
rate (one offered a "free appraisal" to introduce them to our
service).
In a matter of less than six weeks we had a significantly
stronger client base than we had enjoyed at any point in the
previous 5 years and we were a mere month and a half out of a
chapter 7 bankruptcy. The Chapter 7 filing of the old company was
commenced in August of 1992. By October of 1992 we were in a strong
positive cash flow and by August of 1993 we had completely paid off
the "trust fund" portion of the taxes owed for which the IRS had
pursued us personally.
Virtually all of the above mentioned strategies were learned
from you or were spun off of things we learned from you.
I would like to thank you for your help, I don't think we
could have done it without you.

Real Estate Appraisers & Consultants

EVANS ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL

7550 Shorewood Drive

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
Here's your success stories.
Five years ago, when I first received your training materials, I was broke and jaded about making
myself a success. After reading your materials, I immediately called the paper to see if they would
publish an free story about my new business - teaching karate. (I got this idea from your
original materials.)s They did, and I filled an entire karate class with just that story. The
important thing to our family is that the revenue from karate classes was our grocery money for
the week. After the class our entire family would get together in our cold, cold house and I'd lay
out the cash receipts on the bare kitchen table. The money represented what we ate that week!
Also, I may add that we had no place to meet for karate classes. No rent money to pay, no
utilities to pay, and of course, no advertising money. Your idea of working with an established
business in the community really worked. I paid Howard of Howard' s Gym an hourly rate to use
his gym. I guess it worked too well. After awhile he resented that fact that I was making more
in one hour than he did the rest of the week!
There are more success stories. I certainly will appreciate any of your materials, so I'm ready to
spill my guts.
You gave me the idea on how to get financing for my videotape exercise course (Body Gym).
Without investing one dime, I got a neighbor to foot the bill to get the video published. Now, I
have 200 tapes to use to get marketing help.
Also, you gave me the idea on how to use other businesses to propel my small body sculpturing
classes to success. A joint venture. Without that additional income, we wouldn't have qualified
for our present home - on an FHA loan. What I did was go to chiropractors and have them
sponsor body sculpturing classes in their offices. I paid no money or advertising on anything.
They filled the classes, put up the space, and I taught

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the classes. They got 10%. (I should have offered more, I believe). I made $7,500 in just the
first month. With no investment. So, I guess we need to thank you for qualifying to get our
home, also.
Recently, several enthusiasts and I started the International Power Punching Federation, Inc.,
a non-profit organization whose purposes are to start national and international competitions
based upon kicking and punching pads which electronically measure impact force and speed.
We started the organization with just $50. Within the first year we held a 12-day U.S.
Kicking and Punching Championships. I've included a recent Black Belt Magazine write up
about it. From the article we've got several invitations to hold other competitions. Again, we
used your publicity methods to get the entire thing going. We cleared about $3,500 at the
U.S. Championships.
I guess I see you as a marketing genius. Not just a philosopher. A philosopher doesn't
have to get involved with practical methods. You do. That's what, in my opinion, sets
you apart from people who just talk.
Please send the materials plus the Mastermind Marketing transcripts.
Also, Jay, I sent you one of our Body Gym Exercise Videos in trade for your $367 marketing
manual. I could really use this manual could you send it in exchange for the videos. I
recognize that I haven't made any big volume numbers yet but remember there are many
people out there who want to get started with little or no down. Maybe my successes will
help them.
Please send quickly as my wife is dying and I'd like her to share a little of my success before
she dies. You've sent me materials and we'd talked on the phone so you know I'm not
exaggerating.

R. James Evans, President - HC32 Box 6517 - Wasilla, Alaska 99687 - (907) 746-2859

MASOOD ENTERPRISES
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Dear Jay Louis Abraham;

My success story is a result of concept of GENERATING BACK END BUSINESS that I learnt from you My
part time business jumped from zero to $ 907.50 per month; $10,890.00 a year residually for life of the
customer just converting 33 target audience into satisfied and loyal customer out of 52 right targeted prospects.This is
just the beginning;two and half month efforts. There are millions of health conscious people who are my potential
target audience that can be converted to my customers when approached properly and effectively by applying your
concept of Back-End business.
The product I am marketing is N.S.A* JUICE PLUS+TM is a new innovative nutritional product which may just
change the way people think about nutrition in the 21st century. Created by Dr.Humbart Santillo ,Naturopath
Physician. Author of the "Natural Healing with Herbs "and "Food Enzymes.The Missing Link to Health" as well as
personal physician to Jay Kordich (The Juiceman). JUICE PLUS contains the natural components present in fresh
whole fruits and vegetables.The naturally occuring nutrients, fibers, Enzymes and important "food actives are retained
by a proprietary processing technology. making JUICE PLUS+TM truly a powerhouse of good nutrition and energy.
By the unique scientific technology of "flash drying ",the water and the waste are eliminated .preserving only the
nutritional components of fruits and vegetables in two easy-to-swallow,easy to -digest capsules in ORCHARD AND
GARDEN BLENDS. HOW I MARKET
I gathered the name and addresses of the people who bought Juicer by being health conscious and taking care of their
health but discontinued by experiencing inconvenience and expenses involved in buying tons of fruits and
vegetables.They were looking for some alternative yet afraid to try by expending money. My approach try it free on
my expense for one month worked.People felt good. energy level enhanced some people lost measurable weight.
People with bowl movement problem got relief. people with arthritis got relief. Since its consumable product with
tremendous benefit they are going to be my life time customer;not only that, I will get referral from their friend and
relatives .This would not have happened had 1 not known and understood the power of Back-End business. Its going
to be GOLD MINE.
The other concept of yours HOST-PARASITE relationship is also very powerful I am working on that I will let you
know the results.when I get it
I have lot of admiration and appreciation for your forte and expertness in business and marketing. You have feasible
and doable solutions to marketing problems irrespective of industry and environment .You have tremendous insight.
gifts and ideas to enhance the profitability. productivity and value of businesses. Above all in my opinion and
judgement you are Magnet for achieving strength,stability. superiority and success of any business
in any industry.

3 /qH
N.B
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Jay You have my permission to publish this letter whatever way you want to.

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Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group
950 Indian Peak Rd. Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I writing in response to your recent letter. I hope my experience
will be helpful.
I used you strategies to help a chiropractor build his practice.
I suggested a cooperative mailing with other businesses. The
cost was approximately $500. He was concerned about how quickly
he would see a payback on this investment.
I asked him to quantify the value of a patient who would require a
treatment program. He estimate that a patient would be worth $1500
to him over the course of their treatment program. Using the
marginal net worth calculations, I explained to him that just one
patient would represent a 200% return on his investment.
The offer consisted of a free initial exam to determine if a
treatment program was necessary. After a couple of weeks passed I
asked him he was pleased with the results. He suggested to me that
he had less than a 1% response and wasn't sure he would try this
method again. I asked how many responses he received and how many he
had converted to patients requiring treatment. He told me he
received 45 responses of which he believed half would become regular
patients.
Astounded that he couldn't see what outstanding results he had
received, I quickly calculated how much that ad had done for his
practice. Assuming 22 patients would require ongoing care worth
$1500 each, his gross collections on this $500 investment was
$33,00050% of which was profit!
I suggested to him that it was unfortunate that the cooperative
mailing didn't go out every week! He laughed, finally realizing
what an outstanding practice building advertisement I had developed
for him.
I estimated if he continued the mailings with similiar over the
course of the year, he would gross $150,000 and net $75,000 using
just this one strategy. Many chiropractors don't gross this amount
while spending much more money on unmeasurable marketing methods.
Many of the descriptions of your role given in your letter seem too
limiting. I view you as a business counselor. Above and beyond the
specific strategies you teach, your ability to motivate people to
step back from their day to day responsibilities and expand their
vision of the opportunities available to them is remarkable. You
prod people to take action

and clarify the relationships between businesses and their

customers.
As any good counselor, you virtually walk people out of the fog
of indecisiveness until they experience often startling profit
building revelations.
Sincerely,
^
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First Atlantic Capital
P.O. Box 4650 Augusta,
Maine 04330

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March 10th, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. 950
Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,

I just wanted to tell you how my one hour telephone conversation

with you has brought me in over a half a million dollars and is still
bringing in over $100 thousand every year. Well over half of this
half million dollars is PROFIT.
This is in addition to the residual sales I get off of these
new customers every year. In this case I am profiting from what you
teach as the "lifetime value of a customer". But that is only part
of the story.
First, let me tell you about my business. Then I'll explain
the strategy you outline for me that brought in all of this money
with almost no additional cost.
I manufacture and sell an electronic device to purify swimming
pools without using chlorine. It uses NASA developed technology to
add a small amount of safe, natural copper and silver ions to the
pool water to kill the algae and bacteria.
I distribute this product through a franchise network. The
product is sold in the home directly to the pool owner. We bypass
the swimming pool stores because they are selling chlorine. I had
been running ads in USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur
magazine, and others to generate leads and then sell the franchise
for $24,000 which includes some inventory.
Jay,.you suggested that I take the thousands of leads that I
had generated and send them a letter offering to sell them a much
smaller franchise for $5,000. You told me how to explain my reason
for doing this ... no advertising cost, etc.
It worked great. The amazing thing is that I have been able to
repeat this process every spring with the same list. Who knows. I
may be able to generate over one million dollars from this one piece
of advice.
I have most of your books and tapes and have profited
greatly from your teachings, but the above example is the one idea
where I have profited the most with the least amount of effort or
expense.

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7227 North 16th Street
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March 15, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group
950 Indian Peak Road, #100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
The following is in response to your letter received March 7. It
outlines how I have used your ideas over the past few years.
I used your ideas on explaining exactly what our business was (at
the time, an insurance restoration business) and developed a
compelling letter detailing how our services could save insurance
companies thousands of dollars. We had developed our "USP" using
your techniques and this was spelled out in the letter and all
marketing materials. This letter was sent to insurance agents and
insurance companies.
Our previous marketing had involved sending out or delivering pens,
notepads, calendars and a myriad of "cute" items to try and
encourage people to use our services. We spent thousands of dollars
getting our name out in the form of "image advertising".
This one letter cost a total of about $1,200 including printing and
mailing costs (small local mailing only). Over the following year
we tracked new business directly to that letter of over $500,000,
with profits of over $200,000. Not bad for one $1,200
letter!
I have now sold that business and gone back into the financial
services field where I have over 11 years of experience. I am now
putting your ideas to work in the mortgage banking business and hope
to have similar results to report on in this new endeavor. I have
already created specific reports and letters to be used in an
overall marketing campaign and I am sure we will have very positive
results in the near future.
Jay, I view you as a "MARKETING MASTER" who has the ability to get
others to look at business and specific businesses in a whole new
way.
Your ideas and concepts have taught me to be "non-traditional", to
look at marketing as exciting and fun instead of a business chore.
Business and marketing have become a way of life and I

have been rewarded in more than just financial ways as I have

shared these ideas with friends and relatives and seen dramatic
changes in their lives as well.
Thank you for being willing to share with people like myself.
When I first purchased your protege home study course $5,OOO
seemed like a lot of money (it was!). I have made that money back
many times over and have learned concepts that will be useful for
the rest of my life.
Sincerely Yours,

Kurt S. Hansen

8 March 1994
MY BUSINESS SUCCESSES DUE TO JAY ABRAHAM

Jay Abraham's marketing ideas are so fundamentally sound that I

feel as if I was introduced to a money making machine. All I did
was tenaciously take action. Based upon my exposure to Jay (who
is a marketing genius), I sent out a
direct mail letter to homeowners regarding refinancing their
mortgages.
Specifically, I sent out the material in a plain white envelope
that was handwritten. There was no return address on the outside.
I used postage stamps (opposed to a meter or bulk mailing).
Curiosity, if nothing else, forced the homeowner to open the
envelope. If he was interested in refinancing, he would continue
to read the letter once opened. If he was not interested, he
would simply throw it away. But, the whole idea here is to have
the exposure to the homeowner and know that he or she opened the
letter instead of just tossing it out with all of the other
solicitations received.
The letter is written to somebody specifically, such as, "Mr. &
Mrs. Smith" opposed to "Dear Homeowner". In a word, the letter is
PERSONALIZED as much as possible. The paper is of good quality on
company letterhead. It also has a live signature at its
conclusion.
The contents of this two page letter is a simply, easy to read,
educational piece. It is very folksy...as if I was having a
relaxed conversation with a friend. After reading the letter, the
homeowner has the feeling that he or she is being considered as a
real person, not a number.
The letter is riddled with blunt honesty about this process of
refinancing. It is not meant to be a pipedream, just real world
stuff. Jay's philosophy is to give em' a dose of the
imperfections along with the good, it gives more credibility to
the letter. Based upon my results, he's right!
Finally, I offered a financial guarantee as Jay advocates. Most
people are risk adverse. You need to give them a reason to take a
chance on you. My offer was a $50.00 gift certificate to their
favorite restaurant if they cancelled because they weren't
satisfied with my service.
It works because very few people put
their money where their mouth is.

23681 Birtcher * Suite 2 * Lake Forest, Co. 92630 . (714) 830-0302 ' Fax (714) 830-1366

The obvious point that I haven't mentioned is that you MUST

give outstanding customer service. You also don't want to be
paying out money to people because it messes up your bottom
line rather quickly!
I had to pay out twice. Once, I felt like it was a shakedown
for money. So, under the chapter of "I want to get on with my
life", I paid it. The other was a file that we truly botched.
So I paid out twice. Do you know what this letter generated
in commissions to our firm? We brought in $250,000 in
additional commissions over this simple letter idea. Was it
worth the risk? Absolutely!
The not so obvious point is the lifetime value of that customer
(or what Jay calls the customers marginal net worth). In other
words, how many times can you resell a customer over his
lifetime and how much money is that worth? My best guess is
that an average customer would be worth $20,000 in commissions
to me over his lifetime. I do everything I can to make them
happy and keep them happy!
I see Jay Abraham as a genius marketer. He stimulates and
inspires ideas that I simply did not know were there. He
finds my blind spots. As I have the will, he helps me to find
the way.
Jeff Lazerson-President Portfolio
Mortgage Corporation

March 4, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
RE; Success Stories
Dear Jay:
My exposure to your marketing precepts has, more than anything else,
enabled me to become adept at marketing large real estate properties
of a commercial/investment nature.
Perhaps most illustrative is the listing and sale of the 225-acre
Lindeleaf Ranch adjacent to the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and
U.S. 152 in Gilroy, CA.
The marketing proposal I wrote and presented to Mr. and Mrs.
Lindeleaf on behalf of our sales team was instrumental in our office
(Prudential Network Properties) obtaining the listing on this prime
property in competition with several other brokerages.
And the marketing package which I prepared and which our team
distributed to brokerages and qualified investors throughout the Bay
Area was pivotal in attracting interest which ultimately led to the
disposition of the property in three different sales for something
less than $10 million. (I cannot disclose actual prices due to
agreements of confidentiality with buyers and sellers.)
Both the listing proposal and the marketing literture which in this
case were so successful were written in a style that I learned from
the Jay Abraham training I received as a protege.
More than anything else, I see you as a remarkably intuitive and
gifted example of marketing prowess, whose methods I continually
seek to emulate.
Sincerely

^^^^^

March 7, 1994

Dear Jay:
Just a quick note to let you know what is happening
with my business since starting to work your concepts.
Two months ago, I was struggling with almost no business.
Now after starting two-stepping and call-letter-call, I have
generated over 200 leads in two months, and am now seeing how
with just simple follow-up, some buyers and sellers are
beginning to appear. My level of appointments has increased from
one every other week to 5 per week. And I am just getting
started into the system. I fully expect these numbers to double
again in two more months.
I see very clearly how this method let's the numbers work
for me. Somewhere in those leads, people stand up and say they
really want to buy or sell a home.
How do I see Jay Abraham? Expander of our thinking
process; one who helps us to simplify and see the obvious,
which we don't see unless someone shows us; Professor of
Fractality of Iterative Concentricity; paradigm breaker.
Thanks again for the new insights.
I am looking forward to getting to another of your
programs in the future.

Steve Peck
Sincerely,

Dear Jay:
I have enthusiastically read and re-read, listened and re-listened to
your materials since attending your seminar.
My success has been in the area of direct mail marketing. I am a mortgage
broker and have fiddled around with direct mail like most of my
competitors have, usually with disappointing results, until now.
Recently I mailed 5,000 pieces to existing home-owners. I divided this
mailing into three different marketing letters. I made sure I placed
headlines that were developed only after attending your seminar and
beginning to understand marketing from a totally different angle. I have
been testing various headlines on a smaller scale just to test, test,
test the results. I found out that some of my "favorite" headlines didn't
actually pull the best. One headline that worked very well is, IT'S
FREE....I REALLY MEAN IT, FREE!, another was I RUSHED THIS TO YOU BEFORE
IT WAS TOO LATE.
The first headline was developed from the angle of risk reversal. I
offered not only a free appraisal, but more importantly explained the
reasons why. In other words, why this was being offered and what benefits
it would provide the prospect without ANY risk on their part. I also
explained why I could offer this to them and offered plenty of "because"
reasons and benefits. I made sure to write this letter as I normally
would be talking to a prospect and one at a time. This simple idea of
writing to a prospect one at a time has had tremendous impact.
The second letter offered no risk reversal or anything free. However, it
did offer a nearly irresistible, low rate and all the reasons and
benefits why this program could work for them. I offered not only a low,
low rate but an explanation as to why is was limited and that it was only
available for a specific time period and if you met certain criteria.
This letter did as well as the first letter.
The third letter in which I sent only 1,000 pieces might be considered a
flop. However, this "flop" of a letter out pulled any prior marketing
campaign I had ever done by over 200%! This includes other times when I
had mailed 4000, 5000 and 6000 pieces. Had I only sent this third letter
I would still be happy with the increased results as compared to all
prior letters and flyers we were sending.

The total campaign has delivered between 900-1000% more results that
anything I had done previously. Because we are a relatively small company
these results mean a dramatic influx of business to us. I have been the
only one in my company who has been working on these ideas and strategies
taught by you, until now.
This lousy little mailing that included all these ideas outproduced all
our other producers, collectively! Since that time our top producers are
now using the same marketing letters and we are testing other letters as
well.
The first two letters worked well so I'm repeating the process. The funny
thing about this is before I would have probably restructured the entire
letter and then wondered why it didn't work. Of course, I am testing
different headlines and modifying the offers on a small group to measure
those results.
Jay, who is he? What is he? I think I see you primarily a marketing
genius. How about the "connector", I think this might describe an aspect
of you that I see. Your great ability to connect one idea to another. The
thought process to connect one business to another and so forth. You have
this ability to see beyond what most people see. You take a roomful a
business people and begin to connect the dots. You have a natural and
uncanny ability to put this business together with that business and
create another new angle and benefit for both sides.
You are really many things rolled up into one. I feel as stated earlier
you are a marketing genius, a marketing strategist and a "connector". The
last one may be a new title for you but that's how I see you.

Al Rodriguez

ABRAHAM PUBLISHING GROUP, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
SUCCESS CONCEPT #1
Starting about 8 months ago, we began TEST MARKETING our newspaper
ads by changing the home we featured in the ad along with modifying
the CONTENT and POSITIONING of the text and home until we achieved
satisfactory results.
With our initial ads we were "lucky" if they generated one
response. When the right combination came together, we had SIX
inquiries the same day, FOUR the second day, and TWO to FOUR
each successive day for the next 15 days.
We ran the ad a second time with even BETTER results. We continued
to run the ad 5 more times with equally consistent results--UNTIL
the owners of the home we were featuring requested that we stop-they were getting TOO MANY calls from neighbors and strangers
wanting to see their home.
CONCEPT #2: As a result of the response above, we soon found
ourselves with a large number of potential buyers. So, we put into
effect principle #2ALTERNATING FOLLOW-UP CONTACTS BETWEEN PHONE
AND LETTER SYSTEMATIC BASIS (week to 10 days).
This system literally TRANSFORMED this customer base from a
stagnant pool to an effervescent spring of interested clients.
Last year, the January to March period produced only one or two
clients a week. This year we have AVERAGED TWO A DAY. As a
result, new home orders during the first THREE-MONTHS of this
year have more than DOUBLED our orders during the first SEVENMONTHS of last year.
For us as a TWO-YEAR OLD custom-design modular home company,
that's a MAJOR, MAJOR shift!

Robert Barstow, President

Oak Tree Homes

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DONALD F. WARNER
1560 East Taylor Street

Huntington, IN 46750-4043
TELEPHONE [219] 356-7610

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal

950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estate, CA
90274

March 10, 1994

SUCCESS STORIES WANTED You ask for an honest

reply to your letter of Success Stories Wanted.
Last fall I received a letter from Pete Bissonette about your three
day opportunity event of November 19, 20, 21, 1993. The charge was $
5000.00 for the three day program. I did not have the $ 5,000.00 to
attend, but wanted to very eagerly. The next best solution was to
order the Home Study version for $ 1,800.00 which I did.
The Home Study program arrived shortly. I eagerly watched the video
tapes and thought this will be a great program.
Then the "PROBLEM" set in. My income from the sale of a commercial
property STOPPED. The bank was nervous. Notes were due unless something
can be worked out. I had to scrape up every dime I could. Even though I
wanted to keep your Home Study Course I had to send it back. I did not
even keep the Video you said to keep if you returned the course. I had
to be fair. With credit card charges and return mail and insurance, it
cost me over $ 100.00 just to look at this marvellous program.
During the short time, that I did have to study the program, I was able
to obtain some important information from you.
1:
2:
3:

You have to give something back to get more.

Back end sales.
USP.

Let me give you a brief history. I have been in the restaurant business
for the past twenty five plus years. I started with a small A & W Drive
In (1968). Within three years I also opened a 300 plus seat restaurant
with full bar service, catering ability, banquet faculties, and full
time entertainment. I rode the highs and lows for fifteen years plus. In
1985 all the big franchisee restaurants moved to town. I had tried all
the promotions I could think of to keep what business I had. But, to no
avail, the Big Guys won out. In 1987 I had to have an auction to keep
the banks happy. I leased the building out, and kept my head above
water. Then eighteen months ago a buyer came available. The future
looked great until last fall when they could not make their payments.
The rest is history. I am still trying to find a buyer, which will come
along sooner or later.

DONALD F. WARNER
1560 East Taylor Street

Huntington, IN 46750-4043
TELEPHONE [219] 356-7610

I was at a point when I needed your program.

Let me explain what you have done for me with out being able to study
your full program.
I had never had a USP. What is a USP? Well I found out that it is a
Unique Selling Proposition. Being in the Drive In food business, I had
to think what would be a good USP. We will guarantee all of our food
sales. Our main goal will be CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. We must do this with
GREAT ENTHUSIASM. I must pass this on to all my employees with all the
positive thought that I can. I must be the force that drives my
employees to greet our customers with the biggest smile. You re-enforced
this point.
What is back end sales? I had never had a customer list in all these
years. I knew my customers by name, but that was all. I now have a
weekly drawing for FREE GIFT CERTIFICATES, which requires all customers
to fill out a short questioner. I now know my customers name, address,
phone numbers, age, make of car, and twenty six other likes and
dislikes. By the end of this season I hope to have a mailing list of
eight to ten thousand names. Boy, what can I do with that kind of
information. I will be able to sell this information to several business
in our town. Back ending will be great income for the down season. Our
business is open only eight months a year.
You also said to give something to get something. I had ten thousand
free Root Beer cards printed, and also ten thousand free Root Beer
with purchase of a sandwich cards printed. I have passed out to other
business over three thousand of these free Root Beer cards the week
before we opened for the season.
I would like to BRAG some.
Comparing the first week open to the same week of 1993 we had a
243.5 % INCREASE in sales.
Comparing the second week open to the same week of 1993 we had a
124.2 % INCREASE in sales.
Comparing the third week open to the same week of 1993 we had a
88.3 % INCREASE in sales.
That is over 150 % average for the three week period.
I will maintain at least a 75 % plus increase for the next eight months.

DONALD F. WARNER
1560 East Taylor Street

Huntington, IN 46750-4043
TELEPHONE [219] 356-7910

I had to tell you this fantastic story. We are not a million dollar
company. Our gross sales were only $ 126,000 last year. Can you imagine
what we will do this year.
I do want to study the tapes and "Success" Documents. I need to grow and
become enriched in all the knowledge you have.
If some one does not believe in your system, please feel free to show
them this letter as proof that only three small ideas have already
helped improve our business by over 150 % in just three short weeks.
Don't stop reading now. There is more information to come.
I see Jay Abraham as a great motivator. In the short time that I had
your program I became motivated to pull my ass up and try again.
I
have to have your program to finish studying. If I can improve my
business by 150 % with just three simple ideas think of what I would be
able to do with the rest of Jay's program.
I want to thank you Jay for the three ideas I received from just
glancing at your program. I will, some time attend one of your
programs. That is a commitment I will do. Once again thank you for the
ability to view your program. It gave me the motivation to keep going
when things seem the darkest.
I do hope you feel that this "SUCCESS STORY" is worthy of your free offer
as I am looking towards the BEST FUTURE ahead.
May God Bless you and all your ability to help people in the future.
One last point: There are many small business people in this nation
needing your thoughts and ideas. I am sure many would not even think of
helping themselves, but how many others need and want help?
I also know costs involved in such seminars as yours.
How many more thousands of business people could be helped with a
concise version of your program?
If I can increase my business by 150 % with just three ideas, and not
know the rest of your $ 5,000.00 program, what potentials are available
to the small business person with a short version?
How about a monthly tape version for a cost per month program?
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale offered a two tape program every six weeks for
a small fee. I know your charges would be greater, but could be with in
the means of small business.

DONALD F. WARNER
1560 East Taylor Street

Huntington, IN 46750-4043
TELEPHONE [219] 358-7610

This country was built by the small business person. What has kept this
great country going? Small business has. Why not consider such a
program? I know the giants have made it big with the BIG GUYS, but they
were once SMALL GUYS.
I would like to consider a coverture program along these lines.
With your great thinking and business ability, there must be an answer
to the small business persons prayers.
Yes, Jay Abraham can make a MILLION DOLLARS on a three day program.
CAN JAY ABRAHAM MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY DUPLICATING HIS EFFORTS TO
THE REST OF THE NOT SO BIG GUYS?

IS IT WORTH A TRY?
HOW MANY MORE BUSINESS PEOPLE CAN THEN SAY, "I HAVE BENEFITED FROM JAY
ABRAHAM'S TEACHINGS?
HELP THE SMALL AND THEY SHALL BECOME BETTER.

I want to thank you Jay for giving me the motivation to go on with

business. You also motivated me to think on my own. I used to be very
creative, but fell out of it over the years. I needed your thoughts and
motivation.
After reading these four long and informative pages, I hope you do give
consideration my ideas. If you think there is potential in my thoughts
please contact me.

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. 950
Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
As per your request, I would like to give you an example of
something I achieved as a result of my exposure to you.
Just to refresh your memory, I went through your Protege program in
June of 1990 and began seeking clients on a part-time basis while
still keeping my regular job.
One of my early clients was a fast food fish restaurant. They had a
fish bowl on the counter and were collecting business cards for a
drawing for a free fish dinner.
I remembered a letter from a restaurant owner which you talked
about on page 16 in Report Number Four of "Your Marketing Genius At
Work" and I asked the manager what they were going to do with the
names of the people who didn't win the drawing. He said they
sometimes followed up with people by phone and occasionally mailed
some discount coupons to then but they didn't do any follow-up on a
regular basis.
I took the concept of the letter you discussed in YMGAW and had
them send a letter to these people offering a free cup of clam
chowder as a second place prize.
The letters were personalized on a computer and the individual had to
bring the letter in within three weeks of the date at the top. The
reason for this is because the manager estimated the average
customer ate at the restaurant approximately once every four weeks
and remembering what I learned from you, I wanted to get their
existing customers to come in more often.
The letter pulled a whopping 14 percent response!
And, most people bought something else in addition to getting their
free cup of clam chowder. . Also, a number of them brought someone
else to the restaurant with them. On top of this, we can't even
measure the increase in customer goodwill from this mailing.
All of this because of an idea generated from one letter in YMGAW.

Needless to say, I was pleased with such a high rate of return.

Later on, I tried this same concept with another client (not a
restaurant) and got an eight percent response. Not bad when you
consider what a typical non-Jay Abraham style direct mail response
rate is.
Thanks for all the many wonderful marketing ideas and techniques
you have provided to those who have taken your seminars and read
your materials.
Sincerely,

Charles Beck, President

Charles W. Beck Enterprises

Jay Abraham
950 Indiana Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

March 8, 1994

Dear Jay,
I am a self employed physical therapist who markets my
services on a contract basis. My business is not directly
marketed to the individual customer, but to the referring
physicians. These physicians then refer patients to me for
treatment or testing.
Several years ago I purchased your basic course, "Your
Marketing Genius At Work," in hopes in would further educate me
in how to succeed in business. I had difficulty apply the
advertising principles to a business such as mine.
One and a half years ago I addes an electrical diagnostic
service to my business. The first 6 months I was billing
$700.00 per month. I decided to use some of your advertising
strategies and sent a personal letter to the physicians in my
referral area. I developed a "Unique Selling Proposition" and
promoted short waits for clients, guaranteed on time testing and
reports returned to their office within 24 hours of the test.
My billing is now averaging $3,500.00 per month.
I realize this testimonial may be small in dollar size
compared to some others you may receive, but I assure you for a
"Me, Myself and I" business, this was significant.
I am presently doing a business survey to determine the
feasibility of offering an education program to business and
industry in my area. This program will teach businesses how to
lower workman's compensation cost by educating employees and
managers in proper injury prevention strategies. This program
will be marketed to the business itself; and your advertising
principles will be directly beneficial. If I decide to go
forward with this venture I plan to reread "Your Marketing
Genius At Work" in order to develop an advertising plan.
I see you as a resource to help me succeed. Your books and
tapes that I have read or listened to have help my business
succeed. I regret not taking one of your intense seminars. I
know you have offered your personal service to small businesses
like mine in the past, perhaps if you make future offers I may
be in a position to take advantage of them.
Sincerely,
Rodney Nichols, PT

3522 Courtenay Circle / Ocean Springs Mississippi 39564 / 601/875-9159

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March 9, 1994

Jay Abraham Personal Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Re: Success Stories
One of the most effective principles of Jay Abraham which has helped
me out on several occasions, is that you can't solve a sales problem
by cutting price, instead you have to educate the prospect. The
following is a perfect example of how this concept helped a client
of mine obtain a 1.5 million dollar order.
We were attempting to sell a large quantity of electrical equipment
to a chemical company which was building a new plant. This equipment
would be used to produce certain chemicals electro chemically. We
had designed this equipment such that its operating life would be
about 20% to 25% longer and would consume about 1% less electricity.
Although this may not seem like a lot of electricity, the chemical
process uses large quantities of power, so a very small percent
savings would have a significant dollar impact.
However after numerous meetings and presentations, the decision maker
responsible for purchasing this equipment turned our proposal down
because our price was slightly higher than our competitor's, even
though the savings in electricity and longer equipment life would far
exceed the small premium in pricing.
Painstakingly, we went step by step over all the numbers and
explained every major dollar savings their company would experience.
But the response was still "your price is too high". It didn't make
sense and we were almost ready to cut our price.
But then I decided to go one step further. Instead of me educating
the client, now I would have the client educate me. What makes him
tick? What does he think about when he makes decisions? What's
important and what's not? What's his personal life like? Does he
have a family, children? What does he do in his free time?

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As it turned out, he had several children that he loved very much

and he was very concerned about being able to support them. He was
worried that he would lose his job once this project was completed.
Not only did he have a very tight construction budget, but his
company was laying off people, and here we are trying to convince
him to take the risk to go over budget. The credit for any savings
in operating costs would go to whoever the new plant manager would
be, and not to the person buying the equipment.
We had to change our strategy and re-educate the prospect. First, we
split our price into two parts. The first part was a fixed price
which was actually 5% below competition's. The second part of our
price was variable and didn't kick in until after the plant was up
and running. This variable price was a percentage of energy savings
that the company would see with our equipment and a bonus for
exceeding the equipment's expected life. Lastly, we issued a
warranty guaranteeing the equipment 20% longer life.
These terms clinched the deal. The decision maker was able to buy
our equipment under budget, get better performing equipment, and have
the premium in price come from the savings in operations at no cost
to the company. This was a deal that he could go with to his
management feeling confident and not fearful about "looking bad".
And for us, we were actually getting a higher price than we
originally started out with.

Paul Berezny

To Whom It May Concern:

The following grants Jay Abraham or his publisher the right to
publish the above letter.

Paul Berezny
March 9, 1994

INFOTECH
March 9,1994
Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham
Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA. 90274
RE: Success Story Dear
Jay,
I am pleased to write you regarding the successes I have had by studying your materials
and then applying your techniques.
I have many of your videos, audios and manuals They are all invaluable. I purchased
the Aussie Boot Camp for $1800.00 through Gary Halbert and you couldn't get it back from
me for $ 10,000.00. After listening to it over and over and over again, I still get new ideas
everytime I listen to it or something that I didn't understand before now hits home.
One example that comes to mind is a gourmet take-out and catering business that was
located in a very dense business area. Because of your teachings, I established their Unique
Selling Proposition, "We bring you the freshest, most interesting food everyday without the
wait". Then we differentiated the business from all other restaurants and delicatessens serving
the "same old, same old" to the business person each day by having no menu and no set menu
itemseach day was an event, adventure, a party and surprise...the only food we had changed
daily! We featured all types of cuisine and healthy, low fat, calorie conscious but extremely
exciting and tasty food. This alone increased business by 30% per year. By using your concept
of the "life time value of a customer", I was able to send people to all the surrounding office
buildings giving away homemade chocolate chip cookies and FREE lunches to first time
customers while at the same time "collecting" their fax numbers so we could fax them the menu
everyday and let them know of our "rush" delivery service. This increased gross sales an
additional 20% per year. In keeping with your concepts of increasing the pulling power of
each ad, the number of times each customer buys from you and increasing the dollar amount of
each sale, we changed the planning and production schedules so employees could "upsell" takeout lunches and dinners at the same time customers picked up their breakfast. Therefore, the
average dollar amount of each sale drastically increased.

45 KNOLLWOOD ROAD

ELMSFORD, NY 10523

PHONE (914) 347-2626

In light of the fact that our store closed at 3:00p.m., the entire kitchen facility was not
used thereafter. By creating "host-beneficiary relationships" (another one of your gems) with
other business people that needed to use a "certified" kitchen, we were able to create an
additional profit center.
We also promoted an entirely new part of the business... "corporate catering" which
was very lucrative. The customers all knew and trusted us and loved our food so it was a
natural "back-end" which grew into doing "personal catering" at people's homes that worked in
the area and knew of us because they came for lunch or breakfast, etc.
Through the accumulation of hundreds upon hundreds of fax numbers we were
constantly able to communicate with our customers and grow a very profitable business.
All in all, the business did more than double its gross sales in a one year period with a
large amount of it falling straight to the bottom line and without any real additional costs or
efforts. The gross yearly volume increased Rom $200,000/yr. to $430,000/yr.!! Although this
was not a multi-million dollar per year business, I have used your concepts with other
businesses with the same astounding results. They work regardless of the sizethey just make
that much more money when mere are more zeros involved!
...Jay you're a "marketing" genius. I believe that you truly have a "gifted" sixth sense
regarding marketing. And as we all know, marketing is where you can truly leverage yourself
in your business. Your see things very "clearly". I think part of the clarity is created because
you approach things from trying to create a "win-win" situation for everyone. And that's real
power!
Please feel free to use this letter or any portion of it in your promotions.

Sincerely,

Robert J.
Bencivenga
P.S. I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks for making the information available!
RJB:bsh

s2H
Kitchens and Baths
295 Larkfield Road E. Northport, N.Y. 11731

(516)754-3005

Dear Jay;

I don't usually have the time to sit and write these

days but I have to make this exception.
I purchased your monthly tape series and diligently
listened to each and every one non-stop for months.
The result was phenomenal. With your guidance I was able to
triple our total volume in a period of just over two years, thats
over 300% increase, while the local and regional economy in the
Northeast was suffering the worst economic times since the great
depression.
I run a small retail store that was struggling to pay the
rent with a total sales volume of slightly over $500,000.00.
This year we expect to have gross volume of $1.8 million +/-.
Wow!
What we did was simply restate our marketing so that one or
two quantifiable items were always being presented as a low cost
"loss leader". Example: most businesses in our area would sell a
set of kitchen cabinets at a 40% profit. Then they would attempt
to sell the actual "installation" for a big fat price thinking
that they somehow deserved the large profits. Needless to say
most customers would buy somewhere else. What we do is sell the
cabinets at a higher mark up and sell the installation at a
smaller markup as part of the overall package. Since cabinets
vary so much in quality the customer has to make a decision on
value added rather than on the price of cabinets alone.
This concept allows us to advertise our installation at
$11.00 per foot. While every competitor (including "Home Depot"
only a few blocks away, is quoting $45.00 per foot.)
The customers love the value, we love the extra profits, I'm
forever grateful for your insight and guidance. I only wish you
had gotten to me sooner! Whenever I hear or see your name
anywhere I take notice and listen. Keep up the magnificent
service.
I've enclosed actual graphs of our rise in total volume for
your use. Please feel free to use any part of my letter in your
printing as I mean every word of it. Thank you Lord!.
Sincerely;
John G. Desideri, Pres.

Alaska Video Postcards, Inc.

March4, 1994

3/^3- ^T /^- ^/^ y>

Dear Jay,
I received your letter today searching for 1,000 success stories...my comments follow. You and your
publisher are free to publish my comments for your promotion campaign as referenced in your letter.

I have never met Jay Abraham nor attended any workshops. My knowledge of his methods comes
from reading his marketing books and listening to his audio tapes. (Aussie boot-camp, April 1993
Mastermind Marketing Program).
My regard for Jay Abraham's marketing talents is higher than Mt. McKinley. (For all of you in the
Lower 48, Mt. McKinley is the tallest peak in North America!)
Jay Abraham does to marketing what Michelangelo did to a piece of granite. He chisels away at all
the reasons why businesses fail.to find the core of fantastic business success.
Since I first began applying Jay's techniques to my business a year ago our direct mail sales have
doubled. Our overall business is up 10% and we are more profitable than ever before. It hasn't been
just good luck.
We have simply taken Jay's advise and put it to work.
One of my first moves was to create an in house advertising agency. Not only do we save 15% on
commissions, but my first marketing consulting contract netted me $9,000 dollars. (The campaign
based on applying Jay's marketing principles grossed my client over $100,000 on a $6,000 media
buy!)
At Alaska Video Postcards we have taken a dull unprofitable mail order department and produced a
shining profit center. Today a single days' sales pays for all of the material I've ever purchased from
Jay...and I'm probably using less than 1% of the insights contained in the books and tapes!
As a student of marketing, I consider Jay Abraham my "professor." I feel privileged to study under
the best!
Sincerely,
Todd Hardesty, President, Alaska Video Postcards Inc.

P.O. Box 112808 * Anchorage. Alaska 99511-2808 * 907-349-8002 * 800-478-4438 * Fax 907-349-2208

Phone 801-255-5548

March 8, 1994
03:06 PM
TO: Jay Abraham FROM:
Brian Keith Voiles

Dear Jay /

Well, here's a small success story for you that had tremendous impact on
me, my wife, and our four children. More impact than you could possibly
imagine... in fact,
You Totally Changed The Course of My
Professional Life For The Better!
About 3 years ago I started purchasing your materials from your "Profit
Report" (a friend had given it to me). I knew I'd found a gold mind and I
didn't want to share the information with anyone, not even
family.
I bought some of your stuff, and I learned how to write copy from
your material. I learned about Reason Why thinking; I learned about a
Unique Selling Proposition... and I learned more.
Anyway... to get to the point: my family's life was changed forever
because of your techniques. I started writing copy that got me business.
What kind of business?
Well, you'll probably laugh (or faint!) when I tell you.
I Has A Proffessional,
Stand-Up Comedy Magician!

You probably wondered if a guy could feed a family of 6 doin' that

for a living!!! Well... at first I couldn't. Then I learned about Jay
Abraham!
I did children's birthday parties top dollar was $60 for about an
hour and fifteen minutes worth of work (including travel, balloons and a real
live bunny rabbit).
Usually, I'd have about 24 shows a month. That's not too bad if you're
doing "magic" part-time. But when you're trying to feed a family of 6;
well... you've got to do better than that.
That's why I jumped when I found out that there was information out there
that could help me improve my business and make me and my kids more money.
(It's funny, but at the time I never even thought to look for "business
improvement" books, reports or anything else like that before.)
I got hold of your "Profit Report" and I thought I'd died and gone to
Heaven!!! Could all this be true?
(go to page 2)

 Page 2 --YES! Now

the details you probably want;
I wrote a sales letter and mailed it to the parents of kids that were going
to have birthdays the next month (it was March I'll never forget it). I
wrote the letter using all the rules that I could remember from the stuff I
purchased in your catalog.
What a total shocker!!!

That month I did NINE SHOWS EVERY SATURDAY ... and I did 4 or 5 shows
during every week!!!

That was a BIG jump in business... simply because of a 29 cent stamp, an

envelope, and a piece of paper with a xeroxed letter on both sides!!!
I went from around $1,200 a month (at best) to a whopping
$3,400!!!

I had learned about tracking my response and I got a 15.2% response

on my letter. I was so proud and thankful. My wife and I thanked God for
this blessing... but I couldn't help but think maybe it was just a "luckybreak".
Well, it came time for the next month's mailing. I thought I had
improved the headline -- and I gave it a shot (leaving the body copy and the
offer the same.)
To my amazement...
I Got a 36% Response!

It was incredible. Well, I kept learning more and more but I never
did beat that 36% response.... but I did ma-age to average around $2,700 a
month for a couple of years.
Now, here's how you've changed the entire course of mv professional
career;

One day a business friend invited me to write some copy (a sales letter) for
him. I did. (He traded me some food at a Mexican restaurant for the letter.)
To my amazement:
He Made a Huge HAD
Off My Letter!

Then it happened.... he asked me the obvious (remember OBVIOUS ADAMS?) He

said, "Hey, you oughtta write letters for a living!" He was joking... but it
really struck a chord with me.
I kept doing magic, but I started hunting for writing business. Here
and there I'd pick up a job; and well, to make a long story short...
I am now a copywriter I do it full time.
introduced me to you through your catalog.

All because a friend

(go to page 3)

 Page 3
Do you now understand how you've changed my life? I'm writing and
getting very nice fees... we live in a whole new world a world we only
dreamed would happen before.
And now I've written copy for:
* Gary Halbert,
* Joe and Judy Sabah,
* Mike Enlow and Jim Ricketts,
* Ted Nicholas,
* and a ton of small business folks that
I've made very happy!

Anyway, I'm not here to brag... but to make a point. Jay Abraham...
you've changed my life forever! 1993's income was $102,467 more than
triple what I thought I'd ever make in the magical entertainment biz!
This year my goal is a quarter million dollars with faith, and if I
keep studying your stuff, and keep on being a student of this business, I'm
sure I can do it!
What You Are To Me;

You're not only "The master marketing genius of all geniuses", you're a
tremendous inspiration, motivation, and example to a poor boy that grew up in
the back-woods of Oklahoma who thought that 10 bucks an hour would be a
fortune.
God bless you Jay Abraham.
Warmest Regards,

Vk
Brian K. Voiles

P.S. One more goal I have is to write copy for you! Someday I hope I get the
chance.

POLYSTEEL BUILDING SYSTEMS

1446 CATHOLICAN STREET, NO. 1
HOT SPRINGS, SD 57747 (605) 7456677

3/7/94

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.-Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Attn. Jay Abraham
Dear Jay, Thanks for your request, ! have a experience that I am proud of, and it was
thanks to your guidance that this turned from failure to success. First of all I am a one man
company and had just opened up for business, when you mailed to Tony Robbins Alumni.
The funds were low and I could not attend in person, but with much trepidation signed up
for the tape course. ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS is a lot of money to a
new business, but it has been money well spent, I have spent numerous hours listening to
your tapes, over and over again, Macks mon was great, each time gleaming a little more
information. My product is a construction product and ! was hoping for a direct answer to
my problems, but no one gave me the direct answer I needed. Then I kept listening to your
words you already have it, it's simple and it was, at least for the start. Now on to the story.
I sell an insulated concrete Potysteel form, brochure and picture enclosed, a new concept to
build homes with, that is very energy efficient and quick to build with, there are a couple of
other manufacturers with a similar product, ours is the best but also the most expensive. At
the local Rapid City Home Show last year, right after I had received you tapes, a lady and
her husband showed some interest in our product to build their new home. ! followed up,
showed them our home, built with Polysteel and had them convinced that the product was
an excellent choice. The time passed and in follow up conversations found out that the
designer did not like our product, but was in favor of a similar product.

This sale was very important to me, here was my first large home, $300,000.00 plus, in
Rapid City , South Dakota, this is a higher end home. The person who having it built was,
Carol Rea. South Dakota small business person of the year, runner up for the small
business person of the year nationally and also president of a high tech emerging medical
instrument company that is on the move. Carol also has connections with the numerous
business people and government in South Dakota. I just couldn't lose this one.
On one of my sales visits, I offered to make her a model of her future home, to help with the
layout. This was not of much interest to her. I left the meeting with the instruction of getting
them a price quote, how many times in my years of selling have I heard get me a price
quote, this meant I didn't do a good job of selling my product, another price war.
On the way home I reviewed some of your tape conversations in my mind and what kept
coming up was give them something of perceived value. I thought I will build the model and
give it to them, not charge them $500.00 our normal customer price. This was on a Friday
evening, I spent Saturday, Sunday and a couple of hours on Monday Putting together this
1/2 inch to scale model of a very complicated home. On Monday evening my builder and
myself met with Jim Rea and presented our bid for construction with the Polysteel Form.
Carol was out of town in New York on business, but was due back late that evening. The
model impressed Jim and we spent as much time discussing the model and how we would
build the home, as we did looking at the bid. The fact is we spent more time looking at the
model, shinning lights in it for day light, sun rise and set and looking at the room
arrangement, plus the hall lay out. A couple of days later I talked to Jim again, we talked
about the model and not the bid. Carol had loved the model and the next day put it in her car
and was off to the home designer, Jim says she took it everywhere she went and showed it
to everyone. Our card was displayed in a prominent position and of course it was a
Polysteel home. Our phone conservation ended with you should be getting an order in a
couple of weeks, we never did review the bid. The builder received the job on a cost plus
basis that insures a builders profit. The home is about 30 days from being complete and I
know we have a couple of other deals that will come thru because of it. When the home is
complete we feel that the sales results to us will be 1,000 times the cost of the model. I also
used the net worth principle here, at first I was only looking at the front end, but the back
mend is where it is. If we only sell 3 houses a year at $250,000.00 per house and we only
use this house for 4 years that will generate $ 3,000,000.00 MILLION IN SALES from a
$100.00 dollar investment in material and about 20 hours of my time, the percentage is so
wild, $500.00 turns into 3 million in sales is a 6,000% return.

We are going to keep on using the model as long as it works, keep testing and
constantly improving.
Jay you took what I thought was a very creative mind and turned it into money machine, if
this works as well as ! think it will, the home show coming up in the next couple of weeks,
will produce an excellent return for us. The $1,800.00 was a great investment.
Ed Cheslack
Potysteel Building Systems

I see Jay Abraham as a man who can take very complex marketing principles and put them
in common ever day language that almost anyone can understand and use. The gift of
translation is not passed on to everyone. I have sat in seminars where a very simple sale
theory was made so complex, no one could use it. I see Jay as the marketer for the
common man or anyone else who would like to make money.
Jay, you and Tony Robbins have changed the way I do things, I wish I was younger to
have more years to use them, I never miss a chance to pass yours and Tony's ideas on,
maybe that will be my legacy in life. ! have enjoyed you tapes and most of all I know they
have helped me.
Sincerely,

Ed Cheslack
P.S. please change my address 1446 Catholican everything else is the same. Will send
publication release in the mail

(Jay idea in action) MEMBER BLACK HILLS HOME

BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
MEMBER HOT SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

March 4, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group Inc. Jay

Abraham Personal 950 Indian Peak
Rd. Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:

Just a short note to let you know how important your marketing
information has been to me in the last two years.
I have been in the accounting and tax business since 1976.
For years I reported a small growth each year depending on how the
economy was moving along.
In 1992 I realized that a major slowdown in the economy was
coming and also that more clients were using in-house computers
which cuts into our profit.
After hearing your information we took a number of steps you
suggested as I have outlined below.
1. We hired a Telemarketer
2. We set up 3 seminars a month.
a. "39 Tax Saving Ideas"
b. "How to Start your own Business"
c. "Living Trusts"
In 1993 our first year that we implemented the new program our
revenue increased 19%. Our previous years sales had been flat. In
1994 our sales projections are to increase 25%.
Your program and suggestions have been invaluable to our
company. We enjoy working with you and keep up the good work.
Best Regards,

Stan Unruh

Derek F. D'Angiolini
1127 Mill Rd
Hatfieid, PA. 19440
215 997-2877

Abraham Publishing Group.. Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Rd. Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA. 90274
Dear Jay:
I have received your Success Stories Wanted letter and I will gladly tell you how you have
influenced my career.
I am a mortgage broker in Pennsylvania I originate 1st and 2nd mortgages throughout the state. I
have successfully applied many of your concepts and ideas in lead generating and display
advertising.
I became aware of you in 1989 when I purchased "Your Marketing Genius". It has set me on a path
of marketing awareness as never before. I discovered USP by reading your materials and I now
apply my own unique selling proposition in all my advertising. I have more than tripled my gross
income well into six figures by applying, twisting and turning some of your concepts. Because of
your training, it has opened other doors of experts mat I might not have ever been exposed to.
Names like Claude Hopkins. Gary Halbert, Reeves Rosser, to name a few. I look forward to
attending one of your seminars in the near future.
Jay, thanks for putting your ideas and concepts on paper. I have made my orginal investment of your
materials back many times over. I still review from time to time my treasured collection of your
reports and text

P.S. You have my permission to quote any and all of this information in your marketing efforts.

Elise V. Kennedy
McKinley Lee 6116127th Pl. S.E. Bellevue,
WA 98006 (206) 7813507
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham, Personal 950
Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
3/08/94 Dear
Jay,
I'm glad you asked for our input on this because my friend McKinley and I got some great ideas
from your seminar last August which we put to use. Mckinley does real estate investing and we
decided to do a joint venture together on a couple of single family properties. One of the properties
was picked up for 69K and the other for 95K. We put about 15K into both properties. The first one
sold for 92K, the second one sold for 126K for a total profit of 39K. We've used other ads before but
the one that had the phone ringing off the hook was this one:
Desperate-Divorce, Must sell, 3BR, l&l/2bath, Garage,
great neighborhood, nice schools, call 781-3507
We got info on 67 people, of which 8 were fully qualified and we unloaded the homes within a couple
of weeks verses a couple of months. McKinley said that usually he would have had to run an ad for
around 3 weeks before it generated enough qualified folks to buy, but with this ad we cut pur time in
less than half of the usual and we have a few more qualified folks that we have to get into houses. The
advertizing costs were also cut by less than half. Productivity in terms of property turnover more
than doubled.
We see you as a serious catalyst for bringing the best out in business folk.
We look forward to seeing your book in print. If we can help you in any other way, please let us
know.
Sincerely,

March 22. 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham Publishing
Group, Inc., 950 Indian Peak Road,
Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, Ca
90274
Dear Jay:
Every real estate agent approaches For Sale by Owners (FISBOS) to ask for
their business. I want to "Give" instead of take. Every "FISBO" sign I have seen
looks as if it was handmade in the basement or purchased at the neighborhood
discount hardware store. I approach "FISBOS" with an absolutely free, no
obligation to you, offer of a professional "For Sate by Owner"sign and post with
a small "courtesy of Inde Indridson" at the bottom. This idea came to me
because of your teaching me to optimize, take an idea to another level and to
give, not take. The compensation will take care of itself. To date I have placed
three signs with the following results.
1. Three friends for life
2. Fifty plus, potential clients from referrals
3. 1 listing $145,000
4. 1 sale, $4200.00 commission
5. 1 probable $600,000 listing
6. 1 probable $185,000 listing
7. Potential sales commission of $23,550.00

I am just getting started with this program but my passion of giving quality
service on an even higher level is incredibly exciting.
I see you as a brilliant visionary who has the ability to take a simple or complex
thought or idea to another level so that you optimize every conceivable drop of
potential value from each idea. I have only been exposed to you, your ideas and
stream of consciousness for two months through the Insiders Club sessions but
the process of changing my mindset from tunnel vision to funnel vision has been
incredible. When the bell went off in my thought process it was like an
explosion. I look at potential clients with a completely different outlook. I realize
that I can help them at a service level they have never encountered. The
process of revering myself and my unique abilities to serve them is affecting
every facet of my life.
Sincerely.

INDE INDRIDSON
I love People and expect to be your Realtor for Life
P. S. I can't express enough gratitude for your helping me to take my mindset
and personal achievement expectations to levels I never dreamed possible.

March 24, 1994

Dan Weis
REALTOR^

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group 950
Indian Peak Rd, Ste 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
Having become a member of the Insider's Club, which you and Joe Stumpf cohost, I have changed my mindset to: "How do I promote myself and my services
to my past and future clients, so that they feel I'm giving them value-added service
and attention?"
Since I enjoy working with expired listings, I've just put together a 5-letter
mailing piece promotion to get the sellers' attention before I call them, so they
know who I am when I call. I send the 5 letters (not in envelopes) out every other
day for 10 days. After the 2nd letter, I follow up with a phone call to try and get
a listing interview with them. I repeat this step after the 4th letter too. By then,
most agents aren't still calling them. If they still aren't ready to put the home back
on the market after the 5th letter, I ask them if they'll meet with me when they
are ready and I put them on my mailing list with periodic phone call follow-ups.
I've just completed my second week of mailings and I just got my 3rd listing last
night. That's 3 listings (additional listing volume of $372,850) out of 72 mailings
and I hope to get more out this group of mailings. I feel my confidence level
increasing with each new listing under this program.
Jay, you have given me the insight to look at my business through my clients'
eyes. My promotions and advertising must tell the consumers: "What's in it for
them?" There are almost 4000 Realtors in the greater Cincinnati area and you
are helping me to look for better ways of prospecting for new clients and
keeping more of my existing clients. You are providing me with "The Edge"
that I need to stay ahead of the competition.
You're the best,

Dan Weis, CRS, GRI RE/MAX

Unlimited Realtors

March 29, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group

Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Road
Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estate, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I felt compelled to write to you to thank you for the incredible
opportunity to experience your strategic philosophies on Business
development. As you know I have been a student of Joe Stumpf's for over
four years. In the past eight months, I have watched him grow in his
level of information and instruction. At the Main Event in October, he
shared with us his innovative opportunity to mastermind with top agents
across the country while under the direction of himself and the
Marketing Guru Jay Abraham. Immediately, I took action on this rare
opportunity to be counseled and enlightened by such a highly respected
and master strategist in the business arena.
Jay, I have been on the calls since December and my new mind sets that
have been absorbed in my consciousness have caused me to re prioritize
my business. Your ability to bring forth the evident into my immediate
awareness through such articulate, specific philosophies is an art. I
want to thank you for reminding me the reason I entered the Real Estate
Profession: to counsel, to serve, and to bring happiness into the lives
of every individual I touch.
Before I close, I must share with you my extraordinary results in such a
brief period of time. In 1993, 46% of my Sales Volume was from
Referrals. Already, in the first quarter of 1994, 83% of my total sales
volume is Referral business. Again, you brought forth the obvious that
the people who already know me and the level of service I bring to them
were not receiving consistent, valuable information from my office. Not
only is this a higher quality of client in terms of an existing
relationship, but the process is more fun and rewarding. In evaluating
this growth statistically, I was shocked by the fact that my average
sales price in 1993 was $152,000 and through the first quarter of 1994
it is $290,000! Unbelievable, but this is an indirect result of
focusing and systematizing my best asset-my current relationships with
clients, vendors, and friends.

Jay, I would be remise if I did not thank you for introducing me to the
concept of back-ending. I work extremely hard to perfect our systems
to provide uncompromising service to our clients This has taken us
hundreds of hours and many interviews to locate, and put into place
those auxiliary service companies that touch our clients during and
after the transaction phase. We are a referral network for all our
clients for every imaginable need; therefore, once we locate these
vendors with like mind sets, we are committed to growing their business.
By serving & endorsing them, they in turn have a vested interest in our
success. This process has resulted in a monthly stream of additional
income into my business. This gives me the financial freedom to
concentrate on developing more innovative marketing strategies to better
serve our clientele. Jay, this awareness is a direct result of your
stream of consciousness that you have shared with us through our
mastermind calls.
Thank you Jay, for the opportunity to experience your level of
awareness, your philosophies, and your specificity of delivery. You
have truly taken me into another realm of operating mind sets for my
business. I'm thrilled to think we have only been together for four
months.

P.S. Jay, you are a Marketing Guru. You have enlightened me to

another level of business awareness through your specificity and
ability to articulate your flow of consciousness.

March 17, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham

Personal
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, California
Fax Number - 310-544-6108

90274

Dear Jay,
Thank you for your recent letter regarding: SUCCESS STORIES
WANTED, REWARD OFFERED! I continue to find your letters and
all correspondence very impressive, thorough and each letter you
send gives me an additional idea on how to merchandise and
market our company and services in a different way. With regard
to the success stories that you are seeking, I have listed below
our success story for our company which is a new homes sales and
marketing company that represents builders and developers
throughout the Maryland, Washington, Virginia and Pennsylvania
areas. We are the largest new homes sales and marketing company
in the State of Maryland and to our knowledge possibly on the
East Coast.
We currently employ approximately 100 sales associates and
employees and have approximately 75 new home communities with a
sales volume of approximately $250 million in sales. The
success story that I would like to convey to you is the
following:
Since attending your $5,000 per person seminar in April of 1993,
we have totally re-positioned our company in the marketplace and
have looked at marketing from a whole new different perspective.
Some of the exciting things that we have created to market our
company; through direct mail, insertions in home builder
publications, etc. are the following:
1.

The creation of three glossy fliers that get inserted

into various home builder publications.

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2.

We have created a new corporate brochure which

highlights the benefits of our services not only on the
brochure but on the envelope as well. (I have enclosed a
copy of this brochure for your review.)

3.

We have shared with our clients your "10 Biggest

Marketing Mistakes" list and this has proven very
helpful, especially with the one concept of test
marketing.

4.

We have always worked hard on our direct mail list,

however, after attending your seminar, we have used this
more regularly and the response has been unbelievable!

To put this in perspective, since attending your seminar, we

have done the following:
1.

Increased our business approximately 33%.

2.

Increased our sales approximately by $50 million per

year.

3.

We have been recognized as the leader in the industry and

as a company that knows how to market and merchandise
their services and we have created a higher perceived
value within our industry and not just among our builder
clients, but among architects and engineers who would also
like to hire us to consult with them and teach them how to
market their companies.

If someone had told me that I was going to sit from 9:00 in the
morning to 1:00 a.m. for three straight nights in an auditorium
in California, I would have told them that they were absolutely
dead wrong. Well, I personally did sit for three straight days
in your marketing seminar and was totally entrenched in all of
the ideas that you and the other members of the room shared with
each other. Your format of how you bring out ideas of all the
members of the group (rather than a typical seminar type
presentation) I felt was very informative. If there are two
main ideas that I got out of your seminar after 36-45 hours of
listening, I would sum it up in three main points:
1.

Test market each and every service or product that you

have.

2.

Remember the marginal net worth of a customer and use

back ending to maximize your full potential. (In other
words, don't look for the short run sale, but look for the
long term total potential of a customer!)

3.

Always think in terms of a customer and what is in it

for them. They are not concerned with any of the other

promises or hype about your product, they are interested

in one thing and that is the benefits and how is it going
to make them better.
I personally found your seminar so enlightening that I sent two
of my key management personnel to a follow up seminar that you
had in August and they came back with additional ideas and
concepts that we have also implemented.
In a very short period of time, we have taken our marketing
ability and awareness to a whole new level and not only are our
material producing results, but we are perceived and seen in
the industry as the top company in our profession and we are
perceived by other industries as being very pro-active and first
class when it comes time to merchandising and marketing.
Your marketing material and seminar is similar to that of a
Dale Carnegie book and class and that is that both your
material and the Dale Carnegie material are basics for success
in life and in business. Anyone not utilizing both of these
tools is achieving a third to a half of their full potential.
The best recommendation that we can give to anyone considering
your services is that I would recommend that they invest in the
Jay Abraham material before their competition does.
Thank you again for all of your input and guidance and we look
forward to working together with you more in the future.

Pres
RJL/dwh

GILMAN AND ASSOCIATES LTD.

240 Carriage Lane, Burnsville, Minnesota 55306
Phone (612)889-0191 FAX (612)892-6110
March 14, 1994
Jay Abraham
950 Indian Hills Rd. Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I am sending you this letter to inform you of a success utilizing your marketing philosophy
that I recently had.
I have a business in which I work mostly with small business owners who rent office spaces
and therefore are tenants. I audit expenses relating to real estate leases and look for
overcharges. If I locate overcharges I then ask the landlord to refund or credit my client, the
tenant. I receive 50% of the recovery. If there is no recovery I receive no fee. As a student of
yours, I began thinking of ways in which I could generate business such as joint ventures, hostbeneficiary, endorsements.
I called up a business in which I knew the principals, but had never done business with before.
This actually was professional association with hundreds of members who pay dues which is
their source income. I suggested a way to generate more income for this association by first
working with the association with no risk or outlay of money on their part. In other words I
would work strictly on a performance basis. Then if I were successful we would offer the
same deal to the members. If the members realized an income gain we, I and the member
would therefore contribute a percentage of our gain to the association. The executive director
liked my suggestion and agreed to it.
The association has already realized a gain of $2400, of which 50% is mine. I anticipate that
they will receive about $27,000 more from my work just for them, before we contact other
members of this association. When I contact other members I will have an endorsement, a no
risk offer, I will work on performance, and will be utilizing a host-beneficiary relationship.
Because of studying your material and attending your seminars, I can think in a much
more creative marketing mode. Thanks Jay!!

Phil Gilman
P.S. You have my permission to use this.

Shad Woolley
602 Mercer Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey 07762
908 449 8769
Dear Jay Abraham,
I bought Jay Abraham's "Your Marketing Genius At Work" because I was in trouble. I'm a
club musician, and I had a very successful local club country music band. We were doing
great all through the 80's, and then all of a sudden in the 90's, the market for bands
disappeared. DWI laws, high insurance premiums, and more healthy life styles caused nite
clubs to close left and right. The clubs that were left started cutting back on their costs and
live music was the first to be axed. My band broke up because of the financial pressure and
there I was on my own, staring at my guitar and a pile of bills! But Jay's information
helped me turn everything around.
I had to come up with a "U.S.P." that would make me valuable to club owners again so, as
part of Jay's advice, I looked at my competition for the answers. The only thing selling as
entertainment were DJ's and Karaoke "sing a long machines. The clubs only had to pay one
man and the audience could still dance. Of course I knew I was a better entertainment value
than records or tapes, but how could I convince a club owner of that?
Well, I became a "One-Man-Band" sing a long act! I purchased a music computer that gave me
a dance beat behind my playing and I typed up the lyrics to my songs and invited audience
members to join me on stage and sing along with me. It worked great! I had everything my
competition was offering plus, I was a "live entertainment" act.

But how should I sell this new idea to club owners? Here comes Jay to the rescue again.
1. I doubled my price! (This in effect made the owners think I must be something special to
be able to ask for that much money!)
2.I gave a super guarantee! (I told the club owners to try me for a night. If they didn't
think I was worth every cent of the money, they didn't have to pay me. They would, in
effect, be getting a night of free entertainment if I didn't produce results. How could they
refuse an offer like that?
I was so successful that other musicians started copying my act and diluting my U.S.P. so,
back to Jay's information. I am now in the process of adding some extra "value" to my act by
starting a country dance music newsletter and offering it free to the people who sign up on
my mailing list. It will be full of customer interviews, dance tips, club gossip, and new song
reviews. Of corse, to get their free copy, they have to come in the club to pick it up!
Thanks Jay, for all your help!
Yours truly,
.^ ^ ^ , L^^ -$4^s^_
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,^*
Shad Woolley
P.S. If you receive this letter within the 10 day limit, I am giving you the right to use it as
you see fit.

ShadWoolley 602
Mercer Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey 07762
908-449-8769

RE: Addendum to my first letter that I just faxed you Dear

Jay,
I see you as a source of diverse marketing information that you edit and tailor for budding
businessmen. You save hours and hours of research by just offering the core elements of
marketing ideas that work. Headlines are 80% of your sales message, so here are a few
that I feel describe what your role in business should be.

Jay Abraham: The "Reader's Digest*

of Million Dollar Marketing Ideas!

"Would you send me a hundred dollars for a 10 cent

piece of paper with three sentences on it?"
(You would if those three sentences made you an extra
$10,000 in the next three months, guaranteed!)

"Help! I'm making too much money!"

Hey Jay, stop sending me these great marketing ideas...
I feel so guilty!

Thanks Jay, and I'm looking foward to receiving my double bonus reward on top of the
gift you already want to give me! (How's that for a positive attitude!)
Sincerely yours,

Shad Woolley

Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
It's unbelievable what your information has done for me. While regular 'lead
procurement" was going down the tube, cost-wise and response-wise (almost "0") here is
what worked and worked beautifully and it's all your idea Jay:
I contacted the Commonwealth Edison Company's Public Relations Department here in
Chicago and asked if they would like to sponsor an Energy Conservation meeting at a local
church senior citizen group. Well, they "jumped with both feet", wanting to know how soon it
could happen.
I contacted the church across the street from our heating and air conditioning
company and asked them which day they would like to have a Commonwealth Edison and
Comfort Heat Energy Savings Lecture "How to cut your Energy Bills virtually in half!!?
The end result was 60 people went home with "Free Energy Savings Packets", four
won special thermostats in a drawing and 38 signed up for a "Fifty Percent Off' clean and
check for their heating and air conditioning equipment - regularly $59.95 for $29.95.
Jay, the cost to me was practically "0". My average sales is $4,000.00. We sold
thousands of dollars of new equipment service contracts to people who had never done
business with us before.
The sales were easier than ever because of the way it happened with the church
and the local electric company participating it was like getting two strong endorsements with no
other heating and air conditioning company getting in the way - there are at least 7 other
companies in our immediate area and with regular news paper, yellow pages and direct
mail, I'd be competitive with them always - in a bidding war - how sweet it was.
Jay, a new "raw lead" costs us $50.00 to $100.00 - it takes 3 to 4 of these to develop
a single sale - "I call you the Miracle Worker".
^
Again, a tremendous thank you for sharing. Press On.

Dear Jay,
I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know how thoroughly impressed
I am with the marketing materials I purchased from you. I am doing this
because, I must admit, at first I was very skeptical as to the validity of
your offer. I have been burned before by "money making" promises. Your
incredible guarantee made it much easier to try ideas. Now that I've had
the opportunity to experiment with your material I can honestly say that I
don't know how I ever remained in business without you! My tanning salon
is in a small town and is somewhat limited as to potential customers so I
thought! With just one of your suggestions on Headlines I outpulled any
previous ad I'd done by over 200%! I couldn't believe it myself! After 9
years in the business this one headline netted me $5000. profit as opposed
to the same basic ad run at the same time of year previously and brought in
$2300. profit. That's a 230% increase in my bottom line in one month using
just one of your techniques. It was incredible, the customers (and money!)
just rolled in. I've since tried out some of your methods of tracking
responses and on direct mailing to my client base. The results are
phenomenal! I'm doubling and tripling my profits every month. In fact
my business has grown from a four bed salon to ten beds. I am currently in
the process of purchasing a commercial building to expand again. I've
actually had to cut down on marketing because the number of customers
flocking to my business is more than I can accomodate. I never realized
that a population as small as Gloucester could produce this much interest
in a small business such as tanning. I can't wait to expand my business in
order to use more of your ideas to accomodate more clients and more money!
I will also be opening more salons in other areas with larger populations.
Using your ingenious marketing concepts I am sure that these businesses
will literally swamp the competition.
THANK YOU for that tremendous guarantee, without of which I
would never have given your course (YMGAW) a chance to make me
financially secure, happy and more confident of my future than I've ever
been.

185 Main St., Gloucester, Mass. 01930

Tel.: 281-4442

Jay Abraham Personal Abraham

Publishing Group 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Fax:(310)544-6108
Dear Jay,
This letter is my story about

The $17,000 Afterthought!

I tried to sell my business for over two years. Several interested parties, yet no results. I had seriously
planned a new venture in marketing, in part, by your inspiration from your seminars. After several semiserious buyers came and went,I decided to liquidate. I had a feel for the values of the equipment that I
owned and planned a shut-down date, gave notice on two contracts I was committed for, and decided to go
forward.
I then began to try to evacuate what my equipment would sell for, who the prospects were, and how to
advertise. I kept thinking "Hidden Assets, Hidden Assets" as you have mentioned on several tapes. At
about the time I gave notices to discontinue my lease, and one teased machine I started to try to estimate
how much money I would have towards my new venture. The amount was not disappointing but I wished
for more. It seemed as though the numbers were in and that estimated total would just have to do for
start-up capital. Then it occurred to me that I had a hidden asset in my customer list. Sure, the list was a
good one, but why should any local competitor pay for these customers names, addresses, and telephones.
After all, when I dosed they would go somewhere to buy what I had sold them.
Then I had an afterthought, suddenly in a moment, I said that perhaps I could create a one time Unique
Selling Proposition so compelling and complete that any prospect would perceive it irresistible. So here's
what I added to my customer list. Contractually I offered to move my pilot telephone number to the buyers
premise, then to provide personal introductions honestly endorsing that person to my previous customers,
also to provide a tetter of endorsement to the couple hundred customer that were not really active, and
then provide a sign on my vacated premise for as long as possible to try to steer unadvised walk-up
customers where they should go. I reasoned that this offer had the greatest value to my closest
competitor who operated and offered what and how I did.
I called that competitor and he was interested from the first minute we spoke, I sold it, not based on name
count, but on value of total sales. I emphasized that if his overhead was met already that he would
profit more than I did on this group of customers and that while I would not guarantee a single dollar in
sales, that I would pledge to "optimize" his sales within reason.

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Keep in mind that at this time everything had been set in motion to conduct a shut-down of operations and
to liquidate equipment. Time was critical. Once I closed I felt these customers would scatter and never be
as transferable as they would be on the day I closed.
-kM*
To make as easy as possible I offered to let him pay over time at such a rate that if he could sell and
provide services as good as I had that my payment would only be a part of the profits. After we agreed on
the price, I should be compensated for my financing him. We finally settled on a finished total of
$17,000.00.
As a back end to that sale I pointed out that since our services were not precisely the same that he
consider buying a machine to help insure his optimizing services offered. Ultimately he agreed, and paid
me another $6,000.00 cash for some equipment I knew he should have.
I would like to mention that since I sold this packaged list and delivered more than expected in terms of
time and introductions, that sales did materialize for this buyer and he has been so happy and profitable
that the first two of the seventeen payment he owes were paid earlier than their due date.
END OF STORY

To answer your request for what I see you doing for me philosophically I think that you have cause me to view the business world from a refreshingly new and so far very
profitable angle. I perceive you as taking the study of marketing and analyzing/exploring it from a
remarkable number of viewpoints and my realizing that one persons story is another persons learning
experience.
Thank you Jay,

March 16, 1994

To: Jay Abraham:

Before ever knowing who Jay Abraham was, I was a part-time entrepreneur while
employed full-time as an aircraft maintenance manager. I owned two small
businesses a brochure distribution service and an aircraft parts company.
Both were doing okay in spite of myself (of course at the time I thought I knew
a lot about business).
I've always had a large ambition to be an achiever, and knew I would reach a
high level some day. I just wasn't sure how I was going to do it. These
businesses I owned were fun, but running their normal day-to-day operations was
not for me. At least not long term.
Then around January 15, 1993 came that endorsed mailing from Tony Robbins. It
took me less than 24 hours to convince myself to enroll in your $5,000 marketing
course.
A few days later I received a large truckload of material from Abraham
publishing that has changed the way I think, and ultimately changed my
life.
My first round of reading & listening to all the material caused my mind to
expand and explode to depths I've never before explored.

After attending your conference in February '93, I immediately began working on

growing my brochure distribution service. My first mailing got a 1% response.
Then within two weeks I increased that 1% to 9% by follow up phone calls.
Using what I learned from you, Jay, I
and doubled it in less than 9 months.
hardly any real focus because my real

took this $13,000 per year business

The amazing thing is, I did it with
interests were elsewhere.

I continued to study very hard. I've read everything of yours at least 3

times and many chapters 20 to 30 times. I've listened to the tapes 50 to 75
times (my wife will tell you this is no exaggeration).
I became obsessed with the idea of marketing and turning around distressed
businesses.
November of '93 I got my first chance. An Old World Basque and American
style restaurant near my home was barely staying a float. In fact, if
their overhead wasn't so low, they would not have survived.

Jay Abraham
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March 16, 1994
In four and a half months this restaurant & entertainment establishment has
gone from a pathetic $4,000 per month to over $12,000 in sales per month and
I've barely begun.
The first thing I did was to concentrate on the entertainment side of the
house. We became the only Club in town that has live music every Saturday
night that is also the headline I've been using for the last few months and
it has been pulling like crazy.
We enticed dart teams to let us sponsor them. Within one month we signed up
four large dart teams, and we are now the largest sponsor house within a 100
mile radius. This effort has taken a dead week night for the lounge and
turned it into a fabulous profit center.
I've recently moved completely over to the restaurant since the lounges &
entertainment are now under competent management. I, of course, still do the
advertising.
Now for the restaurant: Its business has increased merely from the new life
the entertainment has brought in; but I knew that wasn't enough and I had to
move quickly.
I've written two PR pieces (I learned how from your material) and sent them to
the local newspaper. One has been published word for word, and the second one
is being published next week.
I've implemented a monthly drawing for a $50 gift certificate which has
enabled me to capture patrons' names and also calculate the marginal net
worth of each customer.
I persuaded one local bank to do something very special for their customers.
The bank president is buying all his customers their second meal at my
restaurant (they buy the first, he pays for the second one; so they think) .
This makes him look good in their eyes and I get new customers. Within 30 days
I will do this with every business in town that has a mailing list.
I've just worked out a deal with the local radio station. I give them 1/4
cash, 1/2 barter, and the rest is paid for by PO (per order) . "Just tell us
you heard this on KPTI radio and your 2nd meal is 1/2 price or your 4th meal
is free". This deal was set up after I got them to lower their original
package price.
I've also just worked out a deal with the new three screen movie theater 1/2
block away. "A free movie when you buy dinner at our restaurant". What does
the movie theater owner get? You guessed it, free advertising from me! The
owner is also going to allow me to advertise the restaurant on his screen as
part of our deal.
This place is coming alive and by June you won't be able to get into the
door without a reservation. This is all happening in spite of local
residents saying "this is the worst recession since the 1930's".

Jay Abraham
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March 16, 1994

This restaurant is a good start for me, but it's only the beginning.
I guess my enthusiasm, passion, and my overall love for entrepreneur
marketing is obvious to people I meet.
I knew I would someday work with you or someone along the same level as
yourself.
This visualization is now in the process of coming true. In the very near
future I will be working with (as a partner) another great marketer. I'll
reveal the name of this person (you know of him) some other day as I don't
want to threaten a great opportunity before it starts.
I tell you this so others will understand what is possible. I'm beginning to
live what Earl Nightingale preached for so long. "You become what you think
most about in life".
I live, breath, eat, & sleep what I've learned from you.
Jay, you don't just teach people marketing concepts. You teach people how to
fish. You have given me the manual on life. I will never need to work for
someone else again.
It's obvious that I have put all that you have given me into non-stop use,
but anyone can do it if they will only apply it.
Someday I will become a well known marketing expert like yourself. But for
someone who doesn't have that same goal, they only have to apply a fraction of
your material to increase their business lOOx's.
For every excuse or problem one can come up with for their business, there
are 10 ways to solve it. You only have to look for the solution.
Fourteen months ago, I was a terrible writer. After reading and re-writing
some of the all-time best sales letters ever written, I can now get people to
vote on my writing with their wallets. And I'm getting better every day.
Some people say I can't write, but I'm making money from people who think I
can.
All one has to do is learn what you teach and they will never have to worry
about taking financial risks again.
I'll conclude this rather lengthy letter by saying: To me you are an
entrepreneur's entrepreneur. Your teachings go much further than marketing.
You teach: mind-set and psychology; how one person's problems can really be
another one's opportunity; how to test; joint ventures; and I could go on
forever.

Jay Abraham
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March 16, 1994

My current financial achievements might not look as impressive as others, but

within the next 15 years I will be saying this: How I turned the $5,000 I
spent with Jay Abraham into over $50 million worth of profits for myself.
Thank you for everything, Jay.
Sincerely,

P.S. I'm sure we will meet again soon. I look forward to that day!

March 17, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham (Personal)
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Road
Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

- via fax / original follow -

Dear Jay:
You really are, a Marketing genius!
Tony Robbins' endorsement of your service caused me to immediately sit down and read the introductory
material to the February '93 conference. Your no risk offer enticed me to ask for the tapes. My decision to
attend the conference has proven to be an excellent one. The pearls of wisdom that you so often share are
simply amazing.
The past year has seen my company extend itself in many different directions. Your host/parasite concept has
given me many ideas, several of which I have implemented, that have resulted in alliances with various other
firms.
For example, we recently established a relationship with an independent marketing representative in
California who is now offering our consulting services on the West Coast. I see this as the first step towards the
eventual opening of a West Coast office (hopefully later this year or early '95).
One of the ideas I got from you was to conduct a survey of the industry we serve (the money management
industry). Of the 550 surveys we mailed out, we received responses from 147 firms (a 27% response rate!).
What has this done for us? Participants of the survey received comptimentary copies of the summary results. We
offered copies of the summary and detail results to various firms. The revenue that was generated (over $3,000)
more than covered the cost of the survey.
A major industry publication, Pension & Investments, referenced the survey in one of their articles. This
kind of publicity is great! Already, I've received a request to speak at an upcoming conference because of this
article.
The survey dealt with an industry group's standards for reporting performance to prospective clients. They will
shortly be publishing their international standards. Some of the survey results are referenced in this
document!
The survey also provided us with a database of information which we have begun to tap into. For example, we
have created a mailing list of prospects for a software package we're marketing.

27 Clyde Road * Suite 20l * Somerset. NJ 08873

(908) 873-5700 - Fax: (908) 873-3997

Mr. Jay Abraham

March 17, 1994 Page
2
One of the alliances we formed is with a CPA firm from Oregon.
In 1992, we announced that we were going to offer verification services for these new industry standards.
That is, we offered to conduct reviews of how firms had addressed the standards, to insure they were in
compliance. This is something the industry group recommends.
I realized fairly quickly that money management firms preferred to deal with CPA firms, not consulting
firms like ours, for these services, which they tended to think of as audits. BJA (Before Jay Abraham), I
would have simply stopped offering these services. But, because of your ideas, I contacted this CPA firm
from Oregon (who specializes in these services). We met for lunch, where I explained that we were getting out
of this segment of the business, but wanted to form an alliance with them. I won't go into all the details, but the
bottom line is that we provide leads to each other. So far, no business has generated at our end, but I'm sure it
will.
I especially enjoyed the monthly conference calls (I only missed one, because of another commitment).
Several times, you gave me great ideas which I am implementing.
I learned from Nido Qubein that the hard sell doesn't work when marketing professional services. Many of
your concepts are helping to position our firm within the industry, as one people think of when looking for
help with computer technology or the industry standards I mentioned above. This helps the sales process a
great deal.
I will want to participate in another conference at some time in the future. I'll miss our monthly conference
calls, and look forward to future opportunities to share ideas with you.

p.s. I look forward to hearing your interview with Tony Robbins. He's a great interviewer, so I'm sure the
session was fantastic!

Management Consultants to the Money Management Industry

March 17,1994
Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham
Publishing Group 950 Indian Peak
Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates,CA 90274
HOW I MADE $61,690 FROM ONE LETTER WHICH YOU TAUGHT ME TO WRITE. Dear
Jay:

My company produced and sells a marketing system on estate planning to life insurance
agents. It's an elegant package, is very profitable if used correctly and there's nothing else
like it in the marketplace. We truly have a better mousetrap but, alas, the world had not
beaten a path to our door... not until I sent 2,500 prospects a letter which you taught me to
write.
We've tried direct mail before. We've mailed four-color glossy brochures. We've mailed
short-and-sweet teaser letters. And we didn't have much success.
Then, in October, 1993,1 bought your home study program and began the exhilarating and
exhausting process of listening to and reading everything that came in the 25 pound box.
Your description of how to write an effective letter was particularly interesting and it proved
extremely helpful.
The letter I wrote is enclosed. In it, I tried to do many of the things you suggest
including:

Our sales process begins with a letter and it asks the readers to call us for a free video tape.
We don't follow-up on the letter with a phone call - we leave it to the prospects to call us at
this stage. The video tape demonstrates our marketing system and asks the prospects to buy
it. We tenaciously follow-up by phone after our prospects get the video. The system sells for
$995 which is not trivial money for most of our prospects.

We mailed this letter on December 1,1993 - right in the middle of all of the Christmas mail to 2,660 life insurance agents. Within 45 days, we'd received 301 requests for free videos.
Within 90 days, we'd sold 62 packages for a total gross income of $61,690. That means that
11 % asked for the free video and 21 % of those who saw the video bought our system. That's
about five times the response we've received from any other marketing approach - and
we've tried a lot of them. And one prospect, an extremely successful and wealthy insurance
agent in Florida, bought the system completely sight unseen - he didn't even want to see the
free video first, - simply because he was so captivated and motivated by the letter!
So, Jay, thanks very much for your help and advice in this area. I continue to methodically
read, listen and think about all of the other material you provided. Obviously, my $2,500
investment in your course has already been amply rewarded but my greed is significant.
Best wishes for your continued success and please keep your ideas coming. And thanks,
too, for the "Money Making Secrets" book - it's a real help for those of us who tend to be
more linear and less fractal in our thinking. I still organize my sock drawer according to the
Dewey Decimal System.
Warm Regards,

Larry A. Winkler
P.O.Box 78 (UPS-FED EX=391 Holden Rd)
Chittenden, VT 05737-0078
l-800-244-2033/(802)483-2033/6707

March 18, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.

Jay Abraham---Personal
950 Indian Peak Rd.
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Dear Jay,
Enclosed is a "little" success story that is based on the
principles of testing direct mail pieces, telephone follow-up to
an offer, and a deal too good to believe.
In December of '93 our franchise insurance broker lined up a new
insurance provider for the system. The bad news was that we had
to come up with $2500.00 for the first payment. The problem was
that around December 15 our cash flow dries up. Most years we've
saved ahead, but this year 3 vans had died in October and
replacement and resurrection fees had eaten up the reserves. We
desperately needed money to meet a basic franchise requirement
to keep afloat.
My wife, Nancy, had been reading and listening to the preconference and conference materials with me. One worry-filled night
she went to the computer and designed a campaign letter written in
the Jay Abraham style of tantalizing detail to offer our current
customer base a chance to buy service in advance at a tremendous
savings (30% Off and service or product we offer provided it is
used by June 1, 1994). We had a fifteen day time limit on the
offer. I did a little reworking of the piece and went to the
photocopier. The piece went out and nothing happened. On our first
conference call, Jay suggested that we remember the telephone follow
up.
Well, we were test marketing only a hundred pieces, so that
was possible. I trained my office person to ask folks about
the letter they had received and to give them only the offer
in summary. Within a week we had the money in hand, the insurance
paid and a wife delighted that she could "Abraham" it!
Thanks, Jay. I now have the freedom to continue my work of
becoming the Paddy Lund of the carpet cleaning service.

PS-We tried the next week with an additional 200 former customers
just calling up and making the offer. The result was about $400.00.
I believe this indicates the value of the two pieces in sequence.
Sincerely,

Sent by fax--hard copy following.

The above story may be used by Jay Abraham as he or his designees
choose. My name may also be used with this story.
By my hand at Chittenden, VT on March 18, 1994,

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal

950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:

March 15, 1994

I received your letter on March 8, 94 and thought what a request. Who has the time to sit
down and even think back to reflect on what I have learned from you, let alone put it down on paper?
As the days went by , you naturally have this on your mind, anyway I did. I thought you
know, I really own Jay an answer to his request because without him I wouldn't be where I am today,
so here goes......
I attended one of Jay's "Protege" seminars, the first one, in Sept. of 89. You have to know
my mind set at the time. I just retired from the police force in 1988, and started to run a police
organization that I started in 1984, the main objective in 1984 was to build a training facility for law
enforcement officers in Penn. We were totally self funded with no help from any government
departments. How did we raise our money?
We were totally dependent upon professional solicitors for all of our funds. In 1989 the state
of Penn. started a rigorous campaign against professional solicitors to put them out of business for
the shady tactics they used to raise funds. Our organization was also targeted for an investigation and
when I arrived in L.A. and met Jay I told him on the first day the problems I was having in our
organization and that when I had to return to Penn. I was faced with building our headquarters and
training facility. We had the money to start construction but we were short about $150.000.00 to
finish and I didn't know where I was going to get this money. Jay's words to me were "Don't worry,
by the time you leave here on Friday you will have all the answers". Yeah, right.
I arrived back in Penn. the first week in Oct. and yes, I had my work in front of me. The first
thing I attempted was to hire telemarketers and devise a plan to solicit funds for our organization.
The investigation was complete by Nov. and we settled by a consent degree and got rid of all
professional solicitors. By the end of Dec.we had raised $935,742.00 with the solicitors however, we
had to pay them a commission of 75% of all moneys raised. We were now on our own and
$168,000.00 in the hole.
By Jan of 1990 I had to start putting Jay's methods to work. Perceived Value, Back End,
Joint Ventures, how in the hell do I incorporate all of this into telemarketing and... open an indoor
gun range with a pro gun shop? Not to mention the marketing of the store, and I didn't even have a
secretary.

We Care, We're There Police Helping Police

I called Jay and we brainstonned for fifteen minutes, that's all I needed. I remember Jay
saying in all his lectures and talks, think "MACRO". I called Walt Disney Magic Kingdom Club and
requested to have our organization added to their club, they asked how many members we had. I told
them three hundred (300), they said call back when you have a thousand. In March we moved into
our new facility and I did call them back with three thousand (3000) members they included us in
the Magic Kingdom Club.
I called Kardan Purchase Power, a wholesale purchasing club. They requested $2.50 for
each member brochure you send out. That's a big overhead when your soliciting funds and
receiving only 5 and 10 dollar pledges. I talked them into a joint venture by promising them huge
numbers in members and receiving their up front money on the back end. They finally agreed if, I
could promise them 500 new members weekly. We were selling 2 to 3 hundred a day at that time, in
one week we had a deal.
I called National Car rental and Alamo for discounts for our members on their rental cars. I
was amazed at how easy it all came together. I put a coupon book together from all over Eastern
Penn. you know buy one get one free. They sold like hot cakes . By mid July I converted an office
in our new building into another telemarketing room we now had twenty stations. Our customers
loved us because we gave some perceived value back for their donation, nobody ever done that in
our area before, it still works today. We have over 90,000 members.
It worked, by the end of 1990 we raised $450,000 on our own and kept ever cent for our
own pockets. True at the end of the year we didn't have a cent of profits left however, we paid cash
for our new facility that today is worth over $400.000.
I'm sure today that what really helped us was the fact that we keep computerized records of
all our donors and we called them back three times a year and they gladly gave. Why, because they
were always interested in what they were going to receive from us.
In April of 1990 we opened the indoor gun range and pro gun store. While we were the first
indoor gun range in the area, you must realize that Pa. has one of the highest gun ownership's in the
Nation. I thought there had to be a big market out there. How wrong I was. Within a thirty mile
radius of our store there is at least thirty five outdoor gun ranges. I had my work laid out for us. The
summer of 1990 was terrible for sales. Why would someone want to pay to come into an indoor
gunrange when they can shoot for nothing outdoors?
I got my board of directors together and told them I had a marketing plan to give away our
memberships. They were outraged, give away a $50.00 (3 months), $75.00 (six months), or
$189.00 (a years) membership, I had to be crazy. I explained the back end method to them but they
just couldn't see it. I convinced them to let me try my method and finally won them over on the
premise that they didn't have anything to lose anyway.
I held a meeting with my telemarketing managers and laid out my plan. Give away at least
two 3 month memberships valued at $100.00 for a $25.00 donation plus all the other goodies they
received for their pledge. I had them call all of our donors back that already gave in Jan to April and
make this offer. I also instructed our telemarketers that memberships could

be given to any person if they themselves didn't want to use them. There was one restriction, it had
to be redeemed in one month from the date it was sent out. Results, 1500 new range members in
about six weeks.
We now had a new problem. Our back end was the ammunition we sell to shoot, and a lot of
the people that came in didn't even have a gun to shoot with. We didn't have any spare money
laying around to buy guns to use as rentals, so how do we get rental guns in our showcase. Think
MACRO: I called Smith & Wesson, Colt, Springfield Armory, Ruger, Heckler & Koch and a few
other biggies. I asked them to create a joint venture where we would only sell their guns by using
their guns in our rental program. We would pay for the guns at wholesale their cost, not distributor
price, and only after a one year period, so the guns would pay for themselves through the rental
program. It worked like magic, we have over sixty different makes and models in our rental
program, we use them for a year them replace them with new ones on the same rental program. This
gives us $ 10.00 every time we rent the gun, plus we sell the gun after a year and recoup the original
purchase price plus a 20% profit. The gun makers make out and like the program we put in use
because they sell more guns through our rental program. It was a win/win situation. I had to
mention this because Jay taught me this methodology.
With that problem solved we now had to tackle the ammunition problem. We were selling it
so fast we couldn't keep up with it and we had to go out and buy it. We bought five reloading
machines and put them on line. To buy a box of 50 reloads we paid $5.00 and resold it for $9.00
however, if we made it ourselves we could produce a 50 round box for about $2.00 including labor.
The machines paid for themselves in about two months . Things were going smoothly.
In 1993 another indoor range opened up in our area and was taking away our customers.
Another board meeting and another marketing plan. I explained to my board that I wanted to send
our customer list a special bonus plan where we would automatically add a month onto their
membership free and they would also receive a 15% discount on anything in the store, if they gave
away to their friends or relatives four coupons entitling the recipient to a free three month
membership. I never expected the results of this mailing. Overnight we received 6000 new
memberships from the original 1800. You guessed it, now we had another ammunition problem.
The company we bought the bullets from couldn't supply us fast enough so we bought that
company. The machines we had made a 1000 rounds an hour of just one caliber, we use all caliber's
however, the biggest two are 9mm and 38's. We purchased two machines that each make 5000 per
hour. Yes we were selling ammo like mad and running out of space. New problem.
Our banker is also a shooter and said to us Al, aren't you running out of room, your class
room was turned into a reloading room and we had to build a small building that just housed the
bullet manufacturing. Our cash flow is so good now that we are expanding into a building along side
of our present building. Can you imagine your banker saying don't you want some money to build.
Some problem, huh!!

In 1992 I had to look at our costs of doing business and found out that the highest overhead
we had was the telephone. We spent $72.824.00 in 1991 on our telephone bill, there had to be
better service out there. We went through every company you could think of including the big
three. In 1993 our phone costs were $18.422.00 and our volume was the same if not greater than
1990 and 1991.
Again I thought of what Jay has taught me. I approached Allnet Communications and worked
a joint venture with them for our organization that has the best and cheapest phone service anywhere
in the country. Try and beat 13.7 cents a minute no matter where you call. That's not the first band
like other companies charge, that's a flat rate, and yes all of our donors and customers enjoy the same
rate through our organization. We even have a rate that is suitable for high end users that are
over $4000 to $5000 a month. We can guarantee a 10 to 20 % discount on that bill. I signed up a
customer that is a professional solicitor from New Jersey trying to get our business. His phone bill
is over $300.000 a month, we will reduce that by 20% and still receive a residual of 4% each and
every month on that bill. That's $9000.00 a month for as long as we have that customer. And we can
do that anywhere in the country. And get this, if that same customer would call Allnet Comm. he
couldn't get the same rate from Allnet as we could get him, it must go through us.
What can I say about Jay Abraham. Was the $ 15,000 I spent for that seminar worth it? You
bet, every penny of it was made back 100 times over. Jay's methods not only work, he puts you in a
different mindset. You can't just read his material or even hear it from himself and then expect it to
magically just work. You have to practice the principles he teaches. The thing about him is the way
he teaches it, you can tell that he has practiced everything he preaches or teaches you. The man just
turns everything he touches into gold. How, by magic, no, he thinks in that MACRO mode and makes
things happen.
We do a lot of advertising for the gun store and range and all of the principles he taught me go
into the advertising. Does it work? You bet and how do we know it works. He taught me how to
track all advertising and measure your ROI. He has an ingenious knack on every aspect of marketing
that just boggles my mind. I have every one of his books we received at his seminar and I keep them
very close to me. It's like having Jay right next to me. There isn't a subject he doesn't have down on
paper. Speaking of paper I have to tell you a small story that has a lot of significance on Jay's
materials.
A close friend of mine who was a policeman on my department retired last year and has since
joined me on our board of directors. Ron Kulp is a gun enthusiast and a physical fitness nut that
trains in a new system developed by a Secret Service Agent. I won't identify the system here because
the agent is still working and in a very high position . Anyway Ron told the agent about our facility
and he wanted to see it and our new plans for the new building . This agent is the James Bond type
right out of the movies, honest, when he got into my office his eyes didn't stop moving for a minute,
there were four other law enforcement officials with him but nobody watched him like I did. He
absorbed everything in his sight, after about ten minutes he asked the other people if they would
excuse themselves while he talked to me in private. He gave me a lot of praise about the facility, the
range, the training, the computer network, telemarketing division

but what really got him and kind of took me back, was he noticed that I had Jay's materials in my
bookcase. Yes even a secret service agent knew of Jay Abraham.
He didn't ask to see my financial records or even how we were doing financially, all he
wanted to know, was would I join him in a joint venture of marketing his program and making our
new facility his International Headquarters. Yes he has contacts all over the world that are eager to
train his principles in self defense and he is retiring late this year or early next year. I really have to
say that Jay's materials being out in the open and him knowing that I practice Jay's principals was
enough for him to cement the deal. The deal isn't on paper yet but I can guarantee you it will be in
about three weeks. Do I worry where the money will come from for the new building, no it's already
being made.
I've often wondered how it would be if I marketed myself to other businesses like Jay used to
for 25% of unfound profits, but you know what, I get more pleasure out of just using his principals
and methods the way I am in our organization.
I have to relate a deal to you made last Sunday March 5, 94. Being a policeman and into
training I have always wanted a system known as Shoot/Don'tShoot. This is a large life like screen
that you shoot at and make judgmental decisions in an instant. Were you right or wrong. The
problem with getting one of those systems is the cost. They cost in the neighborhood of $65,000.
Anyway something made me look at a Police Chief magazine a couple weeks ago and I spotted an
ad for one of these machines, the ad wasn't done up to good but the machine was a new product on
the market and I wanted to know more. I sent away for the information and received it, it was
devised by a policeman in Ohio and I called him. We talked for about an hour and the conversation
got around to his marketing of the product. He admitted to me that he was having a problem with
the marketing end. Yes he sold me the machine at his cost and he came to Pa. to set it up and make a
deal with me to market the product for him. Can you imagine he was selling this thing for $11,000
and his nearest competitor was $35.000 above his. I explained the perceived value to him and told
him he was pricing his product so low that everybody that heard or talked about it was saying it just
had to be a piece of junk at the price he was selling it at. Believe me, it is better than the one selling
at $65.000.
The point is, all of my marketing, joint ventures, backend selling, advertising, marginal net
worth, direct marketing and the telemarketing couldn't have been achieved without Jay's teachings,
the man is the entrepreneur's entrepreneur. I never would have dreamed that I would be where I am
today back in 1989 when Jay said "Don't worry"

PS Our unique selling proposition used in all of our advertising, " Try a Gun Before You Buy A
Gun". Our gun rental program sells guns just because they can try them first. What a USP.
PPS Jay you have my permission to use this in any article or reprint as you see fit, on the
condition that I receive a copy of that reprint.

March 15, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.

J. Abraham (Persona!)
950 Indian Peak Road
Suite #100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Mr. Abraham:
I am a reasonably new participant in your program, having acquired it only in December of
1993.
I have purchased and sold several companies over the past ten years. After participating in
your program, I realized that there were a substantial number of mistakes that I made with
each of these companies, particularly in the area of marketing. Until I listened to your
program, I was dreading the work that would have to be done to establish another new
company. Your program changed my concept of starting from scratch and focused my
attention to work on the millions of dollars of underemployed assets at most companies. I
discussed your concepts with several companies in the Western New York area and to my
amazement, my enthusiasm in referring to these concepts was catching. Each of the initial
three organizations that I contacted like the ideas so much, that they have asked me to
become their marketing and innovation consultant. This is still at the very early stages, and I
cannot report on the full level of my success. However, I have no doubt that the results are
just around the corner, and I look forward to sharing my progress with you in the near future.
Thank you again for contacting me to participate in your program and for the additional
materials included in your letter.
Sincerely,

Jack Barrett

P.S. Please feel free to use this letter in any material that you may be publishing.
i'abroham

7 deer r u n court, williamsville. n.y 14221 (716) 636-1789

Bob Giicker
9314 Cherry Hill Road, #206
College Park, MD 20740
301-345-1197
Jay Abraham - Personal Abraham
Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274 March 17, 1994
Dear Jay,
Thanks for you interest in what I have accomplished with your techniques. After
going through your home study materials I have applied your techniques to a few small
projects of mine, and I plan to use your techniques on many more projects in the future.
The first application I made of your ideas was in selling a line of bookmarks and
postcards for an artist who created them. She was selling them to museum store gift
shops on word of mouth and once a year trade show visits. At the time I had merely the
rights to sell these items on sales calls in my local area.
Your materials led me to request national marketing rights, to sell to all of the
museum stores she had yet sold to, for a percentage of the sales. I sold these items to
an amazing 25% of these unsold museum stores! That was 150 new customers from one
promotion. And that was after she had already had taken her shot at them for a couple
of years. I collected $15,000 in the first year from this new business.
I followed that promotion up with a fairly successful campaign to sell these items to
college bookstores. There we sold to a full 15% of all of the large college bookstores in
the country.
Even after more than 3 years , with buyers constantly dropping old items for new
ones, I still collect around $5,000 per year in residual income with just a day or two
each month of my time invested. I have made about $33,000 to date from this one
simple project. Best of all, sales are climbing again as we are moving into the zoo and
aquarium gift shop market.
Yours Sincerely,

;r^j^
W
Bob Giicker

March 17,1994
Mr Jay Abraham Abraham Publishing
Group, Inc. 950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite
100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay
I'm a New Home Salesman, working on commission in the conservative,
competitive, Midwest city of St. Louis. Here's a few examples of how I have
benefited by using your ideas.
RESULTS:

1.
Developed a crucial, targeted, market-research mailing that drew an astonishing
93% return response. This helped us design features into an empty nester duplex product
that met the market exactly. And even though we opened in a trailer, without models,
during a recession, it sold it out on time.
2.
Developed a teaser direct mail pre-sale strategy, with incentives for action, that
resulted in fifteen $150,000 new home sales in one day.
3.
Developed a 4 letter mailing, with testimonials, to try to boost sales in a slow
moving 300 home Condominium Community that helped increase sales about 20% to
achieve a sellout in less than 3 years.
WHAT THESE RESULTS HELPED ME ACHIEVE:

1.
Was named New Home Salesman of the year in 1986 by the St. Louis Home
Builders Association's (HBA) Sales & Marketing Council.
2.

Was named New Home Sales Manager of the year in 1989 by the St. Louis HBA.

3.
Was named National New Home Salesman of the year in 1987 by the Sales &
Marketing Council of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
4.

Of course I've earned a few commissions in the process, and since then, too.

HOW DO I FEEL YOU FIT INTO THE PICTURE?

6655 Waterways Drive, Florissant, Mo. 63O33 [314] 741-1616

Your biggest asset is your ability to get to the point. Then comes your ability to
inspire and motivate to action. Next, Jay, I not only think you have ideas we who market
products and services can use, you also have the uncanny ability to recognize other
people's ideas that we can use too.
And, here's the plus. You're not to proud to think that you are the only guy with
any money making ideas, so you're willing to share these other people with us.
For instance, sending us Gary Halberts Letters. Now !'m not in direct marketing by
mail but the ideas from you and Gary on how to get my letters into stack "A" so they get
opened and read have proven priceless. And the ideas on how to get the reader to act,
with incentives and time limits, work in the new home industry too.
And, ideas like those contained in one of your surprise bonus gifts, "Winning
Through Intimidation". Using those "be prepared" concepts gives me an edge on the
competition that just keeps the some of them wondering how I (get so lucky).
Maybe I rotate to you because your ideas are not only simple, but you teach them
by your own example too. I'm thinking of 1) Living up to your promises, and 2) Giving
so much more than your subscribers expect.
Jay, in all, I've probably only invested about $1,000 in your materials. It's
impossible to measure the value of the results in dollars. And of course the results are
still coming in, I'm not ready to retire.
I'm just glad that, way back when, you invested in a mailing list that had my name
on it.
What's so valuable about your methods is that they work in any industry. or
business, or endeavor -large or small - because they are ideas about how to motivate
people into action.
And isn't that what we're all trying to do?

P.S. Like dessert, I saved the most important part of the letter 'till last. Thanks!
Sincerest and best regards from one of your many Fan's,

March 10,1994
Dear Jay,
I sell Volvo automobiles at factory discounts to foreigners in Korea. I've
been doing this since 1980.
I see you as one of the few individuals who has "a firm grasp of the
obvious." You have the uncanny ability to find simple solutions to seemingly
complex business problems. You make the complicated --or what we as
business people have managed to complicatereadily understandable to
generate profitable solutions. I would call you a "business X-ray technician": you see through the minutiae and get to the bare bones of
profitability problems with laser beam precision.
Using some of your ideas allowed me to increase by 500 percent the number of
telephone and fax inquiries generated by my ads in publications such as the
bulletin of the American Chamber of Commerce in Seoul. This resulted in doubling
the number of my sales appointments and presentations. Thanks to using your
concepts my sales increased 46 per cent while ad
costs dropped 30 per cent. Gross sales leaped by $97,300 in one month alone.
Specifically, I used your idea of testing and improving my headlines
until I developed the one that pulled the highest response ("How You Can Buy
Any New Volvo at the Factory Discount Price Without Having to Fly to
Sweden"). That ad headline outperformed others I had tried by five times.
By working against a control headline to compare response rates I was
able to add precision to the art of ad writing. Next, by refining the body
copy to have more emotional impact focused on my unique selling
proposition (USP) I was able to reduce the number of words (and ad costs)
while better galvanizing my Volvo prospects' interest. I refined the body
copy only after I had my new control ad with the most compelling headline.
One of the important lessons I learned from you was the practice of changing
one control variable at a time to track scientifically the results.
The benefit is now I have more certainty about what is working and why.
Without my control model and testing I would be haphazardly throwing my
advertising funds away with no real comprehension of what my ad weaknesses
were or, worse yet, how to correct them. Just knowing how
not to lose money can be profitable by itself.
I know that I can make far greater improvements and profits by using even
just a few of your many other techniques and strategies, Jay; however,
for now using the marketing practices of a strong USP, a compelling headline and
relentless testing have proven themselves to be very successful

and lucrative for me.

Thanks again, for sharing your marketing wisdom,Jay.

Tuesday, March 15th, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. 950
Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
It's been about 12 months since I heard your name mentioned for the first time. I must admit that
starting with that first letter in which Tony Robbins and his advisors introduced you and your concepts
to me, it has been quite an exciting, educational and life changing experience. Although I hate using
cliches, the saying "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear" certainly rings true to me in this
experience.
I have so completely incorporated your strategies and marketing mindset into my business that when I
sat done to write this testimonial letter, I actually had a hard time dissecting my experiences over the
past twelve months in order to give you specific examples of how my exposure to you has effected my
business. Your strategies and philosophies have effected not only my business but also the businesses of
the clients I serve.
I think I should stop at this point and explain that I'm in the marketing services business. We provide
our clients with mailing and telemarketing lists, direct mail services, printing services, telemarketing
services and most importantly - marketing counsel. You could say that a large part of what I do is
similar to what you do. The difference is that I do it on a smaller level and up to recently I have
concentrated in one industry - the hearing aid industry.
The following are examples of the successes we've experienced as a direct result of my exposure to you:
During the months of June, July and August of 1992, we were engaged in a telemarketing campaign for
one of my clients who is a hearing aid dealer. We were being paid $30. for each appointment we
booked from cold calling a list of senior citizens. We booked one appointment every 3 hours on the
average. This means that it was actually costing us approximately $36. per appointment. We were
losing $6.00 per appointment.

We were asked to repeat the telemarketing campaign in 1993. I accepted the work with the stipulation
that we would be allowed to mail a letter to the senior citizens before calling them. Using the
knowledge, strategies, and mind set that I gained from attending your seminar in March of 1993, I
devised an educational 5 page letter that described the benefits of having a hearing test on a regular
basis, exactly what the hearing test consisted of and offered an inducement for
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purchasing a hearing aid if in fact it was found that the prospect had a hearing loss that could be
helped through the use of hearing aids. To make a long story short, the average time it took to set
an appointment during this campaign was only 1 1/2 hours. That translates into a profit of $12.00 per
appointment, a 300% gain.
As I see it, your contribution to this success was the following principles:
a. When telemarketing, sending the prospect information first will almost always increase
the response.
b. The copy should be as long as it has to be in order to get the point across, c.
Consumers are silently begging to be led. They crave information. d. You have to
educate your way out of a business problem, you just can't cut price.
Another of my clients asked me to help him build a new business he was starting. It was a house
cleaning service - a franchise. Since it was a relatively new franchise, the franchisor didn't have much
to offer in the way of marketing support. I agreed to help. I proceeded to develop a letter which was
personal, direct and contained two key elements which I can contribute directly to my exposure to
you Jay. First, it offered a better than risk free guarantee. The prospect was offered free carpet
cleaning for the whole house, if he decided to engage my client for house cleaning. If he didn't find
the house cleaning service satisfactory, he could cancel at any time and since the carpet cleaning had
already been completed, he had received value which was his to keep. Second, he was offered a trial
period in which he would only pay $49.95 per visit which was at least $20.00 less per visit than all
the other house cleaning services were charging.
This one method built a business in seven short months from zero customers to a little over one
hundred customers. That's approximately $180,000 in revenue per year which is not bad for a little
mom and pop house cleaning business.
Now let me give you some examples of how you have directly helped me grow my business by
marketing our own services much more effectively.
One of the first ideas I had after starting to read your material and attending your seminar was to do
an endorsed mailing. I agree with you, by the way, that it is the most effective form of direct mail
anyone could possibly use. I asked one of our clients to allow me to write a letter from him to his
fellow Miracle-Ear franchisees detailing the effectiveness of an insert that I had created for him. The
letter gave all the details of how many he had inserted in the local paper, how much the campaign had
cost him, the total dollar volume of the sales he had made, and finally - how he had persuaded me to
include an order form along with his letter so that his fellow Miracle-Ear franchisees could also
benefit from using this very effective insert.
Taking into consideration that there were only 150 Miracle-Ear franchisees for us to mail to, the
results we achieved of $20,000 in insert sales were pretty exciting. That of course doesn't take into
account all of the repeat orders we've received from the respondents to that initial mailing.

At this point I would like to run down a list of the different ways in which my exposure to you has had
an effect on my business and my clients' businesses. Here goes:
1. As a result of learning about marketing mistake #9, "Not sticking with marketing campaigns that
are still working", several of my clients are profitably using the newspaper insert mentioned above as
many times as they can. If it continues to bring in a profit, they continue to use it, although most of
them greatly resisted this concept at first.
2. We have developed several postcards which offer free reports. The number of leads generated and
converted has been very impressive.
3. "Positioning" and "valuing my contribution" are two principles I learned from you that have had a
dramatic impact on the way I present myself to clients and prospective clients. When I tell a
prospective client that I am willing to guarantee results and put my money where my mouth is by
taking most or all of my compensation as a percentage of sales or profits, they don't hesitate to engage
our services. I believe that this is partly because they have nothing to lose, but, more importantly
because they can feel the confidence radiating from me.
4. I took your advice and made all overhead items justify themselves.
5. I've started to create a sales department and am building many pillars of profit where before we
relied solely on referrals. Much of our communication with clients and prospects was unorganized.
Our clients only heard from us when it was time to reorder. Now, we constantly communicate with
them - we're constantly working the back end.
In a nutshell Jay, here's what has happened. We've gone from a barely breakeven situation to a $5000.
per month net profit after all expenses including a generous salary for myself and my wife who is our
V.P. of Finance. This has happened during a year when you would expect a large decrease in business
due to the fact that our main clientele(hearing aid dealers) have experienced sales decreases of up to
50% due to many economic and regulatory circumstances.
Needless to say, what I've learned from you has also made it easier for me to expand our client base
in other industries.
Now, I suppose that each person who is exposed to you sees you differently. Td like to suggest that
this is true because they are seeking different things from you. For me, you are a teacher who teaches
by example. It's the "process within the process" that I watch and get as much from as the actual
information that you share with me.
I watch to see how you posture and position yourself with me. How you communicate with me and
try to persuade me. This could be unique to my experience since I am in a similar business as you are.
But, I don't think so. I suggest that everyone who is exposed to you should be aware of the
"process" within the process that you put them through. They should pay attention not only to the
information you are giving to them, but, also the way in which you persuade them to accept

it and compensate you for it. You are probably the best person I have ever seen as far as teaching by
example goes. And by doing that you are getting your students to look at the concepts and strategies
from many different perspectives.
In fact, you are training them to do what the great successes of our time have been able to do -look at
situations, opportunities, and concepts from many different viewpoints. They can basically have a
paradigm shift at will.
You are good at bringing the process to the forefront so we can see it. In many different ways, you
are training us to change the way we think about things that we are exposed to. That is the greatest
gift of all because it enables us to take what you've taught us and multiply it's usefulness many fold. It's
impossible to have an impact on someone's business by simply giving them new ideas. You have to
give them a new way of thinking so that they can come up with their own ideas. This is much more
enduring and powerful. And this, as far as I'm concerned, is what you are a master at Jay Abraham.
Thank You!

Warm Regards,

Phil Stocchetti

P.S I would very much like to participate in an Alliance which included and focused on marketing
consultants like myself. I believe that it would make it possible for you to duplicate yourself many
times over by using people like me who have an understanding of marketing and how to supply clients
with marketing services, but lack the advanced marketing mindset that you have.
I intend to forward my ideas on this subject to you under separate cover. In the meantime, if you are
already operating such an alliance, I would appreciate receiving information as to how to get involved.

Hi Jay,
I just got your letter. Here's my best successes achieved to date since I learned of your
philosophies approximately five months ago by purchasing your Home Study program.
First of all. .the product I market on a national basis is Professional Liability Insurance to
Registered Nurses, Nursing Students, Nursing School and Nurse Practitioners. Prior to being
introduced to your philosophies, I didn't have a results oriented marketing strategy. We placed
ads in national nursing journals and never tracked them or tested them. Our ads listed an 800
number for an application and further information. Prospects called in and we sent them
information and hoped for a sale. No tracking, no testing, no follow-ups.
So what are we doing now?
Success #1

Phone leads coming in on the 800# are sent different packages that are tracked. Our original
package had a conversion rate of about 24% (which I didn't know until I tracked it). One of the
new packages I'm testing is generating a conversion rate of about 36%. What does this mean in
the way of additional premium income? About $100,000 a year.
What did I specifically change in the mailing package?

The original package just contained a brochure/ application and return envelope. The new
package added a personalized letter. I'm now testing headlines and offer and guarantees to
further improve the conversion rate.

Success #2
Prior to studying your philosophies, I had no host/beneficiary relationships. Now... I'm amazed
to discover the number of those relationships that are available to develop. Specifically...I've
arranged for a national nursing organization to reduce their membership fee by 50% to those
nurses who purchase our insurance. Another nursing organization has agreed to reduce their
membership fees by 25% to those nurses who purchase our insurance. I've arranged for a major
nurse placement service to make our program information available to their nurses in return for an
"advertising fee". The impact on new business from the first two examples is unknown since they
were just rolled out a week ago.
The nursing placement service example is producing new business that we wouldn't otherwise

paid the nurse agency $1,000 for a test period of 4 months. So far we've generated $2,880 in new
business. Annualized, that equals $8,640. Now... by getting more agencies to do the same
thing.. the idea can really payoff!
Another host/beneficiary relationship that I'm testing is a nursing magazine endorsement of our
program. Specifically, I arranged with a major nurse magazine to do the following test The
magazine ads with the endorsement will be sent to a specific 10,000 population of subscribers.
Another 10,000 will be sent the magazine containing our regular ad...no endorsement. The test
period will last for 6 months. At the end, we will analyze the results to see if the endorsement
group generated more business than the non-endorsed group. If more business is generated by the
endorsed group we'll negotiate an appropriate fee to be paid for the endorsement
Another example is that a tape recording company that tapes nurse workshops and seminars has
agreed to reduce the cost of their tapes in return for my helping them to market their products to
my clients. I can use these tapes as a bonus item to help generate new business. They're giving me
a 55% discount off the regular retail price.
I have some other relationships going but you get the idea.
All these examples are under Success #2 because I feel I've succeeded in starting to "think outside
the box". I don't know what the final result will be in new business generated...some will succeed
and some will fail....but I think I'm starting to develop a new mindset..a new way of thinking
about marketing my product. For me....that's a success I want to thank you for.

Success #3
Prior to learning about your marketing techniques, we were sending a newsletter to our clients.
I thought this would be a good thing to do....it makes us different from the competition. The cost,
however, was quite high for us. About $75,000 a year for just two issues. While we got positive
feedback from our clients on it. I did not know if it was profitable. Was it helping to increase
retention? Was it not having any measurable effect? I felt that I could no longer justify the cost
without knowing the benefits we were getting.
So now I'm testing a monthly newsletter to a select group for the next 12 months to see if there is
any measurable increase in retention as compared to a selected group that is not receiving the
newsletter. The test will cost me under $5,000 and I free up $70,000 to use in other marketing
activities.
That's it for the successes so far. I've only been using your techniques for five months so I don't
have allot of profits to report at this time.

HOW DO I SEE JAY ABRAHAM?

After thinking about this a bit...what I've settled on is this....you're a master at creating value.
Taking every available resource and discovering the potential value with it All the above
successes have resulted because I've been able to discover value where previously I believed there
wasn't any.
What I see you doing for me is getting me to focus on inventing, creating, maximizing and
optimizing the value potential of everything.
Finally, I hereby give your publisher the right to publish any of this material.

Walter E. Fifer
Cotterell, Mitchell & Fifer, Inc.
PS. Please send any correspondence to my home office: 93 S. Penataquit Ave., Bay Shore, New
York 11706 (516) 665-3506

March 11, 1994

Jay Abraham Personal Abraham
Publishing Group 950 Indian Peak
Road Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
VIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dear Jay:
I've absorbed so many of your ideas over the years, I'm sure I use them unconsciously
on a daily basis. Because of this, your request for a documentation of significant
business successes due to exposure to your concepts wasn't that difficult. The difficult
part was choosing an example.
My company is a commercial printing company. It supplies digital electronic prepress
services and produces high quality sheet-fed printed materials including: house organs,
sales support materials, stationery, POP displays, and publications.
All of these materials are custom designed and manufactured.
Our primary customer contacts are usually marketing or advertising executives and
often are directly involved in the creative effort of the printing.
High Quality Printing Buyers have a Risky Job

These customers who buy our services are responsible for large budgets. They
usually work under very tight deadlines. They also recognize that there are many
things that can go wrong with the materials they are responsible for purchasing. If the
projects they order are not produced to their satisfaction - or the satisfaction of their
boss - their job is at risk.
As such, they normally will establish a small group of printers to work with. Printers
whom they know will deliver the quality they expect - when they expect it - at a
reasonable competitive price.
This makes it very difficult for a company they have not worked with in the past to
crack into their business.

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In the high-quality printing industry, the rule of thumb is that a sales person needs to
call on a new prospect an average of five times before they are even considered as a
potential supplier by that prospect.
If they even get that far!
Why not try something different?
One of your concepts is: "People are silently begging to be led...they are crying
out to understand more about your product and service."
I decided to try this on one key printing buyer with whom we've been trying
(unsuccessfully) to establish a relationship for the past three years.
This is a major university. The printing materials (I thought) were purchased through
a central department. Periodically, this department would send us via facsimile a
"Request for Bid". They selected us for these requests because of our reputation of
being able to produce the type of work they publish.
We, like all of our competitors, would estimate the project and send back to them a
price via fax. It was not practical to send a sales person with a proposal because the
prospect told us in the past they were gathering information and didn't need to "see"
anyone.
Invariably, when we called to inquire about the project, we were told "Our price was
too high."
In April of last year, this group sent us another request.
This time, besides giving them an estimated price, we decided to send along a detailed
explanation of the various steps we planned into their project.
Our objective with this was to educate them - and, convince them that all of the
particular things they might be concerned with are also our concern.

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Following is the letter we sent:
Dear

To make sure you get what you expect, 1 want to outline some aspects of our
production plan for the "Magazine:"
Computer Files:
The disk(s) should include all of the separate Freehand 3.1 graphic files and
all of the fonts incorporated into the magazine.
We need the graphic files to make sure the colors are separated properly on
our film. And to make sure the traps in them meet our press requirements.
(Your artist said that the graphic files would be trapped.)
We need the fonts because our fonts may have different kerning pairs than
yours. And, we want to make sure the line breaks are the way you want them
to be.
Trapping:
Although the graphic files you furnish will contain traps, the page files will
not. This is because the Pagemaker 4.2 application your artist is using does
not have a trapping application in the software.
Our estimate includes trapping these pages to meet our press requirements. Of
course, we will also trap the graphic files into page elements where
necessary. We will do this automatically prior to film output. Our pre-press
professionals know what the thickness of the trap should be - and which
colors should overprint and underprint. This knowledge is not often
available at the computer service bureaus which have sprung up in the last few
years.
Duotones:
The duotones will be scanned into our system and inserted into your pages
prior to film output. Before we do this, we might meet with your desig-

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ner to see what type of dots they want in the duotones. We've installed
standard duotone curves in our pre-press system for various densities of
each color. Your designer can look at printed samples and decide what
densities are desired.
Varnish:
Although we prefer to "dry trap" varnish - because of its higher gloss over
wet trapping, our estimate is based on in-line varnishing. We decided on this
to save money.
Proofing:

We do not have a die-sublimation proofing device on our system. You'll

notice that we have included a Tektronix proof of the front cover. I'm not
sure what the purpose of the die-sublimation proof is? We could give you a
color key in place of the Tektronix proof. This would show you more
accurately the integrity of the file. We would not charge more for this since
we would already have output film for the complete magazine. (For the
blueline.)
Perforation:

We will perforate the applicable pages in-line on the press run.

I am sending under separate cover a brief description of our company and some
samples of our work.
We would enjoy working with you and your staff on this project. Please call me if
you have any questions.
Sincerely,

Eugene V. Herrmann, Jr.

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The results were dramatic. The person whom we assumed was the "buyer" (and whom
we had been trying to "sell" over three years) called and said that our information had
been forwarded to the actual person responsible for the project.
We decided to send this person some additional information:
Dear Mr.
told me yesterday that you had the information we sent for your
"Magazine" production. I also sent her an overview of our company - which she kept.
Since you don't know us, I thought it would be helpful if I sent you a copy of this
overview. I am also enclosing some samples of our work.
One thing I didn't mention to ____: We sometimes get files for multi-color projects
where colors are not separated consistently.
At first, we never discovered this until we produced film output. Although the color break
on the monitor would show the page as it were to appear on the printed piece, the film
sometimes would not contain all of the particular color elements for that plate.
To save time and avoid make overs, we installed a procedure to solve this.
Before we run film on a project, we send color separated pages to an 11 x 17 black & white
laser printer. Essentially, we are "pretending" that the laser printer is the imagesetter. (For
instance, if the page is a two-color project, we get a laser print of each color.) We then
visually check the laser output against the monitor - to make sure each color is properly
printing.
It is irritating to get a color proof that has missing elements. We've found this procedure
avoids bottlenecks. And, of course, perform it with your magazine files.
I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have. We would like to work with you.
Thanks for your time. Sincerely, etc.

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All of this might seem complicated. But, it is written in language that is used by the customer.
It shows them that we know their creative processes.
It also must have reduced their fear of working with a new printing company:
We got the project from this customer. A buying influence we did not even know existed.
And someone we never met in person! I have never experienced this in our customized
manufacturing industry.

Last year we wrote $29,000 of business with them. Primarily because we decided to
TELL the prospect what we were doing. In two letters. This year we forecast a total
volume of $40,000
But, that's not all.
Within two weeks of our first letter to the "buyer", we received another request from a
different person at the same university. Again, this was someone we never heard of. Or
called on.
This person told us we were referred to him by the "buyer" to whom we wrote the original
letter. He also had a project he wanted us to estimate. We sent him the same type of
"educational" letters. They follow.
FIRST LETTER:
Dear __:
Our estimate for your _________ package has a statement at the bottom about
"imagesetter-ready" files. These are files that we simply open and output to film.
If we need to make any color breaks, position any of the graphic files, prepare traps, etc. - we
have additional work. We cannot estimate the cost of this until we are able to look at your
disk.
You'll notice that we used Williamsburgh Hi-Bulk paper for the Reply Card. If you want, we
could print this on Patina Matte paper at no additional cost. I suggest 65 lb.

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Patina Matte Cover. The card would then match the surface and color of the brochure -to
give visual consistency to the package.
As we discussed on the telephone, PageMaker 4.2 does not have a trapping application in
the software. As you know, "trapping" means slightly enlarging the perimeter of a color
that touches another color.
Trapping is essential because the printing process is not a precision engineering process. (I
often wish it were!)
The paper in a multi-color printing press is picked-up and released by metal fingers (grippers)
when it goes into each printing cylinder. In the meantime, water comes in contact with the
paper. (The water is used to separate the inked printing areas from the non-inking areas.)
The water and the constant pulling of the sheet by the grippers can cause it to stretch during
different stages of the printing press process. Because of this, trapping needs to be done
whenever any colors "butt" together - to prevent gaps between them.
Our estimate does not include trapping the brochure color elements. However, we can do this
automatically prior to film output. Our pre-press professionals know what the thickness of the
traps should be - and which colors should overprint and underprint. Again, we need to review
the files before we can give you an estimate to make any necessary traps.
Finally, we decided to add a press score to the brochure. Because of the small quantity, we
will print the brochure two-up on a half-size press for efficiency. (The press has the same
excellent printing characteristics as our full-size equipment. But, it is a less expensive to
operate.)
The problem with this running plan is that the paper grain is against the fold direction.
However, the press score should enable us to fold the brochure without difficulty. And, since
the press is a four-color press, we can score the brochure in-line on the last printing cylinder
at minimal additional cost.

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If you have any questions, please call me. We would enjoy working with you on this
project.
Sincerely,

Eugene V. Hermann, Jr.

P.S.

I am sending under separate cover an overview of our company and some samples of
our work.

SECOND LETTER:
Dear
As you know, we can automatically trap electronic files. We've made some basic trapping
assumptions in our enclosed estimate for your "_____." However, until we have a chance
to review the pages, please consider this estimate a budget price.
Our estimate includes printing 4-color process plus the same two PMS colors on both the
outside and the inside of the cover. If this will not be the case, there will be a savings.
We recently tested various screen resolutions with full color reproduction. (Screen resolution
is the dots per inch in the color separation.) More dots per inch produce sharper reproduction.
Sometimes.
In the printing process, the dot gets larger as it travels through the various stages of the
process. Most of the change in dot size happens on the printing press. As the ink is
transferred from the plate to the printing blanket to the paper, the dot size increases. (This is
called "dot gain.")
This size increase is greatest in the 50%, or "middle tone," area of the reproduction. It is

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greater with uncoated paper than coated paper. And, it varies from press to press!
We've calibrated each of our press cylinders to our color separations. This means, that we
adjust our color separations to print clearly on whatever press we plan to print the project to give you the detail and crispness you expect.
We will probably use a screen resolution between 150 to 175 lines per inch for this
magazine. Well make that decision after we have a chance to review your original
photographs. However, you can be assured that the reproduction of them will be good.
Please call me if you have any questions.
Sincerely, etc.

We produced $20,000 of business with this customer last year. Again, we were
assigned the first project without meeting him face-to-face! We forecast a total
volume with him this year of $40,000.
I hope this is helpful to you.
You or your publisher have the right to use this information as you desire.
As to what I think you have done for me philosophically:
In my career, I've attended many marketing conferences and read many books on marketing,
advertising, sales, sales promotion, etc., etc. I was in direct sales. I have been a part owner
in an advertising agency. I've attended many strategic planning meetings with companies in
diversified industries - industrial, consumer, service. I have personally known some very
successful sales, marketing and advertising people.
Throughout all of this. I have never been exposed to most of your concepts! Concepts that I
believe are valid and that work.
When I read the first set of materials from you, I was astounded. Even now, 1 can see so
many applications, I don't know where to begin.
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I suppose I consider you as a "guru" of marketing. Someone who really knows how to
achieve results.
I really don't want to suggest what your role should be. Because, I am afraid that you will
publicize it so well that my competitors will gain an advantage! And, if they do, I will miss
the opportunity to assert the leverage your concepts produce. (OK, I'll give you one idea: I
think you should sell all of your materials to all of the universities in the country who have
graduate business courses. So they can sell them to their students for a "special" class on
marketing.)
From your standpoint, I also think your "network" of associates which you recently
introduced is excellent. It should enable you to learn of possible joint venture
possibilities that will bring you more success.
Thanks for your advice.
Sincerely,

Eugene V. Herrmann, Jr.

P.S. I will mail a hard copy of this communication to your office.

2164 Lyon Ave.

Riverside, CA 92503
March 14, 1994

Jay Abraham

Dear Jay:
In response to your letter regarding how we have used what we
learned at your seminar, I have a number of things in the works.
First of all, my wife and I have discussed a lot of the techniques
that I learned at your seminar. Upon hearing about bartering, my
wife thought of a great idea that saved us thousands of dollars.

My wife is an elementary school teacher. She talked to the

director of the preschool that our children attend about bartering
the childcare in exchange for trainings and follow up. The school
also serves children through 3rd grade. My wife is training their
teachers in many curricular areas and doing follow up and
observations during her off track time (she teaches at a year round
school). In exchange for this service, we are receiving our child
care. This would normally cost us close to $10,000.00 per year. If
it were not for this technique learned at your seminar, we would still
be reaching in our pockets every month to pay this very hefty bill.
A colleague of my wife's, my wife and I are also working on an inhome reading program for parents. This is a program that would
compete with "Hooked on Phonics", but unlike "Hooked on Phonics",
this program would teach reading in a meaningful way that is more
aligned with what is going on in the classroom. We really took a
good look at the big picture of what kind of tools are available to
"parents and came to the conclusion that not much is out there!
This is a void that could be filled. Many parents want to help
their children and don't know how or feel they don't have time.
Our program is going to consist of a manual, books, journals,
videos, and puppets. My wife and her friend are working on writing
the program, and I am working on the marketing end. I am looking at
ways we can get this program out into the public and various ideas
and headlines to test. If it weren't for the knowledge that I gained
while attending your seminar, we never would have had the confidence
or know-how to take on a project like this.

Thirdly, I am working with one of the major title companies on

producing some educational training tapes to distribute to real
estate companies, mortgage companies and other title companies.
Their customers were asking for training and information. Rather
than giving the usual flowers or donuts, I suggested that they
produce tapes to give to their customers. They would still be
giving their gifts of appreciation to their customers, and these
would be gifts that would be very valuable to their customers.
Their customers could use these tapes with their own employees or to
their customer base. The tapes would produce a very high profit
margin for me as well as help the title company's public relations.
Everybody wins in this situation. The title company was very
interested and we are currently working on producing these tapes.
As you can see I have been keeping myself very busy since attending
your seminar almost a year ago. I have changed my whole outlook on
business as well as on my life. I look at things differently and
feel that I have a totally different mindset. I realize that I am
just getting started. We have made $30,000.00 using the barter
technique and have set in motion endless financial possibilities.
What your seminar has meant to me and my family is a new outlook on
life, and a new passion and compassion for business. And it's a
helluva lot more fun when you make the rules !
The most important thing that I've realized is to find that
audience that would be truly interested in your product, and to
have the ultimate respect for what you do; but even more so, for
your customer.
In a recent seminar that we have done to promote Whole Language and
reading for parents in a private school in Riverside, we invited 52
people to attend. By using your techniques and creating a simple
strategy, 44 or the 52 parents and teachers attended. We consider
that a great success.
In addition, in the last several months I have received several of
your correspondence. Due to time restraints and other obligations, I
was not able to attend your February or April seminars. However, I
would be very interested in obtaining the tapes of those
seminars. I believe this would be a viable back end for those of us
who would not able to attend. Also a listing of any other
publications that you intend to sell. I know I would appreciate a
copy of it. This is something you might want to make available to
your proteges at the appropriate rates. I have a constant hunger,

as I feel most of my fellow proteges have, for new information and

techniques. Jay, you have the magic of bringing the best out in
people and communicating it.
Warmly,

Pete
Trevino
P.S. Jay, I ask nothing in return for this letter, and give you
the permission to use it as you deem appropriate in any manner that
you may need. I may not be able to give back more than I have
received, but I will practice the strategy because it does work.

March 14, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Jay:
Using your techniques of risk reversal, back end sales, and educating the customer, I helped
one of my clients transform the way he goes to market. Prior to my working with him, his cassette
tape catalog simply listed product titles without any description of contents. Customers couldn't
return or exchange products for any reason - they took all the risk. My client also had no ancillary
products to promote to his list, so he was foregoing significant profit opportunities.
By providing compelling descriptions of products, giving a 30 Day money back guarantee,
and establishing joint ventures with companies who offer products that his customers are already
buying, we have given his company a "Jay Abraham" customer orientation. Results are preliminary,
but early figures indicate that mailings will double their usual pull, with the average order size
increasing from $80 to more than $100. With no additional marketing cost, profits per mailing should
increase at least 30%.
I see you as a marketing master, an expert in all phases of marketing, from the broad and
conceptual to the very specific and tactical. You have strengths all along the spectrum, including
creating new ideas, twisting old ideas in new ways, combining different elements into a unique
whole, and putting together powerful copy and other forms of advertising. I agree with the
descriptions other people have given you, but I most prefer "a philosopher and a thinker" and "an
entrepreneur's entrepreneur."
Best wishes with your book.
Sincerely,
David A. Shiang
President
P.S. You and/or your publisher have the right to publish my comments.
6 Mt. Vernon St.,
#242
Winchester, MA 01890
(617) 729-0362

JAY ABRAHAM-PERSONAL ABRAHAM

PUBLISHING GROUP, INC. 950 Indian Peak
Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Jay:
This letter is to tell you about the "Test" I used to decide whether your ideas would work when I
first started getting your materials.
I found a new regulation that would have a serious impact on my clients because they would
have to purchase thousands of dollars of new medical exams for OSHA. The only ones, I
thought, that would benefit would be those industrial clinics that targeted this group of my
clients (fire departments). Following your suggestions, I took the government materials and
wrote a how-to-do-it marketing approach for these industrial clinics (using mostly your
marketing ideas) and created a two report package in less than 4 hours. It took me some
additional time to get the mailing out, fulfill the orders, etc., so the whole project took 13 hours
start to finish.
Did it work? It most certainly did! My NET return for my time was $1,808 per hour. If I had
used a temporary secretary on the project, I calculated that I could have cut my personal time
commitment to 7 hours and increased that profit to $ 3,357 per hour.
But that was not the most important lesson I have learned. Testing ideas in the way you have
suggested has saved me hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past 5 years.

Dear Jay:
This letter is written in response to your request for success stories.
Since last year when I purchased your materials, which include "Your
Marketing Exercises at Work", "Special Insider Collection: and tapes, I have
immersed myself in your concepts with the goal of applying these ideas to my
law firm marketing.
Although I believed that we truly did offer superior legal service and
although I had enunciated a sales concept of excellent work while controlling
legal costs, it was not until I read your materials, that I was able to
formulate this into a powerful unique sales proposition. This unique sales
proposition is applied every day and permentes our daily work and being. It
forces us to offer more and better service while at the same, time focusing
on ways to save our clients legal expenses. Because our focus is so sharp and
our USP is so keenly tuned toward our clients, most of whom are casualty
insurance companies, we have been able to increase our sales by approximately
twenty to thirty percent in the short time that we have been using your
methods.
By applying your concepts we have been able to carve a niche in an
industry which has no perceptible niches and has enabled us to mine new
prospects which would I have considered extremely difficult only a year ago.
One final example is worth recounting. Last October we were advised that
one of our clients would be selling off one of its subsidiaries which
accounted for about half of our billings. I took our USP and the Abraham
concepts on a daily mission to seek out and obtain new business and backend
business. By using your techniques, we have been able to replace our lost
sales but even better to generate new ones and grow to an even greater
level. This is because we have refocused ourselves on service and value.
Your last question is how I perceive your business role to be. I
perceive you to be ray marketing coach, the same way I use Tony Robbin's as my
peak performance coach. Although I find, it interesting to be able to
mastermind with your group, I do not know that that would be the most
valuable use at this moment of ray time. I think my time is best spent
applying and referring your concepts to my business.

Abraham Publishing, Inc.

March 15, 1994

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I look forward to receiving your tapes. Should

you have any questions, please call.

Very truly yours,

THOMAS M. BONA., P.C.

TMB/dk

Stephen A. Matuszak
& Associates, Inc.
Investment Management
8630 E. Via De Ventura, Suite 110
Scottsdale, AZ 85258 (602) 991-6778

March 4, 1994
Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham
Publishing Group Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
You are indeed a genius, Jay Abraham . . .
. . . although I thought I knew what a USP was, I never
understood it the way you presented it in your manual on
marketing a professional practice.
The uniqueness of what my firm does suddenly became
apparent and when I coupled that with the technique of using
seminars to attract prospects, everything clicked. A small
point, maybe, but for me it produced powerful results!
Using this new-found insight, our revenues doubled last
year and are on their way towards doing it again this year.
Jay, I see you as a master "big-picture" thinker.
Strategist is too limiting, but it is close to defining your
strong suit. Keep up the good work!

SM/a
Sincerely,

DEANM. MORLOCK

March 14, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950
Indian Peak Rd., Suite 1000 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
It's with great pleasure that I am writing to let you know the business successes I have
achieved and experienced since my exposure to you - specifically, the April 1993
Mastermind course in Los Angeles, California.
Admittedly, not everything has been a bed of roses since I left your course. In the process of
getting out of my CPA practice to start a business consulting company called Direct Results, Inc.,
my former partner and I had a very bitter separation. The end result was that I declared a
personal bankruptcy in September 1993 (a definite low point).
To get back on track, I went to work for one of my former clients, a small closely-held
company, to head up their business consulting and marketing division. At the time I joined the
company in the fall of 1993, the company was in the process of having a terrible year financially
and recovering from considerable staff turnover. I considered the company to be in a true
turnaround situation and that I had something valuable to offer them - me.

Lesson #1 : Revere what you do, or can do, and don't be afraid to be compensated for it.
The value placed on me, at this time, was a base salary of $50,000, plus an incentive of 12% of
the company's gross revenues for 1994, plus an incentive of 10% of the company's net income
before owner's compensation for 1994. This may not seem much by the "big-league" standards,
but for someone coming off a bankruptcy, it's gold.
As for company results, I have spent most of the first six months with this company trying to: (1)
stop the financial bleeding it was having - basically triage; (2) make sure the company had a
system in place and the people needed to deliver the consulting services and research it was
providing to its clients; and (3) begin expanding the company's marketing efforts.
I have been trying to instill some of the mindset that you taught me, into the rest of the
company's employees, but find it difficult to overcome long-standing paradigms they have as to
how things should be done. Small progresses are being made, but it takes time, and most of all, it
will take results before they buy in altogether.

3207 SOUTH RIVERSHORE DRIVE MOORHEAD, MN 56560

Jay Abraham
Page Two
Nonetheless, I have been able to try just a few of your marketing concepts in the company so
far. Namely, the company was trying to market a new research "product" to small bankers for
$350. They had tried a brief informational mailing in the Fall of 1993, with little or no
telemarketing follow up, and had a successful sale rate of just 2.5%.
Just recently, I convinced others in the company to try a longer approach to the marketing piece
with consistent telemarketing follow up. This was the first "piece" that I had ever written using
long copy and I'm sure there is improvement that can take place. We also ran an A / B split test
to test whether or not there should be a sample of the product included.
The early results are a successful sale rate of 5% - double what they were before. What's more,
this product is really not a profit generator for the company as much as it is a qualified lead
generator for other custom services we can provide (at a much higher margin). Our telemarketing
follow up has produced a number of qualified leads that we are following up for our custom
services.
The end result is that our profits on the product alone are covering the price of generating
qualified leads for custom services that have margins of 30 - 65%. It's early yet in this test
piece, but it certainly looks promising and most importantly, others in the company are seeing the
value of creating a funnel of suspects to prospects to qualified leads to clients / revenues, and that
you can do this through a front-end product that can create the leads for your back-end high
margin services.
Lesson #2 : Long copy sells.
Lesson #3 : Test.
Lesson #4 : Create a lead generating system that pays for itself and have a front-end for
your more profitable back-end services.
We haven't yet turned the comer, but we're getting there. As of March 11, 1994 (not quite 20%
or the way into the new year), we already have engagements and contracts (not all performed
yet though) totalling 90% of 1993's revenues and 32% of 1994's budgeted revenues !
I wish I had more to share with you at this time, but right now, that's all. As more of the tools I
have learned from you get used and results occur, I will be glad to share them with you. If our
turnaround is successful as planned, we will be increasing the company's revenues by 184% and
net income from a loss of $150,000+ in 1993 to breakeven in 1994. When that success takes
place, we hope to be positioned to take on other turnarounds for both income and equity stakes one at a time, but we'll build our track record slowly yet find ways to shorten the turnaround
for companies using more of your methods.

Jay Abraham
Page Three
Separately on your question of "what I see you as", Jay.
I would tend to agree with the examples you included in your letter to me : a marketing expert;
a great salesman; a master strategist; a philosopher and a thinker; a complete marketing man; a
non-stop idea generator; and an entrepreneur's entrepreneur.
But, to use my own words Jay, I believe you are a "dreamer with focus".
That may seem contradictory since dreamers are often thought of as having their heads in the
clouds and clouds are thought of as limiting your focus. But that's not how I see it. Instead, I see
you as a "dreamer with focus" because...
* dreams are "big picture" and focus on the possibilities, and that to me is what your
mindset, and the mindset you try to instill in others, is all about;
*

the best dreams are simple, yet exciting, and that to me is what many of your
concepts are about;

dreamers are leaders, and leaders have focus;

* dreamers are creative in their solutions because they are looking for the
possibilities, and people usually get what they focus on (predictive results); and
*

a person must have focus to be passionate, and you appear to be very

passionate.

I hope this helps you in your new undertaking and thank you once again.
Sincerely,

an

March 14, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham, Personal Abraham
Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274

RE: Success Stories Wanted: Reward Offered

Dear Jay:
I've sold over $2,500,000 of software to law offices using your techniques. When I first entered this market,
I was warned that lawyers were a tough sell. I was cautioned by the "experts" that lawyers would not read ads
with a lot of copy, and wouldn't respond to our marketing letters.
Well, our ads are among the most copy-filled ever published, but they tell the story, compel action, and
produce results. Over half of our sales are made to a customer on his initial call without any literature or
demos ever being requested.
When a prospective customer does request more information, we inundate him. Overall, we close 25% of
our leads by mailing a follow-up letter every week for up to ten letters. We also eliminated a major
procrastination-causer, the demo disk, and developed a new technology that we call the fax-demo. Without
having to wait for a demo disk to see the screens and how the software works, the prospect gets the same
information (annotated screens) over his fax immediately.
Using your principle of completely eliminating the risk for the purchaser, we offer an unconditional
money back guarantee. Although we have over 30 competitors, some of whom have been in this
marketplace for over 10 years, we have over a 50% market share, with 5,000+ law offices using our
software.
Thanks for the advise, encouragement and examples that you have provided over the years.
Sincerely,

Judd Kessler, Esq.

President

March 15, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal

905 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates,
CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I want to tell you how you helped me greatly increase the new
patient flow into my dental practice. I'd been sending out flyers
with ADVO to attract new patients and getting mixed results. The
change you made in the ad headline and the guarantee you added to
the copy resulted in a five-fold increase in new patients per
month. That translates to an extra $210,000.00 in practice revenue
in just the first year alone.
Jay, you're not only a genius when it corns to marketing, but you're
also an excellent teacher. You've taken a lot of abstract marketing
concepts and made them very clear and easy to use.
Thanks!
Sincerely yours,

Cary G. Blumberg, D.D.S.

CGB
klk

March 11, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.

Jay Abraham Personal 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I wanted to let you know that I have been profoundly impacted by your teachings. I attended a
Mastermind Program which gave me the confidence and knowledge to leave a dead-end job and
become an entrepreneur. I am now providing management consulting to businesses.
While my earnings are not yet at the previous level as an employee I consider this path to be
much better for me personally and much higher potential for future earnings. My mistakes in
execution have limited my results to date but as I learn and refine my approach the future is
encouraging. I am also gaining in confidence and striving to improve the quality of my customers
and prospects.
Intangibles provide me with peace of mind, freedom to set my own schedule and work my ass off
for myself rather than a faceless corporation.
Business successes

One of the things I have done is to affiliate myself with other consultants to offer a better service
to our customers. I have an associate that is excellent at direct mail and have established
relationships with consultants in other geographic areas to mastermind with and to jointly market
each other to our own respective cities.
I have attracted other business owners and entrepreneurs that have allowed me to identify many
more business opportunities.

Client examples * Worked with a manufacturing start-up to organize business processes and reworked their
marketing and advertising to focus on customer benefits. Sales went from nothing and no
dealers to $100,000 and 37 dealers within three months.
* Software firm with two years of sales experience needed capital for expansion. I wrote a
business plan that repositioned their products and the company allowing for attracting
joint venture opportunity with major company that should propel them to sales 10 times the
previous year.
* Worked with a consultant who is an engineer to take his knowledge and create a product
line of products to leverage his solution and solve problems for many more customers.
This will allow for a generic solution to many customers that should get one hundred times
the sales he could accomplish as a consultant.
* I worked with an Advertising and Printer company to analyze their costs and sales to focus
them on selling the highest margin business. Along with specific Abraham sales techniques
which resulted in changing the company from twelve months of losses to three consecutive
months of profits, within two months of starting work with them. Included in this ongoing
engagement is helping them understand the various stages of their sales cycle, refining
their USP and revising the marketing.
* Business proposal to a Fortune 100 company and a $150,000,000 in sales company that
would essentially be a host parasite arrangement I learned from you. This could result in
incremental sales in the nine figure range within two years. I have presented this with my
own idea but in a manner I learned from you which has garnered me tremendous credibility
with both of these businesses. At this time they are considering the proposal. When this
works I will get back to you and the Wall Street Journal with the detailed success story.
* Worked with a business owner to remained focussed on financial goals and objectives:
1. Sales increased 17%
2. Gross profit percentage maintained
3. Designed and Implemented marketing program including TV and direct mail
4. A/R dropped $6,000
5. Inventory dropped $33,000
6. Cash increased $4,000

7. A/P decreased $2,000

8. Long term debt decreased $16,000

Jay's philosophy
Jay your marketing approach has helped me understand how to put myself in the customers
shoes and talk directly to his/her motivation to buy. This focus on customer benefits
contrasts with the usual marketing approach and cuts through all of the thin veneer of common
place marketing excrement to base human needs. By appealing to these needs in a honest
ethical manner and providing true value to the customer is the purest of Abraham marketing and
a Win-Win situation for all involved. While I think this is the essence of Abraham
marketing I was more impacted by the entrepreneur mind set acquired during the mastermind
seminar.
The entrepreneur mindset is the most uplifting part of my business life. The plethora of
business opportunities that jump into my mind during the course of a day from the techniques,
approaches and teachings you have provided encourage me to keep going and I will find the
financial benefits for my clients and myself.
Thank- you Jay for allowing me to participate.
Sincerely,

p.s. Jay if you so desire, you have my permission to utilize this letter in your marketing
and promotional efforts.

March 10, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham Publishing

Group, Inc. 950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite
100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
It is with great pleasure that I write this letter to you describing how I've used your
philosophies in my business. When I first received information from you regarding your
seminar, I was unable to attend. I am still a very small businessman, and was not able to afford
the time and money for this seminar. However, I had heard about you and the wonders you
have worked and decided that at the very least, I would purchase your complete tapes and
transcripts of this seminar. It was one of the best business decisions I have ever made.
I have found that you truly live up to the motto of underpromising and overdelivering. I
was very impressed by the quality and quantity of ideas you presented in your materials and
decided to implement some of them immediately. Until I encountered your philosophy, I was
slugging away with a "me too" product (discount long distance service) and was frustrated that I
could not get people to listen to my story. I realized that the problem was that people were not
being educated in this area, and that if I did some preemptive education, I could create loyal
customers.
I had been sending out a letter soliciting business. It was your typical one-page sales job,
saying much of nothing and not offering any real reasons why people should do business with
me. I immediately seized upon your thesis of including a headline in the letter and making it as
long as necessary to tell the story. I rewrote my one page letter into a seven page letter with a
headline, explaining in detail the operation of the business and industry, and basically educating
people as to how and why we could offer the services we do. My response increased 40% on
this one letter!

I am now testing some new letters and sales approaches and am looking at conducting
joint ventures. Although my business is still relatively small, I have a big desire and know that
the knowledge and ideas you have provided will serve me well for the years ahead.
I think of you as a motivational expert of human relations. Everything you say is based
upon principles of human nature which we all realize as fundamental truth, if only we think
about them. Every time I listen to or read your work, I am inspired to realize that I, too, can
achieve success if only I listen to myself and others. What you say is so simple and so powerful,
it always makes me realize what is possible. Thank you for providing so much useful
information.
Sincerely,
Gary Kaskowitz

FAX MEMO
March 13, 1994 TO:
Jay Abrahams FROM:
Russell Jones
Dear Jay:
i want to thank you for giving me three powerful marketing concepts that
turned my publishing business around. When ! read your Seminar Transcript
Report on Perceived Value, Your Unique Selling Propostion, and Marketing
Leverage.....IT HAPPENED! It was like a bolt of lighting striking me. That
one missing link of what I was looking for...I finally realized what !
needed to do in my promotional material for my business.
My Publishing business increased by 80% over the next 12 months, It also
allowed my wife and ! to have the funds available to build a five bedroom
house on top of a mountain top with over 11 acres for my five kids to play. I
now have a office in my home and from my office window I can see
thousands of Pine Trees, families of deer, and the Snow Caps of Sierra
Mountains. Again, I want to thank you for the knowledge and help you gave me
in my business. You really have a way of bringing out the hidden talents that
lay within all of us.
Thank You

Russ Jones

March 10, 1994

Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I am the owner of a small busy dental practice in central
Texas. I recently expanded my business by adding a partner.
In order to keep the patient flow coming in and consistent,
we placed a display yellow page ad. Previously I had only
had a name listing.
This is to let you know what happened when we listed our USP
in the display ad. We listed our most significant aspects
or attributes that set us apart from the other dental
offices in this area. In listing our USP, we have doubled
our new patients coming into the practice. We are mainly a
referral practice, but many of these new patients have
listed the yellow pages as how they found us. They noticed
our ad was different and we offered something they were
looking for.
Thank you, Jay, for your help in guiding me to a better
way of advertising. You are that seasoned sage who can
blow away the fog that we let cloud our minds.

Sincerely,

Jeannette R. Cunningham, DDS

Palm Harbor, FL 34683

____________________(813)938-9475
March 10, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. Jay Abraham Personal 950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite
100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
Over the past few years I've had many opportunities to "practice what you
preach." The results have been very gratifying indeed:
1. I conducted a survey by mail a couple of years ago and got a 56%
return! Granted, the respondents weren't put out much, but I
needed that information! The piece consisted of my personal 1 page
letter asking for help, a one page questionnaire with a space at the
bottom for comments, a stamped self-addressed envelope, and a
nice ball point pen (so they wouldn't have to look for one).
2.

Our company newsletter is based upon your principles of "having

fun", "being personal" and "being informative without self
aggrandizement." We've received many favorable comments - more
than one might ordinarily expect and more than just "nice job".

3.

Our policy of "go the extra mile" in service, delivery, quality and
being just plain as helpful as possible is, I'm sure, one of the
reasons we survived the worst 4 year period the pool industry can
remember. (We even made some money in the process.) We have
received many letters from customers who were mistreated by
dealers of our product expressing surprise and deep appreciation
for our exceptional responses to their problems. These satisfied
customers have brought us many sales we would not otherwise
have had. That is very important to a small company with an even
smaller marketing budget!

There are many other examples of the advantages of your overall marketing
approach. Our company and success has resulted from a lot of small examples
rather than the "one big" example you seek. Although that success has not been
"beyond our wildest dreams" we're still working at it. Maybe one day we'll "get it
right."
Best Regards,

R. Davidson Keller, Jr.

President

Donald J. Delaney,
President

March 10, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham - Personal

Abraham Publishing Group
Suite 100
950 Indian Peak Road
Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274

VIA FAX

Dear Mr. Abraham:

I am delighted to offer a testimonial to the power of your teachings. Your programs
have energized and expanded my business opportunities and more importantly income.
Specifically, I used your strategies successfully in two endeavors: the annual pledge
campaign for my church and two, creating a dynamic new business by leveraging lazy
assets.
In the pledge campaign, I used the unique selling proposition, assigning long term
equity value to our parishioner relationships, headline testing and your techniques for
writing copy. The results: a 40% increase in pledge units and a 30% increase in income
- the most successful stewardship campaign in the church's' 100 year plus history.
In creating a new business: I acquired a new client and an equity stake, that would have
not been possible before taking up your programs. My new partner operates a data base
management company that sells highly technical information to law firms. His dilemma
is, he owns the market - no growth. Using your ideas for leveraging assets, I developed
a strategy for marketing the same data base information in the consume retail channel.
Also, using your 25% of fresh cash flow compensation guidelines, I now have 25% of
the new corporation. Amazing. The business result is $100,000 per year in fresh profits
from the old data base, with the potential to expand the model into eight other markets.
POST OFFICE BOX 3807 POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK 12603
914 452 5967

Mr. Abraham, I appreciate the contribution and difference your ideas have and are
making to my work. You reveal the light.
Warmest wishes,

Donald J. Delaney

Jay Louis Abraham

5908
Lemon
Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90805
Re: Requested success report
Dear Mr. Abraham:
I feel I cannot do you or your service justice. I've
purposely chosen to avoid the pressures of the big city. I have
therefore not been willing to try those ideas that would set the
world on fire, because at 67 I don't want the pressures of that
much success.
I did use a couple of your ideas though and wrote a new ad for
the phone books; trained my people to explain the adds when the
calls came in. I stated "No charge for initial consultation". My
people then explain on the phone that we do not charge for the time
to get acquainted, and learn about their problem because we
consider that time our opportunity to become their friend. We only
charge if they seek and obtain legal assistance, after we get to
know each other.

I recently learned from several colleagues that with the

economic downturn here in the California Inland Empire their phones
have just stopped ringing. One local attorney said he had only
five calls from new clients in three weeks. Our income has not
significantly increased but our phone calls from new clients have
risen from 5 to 15 calls per day. Though not all of these calls
constitute a diamond, it is amazing how many valuable gems we do
find on a regular basis. We have no shortage of clients.
I see your value as a plentiful supply of rare (these days)
common sense in problem solving. You are an inspiration to anyone
with the wisdom to recognize its value and act on it in their own
circumstances. Of course your ability to communicate to and
through us certainly makes your ideas shine. Thank you for making
yourself available.
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One of your other suggestions as applied to an idea of mine

has created a whole new business that should, if early indications
prove out, double my net income while helping me cut my time to a
three day week and also provide my son an income equal to my own.
When it gets fully operational I'll write again. I do not want to
create too many competitors until it is operational as "first on
the block". Thanks again.

JCL/bms

Jay Louis Abraham

5908 Lemon Ave. Long
Beach, CA 90805
March, 4 1994
Dear Jay,
Thanks to your instructions and techniques, I have been able to
accomplish in 3 years what I thought would take me 10 years to do.
Currently, I am in the process of having my first 1 Million Dollar
sales year in one of the most "Cut Throat" businesses in existence.
By incorporating Host Parasite Relationships, Hybrid Business
Development and a slew of other Jay Abraham techniques into my my
business - I have guided my company to an established and very
successful level of operation. Without Jay Abraham's techniques, I
am sure that I would have lacked the competitive edge needed to
survive; not to mention succeed!
Since implementing Jay Abraham's business and marketing techniques into
my Fitness Supply Company's marketing efforts, I have been able to more
than double my gross sales each year. In 1991 my company's gross sales
were a meager $102,000. By the end of 1992; after having received Jay
Abraham's Marketing Techniques; I closed out the year at $225,000 in
gross sales. Operating at a 25% profit margin I certainly was not
getting rich - but atleast I could see reason to continue my efforts.
Competition in the fitness supply business at wholesale level was very
tough. So I was happy to atleast being able to have enough money to pay
my overhead costs and even put some aside to fund my future Jay Abraham
style projects.
I began 1993 with a firm commitment to excel in business and not just
survive. Having had time to digest Jay Abraham information over the
preceeding holidays; I decided that I was best suited to take advantage
of Jay Abrahams highly touted Host Parasite relationship marketing
technique. Being a fitness supply distributor for resale products such
as Vitamin and Supplements, athletic performance beverages and weight
training accessory items (back support belts, knee wraps and wrist
supports) and sportswear - our primary customer base consisted of Gyms,
Fitness Centers and Health Food Stores. To this point my company's
primary focus had been in custom imprinting sportswear - although we
were suddenly experiencing tremendous success with a performance
enhancing drink line we were exclusively distributing in our area for a
large established company in the industry. Having only distributed the
drink line for the
SPORTSWEAR - FITNESS ACCESSORIES - VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS

past 9 months - the sales in that profit center were equaling those of
the main sportswear line profit center we spent more than 2 years
building. Because of this I decided to get more involved with the drink
line company and attended their annual sales convention. I learned that
this company had duplicate distributorships such as my own positioned in
every major market in the country. My counterparts were very successful
in their given areas; and I was happy to be part of such success.
However, my plans were much bigger than to just "push product" for
another company. Being "Jay Abrahamized" I knew that I was now ideally
positioned to propose a Host Parasite relationship to the drink company.
I had sportswear of my own that I needed to to sell more of and I knew
that I could virtually skyrocket my sales if I had exclusive access to
the drink company's distributor network; whereby each distributor in
each major market would "offer and push" my sportswear to their existing
customer base.
I proceeded to put together a nice sample package of competitively
priced sportswear specially customized to bear the drink company's
highly regarded logo, and submitted my proposal. I would continue to
effectively distribute their drink line in our area provided that they
allowed me exclusive access to their distributors as sportswear
supplier. BINGO! I hit pay dirt! The company agreed to this since they
had no risk in the matter and even stood to gain since I sweetened the
deal with royalty kickbacks for the privelege.
To fully appreciate this deal you have to understand that it worked
exactly like Jay Abraham said it should. Here I was - a vrtual "NOBODY"
proposing to a $22 Million a year sales company to allow me access to
their coveted exclusive distributor network - one which took the
company's owner 20 years to put together after countless dollars worth
of advertising and blood sweat and tears. I almost felt guilty. Here I
was only 27 years young, wet behind the ears playing "BIG BUSINESS" with
experienced business men. I overcame my emotion and got to work.
Besides, I deserved to win this deal since I had enough sense to invest
in Jay Abrahams Marketing material, As a result, my company's sales
increased as projected and I closed out 1993 at over $750,000 in gross
sales. Not bad for a young man who started out with only a credit card
line of credit and "Abraham Knowledge".
So as not to rest on my laurels, and to protect myself - I have
continued on "Abrahamizing" my business. I have included a hybrid
business system to further strengthen my company's cash flow just
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in case my "Deal of the Century" ever fell apart. My company now offers
a "OPEN TO THE PUBLIC" warehouse of sorts for fairly priced fitness
accessory products ranging from A to Z. Each retail customer name is
recorded and "worked" Jay Abraham style as back end sales account for
the majority of our sales in this newly formed profit center. We are
able to liquadate our seconds here and enjoy good cash flow even during
cyclical slow periods in our primary operation. This has all worked so
well that we are now entertaining the thought of entirely forcusing on
this strange hybrid profit center of retailing our products to the
public since it is so profitable and takes little effort other than
ringing up the sales.
My thanks to Jay Abraham for arming me with the weapons needed to allow
me to effectively compete and succed in the BUSINESS BATTLEFIELD!
Because of where Jay Abrahams techniques have led my company, I now have
the luxury of picking my shots. It is a great feeling knowing that you
have options. That you have the power to decide whether or not you are
staying in business. No more being subject to the whims and woes of
others wishes to see you succeed or fail. Jay Abraham - because of the
knowledge so wonderfully imputed to me by way of your written word - I
now have power with a capital P! Indeed "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER"! If
everything I now have was taken away from me today - I know thatby
tomorrow I can be on: the fast track of business success again by
putting one of several of your marketing techniques to work in any
business ranging from selling tooth picks to advanced electronic
circuitry.
In closing, I would like for you to consider my opinion of how I view
you. To me you are like the Ultimate Business Doctor. Just like a true
Doctor of Medicine can identify sickness and implement remedies for
health improvement; a talent fostered by years of experience and study;
so to are you able to do the same for ailing businesses. Your
prescription for increasing sales is the life blood of any business that
is a business. No sales - no business blood - no money to stay in
business! Your medicine for ultimate business health should be
"pounded" into every American business students' head. Should that ever
happen, no country on earth could compete with the United States! I hope
that the Japanese and Germans have not become ardent students of yours
yet! Once again, thank you Jay; and I hope I one day have the privelege
of meeting you in person.

March 5, 1994
Mr. Jay Louis Abraham
5908 Lemon Avenue
Long Beach, California 90805
Re: Testimonials of Jay Abraham style marketing, the meaning of Jay Abraham and a release.
Dear Jay:

Here are 6 examples of how your philosophy and programs have quadrupled profits (or
better) in several completely different applications.
1. A five fold increase for a mortgage broker who used two concepts.
Benjamin Ehrlich was a part-time mortgage broker in South Florida. He was clearing
$2,000 a month as a broker. To supplement his income he was a DJ at bar at nights.
He was mailing a single page letter to people who were holding mortgages in South
Florida offering to purchase the mortgage for cash.
I changed the headline. I told him to send his old letter and my version to his list and
modify the response telephone number to see which did better. The headline was key.
I suggested that many of his letters were being wasted because: I) The letters were, in
about a quarter of the time, going to the attorney of the mortgage holder. II) The only thing he
knew of the list was that they held mortgages.
I told him to keep using direct mail, as it was low cost and he was making money with
it. Also I told him to test alternate headlines and measure response rates.
Next I suggested display ads so as to bring in people who were already interested in
selling their mortgages. I pointed out to him that display ad rates were negotiable. So he should ask
the outrageous for rates.
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I told him that he needed to develop a back end for his business. He had the trust and
good will of his clients whom he successfully closed. He could bring them other offers. At the
very least he had a list he could rent.
Also, just because he couldn't do the deal, perhaps a hungrier broker might. So he could
bring in a hungrier broker to do the deal and capture a finding fee. That would give him another
shot at getting something for his efforts.
This was my first foray as a Jr. Jay Abraham. I was clumsy with it. Ehrlich and I did
not see each other for near 10 months. When we did he told me he had dropped the direct mail,
relying only on display ads. He had negotiated some excellent discounts on ad space. His income
was $10,000 per month. A five-fold increase from $2,000 per month.
2. Making money off a planning mistake (while being a free rider).
The National Federation of Young Republicans met in July 1991 in Miami, Florida.
There were 400 delegates in attendance. What we knew about the delegates was: Each was
below age 40. Each had paid $300-500 in flight expenses. Each was politically active in YR
politics. Each had spent $200-300 on room and board. Each had spent $100 in registration and
more on miscellany.
A problem for the organizers. They had a campaign school for Sunday afternoon for an
additional $20. There was a logistics problem: delegates would be leaving. The school might be a
complete bust.
I suggested they put a letter into the delegate packet re-selling the campaign school and
acknowledging the logistics problem. Then offer them as a courtesy, to record the session they
would miss, and send the tape to them. Further, I pointed out they should break out the school
attendees from the main list of delegates for follow up rentals of the list. The organizers were
dumb-struck. They thought I was some kind of marketing genius (Where did they get that idea?)
They decided, later on as I found out, to do nothing! What I suggested was too
complicated.
Meanwhile, my group ({plug} the Republican Liberty Caucus {plug}) spent $125 for
booth space. The organizers were determined to get this money. This booth rental money, they
thought, showed they were savvy, hard-nosed and business-like. One of the organizers actually
told one of our group this, almost word for word.
Our booth, alone of all other groups there, conducted a survey on political attitudes. We got
300+ of the 400 delegates to take our survey. The survey, from the Advocates for SelfGovemment (not a plug, just an honest acknowledgment) places people, based on their attitudes on
a diamond shaped chart.
The survey was the talk of the convention. Delegates would drag other delegates up to
our table to get them to take the survey. We handed out scads of our literature.
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We collected addresses of all the survey takers. (Remember how qualified these delegates were to
begin with.) We knew more about the delegates than the organizers did. We knew their
attitudes about issues we wanted to know about.
We paid all of 41 cents per lead! We used the captured names for mailings following the
convention. Frankly, our letters weren't too good. They did not tie in directly on the convention,
their headlines weren't tested, the mailings did not get follow up phone calls. But, despite these
shortcomings, we doubled our membership base during the fall of 1991. A large part of that
doubling came from those captured names from the YR convention.
The organizers (the savvy, the hard-nosed, the business-like) have left the self-same
names from the convention in boxes somewhere in Miami, unused these past three years.
3. Networking with geezer lawyers. (The cynical arrogance of me.)
Most attorneys tout networking. I made a list of every attorney in my area of Miami who
was in practice over 25 years, who had no one else in his office with his surname. Older, sole
practitioners, for the most part. Invoking Robert Ringer's Universal Lawyer Respect Rule, I
wrote to them attorney to attorney. I offered to take off their hands one of the most tedious, lowprofit aspects of retail practice: residential tenant evictions. My list has 78 attorneys. My
response rate exceeds 10%. They also have called me in for other areas of law.
Only Jay Abraham trained attorneys have spoken to me about focused marketing. Most
attorneys either suffer from word of mouth disorders or think law office marketing means P.I. or
traffic or bankruptcy.
4. Getting my practice blessed.
My current project is in a test phase. I am billing it as a Marketing Test. I am
approaching churches in my locale offering to give a private briefing on estate planning law.
There are scads of attorneys doing estate planning seminars in South Florida. I am
positioning myself as being informative, useful and not-hyped.
To that end, my theme is: My name is Alan Turin, a poor, naive, young adult Roman
Catholic guy trying to get along in this ever-so-competitive-world, while suffering from the
worse case of inflamed sinuses [painfully true] in my young, adult Roman Catholic life.
I am contemplating putting on seminars in estate planning, but before doing that, I'd like to
do a test with local churches. I offer to do a private, no more than 25 couples, 90 minute
briefing on estate planning. As a further thank you to those in attendance, each one is entitled to
a free, individual consultation as well. In test, it is working. In one year, with luck, and I could
be utterly debt-free (Hallelujah!) and in a new house with my wife.

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5. Teaching marketing, while trying to learn new marketing techniques at a Bar

Association meeting, designed to teach local Miami lawyers about rainmaking.
Since being exposed to Jay Abraham style marketing, I have become open to learning
every variety of entrepreneurial experience. The local Bar had a seminar on rainmaking. Off we
went, another attorney (who I have told of Abrahamsian marketing) and I.
The rainmaking consultant was very general and abstract. She seemed determined to not
give away any secrets.

(With 9 out of 10 attorneys, no make that 94 out of 100, it is impossible to do this. You
can detail the whole program from soup to nuts, and never fear poaching. They will ignore it. Let
them see a new, effective legal form, that they clamor to copy. Go figure. Attorneys are the most
marketingly myopic group of people I have ever met.)
So I began to ask her questions: What about an immigration attorney going to foreign
students associations at engineering/science schools to address immigration questions? What
about writing to banks offering a seminar on contingent liability in toxic waste sites on
repossessed lands? What about going to large law firms and offering training in post-judgment
collections techniques? (Large, corporate law firms don't like to do anything on a contingency.
They never bet on their talent, only tout it.)
To the lady's credit, she was gracious with us. She really opened up. The whole group got
interested, a significant accomplishment with a room of attorneys. Afterwards I told her about
you and gave her your address. She had heard of you. When I mentioned Jim Cecil, she became
very happy and friendly and raved about him. She operated out of Seattle.
The marketing upshot for me was one attorney who started taking notes from my
questions. He offered to pay me for a marketing consultation.
6. A throwaway idea that quadrupled advertising reach (and created a law partnership).
An acquaintance of mine I chanced to meet in downtown Miami. He showed me his
office. We began to speak of marketing our practices. He showed me an ad he had run in the
local daily business/law/real estate newspaper. His was the only ad under the category of
property tax appeals. He had paid $350 for the ad, which ran about one week.
How did the ad do, I asked. Excellently, he told me. My phone did not stop ringing for
two weeks. Frankly, I was surprised. So I asked, out of 100 calls, how many became clients. Oh
none, he replied. The calls were from other attorneys, friends et cetera calling up with
congratulations on his ad. Where did he get his clients, I persisted.
(A side note. I know I come out as the hero in these examples. That is not my intention, nor
how I feel about any of these marketing examples. The efficacy of the ideas you gave me is the
real hero in all of this. Jay, I don't ever forget when someone has done me or mine own a kindness
or a courtesy. Your your philosophy and your programing has done much more for
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me than be a "kindness" or a "courtesy". This I don't forget. Thank you. I owe you a lot.)
They came from an ad in the local section of the main daily paper. That cost $70 as
opposed to the $350. I pointed out to him that he could quintuple the reach of his advertising
dollars by not spending $350 on the lawyers' newspaper and repeating the $70 ad five more
times. If he wanted to do announcement cards, they came a lot cheaper and he could target
large real estate operators who might like abatements on their taxes.
He tried some, but by no means most or all of these ideas. His practice picked up. His
landlord, who is a practicing attorney, figured this fellow was onto something to be this busy so
soon in his career. He offered him a position in his firm, with an equity stake.
What Jay Abraham has meant to me.
The foregoing was easy, this part will be difficult for me.
While I can write in my older, scholastic style. I now find it much easier to write in Jay
Abraham marketing prose.
Like here.
But that is a small matter or perhaps not. To be able to write and get response is
something worthwhile.
What you do Jay is unique. With the exception of Protege's you've trained, business
owners cannot find what you do anywhere else. Period. Is programming a business owner to
look for host parasite relationships to do joint ventures with marketing? Yes! Does telling a
business owner that, beyond moral constraints and legal compulsion, that there are no rules
make you a practicing existentialist? What is a practicing existentialist?
What you teach is logical and sensible. And after it is taught, infuriatingly obvious.
You can pick up and read Caples, Hopkins, Julian Simon and Joe Karbo all for under
$100. How many people do you think have read these books, understood their points and then
acted on it? Precious few. What we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. At least Thomas
Paine said so. He was right 218 years ago about people, he is still right.
Jay what you do is price your work at a closer approximation at the value of its
application. Thus people sit up and take notice. No joke, you may be one of the few successful
prophets in the world. Jay I am not saying this to butter you up.
You get people to pay attention to simple truths and act on it.
An example from my own life, pre-Jay Abraham. Back in 1983 I bought a "book" on
diamond dealing through Gary North. I paid $70 for it. It was the most expensive book I had
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ever purchased, until I went to law school. I paid careful attention to that book and its advice. It
left a strong impression on me, I'm still writing about it 11 years later.
You've paid a heavy price experientially to master what you know. You revere it, as you
should. Fortunately for us, the experience has not made you bitter or reclusive.
When Gary North interviewed you for the Protege program he said it wasn't information
that was key, it was motivation. Whoever understands human motivation and can get action from it
is onto something big. Jay, you are onto something big.
Think about this, I have spoken with you in my entire life, all of 3 hours, max! I have
heard your tapes (again and again) and read the companion reader to your 9 week conference
call (again and again). I was a Protege wannabe. That's it. But here I am working onto the sixth
page of this letter. Why? Just for the reward? Not entirely. I could be working on my law
practice. But I rather do this, communicate to you. The reason is that I feel I owe you big time.
Period.
Jay, this last portion, I fear is not as useful to you as I'd like it to be. If I can put into
better words within the next ten days, I'll send you a follow up.
The release. Jay you have my permission to use the above stories. If the previous
sentence isn't enough, send me one of your release forms and I'll fill it out and send it back to
you. OK? Take care, be of good cheer. And as ever, I remain,

Your most faithful and obedient servant,

Alan R. Turir

March 8, 1994
Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Road,
Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay;
Your marketing information is by far my most prized possession - next to my
wife and kids. And, yes, I'd be happy to tell of the success your techniques
brought to me. And, yes, I'd be happy to accept your reward for the use of them in
your marketing materials. And, yes I have one thing I would like from you as a
special favor - that is if any of my examples are useful to you.
Here is what I would really like. A few months ago I received your letter
offering a copy of the "organized" compendium of your ideas. Your letter said
someone else compiled your techniques, assembled them by topic and was selling them
on their own. While I appreciate your free flow ideas, there are times when I want
to "look up" a technique. So, if the following info is valuable to you please send
me a complementary copy of the "organized" Jay's techniques. It would be a great
addition to my library.
You asked how I perceive what you do. Here is how:
I remember the first time I stood in front of Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas. I
came to Vegas as a paid speaker for a national association, I was being treated like
a real celebrity. I had just left my office where I am treated like a king in my
own kingdom. I remember thinking as I looked at Ceasars "What kind of man thinks
this big - who's mind is so large; I felt so "little". Who is this man that had the
courage to think so far beyond? Jay, you have more courage to think "beyond" than
anyone I have ever met. When I study your material (which I have done several times
a year since 1987 when I first purchased FYMO) I feel like my mind is stretched
beyond its intended limits. And don't think for a minute that I'm kissing up to
you. I actually have tremendous respect for you and your marketing ideas. They
have made me millions. You should also be congratulated for committing to reduce
your thoughts and experience to writing.
In a nutshell: In another era you probably would have built Rome.
Philosophically, you don't recognize boundaries. Your
focus is more on the customers needs than yours.

You asked for examples of results:

With your ideas I converted my consulting business into a publishing
company and increased sales from $300,000 per year to $400,000 per month with a
25% net within 18 months.
This required the use of several of your techniques. I must admit that I
studied your material for over a year from when I first bought FYMO and six
months after I came back from your first marketing boot camp.
I increased the price of my book from $29 to $89 then to $295. We sold
30,000 copies all told. That's 6 times what is considered to put me on the best
sellers list in my category.
I wrote a 6 part series of articles and offered them free to trade
association newsletters in exchange for their endorsement and a copy of their
membership list. We paid some a commission for the advertising. Over 100 ran
the articles. The lists were given to my telemarketing people. Articles
appeared in Nations Business Magazine, BoardRoom Reports and International
Auditor as well. We sent copies of many articles with our direct mail and follow
up mail. It worked great.
I found telemarketing companies that were willing to sell on commission.
We made all kinds of deals with them. Eventually we had over 100 salesmen.
All of our mailers and communication was shaped from the customers point of
view. Everything was in terms of the excessive benefits the customer gets from
our product. It was very difficult to re-train every salesman we hired.
Eventually I sold my company for two million dollars. Unfortunately, I sold
to the wrong guy. was swindled and lost everything (except my most prized
possessions). He's doing time and I'm starting over. I feel like I won.
With this letter you have my permission to use my examples in your
advertising. Please contact me if I can help you in any way. You have made my
life significantly better.

Robert J. Will

Sincerely,

CHIROPRACTOR

Diplomate- American Board of Chiropractic Orthopaedists

Diplomats-American Academy of Pain Management

Dr. Joseph N. Fiore

March 7, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group Inc. 950
Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, Ca. 90274 Attn:
Jay Abraham
Dear Jay,
You want success stories and I want those tapes you are offering.
So here is my story.
bza
I participated in one of your Mastermind Seminar and must say that I'm
still learning just how much I learned in those few days. It was
definitely an "out of the body experience". I have never done much
external marketing in my practice. Most of my patients are generated
internally. I've always believe that to achieve a good follow through
on my recommendations for continuing care, it was important to
"market" myself and my services each visit. I applied some of the
principles I learned from your seminar and books as my "procedural
scripts". As a result my patient visit average increased in 1993
compared to 1992. This allowed me to keep my practice volume up at
the same level of gross services without having to generate high
numbers of new patients. Of course there is a lot of front end
expense (overhead) to bring a new patient on board. The resulting
decrease in overhead from 1993 was $250,000.00. Thank you Jay!
JNF/js

Joseph N. Fiore, D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.A.P.M.

Board Certified Chiropractic Orthopedist

Fiore Chiropractic Clinic

8021 Ritchie Highway Pasadena, MD 21122
410-766-2322 Fax:410-766-4150

March 7, 1994
Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Company, Inc.
950 Indian Hill Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I'm so glad you sent me the letter requesting a testimonial because I've been meaning to
send you one for so long. Besides, your generous offer now gives me some incentive to
finally do it.
The truth is I probably don't have a very impressive example compared to some of your
other testimonials. Regardless, compared with all the gimmicks and advice I've gotten
from the so called "experts" over the years, your advice was definitely the one and only
one that anyone should trust.
I remember exactly how I became familiar with your concepts. It started when I read a full
page ad in one of my dental journals offering three free reports of yours. (I still have the
ad!) When I got the reports I simply couldn't put them down. I immediately changed the
way I promoted my practice. I changed my measly, institutional advertising into one which
made dynamic, compelling offers. I used long, exciting copy (in spite of everyone else's
criticism). I figured out what the net marginal worth was for each new patient and
determined that it was definitely worth my while to offer free dental exams including a
complete set of x-rays! This was unheard of especially when "normal" dentists were so
busy counting their pennies and thought it was unprofessional to offer any service for free!
Anyway, I placed this ad in one of those coupon booklets and from the first moment I
knew I had something big. How big? Well, before I embraced your concepts I was
getting, on average, about 22 or 23 new patients a month working a four day week. In
less than one month I went to over 35 new patients and have hit the 50 mark more than
once!
I know this might not sound like much to some but let me also say that I only work out
of one room (my hygienist has one room) and I don't want to be married to my practice
like some colleagues of mine and who run assembly-line practices. Besides, I went down
from four days to three (I'll tell you why later).
I ran this ad successfully for two years until I changed it, still using some of the

principles I learned from your tapes and reports. My results stayed right up there. I was
pulling in an average of over 40 new patients a month. Eventually I stopped running the
ad only because / didn't want to swamp myself anymore. Also, I suffered some health
setbacks and I wasn't supposed to push myself too much either.
So why did I go from four days to three? Well, I was so enthralled by the universality of
your concepts and principles that I decided to go into the marketing business myself and
now I have my very own marketing consulting firm (fashioned after your's, Jay). I see
only as many clients as I wish to see, give public seminars, and take it much easier than I
ever thought I would have at this stage. (I'm thirty seven years old.)
Again, I know I'm no Paddy Lund, but I feel that without your principles I never would
have realized the possibilities that existed for me in this field. Thank you for everything
you've done for me. I hope this letter does everything you want it to do for you.

P.S.- Although most dentists in the area are somewhat conservative and assume that I
must be doing something unethical, a number if them have demonstrated the ability to
come off their high horses and actually listen to these concepts! The open minded ones are
awed by the simplicity of it all. The rest of them figure since it's so simple there must be
a catch. I guess some people will just never be believers. Too bad.

February 2, 1994
Jay Abraham
%Abraham Publishing
944 Indian Peak Rd. #110
Rolling Hill Estates, CA 90274

Dear Jay;
I used your concepts on a mailing to our customer list. It was a
Gold Nugget Promotion. They had to bring the "Nugget" that was
taped to their letter into the store to be tested. Upon testing
they were told what they won. Every "Nugget" was advertised as a
winner.
We had a 20% response. Thank You Jay Abraham.
Enthusiastically Yours,

Dear Jay:
When I got started as "Marketing Director" of L A Business Systems, Inc.:
-I had no marketing experience (I was a programmer/analyst/consultant)
- no one had heard of CAN-FAX (our product that connects fax machines to computers) and
-I had some 'Your Marketing Genius at Work" information from Jay Abraham.
Now, I try various marketing and sales approaches, I test different pricing startegies, and L A Business
Systems, Inc. is known throughout the world as the innovator of computer-fax software. (Within my
company, I am now reffered to as the "Marketing Genius.")
Thank you, Jay.
Sincerely,

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group 950
Indian Peak Rd. Suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Fax Copy: (310)544-6108 3 Pages
Dear Jay:
It's been about one year since I came to your three day mastermind marketing seminar. And a lot
changed.
To refresh your memory. I am President of a twenty person software development/systems
integration company in a suburb of Chicago. We develop complex software systems for the
manufacturing and distribution companies, focusing on integrating plant floor data collection
systems and integrating them into their operational systems.
Since that time, the following events has happened:
My business has almost doubled in revenues, from $110,000 per month to over
$200,000 per month.
New opportunities are literally banging at my door every day from a marketing, management
and business perspective. So many that I need additional account managers now to respond
to new business rather than having them go out and find it.
My clients and employees are much happier from a day-to-day perspective, now that I've
changed some of the operating principles of the organization.
And I've done all this without adding additional staff.
It's really quite amazing. In one year, I have done the work of twelve. That's right. It took me
the previous twelve years to get to where I was.
So the question is: How did I do it? And...How am I continuing to expand my business? Let me
explain:
Coining back from the seminar, my brain was on overload. I felt exuberant,
exhausted and saturated with your ideas. There were so many insights, ideas, strategies,
concepts and techniques that I decided to immerse myself in a couple of basic strategies and
beliefs. These beliefs and strategies included:

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1) If 'they' could do it, then I could do it. You gave me so many references of
people who expanded their business just by changing they way they viewed their
business and opportunities that I literally couldn't afford not to try.
2) I changed our company's focus from being a software company to a marketing
company. This single distinction did not sit well with me at first (I'm a software
developer at heart) but I knew in my heart that if I did not change this belief, the
techniques themselves would not endure all by themselves.
3) I made myself an expert in my particular field of endeavor. I started giving
speeches and seminars. I started to create, refine and document specific strategies for
performing successful engagements and communicating them with a new found sense of
confidence.
4) I started "revering" my myself, my time, my company, my employees, our
vendors, our work, and our clients. Treating each and every relationship as special and
unique. Special note: Implicitly and unexpectedly, we ended up raising our standards of
performance which tangibly increased the value of our systems and services.
5) I focused on how others were succeeding and modeled their specific strategies and
techniques. I searched for the underlying themes which made them successful and
emulated them. In the past, I had always looked at other people's results and specific
techniques. But by focusing on the principles and beliefs which made them effective, I've
gained a whole new set of distinctions.
With the above principles in place, I implemented many of your strategies/techniques on a
daily basis. For Business Technology Group, joint venture marketing has been
absolutely the most powerful and easiest strategy which I've employed. At every spare
moment, I'm looking for new ways/relationships to create which will introduce new
streams of revenues which I didn't have before.
I've implemented various other strategies for educating our prospects, developing backends and retaining the client on a long-term basis (increasing the marginal net
worth). And while not every single technique implemented has paid off in a measurable
and tangible way, I feel ecstatic with the results I've received. At the bare minimum, I've
gained additional knowledge and understanding to apply in the future.
Quite frankly, my personal and business transformation has been dramatic. Yet, the
transformation isn't over. In fact, I feel each day as if it's a new beginning. The crystallization
process being far from complete. And I realize that my marketing skills are evolving and
increasing on a daily basis.
Perhaps this will be a lifelong process...
Jay, it's important for you to know that to me you are a coach, a teacher and a mentor. Even
though you and I have only talked twice, I view myself as a student and a disciple (is that too
strong?) of your philosophies. Through your seminar, tapes and books, you've gotten me to raise
my personal standards of performance in ways I've always dreamed of.

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Thank you for the opportunity to allow me to explain how you've profoundly impacted me and my
business. If I can do anything for you, just call. I look forward to our continued relationship and
an exciting future.

Rick Duris, President Business

Technology Group, Inc.

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March 8, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
Several years ago I read Your Marketing Genius At Work. This led to researching
everything you taught in detail with the dozens of references you gave in the course. It
took several years but I did succeed in applying the concept of a Self Liquidating
Advertising Promotion. Your concept of "What is in it for the other guy " did the trick.
Recently, a major national retail chain decided to offer furniture in their stores. I needed
customers without paying for advertising (don't we all?). By giving the store a USP that
set them apart from all other furniture stores their new department is registering instant
success. This whole thing is exactly one month old and actual sales data is estimated for
the year. However, if after the initial test in the Boston area, the chain expands the
offer to all 33 New England stores we will register a $800,000.00 first year PROFIT.
My company will go from a $120,000.00 Gross to the single biggest and most profitable
cleaning company in New England within ONE YEAR!!! Initial results have already
yielded more this year than I made in all of 1993.
So what did I do? I simply told the new furniture department how to make their
upholstered furniture more valuable to the potential customer. My company offers
LIFETIME cleaning of the upholstered piece - no additional retail fee. For very obvious
reasons I have not detailed everything as we expect to go national with this within a two
year time frame. This one simple idea has provided hundreds of referrals, built in
expansion capital, fantastic back end sales etc. Also, the furniture store stands to make
the same amount that my campany makes, their very happy! I just cannot believe after
so many years of hard work that this has happened and is in fact FREE to my company.
The furniture store is doing all the advertising for me!
By the way, my wife left when my son was born, things got pretty tough, massive debt,
chapter 7 etc. It feels good to know my 5 year old will have a future. You have my
permission to print every word.

March 8, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham

Publishing Group. Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Mr. Abraham

Thanks for your most recent letter entitled "Success Stories Wanted: Reward Offered"!
I am pleased to respond but feel somewhat ashamed because I should have sent you a letter
like this years ago but never found the time until now. I don't quite understand how a
generous offer of a "Free $250 success set" all of a sudden gave me a few extra hours to sit
down and write to you, but I'm glad it did.
I have a three success stories that I am grateful to you for. None of them are very
big by your typical standards but they are important to me all the same.

THE KIT CAR INDUSTRY- ADIRECTMAILSTORY

My first "big" success using your principals came in 1990 when my wife and I had a
part-time business building a auto body restyling kit that would make a Pontiac Fiero look
like Testarossa Ferrari. We were throwing away too much money in poorly composed and
even poorer laid out display ads in national magazines. We did manage to accumulated a
data base of over 1000 respondents from our advertising efforts but were closing a very
small percentage of them. After studying some of your materials I decided to sit down and
compose a "Jay" letter and mail it to 100 people in our database. I followed all of your
rules that I could apply including coming up with a USP which became "Turn a lot of
heads without spending an arm and a leg". (Yeah, corny but we stuck with it in everything
from then on out. By the way, a "Jay" letter is at least three pages but less than fifty, it
tells an interesting story directly related to the sales promotion, it is blatantly honest and
makes it very easy for the prospect to become a customer).
At the time of this mailing we were doing around $4,000 or $5,000 per month in sales
and I would have been happy to get a response bringing in another couple of thousand
dollars. We totaled the results from this first "Jay" letter and found that it brought in over
$30,000 in revenues within a few days. That's a seven fold sales increase over our
average month at the time. I was proud once I realized that my words could muster such a
response and it gave me a sense of "power" that was wonderful I was eager to try it out
again.

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THE BROKERAGE BUSINESS-THINKING DIFFERENTLY
The next time I applied your principles in a meaningful way was in 1992 in my
stock brokerage business where I put together a brochure on an investment strategy
that I call the "OTD Investment Approach". OTD stands for "Out Perform the Dow" and
it is a very conservative stock selection method that has produced compounded returns
of around 20% per year since the early 1970's. No other broker around here has ever
done anything like this and my clients and prospects responded well to the
presentation. Within 6 months I had placed around $300,000 in this program and today
it is worth about $750,000 and still growing.
Perhaps the greatest benefit that I have received from studying your Marketing
Genius Course is the ability to break away from the crowd in my thinking. It has made me
a better stock broker because I now try to look at all investments as you would look at
a "deal", and this strategy works well both for me and my clients. Being a broker is
rewarding and personally gratifying but I'm always on the look out for a tangible
product where I could really put some of your wisdom to work. I think I found it!

FOOD SUPPLEMENTS- JUST STARTING BUT LOOKING GOOD

In 1993 I stumbled onto a product that was dying for some "Abraham Thinking".
This product is a food supplement that is all natural, reasonably priced and wonderfully
effective. Since I am not trying to sell you any here I can tell you that we have letters
and testimonials from customers that would knock your marketing socks off. The only
problem is that in the United States the FDA will not allow the use of testimonials to
sell food supplements nor can we make any medical claims. I have seen this product help
people with arthritis, ulcers, fatigue, acne, low libido, shingles, emphysema and a host
of aliments too numerous to mention here. Even healthy people get more energy using
the product and report an improved ability to cope with every day stress. The "all
natural miracle" doesn't work all the time for everyone who tries it (nor do aspirins)
but it works often enough that those who benefit will be customers for life. What a
challenge: How can you sell such a product if the FDA won't allow you to tell your
prospects what it can do for them? I don't know all the answers to that question but we
are testing several markets and I am doing my best to think like you would if you were
facing the same opportunity. So far its working.
A TOTALLY NEW MARKET
In the fall of 1993 we enhanced the product slightly and in addition to our normal
market, now sell it through a network marketing company under a different label, In six
moths they have sold over $600,000 worth of product (retail) and just today I received a
reordered worth another $220,000. I can't tell you how good this one

3)

feels because I have a very competitive friend who has spent the last five years trying to
"am-a-way" his way to success. He still has a photo of a Corvette taped to his frige for
inspiration but it is hard to drive a refrigerator and he doesn't understand why he isn't
rich after five years of hard work. All I did here is apply some of your thinking and
plugged a great product into an existing marketing force that others are motivated to
build. With a few days of work (and continual follow up and service of course) I'll
annually net several tunes what my friend is doing after years of very hard work in the
same industry. Incredible leverage.
STILL TESTING

We are testing a sample size bottle of this supplement in convenience stores and are
preparing to roll it out nationally which could gross several millions annually if all goes
well. Before I met the owner of this company six months ago he was doing around
$20,000 a month in sales. We'll double that in the next eighteen months and we're just
starting. All that we're doing is going after markets he never thought of before while
continuing to build upon what is already in place.
IN THE WORKS

My next idea is to buy a good mailing list, compose a "Jay" letter and test a few
thousand of them to health conscious consumers. You can bet that there will be plenty of
teasers on the outside of the envelope like you placed on the one that inspired this letter.
I promise to let you know how this one turns out

WHO IS JAY ABRAHAM TO ME?

This is a very difficult question to answer because your input has been so valuable.
All of my adult life I have listened to tapes and enjoy reading books on all aspects of
success, marketing, salesmanship, etc It has been valuable and has brought me through
some pretty tough times. A person is the sum of his experiences and education and in
my case all of it has been beneficial. I've learned from the mistakes and know how to
savor the successes. The problem I was having before I ordered your course was that the
mistakes were too painful and the successes too infrequent. I was a confused "How-To
Junkie" until I read your materials. Yours is the only training that I have given myself
that has actually put hard dollars into my pocket It did it quickly and I have been able to
apply what you taught me to any industry that I chose to be involved in. You have
shown me that the sky is the limit that the word "impossible" doesn't exist if you haven't
tested, and that a little bit of creative thinking is much better than weeks or months of
hard work. Philosophically to me

4)

you have become my "Marketing Mentor" and I will continue to use what you have
taught me, try to think as you would as situations come up, and continually be grateful
for everything you have shared. Thank you.

PS. AN IDEA AND AN OPPORTUNITY

I hadn't realized just how effective your work was to me until I went through the
thought processes to compose this letter. If I add up my NET income from the three
stories presented here, you have made me $41,050 to date. I'm sure that this figure is low
because this doesn't count the situations where I applied small parts of what you have
taught me and won a client, made a sale or even started a friendship because someone
said they like how I think. (That has happened several times). I feel very grateful and my
guess is that everyone taking the time to write you a letter will feel the same way. The
next time a Jay Abraham offer comes in the mail, if I can afford it and it doesn't
duplicate what you have already taught me, I'll buy it
Consider putting together a "Special Thank You for Responding Offer", that ties into
the project your publisher is doing with these testimonials and offer it first to everyone
who participated by writing you their stories. If you try this idea I have a feeling that the
response will set records. If it does, send me 25% of anything over and above your
normal response rate. Let me know if you like this "deal" by executing below and mailing
a copy back or faxing this page to (717) 731-0565. In any case, thanks again for
everything and good luck on all future projects.
AGREEMENT with Peter J. Hoffman
YES

Great Idea. If we proceed with it you'll get 25% of everything we

NO __

bring in over our normal response rate.

Great Idea but I was already planning this. Good try and keep at it

NO

The idea stinks because

But keep trying.

Jay Abraham

Date

March 7, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Mr. Abraham,
When I first became aware of your tapes and written material, I thought they
were too expensive. But I was very impressed with the information and I wanted my
business to grow. I sent for your material and was not disappointed. I saturated my
mind with the material and then began to put it to use.
My company had advertised usually in the newspapers and with some card
mailings directly to customers. The effects were not really gratifying. I took Jay's
advice. I looked at my average customer's value over their life with us. I discovered
each customer was very valuable to me.
I looked at all the products we sell and determined that we would like to sell
many more of the high ticket pool covers. By using Jay's methods over a two year
period - (or two seasons), we increased sales of these pool covers by 20% between
1991 and 1993. Just a reminder these were recessions years. This was also
significant because it was when my competitors and our trade magazines were
crying the recession blues.
Thank you Jay - it is incredible!

P.S. We will continue to use your methods to increase our sales - keep up the good
work.
PM/bk

Special Skills Meeting Special Needs

March 5, 1994
Dear Jay: Success
Story.
In June 1990, I was owner/manager of a small $300,000 a year disabled medical
transportation service. The same month, I met Jay Abraham.
After spending 5 grueling days of unconventional marketing approaches, I came back to
my shop to test a few. I first tried a meager mailing of a database of 5,000 disabled riders
announcing a guarantee that if late for a pick-up, we would institute a no-pay policy.
Surprisingly, my daily customer count rose from 50 a day to 250 a day. It accelerated
efficiencies of performance with my drivers by 30%, knowing they would be the ones
penalized for late pick-ups. My business surged from $300,000 to over $1,000,000 within
three months.
We purchased chauffeur-like uniforms to give us distinction from our blue-collar
competitors. Our unique selling proposition was "Let the caring professional tend to your
traveling needs."
Once this perspective had been established, we began using our fleet as a medium to
distribute hospital-medical supplies to this target market. This has netted me over $50,000
in commissions alone, with little effort and cost.
After making loyal customers and the perception of quality, professionalism, courtesy, and
on-time had been established, our market began to revere our entry into the pool of
competitors operating in our area.

March 10, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham
Publishing Group 950 Indian
Peak Rd. Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estate, CA 90274
Dear Jay:

Now that we've gotten our new direct mail program rolling, I thought it appropriate to
write you a note. Everyone in the company from the president on down is amazed at
the results this program is generating. The ideas from your Mastermind seminar are
working above and beyond anything we ever expected.
I know we can credit your seminar and the brain storming that came out of it for the
basis of our success. Rather than hours of dull lectures, you created an "environment"
for ideas to develop. The interaction with the audience and wealth of experience they
brought really added and expanded to the information you provided.
That environment is being translated directly into a success for us company wide.
When we started implementing your ideas in our existing direct mail program,
Precision Graphic Systems was fairly new in the screen printing business. We did
approximately $300,000 worth of business in printing last year. Currently this year,
after only two months of selling, we have actual sales of more than $95,000, and expect
to hit $570,000 before the year is over.
Since the product line and sales force have remained the same, it looks as the new
direct mail package is making the difference.
Once again, thank you for a great program. We are anxious to begin work on dozens
of other ideas we learned at your seminar, but frankly we have been so busy with new
work, that we have not had the time to implement them.

Regards,

Mark Fullerton
Marketing Director

TRI-COUNTY COORS
P. 0. Box 1053
Torrington, Wyoming 82240

March 10,

1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.

950 Indian Peak Ed. , Suite 100
Rolling Hills, CA 90274
Dear Jay,

I am a wholesale Beer Distributor.

As a result of

subscribing to "FYMEO" I received a free one hour phone

consultation.

With your advice I was armed with the

knowledge to take advantage of a seemingly too small

opportunity that came up.
I promoted a slow moving package that sold only two cases
a week prior to this promotion.

This small opportunity

increased our annual sales (includes five months of this

promotion) the first year by 4.7%, gross profit by 1% and market
share by 1%.
The second year (twelve months of this promotion) sales
increased 8.2%, gross profit 2.4% and market share 3.1%. Imagine
building market share in a relatively flat U.S. Industry!!
sales increased from two to 205 per week, that's a 102.5%
increase!
This promotion is a four way success.

It increased

volume, market share and profit, for the brewer, wholesaler

Our

and retailer. Also, the consumer received a large quantity at

a low price (.85-$1.00). This price is below Wal-Mart's price!
It was your advice, Jay, that motivated me to take
advantage of a seemingly too small slow moving package and
maximize volume, market share and profit all at the same
time.

Did I mention profit!!

Jay, I think your role in business is a marketing

expert.

What is a marketing expert?

It is experience in

sales and marketing products successfully.

Sincerely,

P.S.

Thank-you in advance for your "Thank-You Gift".

I, Randy Baugh, give Jay Abraham d/b/a Abraham

Publishing Group permission to use the enclosed testimonial
for promotion in any of his advertising campaigns.

Dear Jay,
My partner and I produce Special interest Videos on Long Island, NY. We
use direct mail to sell our videos, I have been to your February 1995 and
November 1995 seminars.
One of the best ideas [ received from your seminar, was to test the idea before
producing the video or project. Under normal conditions a writer would first
write and research a book or topic than attempt to market it. We would do the
same thing. The video would take time and money to produce.
The idea of testing the idea before producing the video helped us focus in on
more profitable products, it also helped speed up the time we spent on each
project. After testing, if the idea did not achieve the results we were looking
for, we simply dumped the idea and moved on to the next idea. The savings from
testing each idea is about $5,OOO - $7,500 per video. First years saving
alone were over $50,OOO. And as a result, the average cost per project has
dropped 55% this past year.
Jay, I see your purpose as the person who breaks open our box. It was one of
the first things that I learned from your seminar. And it is one idea that I
like to share with others. Whether in a seminar or on a conference call, your
questions help us to look in different directions. Thank You Jay.

Richard J. Fasano

Mon, Mar 7, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Jay Abraham is a marketing "Genius." Through his teachings, I was able to
create ads with headlines that brought instant overwhelming results.
Everyone in the boat business (including ourselves) ran the same national ads
month after month, year after year - pictures and descriptions.
One particular headline brought in over 200 calls nationwide. An unheard of
15 times more responses. As a direct result, we closed $226,000 in sales in two
months.
All future ads were run using variations of this headline and similar results
were attained. Our ads stood out head and shoulders above all others. And
we targeted "buyers" instead of lookers.
Jay's course taught me how to zero in on qualified buyers as opposed to the
usual shot gun approach we had used for years. Plain and simple, what he
teaches works!

March 5, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group - Jay Abraham Personal 950
Indian peak Rd. Suite 100 Rolling Fills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
In response to your letter Success Stories Wanted: Reward Offered! I want you to know how
much I have appreciated and used your advice. As you can see by my letterhead my
business in a consulting type of business. By using many of your ideas I have not only
increased my own profitability but that of my clients.
The basis of my success was in the use of your Unique Selling Proposition principle. I
learned this from you several years ago and recently used it in the establishment of this new
business. I had worked for some months on a business plan when I thought to review The
Abraham File and your reports. It has saved me many hours of wasted labor and also many
dollars for advertising and promotion. Building my business around your USP has given me
a real jump start and enabled me to recruit top quality sales and administrative personnel.
Since the implementation of your UPS system over the past six months the sale of our
service has improved by over 100%. Additionally the referral business has increased by
200% as we are no longer simply "selling" a service. We are now providing a real benefit to
our clients with absolute guarantees of successfully reducing their overhead expenses.
Furthermore, the use of your ideas in promotional letters and brochures has been absolutely
invaluable. My clients have seen some of the letters and literature from my competition and
immediately discarded it as hype and/or too difficult to understand. On the other hand they
have called me and requested more information and requested an appointment with our
account executives. The "Perceived Value" of our service has been readily apparent due to
using your ideas of both advertising and promotion.
I see you as the ultimate in Idea Men. Yes you're a great salesman, marketer, promoter and
businessman. But, more importantly, you generate ideas and stimulate those of us who have
had the fortunate experience of learning from you. Your help is absolutely invaluable and I
hope to acknowledge further outstanding successes as my business grows from its infancy to
full maturity. Thanks again for all your help and ideas.

775 E. Blithedale - Suite 333, Mill Valley CA 94941

(415)383-2029

March 5, 1994
Mr. Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Persona!
944 Indian Peak Road
Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
Since ! have taken your program in August of 1993, I have had many marketing
successes. In this letter, I would like to let you know about the biggest one which ! can
attribute directly to you.
! am in the contact management and sales automation software business. Before
taking your program and spending literally hundreds of hours reviewing your tapes and
written materials, I had a funny way of treating our existing clients that had not made a
recent purchase. I basically ignored them and waited for them to contact us to make
another purchase. ) spent all of our time and money trying to acquire new clients. It was
through your teaching that I truly understood, for perhaps the very first time, that the
most valuable company asset that I have is our current and previous customer list. This
is something that needs to be continuously cultivated and nurtured.
As a result of this, I wrote a letter to our entire client base of around 300 businesses. In
this letter, I basically told them how important their business was to us and told them about
additional products and services that we offer and how they would benefit. This one
action atone increased our overall business for 1993 by approximately 23%.
You have totally changed my mindset about marketing, I am an engineer by training and
had felt out of my element in trying to make sound marketing decisions, In the past,
marketing to me was tike walking down the streets of Tiajuana, everyone is
promising great results for purchasing their wares (i.e., yellow page advertising,
advertising in directories and business journals, joining expensive networking
organizations, specialty advertising items, etc.), but no one seemed to deliver. I had
used some expensive "marketing experts" because I had the money and they had the
experience. When it was over, they had the money and I had the experience. Now
when I am presented with a marketing opportunity, I think "so if Jay were in running my
marketing program, what specifically would he do in this situation?" By just asking
myself this question, I feel that ! am making much more effective and profitable
marketing decisions. You have removed much of the mystique from marketing for me.

I have been in business for myself for about five years. To be honest with you, it has
been a real struggle. When I started the business, I had $50K of savings in the bank
and no short term debt, now ) have no savings in the bank and about $50K worth of
credit card debt which I used to basically finance my business. All while working harder
than ! ever have.
In the future, the role I see for you as rotated to my company is to help me more fully
understand specifically how to "optimize" my marketing efforts in terms of both time and
money. I would like to see you offer detailed marketing case studies from both
campaigns that worked and those that didn't and to tell us why. What I am talking
about is much more detailed than any of your materials that I seen so far. I would like for
you take us through an entire marketing campaign explaining every step and showing
us specific letters that you sent, how many you sent, what it cost to send them, who
you sent them to, what the response rate was, and how much revenue they generated, I
would also like to know about all the other marketing things that were done such as
which back-end products were selected and how well they did etc. Basically, I would
like to see more examples of how to put it all together.
Since taking your program, I don't think that a week has gone by that I have not spent
at least 3 hours studying your materials. I want you to know that I have found a wealth of
extremely valuable information and for that I am very grateful. Thank you.

Rick Bellefond
President
RB/If

From:
Chatsworth, California
March 8, 1994

Dear Jay,
Just a note to thank you for the help and support you have given me
these past three years.
I had been using direct mail for years with only modest success until
I began to apply the principals of your program. Your ideas and
advice has singularly been responsible for a 40% increase in
enrollment in my seminar programs and a 75% increase in the sale of
my technical manual on orthodontics. This translates to well over
$100,000 in additional after tax profits each year for the past two
years.
Needless to say, I'm very thankful I found you and look forward to a
long continuing relationship.

March 7, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group Inc. Jay
Abraham Personal 950 Indian Peak
Rd. Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274

Dear Mr. Abraham:

In comparison with the thousands of other success stories you have
heard, mine will probably be rather insignificant. However, to me it
has been a miracle. Thus far I have only been able to afford your
offer of the five initial reports you offered in Venture
Magazine a few years ago. In them alone is a wealth of information.
I am a small painting contractor and at the time did not have any
money to advertise in the yellow pages or any newspapers, so I
decided to hang fliers on door knobs of homes in a very well-to-do
neighborhood, at the beginning of summer.
The first idea I used from you was the Long reader type ad. You are
so right, most individuals have just the opposite conception of how
an ad should be presented. They think the quicker and easier it is
to read an ad, business card, or whatever, the more it will get
read. I am sure you have seen the flimsy rolled up fliers stuck
between the door knob and the door with basically a name, address,
phone number, and maybe a paragraph about the business, with a
drawn picture or visual graphics included. My flier was completely
the opposite. I simply listed line after line of all of what I
considered to be my assets and all of the information I could
think of.
The second concept I applied was that of Spend a little now to make
more later. Most of the fliers you see are printed on cheap grade
writing paper in colors of yellow, white, or lt. blue. In turn
people usually regard them as just that, "cheap". They rarely do
more than glance at them, and throw them away, that is if the wind or
rain hasn't already ruined them. Here again I decided to do the
complete opposite. I decided on paper colors of mauve and grey.
Half of the fliers being done in each color. I typed up the
information and simply ran them off on a copy machine. I also used a
heavier business card grade paper. I figured if the paper was nicer
people would be less apt to crumple the flier and throw it away,
and instead stick it in a drawer somewhere for future
reference. I also stapled a rubber band to one corner to slip over
the door knob so I wouldn't have to roll it up and it wouldn't blow
away. I know that these methods worked because I was getting calls
from them three months later. From these fliers I received enough
business to keep me busy all summer and into the fall and acquiring
some repeat business in the process. I only V sixty fliers and I
figure I made close to $10,000. The total cost of fliers was

about $5.00.
Even though this is a small success story comparatively, it was an
astronomical success for me. Your concepts are so sensible and
correct, is the reason most people haven't thought of them.
You asked for a description of what I see you as. There are many I
could think of however, I will list just one. "Truth Finder". I
believe you have found what truly works to make any business better
than it was, no matter how successful it might have been.

Sincerely,
Jim Miller
P.S. I am enclosing a copy of the flier I used. I hope this letter
can help you increase your success.

3-3-94

Jay Abraham Publishing

950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
!'m writing you in responds to your effort to solicit success stones relative to your
teachings and philosophies. First let me start by saying that your marketing concepts
are far more profound then anything else I've been exposed to on the subject.
Unfortunately, I have not implemented very many of the ideas that I've derived from
your concepts. One concept that I was able to implement almost immediately that had a
targe impact was the concept of front end selling or tacking an additional product or
service on a quotation.
Most of our sales are fairly large dollar sales, sold into an industrial base of customers.
The entire negotiation process eventually comes down to sending a format written
quotation to the individual inside the company. All we actually did was systematical
add to the quotation a synergistic product or service that was approximately 10% to
15% of the over all quoted price. The additional product where not in any way
discussed with the buyer, yet 30% of the time they would purchase them.
This will and has mean $45,000.00 to $60,000.00 to us every year, just by adhering to
this almost effortless process! Thank You Jay!

A DIVISION OF ALPHA-OMEGA CHEMICAL COMPANY

March 4, 1994

Jay Louis Abraham

950 Indian Peak Rd. Suite 100
Rolling Hill Estates, CA 90274
Dear Mr. Abraham,
After 12 years in Marketing & Sales I really believed I knew it all. I was always a top performer
when I sold for companies like GTE, Citicorp, and GE/RCA so as Sales and Marketing Manager
for a small Pharmaceutical Company in Cleveland, Ohio I felt like I was doing as good a job as
humanly possible.
Well I was wrong.
The owner suggested that I attend one of your seminars, a $5,000 job. This man is one of the
original skin-flints of the entire world, and if he was going to spend $5,000 ....I knew this had to be
something beyond special. You're probably waiting for me to say I went to the seminar and that I
was filled with more marketing knowledge than I ever knew existed. No, I wasn't able to attend that
particular seminar.
Nevertheless, from that day on I paid attention to everything I could get my hands on that had Jay
Abraham's name on it. I literally tried to inhale and absorb every idea that burst off of the pages of
your literature.
The results are truly staggering.
I tried my best to fill my sales representatives with the vision of how much wealth they could create
for themselves through Million Dollar Marketing Ideas like the ones taught by Jay Abraham. It only
shows you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
No matter.
I fired 3 Sales Reps who where averaging $ 2,500 per month in sales (a total of 7,500} and using
the types of techniques and principles outlined by Jay Abraham by myself, I personally produced
$10,000 per month in Sales. Not only was that a 30% increase in Sales, it was a 300% decrease in
overhead. So a 330% increase that shot right to my companies bottom line and increased my
compensation and more important my statutre in the company.

4500 LEE ROAD CLEVELAND INDUSTRIAL SQUARE CLEVELAND, OHIO 44128 (216) 475-7744
FAX # (216) 475-1450

One of Bill Clinton's themes was, " Where there is no vision...the people perish." In my mind the
most important thing Jay Abraham does is provide a vision. A vision that no matter how small
your are right now, or no matter how big your are right now, no matter how unsuccessful your
marketing and sales efforts have been so far, or even if you are convinced you know it all...you can
learn to increase your profits, 300%, 500% , 1000% or more if you are willing to learn what it
takes to become a Super Success, a Multi-Million Dollar Marketer.

That's it in a nut-shell. You must first believe that it is possible, no matter where you are no
matter what you are doing that will the right education from a true marketing master you can learn
how to increase your profits 1000 times or more. Once I got the vision, once I got the belief I was
ready to get started. This year I look forward to being a million dollar year in sales. To go from
nothing to One Million Dollars, may not be the greatest accomplishment, but then again...it ain't
bad.

Thanks Jay, I look forward to working with you some day.

Sincerely,

George W. Jackson, Jr.

Marketing Manager

Growth in love, Joy & Peace

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. 950

Indian Peak Rd. Ste. 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
As clinical director of a mental health clinic new clients are important to our existence. How we
advertise will reflect on our professional image. We don't want to appear as hacks or do we want
professional image to be so important that it gets in the way of growth and opening new markets.
One important source of clients is through the yellow pages.
Advertising in the Yellow Pages has been for the most part a loss of money. In fact, I gave up on
display ads as throwing money down a black hole. I changed my mind when I got a good deal
from the advertising arm of the yellow pages to try a display ad and I used their resources. It did
pay for itself plus a little profit.
After taking your course and using resources that were a part of others who have taken your
course, I changed my ad (the one that the yellow pages put together) to one that used your
principles. Boy, did it make a difference. The second and third Jay Abraham style revision is now
doing the following:

Month

Return on investment

Month

Return on investment

January

9.325 times (2nd Jay

Abraham style ad)

February

6.94

March

7.73

April

6.05

May

5.75 ( 3rd Revised Ad) June

8.835

July

11.9

August

15.780

Sept

16.08

October

17.169 please go on page

November

9.82

December

Average for 3rd rev.

12.672

Average for Year

9.126
;

9.035

March 3, 1994

Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estate, CA 90274
Mr. Jay Abraham,

I just received your letter today and I wanted to write to you to tell you my
story. In fact, it is a double barrel story, if you will.
I have been receiving information from you for several years and through
the concepts of a "Unique Selling Proposition" and some of your "Direct
Marketing" ideas, I built a huge direct sales organization.
While this organization was in the Multi-level Industry, If found that your
ideas and concepts work the same if a person will just adjust the concepts for
whatever industry they are working at the time. While everyone else was holding
meetings in motel rooms and dragging people to these opportunity meetings, I
did it through the mail. I was told, Wayne you cannot do this business through
the mail, but I took your concepts and composed a letter, and began a mailing
campaign. At that time, my funds were very low as I was on "Workman's
Compensation" from an injury from a job that I had held for 20 years. I set a
goal of mailing 100 letters each week (a small number by your standards), but
that was all I could afford at that time. Within a years time, we had built an
nationwide distributor organization of over 55,000 people and a monthly sales
volume of over $1.5 Million. As you said many time, "find out what works, and
repeat the process". I always search for the headline to any letter I write
and then use your process of explaining what I am selling or wanting people to
respond too. Yes, sometimes my fingers write different things than what I
wanted to convey to the reader, and I even have had school teachers correct my
letters in red, but they get read, because of your concepts.
Yes, sadly as many people in the multi-level industry have found, many
companies go out of business because of the leadership of the company. But, if
it works one time, it will work again and again.
I am currently using these same concepts and writing techniques to once
again strike out in a business that has never used your type of writing and
marketing ideas. This is a huge marketplace (non MLM, by the way), and I fully
expect to achieve even greater results in a much shorter period of time. I
expect to duplicate my advertising efforts by over 2000 times in less than six
months, with a volume of from $50 to $75 million in monthly volume worldwide.
I know that Jay Abrahams concepts work, therefore you apply them to any
business or industry, you test market to find the niche and your Unique Selling
Proposition and then you just repeat what works over and over again.
Yes, it is very hard to define exactly what you do. But, in my book, you 837
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tell me "how to do something", give me examples of "how to do it or how it

has been done" and then give me "the confidence to go ahead and do it!" What
that makes you, I really don't know, and you are probably different things to
different people as they are coming from different backgrounds and
industries. I find you to be my "answer man", as I can always go back to
some of your writings and find my answer. If whatever project I am working on
at the time is not working the way it should, I always know where to find the
answer, "Your Marketing Genius at Work". And believe it or not,
sometimes it is not there, but you start my mind to working and I come up
with a way to do my project, with a combination of ideas or techniques. As my
"answer man", I think you are probably a little of all the things you
stated in your letter rolled into one, because I believe ideas are the most
powerful force in today's marketplace. A switch or a different slant on a
product or service is sometimes all it takes to go from nothing to a
successful campaign, as you well know. I find, the knowledge, ideas,
concepts and confidence you give to me, is all the answer I need.
I hope you find that you can use to letter in your promotion campaign you
spoke about in your letter and you may use it in any manner you feel it would
most serve your purpose.
HAVE A GREAT DAY . . .

March 3, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group - Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Jay:
As one of your original YMGAW subscribers, I remember thinking about how expensive the
program was (I think it was $495.00). In retrospect, you let us take advantage of you! Every
dollar we have spent on your programs and seminars has been returned by a multiple of at
least one thousand in terms of increased sales. From 1987 to 1993 our sales have increased 600
percent! This increase is even more phenomenal when you take into consideration the fact
mat we operate in a rural area where unemployment has been as high as 20%. In 1991 other
businesses in our area were Sing bankruptcy at a record rate and we were posting sales
increases!
We were literally propelled into dominance in our marketing area by implementing only a few of
your techniques:
Articulating a USP
A total commitment to Customer Service
A Post Purchase Reassurance letter
Attending Trade Shows
Response Oriented advertising
Our biggest problem was keeping up with the work your ideas were generating. We simply did
not have time to test headlines, and create new campaigns. We had glass to install! When our
local economy began to improve about 18 months ago we were finally able to add personnel
and we have gone from four people to nine working full time. Right now I am wondering where
to find the additional people we win need for the summer season.

In 1987 our accountant told us that we were technically bankrupt, our phone system consisted
of one line and two phones, and our computer system was an Apple IIe with a memory
shorter man mine! After meeting with our accountant today, I can tell you that the net profit
for 1993 is in excess of one third of our gross sales in 1987. Please keep in mind that this is
after a moderate (but livable) salary was paid during the year. Our phone system now consists
of four lines in, and seven telephones with another line to be added in me near future. I am
typing this letter on our new IBM pc system with a dedicated file server and two work
stations (expandable to five). I now have the time and resources to test headlines and plan
new campaigns! It win be my responsibility to generate enough business to keep everyone
busy and to manage the future course of our business.
Jay, it is getting late and I want to get this in the mail to you tomorrow. I can say without
reserve: Be Forewarned-If you team up with Jay Abraham, assimilate his principles and
implement them, he win take you on the ride of your life! A word of caution: Don't try to do
too many at once as you will be overwhelmed.
Good evening, and Thank You for sharing your knowledge and wisdom!
Jack Bentley J
& L Inc.
Sincerely,
P.S. Enclosed is a draft copy of our new Yellow
month. I mink it will light up the phones! What do you

Page Ad due out next

mink?

March 4, 1994
Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group
950 Indian Peak Rd, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I'm delighted to share a success story with you. I'm a marketing consultant like
yourself (well, nobody's quite like you) who bought Your Marketing Genius at Work and
applied as many ideas as I could with every client I worked with.
One day I got a call from a woman who owned a business that did bar exam preparation
classes for prospective attorneys. The advertising window of opportunity is very, very
narrow. The ads from most of these companies are placed in one issue of the local legal
newspapers that list all of those who just passed the recent bar exam. The rest of the paper
consists of ads from all the preparation schools targeted to those who did not pass the
last exam.
Vivian Dempsey was running the most atrocious sort of ad. No copy, a few weak
bullet points, a lame graphic and a pointless headline. Even with this she was getting a
number of students, but most people came from word-of-mouth because she really did a
good job and helped many people pass the exam.
Essentially I explained two concepts two her: Powerful headlines and lots of copy. I
said we ought to create an ad that looked like a newspaper article (a copy is enclosed). The
headline we came up with was: "What You Need to Know to Pass the Bar Exam" and a
sub-head that read: "Why Your Current Study Plan May Not Guarantee Success." The
amazing part was that after I explained the concept and what should be in the copy, she
went back to her office and wrote the whole ad from start to finish. It hardly needed any
editing. We did a little fine-tuning and put in a small picture and ran the ad in two local
legal publications.
The results were phenomenal. In less than two days she doubled enrollment in her
class. The phone rang off the hook. She put 26 people in her class at $1,000 each.

ROBERT MIDDLETON 560 COMMERCIAL STREET, 4TH FLR. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111 .415 . 956.3789

There was an interesting side bar to this. The day the ad came out I gave Vivian a call
to see if she had any responses yet. The phone rang and rang. No answer. I called more
than a dozen times throughout the day and I couldn't reach her. Not even an answering
machine. Here we had spent all this time and money to place an ad and there was no
one responding to the calls. I was worried. What could have possibly happened? I
drove over to her house in Berkeley to see what I could find. Well, it turns out she had
been out all day and had forgot to set the answering machine! Yet even with that, the
next day she received so many calls that the class was filled to capacity. I keep
wondering what would have happened if she'd been in all day that first day!
Jay, mostly I work with very small businesses with a very limited budget, so I try
to find inexpensive ways to effectively promote their businesses. Another very good
response was a small ad placed by a paralegal firm. The headline to this small ad was the
key: "Legal Services Without a Lawyer." The ad cost about $100 per month and brings in
about $2,000 in revenue.
The other question is interesting. How do I see you? Since I'm a marketing person
myself with a lot of talent and passion for the profession, yet with considerably less
experience in the field, I see you as a mentor. Your materials and ideas are a constant
inspiration to me. On the way to a client meeting yesterday I listened to one of your
cassette tapes (for about the 10th time) and got a whole new level of appreciation for
some of what you called Macro Marketing Principles. I read a little from the Mr. X book
every week and apply the concepts to my clients' challenges. Your materials have given
me the best and most solid foundation for an effective and successful marketing practice.
For this I am very very grateful.
The best

JERETY CORPORATION
3021 N.E. 72nd Ave., Suite 15
Vancouver, WA 98661 (206)
260-2OWN FAX (206) 2600186

March 3, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 10 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
As a bedroom community of Portland, Oregon with a population
nearing 1 million people, our business in Vancouver, Washington, just
across the river is lost in the metro ADI. Over the past 3 years in
business, we have used most broadcast and print media to reach our
Rent-To-Own customers.
The socio-economic level and profile of our buyer places us in a
unique marketing position. Our marketing area does not go much further
than a concentric circle 10 miles from the store. Broadcast TV and
radio in Portland reaches out to most of both states, as does the
Oregonian newspaper published in Portland. Local cable TV is more of a
rifle approach, but the percentage of our buyers who can afford cable
is small. ADVO and other marriage mail houses mail on a schedule
differing from our typical 1st and 15th payday customers. (Very
critical for welfare, AFDC, SSI etc.)
Hearing of Jay Abraham and your unique approach to marketing, I
attended a 3 day seminar after reading and listening to weeks of
preparatory material sent by your office.
It was to my surprise to find myself in a room with 500 other
business-oriented people with the same desire. . . how to reach more
people and tell my story more effectively.
You introduced me to numerous concepts, either twists of ideas I
had already been using, or new ideas to attract buyers utilizing
sources already available to me.
It is in this area that I found great success! You made
reference to existing customers, past customers, references, or nonrenting applicants as the "back-end" source for added business. Since
attending your seminar, I have developed direct mail campaigns to each
of the above mentioned customer sources and realized a 160% gain in my
marketing effort. I was overlooking a source that turned out to be our
most effective way of marketing our product.

Since attending the seminar we have developed a database,

utilized walk-sort route bulk mail, and used self-designed and
professional designed mailing pieces to increase our customer base
1 1/2 times!
Having the opportunity to attend your seminar and be included
on the list of follow-up seminars and specialty programs, I feel
fortunate to have access to such a talented marketing genius. As a
degreed business major, I was never exposed to marketing as I have
learned through my association with Jay Abraham. I envision you as
a self-taught student who has refined and developed marketing into
an area in which this vision is far superior to most with whom you
come in contact. You do marketing with the ease and success of a
fine-tuned Rolex watch. Your marketing mind is more prolific than
any others I have either studied or experienced. Having the "Jay"
experience has been enlightening, and profitable.
Cordially,

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal

950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estate, CA
90274
Dear Mr. Abraham:
Re: "Success Stories Wanted: Reward Offered!"
'My business imports fine distinctive European home and
office accessories.
Sales went from about $15,000 to $57,000 in less than ten
months in this past-time business utilizing your unique selling
proposition (USP). A one page brochure was professionally
printed stating with photographs why we could furnish the
finest quality accessories, like grandfather clocks from
Germany's Black Forest, at prices that were unmatched by
competitors. The brochure was distributed to Newport Beach's
finest residences. By contacting the homeowner directly, often
a businessperson or professional, we made sure the direct
marketing worked! Doubly effective since many homeowner's
wanted their offices done also.
Your back-ending techniques and referrals also further
enhanced sales. Thank you for teaching me to focus and leverage
my efforts and results.
I see your role as a marketing genius and coach, who shows
entrepreneurs how to maximize their results with minimum
effort. You educate people to tuborcharge their business
results so they can enjoy the other parts of life like family
and leisure.
The entrepreneur can then lead a full yet balanced life.
Please send materials to:
Russ and Jane Davison 7
Dogwood North Irvine, CA
92715

Post Office Box 4823, Irvine. California 92716 (714) 786-4946

March 4, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950
Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
You have already helped me achieve remarkable success that has added significant additional money to me
personally. I thank you and since you asked me to write you a letter telling you about it, here it is.
Four years ago I built a 3000 square foot two story "mansion" in the city of Tempe. When I wanted to sell, I
went through a Realtor who took a full year to sell it. During that entire year, I had to pay expensive mortgage
interest payments and upkeep that costs me many thousands of dollars.
This year, I inherited a house from my mother who unfortunately passed away. I decided to sell it myself using
the principles of marketing you taught me. Principles like creating a powerful USP and
reversing the risk for buying. And the importance of properly identifying where your prospective
market is and
communicating to them the true and genuine value of the product one is offering. And, of course,
making the product easy to buy.
The result was that I sold this house myself at full appraisal price, paid no Realtor fees, and I
did it in only one day!
Was this luck? No. Because over the course of the following two days I had seven additional buyers all wanting
to buy this same house! They wanted it for themselves or for their parents or for a brother or sister and so on. I
was flooded with offers.
These are the specific things I did to make this happen:
Before I put it up for sale I first hired contractors to come in and professionally paint the interior, fence, and
storage shed. Then I cleaned and polished the entire house to provide a very appealing product (house) for my
prospective customers. I also had a neighbor thoroughly clean and manicure the yard. This all took only 25 days
of preparation.
Finally, I was ready to implement my Jay Abraham sales plan.

Armed with these new marketing techniques, I sent out a mailing of 12,000 pieces which produced 698
prospects. Out of the 698, we converted 359 to buy (so far). That's a unbelievable 51 % conversion rate! I
have never come close to converting that many prospects. I usually hit the 20% conversion mark.
In terms of actual sales, that mailing produced $254,890. Are your ideas responsible for this successful
mailing? If I converted my usual 20% of the 698 prospects, that would have generated $99,116 in sales.
I hold you responsible for the extra 30% conversion which adds up to $155,774.
As I write, I'm at the beginning stages of a second mailing that produced 841 prospects. So far, 170
($120,700) have sold. I expect the conversion rate to reach the same level as the last mailing because we
haven't even seriously worked these new leads yet.
But, you know, the amazing statistic I'm in total shock about is: Out of the 529 we sold from these
mailings, only two, that's (2), have taken us up on our money-back guarantee and sent the programs
back! I still have a hard time believing this one.
What does this kind of money mean to my company? Since I only do a half million a year in sales,
bringing in cash flow like this from one mailing is substantial. I bought a new $50,000 editing system,
I'm getting ready to hire two new people ($50,000 and $35,000 salaries), and I bought a new $30,000
Chevy Suburban for the wife. I also took some of the money and invested in more of your training.
In my second round with you, Jay, I got another idea that turned out to be a break through insight for me,
or what I like to call a real blinding flash of the obvious. You taught me how to revere myself. You see,
I'm the type of person who goes to great extends to do a great job to produce a great product. I'm also the
kind of person that when given a complement on a project I spent eight months producing, will respond
with "Aw chucks, it was nothing."
You made me realize that this timidity, this understating attitude of mine permeated all my marketing
pieces. I was asking my customers to draw the same conclusions I do about my products without giving
them any compelling reasons for doing so. In other words, I had great products, but was doing a poor job
of communicating that to my prospects.
After having this powerful insight, I went about rewriting all my marketing pieces. I no longer just
simply list the benefits of my products, I tell the prospect specifically how my products will improve this
area or decrease problems in that area. I no longer leave them to draw their own conclusion about how
much money my products will make them or save them. I back it up with quantifiable data we have
gathered. In short, I position my products to be more meaningful to their business.
The amount of money this idea is worth is yet to be determine. It's hard to attach a dollar figure to this
idea because I just completed rewriting all the pieces. I do feel confident that my conversion rate will rise
from these rewrites without increasing the coststo me, that's free money!
I would conservatively estimate the value of your three ideas to my business to be $500,000 a year. And
this is no exaggeration. I am currently on pace this year to do a million in sales. That means your ideas
effectively helped me double my business in a span of 5 months. Not bad for a guy whose

March 8, 1994

Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950
Indian Peak Rd. Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I have been putting off writing you this letter for some timeI simply was waiting for all the results to come
in before I let you know how your ideas impacted my business. Today, I realized these results are
perpetual and never ending. So I am taking time out from the whirlwind of success I'm experiencing to tell
you what the application of a hand full of your ideas have done for me.
As you know, before I was exposed to your ideas, I was already a successful business-to-business direct
response marketer. I would consider myself one of your tough customers because your ideas had to move me
beyond the success I was enjoying.
I was both cautious and sceptical of the success claims you were making about your training. But I went
ahead anyway and took a risk. I figured that if I could get one good idea from the training, I would make back
what I invested and perhaps a little more.
I have to chuckle now at that last statement because the " little more" I was hoping for has turned into a
serious amount of money. And the "one idea" I was looking for turned out to be a mind set of practical,
money-making strategies. In fact, you gave me so many strategies, I was feeling overwhelmed at the thought of
implementing all of them. But I finally settled down, prioritized of few of the ideas, and incorporated them
into my marketing program when I launched a new product.
The first two ideas I implemented was using a long letter format that incorporated your ideas on ris
reversal. Since I tried these two ideas at the same time, I'm not sure which is more responsible for the
success. But I guess it doesn't matter at this point.
Instead of printing a four color brochure about the product, I crafted a six page letter that gave my
prospect a complete education about my product as you taught us. I also took your advise and offered a
money-back guarantee on the product to make it easier for the prospect to buy (offering a money-back
guarantee was very risky from my standpoint because my product is video training tapes that people
could potentially copy and send back).

Later when he and his wife are gone, his children will probably call me back to sell his house,
land, shop and tools. Since he is less than seventy years old, that day could be a long time coming.
But if anyone in his family ever get the chance to recommend an auctioneer to anyone, I am sure I
will get a good referral.
Thanks again for exposing me to this simple concept that should be obvious to most of us.
However, I have noticed that many of us are too inhibited to "Blow our own horn" and publicize our
USP. Yet, in my line of work, as well as most others, if we do not "Blow our own horns" no one
will hear our music. They cannot know how successful we can be for them if we do not tell them.
Being able to relate our "Unique Selling Proposition" is a way of accomplishing this goal.
Thanks for making me aware of this concept and best wishes in your future endeavors. I
appreciate this project because it was one of the few I could afford. Since then, I have "rationed" me
out of your later projects, since my small busness cannot justify the fees you are now getting. Yet I am
grateful for the opportunity to have been exposed to your work. Thanks again.
Sincerely,

Bill Forbes, CAI

Auctioneer/Realtor

P.S.
I hope you like this story and I hope it gives you as much gratification for how much good
your ideas can achieve. This story is one of my favorite in my twelve years in the auction profession.
Many time we are commissioned to sell what some people refer to as "Junk." Yet what they call
"Junk" represents a lifetime of work for someone. This story tells how we were able to turn part of
this lifetime's work into more cash than ever imagined!

This fanner grew "Test Plots" for a seed corn company. Every year the company would
sponsor a "Field Day" at this farmer's test plots so other area farmers could see how new varieties of
seed corn performed in the field. After the tour of the test plot, the company would sponsor a meal
for those in attendance. This meal was served in my clients shop. This procedure had been going on
for about twenty years before my client was ready to retire and during this time his reputation for
well-maintained machinery was building. This reputation was to become my client's "Unique Selling
Proposition."
When I was developing the auction brochure for my client's auction. I was having trouble
filling all the space we usually fill on a brochure. This fanner lived in a remote area and I could not
give the impression that this auction was so small that it wasn't worth someone's time driving as much
as 150 mile to attend. I simply had to fill what we refer to as a 4-page brochure (11 x 17) printed on
both sides to be used as a direct mail piece. Most auction brochures are listings of the items to be
sold, with headlines and other copy telling the who, what, when, where and why of the upcoming
auction. Some progressive thinking auctioneers, like myself, use photos of some of the best items.
When the auction is large enough, this brochure is even printed with four color process with color
photographs. This particular auction was not the case, we were limited to black and white photos and
we did not have enough large items to fill the space we usually fill.
Usually I would have a photo of the nicest item in the auction as a front page feature on the
brochure. Sometimes I would use two photographs on the front page. I was looking for something
unique to go on the front page of this brochure. I felt that I needed to do something unusual to attract
attention to this auction, but not so unusual as to create a credibility problem. At last it hit me! Why
not use this client's "Unique Selling Proposition" as the focus of this auction. There were lots of
tractors and equipment the same make and model of his. But very little of it was as clean or well
kept. So I took a photograph of the client, made up a quote of his general feelings about his
machinery, had him sign it and put the photograph and the signed quote on the front page of the
brochure.
I know of no other auctioneer in the nation, who has used a photograph of his client on an
auction brochure. They will probably say they don't want to make the client feel self-conscious. Who
cares? Isn't that what I am hired to do the things the client cannot or will not do for himself? It is as
far as I am concerned! If an auctioneer is too inhibited to perform as necessary to get me top dollar
for my goods, I don't want him working for me, because he's not as good as I am.

How Did It Work?

On auction day, we registered just over 100 potential buyers. At this stage I was a little
disappointed. I was expecting at least 150 registered buyers. But most of the registered buyers were
from 50 - 125 miles away and they came to buy. The equipment we hoped would sell for at least
sixty thousand dollars sold for over ninety nine thousand dollars approximately 167% of expected
sales. Needless to say, I had a happy client. He told me he was so impressed with the advertising I
developed, he was going to give me a nickname "Slick Willie II"

March 10, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. Jay

Abraham Personal 950 Indian Peak
Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I am sure that when you developed "Your Marketing Genius At Work" Reports some years ago,
you did not think that a person with a business as small as mine would become a subscriber. I am an
auctioneer/realtor in the rural area of Northeastern North Carolina. Except for "Auction Day" I am a "one
man show." I contract the auctions, develop the advertising, set up the merchandise display and anything
else that needs to be done prior to the auction. Our auction records are kept on computer and when the
auction is over, I have access to the records I need. This enables me to minimize my labor costs by
returning to a one man operation the very next day. I am sure this is not the "Target Market" you
envisioned when I became a subscriber, but most of your concepts, that I could adapt with my business
organization, have been most useful to me.
One of the simplest, yet most useful, is the concept of "Unique Selling Proposition." I have tried
to use this concept for my company and my clients as well. As a small general auctioneer, I come into
clients with various background and needs.
One particular client was a small farmer looking forward to retirement. His children had no
interest in carrying on the family farm and he wanted to get rid of the responsibility before he developed
health problems. To further complicate matters, this farmer needed to sell his machinery for at least 60
thousand dollars to reach his financial goals. His machinery was not the most modem but it had been very
well cared for as was everything else on this farmstead. All the machinery was cleaned, lubricated and
sheltered. This farmer's shop was so clean you could almost eat off anything in it. In fact several meals
were eaten in this shop by many area farmers.
Auction - The Marketing Advantage

Jay Abraham
5908 Lemon Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90805

March 7, 1994

Dear Jay,
I utilized your marketing techniques to launch Hulwell & Associates. We are a distributor for
an Information-on-Hold service. Information-on-Hold allows businesses to promote information
about themselves through a series of brief messages, mixed with music, while their customers are on
hold.
I worked out a joint venture between my company and a local Business Newspaper. The
Newspaper received our service in exchange for advertising and an indorsement of our service.
Our advertisement was laid out like a news story. The Newspaper endorsement was included
and at the bottom of the advertisement was a phone number that prospects could call and hear a
sample of our service.
I then worked out a licensing agreement with our parent company to use this technique.
Keeping in mind we were a start-up operation. We grossed over $52,500 in sales, in our first
year, as a direct result of the joint venture of which $35,000 was net profit The licensing
agreement with the parent company resulted in an annual income of $28,000.
I now use your principals as the foundation for my own Marketing Consulting Practice. If
applied correctly, your techniques will work miracles for ANY BUSINESS without fail

And I have changed as person too. Jay told me that a money back guarantee was the way to
go. I was very skeptical and very nervous. Wouldn't I lose more money this way? But he
conviced me that if I was confident in this system -- which I was -- that I had nothing to fear.
So I took a deep breath, and took his advice.
And it worked.
I was amazed. Once people were secure in the knowledge that their investment was protected,
they had no reason to hesitate signing up. I was making more money than ever.
I had learned not to sell. I learned only to be interested in the person. When I first tried the
money back guarantee, I just wanted to protect my own investments. But then after about a
month, I was only interested in helping my clients. Forget about the money. They needed an
immediate solution to their problems, and I could give it to them! I knew that money was
important, a business necessity, but somehow, it didn't seem as important anymore. I knew that my
system worked and I was just glad to be helping people. As a result, I didn't concentrate on
price anymore. Each client was different - personality, emotionally, financially. It made no
sense to try and have the same pricing structure for everyone with all these differences. I
learned to work within their means. Can't pay now? Will pay later, with a down payment now? OK.
And I didn't worry about it. I did my job, I helped them. And because I was faithful to them,
they were faithful to me with their promises on payment.
So maybe Jay had something up his sleeve. He pretended this was for business purposes, that I
would get more clients, but I think it is something more. I think that he wanted us to see that if
we do something we love, the money will come. All it takes is an idea. The rest will grow.
Jay helped me actualize one of the most important things in business. And that is to feel out
what your customer needs, don't tell them what they need. I love what I am doing. And
amazingly enough, I'm making money too.
That's what Jay has done for me.

When I first heard about the Jay Abrahms seminar, I was intrigued. But I wondered if he
could really help my business like the piece of paper promised. After all, it's easy to say things, but
not always so easy to deliver them.
I decided to give it a shot. He was offering a money back guarantee if I wasn't satisfied, so
what did I have to lose? If I learned something that would help my business, then it was worth it;
if I didn't, then I didn't lose any thing.
I went to the seminar and I was amazed. The knowledge he possessed about marketing was
incredible. Needless to say, I learned a tremendous amount. Now I am not in your typical
everyday business. I own and operate 8 martial arts academies all across the state of Illinois.
Marketing for them had been difficult, to say the least. Usually martial arts schools are
competition oriented, very much physically demanding. Most of the traditional philosophy and
true meaning of martial arts had faded over the past 20 years and turned into a business of
making better fighters, not better people. I too, had been in that circuit. But it wasn't before
long when I realized that the tournament life was not what I wanted for me or for my students. I
began my long journey of research, interviewing, questioning and change. I was very
interested in how self-esteem developed and changed. Or could it be changed? Where did it
come from and why? I sought the answers to these and many other questions. Finally, after
over 10 years of research and study, I had a system.
This system is unlike any other system in the world, especially in the martial arts industry. I use
psychology, the old philosophy of martial arts, counseling, physical and mental training to develop
not only good martial arts skills, but more life satisfaction. I at first concentrated mainly on
children, with behavior modification techniques. Later I found that I could modify this system
slightly and use it for achievement motivation, especially for athletes. By modifying the system for
each individual case, it worked for all sorts of people, all sorts of problems.
The 10 years had not been easy. Financially speaking, I had faced bankruptcy 2 times. I had
incurred many debts along the way. But now I had this marvelous system and I knew things
would be alright.
But how do I let people know about this? This system had never before been done!
That's where Jay's seminar came in. We had tried many different headlines for our ads, but we
didn't know if we were going anywhere or not. For my business, we found out that a full page
advertorial was the way to go. In the past year, we have educated many, many peopleprospective and current clients-in the P. S. Academy and the P. S. System. People know that
it's much more than martial arts at the P. S. Academy.
I have never made more than $230,000 per fiscal year in this business. But thanks to Jay, I am
projecting a 2 million dollar gross income this year.
That's a change.

Bentyl R & D, Inc.

Post Office Box 491 Cottage Grove, Oregon, 97424
Phone (503) 942-7359

attitude when there are children in the house. To my surprise she

agreed to use our limited funds to purchase "Your Marketing Genius
at Work." It seems she wanted to become independent of
the restraints that come with working for someone else as much
as I. You see I work for a corporation while doing new product
development at my home.
There are two things that bind me to my job, and that is paying the
bills on time, and medical insurance. Without these two benefits the
financial grim reaper would be knocking at the door. I knew once I
was armed with "Your Marketing Genius at Work" I would eventually
free myself of these occupational bonds.
I've always believed in the business idea that you should start
small and grow big, so I decided to zero in on just one of your
powerful marketing ideas. The unique selling position seemed
to fit me like a glove. I figured that if a product truly embraced
this concept it would sell itself. It did just that. I sold over
1000 of my "Tweedles" TM at a five to one profit margin. Thanks
Jay!
One last thought I would like to express to you. The person I hold in
the highest esteem is the American businessman. He is what makes up
the fabric of our economic success, and you Jay, you're the man that
weaves the fabric. I sincerely thank you for sharing your insights
with all who choose to take advantage of them.
Sincerely,

J. Thomas Bench
President

Bentyl R & D, Inc.

Post Office Box 491 * Cottage Grove, Oregon, 97424
Phone (503) 942-7359
March 9, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. Jay Abraham Personal
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Jay:
I received your letter requesting success stories. I was intrigued,
but more than a little apprehensive about writing to someone on your
level, and telling you about my limited success. What finally
convinced me to accept this challenge was that I had nothing to lose,
and I will get to correspond with you.
My story begins with a phone call from a friend who wanted me to
design and build machines to do production assembly of his product. I
don't think he realized what an undertaking he was asking me to do,
especially since this was the first time I had done this
professionally. Nevertheless I decided to take on the challenge, and
four years later my friend had his factory. What I gained from this
experience was the confidence to design marketable products, and the
machines to produce them. Since then I have moved on to other
endeavors.
While in my friend's employ, and since his product dealt primarily
with wood manufacturing, I noticed production slow downs because the
people handling this product needed to remove slivers on a regular
basis. This spelled opportunity to me.
I gave considerable thought to this problem, and slowly an idea began
to form. I figured these people needed a device that would remove
slivers quickly and efficiently. I started designing on the most
compact form of tweezers and needle that I could think of, and
manufacture myself. Eventually I had the prototype in my hands. It
was so compact a person could carry it on their key chain, or in
their pocket without noticing it. I named it "Tweedle" TM.
I had studied the different aspects of business enough to have
the entrepreneurial spark ignited within me. The one area of
business that I did feel inadequate in was marketing, but as
! luck would have it the marketing information I so desperately
needed was offered to me in a news letter.
After reading your presentation in
first hurdle to negotiate would be
most wives are, very practical and
to making purchases other than the

the news letter I knew my

my wife. She is, as I'm sure
unrelenting when it comes
basics. This is a necessary

Abraham Publishing Group Inc., Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Jay,
I have been involved in direct mail for 24 years, very
successfully.
Recently, I listened to your Aussie tapes where you really
banged in the need for a back end. I always had back end inserts,
but no further follow up mailings. I had thought about it over the
years but didn't think it would work in "my case."
I sat down, wrote a letter and did a test mailing. I received
4.8 times my investment back on this test. Now I can fine tune, test
prices, and who knows. The potential now seems as limitless as you
have said, and said and said.
It just shows you that we can't let being successful get in the
way of being more successful.
Thanks Jay! Feel free to use my story in any of your ads, etc.
Your concepts are not only solid, they work. What really makes you
so special is the way you continually illustrate from your own
experience until I couldn't help but agree it was worth a test, even
in "my case."
Sincerely

Sheila Danzig 3/10/94

2574 N. University Drive, Suite 201 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33322 (305) 742-0450 / (305) 742-9519

AD PRO MOBILE WINDSHIELD REPAIR

P.O. Box 358
Panora, Iowa 50216-0358
24 Hr. Toll Free Number 1-800-696-0546

March 9, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates,
California 90274
Dear Jay:
My name is Dan Polzin. I am the sole proprietor of a small business called Ad Pro Windshield
Repair. I thoroughly enjoyed reading every issue of Your Marketing Genius at Work. Every month
I waited anxiously for the new issue to arrive. I read, studied, and highlighted, brainstorming the
different possibilities as they could apply to my business and other businesses. One of the first
marketing techniques that I used generated over $10,000.00 (setting up drawing boxes in
neighboring businesses or at fairs). I have been very impressed with the principles that Jay has
developed and teaches. I was able to get a news story on my business printed in an area shopper
by following Jay's guidelines. The exposure has got to be worth thousands of dollars to me.
Recently the same local shopper asked me to write another news story on my business. I probably
would not have even tried to get a news story on my business without Jay putting the idea in my
head and showing me step by step how to do it.
I have recently targeted insurance agencies and claims offices using your Unique Selling
Proposition concept and I am getting excellent results from that program. Jay Abraham has been
able to help me look at things from perspectives that I've never seen before. I'm in the process of
putting together a mail order program to sell a windshield repair marketing package. It's too early
to tell, but I'm confident that my mail order business is going to work out very well.
By the way, I lost one issue of the course Your Marketing Genius at Work, and when I notified
your company about it, they mailed me another copy at no charge. 1 get the distinct impression
that Jay Abraham and company always do what ever they can to go way beyond what they say
they will do. I'm very impressed!
One of Jay's concepts that has worked very well for me has been joint venturing. This concept
has earned me in excess of $1,200.00 by referring some jobs to other businesses and in some
cases by actually hiring competitors to work for me at peak times to handle the overflow which I
can't get to by myself (and would otherwise be lost business). Another idea that I came up with
while reading Jay's Your Marketing Genius at Work was directly responsible for helping me to
generate another $5,250.00 in sales, and started a whole new division of my company. Another
idea I got from your course, which I call my thank you follow-up system, has accelerated my
business growth substantially, and there are many many things that when all added up have made
a huge difference in my life because of Jay. You could only improve your business and life with
Jay Abraham and his staff's services. I would highly recommend him to anyone.

"Repair Your Damaged Windshield For

a Fraction of the Replacement Cost"

When we mine for gold and instead strike lead you whisper that there is
a vast market of fishermen who need sinkers. You invite, cajole, humor,
honor, and entice other great minds to share the wealth of their years'
expertise so that we can hybridize that wisdom to our own entrepreneurial
pursuits.
It has really been profitable and entertaining learning from you and your guests and I
look forward to many more years of your thoughts and innovations.
Sincerely,

Stephen R.Kelly, MAI

P. S. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Vermont and I

consider your tapes and information to be at least equivalent academically to a P.H.D.
in Marketing. Financially, I would be completely unwilling to trade what I have
learned from you for a P.H.D. in Marketing. Feel absolutely free to use this letter as a
testimonial.

SRK: ajl

In reviewing my first letter to my clients now, I can see that the headline is dry, maybe
even dull. However, my list selection was so strong that it overpowered this
shortcoming. I know you stress that even a moderately compromised letter sent to the
right list can still succeed - and mine did. I then applied a second one of your principles
- I called every recipient and asked if they got the letter. If they said yes, I asked for
work. If they had no work, I asked them if they wanted a sample of my work. After
sending the sample, I called to see if they got it. After that I waited a week and then
called to see what they thought of the work sample. I also asked how often they wanted
me to call back to see if they had any jobs to bid on. This I believe is your "moving
parade technique." People eventually got to know me and as I did each job I asked if
that person would be willing to recommend me to other clients. Later, I started a
quarterly newsletter that I am sorry to say only lasted for three issues. At that point, I
had to quit as client demand exceeded my capacity to supply. That was two years ago and I
have not dared to write another newsletter.
Let me give you some specific numbers. My former employer predicted it would take
five years to reach high profits - I did it within three months of start-up! My
response rate to my letters was ultimately about 20% and that 20% continues to order
each year. They also recommend me, usually without my knowledge, so that I have new
clients calling me that I have never talked to before.
Want some more specifics? Within the first year of carrying out this marketing program
my revenues increased 72%! By the second year, I had to stop actively marketing. I
found that I was running out of capacity and that the marketing momentum from the
first year added an additional 22% to my revenues. Now I am absolutely maxed-out
Seeing my success, several people have entered negotiation with me to joint venture
with other non-appraisal companies.
I definitely think in terms of the lifetime value of a client whenever I offer to send a
report by Federal Express (at my expense), give a client a couple hours of free counsel, or
send out a huge box of fruit at Christmas. In contrast, I cringe when I see other
businesses fail to "make it easy to do business with them." I wince when I see other
businesses quibble over a couple of bucks in the front end and jeopardize thousands of
dollars in the lucrative back-end.
Jay, I see you as doing four things:
You tweak people to remember marketing basics that are critical to
success.
You propel those marketing basics from dim, inanimate, sepia
stillframes to moving Technicolor sagas of magnificent marketing
metaphors of monetary munificence.

March 9,1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Road Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Dear Jay,
I just thought I would drop you a line to let you know how I have proven many of your
principles in the start-up of my business. I must confess that I had to stop practicing
several techniques as the demand for my services quickly began to outstrip my capacity to
supply.
I now charge one of the highest hourly rates that appraisers charge in my state. To my
knowledge, only one appraiser who is in semi-retirement has an hourly rate that exceeds
my own. I have more work than I can handle and I turn down about four out of five jobs
because I simply do not have the time to deliver. As you had warned in one of your
seminars, by applying the principles correctly, the response can overwhelm capacity. It
has.
When I first started, my former employer told me that it would take five years to build up
enough clients to make the big bucks. After some careful planning, I decided to develop a
mail list of 200 potential clients - one of your techniques. A few of these had seen my
work but the vast majority had no idea who I was. In my first letter I introduced myself
and then went on to clearly outline my USP - playing ethically on the weaknesses of the
other appraisal firms in the area.

a pretty good marketer and only wanted to make back the initial investment of your training and a little
more.
Jay the amazing thing about your training is I'm only talking about the impact of three of your ideas
here. You know as well as I, I got a lot more than three ideas from your training. I just wanted highlight
a few of the major ones that produced dramatic results for your own edification. You have set me on an
exponential path of growth that is making business more enjoyable for me.
It's funny, when I'm in the office conducting a sales meetings, I keep referring to you by name to answer
specific marketing questions. One day one of my salespeople said, "who is this Jay guy your always
talking about." I paused and said "he's a marketing consultant...no he's more than that...a business
consultant...a warehouse of ideas."
Finally, I said "he's a guy who has learned, by experience, the universal principles for operating a
successful business. He teaches other people to apply these irrefutable principles to their own businesses.
We can either learn these principles now and benefit from them, or we can take 20 years and countless
millions to discover on our own the very principles he's handing us now."
I really believe this Jay. I told my staff that once we understand and know these principles, it's just a
matter a applying them and adjusting them to our particular needs.
I think there are a lot of training or consultant people out there who merely throw people fish to eat.
With you, it's different. I feel like you taught me how to fish. It's up to me whether I go to the pond. But
let me just say in closing that, so far, the catch has been good.
Thanks.
Sincerely,

Jerry Donoghue
President

1. I made it easy to buy.

I contacted and found an expert mortgage man who would be easy to work with and who shared our
philosophy of treating customers like kings.
Then I did the same with a title company.
Then I removed absolutely everything of a personal nature from the house. It was empty and made to look
readily and immediately available to move into. I removed all indications that it ever belong to someone
else so that a buyer could take one look at it and feel immediately that it could belong to them if they
wanted it.
2. I identified the most likely customers to want this product and presented it to them in
terms that would appeal to their highest values. I communicated its true and genuine value to
them by identifying a great USP.

What was the USP? That this beautiful house could easily be purchased and paid for for less than the cost
of renting.
After getting all the pricing and payment information, I wrote on a very professional, beautiful sign in
front of my yard that this house was for sale by owner and followed with my USP.
Then, I created a flyers which said essentially the same thing, included a map and had someone pass them
out to 200 nearest neighbors because I felt perhaps those who lived in the community and were renting
might be easier to sell to and more likely to want to own a home in the neighborhood than someone who
had never lived there. Or perhaps a homeowner would recommend it to a friend or relative and presell the
house. Or perhaps a homeowner would want to invest in the neighborhood and buy a house to rent out.
The flyers were passed out on Sunday at 10:00 A.M. I used the best printing paper (Classic Linen
Solar/White) for the flyers and had them taped to the windows open and facing outward by the front
doors of all the neighbor's houses for best presentation. This way I would get maximum readership and
credibility.
By 1:00 P.M. that day I was visited by a neighbor down the street who received the flyer, he viewed the
house, went home and by 6:00 P.M. that evening he called me with a full price offer, no questions asked.
(By the way, I priced the house at what I thought would be about $4000 above appraisal value.)
Also during that same Sunday I showed the house three more times and the next day showed the
house to four additional buyers!
Before anyone says that this was just a good time to sell houses or that this neighborhood was easy to sell
houses in, they should know that there are many other houses for sell in this neighborhood, some

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of which have been on the market there for a full year and longer. The house across the street, for
instance sold 3 months ago but had been on the market for an entire year. (And it sold a huge $3000 below
appraisal value.)
The success I enjoyed was because of Jay Abraham's principles of marketing, period.
Sincerely yours,

Joe R.McCalister

P.S. Jay, 1 think your role in business is being played out very well already as a teacher, mentor, and
consultant towards helping other people market their businesses through your tapes and seminars and
using the advice that you give. I see you as one of my most important mentors. Because of you, I see a
very bright future for me financially even though the most I have earned in one year has been only
$100,000.00 in my last career. Still, I'm proud of it and am looking forward to much greater financial
success because of you and your marketing genius.
I wonder if you could answer me this one question because it could help give me some direction on where
to focus and concentrate my marketing energies for maximum return over the next 9 months.
If you lived in Tempe, Arizona because you wanted to and your family was here, and you were
reduced to no contacts or friends that you now have, no job to burden you, and no history of past
successes in marketing that you could use as references in a seminar or otherwise, and you had
only $20,000 saved to live on and invest with, what would you do?
I think with your abilities and knowledge you could get on the phone and create at least
$120,000 over the next 9 months. If so, what would be your strategy?
P.P.S You have the right to use everything I've said in this letter. Thank you for writing me and asking for
my success story. If you choose to answer my question, I commit to you that I will give my all towards
applying everything you've taught me and promise to write you again on December 15, 1994 with another
success story of how I went from practically nothing to over $120,000 in one year following Jay Abraham's
advice.
I look forward to receiving your exciting and revealing interview with Tony Robbins. I'm on the staff at
Tony Robbins Unleash the Power Within Seminar, April 8, in Universal City, CA. I've attended everyone
of Tony's seminars and have the highest respect for him.

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2381 0tono Cir.

Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
(805) 529-2222

March 5, 1994
Saturday, 11:06 A.M.
Dear Jay,
! have been wanting to write you for a long time but have just not gotten
around to it until now. I have had tremendous success using your
marketing techniques. I have an interesting story to tell if you'll bare
with me.
I became partners with a fellow named Lou in 1979. Back then our
business of Steam Master carpet and upholstery cleaning did around
$50,000 in business per year. Each year we would increase in business by a
small amount. Sometimes an increase of $5,000 and sometimes as much as
$10,000 per year. Eventually we had an increase of $20,000 a few
years in a row. By 1988 we were doing $217,362. In 1989 we did
$213,345. And in 1990 we did $228,581. Basically no increase in
business in three years. At that time my partner and I were a!ways
fighting about marketing. My partner Lou looked at advertising as an
expense that needed to be trimmed, I looked at advertising as an
investment. He could never see the light when it came to new ideas and
would never let me try anything new unless it didn't cost him anything. He
could never latterally transfer someone elses great marketing strategy
from another feild into our own use. It was very frustrating to me to
work with.
! purchased Your Marketing Genius At Work with my own money because my
partner couldn't see how we could market our business any better than we
had in the past. After reading YMGAW I could see how we had succeeded in
spite of ourselves. I used some of the ideas in our ads, as long as it didn't
cost us anything extra. I could see a little increase in business by the use of
more verbage to explain our service more. But I could only put in so much
verbage because my partner Lou was set on "A picture is worth a

thousand words".
To make a long and complicated story short, I was able to buy my partner out and
1 took full control of the business in April of 1991. By the way, I had also
purchased from you For Your Marketing Eyes Only and I have to tell you that I have
not yet completed this great work. There are so many great ideas in the first 4 or
5 sections along with what I already read in YMGAW that I could not have time to
do it all. So I concentrated on just a few principles.
I wrote a totaly new ad by tossing out the pictures and explained more about
what our service provided for the customer. I used the method of tape recording
every conversation I had with every customer for a period of two weeks. I then
listened to those tapes and came up with what my customers were asking most
about our service and how other services compared with ours. Then I took the
best of my answers and created an article type ad with coupons included. People
love coupons you know. I tested various headlines and sub headlines as well. If
there is one thing you have taught me well, it's to test test test. And not to test
too many things at once, just one thing at a time. Your customers will tell you
whether you have a winning ad or not. One of the most important things of coarse
in writing an ad, is that you follow through in what you say. Also that you, as in
my case, have a quality service to offer. You may write a terrific ad but if your
workmanship is shotty, you won't get the repeat business or refferaIswhich is
the most important thing.
As for results, all I can say is, "unbeleivable". I published the first ad in May of
1991. The first part of this year had gone just like the last three years. But, after
this ad came out, we had more work than we could handle. I'm sure I turned down
a good $1,000. per week for about 5 months because I was unprepared for the
amount of work that this ad generated. When the work load is that heavy there is
no time for training new people. Another thing I liked about this ad, is that it
lightened the workload in the office. We didn't have to spend very much time on
the phone answering questions or explaining our service. They already read all
about it in our ad. It was great! People would just call up and say "I'd like to make an
appointment", and we would just set them up. When the year was over, we had
done $307,689. in work. A 35% increase over the previous year. Almost an
additional $80,000 in business.
At the beginning of the year is my slow time, from the middle of January

until the first of April. We do about half the volume during this time of year. I
bought another new van and machine and trained one more guy to man it. I was all
ready for the coming year--or so I thought. I added just two more publications with
my ad running monthly and I raised my price to what it is now.
Again, in 1992 I had more work than I could handle and was turning away work. My
customers had learned though from last year to book their work a week or two in
advance instead of waiting 'till the last minute. By year end we had done
$431,763. in work. That's a 40% increase over the previous fantastic year for an
increase of over $124,000.
In 1993, the same old story. One more van and machine added for a total of five
units. Two of those are dual vans (two guys can clean at the same time from the
same machine), which gives us the equivalent of 7 units. We did a volume of
$550,799. A 28% increase over the previous year with an increase of over
$119,000.
To sum it all up, in three years with the marketing knowlege I have gained from you
Jay, I have been albe to increase business from $228,581. to $550,799. That's
almost 2 and 1/2 times the volume in just three short years. Considering it took
30 years to reach the volume of $228,581. I'd say that your marketing strategies
work Jay! And I have not even scratched the surface. There are so many things
I have yet to do. I fully expect to reach that magical number of one million dollars
by the end of 1996.
Jay, I see you as a Marketing Genious. One who finds all the angles to market any
business succesfully. One who doesn't leave any stone unturned. What is truly
amazing is that it seems that you go against the grain of traditional advertising
(the standard by which everyone else goes by), and yet you have great success. I
have proved it in my own feeble attempts to emulate your marketing ideas.
I can't tell you how many advertising agents have told me that I have way too
much verbage in my ad. "Nobody will read all this", or "You need more white
space", or "Your ad is too cluttered". I just tell them that my buddy Jay told me
to do this, so I do it and it works. I don't know why everyone has not caught on.
Thank goodness my competition has not caught on. Speaking of that, in every
publication where I run my ad in a non exclusive

format, my competitors don't seem to last in that pub.--no matter what

their price is. And in my business, everyone but me thinks that it's the
price that gets them in the door.
That's all I have to report for now. Jay, you have my permission to use
this letter for advertising purposes if you so desire just as long as you do
not use my street address or phone number in the ad. Thank you.
Sincerly greatful,

Kevan Austin
P.S.
Sorry about the computer generated letterhead. I write maybe 1 or 2
letters per year. Hardly worth printing a letterhead. Also, enclosed are
some of my before and after ads to show you what I have done.

GLORIA H. LOEW. PH.D.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
9O BOOTH AVENUE
ENGLEWOOD. N. J. O7631
(2O1) 871-3332

March 10, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.

Jay Abraham, Personal
950 Indian Peak Road
Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
It is my pleasure to reaffirm what I have personally told you
many times; attending your protege seminar allowed me to develop
Yellow Page ads for my psychology practice that transformed my
professional life.
Under your tutelage, I developed an ad with an attentiongrabing headline, extensive information and an unusual style of
copy that is personal and speaks to patients' needs. In result,
my practice has doubled, I have therapists who work for me
parttime, and I can select the patients with whom I wish to work.
I particularly enjoy hearing that patients called me specifically
because "the ad spoke to them".
All of this happened in a down economy. Saving my practice meant
a lot to me because I love my work, and my practice was in serious
trouble prior to the ad campaign. By the way, the ad competes very
well against seven pages of ads, and I have increased my advertising
year by year.
I also would not hesitate to apply what you have taught me to
developing other types of ads, such as print advertising. Your other
principles such as test and track also remain with me.
I remain gratefully yours.
Best regards,

GHL:jr

David Holt
President
March 10, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. Jay

Abraham Personal 950 Indian Peak
Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
Thank you for your gift in exchange for writing you this letter,
The truth is, I would have written it regardless due to the success
I have had by implementing some of your ideas.
I attended one of your workshops last February. Five Thousand
dollars for a small business barely breaking even was a hard pill
to swallow. It was your endorsement from Tony Robbins that got me
to act. Consequently, the power of endorsement was the first lesson
I learned.
Since that time, I have developed a USP and implemented a direct
mail campaign geared towards increasing the number of clients. Since
last February, I have increased my clients by 50% and I have only
sent to 20% of my list for the first time. I am very excited about
the results and look forward to an additional 150% increase within
six months. This will generate an additional $10,000 per month in
revenue.
To answer your question on what I see you doing for me, I would
have to borrow one of Tony's phrases CANI (constant and neverending improvement) I see you as someone who not only supplied the
necessary tools but showed how to put them to use. In addition,
constantly sharing new ideas and ways of utilizing the tool and as
things change, introduce new tools. I appreciated your conference
calls. I would like to see you go back to a monthly newsletter where
this information can be read and reread time and time again to
constantly improve. For me, the more I am reminded of something that
I embrace, the faster it becomes a natural part of my thinking and
acting.
Thank you for the opportunity to share this with you. I hope it is
useful.

(312) 379-789 or Fax (612) 379-8037

Jacobson Nobe Film Partners Ltd.

Dear Jay,
As a small independent film producer based in Hawaii, well
out of the Hollywood mainstream, our primary challenge,
predictably, has been fund raising. The fact that this is our
first major feature film project has also been an obstacle.
We were not able to attend your recent seminar in Los
Angeles, so we instead invested in your home study course. The
results have been nothing less than remarkable.
Utilizing a number of your strategies, but primarily
endorsements, mail order tactics, networking and generating free
publicity, we've nearly quadrupled the response we were getting
initially. Moreover, we're getting responses from much better
qualified investors. Most significantly perhaps, it has given us
the techniques and mindset to try various approaches, and closely
monitor our results.
We are very grateful for the enormous amount of information in
your package Jay, but most grateful for your opening our eyes to the
advantages of a total marketing mindset. Your open minded, high
integrity approach to marketing, business and life in general, puts
you in a class by yourself. Your fractal and intuitive teaching
approach helps your clients not only learn your techniques, but also
to emulate your unique and profound way of thinking.
Thanks again for an enlighening and profitable experience. We
hope to attend a seminar soon.

\. P.S.
You know...you
should be in pictures. We have a perfect
part for you. Please call if you would like to become the
"Jewish Al Pacino-"
P.P.S. Also...if you're dying to invest in a movie, a cinematic
masterpiece no less, we can probably still squeeze you in.
Take care.

1155 Fort Street Mall, Suite 312 / Honolulu, HI 96813

Telephone (808) 945-1144 Fax (808) 538-6178

P.O. Box 7248 Mammoth

Lakes, Ca. 93546 (619) 9348122
Dear Mr. Abraham,
Thanks to your valuable instruction, my business has increased 66%
in the last year. I have applied the principles of U.S.P., marginal net
worth of a customer, back end selling, wise use of my old customers,
and many other concepts such as asking the marketplace what THEY want,
to effect this increase. My ads were more effective and therefore a
better use of my advertising dollar.
Perhaps most important is the mindset that has developed as a result or
your information.
I am not the most aggressive marketer in the world and I am certain
that more effort on my part would produce even greater results.
I would say Jay, that you have already best described yourself by
refering to you as a "Marketing Genius". Webster defines genius as:
"as exceptional natural capacity of intellect". When applied to
marketing, this suits you perfectly.
You have my permission to use this letter as you see fit.
Sincerely,

Nick Mandich
P.S. Thank you for the gift.

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Road
Suite 100
Rolling Hill Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
My original motivation for purchasing your marketing materials was to
assist a family-owned, fledgling convenience food storeMedia Mini Mart, Inc.
Prior to my exposure to your concepts, we had been averaging $125 a week on image
type ads in a local weekly newspaper. We violated many of your principles: We
didn't offer coupons, we didn't spell out our USP, and we didn't test results. We
just asked our prospective customers to spend their money without telling them why.
After being in business 2 years and running "image" type ads, gross sales were
averaging a predictable $5250 to $7700 a week.
After completing half of "Your Marketing Genius at Work," I decided to
change our ads in the weekly paper by offering coupons for one-half off steak
sandwiches and hoagies and free sodas. Immediately, we saw an influx of new
customers and an increase in gross sales to a fairly consistent $6500 $8800 a week. This was sustained even when we began running the ads
sporadically.
Next, we painstakingly compiled a mailing list from a street directory
borrowed from the Chamber of Commerce. We computerized 1120 residents and
sent personally-addressed letters with regular first class stamps affixed.
The letters were computer printed and addressed the residents by name. We
described what we had to offer that was so special (USP) and offered coupons
for free food items such as hot dogs, beverages and other food items. All
the customer had to do was fill in his name and address. This allowed
compilation of a customer list.
Well, Jay, the response was terrific! We redeemed 273 coupons out of the
1120 letters sent for a response rate of 24.3%. The cost of this initial
mailing was about $650 out of pocket.
Our sales increased dramatically to a consistent range of $9400 to $11,150 a week
over a sustained period of 3 months. We brought in and kept many new customers by
following the practice of asking how they liked our offerings and to give
suggestions for new items they wanted to purchase.
We were ready to do another mailing to the new customer list we had just
compiled, when tragedy struck. A fire truck rammed into our store and
demolished it. We never reopened.
How do I see you? To me, you are a top-notch educator who is able to tie in
your years of marketing experiences into a kind of holy grail and convey it
with great conviction which inspires the listener. Because you deal only
with examples of what has worked and tie them into your principles, the
student is easily able to grasp and apply them to his unique situation. You
imbue your students with a feeling of confidence that if they apply your
concepts to their situation, they will be super successful. That feeling
creates a dynamic kind of momentum.
160 Kirk Lane - Media. Pennsylvania 19O63 * (215)
Sincerely,

565 1772

March 5, 1994
Jay Abraham 5908
Lemon Ave Long Beach,
Ca 90805
Dear Jay,

Here's my success story:

"I run a business with two mam profit centers: training programs for people who want to do commercial and
cartoon voiceovers, and selling my own voice as a freelance voiceover artist. I took your Mastermind Marketing
Program in April of 1993. I put your ideas to work throughout my business but noticed the most dramatic results
in two specific income streams.
AS A RESULT OF TAKING THE ABRAHAM EXPERIENCE... MY 1993
SALES WERE UP BY MORE THAN $35,000! (OVER 1992)
1. Voiceover Demo Tapes. After people take the training the next step is to make a professionally produced demo
tape with us which they use to get work.
You introduced me to the concept of upsellmg and offering packages. The
results were phenomenal!
By simply packaging the course and demo together or trying to upsell at the point of sale, demo tape sales were up
from $42,459 in 1992 to $69,849 in 1993! Thats an extra $27,390 for this one profit center, an increase of almost
30%.
2. Adding a less expensive weekend bootcamp. You casually suggested on one of the followup alliance calls that I
offer a $297 weekend program for those who might not have the time or financial resources to enroll in our normal
month long program.
Again, paydirt!
This one "little" idea generated $6,301 in additional income in 1993 and created a new profit center for us. These
bootcamp classes are a brand new profit center for us. They always sell out. And in 1993, they generated an
additional $5500 in backend sales.
3. Joint venture: on another followup alliance call you dictated a joint venture letter. I approached two on-camera
schools who didnt get it. But the third seems to be a winner. It's a print modeling school with an on-camera
department. We will pay each other $50 for every sign up into the other's program. Letters are scheduled to go
out this month. Unfortunately, he only has a data base of 250 people. He never kept his dead leads!! (I convinced
him to start doing so.)
I project an approximate return of about $8,000 (including residual sales) to the mailing I make to his list.
Phone (212) 420-9747 611 Broadway Suite 815 New York, NY 10012 Fax (212) 420-9751

The possibilities for mailing to my list are also great. I have about 8,000 names of people who responded to my
ads since 1991 but never bought.
Per your instructions I will advise them of new schedule dates, offer them a new and liberal payment plan, or
refer them to the modeling school and receive a percentage.

ONE IMPORTANT SURPRISE BENEFIT OF JOINT VENTURING YOU DIDNT MENTION

Even if the actual joint venture doesnt work (which seems unlikely)
In less than an hour, the modeling school director and I were able to exchange vital information about each
others sales and marketing methods which should be worth many thousands for both of us!
For example, he gave me a great model for an extended payment plan and a guarantee,and other resources,like a
company that guarantees checks for only 2%. Well never have to worry about bounced checks again and people
can give us post dated checks as part of their extended payment plan.

I never would have thought of this on my own.

NOW, THE GUSHY STUFF
Jay, I just LOVE you and your cast of characters! I've listened to the complete tape sets of both the Feb. and April
mastermind programs and it always puts me in the greatest mood and gets my creative juices flowin Even though I
am just one of many thousand customers, you've forged that emotional tie with me that all businesses strive to
forge with their customers. You've acknowledged me, listened to me, stimulated me, inspired me, gave me personal
attention, and a sense of security! My Abraham Library takes up half the bookcase and it gives a sense of security
to know I have all that resource material at my fingertips.
WAIT! THERE"S MORE!
I made some great new friends I continue to speak with and see: Audri Lunford, Craig Hane, David Shiang. And
others I've befriended through their contributions on the tapes, even though they may not know who I am The
value of these friendships is truly priceless.
HOW DO I SEE YOU?
Hmmm. What do you think of "Brilliance facilitator?" It seems you are a supreme catalyst. I get so many idea
while listening to your programs while driving I have to keep a tape recorder nearby to record them all. Its an
interesting question. Because while you (and the people you've brought together) have taught me skills that will
probably make me millions over the course of my lifetime, you've given me something much more valuable:
let's call it a new, expansive way to look at life and a new way to
listen toGood luck with the book! You have my permission to use any of the preceeding anyway you wish.
Susan Berkley Berkley
Productions, inc. 611
Broadway Suite 815 New
York NY 10012

March 7, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal

950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Mr. Abraham:
This letter is to compliment you on the great marketing series
"For Your Marketing Eyes Only!" It has increased my income
dramatically. As a little background I am one crew piping contracting
company. Here are two examples:
1. I drafted a letter to a list of builders in the local Yellow
Pages. I used every technique you set forth in FYMEO. The response
was small but the return was great. Especially for one builder in
particular. Within the next four years, he gave me $88,365.00 worth
of business. I also received another $46,000.00+ of business by his
recommendations.
2. My Yellow Page ad was changed to read exactly as you
described in FYMEO. It was a reading type ad as opposed to a
conventional type Yellow Page ad. The ad cost $730.00 a month. I
received at least $3,900.00 per month in business solely from this ad.
In my line of business your gross profit is approximately 75%.
Therefore I received a gross profit of $100,773.75 from example #1 and
at least $2225.00 a month from example #2. For a small one crew
operation I was ecstatic.
Thank you for your great ideas.
Sincerely,

Sam Renauro
SR/sz

20 South Main Street

Concord, NH 03301
March 7, 1994

PERSONAL

Mr. Jay Abraham

Abraham Publishing Group
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I'm responding to your request for success stories for two
reasons.
1. Because I believe you deserve a response, and
2. To get the free stuff.
I'm also responding to your request for additional feedback
concerning your role in relation to your customers. It's interesting
that it has occurred to me over recent months to write such a letter to
you, anyway. And to tell you the truth, I have no idea why I've felt
the urge to do that.
Let me first say that I have purchased a number of your products
over the years, including Your Marketing Genius at Work and For Your Marketing
Eyes Only, along with other smaller purchases since that time. I also
must confess that I feel like I've used them not nearly as well as they
might have been. Against this background my "success story" and other
feedback might make just a little more sense.
Success Story
It's now eight years ago that my wife and I purchased a sporting
goods store in Concord, New Hampshire. It had been in business for over
fifty years. We were not especially interested in getting into the
sporting goods business; rather, we were interested in purchasing the
property. When the owner offered to sell us the property if we purchased
the business, too, we decided to go ahead and do it for the following
reasons.
At the time we had two sons in their early twenties who had not
gone to college and were not pursuing any specific careers. We already
were in business for ourselves, operating a hairdressing school and a
hair salon, and felt that this would be an opportunity to both spend some
time with our sons and hopefully give them an opportunity to learn some
of what we had learned in pursuing a business of our own.

It was clear from

able to spend much time
was also clear that our
to operate the business

the beginning that neither my wife nor I would be

actually working the sporting goods business. It
two sons, being young, would not have the savvy
on their own.

We developed a system of supervising financial aspects of the

business, but felt compelled to provide our sons with some sort of
specific guideline that they could use to guide their performance.
Within days of beginning business operations, it occurred to me
that your principle of having a "unique selling proposition" might be
just the thing we needed, and not just as a marketing tool, but as a
management tool as well.
In a casual meeting with my two sons, we began developing a unique
selling proposition by proposing the question, "If you were going to a
sporting goods store, what kind of store would you want to go to?" Out of
our conversation we developed a four-point unique selling proposition.
(Now, Jay, I'm not telling you this is a great one, or even correct. I'm
just telling you that this is what we came up with.)
1. WE HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF. To us this meant that we had the
right selection of things. Both high-end, nifty stuff, and entrylevel selections, with some in-between. This guided us in our
purchasing and enabled us to purchase with particular customer
profiles in mind.
2. WE PROVIDE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU CHOOSE. This meant that
individuals in the store were familiar with the products and were able to
help people make wise selections. This also promoted a cross-training
program among the people who worked there that consisted of, quite
simply, a one-hour class each week where one person who had selected "the
stuff" provided co-workers with the information that went into making
their choices.
3. YOU GET TREATED GOOD BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE SALE. This
promoted a concern for friendliness, name recognition and proper handling
of customers' problems with anything they had purchased from us.
4. WE HAVE PRICES YOU ARE NOT AFRAID TO PAY. This meant that even
though we were a small store and could not always compete with big chains
and discounters on price, we would never allow a customer to leave our
store having made a purchase and get the feeling they had been screwed
when they saw the same thing somewhere else. This gave us all confidence
in dealing with customers about price. Our position was that we sold a
combination of product information and service. That our prices for what
we did in total were worth it to most people. Those who didn't feel it
was worth it were not our customers.
Jay, you can imagine with a unique selling proposition like that
our business did not sky-rocket over night. But here's what did happen.
In a period of four years, with no previous experience in or knowledge of
the sporting goods business, and with no buying group to work with or any
expert resource to go to for advice, our sales increased over 300
percent.

When we purchased the store the former owner's final year in

business had produced just over $300,000 in sales, and four years
later we were on the verge of breaking $1,000,000.
Unfortunately, we closed this business because of personal reasons-namely, that our sons were not developing much more than they had and
we felt we were mostly providing a comfortable dead end for them.
But I can tell you that it was this unique selling proposition that
made our success possible, and in more ways than one. Not only did we
increase sales 300 percent with a very small staff of people, none older
than 25 years of age, but we also did it with a relatively simple
management system.
Our unique selling proposition was visible on the sign above the
cash register in the store and also in our back office. Commonly, when
questions would come up about buying decisions or how to handle a
particular customer's situation, the answer was provided by merely
pointing to the sign. It enabled the people who worked in the store to
learn very quickly what our values were and to operate independently much
sooner than would otherwise have been possible. It also enabled us to
have each member of the staff work as a buyer as well as a seller, and
this gave them an "ownership" interest in their jobs and in the overall
welfare of the business.
I can honestly say that I have not used much of the information you
have delivered to me over the years, but I consider your idea of
developing and using a unique selling proposition to be the finest of
what I have used.
So that's it. Summarized, it might go like this: Develop your
staff, minimize management headaches and increase your sales 300 percent
using one simple technique. I'm sure you can word it better, but that' s
exactly what happened to us.
Feedback
I'm sure you're going to get more useful feedback from other people.
I'm only trying to guess your eventual use for this, but in doing so I
can imagine that what I'm going to say will not be very useful.
Nevertheless, it's what I had in mind to tell you even before your
solicitation.
Shortly before the end of 1993 you sent put a sales letter
indicating that you would be doing less work in 1994 and wanted to give
former customers first option on your time. In your sales letter you
specified a list of services and prices that I have saved.
I've been too busy working in our businesses over the years to
really step back and work on our businesses. I have subscribed to your
materials and read them, and kicked myself many times for not making
better use of them. When I think about the aggravation and hassle of
running the businesses we are in, and the comparatively modest financial
success we've had (compared to you, that is) , I feel almost embarrassed
by my lack of achievement.
Your letter that I've referred to I've saved. It's my intent some
day to perhaps shrink it down and display it where I can see it

in a collage of sorts. And let me tell you why.

That you are able to write a
fees identified makes you my hero.
letter for me would confirm that I
of the services and fees contained
prouder of you and happier for you

letter such as that and command the

My secretary who is typing this
took the time to share with her some
in your letter. I just couldn't be
than I am.

But at the same time it makes me feel like a loser.

Over the years I have been told by a number of people that I could
easily be a consultant of sorts. That I could be selling information,
which we all know is a very low-inventory business. That I could be
working in a much less aggravating role and enjoying more financial
success.
If that day ever gets here, it may be mostly because of the example
you have provided. It may be because I have, in fact, made up a collage
the pages of your letter, framed it and displayed it where it could annoy
the shit out of me every day. It might just be the one carrot, or twoby-four, that spurs me to make the transition.
So, Jay, you now know why my feedback may not be as useful as
anybody else's. I do see you as a great marketer, teacher and
consultant. But mostly to me you are an example of somebody that not
only "can do it" but actually "does it." In a way you are a thorn in my
side, but I am not a jealous person, and because of that I can be happy
for your success and know that it's possible for others who will make the
commitment to pursue their fullest potential.
Thanks for doing a good job at what you do. I wish you continued
success.
Sincerely,

Michael J. Montore

March 8, 1994
Mr. Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group
950 Indian Peak Road
Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA

90274

Dear Jay,
I wanted to drop you a short note in response to your letter I
received, Success Stories Wanted.
Mine is pretty simple - after listening to some of your cassettes I
realized that my profession, financial services, is made up of not
only commissions and management fees but also retainers. I decided
start charging retainers as a percentage of my clients income for
financial, tax, investment, estate and other financial related
advice.
Upon charging for these fees I enacted a "money back guarantee" to
clients. I truly feel that my retaining of additional people was
made possible because of that guarantee. Many of the people said
"well, we have nothing to lose my using your services".
My income went up considerably, probably by at least 25% with
this technique that I learned with your cassettes.
Jay, I appreciate all that you and your organization offers and
have listened to a number of your tapes. I look forward to the
free Success Set that you will be sending to me.
I hope the above is helpful and I look forward to seeing your
material in the future.
Sincerely yours,

Jeffrey P. Morand
JPM/dwl

march 8. 1994
Abraham Publishing Group - Jay Abraham Personal
$50 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA. $0274
"WOW! I NEVER REALIZED THE STARTLING EFFECT TEAT JAY ABRAHAM HAS HAD ON MY
BUSINESS..."
The exercise of putting in writing, the effects of Jay Abraham on my
carpet cleaning business, really makes me appreciate him a great deal! As a
matter of fact it is quite enlightening.
Jay's overall, most pervasive effect is the attitude that he wants you to
reak upon every aspect of business and marketing. I know that's a vague
generality, but I'll get into the specifics later. Jay's attitude is customer
oriented - to say the least: The onus is on the service/product provider -not the
customer. Give the customer more than he expects and the rewards will be
forthcoming like a flood. Jay's overall concern with great service to the customer
has been my USP. I have stressed extraordinary service in all my literature and
advertising. For example, if a customer has an accidental spill I will go to
his/her home/business to remove the stain - free! And -above all I let customers
and prospects know that in no uncertain terms. It builds goodwill - not to mention
the referrals and repeat business. I let my prospects know that I will be on time
for each and every appointment. I communicate my service oriented USP and perhaps
that is why 66% of my sales are from repeats and referrals.
Jay stresses the lifetime value of each customer(marginal net worth). I know
that a $50 job is not just a $50 value to me. It's really equal to over $300 in the
long run because of the repeat work. Using this principle, I mail postcards to
prospects offering to clean 1 room of carpet for just $10. Crazy -most people say.
He goes all the way to Osh Kosh, spends 45 minutes, uses his materials and
equipment for a measley $10. Little do they know that my best customers who have
spent thousands of dollars for my services, started with a $10 giveaway.
Per Jay, I have tested several headlines until finding optimal results. Per
Jay, I keep records of effectiveness of all marketing endeavors. If it can not be
measured I don't do it!

138 Towne House Road

Hamden, CT 06514
(203) 281-4561

Jay's
insistence on
measuring marketing results has saved me a fortune. For example, I would still be
spending tons of money on newspaper and Yellow Pages ads if 1 didn't keep records
and realize that they were not cost effective. Of course he also stresses the
measurement of backend sales in order to know marginal net worth of customers.
Jay believes that marketing is so much more than just putting and ad in the
newspaper and Yellow Pages. He mentions that if he has only "x" dollars he would
not rely on newspaper ads. I've followed that philosophy and use advertising in
newsprint sparingly. After thorough testing last year I still only received $2 in
sales for each advertising dollar spent. Quite disappointing! However, marginal net
worth still makes it worthwhile.
Jay stresses followup communication to your most valuable asset - your
customer list. Last month (a poor one for carpet cleaning in this part of the
country) I mailed postcards to customers and received $15 in sales for each
dollar spent. Compare that to my newspaper expense ratio and you see why Jay
would say, "hey, you've got to do more than just throw an ad in the paper".
Jay is big on using other people's customers. I've used this concept in what I
call my "branch offices". I've made arrangements with carpet stores and dry cleaners
to recommend me to their customers. I give them 10% of the sales generated. The stores
have no way of knowing what sales they've generated but believe me - I don't
shortchange them because I realize that the more commissions they receive the harder
they push my services. They love to get checks in the mail for just giving my name
to somebody who calls in. I try to adhere to Jay's philosophy of giving people more
than they expect. Last year 15% of my sales were from "branches". My marketing cast
using branches obviously is $1 for each $10 in sales and counting- marginal net worth I
receive more like $30 in sales for each dollar spent in commissions. Again - compare
that to my newspaper ad results. No contest - thank you Jay!
Jay's techniques are not just for multimillion dollar operations. Sure -it
isn't economically worthwhile for him to personally work with a small timer but his
low cost methods fit perfectly with small businesses. I'm just a one person operation
with maximum sales of $130,000 annually but I can attest that Jay's techniques are just
what the doctor ordered.

1 perceive Jay Abraham as a marketing maverick. He takes on the awe-some

risk of performing marketing services in a measureable way and actually wants
clients to quantitatively value his efforts.That is taking the onus! Standard
advertising agencies don't even want you to measure results. They tell you
marketing results can't be measured. Pardon the expression but I know Jay would
say - "that's B.S." Pretty pictures and cleaver lines don't add up to sales:
I see Jay as someone who loves his work and that is why he is a marketing
genius. 1 think he sincerely wants to help people and generally improve the
marketing industry. He's hard working, creative, open to learning and don't take
this the wrong way - quite a character! He's taken the challenge of getting
results in dollars and cents from marketing - not just making pretty pictures or
"getting your name out in front of people".
Perhaps I can't be objective in my analysis of Jay because I so thoroughly
agree with his basic marketing philosophy but I would like to say thanks for doing
a great job. He's the epitomy of free enterprise!

I hereby give permission to use the contents of this letter to Jay Abrahan in
any manner he sees fit.

March 8, 1994

Mr. Jay L. Abraham Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
RE: "Success Stories Wanted: Reward Offered"
Dear Jay,
Here is one good recent example of the synergy of several major
concepts you preach and teach that has resulted in a super gain (from zero
leads to 55 plus leads within seven days and should reach nearly 100 before
the next 'Pak' is mailed with the next tweaked generation of this ad) for a
small business client of mine a weight loss center (using hypnosis) here in
Richmond. (As V-P goes that response is superior.)
This success story illustrates how your heavy emphasis on the power
and importance of headlines, together with the concept of USP, plus the
giving of premiums (a free report and cassette), and the use of testimonials
can, when combined, really generate an explosive response of new leads and
new business.
By the way, their program costs $1000. and they expect to close 15+
new clients. If so then this $450. ad will have brought in $15,000. or more in
new business. Needless to say they're ecstatic! Having gone from zero
response, zero sales from their last horrible coupon ad to the above response
and new sales.
Some Background
Specifically my client had one more already-contracted-for run of
their ad in Val-Pak in to two zip codes around Richmond. While I don't think
this media is appropriate for their target audience, they were stuck. (They
have hundreds and hundreds of leads they've never followed-up on or
reworked, but that's another story.)
Anyhow, I convinced them that they had nothing to lose and
everything to gain by doing something radically different from the

typical cluttered, advertiser-centered coupon type ads found ad

nauseam in Val-Pak.
Now here's what I did: I told them about the focusing power of
defining and articulating their USP, and why they should try some
articulation of it in their next Val-Pak ad. They agreed. After an hour or
so of directed brainstorming, I knew what had to be said and what their
headline should say. Like you've said before, often the client has within
them the "killer" kernel of the ad copy but they just don't know how to
pull it off and how to make it super-grow more business for them.
Anyway, the headline I came up with filled the front of the
bordered ad (black ink on yellow-page yellow paper) and said:
Attention Overweight & Stressed Out Women...

Finally...Lose All The Weight You Desire

Permanently, Easily...Guaranteed!
And You'll Feel Good & Look Good Again!
No Prepackaged Foods No Fad Diets No Magic Pills
(Please Read Other Side Now)
On the back panel I put this header:
Do These Women's Stories Sound Like You ... But without The
Success?
Below that, flush left in a box, I put three meaty testimonials from
women who have been through the program. I knew instantly other fat
women with food problems would identify with them because each woman
lost gobs of weight and had their lives greatly improved on many deep
and lasting, permanent levels -- NLP and hypnosis is that powerful.
But you know that don't you.
Lastly, to the right set in a light-gray tint box, is their 800
number offering the free report and audio cassette tape, both of
which I ghost wrote. Together, it all worked like a charm!
So, Jay, that's one client's little success story.

Dear Jay,
I received your letter today and jumped right on it The enclosed ads were placed in subdivisions in central Florida. With each set we changed the sub-division's name to match the
sub-division.
I opened my first maid service in 1979 in a efficiency apartment with $13.68. It grew to 35
employees and $500,000 a year in business by 1988. I was a finalist for "Entrepreneur of the
Year". I sold the business that year and tried a new business concept and it failed badly. We
managed to hold on to the home I designed and decided we had to get to work or lose that as
well.
In November of 1990 we opened ServiceMaid International Inc. The thrust of marketing
came right from your course that I had been receiving in installments over several months.
First I had a custom logo designed. Then I ran an ad for legal, accounting and printing in
exchange for professional maid service. I achieved all three. Since I was flat broke this was my way
of getting started. My wife, stepdaughter and myself dropped these flyers the first week in
November. We did $4,000 before the month was out. The next month $6,000. There are
two factors to consider here that make these figures outstanding:
(1.) I have never heard of any maid service opening with $4,000 their first month without a
direct ratio of advertising dollars of at least 15% of volume. This information comes from
consulting for 15 different maid services in Orlando. This includes 3 national franchises. We
spend about $5.00 total.
(2.) There are a minimum of 150 maid services in Orlando metro, at any given moment. The
population in metro Orlando is 600,000. As an example Boise, ID has 3 maid services and
300,000 residents. The waiting list for service is 3 months. In short we have to market
intelligently and provide a top notch service.
I have recently written an ad for the addition of dry cleaning services that will really knock
your socks off. My phone number is (407) 331-6243 voice or fax 331-9194.
All The Best!
Timothy M. Ricke
CEO, ServiceMaid

Intn'l Inc.

March 9, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Road., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Mr. Abraham:
In response to your request for new success stories I would like to submit the
following for your review.
A while ago I took on a client who was involved in the manufacturing of hightech, computerized weighing devices. This company, although very successful with
sales of $100MM and growing annually at a rate of 17%, had found its growth
increasing at an alarming decreasing rate. Their business philosophy was that
their product was so good that it would sell itself. Their operational
management and customer follow-up was very loose. And although they did have
some manufacturers reps working for them in various geographical areas their
support was poor and the return was low. This company mainly waited for leads to
come to them.
I then proceeded to develop an integrated marketing program based on the Jay
Abraham principles of marketing. These included:
a) Revising the trade ads by implementing the Abraham copy development strategies of
stressing benefits in the headline and body copy and emphasizing the Jay
Abraham principle of making it easy to do business with your company by providing
direct response mechanisms like bingo cards, coupons or an 800 number.
b) Implementing a direct mail program to key business consisting of a sales
letter, a 4/c brochure and an easy response BRC. The selling format of the
letter was based on that used in the Jay Abraham sales letters that emphasize
benefits and provide ample information.
c) Developing a telemarketing program to immediately follow-up the direct mail
program to catch the prospect while the written information was still on his desk
or, at least, still fresh in his mind.
d) Creating first-class support and promotional materials (ie. brochures, sell
sheets, price lists, ads, etc) to be mailed out and for reps to provide to
prospects. Material copy was all based on the Jay Abraham sell principles.
e) Implemented and on-going Public Relations program to maintain trade awareness.
Press releases and kits formatted by Jay Abraham would announce new products, new
employees, acquisitions, special event, etc.
f) Developed a follow-up system that would immediately provide newly acquired
leads to the appropriate sales representative.

These are just sane of the facets of an overall marketing program that was
developed using the Jay Abraham principles. This program has thus far increased
monthly leads from 200 to 500 and increased average monthly sales from $8MM to
$14MM in a little over a year.
In describing precisely how I see Jay Abraham, I would agree that I do consider
him to be a great salesman, a master strategist, a philosopher and a thinker.
All of the above. But I have to take this one step further and say that I also,
and more importantly, consider him to be a mentor. Someone I can turn to, either
personally or in reference material, to learn new ways of addressing new
marketing problems in this ever changing market-place.
I hope this information is helpful to you and I look forward to hearing from you
in the near future.

Sincerely,

(812) 232-0753 FAX:

(812) 232-3978

March 9, 1994
Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham
Marketing Group 944 Indian Peak
Road, Suite 210 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274

Dear Jay,
This is a belated "thank-you letter". In 1989,1 attended one of your
early Boot Camps. My company was at the $700,000 sales level at that
time. I have applied a few of your ideas and we have continued to grow.
Today, we are over the $2,000,000 level.
One idea alone has dropped $500,000 to our bottom line.
I have since attended two more of your seminars. They are always
stimulating and generate many good ideas. The networking alone is very
valuable.
As you know, I have developed a new practical QPI Process Focused
Management System to help my companies develop strong independent
management teams. QPI has been so successful thai I am now sharing it
with others much as you have shared your marketing wisdom. If I can be
10% as successful as you have been, that will be a great accomplishment and
it will help many others.
Keep up the good work. And, thanks again. Best
wishes. Sincerely,

From the desk of Sean A. Quental of S. A. Enterprises

Dear Jay.
I thank you for the opportunity to let me tell you the way your system has helped me and my
companies. I purchased your home study version at the cost of $1800 which I was
hesitant, but your better than 100% money ack guarantee changed my mind. That one
technique increased my retails sales. How much, it is hard to say because I never kept
records of the no's mat I got, but since I've employed that technique no one has said "no". A
little hard to believe, not for me, it's hard for me to believe that anyone would say "no" to me
now, they would have to be crazy. I offered a 30 day money back guarantee and a free
video which is theirs to keep even if they return the product.
The most important single thing that it did for me was to give me the knowledge, the key, the
secrets, the leverage, the pivot, the hinge, the turning point to what I needed to make the
changes that had to occur, also, gave me the confidence that it had already worked before;
therefore, it would work again.
This in turn, gave me confidence and my confidence must have shown as I was offered the
position of president of a company. Which, in mm, raised my confidence even more, which
allowed me to break my paradigm that I had to be the distributor. Why not be the supplier
and have others work for me?
I could go on and on, however, consider the following formula:
DESIRE X EXPECTATIONS = MOTIVATION
We all (entrepreneurs) have the desire as our expectations rise so does our motivation. Your
course allowed my expectations to raise, therefore, my motivation did.
Since I purchased your course the following are some of the techniques that I have used
a nation wide radio system that in the spring will go out to over 200
2. Set up a lead generation program that generated over 7000 calls in six weeks at the cost
of about $4 per lead.
3. Set up a host/parasite relationship with three people in the real estate industry that
provides me with a steady steam of income each without working.
4. Employed one of your techniques that double the number of lunches being sold at a local
restaurant and received a fee for it.
Indeed I give you permission to use my letter as you see fit in exchange for the tape
series that you are offering in return.

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estate, CA 90274

3-8-94

Dear Jay,
As usual you put together an offer I could not pass up.
Here it is, my success story -- How a Martial Arts school produced $8,000 in just 3 weeks.

The power of endorsement

First let me set the stage. We recently opened a second school in a new community. The prime target market is
kids within an eight mile radius of the school. To efficiently reach that market I decided to do through local
Hair Salons. The main reason for hair salons was to reach the decision maker...the mother.
I approached 5 hair saloons with the premise of "we are a new Martial Arts school in the community and I
wanted to do something special to introduce ourselves to the community." And at the same time a program that
helps their own business.
The offer was a FREE introductory lesson (value $20). It did not include uniform so there was no real expense
for the school. I printed 500 quality FREE intro gift certificates -- cost $125.
The Hair Saloons gave the gift certificates away as a promotional gift or to key customers Get a $10 hair cut
and we'll give you a $20 introductory Karate certificate (something along those lines).
Yes, it was a success and we all benefited. The Hair Saloons improved its image by giving extra value to their
customers. The Salon handed out the gift certificate that implies their endorsement and saved us on mailing
cost
To add it up, we enrolled 8 new students at an average of $1000 per student for the first year. That comes to a
grand total of $8000. However, the average lifetime value of a student is $ 4,500 x 8 = $36.000 - not bad for a
$125 dollar investment.
The major difference in my approach was to have the businesses hand out the gift certificates (to show value
and endorsement) rather than just placing on counter top for their customers to pick up or more than likely not
even notice. Endorsement makes a BIG difference.
Thank you for the great ideas/concepts.
Now to try defining "Jay Abraham." Well, for me I'll relate it to Martial Arts.
I categorize Jay Abraham as a Grand Master in Marketing. Just like a Grand Master in Martial Arts you have a
higher level of awareness, expertise and a great sense of creativeness. What's more important is you are also
an excellent teacher.
Thank you for your teachings. Feel free to use this letter in any of your marketing promotions.
Sincerely,

1266 Wentworth Way

San Jose,

CA

MikeAguiiera
95121

(408)972-4108

March 5, 1994
Jay Abraham

Abraham Publishing Group

950 Indian Peaks Road - Suite 100

Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Dear Jay,
I'm so glad you asked your clients for an opportunity to share their successes with you. I've
always wanted to send you something like because ever since I received "Your Marketing
Genius At Work" (I don't know how many years ago, plus a lot of your other items tapes &
books), my marketing career has absolutely taken off.
I've read all the books you've recommended. I've read your material no less than 100
times, listened to your tapes 100's of times, etc. etc.
I practiced, failed, practiced, failed, and one day woke up and started writing material that's
taking me from a measly $40,000 income to over $200,000 this year alone! Now that's
progress. And, it all started with your material.
I've enclosed only a few samples of work I've created that's gotten me appointment's with
some of the largest companies in this country.
One self promotion I've come up with goes like this:
I didn't have enough money for mailing so I went down to the local Fed. Ex. office, picked up
some envelopes and some labels wrote out the address's as if I were actually sending it via
Fed. Ex. put my "Fossel" letter in it and hand delivered it to the reception area in the
accounts that I really wanted to see.

That same day, I bought some NY State Lottery tickets, attached those to my "Lottery -Thank
You" letter -- sent that Priority Mail (I paid for it this time!) to those same accounts.
Now, what's the purpose of all of this? Well, I'll tell you. You see, I delivered the Fed. Ex.
Fossel letters on Monday. You know as well as I that any Fed. Ex. letter will be opened. Now
when the recipient sees a "genuine fossel" and a letter that relates it to "prehistoric
marketing methods" & then sees my "telephone ringing card" which relates to more "modem
technology", you know I'll get my first and most desired reaction out of them which is a big
fat smile!
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-2Secondly, the Priority Mail letters will probably be delivered either on Tues. or Wed. latest.
Since NY State hold its lottery ticket drawing's every Wed. and Sat., I opted to get the
Saturday tickets which FORCED my potential account to think of me until the end of the
week.
I then followed up with phone calls either late on Wednesday or early on Thursday and you
know what happened? Each and every time I called, I never had to say any more than "Hi,
this is Neil Brown calling, I'm the one who sent you the fossel and lottery ticket letter" -I ALWAYS GOT A HAPPY PERSON ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE WHO
THOUGHT THIS WAS THE MOST ORIGINAL MARKETING THEY HAVE EVER SEEN.
I've been able to see over 93% of the people I've done this with. The other 7% just
didn't do any type or promotions or were locked up with another agency (in contract), and
would contact me when they could.
I've been able to close over 50% of these people in doing business with me but if I didn't
have the proper education to start off with to help me think of creative ideas like this, I'd
still be earning $40,000 per year.
I want to thank you wholeheartedly for everything. It's worth it to me to share this with you
even if I don't receive your free gifts. You may use any part of this letter for any promotions
you might have in the future.
The only concern I have is that I don't want it known that I didn't pay for Fed. Ex., that I
hand delivered these letters. I don't need any trouble from a company like this.
Anyway, thanks for the opportunity.
All My Best,

March 10,1994
Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
It's been three years since I attended your Protege Seminar in California. It was an
"Eureka" kind of experience that continues to help drive my business every day.
When I returned home, my agency was billing around $500,000 in sales. I sat down and
listed 20 new companies that I wanted as clients. I then began a one year mailing
program where I utilized your marketing concepts, including providing information to
prospects on "The Ten Biggest Marketing Mistakes ...".
Our list of client started to grow. In every case, they liked the multiplicity of marketing
approaches and options we brought to their business. Our ideas were sound, cost
effective and measurable. Most importantly, they produced results.
We have many case history examples now, but one in particular comes to mind. A few
months after the seminar, we acquired a hotel resort that had been taken over by their
bank. They were at a low 43% occupancy, and losing money month after month. We
started testing ad copy (specific offers instead of institutional ads), testing price,
testing media, testing direct mail. In our copy, we admitted some past mistakes and told
guests the steps we had taken to correct the problems. Everything we did focused on
giving the guest more than was promised. Very soon, the reservation lines started
ringing and every day that I passed by, more and more cars were in the parking lot.
Within six months, occupancy had climbed to 72% and the hotel was making a small
profit. Six months later, occupancy climbed to 80% (a couple of months were actually
100% sold out), and profits were steadily climbing. Best of all, my client was able to buy
the property back from the bank. Today, they tell everyone that it was our programs that
turned their business around.
That's really gratifying.

482 Congress Street -Portland, Maine 04101 - 207-772-8948 * FAX 207-761-9490

March 10,1994
Jay Abraham
Page 2

The more I use your principals, the more I am able to help companies solve their
problems. In turn, the more we grow. Today, I can always turn to your tapes or
writings for ideas or clarification, and that makes you a workout partner in my
business. And when I go into a presentation or meet with a client, I can clearly hear
your voice nudging me to use the principals and work the process. It's now become
second nature.
In my business career, I've had a few strong mentors: John Crawford, a founder of Leo
Burnett Advertising; Sam Fink, Creative Director at Y&R; and Remus Harris, one of
the early pioneers of marketing at Colgate Palmolive. I place you in the company of
these marketing giants, and look upon you as a mentor.
Kindest regards,

P.S. We have secured 12 of the 20 target clients on our list since your seminar and our
billings this year will approach $2,000,000 a 400% increase in three years attributed
to using your principals and programs!

CONTRAST
7699 S.W. Bayberry Drive
Beaverton, Oregon 97007-5504
Phone/Fax 503-642-3969
March 8,1994 Jay
Abraham (personal) Abraham Publishing Group 950
Indian Peak Road Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
A $42 a month news letter that changed my life!
Four years ago I signed up for "Your Marketing Genius at Work". I was in the
lighting business, but you turn on the lights. At the time, I had no idea how a
marketing news letter could impact my business much less my life. But the ad
copy for it was so good how could I turn it down," better than risk free".
Let me take you back in time. It was 1990,1 was in the commercial /industrial
lighting business. I had been in the business for twelve years and I was on the
verge of bum out. A business I didn't like, with a partner I didn't like and
feeling trapped.
In September of 1991 I sold my share of the business to my partner for $61,000.
The best part was that he thought it was his idea and he was stealing the
business. You see sales had gone through the roof, from 1.7 million/year to 3.2
million/year in little more than a year. When I left it was on a five million a year
annualized rate. All I did was implement a few marketing pillars I learned
about in "YMGAW". By the way, he didn't have a clue, still doesn't.
I decided to take a year off to read and study some of the esoteric marketing and
advertising books you had turned me on to. Told my fiends I was on
"sabbatical", what a giggle. Then in February of 1993 I went to your
"Mastermind Marketing Seminar", three days of WHITE HOT INTENSITY,

(2)

with a room full of 450+ fractal thinkers lead by you with consummate skill. It
was an incredible adventure, "The Abraham Experience".
I am currently involved in an export joint venture. My main interest however is
in the publishing and marketing of information products. I have several projects
in the hopper and I will keep you current if you are interested.
Thank you for sharing so freely your marketing genius. You are one of a kind.

Duane A. Smith
264 Westwood Drive
San Angelo, Texas 76901
March 6, 1994
Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham Publishing
Group, Inc. 950 Indian Peak Road,
Suite 100 Rolling Rills Estates,
CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I received your letter in yesterday's (Saturday's) late afternoon
mail, and I'll be glad to take time from my income tax preparation
stuff to write to you.
You will not recall it but, when I first became aware of you and
Your Marketing Genius At Work, I was busy being a writer of fiction
novels and thought that, just maybe, your genius might, in some way,
be able to help me get published. Well...I couldn't seem to find
what I was looking for in YMGAW and a telephone conversation with
you corroborated my sinking-heart feeling.
I went ahead and continued to write. And tried every way I could
think of to get published. And nothing worked. Yet, everyone I let
read my manuscripts (in an effort to find out what I was doing wrong
and why agents and publishers couldn't seem to fall in love with my
writing) said they all liked my writing...very much ...and they
couldn't understand why I was unable to get them published.
Well, you say to never give up....

That there is always a way...

...And there is. I took one particular one of my novels, one that
an awful lot of people seemed to like, and I self-published it. Not
vanity-press published. Self-published. There is a difference.
Then I began selling it. I took it into B. Dalton Book Sellers and
they stocked it locally...and also advertised and held an authorsigning get-together for me and my book. I took it into Hastings
Book Store (another book seller here in San Angelo) and they stocked
it, as also did ASU Book Store at Angelo State University.

Now I realize that any sales made from a starting base of zero is an
increase of 100%...but that's cheating (in my case). What I did,
however, is absorb from your teachings the fact that businesses are
making the worst mistake of their business lives when they don't get
names and addresses of their customers. I secured the name,
address, and telephone number of every purchaser of a copy of my
book when I sold it and I, hopefully, got the same information from
the books stores. Then I contacted the purchasers of my book to ask
them what they thought of it.

With the purchasers' permissions, I used their testimonials to aid

me in selling copies of my book to others in face-to-face
presentations. And I used them in mail-outs.
But, again, an element of marketing you taught, a teaching I never
forgot, is that of "back-end" sales. With copies of my book having
already been sold and the people who bought them telling me how
much they like my book, I went back, by letter and by telephone and
in person, to each person who had read The Man Who Owned Charley
and pitched to them that it is also a great gift for mothers,
fathers, daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, grandparents, favorite
aunts and uncles, cousins, friends, in-laws, out-laws, etc., etc.,
etc. In fact, everybody who is on their Christmas card mailing list
or their give-gifts-to list.
And, of course, I had some business cards printed and have been
busy sending them out and passing them out like crazy.
My sales picked up dramatically, with many people buying two and
three and more copies (one woman bought five copies right away a
copy for each of her four sisters and her motherand then her
mother bought two copies to be given to a couple of her granddaughters, one of the sisters bought two copies to give, another
sister bought four copies to give and one of her sons (and his wife)
bought two copies to give away as gifts).
So you can see that, yes, my sales are up. Dramatically. 100%.
200%. What? ...1,000%? Yes. I suppose one could say they are when
the base (nothing to sell) from which they have sprung is taken into
consideration. And now that I have these mail-order and "back-end"
sales activities going, time (which is money) and energy spent in
prospecting efforts have been slashed 45% with productivity rising
by nearly double. So, two things you taught meget the customer's
name and add- ress, and don't overlook "back-end" saleshave been
worth sevenfold dollars to me in the latter months compared to the
way things were going in the first months.
Now, this success story of mine may seem like pretty small potatoes
in the great scheme of things but it makes me feel good for I am
finally getting a product (one of my stories) out there where people
can enjoy it. And they seem to be glad to get it once they've
gotten it and they tell me they are enjoying it (and many of them
tell me they've read it more than once) so in a way I'm contributing
to helping make them feel good, too. (And please remember that
enough small-potatoes like me make for one heckuva potato salad out
here in this great country of ours.)
If I should receive one of your $250 success sets, I will count
myself fortunate indeed for this will probably help me increase

Duane A. Smith

Superior. Nebraska

264 Westwood Drive

San Angelo. Texas 76901

San Angelo. Texas

2421 Sherwood Way

San Angelo. Texas 76901

Age groups:

(A) 18-27; (B) 28-37; (C) 38-47; (D) 48-57;

(E) 58-67; (F) 68-77; (G) 78-87
[Age...or approximate-age group...of the owner of a copy of THE
MAN WHO OWNED CHARLEY is indicated by the digits or the capital
letter in brackets following the person's name.]
B. Barnes [C],
Texas:
"I am unable to read my book because my boyfriend saw it on a
coffeetable at my home the very next day after I bought it.
He took one look at it, at the cover and at the back cover,
and glanced through it, and said, 'I want to read this,'
and he took it home to Brady with him." (Brady is a small
town about 70 miles southeast of San Angelo.
DASmith)
C. Bernard [A], Texas:
"I really like it. I'm about halfway through it right now and I
think it's darned good. In fact, I think it's great." ....
"No. I sure don't think I wasted my money on it when I bought
it from you. I just think it's a real good story."
C. Blosser [44], Texas:
"I read it and I really liked it. I think it's a grand story, so
attention-getting and all. It kept hold of my attention all
the way through, alright."
T. Boisse [A], Texas:
"I haven't had a chance to read it, yet. I just now got it back
from my mother. When I bought the book from you, I took it
home with me. My mother saw the book, saw the cover, and
wanted to know what it was about. I let her read the information on the back cover and she said, 'Oh. I'd like to read
that. May I?' And from then on I couldn't get it away from
her until she had read it all the way through. During the
reading...and especially toward the end of the book...my mother
cried. My father asked her, 'Well, what's the matter? What"re
you crying for, now?' and she said, 'Oh-h-h-h-h, nothing. It's
just that this story is so beautiful!' Then she told me I
could have my book back but she wanted me to see you again,
'that Duane Smith who wrote this book,' and get her a copy."
(Tulisha told me her mother is a school teacher and she wants
to take her copy to school and show it to the other teachers and
people in the school. DASmith)
L. Buckingham [B], Texas:
"I like it. I like it very much.
stories that grow on you. It was
what with everything I have going
attention once you get started in

That's one of those kinds of

hard for me to do, read it,
on. But it sure keeps your
reading it. And you

hate to have to stop, to quit reading, for anything."

M. Callan [F], Texas:
She says she's about half way through it. She's about 72 and
says she has to force herself away from it; has to make herself
put it down and go do something else because she's enjoying it
so much she wants to draw it out as long as possible. And she
knows that once she's done with it, that's it...unless she
decides to try to find the time or take the time to start in on
it all over again.
C. Cuellar [42], Texas:
"I really liked it. It's one of the nicest stories I've ever
read. It almost made me bawl a couple of times. No. I mean
it. I really liked it. I'll save it and probably read it
again."
K. Culp [B], Texas:
"You were right. It's a good story. My wife and I both read it
and you really can write. I mean it, it's a really good
story."....."That man can write! He's a good writer and he's
got a really good story, there," (to another person in his
(Ken's) place of business). (Ken and Chad Bernard, quoted
earlier, work together in a tire and vehicle state safety inspection place. When I dropped by their place of business to
see if they had read THE MAN WHO OWNED CHARLEY and what they
thought of it, they were instrumental in my selling two more
copies to two of their customers through their unqualified
praise for my writing and my book. DASmith)
D. Delgado [B], Texas:
I didn't get to talk with Mrs. Delgado when I dropped by where
she works, but when another clerk at the counter found out what
it was I was there for, she said, "Oh, Dora's busy, right now.
But I can tell you she is reading your book. And enjoying it
very much. She's been telling us about it and how good it is."
(I have a promise of two more sales there when payday comes
around.
DASmith)
B. Dennis [D], Texas:
A lady who has her own tax/bookkeeping business, Mrs. Dennis was
one of the first people to get a copy of CHARLEY. When I
stopped by to ask her about it one day, she said, "I cried. I
took it with me to sit with a friend in the hospital, and I
cried. I would leave the book there in the room on a chair
whenever I had to leave the room for anything and the nurses

started asking me about the book. Now I want two more copies:
one for the nurses up there on that floor in the hospital, and
the other for my friend who was in the hospital."
Ken Eckert [56], San Angelo, TX:
(He is one of the people I let read my manuscript in my effort
to try to find out what I was doing wrong and why it was not
being kindly received by writers' agents and editors of various
publishing houses. In a letter he wrote to me (which I
included as one of the last pages in my book), he said he
thought I must be some kind of a genius, to be able to take a
simple idea like this and turn it into such a captivating tale.
DASmith)
"Sure I'm going to read it again," he told me when I asked him
about it. "It's a darned good story. And I never pass up an
opportunity to read a darned good story. But especially this
one! I really like the way you put this story together."
K. Fuson [B], Texas:
One day in a parking lot, as I was getting out of my car to go
into the place of business, I heard something being called:
"Mimmmer Mimhh! Mimmmer Mimhh!", but I, being slightly hard-ofhearing, did not realize it was my name (for I was hearing it
muffledly) until I heard, "DUANE!" I looked around and found I
was being hailed by a young woman who had been in the process of
just leaving. I walked over to her car and the young lady said,
"I want you to know I think your story is terrible." I said,
"What! I beg your pardon! What are you talking about?" And
she said, "I think your story is just terrible, Mr. Smith! You
remember that day in my office when I told you I didn't think I
would ever find time to read your book because I have my
business [It's a secretarial business. DASmith] to take care of
and that keeps me busy, and I've got my ten-year-old son to
take care of. And on top of that, I'm going to college." (And
then I remembered who she was and where we had met. She was one
of the first people to buy a copy of CHARLEY. DASmith) "Well,"
she said, "after you left that day, I made the mistake of
opening the book and starting to read a bit. Then a client came
in and I had to stop reading. When the client left, I went back
to the book and read some more. Then another client came in.
And it went like that for the rest of the day. Read in your
book and take care of a client, then read a bit more in your
book and take care of another client. The rest of the day like
that, Mr. Smith! It was just terrible!" ... "But! What part
of it didn't you like," I asked her and she said, "Oh, I didn't
say I didn't like it. I love it. I love the story. But I just

didn't think I'd ever find time to read it...and I finished it

that day and that night. I loved it when I read it. And I
keep it right there in my desk and every once in a while I look
in it and read some more. And every time I do, I find
something new I didn't remember being there."
(NOTE: I have subsequently visited Ms. Fuson's office...and she has
my book prominently displayed on top of a shelf case where people
coming into her office can see it and pick it up and brouse through
it if they wish. And she also has gone to the trouble of designing
and laser printing an attractive flyer that states, in large
letters, the name of my book, the fact that I am a local author,
and the names and locations of the two local book stores where
copies of my book are for sale. Now, I had never met Ms. Fuson
prior to the day I talked with her in her office and sold her a
copy of THE MAN WHO OWNED CHARLEY so I think that is a pretty
terrific reaction to a book and I think it's a pretty terrific
thing for one young lady to do. And I told her so and thanked her
sincerely. DASmith)
S. Garton [58], Superior, Nebraska:
(A sister of mine to whom I sent a copy of CHARLEY. DASmith) "It
was nice to get your short letter in the mail one day last week
and I was pleasantly surprised by your book. ... I wish you
great success with the book and the writing of more of them if
that's what you desire. I have read some of it and find it
interesting. You know how I am about 'certain' words and I just
skip over them and read on."
P. Gower [C], Texas:
"I absolutely loved it...after I could get it away from my
husband. He professes not to like to read very much because he
has to do so much of it in his work. But when he saw me
reading your book, he picked it up one time after I had laid it
down for a moment to go take care of something for one of our
teenagers...and he wouldn't let me have it back. After he had
started reading where I had left off, he then went back to the
beginning. And he said it had such an interesting beginning,
it made him want to keep right on reading to see where it was
going. So I didn't get it back to finish reading until he had
finished with it. But I'm glad, because he really doesn't read
very much just for pleasure alone anymore, and he certainly did
enjoy this book."

March 8, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.-Jay Abraham Personal
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates,
Ca. 90274
Dear Jay,
I spent several years obtaining my Juris Doctorate Degree, Charter
Life Underwriters designation and Certified Financial Planning
designation and was enjoying a balance financial planning career,
thinking that I was doing very well.
My sales were $1,000,000 per year in product and $300,000 in
insurance sales. Then I was introduced to Jay Abraham and "Your
Marketing Genius At Work". I learned to identify my unique selling
proposition and, through seminars and group meetings, pick clients
that identified themselves as needing my product and services on a
continuing basis.
My sales went from $1,000,000 per year to $30,000,000 per year
eighteen months later- a gigantic 3000% increase. My insurance
sales went from $350,000 to $2,000,000- a tremendous 571% increase. We
also created a bookkeeping-audit service that grew to $2,000,000 in
that same period.
That introduction to Jay Abraham was the most significant training
event and successful business experience in my life and Jay has
been one of the top five influences in my life. That's pretty
impressive for one who is only helping quote "sales". Jay
continues to produce outstanding ideas and materials that open new
opportunities and provides a guide through the mine-fields of
modern day business.

I no longer have the financial planning business but I plan to

achieve the same results with the law firm that I am working in the
area of Private Pensions and Asset Protection.
Jay taught me to not worry about competitors, to look at myself, my
talents and products and to let clients have the opportunity to see
and understand how I would assist them to achieve what they wanted.
Jay helps me see myself in relationship to others and how we can
grow together by offering clients what they want. I fully
recommend Jay Abraham and look forward to continued success through
our association.

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Fax No. (310) 544-6108 and First Class Mail
Dear Jay:
I am a graduate of your February, 1990 Protege Training Program. While I am by no
means "living on easy street," I have several noteworthy successes to report.
I am a lawyer, a sole practitioner with a genera! practice. Cash flow is a perpetual problem.
While reading and listening to your materials in preparation for the seminar, I put one of your
techniques to work on my late and delinquent accounts.
I sent a select group of clients a letter explaining my cash flow problems. I offered them a
discount on their bill if they would pay off the remaining balance. This generated a nearly one
hundred percent (100%) increase in my income for the month following the mailing.
When I relocated my office in October. 1990 from downtown Chicago to Wheaton, a
western suburb, I used another technique.
Since most businesses fail to maximize their existing clients, I composed a letter announcing my
move and sent it to all clients, active and inactive. This was a great success.
I was able to reactivate a former client who has since given me legal business which has so
far generated over Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($48,000.00) in fees.
This one client has also referred new clients to me. His referrals have thus far generated an
additional Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in fees.
Using your techniques, I was able to create with a dear friend, a high tech geographic
information systems (computerized mapping) company. We used his existing contacts to create
branches in Venezuela, Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Three (3) of these branches: Venezuela,
Mexico and Argentina are working on multi-million dollar mapping projects for local customers.
But my greatest success since my exposure to you has been to master my own demons and to
maintain a positive, success mindset for the past forty-eight (48) months.

We Go the Extra Mile for Our Clients

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal

March 8, 1994 Page Two

I have learned that keeping a positive, success mindset is truly ninety-five percent (95%) of
the struggle for success and ! am forever indebted to you for this attitude.
So how do I see you? I see you as my teacher, my mentor, my valued friend. My life has
been transformed since becoming your protege. Thank you!.

Andrew B. Spiegel
ABS:jy
Sincerely,

March 7, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
In all honesty, I have not gotten very far into the book which I purchased revealing your
marketing secrets. The reason, quite simply, is that I've been extremely busy with what seems to
be your main tenet: focus on existing customers and treat them the way I would want to be
treated.
Our sales were up minimally over the first six months of 1993. Sensing that drastic changes
were needed, I decided to employ your customer service philosophy. We reorganized our
company and made existing staff specialists rather than generalists. We also added staff so that our
clients could get better and quicker response.
We assigned one individual as a dedicated Customer Service Rep and have initiated a program
whereby we maintain regular contact (via telephone and in-person visits) with our clients. We
also purchased Thank You and All-Occasion cards and instituted a policy in which each staff
member writes at least one thank you note each day to a client. And we now offer our clients
what we believe to be the most liberal guarantees in our industry. For our Temporary Services
division we offer a Total Satisfaction guarantee which is plain and simple: if you don't like our
service, you don't pay for it. And for our Permanent Placement division we offer an
unconditional one year guarantee. If the placed candidate doesn't stay at least 30 days we
refund the entire fee back to the client. After 30 days we refund on a pro-rata basis.
While we worked hard at improving our customer service, we also emphasized being honest
with our clients. We did not promise what we could not deliver. If we did not have the right
people for an assignment, we told them up front and even offered to contact a competitor for
them. And we upgraded our image so that our clients felt even better about us.
The results?: Sales blossomed the second half of the year. In fact, the fourth quarter, which
traditionally is our worst or next to worst quarter, was far and away our best period of the year.
Revenues for the year shot up nearly $500,000, a 40-percent increase! And we have reason to
believe we are now not only the most respected agency in our area but also the largest. And we
are continuing to grow! Thus far in 1994, all of our numbers are well ahead of the same time
frame from a year ago. I should also note that while sales increased, we did not reduce our
margins one iota our pricing structure remained steady. In fact, in one area we even
increased our prices.
As I noted at the outset of this correspondence, I have not gotten very far into your material.
While the book I purchased is 395 pages in length, I have only gotten to page 10! All of the
changes which we initiated came from just ten pages of your thoughts and advise. Yet these

Mr. Jay Abraham

3/7/94
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ten pages have gotten us much more focused on our existing clients and have kept us so busy
that I have not had time to go deeper into the book. If the remaining pages are as productive as
the first few, we are going to see our business really take off to points I never before had
imagined!
Because I have not gotten deeply involved with your total philosophy, it is difficult for me to
answer with any real conviction just how I view your philosophy impacting me. Had I
completed the book, this might be an easier concept to address.
Like all "consultants", however, I feel you address things that everyone who hires a consultant
already knows but simply fails to address or simply ignores. In my case, for example, I already
knew that the customer should be the focus of my business and that this focus,
correspondingly, would be the cornerstone of my success. However, I was too busy running my
business and fighting the daily battles to see that we had lost this focus. Your ideas got me to step
back and look at the big picture, reassess what we were doing, and get back on track.
A strong argument could be made that you are a "compleat" marketing man. Clearly what you
offer is an extremely diverse approach. I see your role as enhancing one's strengths while
diminishing one's weaknesses. At the same time, you help your clients to open their eyes to the
obvious (which is so often difficult as we cannot see the forest for the trees) so that they might
seize the opportunities available to them.
Thus, I wish to express a sincere "thank you" for your book (whether written by you or an
other individual Mr. X). I do look forward to the adventures which lie ahead. And I wish you
every success with your new endeavor.
Sincerely,

Steve Salem

March 7, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group Inc.

Jay Abraham Personal 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay Abraham:
Thank you for every thing you have shared with me. Your
principles have helped me increase my on man insurance business from
$40,000 to over $150,000 of annual income. Your techniques have
helped me to get more profits out of my advertising dollars I
changed one of my headlines and tripled my lead response. Without
losing the quality of my leads. I am also generating more business
from my existing clients thanks to your marketing ideas. You truly
are a marketing strategist in your own league.

Stewart Cruse

Dear Mr. Jay Abraham,

Following your advice to concentrate on existing clients for
increasing business I have developed two marketing strategies that
have benefited my veterinary hospital tremendously.
The first strategy was to develop a reward system for clients that
referred new clients to our hospital to further refine and improve
our internal referral system. Each client that refers a new client
receives a hand written thank you card and a $5.00 certificate for
services or veterinary supplies. This has boosted our average weekly
referral 60%.
The second marketing strategy that I started was to. send informational sales letters to existing clients specifically on dentistry.
This letter has resulted in a 230% increase in the average weekly
dental cleanings our clients request. In 1993 dental cleanings
generated $90,000 in income.
Jay, I am not just your average veterinarian. When I bought this
hospital in 1986 the business had 850 clients and was grossing
$150,000. In 1993 we had 6500 clients and grossed $810,000. I have
built and support one of the largest research facilities for
parrots (we now have 90 breeding pairs of parrots currently in
different research projects designed to preserve these endangered
species). I am currently editing my third book on parrot care, have
a video series, and lecture all over the country. Like most
veterinarians, I am a not ready for prime time businessman in a
very competitive marketplace. I find that as my tread mill moves
faster and faster, my income does not increase.
What I am looking for is marketing and business advice, strategies
and philosophies that can be used in a veterinary profession and in
marketing my books. Because of the nature of my business I find that
much of the marketing and business information is not applicable to
my profession.

1
Joel Murphy. DVM Katherine Murphy. DVM 265! Sunset Point
Road. Clearwater. Florida 34619

813-796-2552

The veterinary business is a high overhead low profit business

currently under seize by well financed corporate marketing
(Petsmart etc.). We are the lowest paid of professionals in
medicine (most veterinarians do not make as much as registered
nurses. This precludes attending expensive seminars. What veterinarians like myself need is no nonsense market strategies for
increasing new clients and increasing our bottom line that are
inexpensive, easy to implement, professional (ethical under our
restrictive rules) and effective.

Sincerely,

Dr. Joel Murphy

P.S.
You have my permission to use my letter.

EVENT PRODUCER'S SUCCESS STORY

With just the suggestions given in the promotional brochures, Carol

Susan Roth has saved at least $25,000. in advertising costs! As an
independent producer of author events in the San Francisco Bay area,
I utilized the idea of cooperate promotions mentioned by Jay Abraham.
By analyzing my programs and audiences, I was able to locate and
contact other businesses, Hospitals, schools, newspapers, hotels,
restaurants, television and radio stations who wished to reach the
same target audiences or who wanted to use my programs to enhance
their image with their own clientele.
As an example, I produced an event with the nationally renown
pediatrician, Dr. Berry Brazelton in cooperation with the local
parenting newspaper and the local children's hospital. The paper
gave me free ads for being named sponsor. The hospital gave me a
editorial and pictures in their house newsletter as well as spending
$2500. on an ad in the local newspaper.
This is one of many sponsorship arrangements made after reading
suggestions by Jay Abraham making my business more profitable.

( full rights are given for the use of this story )

P.O. BOX 62O337

Woodside, CA 94O62

415-

March 9, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
Just wanted to bring you up-to-date on the most dramatic result we
experienced from your marketing seminar.
On December 27 we sent out a 500 piece mailing to those people who had
requested information on our products, but who had never purchased from us. We
used your techniques of telling them the whole story, instructing them very clearly
in
what to do, offering them a special deal, and putting the whole thing into a
specific time frame. The result was fantastic! We had a 4% response rate that
tripled our gross income for the month. We believed what you told us at the
seminar, but nothing could be better than reproducing the results in our own
business.
You are so talented in helping people to see their own potential and to
believe in themselves. By example, you show how manifesting high levels of
consistent energy can improve not only your business but the quality of you entire
Me. Thanks for the inspiration!

March 7, 1994

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham, Personal. 950

Indian Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I just wanted to take a minute and report some meaningful business successes we have
achieved and experienced since attending your November 1993 Master Mind program.
As you may know, we are on a twelve to twenty-four month business cycle, and the several programs
we have instituted since your seminar have less than 1 percent of the data in to date, and therefore it
would be meaningless to quote percent increases on a less than statistically significant basis.
However, I can specifically report to you what to us is more tangible and significant, which is the fact
that your seminar has incrementally impacted us beyond our threshold of resistance in implementing
a full-scale testing program. What I mean is that we have known for years mat we should be
tracking our response rates and testing different packages, and we have tested them with a commonsense "gut feeling" approach. However, it was not until your November Master Mind program that
we became relentlessly scrupulous about designing multiple, concurrent test mailer pieces and
tracking the response rates, conversion rates, etc.
This may not seem as exciting as reporting a million dollar extra profit; however, if we close just one
more deal because of your program, that deal will have paid for the cost of the program three times
over (300%). I full well expect this to be the case, and will keep you updated in our conference calls.
What I see you doing for me is making me darn sure that I will recoup my investment in your
seminar by applying these principles, most of which I already knew from my extensive sales and
marketing background with excellent marketing organizations, but many of which I had failed to
implement on a regular basis due to the very hectic nature of day-to-day business. This is not a small
thing.
In a cassette tape you sent me advertising one of your programs, you made the point that the
concepts that you espouse are common knowledge to many people; however, your value to

March 7, 1994
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entrepreneurs is in your ability to impact them beyond their threshold of procrastination in

implementing those ideas. The difference between taking action and not is absolutely staggering.
How do I see Jay Abraham? As a man who could "talk a dog off a meat wagon," but that is not
the point. You don't have to be exceptionally clever to implement the strategies that you discuss
in your seminars; you just have to do it. And that is how I see you: as a collector of ideas, a
teacher of ideas, an implementor of ideas, and someone who can teach people how to become
collectors and implementors of ideas by following your example.

Perry
Robinson
R bi
C
lti

Sincerely,

250 East Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614)225-1700 1-800-4884476

March 7, 1994

Dear Jay:
As a stockbroker my business expands when ray clients refer
their friends to me. Those clients must have a high level of
trust before they go out on a limb and make that referral.
When I do get those calls the prospect is already warm and
looking for someone to solve a problem.
I contacted my C.P.A. and attorney and asked if I could
refer my clients to them. --What do you think they said?
I crafted a letter to my clients telling them of my
experience with these two professionals. Because of my
satisfaction with their services I highly recommended that
my clients call them.
This was done about Three months ago. To date twenty-six
clients have called the C.P.A. and nine have called the
attorney.. Both are very pleased and agreed to do a
similar letter for me.
That letter went out about thirty days ago and I've already
received three calls.
The assets involved are just over $500,000. That is about
double what I normally bring in each month. The cost was
only the mailing. Not a bad return.

Member: New York. American & Other Principal Stock Exchanges. Member: Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

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I'll do another letter in about six months with a tax and

an estate idea.
I'll let you know how that mailing turns out.
Sincerely,

Donald E. Morris
P.S.

Regarding my view of your services.

Your books and tapes are so complete that if I have a
marketing problem I will go digging through them to
find the answer. They are dog eared and marked up
with my notes. Your books have become my
marketing
textbook.
You
represent
the
quintessential marketing person to me. When I'm
stuck I just go back to your basics.

P.S.S. JayYou may use this letter as you see fit in any
written or taped form you need.

Dear Jay,
You have used my testimonials before and you are welcome to continue the use of
them and this one, of course!
Before 1 yet into the specifics, I'd like to say a few words about what your
marketing mind-set and philosopny have meant to me.
Jay, I have always been successful at whatever, I put my mind to achieving. At the
same time, I am always fearful of "going for i t " . I can't explain it. With my
successes you would think it would be easy for me to expand into new ventures.
Well, I am hear to tell you that as I study more and more of your mindset, it gets
easier. As I currently try new things, I try to visualize myself as Indiana Jones. I
know that sounds corny, but when I read once about how you described the scene in one
of the movies, the scene where Indiana Jones decided that he wasn't going to play the
game of n i s pursuers, it makes me understand more about being a renegade.
One of personal development goals is to become more of a marketing renegade!
Now down to the specifics.
As you may know, I am a computer programmer. 1 enjoy what 1 do. But every once in a
while I notice a company that is not fully u t i l i z i n g all their corporate assets (much
like I don't use all of mine). Many times it so blatant, 1 know I can make a few
dollars in perpetual income, that I just have to "go for it".
Well the other day I was in the office of one of the clients for which I do contract
programming. This company is a pension and profit-sharing consulting firm. I noticed
that they had an extensive mailing room. This room had a lot of equipment that I
noticed wasn't being used. I asked my liason in the office about it and he told me that
the equipment was used all the time, but that there was only two months out of the year
when it was really used ( this is when they were mailing out year-end participant
account statements).
I told him that that was a lot of expensive equipment just sitting idle. He
agreed. (Note: This mail room had a folder, sorter, and a stuffer)
Then I used your famous line (paraphrased, of course).
"Wayne", I said, "If I can bring you an extra $l,000 a month for f u l l
utilization of your mailing room, would you give me $400 a month of it?"
Well, of course he wanted more information. But I already had a good
relationship with him so he agreed.
This is al l 1 did. I placed an ad in our local newspaper (believe it or not, in the
classified section, under the Business Service section). All the ad said was "FREE
Mailing Room. Call 837-2417." I ran it over the weekend. On Monday I got twenty phone
calls!

1801 Heatherglen Lane

Austin, TX 78758-3539

(512) 837-2417

I made an arrangement with Wayne to let anybody who was interested use the
equipment free for one month. If they wanted to continue after this period of
time, we would charge $50 an hour (They supply their own stationary).
1 pay the mailroom guy fifty dollars to train new people and he even makes a few
more dollars from mailers who don't want to do all the work themselves.
Wayne is currently billing $1200 a month and I am making $480 a month for doing
nothing.
I know that this isn't one of your million dollar stories. But just the same, my
hope is that it gets you just as excited! It does me!
Once again thanks!

Yours in marketing,

March 9, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group. Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Dear Mr. Abraham,

I am intrigued by your offer to write down my success story, not so
much because of the generous offer you make as compensation; but
rather because I have needed to make an overall evaluation of my
business progress and this exercise forces me to do just that.
First off, I see you as a motivator more than anything else. I am a
dentist with a solo practice in Huntington Beach, CA. It is easy to
get so involved in the dentistry side of the practice that the
business side gets neglected.
When I purchased the practice five and one-half years ago I
inherited a practice that had invested very few resources into the
business end of the practice. It was a practice that had very few
business systems in place and did no outside marketing and very
little internal marketing. Monthly production averaged $12,00015,000. Overhead expenses were around 60% of production.
The first thing we did after receiving your profit producing plan
was to develop and implement our unique selling proposition. We
used it first as a rallying point for the staff. It became our
business foundation. This alone did wonders to get the staff
excited about our business. We used our US? as motivation to
invest in our neglected physical facility. We updated equipment and
office decor which further excited the staff (they got the message
that I was serious about the business of dentistry.) The patients
also got excited and could immediately sense my commitment to
excellence (which is part of our USP.) We began using our USP as a
basis for all internal and external marketing. We also began
tracking all marketing projects and rewarding referral sources and
thanking all new patients for their business.
One of your single most valuable suggestions
was to hire a part-time staff member to work
inactive oatients to motivate them to become

that we implemented
exclusively with
reactivated. This

was a suggestion that I did not think we could afford to do. There
was no way that I could afford to hire another staff member. Thank
goodness I had enough faith to try. This staff member works 10-15
hours a week and pays for herself the first half-hour.
My biggest obstacle is not deciding which of your suggestions
works, but simply deciding to leave my comfort zone and "just do
it." Since implementing your profit producing plan in 1991 we have
gone from a monthly production of $15,000 to over $50.000 with a 56%
overhead. There is still much more that we can do, but the
excitement is here and we are moving forward. You are my great
motivator, o o Thanks,
Bradford J. Lockhart, D.D.S.

March 7, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
Jay Abraham Personal 950 Indian
Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
To Whom It May Concern:
Jay Abraham's Marketing Genius program is directly responsible for an anticipated 100% increase in
our sales revenue and the necessary creation of an additional, entirely separate company to handle all
the new business.
We immediately increased our sales production by 30% just by implementing two marketing ideas
from the Abraham's Marketing Genius pre-course texts.
We also inadvertently created a new and much-improved standard of customer awareness
throughout our industry due to the noticeable increase in our sales success.
Our only complaint, but it is a substantial one, is that in spite of massive investments of time, energy
and resources we have so far been able to utilize only a few dozen of the literally thousands of
impactful marketing strategies contained in the volumes and hours of Jay Abraham's rambling, but
always entertaining and encouraging, articulations of his marketing genius theories.
We are buried in work and we're struggling to implement TQM and time management strategies to
keep up with the mass volume of business generated by the Abraham's Marketing Genius ideas,

Sincerely,
KAYE COMPANIES

RH/clp

title escrow, inc.

suite 218
640 spence lane

fax 615-361-4789

nashville, tennessee 37217

telephone 615-361-6679

March 7, 1994

Jay Abraham - Personal Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Road., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I am thrilled to tell you how much good your materials have done for me.
When I first subscribed for your materials (I believe it was 1989) my business was so bad that I had
to contribute money, every two weeks, to make payroll. Your Marketing Genius At Work taught me
several things.
1.
I had to ask for business. It is amazing how many small business owners (like me)
think that an open shop door is all you need.
2.
I had to offer the best service at a fair price. Everybody thinks (or says so) that he
is the best because our ego won't let us admit that it might be inferior.
3.
I had to develop a strategy where I took the risk and the customer traded with me
risk-free.
4.
I had to develop a Unique Selling Proposition. I had to give my customers a
reason to buy. I had to ask
(a)
what do we do?
(b)
how do we do it?
(c)
why is it unique?
(d)
why should customers use us?
You have to understand my business, a little bit, to understand how revolutionary the changes were
that I had to go through.

I close real estate transactions. I sell title insurance. I prepare and get executed mortgage
documents. You would think that buyers, sellers and mortgage companies would be my customers.
Actually, they account for only about 50% of my business. Real Estate agents control most of the market.
Control is the key word because they tell buyers, sellers and mortgage lenders who is going to close their
deal.
Anyway, I have answered all four requirements of marketing in the following manner.
1.
I have used direct mail, space ads, fliers, give-away gimmicks and seminars as a way to
ask for business. For the purpose of asking, each of these methods had some effectiveness, but
only seminars could be called very effective.
2.
My direct mail campaign offered newer and better service than anyone in the closing
business ever offered before. (They haven't caught up yet) I fax to the customer's office a
preliminary HUD-1 (federal form accounting for all monies in the transaction). I offer to go any
where, any time for the customer's convenience. I redoubled in-house training to make sure our
product was error free. I cut my price to a position of upper-middle, from highest, as compared
to my competition.
3.
I have the only money-back guarantee in the title insurance-closing business. Since I
started offering a 100% money-back guarantee, if the customer thinks we gave anything less than
professional service, I have had to payoff three times on approximately three thousand
transactions. This guarantee works for buyers and sellers (when no agent is involved).
4.
My U.S.P. is: We do closings right, the first time, on time, every time. We go
anywhere, anytime. We offer a 100% refund of our closing fees, if the customer is unhappy with
our service, for any reason.
I think a key factor inside my office is the $20.00 cash on-the-spot payment to any employee who
is "complimented" by a customer. I make a big deal about this.
The result of my marketing has produced the most profitable year in 1993 of all my 22 years in
business.
Thank you Jay Abraham, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Y
o
u
r
Friend for Life

Harold Reeves, President

HR/gf

Frederick D Hart D.M.D.

3031 Coral Way
Miami. Fl 33145
(305)441-8280

March 6th, 1994

Abraham Publishing group Jay

Abraham
950 Indian Peak Rd. Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA. 90274
RE: Response to letter postmarked March 1st, 1994

Dear Jay:
I just wanted to write you a brief note to say thanks for opening my eyes and
providing the guidance on how to get patients to return on a regular basis for routine
checkups. The return business is now the backbone of my practice.
Like it said in the materials, I created a letter that very specifically stated what would
happen to patients if they didn't come in for their regular checkups and cleanings in a very
personal manner. I even attached a pretty nasty looking photograph to the letter.
Then like the materials said we followed up with a phone call to those people who had
not made appointments and we are getting an 80% response rate! I know because we are also
tracking the results of everything we do- we never used to before. Out of every 10 letters we
mail 8 patients come in after the phone call.
Now I'm even thinking of "re-deploying" this asset (the letter) by selling the
rights to other dentists to use because it works so well.
I know many people call you a marketing genius and maybe that's true. I, however,
think you are the "common sense idea man" for the little guy. Nothing fancy, just stuff that
works. Sincerely,

Combat Marketing
(619)267-9036

7975 Tinaja Lane, San Diego, Ca 92139

March 7, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
Jay Abraham Personal 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I originally bought "Your Marketing Genius At Work" as reference material for a paper I was
writing in a masters degree program and to help a friend who recently opened a Dry Cleaning business
with his advertising. After reading the material I was mesmerized with the content. Nothing I had read
compared with the ideas you presented and I started to realize that the information I was learning in
school was outdated, traditional book theories not real world, innovative marketing ideas.
Our first attempt was a marketing letter to all new homeowners in the local area simply telling them
about our business and asking them for their business. We followed your techniques to the letter. We
also used the tracking methods you taught to determine what worked and what didn't work. We fully
expected to get the normal 1-2% response rate, and were absolutely astounded at the results. We
received a 15% response rate. Thinking this had to be a mistake we tried it again the following month
with 100 additional letters. Again, an impressive 14.5% response rate.
When we sat down and figured out the marginal net worth and the number of converted customers
we found out that from this one marketing idea, we converted 120 new long term customers at an
average of $ 400.00 per customer per year. That's an additional $ 48,000.00 per year. Not bad
considering the total cost of the mailing was $ 620.00.
Since then, the ideas have not stopped. We have several projects in work, using your techniques
and are unable to even estimate potential profits for 1994, as our only limitation is the time we are
able to spend on marketing.
I see you as someone who has brought me out of the shadows of the old school advertising and
marketing. You are a jump starter for ideas. You have taught me to look at marketing problems and
ideas in a completely different light. Not only do you give someone the basics and advanced schools of
thought, ideas and techniques but you also give the ability to adapt these ideas to changing situations.
Since my first successful marketing letter I have recently started my own business and have had
100% success with your marketing ideas. Thanks for all the help, advice and fantastic money making
ideas!

Dear Mr. Abraham,

It gives me great pleasure to sit down and write you this letter of appreciation for all that your
instruction and advice has helped me with in various business ventures that I have been involved with
over the years.
When You first introduced yourself to me, I was part of a very small Mom and Pop trucking
business selling topsoil to landscapers and homeowners. The local area is an excellent marketplace
for mis product because most of the land has very rocky soil and often has a high clay content that
makes the ground too hard for most plants to put roots into. Also because this area at that time was
the fastest growing area in America.
My father started the business solely by accident one day when he was bringing dirt home for
himself and people would stop him and offer to buy the dirt! Thus it was begun and word of mouth
spread his business to the point that he decided to get serious about it. He took out a yellow pages
spot with only his name and number because he figured that "advertising would be too expensive".
Like so many in business he was content to drift along with whatever business was casually dropped
his way. After a few years his small business was producing about $500 to $1 ,000 per week in part
time income mostly from a few regular landscapers.
My needs were a little more ambitious so I invited my brother to help with expanding the
business. The first thing we did was to "direct Market" our product with a simple flyer that was
passed out by hand in ail the newly constructed neighborhoods. This laborious method gave us a far
more useful address list than any mailing list company was able to provide. Our first flyer was really
very crudely made , simply announcing where they could get topsoil and had a picture of a dump
truck that was drawn by an 8 year-old nephew.
At the same time we had opportunity to take advantage of preemptive advertising. Many of our
new customers were very grateful to receive our flyer because they had no idea where to get dirt for
their yards (even though there is a section in the yellow pages that gives at least a dozen sources and
all would deliver the same product that we did.)
We embellished our service by taking all the time needed to thoroughly answer all the ques-tions
the customers had. We received many compliments for this service. Our competition would often
quote deceptively low prices for the material and then add on tax and delivery fees. We simplified the
price by quoting a single figure that included every cost, taxes, delivery, everything.

One of our major competitors required the customer to mail in their payment, wait for the
check to clear and then be notified as to when the delivery was to be made.
Strangely enough
they did a lot of business that way. Our delivering when it was best for them and COD. terms were
found to be much more attractive by the customers as well. That competitor was gradually-edged out
of this area almost entirely. Our risk turned out to be very small because in seven years of operation
we only received one bad check from a homeowner who made it good immediately. The regular
landscapers turned out to be a different story though.
The response we received was amazing to say the least. By this method we could count on selling
at least one load of dirt for every ten flyers we passed out! So for an expense of about $5 to copy a
hundred flyers plus a little healthy exercise walking we could count on generating at least S750 to
$1,000 gross income!! Needless to say one of the first things we did was purchase a copy machine to
cut down the cost of making the flyers! Ha ha! Seriously though, we were able to take a little part time
for one beginner operation and expanded it within less than two years to support four families with a
total gross income of more than $150,000 per year! On many occasions the place where we purchased
our material would report that our account would equal or better ALL other accounts combined for
that day or week. It's funny, no one ever asked us how we did it. I suspect that our competition was
getting a little more business than usual because often we would stimulate more orders than we could
handle immediately. Our loss was their gain.
There have been times mat I was able to apply some of your advice to other businesses. A
longtime friend asked me to help him start his energy conservation business. He was running a small
classified advertisement in a nationwide paper to attract partners to his Joint Venture Advertising
campaign. His ad about "Save Mother Earth" was pulling about five to seven responses per day. I
convinced him to run an ad that told the story of his own personal success with his company. He had
already purchased a certain amount of space and could not change the size of the ad. When my ad was
squeezed into the same space there was no room left for a bold letter headline. We ran it anyway. This
had the effect of making the new ad blend in with the one above to the point that when I looked for the
ad I couldn't find it! But someone else had found it because my friend was now getting 20 to 30
responses per day!! And these were found to be far more likely to take part in the venture. The new
level of response was greater than he could effectively handle so he had to stop running the ad after
less than one week! This one small nearly invisible advertisement generated well over half a million
dollars working capital for his project! It's almost scary to think what might have happened if there
was room for a headline!

What you have done for me personally is to open my eyes to the fact mat the vast majority of
businesses are basically alike in many ways. It is only the specific product that varies between one
average business and the next. The dozen or so simple concepts that you use are basic and
rudimentary to any successful business yet they are grossly ignored. Your experience in a wide range
of businesses gives you a level of horizontal thinking which is very uncommon as most business
people tend to ignore what goes on around them outside of their specific industry and often even
within their own industry.
Bless You,

P.S.
Please feel free to use this success letter in any manner that you desire. I hereby give you
full rights to use any part or all of it as you need.

P.P.S.
While I am thinking of it, Please send me a new issue #12 of Your Marketing Genius At
Work. The original one you sent was missing me center four pages.
Also please send a replacement for the last tape (#30) in your August 1992 Five Day Mastermind
Training program. (I've misplaced mine.)

The set of Advertising Classics on tape sounds interesting, what are the titles of the books? What
subjects do they cover?

Randall K. Hlavin

14 Queach Road
Branford, CT 06405
(203) 481-7644

March 8,1994
ABRAHAM PUBLISHING GROUP, INC. - Jay Abraham Personal
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 Fax:
310/544-6108
Dear Jay:
You don't know me but you made me more than $1000 last summer. I had gotten a letter from
Tony Robbins telling me about this Marketing Expert - Jay Abraham.
When I called for more information, your staffers were in the process of moving. They asked
one of your friends to call me and answer any questions I might have.
Glenn Osborn left a message. I called him back and we talked about Marketing. During our
conversation he mentioned how he had used the concept of endorsement to make $15,000 from a
small lawn-care company owner who couldn't sell his company or his customer list.
Well, I perked up my ears at that I pay a one man lawn care guy $900 a year to take care of my
lawn and shrubbery.
It sounded easy. I made a handshake deal with the guy. If I could bring him "x" amount of new
business he would do my lawn for free last summer.
I had a friend who was closing his landscaping business. When I asked him about his customer list
he said, "Take it!" All I did was write a letter that my landscaping friend signed telling them about
my one man lawn-care expert. I sent it to his 50 customers.
I remembered what Glenn had said about customer response, so I mailed almost the same letter to
the same 50 people again only a week or so after the first letter recommending my lawn-care guy.
The combination of letters pulled 30% worth of sales.
Even though Glenn beat me over the head verbally for picking a one man lawn-care company that
can't even handle all of the extra business I brought him with one simple letter, I'm happy to have
saved myself my $900 lawn-care bill with almost no effort.
Anyway, Glenn asked me to write you a note of thanks and explanation. He thought you would be
surprised and pleased. After all, with no more training than a summary of concepts in your initial
letter to me and one phone conversation with Glenn, I implemented one of your ideas successfully
on the very first try!

Jay Abraham

-2-

March 8,1994

So, I'm saving my pennies. I want to attend one of your next seminars and buy a giant pile of
marketing materials so that on my next attempt I make some REAL money. Thanks again for
becoming my newly found marketing expert!
Warmest regards,
Randall K Hlavin

P.S. - Consider this permission to you and/or your publisher to use the above testimonial for any
purposes you deem appropriate.

March 5, 1994 - 11:24 am

Mr. Jay Louis Abraham Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
In response to your letter of March 4,1994,I am sending this to sing multiple praises of your unique knowledge,
talents, skills and high conceptual energy in the areas of marketing, philosophy, entreprenuership and lest we
forget the most important area, understanding of human nature in regards to selling products and services!
But first, let me start by telling you a little of my background and circumstances which proceeded the success I
am enjoying because of your guidance.
Because I was somewhat talented in art, as a child, I naturally gravitated toward graphic design and
advertising, as a career. During my many years of working as an art director and copywriter in traditional
advertising (18 years), I was never satisfied with any of my contributions toward selling a clients' products or
services. I was totally frustrated and confused about my personal value in the business world. This frustration led
me to experiment with starting up numerous small businesses (all ended in failure) and trying to "find myself in
other fields of work, besides advertising. I found nothing that was long-lasting or satisfying!
Because of my interest in direct marketing (mail order), eventually, I came in contact with Gary Halbert and his
information products (manuals, newsletter and seminars). I now feel that Gary's guidance, through his
writings, was the start of a new direction in my thinking. But ultimately, it was a mention of you, Jay, in one of
Gary's newsletters, that led me to the point of this letter.
About two years ago, I got in touch with your publishing company and ordered one of your information products. It
was a very simply written report called, "The Abraham File," but how dramatically it changed my previous
thinking concerning business, marketing strategy and making money!
Subsequent to getting that report, I was sent a few of "Your Marketing Genius" Reports from Gary Halbert's
office and immediately, they gave me mind-blowing, full-tilt boogie ideas on how to use my old, diverse
background talents and knowledge in a whole new way.
Even though, I have not attended any of your seminars or purchased any of your larger information packages
(shame on me), I feel I have regained a brand new direction on my career and my personal value in business, just
because I came in contact with your unique concepts. For instance - In the last year and a half, I have written and
self-published a manual on direct marketing (sold with two-step ads in magazines followed by a sales letter which
is closing 19% of inquiries -I am quadrupling my advertising investment with each ad I run). I was hired by a
Saudi Arabian master distributor of Bausch and Lomb products to write a direct marketing program for all middle
eastern distributors (I was paid $1,200 a day, for two months, and I have never had a day of formal marketing
schooling, in my life). I have set up new marketing programming for 18 local and regional small businesses,
in Florida, on a contingency fee basis (these fees alone, are now amounting to over $15,000 a month)...AND, I
am now gaining a slight reputation in my area, as being some sort of semi-marketing genius.
(Please go to the next page)

Now, to make a very long story short... Jay, let me say, I feel I fully owe my current success and new, expanded
(and exponentially expanding) knowledge to you and my brief contact with your brilliant mind-set!
And, honestly, even though, I am earning an excellent income with my "Abraham Style" projects, I do have
some humongous debts from some past business screw-ups, which I am slowly reducing step-by-step, month by
month. At the end of this self-imposed amortization schedule (finishing in late June of 1994), I am planning to
invest in more and more training from you. I hope you will still have all of your boot-camps, seminars and info
products available at that time...'cause I want it all!
But moving onward.
How do I see you, fitting philosopically, into my overall business life?
To answer that, let me say that, even though, I think I have progressed wonderfully in pulling my diverse
background into a clearer focus because of the influence of YOUR thought processes...I still need more of that
same sort of stimulation and guidance from you. I think there is a point of human creative power and satisfaction that
conies from making logical, progressive connections with business and philosophy. To me, the complete
actualization of the creative process, which all humans are capable of, demands not only creating useful values but
to be able to market those values to others. I see you as a person whose awareness and full understanding of those
logical connections, is probably more focused, than anyone else who I have ever observed. As other people have called
you the entreprenuer's entreprenuer, great salesman, philosopher and thinker, marketing expert and master
strategist...I have to say you're all of those and more...You're a...

True, Renaissance Business Man!

Thank you, Jay, for being who you are. I hope to learn to duplicate more of your master moves and processes!

David Van Hulst

P.S. Feel free to use the comments in this note, in any way you see fit. And, If there's ever anything else I can do
for you, just let me know.
P.P.S. I just tried to FAX this to you and your FAX is not answering. Oh well, I'll send it, today!

March 5,1993 Austin. Texas

6:54 pm
Mr. Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Road, Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I enjoyed being a participant in the conference call this past Monday. As I listened to your
vision of the future, I couldn't help but reflect on the past and the successes I have had the good
fortune to achieve with the benefit of your knowledge and mentoring.
I attended your February 1990 program in Los Angeles. We have not had the opportunity to
talk very much since that time. During the conference call on Monday, I got to thinking that I have
never shared with you a few of the good things that have happened to me during, and since that time
we spent together in LA. I'd like to share just a few with you.
Jay, fortunately it's been a while since I wondered where my next meal would come from but regardless of one's financial position, the prices you charge can certainly be perceived as
exorbitant. That's certainly what I thought.. In spite of the hefty admission fee ($15,000 to be exact) I
made the decision to attend.
What you don't know is that, in the middle of your week long seminar, I negotiated a $15,000
consulting agreement over the phone with a company in Texas. Get this. The $15,000 was for a
weeks work. I had consulted in the past, but never to the tune of $15,000 a week! I attribute much of
this success to you. I gained tremendous confidence and, applying your principles, was able to
regroup the cost of your seminar in this one transaction.
Another story. I did an insurance mailing back in 1990 that cost me the time to write the letter
and mailing costs of 150.00. From this letter I grossed over $5000.00.
From this letterhead, you might believe that financial planning is my core business. It is not.
My primary business is restaurants. I am a partner in several restaurants here in Texas. In 1993, we
completed our third consecutive year of increased sales and profits. Candidly, I find your principles
more difficult to apply in the restaurants. In spite of this, I have been able to use the knowledge
gained from you to assist in growing the restaurants.

10504 WeI!er Drive

Austin. Texas 78750

512/258-5993

Jay, these are just a few of the tangible results your teachings have helped bring about. I
wanted to share them with you. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with me. I value our
relationship and look forward to our continued friendship in the years ahead.
Sincerely,

1313 North Tryon Street * Charlotte * North Carolina 28206 Corporate

Headquarters 704-333-3495 * U.S. Watts 1-800-759-8929 * Fax 704-333-6625

1313 North Tryon Street * Charlotte * North Carolina 28206 Corporate

Headquarters 704-333-3495 * U.S. Watts 1-800-759-8929 * Fax 704-333-6625

Jay Abraham
APG
950 Indian Peak Rd. #100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA
From: Paul Gallagher
Re: "Special Success Reports"

Dear Jay:
A small, but illustrative marketing success:
I sent out 35 letters for an experimental Yearlong Training in T'ai Chi. The total
cost of this minuscule mailing was around $50., all to people from my own list.
Most T'ai Chi teachers teach on a monthly or 10-12 week series; a yearlong
training program is virtually unheard-of. This training, as an experimental pilot, was
priced at a ridiculously low $595., for one class a week for 50 weeks. My plan was to at
least double the price the for next group, after I had refined this pilot program.
From the 35 letters sent out, I received about 20 inquiries, and nine conversions.
Those nine trainees paid $595. each for the Yearlong Training, for a total revenue of
$5355, from an initial $50. investment. There were no other costs to me, so the profit
was $5305. from a $50. mailing, a profit of some 10,610%!
Though the project was so small, it did validate Jay's principles. The letter was
focussed on a specific group of "high achievers" in the body/mind development area,
and embodied much education on T'ai Chi in general and my training in particular.
("People can't appreciate something until or unless they have been EDUCATED TO
APPRECIATE IT.")

There was an exclusivity factor in that each prospect had to submit an

application and be personally interviewed by me. There was a total risk reversalif, at the
end of the entire year of training a participant did not derive benefits which "far
outweighed their modest financial investment," their tuition would be refunded in full.
I utilized Jay's concepts of:
1) EDUCATING THE PROSPECT to appreciate the offering.
2) Dramatizing the offering (telling about rigors of my personal training).
3) Complete RISK REVERSAL
4) Copywriting principles learned at Jay's Protege Training.
5) Value Added, offering "free" seminars and video (which cost me nothing but the
hard cost for the duplicated video) to enhance the overall perceived value of the
training.
The principles I learned from Jay Abraham enabled me to create a viable
CONCEPT, craft a super-effective direct mail letter, target it effectively to people from
my own mailing list, apply follow-up telephone marketing and personal interview
techniques to imbue the training program I was selling with exclusivity and high
perceived value-and in the end reap a handsome profit.
After this initial experimental program is refined and improved, I plan to bring it
to a much larger group at 2 1/2 times the price or more.
Hope this is helpful for your publishing promo! All
the best from Vermont Green Mountains,

Paul Gallagher
P.S. Hard copy of this letter is in the mail, together with copy of direct mail letter I sent out
for the training program.

March 2, 1994
Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham
Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
RE: Testimonial Letter
Dear Jay,
I just received your letter, and thought you might be interested in
hearing how just one of your principles worked for me recently.
We are in the roofing/remodeling business. Due to the holidays, December
is typically a slow month for us (depending of course on the weather, which
lately is as close to summer as it can get!). We didn't have much work on the
books to start the year off, so I decided to implemen your technique of going
back to existing customers (i.e., "mining" my customer list). In so doing, I
was able to land several jobs in the $3,000-$5,000 range, and one that will
bring me in excess of $30,000 clear profit for less than a months work. The
best part is the fact that I will not be involved in any of the hands-on work,
and can devote my energies to getting more business. (By the way, the $30,000
profit job came from a lead I thought was "dead". One letter and two phone
calls later, we got the job). I am now in the process of designing a letter
that will be sent to all of my previous customers in the hopes of pulling out
more business. So my advice to your students is to take your advice, and WORK
their present customer base.
With respect to how I see YOU, personally, I would have to say that you are
a "thought-provoker". You delve into so many areas, and bring together such a
diverse group of disciplines (marketing, sales, management, motivation, etc.), it
is hard to read or listen to your material without your mind going off on all
sorts of related tangents. I find myself asking a lot of "WHAT IF??"
questions....."What if I tried this in my business?".. "What if I re-did my
marketing strategy to encompass this technique?". You not only offer techniques
and strategies, but you also provide the impetus and motivation necessary to get
your students to APPLY them.
Thanks very much for your instruction and inspiration. If this
letter is of any value to you in your current project, of course you have
my permission to use any or all of it.

Dear Jay,
I want to thank you for saving me thousands of dollars, as well as hundreds (if not
thousands) of hours of frustration.
Prior to your materials and seminar, I refused to do direct mail or advertise in the newspaper.
Since I received a least a hundred solicitations to refinance my home by mail, I knew they
were garbage and would receive a very low response. Yet I did not know how to do it right,
which would maximize my time and monetary investment as well as results.
Through your materials and seminar, I am now very specifically targeting my mailing list. In
contrast perhaps to others who mail thousands of pieces, I mail 50, 100 or 200 pieces at a time
and each letter is very spcifically directed at that group. My letter is 3, 4, or 5 pages long to
fully explain what I am offering.
My results have been as high as 10%, while others get 1% or less! On lower loan amounts,
mis can mean an extra $10,000. People have told me how much they appreciate receiving all
the information I offer in my letters. I have INSTANT CREDIBILITY and RAPPORT. I also
change headlines depending on the type of loan and loan amount on the property.
I have also started a relationship with another lender to work on refinances through his
business also. (Don't let my boss know this.)
What is important to me is that I feel I am working very efficiently. I'm not spinning my
wheels and trying things that don't get a good response. If response is poor, I know it is
because of the headline, etc. It can be analyzed. I can go back to letters and offers mat
produced better responses.
My perspective has changed. I look at all letters and ads differently. I am constantly analyzing
(and learning). I have been having fun with direct mail and have not moved on to advertising
in general newspapers. I am changing the way I communicate with realtors from whom I solicit
business and I am developing a program to reactivate leads which the realtors have.
I always considered myself a creative person and have found that my creativity has
increased by leaps and bounds. I may become a consultant!
My level of job satisfaction is much higher than others in the office. I have a better perspective
and outlook, which I feel translates into more business because people want to do business with
happy, positive people.
17100 Norwalk Blvd., Suite 107 Cerritos, CA 90701
(310) 924-5626 (714) 994-5626 Fax (310) 924-2072

Jay, I see you as a personal trainer and brainstormer. By exposing people to other thought
processes and success stories, we are able to expand the way we think. It is a muscle that
must be used in order to strengthen, grow and expand. As I listen to success stories or
consultations, I think "How can I use this, with a little twist or turn?"
Whenever I receive your mailings, I analyze them and save them for future ideas. Receiving
something from you gets the juices going, I start another campaign for another group.
Yes. you are an idea generator and a great strategist, and also a motivator.
Thank you for providing techniques, road maps, ideas, processes and most of all,
confidence to do it differently than most of the others.
Sincerely,

Kathleen Laughlin
Loan Officer
Home address 1523
Dalmatia Dr. San
Pedro, Ca. 90732

March 7, 1994

Rider's Sand & Ready Mix

RR 2 Box 136 Delphi IN
46923
Dear Jay
You have helped our business so much! Your ideas on
direct Marketing has changed the life of our ready mix concrete
business forever. We went from 500,000 to over 1 million
dollars worth of Business since applying several of your
techniques. The 1st technique was a direct mail letter to
every person who gets a permit to build anything substantial.
Since its a law that they must get a permit, we send them
a letter stating advantages of using our company. Then I
personally called everyone of them and asked if I could quote
them a price. Almost everybody said yes so I would tell them I
would like to see their job and get a feel for how fast it
would go. I would then go to their house and measure and
figure a price, ask if they would do business with our company.
I had a contract available for them to sign as well as myself
agreeing to the price we decide on. The competition never went
to any such lengths so our business grew through good times and
bad. It grew so much that our main competition decided they
need to buy our company to get us out of their hair. There
great Grandfather started their company in 1948 when Ready Mix
Concrete was 1st invented.
They paid us at least twice what the next bidder offered
and were very happy to get us bought. They then gave us a job
paying more than we had ever made owning and operating the
business for ourselves. And we had to work less hours and have
a lot less risk and worry.
My parents had a goal of retiring for six years which was
not attainable until we started applying your marketing
techniques.
Thank you for sharing your secrets with us through your
newsletter. That's what made the difference for us.

Paul A. Rider
Sincerely,

ERA QUEEN CITY REALTY

313 SOUTH AVE., SUITE 104
FANWOOD, NJ 07023
(908) 889-9111
FAX: 889-6606

2137 OAK TREE ROAD

EDISON, NJ 08820
(908) 321 -5454
FAX: 321 -3610

March 23, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Road Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I want to personally thank you for all that you have done for my
business and my life, but until that opportunity presents itself, please
accept this testimony in its written version.
My real estate career was relatively successful, prior to my recent
introduction to you, over the past 11 years.
Since I have embraced and taken action on your business philosophies and
marketing mindsets, my business has exploded exponentially! I am currently on
track to double the production of 1993, which was my best year ever. That's
right, a 100% increase in production. My team will close more business this
year, than in the past three years combined. Not only are we increasing volume,
but also the quality of the business that is being referred to us. To receive this
increased level of business, we are spending much less, to make much more. It
does not seem logical, or even possible from approaching it "the old-fashioned
way", but you have showed us how to maximize our income and yield, while
rninimizing our expenses in a specific, clear, and powerful way.
Profound revelation, through your teaching, has taught me how to write sales
letters and ads that have out pulled what I previously promoted by at least
400%. You have helped me recognized on a much deeper level, my gifts and
talents that I have been blessed with, and given me the vision to optimize the
strategic alliances that I have with ancillary businesses related to real estate.

Each office independently owned and operated.

You are not only a great marketing genius and a creator of ideas that can
be put into action instantaneously, but you are also a designer of an
improved quality of life, for any and all entrepreuners that are willing to
accept change, and embrace your philosophies, strategies, and mindsets.
The most important benefit to me personally from my contact with you has been that I
am a much happier person, which transcends into a daily life of loving my business,
loving my employees, truly caring more about the clients and customers that 1 am
blessed with having the opportunity to serve, but most importantly, LOVING AND
APPRECIATING MY FAMILY MORE THAN EVER!
Jay, I am really looking forward to meeting you in person, and thanks
again for dramatically changing my life!
Sincerely yours,

Bill Flagg, CRS, GRI

Certified Residential Specialist
NJAR Million Dollar Sales Club 1985-1993

To:

Jay Abraham

From:

Jim Senior

Date:

March 5, 1994

Subject:

A Success Story In-Progress

Six months ago, I purchased the audio tapes for your "Mastermind" Home Study program. Faithfully, I went through the
entire program, making notes, defining and trying out certain concepts along the way. I'm now in a second pass of both the
written and audio material, feeling like there is unlimited potential in growing and expanding what is still a very humble
business enterprise.
Six years ago, my wife (Joan) and I took advantage of early retirement options from our "career employer". While one major
consideration was the opportunity to remain in Florida, an essential family situation concerning our youngest daughter was the
primary rationale. Needing a continuing source of income, we one day found ourselves the owner of an established Hallmark
card and gift shop. Hallmark defined the business as "mature", namely a store they expected to endure, but with limited
potential for growth and expansion. At the time, the terms met our criteria for a "mom and pop" type business that would
adequately supplement our income needs. Note: At the same time, I became involved as a Director and officer of a local nonprofit, something that allowed me to utilize my corporate management experience, eventually with our business being
significantly compromised.
As further background, while Hallmark stores are independently owned under a license agreement, there are many
components where they are little different than a franchise. As a result, our store's product mix consisted of about ninety
percent Hallmark products. The store's business seemed self-sustaining, with annual sales growth being about five to eight
percent
In 1992, things changed overnight. It took several months for us to recognize the magnitude of the change. Our store had
been positioned next to a major super market. The strip center was expanded with the super market being moved about 100
yards to our east and we found ourselves positioned between a martial arts studio and a laundromat. While having assured we
would not have to ever go "head-to-head" with Hallmark product in the same Center, Hallmark placed their product in a major
drug store chain, just two doors away. The Center's expansion was such that, even to this day, we have virtually no "walk-by"
traffic.
That was just the beginning. Almost overnight, a Walmart anchored shopping center appeared across the street, the Center
being about twice as large as the one where our store sits. For two years, we were subject to a Center that had almost 40,000
sq.ft. of unoccupied space which the owners held until a single tenant store would lease the entire space. Then, on a diagonal
corner of what has become a major intersection, a standalone 70K+ sq.ft. K-Mart was built and opened in just three months.
Initially, we thought this increased concentration of other retail stores would help draw traffic into the area and that we
would actually benefit In hindsight, we were rationalizing how our steadily declining business would turn itself around.
This obviously was not the case. There was a major increase in the number of people who now shop in these three
Centers. They are primarily taking care of essential business (food, clothing, apparel, household, etc) and not at all
focused on a 2,500 sq.ft. Hallmark Shop.

To:

Jay Abraham

From:

Jim Senior

Date:

March 5, 1994

Subject:

A Success Story In-Progress

While some of what follows began prior to my taking your course, the decision to purchase the course was based on our
awareness that we needed fresh ideas and approaches to keeping our business just surviving.
Our first significant action addressed just who we were in this changing marketplace. For years, I would probably argue that
our Unique Selling Proposition was the Hallmark name and logo. Perhaps, there was a time in the past where this was
partially true. But, no more. We had to establish and implement an identity that made us unique, both within our immediate
area and even a means of separating our store from other Hallmark stores in the greater Tampa area.
The first major action was to change our products, quickly making a transition to "fine gifts and collectibles". From a 90%
Hallmark space allocation, we have migrated our store to one that has just over fifty percent in Hallmark products. We
continuously advertise our uniqueness from the self-service discount stores, focusing and emphasizing a comfortable
atmosphere, quality in every item we carry, a promise to locate products (i.e., any collectible), to guarantee customer
satisfaction and a "buy-back" of any gift or collectible.....for the life of the product We have now taken a few more steps to
provide customer's with turnkey service. We'll gift wrap, package and ship anything to anywhere. We serve as a locator for
retired ornaments and other major collectibles. We also serve as a redemption center for over fifteen collector's clubs. This
component of our business alone has increased five-fold in less than one year.
We began pulling products out of our store that did not sell, using every valuable linear foot of display space with gifts that are
not available in other area stores. We have remained "up-scale" in our offerings, providing a significant contrast to the
discount, mass-merchandising facilities. In fact, we no longer consider them a competitor. Our identity is vastly different
and we're enhancing this character change each and every day.
Direct mail has been of considerable importance in beginning this change. I believe direct mail will of increasing benefit as
we move forward. From your course, I learned that simply sending bulk mail with a set of "clips" of Hallmark advertising
was of little value. We've also learned that our primary product remains the greeting card. While I still find it hard to believe
a "free" greeting card is a compelling reason to shop at our store, a simple promotion of 3,000 pieces of mail to "known"
customers produced about a 40% return in terms of redemptions.
We've also learned to tell the customer "what to do" in our direct mail campaigns. For example, during our 1993 Christmas
season, we had three consecutive weeks of promotional events. The mailing and bag-stuffers, instead of just announcing these
special occasions, actually told customers to "mark the dates on your calendar and be present to enjoy the special occasion with
us". Traffic increased about thirty percent and sales over 50% for these specific days when contrasted to 1992.
The "back end" and "lifetime customer" concepts, while initially seeming not applicable in a retail setting, suddenly came to
light in our rapidly growing collectibles business. Most collector's clubs work in the same manner. Membership is a nominal
annual fee ($15-$20). This delivers product of equivalent worth, newsletters about the club, and the opportunity to purchase
"members only" collectible pieces. To significantly increase customer participation, we had promotions where, a customer
purchasing S25 or more in a collectible product received a "free" one-year membership. Our cost was covered by their
purchase. Then all "members only" purchases resulted in our receiving normal markup margins.

DKL OCCASIONALS, INC.

Member: NALED

Carol's Hallmark Shop

National Association of

Tampa, FL 33634

Limited Edition Dealers

To:

Jay Abraham

From:

Jim Senior

Date:

March 5, 1994

Subject:

A Success Story In-Progress

To demonstrate credibility in our emphasis on collectibles, we first joined the non-profit cooperative National Association of
Limited Edition Dealers. We increased the number of collectible product lines by over 100% (and will continue this trend as
budget, demand and availability warrant expansion)
We have become product specialists, just to offer specialty products without in-house expertise will result in short-lived
success. And, its not just having product knowledge. We are developing a detail data base about our collectors. This allows
pin-pointed advertising, even a personal telephone call to let a subset know about news that is of particular interest to them.
Feedback indicate customers are grateful for this consideration. [They want to be recognized and helped! It is also rewarding
for us in a personal sense.]
We have also gone out into the community and have become active members of local collector's clubs. As a participant, we get
a sense of what they really expect from their providers of sendee. And, since most clubs have a community service focus, it
enables our customers to see us working along side them in serving a meaningful cause.
We have learned to manage our suppliers, some who are now providing us assistance in locating scarce collectibles, while at
the same time taking back non-selling products for full credit. We have learned they treat their "preferred" retail locations with
consideration, including paying for us to travel to their primary buying showrooms e.g., ENESCO Corporation in Chicago.
Until we truly became committed to a pattern of expansive thinking, we had been saddled into some very minor league
thinking.
It would probably be nice for me to tell you we are now receiving revenues of a million dollars or more each year, in 1991, the
store had total revenues of just 260K. Business was declining and we were actually examining bankruptcy as a means of
damage control. In 1993, the store generated almost 340K in sales. In 1994, we'll get close to the 400K mark. Space
constraints of the store limit both product display and certain services. Accordingly, we have formally asked our landlord for at
least a sixty percent in space. This will probably not happen for another 18-24 months. However, we have renewed our lease
out through the year 2001.
As I write this letter, we are examining mail order sales; also, the use of on-line computer networks for another marketing
channel (Prodigy in specific since there is an already established network of collectors). We are approaching these alternative
channels with caution, so we'll not find us in a position where we have inadequate inventories to accommodate our local
customer base. We'll begin testing these channels within the next few months.
Another priority is "increasing traffic". We are doing several creative communications with known customers, some of which
is related to providing adequate incentive to have them become reacquainted with us. We will soon initiate direct mail testing
to newly developing residential sub-divisions and perhaps try the general area by renting mailing lists. Our current test is being
financed primarily through a trial program developed by Hallmark. Results will be known by the end of May. In a way, we are
pleased that Hallmark does not understand the potential we see in this program.
We have come to recognize that what we are doing is a process that truly has no limits. Gating factors are primarily related to
our energy level and expectations. Realizing that we must continually improve to be the "best" gift and collectibles store in
Tampa, FL is sufficient challenge. The concepts from your course provide a tremendous starting point and have generated
more ideas than we can handle at one time. We'll most likely not expand into multiple stores, since we are not planning to
remain in the retail business much beyond another five years. Yet, at the point where we decide its time to get out, we want
our store to be a marketable commodity (a neighborhood institution!).

DKL OCCASIONALS, INC.

Member: NALED

Carol's Hallmark Shop

National Association of

Tampa, FL 33634

Limited Edition Dealers

To:

Jay Abraham

From:

Jim Senior

Date:

March 6, 1994

Subject:

A Success Story In-Progress

We now recognize the extent to which we keep ourselves bridled within the "box". And, at the same time, we have
established new horizons that have no defined limits. We have initiated certain types of expansion with confidence, learning
how to test as a natural process of moving into these uncharted areas. We have learned that there are many helpful resources,
primarily people who possess more experience and have realized far greater success than we have accomplished. They
represent "models" from which we can observe and learn. In mid-April, we will be joining a few dozen of these members of
the NALED organization for a vacation in the orient (with explicit business related considerations)
When considering our anxiety and despair just a few years ago, we view our situation as unbridled opportunity, something to
truly enjoy. Your concepts have taught us the extent to which unlimited potential exists and that we can progress as far as we
want in a fashion that enables us to take positive action being in control over much of the involved risk. While we both have
corporate management backgrounds, there is no way we could ever return to the institutional world. At the same time, we
have no regrets about our past and have learned to enjoy our life's experiences through being the best service providers within
our own creation.
I hope this brief summary clearly outlines some of the benefits we've already received from your Mastermind Program will be
helpful to others. We will continue to make progress, while at the same time remaining at the beginning of the journey. We
can live comfortably without our retail business, so wealth is measured in terms of personal fulfillment Presently, we are
expecting to stay with this retail business for an extended period There is however a great freedom knowing we can decide
exactly when to move onward to another venture, even sun worshipping in the south Pacific.

This paragraph serves as a complete release of this letter for your use in any purpose yon want. This includes reference
to our corporate and store names., If you wish to use our full names, address and telephone number, you may do so, but
please advise of the context
Sincerely,

James H. Senior, Treasurer/Owner

DKL Occasionals, Inc.

Jay Abraham Personal

c/o
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, Ca. 90274
Dear Jay:
Mine is not your average success story. I don't own a large
corporation or make millions of dollars a year. In fact, three
years ago I found myself unexpectedly unemployed, not knowing how I
was going to support my family.
Today I have a beautiful home on an acre of forest land in
Hawaii.... .paid for. Also paid for, are my car, truck,
sportfishing boat, and studio/workshop. I set my own hours working
as an artist. I have no money worries, no payments, and enough
income to do anything I want to do. In fact, if I won a 20 million
dollar lottery, I would still make contemporary, fine-art bowls out of
exotic woods.....because I love doing it.
The first thing I learned from you, Jay, was the value of a
cutomer and the importance of reselling, upselling, and crossselling. I was able to position my art work at the high end of the
market by offering an unconditional lifetime guarantee. This
helped the customer appreciate the quality as compared to my
competitors work, as well as giving me a way to develop a mailing
list. As a result, my ancillary sales for the last 6 months of
last year, were 400% of my total gross reciepts from the entire
previous year.
Probably the most important thing I've learned from being
exposed to your marketing ideas is a refreshingly free outlook on
problem solving. Let me give you an example:
When I first approached galleries with my work, I was told
over and over again that they expected me to consign my work and

get paid after they sold it. It was starting to sound like they all
had a "standard" contract. At first glance our needs seemed at odds
and the challenge was to find the common ground of our mutual
benefit.
My solution was to offer each gallery the option of putting my
work on display for 30 days at no charge, (I wouldn't call it
consignment, though), at which time I would come back and they
could either purchase or return the work to me at their option.
Without exception, each gallery was happy to be on a cash basis
after experiencing their customer's enthusiastic reception of the
pieces.
It's hard to describe exactly what this quality is, that you
posess. I believe you are definitely a genius who happened to
focus on marketing. I think that you are the Consumate Marketing
Artist, or to put it another way:
If someone saw a column of figures on a piece of paper, they
would probably add them.....Jay would multiply them!
Having been exposed to your marketing philosophies I have
learned to never take anything for granted: everything is
negotiable; anything is possible.
I'm happy to have had the opportunity to express my thanks.

Sincerely

Kevin Parks

3-3-94
Abarham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950
Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I received your letter and am responding immediately! What a great offer and what a
perfect time for you to ask me for an endorsement...I have just experienced the two BEST
months of my business career: Dec. 1993 and Jan. 1994.
Both months grossed in excess of $45,000 each! This is up from $30,000 Dec. 1992
and only $16,000 in Jan. 1993!!! I can directly attribute my success to: Hard work and many
of the marketing "secrets" of Jay Abraham. You must understand something. I am in a small
market, extremely competitive business. Hard work is just not enough. You MUST work SMART
also. Using many of your most simple and basic strategies I have been able to
formulate a growing Mail Order business. I have also begun marketing my own original
Instructional Video Tapes which have become one of the cornerstones of my success.
Your techniques WORK They are in many ways so common sense (not what I was
told of Jay Abraham!) that to not use them would be crazy.
How do "I" see you? Since I have always considered myself a creative person...I
react to your teachings, well, creatively! I use them in a personal and interactive mentoring way
that allows me to intergrate what I have learned into my own business situation. I guess
that is the best description: Jay Abraham is one of the 'IMPORTANT' business mentors for
Brad Burt, owner of Brad Burt's Magic Enterprises.
Thank you for this opportunity to respond to one of this countries true "marketing
gurus", it is a destinct pleasure!
With Sincerest Regards,

March 05, 1994 Dennis

Klopfenstein Bluffton.
In 46714 Phone # (219)824-5391

Abraham

Publishing

Group,

Inc.

950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100

Rolling Kills Estates, CA 90274

Dear Jay.
Even though 1've never met you or even attended a single
class or seminar of yours, I've greatly benefited from your
ideas.

I was a Home Study Protege several years ago at a time

when I was a 13% owner of an LP Gas, Appliance and Water

Softner business started by my wife's father. When he retired,
I had the opportunity to buy in at 13% (later to increase to
40%) of a business worth about $300,000 generating about
5150,000 per year profit.
The potential of this business to grow to at least
three times that net profit became vividly apparent after
your clarification of the following concepts:
1. The Lifetime Value of a Customer
2. Vorking the Back End
3. The Unique Selling Proposition
4. Joint Venture Opportunities

3. Telemarketing potentials 5.
Independent profit Center Agreements
I knew that none of these ideas would work effectively until
the two older owners were retired and my brother-in-law and I
owned all the stock.

Nor did I have any incentive to implement

anything that would increase the cost of the stock I would be

purchasing in a few years.

The LP Gas part of our business

operated on a year to year lease to distribute gas for a

commission with a large LP Gas Distributing Company which was
bought cut by a larger expanding company.
The New Management wanted only company owned and operated
stores and attempted to buy us out for more control of us.

At

this point. I attempted a profit center agreement with cur

company and a list use agreement with the new company and began
working with our manager in his negotiations to maximize cur
position in case of a buyout. I explained in detail what our
future could be to him if we didn't sell. But that a
satisfactory sellout would benefit the retirees most even
though for me keeping the company was most advantageous.

my efforts reach their full potential.

But, we got over one

million dollars for our three hundred thousand dollar company

with generous salaries if we staved.
Profit Center Agreement but I held cut

They completely nixed the

in the negotiations which yielded a tripling of my stock values

and a 30% increase in salary.

I lost a lot of potential, but

gained at least sixty thousand dollars in net worth using the

knowledge I'd gained from your concepts.
Jay, I see you as a bovine business idea
scavengerhost; not a selfish scavenger but a host who is
willing to share the best of what you have grazed on, chewed
on. swallowed, repeatedly regurgitated, re-swallowed then re
digested for the benefit of your synerglstic milk drinking
proteges who need idea collecting eyes and ears and the
motivational idea mix which greatly helps us reach our
collective potential.

The result is not "mere milk" but

delightful milkshakes and sundaes.

Dennis Klopfenstein

Thanks for sharing,

March 3, 1994
Dear Jay,
I am a medical marketing consultant in the north central Florida
area. Before being exposed to your philosophies I was an average
performer. After internalizing and implementing your strategies,
ideas, and tactics I now lead my division in bottom line profit
producing sales. In 20 short months I more than doubled my revenue
to well over 2 million dollars per year. This might not seem like a
tremendous gain to some - but to put things in perspective others in the same industry, with the same market potential, or
better, are bringing in around $300,000 per year.
Why am I 7 times (700%) more productive than the average? Because I
learned and implemented just a few of your strategies and
tactics. One was your USP concept; we never actually had one
before- difficult to believe I know! Another one of your favorite
marketing tools, the host-parasite (referral) relationship has
netted me and my company hundreds of thousands of dollars. Your
strategies and tactics on writing sales letters - the correct use
of headlines and body copy - has revolutionized the way we direct
market. Finally sizeable financial gains instead of one
disappointment after another!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart and check book.
Best Regards,

R. L. Frazier PROFIT
MASTERS, INC.

P.S.
The "What I See Jay Abraham As" section is included on the
following page.

3659 Barbizon Circle North * Jacksonville, FL 32257 *Tel 904-292-2889 Fax 904-260-4779

WHAT I SEE JAY ABRAHAM AS

I see Jay Abraham as the ultimate consummate "psychological"

marketer/communicator. You have a tremendous ability to look into
people's (prospects') minds and lives - understand their psychic
systems, (what makes them tick psychologically, emotionally,
physically, etc.) - needs, wants, desires, etc., etc. Then, and
most important of all - you LEAD THEM INTO ACTION, where they in
their heart of heart's want to go anyway - but are afraid to
venture on their own.
We live in a world of cause and effect. Ninety-nine percent of the
causative element is psychological, emotional, (in a nutshell
mental), and this yields effects (results in business and life).
You've mastered/understood your own "results producing factory" or
psychic system - so you understand others and can effectively and
artfully communicate with 99% of people - and move them to action -the
ultimate prerequisite for the skilled consummate marketer.
In my opinion, the problem/challenge of most marketers is lack of
self knowledge and self insight. How can one expect to reach out to
(market to) another - grab their attention, interest them in a
viable product/service - then lead them to action - when that
individual can't even lead themselves to a satisfactory,
progressive, results oriented place! The blind, (introspectively
speaking),
can
not
lead
the
blind!!!
However,
an
awakened/communicative mind can certainly lead individuals
(prospects) to most any progressive, life enhancing place (action).
You Mr. Abraham possess this awakened (lucidity) of mind: perhaps
you think form a higher place - whatever the case - you possess the
ability to move people to progressive action. You mesh the science
and art of marketing and communicating together in a way that
speaks to people's (prospects') hearts (higher minds); instead of
producing the all to common "me too marketing" which addresses the
mundane conditioned mind - so difficult to breakthrough because of
its awesome (ego) defensive nature.
I see you as both an artsman and scientist. You know what I truly
want - because you know what you want! And again, at the risk of
being redundant, you can lead me there by initiating action within
me, (not an easy chore!).

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Jay:
My name is Alien Bunn and, if you recall, I own and operate
Hartman Pharmacy in New Egypt, N.J..
I don't know quite where to begin. I was first exposed to you
and your philosophies in early part of 1993 when I was planning
to attend one of your seminars. At that time, I just could not
fit a trip to California into my schedule so I ordered your home
study course.
After studying your program I began to try out some of your
techniques. I began building a mailing list and preferred
customer list from my current customer base and was attempting
to increase my backend sales to my existing customers.
Basically, I was just experimenting with the techniques. I am a
very cautious person and I always like to test the waters.
I attended your seminar in November 1993 and was kickstarted
into action. I structured several promotional campaigns for the
Christmas selling season that I hoped would increase my sales
over the year previous. I only had a 300 person preferred
customer mailing list to work from and I was not sure how
significant my marketing would be with such a small group. 300
people is only a small fraction of my customer base.

To my surprise my sales were up over 100% from the previous year

for that selling season. My sales were up about $7000 which to
me is very significant; especially when you consider that I only
mailed to 300 people.
I was shocked and almost afraid to try more with a larger list
because I was not sure I could handle the extra surge in
business.
Let me explain what I did to achieve this success. I sent out
several mailings to my list making special offers unique to the
list. The offers were designed to make the recipient feel
special and almost exclusively singled out. The letters were
very personalized and written in a style that one would use
when writing to a friend. My customers ate it up. I have very
little carry over of inventory left in my store for next year's
Christmas season.
Prescriptions Home-Health-Care Supplies Vitamins

I attribute a good portion of my success to my second mailing.

Basically, I identified a problem with my first letter and
offer. I structured the offer a little to complicated. I sent
out a second mailing with a revised offer and I began the
letter stating that I had a problem. I explained to my
customers that I had a lot of confusion from customers, and my
staff, on my first offer and that was why I was sending out the
revised offer.
I think that this second letter almost made them feel sorry for
me. So many people came in the store stating that they didn't
think I messed up on the first letter and regreting that I had
spent so much in postage on the second mailing. What was
surprising was that these same people responded to the revised
offers, not the first one. A good portion of my sales resulted
from this second mailing. I learned a valuable lesson and I
plan on sending out many more "I have a problem" letters.
In January, I was fortunate enough to conference personally with
you on the "Marketing Makeover". All of the ideas are so
valuable to me and I plan on implementing each and every one of
them. I am now "laser beam" focused on where I am going.
One of the first suggestions I tried was also very significant
to me. You had advised me to write a column for the local
newspaper on topics of interest to my community. In those
columns you instructed me to include an offer. You detailed how
I should approach the newspaper and I followed your guidance.
The newspaper was very happy to comply with my request and since
they were familiar with my writing ability (I have written
several columns in the past for this newspaper) they offered to
charge me only for the paragraph my offer was in. This worked
out to a charge of only $25. Of course, I was thrilled.
My first column was on humidifiers. I identified several
problems commonly experienced by people because of the dry
winter air and explained how they could remedy these problems
with a humidifier. I included a special offer in the last
paragraph for a top-of-the-line room humidifier.
This first column resulted in my selling approximately 20
humidifiers. I grossed $500 in sales for a cost of $25. This
figure does not include any add on sales I may have made.
Needless to say I was more than pleased. I plan on writing
this column, which by the way I call the "Hartman Pharmacy
Corner", for years to come.
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You asked the question: "How do you see roe?" This is very hard
to explain in a word or a phrase. I have racked my brains to
come up with a short description but I can't; so I will have to
explain it in several paragraphs.
I would like to begin by giving you my old philosophy on doing
business. It is something I grew up believing but not
embracing. Let me illustrate.
One time, my grandmother asked me if I short-count my customers
pills when filling prescriptions. Of course, I said no because
I never have intentionally done this. What she said to me was,
what I believe, a philosophy that many people believe. She
said: "Every businessman cheats the public. If you don't cheat
the public, you are no businessman." This reinforced in me the
idea that "nice guys finish last". I truly believed that I
would never be a success because I was an honest businessman.
How could my grandmother, who was the wisest person I know, be
wrong?
Then I met you and experienced your philosophies. You have
changed my belief system. I now believe that honesty pays off.
If you don't give people a fair shake they will never come
back. I now realize that my basic strength is in my honesty and
integrity. I now know what I have done right all these years
in business. I can now concentrate on my strengths and leverage
that.

You have given me direction and purpose in my life. I know

where I am headed and you have shown me that the possibilities
are limitless. I now consider my customers my friends instead
of greedy, advantage-taking, wolves-in-sheep's-clothing enemies
that are ready to pounce and devour any unsuspecting honest and
therefore weak, naive, easy-to-take-advantage-of businessman.
The kind of businessman I am.
I no longer feel like I am their prey. I now understand that
they are not there to take unfair advantage of me and I
therefore don't have to reciprocate in the same manner.
They are only there for one reason--they have a problem and I
have a solution. They come to me because they know I will do my
best to solve their problem. I have a very unique service that
only I can render and my purpose is to attract the people that
can best utilize what I have to offer in return for financial,
as well as, self-fulfilling rewards.
This new-found knowledge is what you have gifted to me. This is
my greatest asset and the secret to my success. I plan on
leveraging it to the best of my ability to grow my business to
levels I never before believed I could reach. You have shown me
that as an entrepreneur who embraces and lives these
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philosophies, I can take control of my life and control my

destiny. As you so often put it: "I make the rules".
I am a very creative person by nature. I never knew how to use
this creativity in my business. You have shown me a way to
channel this creative-side into my business. I can now achieve
great enjoyment and self-fulfillment by channeling these
creative energies into my business. I have learned how to
generate ideas I never thought I was capable of producing. Your
philosophies have given me an infinite line of vision for
possibility. The sky is the limit.
I could go on. I hope I have not bored you to tears.
get this off my chest before I explode.

I had to

If I had to sum it up in a few words then I guess you would fall

into the categories of : motivator, mentor, philosopher,
teacher, starter (as in automobile engine starter), catalyst,
stimulus, etc.. Like I said before, I have a lot of trouble
putting it into a word or phrase.
You also taught me to always include a
So, here it is. I now have a business
for one man to handle. I want to grow
the atmosphere of a small business. My
relationships with my customers are my

negative in my letter.
that is almost to busy
but I don't want to lose
personal one-on-one
greatest asset.

So, I pose one final question to you. Can

you teach me how to clone myself???.

Sincerely,

Allen J. Bunn, R.Ph.

Hartman Pharmacy

March 9, 1994
Dear Jay;
I am answering your request for success stories. I
purchased your program Your Marketing Genius At Work last
year. I must confess I was rather skeptical of the kind of
success I would see in my insurance sales.
I have been running a one man insurance agency for 12
years. The agency has been very successful at marketing
health insurance to the senior age market. That was until the
government reduced my commissions from 60% on a sale to 32%
overnight in 1990.
I needed to find a new product to sell to replace the
sudden decrease in my income. I turned to selling Long Term
Care policies but sales were very slow in coming. So I felt a
need to find a better product to sell my customers.
The answer came when I started looking into selling
annuities. I started selling annuities in May of 1993. I
didn't set the world on fire but here is what I did in 8 months
in 1993.
May - Dec. 1993 - $296,136 Total Annuity Sales
13 sales - $22,779
$24,525
$1,886.54

Ave. Annuity Sale

Total Annuity Commissions
Ave. Annuity Commission

In Jan. 1994 I used your program and put together the

enclosed post card mailer. I mass mailed it at first with
absolutely no success. Next I tried mailing 10 per week and
following it up with a phone call. That didn't work well
either. But by calling on those I mailed the card to in
person has produced amazing results.
Here are the results of mailing the card to my existing
customers in Jan. and Feb. 1994.

"Where Service
Difference"

Makes A

1703 S. Country Club Rd. #207, Decatur, IL 62521

Jan. - Feb. 1994 - $676,339 Total Sales 9

sales

$ 75,148 Ave. Annuity

$ 50,725 Total Annuity Commissions
$5,636.10 Ave. Annuity Commission

My 1994 sales results show a 228% increase in sales over

1993 and commissions show a 298% increase over 1993. The
amazing thing is that these 1994 increases have been
accomplished in 2 months while last year's sales were over an
8 month period.
Other insurance agents think I paid alot of money to an
advertising agency to create the post card I use.

Mailing the post card as a backend to my existing

customers has been very successful. I never expected such a
dramatic increase in sales would come from a small post card
mailing being followed up by an in person call.
The $500 I invested in your program has certainly been
the best investment I've ever made. I've already made 150
times what I paid for it.

Jay you have been an excellent "Marketing Mentor" for my

business and for my future businesses. You have only begun to
get my marketing juices going.
I'll keep you posted how the rest of the year goes.

Cordially

Paul Abbott

"Where. Service Makes A

Difference"

How To Send Out Postcards That Get

Immediate Response, Are Extremely
Effective And Write Profitable Copy In
Your Spare Time.
Dear Jay,
I wanted to send this letter as soon as I received your mailer, but patients,
scheduling and time slowed down that process. 10 days isn't enough time to write a
good letter, but time is of the essence. Writing a compelling letter to be used with
your specific reports, documents and books is a challenge in itself. Scary even. Oh
well, here goes.
When I attended your marketing seminar in Los Angeles a year ago in March, I
had no idea of the impact this would have on me. My entire life has changed.
My goals in life were to serve as many people as possible prior to the seminar.
Now an additional goal has been added. To be a "Marketing Wizard" like you,
and help as many people as possible to get direct response through their
adveritising and marketing.
15% To 20% Return On My Direct Mail Postcards.

Enclosed you will find a postcard which I put together on a whim after reading
your two textbooks. Usually, the standard for a direct mail piece seems to be
around 1 - 2 per cent. If this is true, I feel this postcard has really done its job.
Testing has shown a 15 - 20 per cent return each time I send a new postcard out,
and I send out a different card about every month. This, calculated into money,
equals about an $8,000 to $10,000 dollar increase in services rendered per
month, or at the minimum a $120,000 dollar increase in services rendered per
year. Not bad for a chiropractor in a small town of 4,000 people.
Does A Handout That Is 10 Pages Long Really Generate Business?

The answer is a definite YES. A good friend of mine told me that his wife was
thinking about opening up cleaning business, but was scared to do so. Being an
Abraham graduate, confident to the max and an avid reader of your literature, I
suggested that they let me write them a short mail piece. I promised them that
they would have more than enough business, in two to three weeks if they
allowed me to write this copy. They agreed and spent New Years Day with me,
writing this enclosed article on cleaning. Within 1 month, they had all the
business they wanted and are talking about expansion.

She is her own boss and making money. Happy and self-fulfilled. What can I
say? Chalk another success story up for Ivan and Jay. Success breeds success. It
does rub off Jay, just in smaller dosages.
Whoa! What About Jay?
Now you did ask the question, as to what I thought of you philosophically. This
was very hard to do, but like most people, never really being able to talk to you
one on one makes it hard to give you some type of definitive answer. You are a
variety of things. An outstanding, one-of-a-kind marketing and negotiating giant. A
fantastic salesman which has no boundaries. A master strategist who can turn
water into wine and dirt into gold among other things. Yes, you are the
"compleat" marketing man. A genius does hot do you justice. Superman, maybe.
Go With A Sure Fire Winner.
When I attended your seminar, I knew nothing about you except you were able to
convince me to spend $5,000 for a seminar which had nothing to do with
Chiropractic. I wanted to break away from the pack. Make new connections and be
the leader of my profession in the marketing and direct response arena. This hasn't
happened yet, but I'm constantly writing and testing copy for other people. Honing
my skills for my future in direct response advertising as well as informational
advertising*.
Marketing Means Always Going With A Winner.
My philosophy has always been to go with a sure fire winner. If you try to take
short cuts, save money and time, it seems that it never works out. You get what
you pay for in the end.
How Much Does It Cost For Knowledge?
When I returned from the seminar, someone asked me how much they could
purchase the two large volumes of information for? I stated that in order for
them to purchase the volumes, they would have to pay and go to your seminar.
Can you imagine someone trying to buy these from me. No way was I going to let
someone who hasn't spent any money with you, have my knowledge and these
volumes for free. I paid my hard earned money and spent my valuable time in
the seminar, and I wasn't giving this to anyone for any price. They were told
that the volumes were worth $5,000 together or $2,500 per volume. This is what
they have been worth to me. What does knowledge really cost? Is my future
worth $5,000. I think so.

Thanks...
Thanks for the gifts. Everything you mentioned, the Michael Basch tapes, the
Paddy Lund tapes, Tony Robbins interview and the 10 page report are exciting to
me. You know how to back-end so well. I am constantly amazed at how you do
this. Nothing is new, but everything is knowledge to me. These techniques are
major breakthroughs for me.
There Is No Substitute For Jay Abraham !!!
Success starts with a Jay Abraham experience. It is an investment in your future.
As my pastor might say, "The answer to your prayers." I just love marketing
and learning more about it. Your seminars are in a class by themselves.
Imagine Jay if you could write copy for my clinic. Business would skyrocket.
Currently I am working on a yellow page ad. Trying to combine everything I
know in a small space is hard to do, but with your books at my side, I can only
see success and a 4 to 1 return.
Thanks for everything Jay. I appreciate you as a mentor and a friend. Not an
aquaintance, but a friend. Your one of the great marketing wizards of all time in
my opinion. God Bless You.
With warmest regards,

Dr. Ivan G. Carney

Chiropractor &
Jay Abraham Marketing student

1201 Old Black Horse Pike

Hilltop, NJ 08012
(609) 228-5863

GREAT QUALITY AT RIDICULOUS PRICES!!

March 7, 1994

Dear Jay,
This letter is to let you know how much I have appreciated my exposure to your principles,
teaching and even yourself. When my sister and I first talked with you we used some of your ideas
to help us get a very unusual and difficult business of the ground. Within a few months of talking
with you we had increased our sales dramatically. At the end of the first year our sales had
increased 88 times over. You are well aware of all the dramatic advances we made in Western Tech
using your teachings. However, I wanted to let you know that you are continually making an impact
in my life.
My husband and I recently started a retail store. We sell socks. Everyone told us it was a
ridiculous idea and couldn't be done. We knew we had a great idea and I felt confident that with the
things I had learned through you that we could make it work.
We sat down and started reading the books of your's, I have,and we also listened to the tapes.
I can not say that they gave us concrete ideas, but we did experience a creative flow. It became an
exciting process to start throwing out ideas and developing a solid business plan. Our first step of
course was to develop our USP. The impact of this on our business can not directly be measured. I
believe that the success of our new venture is due in great part to having the USP. This also
includes giving the customer extra value and as always going 'the extra mile'.
We have been in business for almost eight months. While most new business' flounder their
first year, ours has flourished. We have actually grown to include a total of four locations. There
are plans this year to expand into national malls, with two mall stores scheduled for 1994.
in introducing our business to new customers we did use one great idea. Rather than wasting
$5,000.00 in advertising to a huge population in the local newspapers, we printed up coupons giving
away a free pair of socks. The coupons were handed out to all the people that were passing by our
store, In this way we targeted our customer as people that generally came to the location of our
store.
The total value of this give away was $1000.00. (We gave away 1000 free pairs.) However,
the actual cost to us was only $750.00. You can see that the savings over the newspaper
advertising was almost $4,250.00 and I believe the results we achieved were more

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substantial than any from a random newspaper ad. Every person that came into our store
whether or not they purchased anything else now knows about Sock City.
On the days that we did the coupon handout we saw sales jump as much as 200%. We always
did the handout on slow days so this would increase our slow day sales. This had the added benefit of
making our sales people's time more productive on the slow days. On average we found that of the
people that came in for their free pair almost 75% made an additional purchase.
The real value of this give away can not be graphed or charted. We were able to create a
rapport with these individuals. Even if they only took their free pair of socks, when it comes time
to get new socks they will think of us first. I am certain that many of these people also told their
friends about the store that was giving away free socks with a real value, no strings attached.
As you can see I have profited greatly from my exposure to you and your teachings. The
people around me have profited as well. However, I do not believe that the ultimate value is in the
actual ideas that I learned. The ideas are simple. I believe they were always within my grasp. The
true and very real impact of having Jay touch my life and business has been the empowerment that it
gave me.
The time that I have spent interacting with Jay and his ideas has served to fuel the creative
processes within me. It has given me the confidence to try things - the permission to experiment with
new ideas - the right to believe in my own ability and brilliance.
It is my belief that the value of Jay and his organization goes beyond the products and ideas
that are sold. The true value comes from being a part of a vast and powerful pool of energy. The mind
expanding experience that comes from interacting with intellects of the magnitude found within this
organization is unequaled.
I can never express adequately the gratitude that I feel for being allowed to be a part of the
whole experience, I can not begin to measure the absolute impact on my life that this experience and
the things I have learned has made. I do know that I am now more confident in my own abilities as
well as comfortable with the business world as a whole. This is due in great part to my exposure to
Jay Abraham and his organization. Thank you, Jay!
Warmly,

Linda Fritz-Chando

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303 ELM AVENUE

HERSHEY. PA 17033
(717)533-2563

Dear Jay,
Thank you very much for the chance to share my success story.
Using your techniques and strategies, I was able to initiate a marketing
business. Your stratgies enabled me to fulfill a dream that had been smouldering in
my heart for years. I knew that I had innate marketing proclivities, but it took
your ideas to bring them out and to focus them properly.
Moving on to specifics, my client base has increased by about an average of 33%,
and I even have 3lans to eventually start a mail-order component to the business.
Thank you again for fanning and fueling my smouldering dream!
Sincerely,

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Roiling Hills Estates, CA 90274
March 6, 1994
Dear Jay:
i wanted to send you a letter to thank you for the phenomenal training you are providing.
Your training has given me the tools I need, and the confidence i needed to achieve my
dream of having a successful business and sports marketing company.
i was a successful advertising executive for over 17 years when I first was exposed to your
techniques. During those years I was considered to be excellent in my field, but i was
searching for the definitive methods of creating campaigns and programs that would work so
much better than the norm, that I could truly help businesses and sports entities meet and
exceed their goals.
When i first heard of you, i was impressed with your track record, but was skeptical that your
techniques and information was "that much better than anything eise that I had used.
After studying your work, that healthy skepticism has made me appreciate even more how
good your materials are.
What you offer is more than materials, it includes VISION. You see and approach the market
from a different angle than conventional marketers, and it is that angle that makes your
philosophy so effective.
You also have been blessed with the gift of being able to communicate the vision in a way
that others can see it too.
Once I got the mindset, as you call it, I knew I could beat the pants off of any compe-tion.
i began studying your work in January of 1993, and by the middle of July of '93, I had quit the
funky job and got off to a fast start with my own company.

in just 9 months i have attracted one, super, full-time associate and five part-time
workers. All of them have been impressed with your techniques.
We have over 20 working accounts, and have not iost one since we began.

Our clients are getting as great results as they are williing to use your ideas. Business is
exploding for those who understand your philosophy and work it.
I've had so much success thanks to you, and the exciting part is that I feel like a "freshman"
in the Abraham School of Technology. There is so much more to master.
The business is still in it's infancy, but i believe that we will be a million dollar company in
1995.

Basically, I see you as a "Thomas Edison" of marketing. You have taken existing science
and greatly extended it's potential for the future. That's another beautiful thing, your
techniques are going to be effective in the future and can be applied, no matter where the
new technologies take us.
Jay, I am very happy for you and the success you are achieving. God bless you.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,
Joseph A. Leonard

March 8, 1994
Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. 950
Indian Peak Rd., suite 100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I thought it would be appropriate to delineate what has happened to my career since
attending your Mastermind seminar in February 1993. In the first three months right after
attending, I was able to directly attribute just over $105,000 in extra income by applying
your techniques to my speaking and consulting career. The concepts that I applied primarily
to achieve these results were to make an irresistible offer with a money back guarantee and
provide "value-added" services that distinguished me from my competitors.
I have continued to use your techniques throughout the year with even greater
success. The joint venture concept has been particularly useful in giving me a strategic
advantage over my competition and assisting in getting increased product sales at the "back of
the room" during my seminars..I have set up three separate joint ventures. The total results are
not in yet. However, I expect one of them to yield a minimum of $250,000 in extra income
from product sales alone.
Using your techniques, I have had an incredible year and expect this year to be even
better. I have over 140 programs scheduled for the upcoming year so this year should be
fantastic. Additionally, my consulting opportunities have increased six-fold over the last
year. If anyone has any doubts about you, just have them call me and I'll set the record
straight for them.
I see your role as a "Fractal Thinker" whose role should be as a consultant to
entrepreneurs. You should not limit yourself to marketing. You are the catalyst to help others
succeed. It is that simple and yet that complex.
Successfully yours,

Nate Brooks

To: Jay Abraham

From: Alan L. Collins
Subject: Success Story
The Situation:
I'm a comic book collectible retailer and publisher. I specialize in buying bulk
quantities of comics wholesale and them retailing them to the comic collectible market. I
also publish books and manuals geared at comic collecting that I target at the same market.
In 1991,I bought 5000 copies of a hot comic book collectible (Daredevil #191) written by
a "hot" artist (Frank Miller) with the expectation that I'd keep them a few years and cash in on
them when they escalated in value. I was able to get them for $1.50 apiece, and their current
market value was $5 apiece and rising. A few months after I bought them, they "died."
The "hot" artist became "cold." Almost overnight. And I (like many other comic book
retailers and investors) got stuck with some magnificent collectible comics that they'd paid
thousands for. However, when I tried to sell them, nobody wanted them. The demand dried
up. I tried cutting the price and still nobody wanted them. The reason was many people
who had this comic collectible, had already purchased it. This was extremely frustratingin that I had $7,500 tied up in these comics.
What I Did:
(1) I told them why...
I sent out a letter to my mailing list of about 1900 customers. The letter essentially said,
"These are the facts. I paid $1.50 apiece for these comics. If I had sold back when then
market was high, I'd have sold them to you for $5 each. If you'd bought them from another
dealer, you probably would have paid perhaps as much as $7.50 apiece for them. Right now, I
can afford to sell them to you wholesale for $2.50. Their value is still $5 (true: as reflected in
the latest comic book price guides). This is 50% of their value, and less than any dealer is
selling this comic for. Most other dealers and retailers are hanging on to this comic hoping
that demand increases or that it escalates in value. This is the steal of a lifetime."
(2) I told them the story nobody else told them...[Schlitz beer technique]
I told them that "These comics are from my personal investment collection and have been
owned only once and have not been handled since they were originally bought. They have

been put in acid-free, 3-mil plastic bags and stored in a double-walled cool, dry storage
environment to ensure that they continue to look in mint condition. And maybe even better
than mint! During my last several years as a retailer, I have focused on the area of grading and
comic condition and have refined my ability to grade comics. Based on my own strict
standards, which are higher than any comic book price guide's, you will receive books that
are in the best possible condition."
(3) I put a limited time to the offer and gave them a free bonus.
I mentioned to them that I had a only limited number of copies and have to respond
within 10 days and order at least 20 comics to get a special bonus. The special bonus I sent
them was a 2-page special report called "Picking Winners: How To Invest In Marvel Comics
That Will Increase In Value." I put a value of $7 on this report, because this information was
not available anywhere else. This free bonus cost me $.08 apiece to print.
In summary, I was offering them a $12 value for only $2.50.
(e.g. the comic $5 value + $7 report).
How Well It Did:
I sold all 5000 "dead" comics in 5 weeks. I made a $4500 net profit in my pocket on this
deal. This included $3500 net (after all expenses) from selling the "dead comics" plus a an
additional $1000 in second orders from a "bounceback" offer I included in their package
when I sent them their "dead" merchandise. Most importantly, I got rid of some comics that
were not going to sell and increased the available space in my warehouse by 35% that I can
use for faster-moving, higher margin merchandise.
I was only able to get this kind of monetary success as a result of having read Your
Marketing Genius At Work, and applying the techniques you describe very vividly in the
collection of manuals. They work!
Jay's Contribution Philosophically:
I see your role as a Net Income Generator. The contribution your materials have
made for my business has been to help me look at additional ways to generate net income &
sales and how to best leverage the assets I already have but have overlooked (e.g. my past
customers--as per the example above, my dead comics--ditto, etc.).
Jay, hope this helps. You have my permission to use this letter in any way you choose.

Signed:

P. S. Thanks for your help. Your materials are awesome!

Don Wengelewski
8060 S. KENTON, CHICAGO, ILL 60652 U.S.A.
PHONE (312) 581-8207

Abraham
930 Indian Peak Rd. Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274

Publishing Inc.. - Jay Abraham Personal

Dear Mr. Abraham:

I used your marketing program in the following way to buy Real Estate:
I wanted to use the rifle approach. I prepared a post card (Attached) to send to out of state
estate executors that I determined had property in my area. This method yielded a sister
living in Georgia and a brother living in Texas who wanted to sell a 2 flat on the north side
of Chicago.
End result-I bought the 2 flat, cleaned it up and sold it 3 months later through a Real Estate
firm with a gross profit of $20,000. and a net profit of $15,000.
This was a small transaction compared to many you describe, but I did do it by adapting
your methodology.
Your teaching is like the student taking marketing trips with you. You have been on so
many and so often you can see and explain the simplicity and obvious marketing method or
methods to use in various situation even though the products involved vary drastically.
The students grasp the essential ideas and can use the ideas in various seemingly
unrelated areas.
I give you the right to use this letter in your current promotion.

Sincerelv

March 9, 1994

To Whom It May Concern:

Jay Abraham has said that even a housewife could benefit from
knowing ana using his unique marketing methods. That is true.
Whenever I feel the need for some extra cash or I want a new
challenge, I am able to use Jay's training and work with local
business people to increase their bottom line and enrich my
pocketbook.
Jay's ideas stimulate the imagination and the opportunities for
helping existing businesses to improve sales and net income which
can result in commissions for me and make happy business owners.
By simply getting one small business to give away a free video, I
was able to earn over $5,000. Other businesses have paid me for
convincing them to create a customer list which could be mailed to
and could be used in a joint venture with other non-competing sales
organizations.
Presently I am working on a video of my own. Without Jay's
training, I would never have had the confidence or know-how to
create and market, "How to Hake $50,000 A Year On 12 Acres Or
Less."
Jay Abraham has really opened up the world for this housewife.
Sincerely,

L. E. Russell

marketing consulting: sales training: market research

Small Success Report

To Whom It May Concern:
My first experience using Jay's methods was over 7 years ago, when I first
applied thoughts from Your Marketing Genius At Work tutorial.
Specifically, I wrote an ad emulating "RBM" ads as appearing in Parade and
such. I adapted the "Why Are We Giving Away" headline to sell a framed mirror
at Christmas time. Understand that this was our first ad for almost 10 years.
(Because we were convinced "advertising is a waste of money.") The day the ad
came out our phones rang of the hook. From a $250 ad, we sold over 300 framed
mirrors at $19 each. Not a huge profit, but more importantly, a huge start into
what was to be the best thing ever to happen to our company.
We changed our yellow page ad to a strict copy ad (the salesman thought
we were craz--they still do!) and get comments all the time because of its unique,
compelling and helpful presentation. A true goldmine--and nobody copy's it!
Now, what's really important, is that our sales increased 100% the second
year, and at least 25% every year after. We even were awarded the "Business of
the Quarter" by the local Chamber of Commerce--and we weren't even members.
We were doing $175,000 a year (gross sales), moved to $350,000 the year after
reading YMGAW, and now, 7 years later we're at $850,000 a year, and fully
capable--if we had the time and wanted to endure the headaches--of doubling that.
We just undertook a program (after returning from Jay's Mastermind
Seminar) to teach and share what we practice to other glass shops across the
country. We will net more off sharing these methods and ads, etc. than we do off
the glass business itself. We just started and the first month made $25,000. net!

To let you know how well Jay's methods really do work, when I came back
from his L.A seminar, I sat down and wrote a direct mail letter for our National
Glass Network, I mailed that letter ("The assumption letter") to 1,500 glass shops
across the United States, asking them to send for a free report on how to increase
their sales. We were knocked out by the response. A full 42% replied back and
requested the report. Unbelievable response. It astounds us how great these
methods are. And it astounds the other glass shops I am working with now.
Jay is truly a genius--and not just at writing great selling ads and letters.
More importantly, he sees the whole crystal ball, and shows it to his client. Since
marketing entails the full selling process, it must encompass more than "here's a
great ad."
Jay is the answer to small business in America. He is their prayers
answered. I see so many businesses fail, when with Jay's help, they would not
only succeed, but would prosper beyond their wildest dreams.
I know. I am one of those small businesses. Jay has given me more than I
ever dreamed. And a lot more than I could ever return--even if I gave him 100
times the money I already have.
I owe Jay a lifetime of gratitude and appreciation.
Thanks Jay.
Sincerely yours in great marketing,

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.

Jay Abraham
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA. 90274

Dear Jay,
I'm writing to express a profound sense of appreciation and
gratitude that goes well beyond my ability to communicate.
Within weeks after attending your Protege training I had recovered
my $15,000.00 investment. I had predicted that would happen on our first
day. Within months I had reduced my number of hearing aid offices from
eight to four and my staff from fifty-two to seventeen. My profits and my
free time more than doubled.
Ironically, that's not why I'm writing. Like the story about teaching
a hungry man how to fish, you taught me how to think and in a far more
unique and self gratifying way. In fact, I've now scaled down to one
dynamic marketing driven family oriented office with six great employees.
Before Abraham, I was on a fast track to nowhere without a roadmap. Now I
have a far more practical handle on my business, my family and my life.
You permanently imbedded in my brain a very different sense of priorities
and self worth.
The financial security alone would have me singing your praises to
the four winds. The things I did were embarrassingly simple and so obvious
once put into place. Things like developing a USP (free hearing aid
batteries for life, 60 day trial), things like developing a computerized
data base, testing headlines etc. Everything I did simply worked like
crazy.
For me, the freedom to truely enjoy my family is an even more
important priority. The wealth of information that you have so generously
shared has become a very important part of my life. In fact, and I've
often said this to family and friends ... If my home were burning the
"Abraham" filled shelves in my library would be saved before any material
possession that I can think of.
With the power of your wisdom there is a confidence that any
material thing is obtainable. Again, thank you.

With Deep Appreciation,

March 9, 1994

Jay Abraham (Personal) c/o Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA
9O274

Dear Jay:
In response to your recent request, here is our story.
After receipt of your program and digesting it all
(which took some time), we implemented your suggestions and
ideas in a mailing to cur customers, presently active and
inactive ones.
We had made mailings before on a regular basis,
primarily to our active customer base, so we knew what to
expect--we thought. It was utterly amazing to us about the
amount of bona fide orders we received (we asked for them)
and about how many of our inactive customers we reactivated.
This mailing produced three times the result of previous
mai1ings.
We are very pleased and are implementing other ideas of
yours in our marketing efforts.
Jay, besides being a super marketing expert and
salesman, you seem to have a knack of being able to cut
through the confusion and target on the core of a problem and
solve it. Your questions are to the point. I would call you a
problem solver.
Cordially yours,
A.

EICKERT

CO.,

INC.

Mr. Jay Abraham Personal Abraham

Publishing Group, Inc. 950 Indian Peak
Rd. Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Jay:

After your course MYEO my company became an agent for Munchy, an

English made plastic recycling machine.
Despite the fact that recycling is much in the media and a topic of
discussion everywhere I found a great reluctance to purchase this
machine - cost $60,000 to $350,000 depending on size.
Using your methods of direct mail for lead development and persistant
follow-up by phone I was able to get a purchase order for one of our
smaller units ($90,000). This sale has been completed, the unit
installed in Iowa and working well.
Best of all following your teaching of outstanding service (going the
extra mile) this relationship has been brought to the point that we are
able to use this unit to show customers and to run samples of material
for other customers.
We have several other interested leads developed and look forward to a
successful 1994.
Ref your request "How do I see You".
The "entrepreneur's entrepreneur" most nearly fits my view.
You teach that the entrepreneur must have the vision for the end
result, be thorough in identifying the steps to accomplish it and
have communication skills to convince others.
Best wishes for your continued success.
Sincerely,

MOLALLA HARDWARE CO., INC.

March 8, 1994
PERSONAL

Abraham Publishing Group 950

Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, Ca. 90274
ATTENTION: Jay Abraham

SUBJECT: MARKETING MOXY

Dear Jay
Jay, thanks for the opportunity to say "thanks". I've listened to and read your Mastermind
Marketing Program several timeswith profitable results. First let me briefly describe the economic
environment within which my retail hardware store operates. My store is located in the town of Molalla
(pop. 4250). Molalla boasts a timber-based economy, but (thanks to the spotted owl) a few years ago
timber became virtually unavailable.. Things were, to say the least, economically retarded. At the same
time, a new hardware store moved into town right up the street from us. My store had lost money two
years in a row (the two years that I have owned the store), and the wolves were circling.
As a result of studying your material I first off developed a USP. After some
experimentation my receipts indicated "We can show you how to save money doing it yourself!" an
effective USP. We began running this line on all of the advertising copy that we could (being an ACE
affiliated store we could not change all of our advertising). Service had always been a strong point in
my store, but now we have enhanced our reputation to the tune of a 5% sales gain on the heels of 2
years of 10+% sales losses (this equates to about $40K increased sales). Since our competitor offers a
similar service levels, I would also consider mis an example of proprietary marketing.
Due to the economic sluggishness of our area, several offices in the building that I
occupy were vacant. I arranged with the owner to donate the use of one of these to a local artist as a
space for her to teach art classes in exchange for free classes that I use as promotional gifts, and

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her agreement to sent her clients into my store to purchase their supplies. The number of artists
coming into my store is increasing weekly.
Though on a smaller scale than most you mention in your works, I continue to find
profitable applications of your ideas, and plan to continue for some time to come. Having access to
your material is like being able to take a week off from my life and crowd in a whole lifetime of hardwon marketing knowledge, then return to the rest of my life to apply this knowledge. Listening to your
stories and lectures, watching your videos, trying to "get into your head" so that I might view any
marketing or business project with a touch of your mental "seasoning" is about the best business move
that I can think of.
Sincerely,

March 12, 1994

Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing Group
920 Indian Peak Rd.
Suite #100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA

90274

JAY ABRAHAM'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF MY BUSINESS

I have work with from four to five companies at a time. it is my
function to help those companies grow through improving the
performance of their employees and maximizing their sales efforts.
have used many of your ideas to increase profits for my clients as
well as myself.

The most Important Marketing Tool You've Taught Me to Use

If I had to pick a single most important marketing tool you've passed
on to me it would be your premise that the best prospects are existing
customers. While most business do recognize the value of repeat
business and referrals, very few are proactive in their attempt to
drive either. Here's just an example.
A business law firm - Hampered in their marketing efforts by silly
regulations from federal and state bar associations, promotion and
advertising is tricky for law firms. I helped this particular firm
create a simple brochure clearly detailing all of the services the
firm offered.
Within a week of having mailed the brochure to existing customers
(about 800 names) more than 20 people requested additional brochures
for their friends and business associates. Nothing in the mailing
suggested they could (or should) ask for extra brochures. Also,
within a matter of days, at least three legal matters came in the door
as a result of the mailing. Finally, as long as a month after the
mailing, the attorneys were still getting phone calls telling them how
great the brochure was. And, that's just the short term effect.
The company is now creating a monthly newsletter packed with the kind
of legal information that is of value to business people. We
anticipate the long term impact to be significant.
The final victory on this one is that four people ask who had
done the brochure. This brought additional business my way.
While this campaign did not post huge numbers, it did achieve a level
of success that is rare for business law firms. personal injury law is
easier to drive via advertising and marketing. I could give you
several more examples of the value of this technique but I thought
you be interested in how a business that is marketing shy fared with
the idea.

6724 Beck Drive NE - Albuquerque, NM 871O9

505-821-6973

-2A large, full service dental facility - A second idea of yours I

have used to great advantage is preemptive advertising. When one
of my clients (a large full service 25-person dental facility)
wanted to increase his esthetic bonding business we took a new
tack. Our competitors were all using sex appeal and pushing "a
more attractive smile." We talked about the psychological and
financial gains a better grin would win. Before the campaign, the
client used the services of an outside dentist who came in once
every two weeks and took care of three or four patients. About two
months after we started our efforts the client ceased using the
outside dentist and trained a staff dentist in the procedure.
Campaign results -- a new profit center that brought in more than
12 cases every week. That was a 300% increase.
I have also used a modification of this technique in my own
business. My card, like my letterhead, does not state exactly what
I do. Most of my competitor's cards claim they do everything from
notices on laundromat walls to national advertising campaigns. I,
on the other hand, let potential clients know that I only select
handful to work with at any given time. I do not advertise and I do
not solicit clients. My fees are not low and I am never without
work. I really learned to be high-handed from watching you (from a
distance) operate.
What Do I See You as Philosophically - Etc.
I see you as one of the few marketing people who has taken the time
to learn the lessons that have come forward from the past. Your
innovations are taking place within a proven format. You teach
business people to use advertising as an ROI tool instead of merely
getting some mythical "name recognition." You encourage them to
track and measure the results of their advertising so that they can
constantly improve results.
As I see it, the philosophy your work is based on is one that is
grounded in logic. You replace the concept of "institutional
advertising" with knowledge and facts. In essence, then, your
marketing philosophy could be summed up in this way:
Powerful marketing is based on finding the truth, understanding it
and then using it to your advantage. By taking removing the mystery
and focusing on facts you bring both increased integrity and
increased profits to the businesses who follow your advice.
Thank you for all the great help. It has benefited me personally as
well as my clients. You are welcome to use any of my comments in
your promotional materials. I have enclosed a short version of my
background. So, attribute the comments as you see fit.
Cordially,

March 5,1994

Dear Jay
I put together a letter to send out to past customers It had
many of your ideas in it. The response was thirty-four
percent compared to four percent on earlier mailings.The
class was full.

I made an eight page information mailer and sent it

out in Asia. My first class in Asia was filled which
was not expected. The next class was double the size.
We held it in the biggest 5 star hotel we could find.
With this success in a short period of time there is
now a company that has been in Asia for years now
working hard at reaching our customers without
success.

P.S. Please use this in whatever way possible to

benefit others.

5500 SW 31st Terr.. Topeka. Kansas 66614 - ( 9 ! 3 ) 271-5370 Fax ( 9 1 3 ) 271-6704 1350
Ghent H i l l s Rd.. Akron. Ohio 44333 ( 2 1 6 ) 666-0298

March 4, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham Personal
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Mr. Abraham:
In response to your request for Success Stories, I have enclosed a
one page article published in a local advertising pub which
describes a promotion I managed as National Sales Promotion
Director at Pizza Hut.
In the San Diego market test, we achieved sales increases per
restaurant that ranged from 300% to 900%! We were never permitted
to disclose these figures as we did not want competition to
realize what was happening and we knew our own franchisees would
not believe it. So we simply announced sales increased 50%.
I have a 30 page report on this promotion which I will send to you
if you are interested...just let me know.
As to what you do for me.... let me say that I really enjoy your
sales letters... and that they are very motivational... always a
source of new ideas!
I perceive you as the "drum major" leading a parade of new and
better ideas to increase the productivity of enterprises resulting
in benefits to consumers as well as rewards to the leaders.
I thank you for communicating to me and "keep up the good
work"!

MARCH 09,1994
DEAR FELLOW ENTREPENUERS;
I CAN SUM UP IN ONE WORD WHAT JAY HAS BEEN TO ME,
PROFITABLE!. BECAUSE OF OUR EXPOSURE TO JAY WE HAVE MANAGED TO
CUT OVERHEAD BY $8,000 PER MONTH WHILE INCREASING SALES BY
10%.WHAT THIS WILL DO IS PUT AN EXTRA $150,000 IN MY POCKET
THIS YEAR ALONE! THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND
DOING IT, IS ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.JAY HAS GOTTEN US
TO BECOME DOERS INSTEAD OF WATCHERS.BUSINESSES DON'T FAIL
PEOPLE FAIL, ONCE I TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY SITUATION THE
RESULTS STARTED TO FLOW.JAY INSPIRED ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THIS ISN'T A DRESS REHEARSEL, THIS IS MY LIFE.
TAKE CARE;

ROBERT J.BRINCKA

FROM THE DESK OF CLIFFORD WEYMAN

Dear Jay,
I recently found out that a large regional bank was converting some of
it's computer systems, to the kind of technology that I provide expertise
in. However they were outsourcing the development and running of these
systems to outside companies.
Although it was too late for me to get in on the initial development
effort, I decided that I would sell the back end of someone else's work. I
got the idea from "Your Marketing Genius at Work" literature. I wrote to the
department manager, and explained to him how he needed someone to monitor
the work being done by these outside companies. How he needed an expert in
the field, working directly for him who could audit what was being done, and
recommend ways to cut the cost of his operating budget.
Well after some consultation over a period of a few weeks, I was hired at a
billing rate of 30% over what I had been getting previously.
In answer to your philosophical question, I would say that I see you as my
"Guidance Counsellor for Innovation". If I am in a rut and not coming up
with any new ideas, I go back to those books and see what it is that I am
forgetting to do or say. How can I make my clients or potential clients feel
that they need me and would be missing something if I was not available to
them. It normally works just fine.
Thank you for all your help over the years, and you may use any material
contained in this letter, as you see fit.
Sincerely,
Clifford Weyman.

March 6, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. Jay
Abraham Personal 950 Indian Peak
Road, Suite 100 Rolling Hills,
Estates CA 90274
Dear Jay:
Thanks for the opportunity to share my success story in exchange for yet another
fantastic compilation of your marketing efforts. Please accept this letter as
permission for you and your publisher to use my following comments in your
marketing efforts.
I first became aware of you through one of your clients, Dr. Gary North. I have
never had the opportunity to meet you personally, but did purchase the most
expensive book in my life from you. It was How to Recession Proof Your
Business for $1000.
However, I really learned most of your strategies through the two sets of bonus
Australian Marketing Boot Camps that accompanied the book. The second set
came because their was a delay in the printing of the book. I cannot remember if
I called or wrote with my distress at having paid $1,000 for a book and not
receiving it as promised. I was quite surprised when you actually called my
office to provide me with a reassurance and extra bonus. It was quite a dramatic
example of your personal commitment to excellence.
I tried a few of the ideas I received from listening to your tapes. Many of them
did not work in my setting. I am sure it was because of lack of proper guidance
and implementation. However, there were a few that worked exceptionally well.
The following are some examples of my successful application of your
principles .
Several years ago OSHA mandated health care employers to provide their
employees with hepatitis B immunizations. Unfortunately this government
regulation would cost employers $150 per employee, almost the entire cost being

due to the vaccine.

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March 6, 1994

However there were some studies which clearly showed that the vaccine given at
a 90% dose into the skin not under the skin would provide similar protection.
Unfortunately, many health care providers did not know about this cost saving
alternative. Those who did were concerned that those given the lower dose
would need additional shots or would not be fully immunized.
Your tapes prompted me to write a letter to several dentists in the community
offering them a service where I would immunize their employees in my office for
$100, or 1/3 less then the normal cost. This would include any additional shots
they might need and a blood test to confirm that they were indeed protected from
hepatitis B. We could do this because our main cost of the service, the vaccine,
was reduced from $150 to $15. One of the local nursing homes heard about our
service and contracted us to perform the service for several hundred of their
employees. The entire project generated nearly $15,000 in profit for less then ten
hours of my time. This is nearly getting into the range of your consultation fees.
However most of the benefit I received from your materials was more of a
philosophical orientation. You encouraged the reading of a variety of books. The
most helpful was Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. The tittle is one I
would typically avoid as income is clearly not one of my main goals in life. Mr.
Hill's book was an excellent review of the power of goals and visualization. It
really is almost magical.
His examples and many of yours really made it obvious to me that many of my
limitations were self-imposed. For the most part the sky is the limit in achieving
what one wants to in their chosen field. This shift in attitude has been largely
responsible for my aggressive implementation of environmental allergy into my
general practice of medicine.
Compared to many of your clients my story is quite average, but it surely made a
difference for me. Before interacting with your materials I was a self-employed
family physician for six years. A simple parameter in our society to measure
improvement is income. My take home after tax income probably most accurately
reflects the impact of your information.
In 1991, before reading your materials and listening to your tapes, it was very
close to that of the average family physician $74,000. It rose in 1992 to $95,000.
However, last year it rose to $169,000. This is a 228% after tax income
improvement, not merely an increase in sales. I fully expect the increase to
continue at a similar rate for the next several years.

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March 6, 1994

Family physicians are traditionally the lowest paid physicians. This is a

important reason why there is such a shortage of this specialty. However, the
implementation of your suggestions will place my income at the level of some of
the highest paid specialists in medicine.
However, much more important than the income is the incredible selfconfidence I know have in achieving and completing just about any project I
tackle. I am fully confident that this attitude and God's grace will catapult my
practice to one of the best of its kind in the country within the next five years.
There is yet another story that is a classic example of one of your principles.
Three years ago I started a company that designs, manufactures and sells a
medical computer that measures one's body fat electronically. It is the least
expensive and best unit on the market.
We are the only company that offers a FULL 30 day unconditional guarantee on
our product. We used this policy based on your recommendation to decrease the
risk to the customer as much as possible. This single suggestion has been a
critical factor in the decision purchase in over 75% of our sales. I would still
consider our company a start up so we have not had a chance to integrate many
of your other marketing principles. However I suspect I will be attending your
conference in Los Angeles in June with my associate to further assist the
company's efforts.
Thanks for applying yourself so diligently to assisting those of us who are not as
blessed with your brilliance.
Sincerely,

My experience with Jay Abraham has been extremely positive and

profitable. Although up to this date I have completed only one
specific marketing project, that has already paid back three times
that original investment. The big difference that mailing had in
relationship to other mailings that I've done in the past was, not
only was it profitable, but the quality of patients that came into my
office is of the highest caliber.
The most significant thing I learned from Jay is that my concept
of service to our patients is vital to our growth and has improved
dramatically. We are currently in the process of completing numerous
new projects out of this new committment to lifetime patients and
ultimate service. The projects that have been started are: a series
of educational audio tapes, two educational videos, four exercise
videos, remodeling the office, the purchase of an interactive patient
educational computer, a mailing to past patients, increased staff to
better serve patient needs and support development of current
activities.
My experience of being with Jay is that any individual or
business can expand their current vision for the sake of

their customers.

I've learned there are effective styles of

communicating that Jay teaches, but more importantly, there is

no greater edge a business can have than service to its customer.
My shift in thinking has gone from my needs and how they
can be served to what are my patients' needs.

If I meet those

needs, we will reach our projected 30-50% growth this year. Best
of all, we'll be having fun doing it.

March 5, 1994
Jay L. Abraham 5908
Lemon Avenue Long Beach,
CA 90805
Dear Jay.
I just had to write and tell you about how I was able to apply the principals I learned from you at
your November seminar, capture a new commission from a client who lives in Springfield
Illinois, to design a home in Telluride, Colorado from my office in Scottsdale. Arizona.
This example shows that applying, in combination, several of the principals I learned from you was
powerful enough to overcome seemingly insurmountable sales objections. I combined the
following techniques to make this otherwise impossible sale:
1) Direct response advertising.
2) Unique Selling Proposition.
3) Determining and addressing the customer's needs.
4) Making it easy to do business with my company
5) Telling the customer the "Reasons Why".
6) Focusing advertising on the customer's needs and nothing else.
7) Telling the customer specifically what action to take.
8) Educating the customer to appreciate what you will do for them.
9) Risk reversal.
10) Using the power of endorsement.
Here's my story.
A few months ago, I received a request from a Realtor and a Builder who I had been working
with on some projects in Telluride Colorado. They wanted me to write a letter to a doctor and his
wife in Springfield, Illinois (we'll call them Dr. and Mrs. Cutter, not their real names) who the realtor
had sold a lot to. They asked me to introduce myself and explain how the three of us, working
together would help them fulfill their dreams for a Telluride vacation/retirement home.
Since I was in the midst of preparing a general direct response mailing to potential clients owning
property in Telluride, I decided to adapt that letter specifically for this client.

p. 2

The letter's headline is simple: "Ten reasons why you should select (our team) for your Telluride
Dream Home." I began by telling Dr. and Mrs. Cutter a little about who I am and why I was
writing. I immediately acknowledged the largest probable objection: Geographic separation, and
launched into the ten "Reasons why". I illustrated the benefits our team had to offer and showed
how my location in Scottsdale actually offered at least two important benefits over working with a
Telluride firm, during the design phase of his project.
I described, in detail, how we would overcome the disadvantages of distance during the
construction phase. I told them what we would do for them and how we would do it. I detailed
how I would assume the risk of them trying out my services, and guarantee their satisfaction. I
explained that I had never lost a client because of dissatisfaction, so my risk free offer was
actually risk free for me, too. provided I kept doing what I had always done.
I told them exactly what would happen next if they decided to accept my offer. I told them my
"ulterior motive": how designing their project fit into my business plan and why I was divulging this
information: to be completely open and honest. I closed by asking for their business and asking
them to call me at my office or home, and reverse the charges if they liked.
The letter was forwarded, with an endorsement, by the realtor they had just bought their lot from.
About two weeks later I received a call from Dr. Cutter. During a very pleasant conversation I
answered some additional questions he had. When we finished, he asked me to send him a
proposal and a programming questionnaire , which was the next step I had described in my letter.
As I was preparing the program cessionaire (an architectural program is a list of parts in a
building and their relationships) I realized that this was another chance to distinguish myself from the
competition and sell my offer. I decided to turn my introductory comments and directions into a
sales piece.
I re-titled the program questionnaire. I told Dr. Cutter that my job as his Architect is to focus his
dreams into reality (my Unique Selling Proposition), and that he should view the program
questionnaire as "A Lens For Your Dreams", in written form.
I divided the questionnaire into two parts; quantitative (how much, how big, how many, etc.) and
qualitative. I told Dr Cutter that completion of the first part would provide adequate information for
a good design, but that if he would make the extra effort to tell me how he wanted his house to
make him feel, room by room, I could turn a good design into an exceptional design.

p. 3
I illustrated why this was important with an analogy. I described myself as his sharpshooter,
aiming for his dreams. I pointed out how, the more precise the information he could give me the
closer I could come to hitting the bullseye. I used the directions to the questionnaire to suggest
how Dr. and Mrs. Cutter could identify the emotional components of their Dream Home through
visualization and values ranking.
I reassured my client that. I understood how foreboding a task this could be, and if he and his wife
couldn't get through it all, I would understand completely. I re-iterated that if they could complete
all parts of the program I would go the extra mile for them. I closed by wishing Dr. and Mrs. Cutter
both challenge and rewards in the task facing them.
A few days ago, I received the (mostly) completed questionnaire and a signed contract. Also
enclosed was a retainer check for S2500, which I will hold until I complete the first draft of their
floor plan, meet with Dr. and Mrs. Cutter and receive their confirmation that I am their Architect.
(The part of the program questionnaire they didn't complete was the emotional portion, surprise,
surprise!)
This commission will be worth about S25,000 to my business, on the front end, not counting any
referrals or future projects for Dr. Cutter. Without the training I received from Jay Abraham, my
chances of receiving this commission would have been slim to none.
Thank you again for the help you've provided to build my business and my profits.
Warmly,

B.J. Peters

P.S.:

I've enclosed copies of the letter and the introductory comments/directions to the
program questionnaire, in case you want to see them. Names have been changed
to preserve the privacy of others.

The Peters Design Group Inc.

Architecture

Planning

7585 E. Redfield Road Suite 105 Scottsdale. Arizona 85260 (602) 991-0097

ADVANCED CHIROPRACTIC CENTER

HAROLD J. GRAMS. JR.. B.S.. D.C.

Dear Reader,
I have been implementing Jay Abraham's marketing principles, ideas,
and concepts to the best of my abilities and with a limited amount
of my time over the last two and a half years. I have had no
personal consultations with Jay. I have never attended one of his
seminar trainings or boot camps (not that I haven't wanted to). I
feel that just using his written materials, without personal
coaching, I have done fairly well.
I haven't hit any financial grand slams but we've hit a lot of
singles, doubles, triples, and an occasional home run in
comparison to what was happening to our marketing/advertising
efforts before coming in contact with Jay's materials.
I would like to say that I have made millions of dollars with Jay's
ideas but I can't YET! However, I feel confident that I have the
tools and that it will definitely happen as I gain more experience
using his ideas and concepts and TESTING them to see what the
market really responds to. Jay taught me the principle that no
matter how good an idea is on paper that I should never roll out a
full campaign until we "test" to see what actual response is
generated by our audience. Before, I would have said, "Oh, this
sounds terrific....Let's spend as much as we can and send out as
many as we can afford." And when it failed or produced a minimal,
unsatisfactory response, I wouldn't have any money left to do any
more marketing. Now, we test everything on a small scale so that
we can gauge the response we get and then decide whether or not to
do something on a larger scale. So, even though I haven't made
millions with Jay's ideas, I have stopped spending valuable
dollars without thouough testing and careful evaluation. Simply
stopping ads in ineffective media has saved us $2,500 in the last
year.
I certainly don't have all the answers and I have a lot to learn
but at least I have a direction to go in. Jay's principles have
given me a direction to go in and the tools to evaluate whether or
not we're getting there. Prior to receiving Jay's materials I
would give my advertising dollars to the person with the best
sounding idea whether it was the newspaper, yellow pages, or a
professional ad consultant. In hindsight, I would have been better
of by donating that money to charity.

326 MAIN STREET. RED HILL. PENNSYLVANIA 1 8O76

215-679-5915

My Personal Success Story Using Jay's Concepts

How to Write Ads That Continue to Get a Response
Even Months After They Have Stopped Running
I ran "advertorial", reader type ads, that look like a newspaper
article in our local shopper's newspaper. These ads had headlines
like:
Good News for Arthritis Sufferers
and..........Save Years of Suffering from Menstrual and
Menopausal Problems
and................More Effective Treatment Offers New Hope
for Headache Sufferers
and.......Get Relief From Back Pain Without Medication, Without
Surgery and Without Months of Physical Therapy.
These ads rad about three columns wide by about six to eight inches
high and cost about $125 to run one time. Our newspaper reaches
18,000 homes. These ads will bring one to three good new patients
into our office. At one point, we had not run any ads for three
months and in three weeks we got three new patients as a result of
these ads. You might say how do we know? We always ask how they
found out about us and their reply was "I've read your ads." One
time someone cut out our ad and gave it to a friend and said that
she should come see us. The woman who cut out the ad acted like she
was a patient of ours for years. It was as good as a word-of-mouth
referral. Patients from these ads come in already having developed
a sense of confidence and trust. Consistently running these ads has
got momentum and has given us an image of a high level of expertise.
As I tell you this story I'll point out the lessons that I learned
from Jay's ideas. First he suggests defining who your competition
is. I used to think that my biggest competition was the other
chiropractors in town. But studies show that only 3-7% of the
population go to chiropractors so then I started thinking what
happens to everybody else that has aches and pains. My real
competition were the trusted family docs and over-the-counter pain
pills. It was easy to differentiate(Jay calls it your U.S.P. which
stands for unique selling proposition) our office from the other
chiropractors because we utilized vitamins, diet, exercises and we
let people know that we would fix them up in a short time and
discharge them. On bad reputation that chiropractors have is,
"Once you start going to them you have to keep going forever."
Well there are preventative and health promoting benefits to going
forever but that is something you "upsell" patients once they come
to our office and after we have earned their confidence and trust
and have shown them how fast we can fix them up.
These ads were very informative. We offered a free consultation

but only at the end of the ad in a very tasteful caring manner. By

offering a free consultation and examination we used Jay's idea of
"Risk Reversal". Here we put the risk on us by saying why should
they pay to find out if we could help them. This way they could
find out if our unique methods could help them and if we couldn't
we would tell them and it wouldn't cost them a penny. Oh, I also
told them the dollar value of the service that they would be
recieving at our expense. And we told them why we were offering
this free exam......that we didn't want
people to suffer needlessly.I described how people would get
pain that wouldn't go away and even gave them things to try at
home. These ads positioned us as an expert.
Jay also taught me that as ad in any media is a salespiece and it
must stand alone as a complete piece; it must tell the whole story,
no matter how long it is. I wrote and re-wrote these ads until they
had an introduction, a middle, and a close, and I made sure the
transitions were smooth and I kept it simple.
One more thing........it may be, no, it is definitely one of
Jay's most important concepts...............write your ads from
your customer's viewpoint. You must always be answering the
question "What's in it for them? Why would any one particular
cuatomer want your product or service? This was a hard thing for me
to do. I knew why the patient needed my services and I tended to
let my needs unconsciously creep in there. I wanted to say "Look,
here we are , you're in pain, I'm good at fixing your type of
problem come in here!" My wife was and still is my editor and we
argue like cats and dogs and she's right (most of the time) because
she lends an objective viewpoint much closer to a patient than I
can.

Prior to Jay's concepts our ads would generate only one new patient
after running an ad twice. So, you see we have increased our
response 200-400%!
ise

For Your Marketing-ise Only

(How I See Jay Abraham Helping Other Businesses to
Succeed Beyond Their Wildest Dreams)

I see Jay Abraham as a doctor. To be a doctor and to practice

medicine requires the skills of an artist and a scientist. Jay has
made scientific advertising a reality. The science or advertising,
to me, is the numbers side. This is knowing how much a customer is
worth , how much you can spend to acquire a customer, and how to
make the best of your advertising dollars or put another way, to
leverage your money and your ideas as best as possible. The artist
side is knowing how to constantly be developing new strategies for a
changing marketplace.
The word doctor means teacher and Jay can certainly "teach" what
it takes to market any business.
Jay, like a good doctor, can diagnose business problems quickly,

and prescribe quick acting remedies. He has good preventive medicine

strategies because he tells you to be constantly testing new ideas.
Prom my reading of Jay's greatest successes I would say that he is
best at growing a business quickly by seeing what are its greatest
and most untapped resources. He then honestly communicates to past
and potential customers how they can benefit from doing business with
a particular company. He gets his greatest reward by seeing more
goods sold, more people being helped, more people using products and
services with the end result being happier, healthier business owners
and satisfied customers. He likes to be constantly stimulated with
newer, bigger, more difficult marketing challenges. As a health care
practitioner I would like to see him improve the utilization of
providers of natural health care because it is more effective in
preventing degenerative diseases that are plaguing people in our
country and it is much less costly. It is a shame to read and hear
about effective "alternative" cures for cancer but not be allowed to
practice them in this country.
I see Jay as someone who is terrific at growing a business to
tremendous profits that the owners never thought were possible in a
very short amount of time.

March 22, 1994

To Whom It May Concern:

I first heard Jay Abraham on a conference call in January of this year while I
was attending a real estate training seminar. His insights regarding referral business
during that call were so profound to me that I subscribed to a monthly telephone
conference in which Jay is a facilitator. Since that time I have had the privilege of
interacting with Jay's wisdom on two more conference calls, plus several hours worth of
additional tapes.
Although this is a relatively short time the results I have already realized in my
business are tremendous. My clients are now working for me to find new customers for
me. The entire base and focus of how I work has radically shifted. More to the point,, by
using Jay's techniques on direct mail pieces I have gone from performing a meaningless
task which never accounted for any tangible results to direct mail letters that have illicited
responses as high as 5% consistently! I can directly attribute three listings and two
sales in the past month alone to my exposure to Jay. This is only the beginning and I am
very much looking forward to the amazing year I will have through my efforts and the
utilization of Jay's techniques and insights.
Describing how Jay works his magic is not easy. He became my friend and confidant,
even though I've never really met him. He has a way of cutting through the layers., leaving
the surface way behind, and getting to the heart of how human nature works. Jay starts
talking about business, but ends up on life.

For anyone who wants to improve their life, let alone their business, I most
heartily recommend a good dose of Jay Abraham.

Your Servant
Steve Wood

Sincerely,

Windermere Real Estate/North, Inc. 4211 200th Southwest, Suite 110, Lynnwood, Washington 98036 Telephone 776-1119

DEAN L. DRUMMOND
SENIOR PARTNER

JOHN W. MUNSELL
SENIOR PARTNER

April 4, 1994

Jay Abraham.
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
I hope this letter is not too late. Unfortunately, I have been out of town for
quite some time, and took too long to sift through the stacks of mail when I
returned. Even if I do not qualify for the "free $250 success set" you offered,
I thought I owed it to you to thank you for the successes your material has
brought our company.
Just for background information, our company started out as nothing more than a
partnership between two long time friends who were dissatisfied with the banking
industry (in fact, T.F. Banking Consultants really stands for Two Frustrated
Banking Consultants). My partner and I developed some software for a former
employer designed to aid commercial loan officers. After leaving that employer,
we enhanced the program, created a few other programs, and decided to market the
products to other banks throughout the country.
My partner and I felt that we could sell the product for $49 and make a few extra
bucks, and we were certain that we probably could not ask more than $69 for the
program We also decided that the best way to market the program, was through
direct mail, but we had no experience in direct mail. Enter: Your Marketing
Genius at Work.
I was very hesitant to write a check for $500 (I think) to your company for some
marketing material that I had never heard of or seen, but I went ahead and
ordered the material after listening to your promotional tapes. The majority of
the books arrived on a Friday, and I dedicated the entire weekend to reading
them...and re-reading them.
We gathered several great ideas from your material. First and foremost was TEST,
TEST, TEST. Because of this idea alone, we were able to increase our sales
price from $49 to $345, an increase in sales price alone of almost 700%!
That's sounds great, but get this...our responses for the $345 sales price out
pulled every other price we tested (we tested 6) by a consistent margin of 4 to
1! That's right! FOUR TO ONE! By changing the headline and offer, we were able
to increase our gross sales another 75%.

Of course we also saved thousands of dollars on printing and design costs because
we listened to what you said about just using black and blue ink, and letting
your sales piece be your salesman. We were prepared to print a four color
brochure.
That's the good news, the bad news is my partner and I did this kind of as a lark
when we left the banking industry. I am in the life insurance business with
Northwestern Mutual, and my partner has moved to Austin, Texas. Filling the
orders actually became too much of a headache to continue the project. The
company could potentially make a good deal of money, but it is not enough to
warrant the kind of time it was demanding from our own businesses. We did our
last mail out in June 1993 and we are still getting orders. I just wish you
could give me some ideas on how to prospect for life insurance through direct
mail!
Jay, I cannot thank you enough for the
from Your Marketing Genius at Work. I
piece we modeled after your teachings.
the way, we have heard through several
recommending our program.

incredibly profitable ideas we gleaned

am enclosing a copy of the direct mail
I only wish I had your writing skills. By
of our clients that the FDIC is now

What do I see as your role in business? I see you as a marketing strategist and
perhaps the World's best professional copywriter. Of course that oversimplifies
the situation, but I certainly don't see you as an advertising specialist with a
penchant for graphic design. You are more of a one man brain-storming session.
Because of your insights, I find myself being highly critical of other
advertising pieces. Northwestern Mutual provides us with direct mail prospecting
letters, none of which I find follow your theories. (If you land NML as a
client, I want some kind of finders fee!)
Best of luck to you in the future!
Sincerely.

Jay Abraham - PERSONAL

Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
950 Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

March 3, 1994

Dear Jay,
The following is probably the most overdue testimonial you've ever had. As agreed, you have my
permission to use it in your marketing.
During the mid 1980's, I was president at two different Direct Marketing Advertising Agencies in the Boston
area. I personally designed campaigns, strategies and direct mail packages that generated millions of dollars
and got response rates of 8% to 10%. In a one year campaign for John Hancock Insurance Company, I
generated a record 1.43 billion dollars of insurance. I won the 1985 First Place Award for Order Generation
from the New England Direct Marketing Association and I have a stack of Marketing and Sales awards in
my closet that I earned by being tops in various national sales forces.
So what if anything, could Jay Abraham's marketing materials have done for me?
Just this ... by applying your materials, and modeling what you were doing in your own business life, I
turned my business and lifestyle around to something others can only fantasize about

What really bothered me prior to buying your materials, is that the campaigns that I did for clients were
generating profits far beyond what others were capable of producing. And my reward for making others
rich? ... The same standard fee that other Agencies got for mediocre results!
It was really apparent that you applied your principles to your own business. The materials I received from
you documented various joint ventures that you had done and even included sample contracts. I spent time
analyzing my business direction in light of your suggestions and then all the lights turned on!
I wasn't using the leverage I had. I decided to give away my direct marketing campaigns and instead, I
would charge clients a percentage of sales. This strategy would generate revenues that were MULTIPLES of
what I was previously making.

With that insight, I left the Agency business and copied what you were doing. In 1987 I started a Joint
Venture Marketing Company. As suggested, I took on clients and charged as much as 25% on all the sales
[hat were generated because of my efforts. I signed up 3 joint ventures in 6 months and they were delighted
with the deal. I could hardly believe what had happened. There is something magic about income streams
that are directly related to the results you generate and not the amount of hours you work.
I now have the lifestyle I want. I live on a lake, face the mountains, enjoy my time with my family, start
work after 9 AM and take all the 'fishing days' that I want. I now make more money, in less time, and do it
with only 2 employees ... no headaches ... no managing ... no hiring... no firing ... and no company politics.
There is only one person that gave me the concept, the confidence, and the model to copy for going into
joint venture marketing. My personal thanks for providing leading edge advice and direction.
Sincerely,

Jay Abraham
Fax (310) 541-

2852

Dear Jay:
I really enjoyed
indicated to me.
you to say. "I am
with
the
discussed."

last Wednesday's phone call. As you

my insights about you have caused
intrigued beyond all expectations
possibilities
that
we
have

I would like to
reiterate what I first said to you
Wednesday, I thank you Jay Abraham, for being you! I really
appreciate Jay Abraham's unique comparative advantages. There are
a number of similarities between you and myself and as such, I
have a great deal of empathy for the challenges of being Jay
Abraham.
Who coaches the coach on his journey to your? I have learned the
hard way that before I can really sit down and thoroughly discuss
logic, and I am an ardently logical person. I choose to test a
person's character fit with me and also test if I can build a
relationship with them. You have given me the opportunity to test
your character and based on the phone call, I have a sense that we
could build a first rate on going relationship.
I indicated to you in the call that I see you as an individual who
can have a catalytic impact on people striving for success in a
much broader arena then just marketing. There are a number of
additional "back ends" that you can capitalize on, in respect to
your caring, warmth and expertise and success in the marketing
arena.
For example, we could jointly develop a Master Mind Coaching
Seminar that would pattern itself after the Master Mind Marketing
Seminar.
I have been intrigued with the process of coaching, getting and
giving coaching in the non-sporting world. As such, I have
developed a great deal of material on the process of coaching in
the football and non-sporting arenas with my friend Monty Clark.
He, as you know, was an 8 year head coach of two NFL football
teams, the San Francisco 49's and the Detroit Lions.
I really enjoy examining the coaching process and its many nuances. I
have gained over many years expertise on how this process can be much
better applied in the non-sporting world.
If you are sufficiently intrigued, lets jointly explore the
development of a Coaching Seminar, which would focus on the

teaching and coaching of the coaching process in non-sporting

endeavors. This could lead to a co-authorship of a best selling
book on the coaching process to facilitate break through results
for our readers.
Why not mutually explore the potential for a co-coaching
relationship with each other, with the objective of optimizing and
leveraging our god given gifts at helping those who have the
necessary desire to achieve remarkable, breakthrough results?
Our agreement will depend on our mutual chemistry and interactive
appreciation of one another's ideas and perspectives. I propose
that you invite me to attend your next Protege Marketing Seminar
and that we meet for 3 hours to validate our mastermind alliance
prior to that session.
Lets test our abilities to help identify each others respective
bliss and mastermind team spirit. Also, lets see if we can cocoach each other toward significantly higher levels of personal
daily gratification and financial achievement.
I look forward to your phone call to further explore the above.

Allan L. Vandall
Chairman & CEO
Sincerely,

Abraham Business Seminars 950

Indian Peak Road, Suite #100 Rolling
Hills Estates, CA 90274 An. Jay
Abraham

Dear Jay
I can't thank you enough for taking me out of my own personal box not only was I in a box but in a deep
hole as well. I have attended all the self help, sales, and motivational stuff around your program was
indeed unique.
First of all let me explain myself and my background. I am self educated and self motivated. I am also a
cynic and a sceptic. However I did come to your session with an open mind.
I am 54 years old and the father of a young son 2 years old. I am in the process of changing my whole
life. Moving back east and starting all over again. Thanks to you I look at that as exciting not scary. I was
planning on building the same type of "Trap" for myself back east (1) Because it was safe, (2) also
lucrative. Thanks to you and Mac and your program I have "rethunk" my entire business career and have
taking a new path. It is hard for me to understand the people who did not get your program it is so
simple! The Dynamics of the people is that room was so strong and your message so on target that I
understood what direction you were taking me in the first hour of the program. I have never been so
moved or open minded in all of my 54 years.
When I stood up in front of all those people and said this should increase my income of $260,000 I
underestimated.
Oh yes on my way out the door on the floor of the hallway was a crisp new $5.00 bill. I reached
down picked it up and put it in my pocket. Jay already I'm on my way to my goal.
Thank you and God bless,

Irv Dickstein

6433 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Suite #267 Woodland Hills. California 91303

March 8, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc.
Jay Abraham Personal
950 Indian Peak Road
Suite 100
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
I just wanted to stop and take a minute to share with you just how happy I am that I had the intelligence to participate in your program. It was the most mind expanding experience I have
ever had. It was almost as if you were a faucet and nothing but money making ideas poured out
you....on a non-stop basis.
I would like to share just one example of how we benefited from your program. We have always
treated our customers well, communicated with them on a very regular basis, offered a wide
variety of products and services, and showed better than average profits. But after completing
your program we were transformed. Initially we took just one of your ideas... there are over 150
on my primary list...and applied it to our sales department. This one technique turned
almost every order into a higher sale. Not just higher, but much more profitable. We then took
another idea into our shipping department and it now produces sales that are strictly from their
efforts. In the last four months since participating in your program we can directly attribute a
minimum 50% increase in sales and profits to these procedures. I can safely say that I have had a
return of at least 20:1 over what your program costs...and that is in only 4 months. Whats
even better is that we have not even had time yet to tap into the BIG ideas you presented. I am
hiring two new people next month whose sole job will be to help us skyrocket our company using
the other 150 profit ideas I gained from the program.
One last thing while no one could ever dispute your genius as a marketing expert, great salesman,
master strategist or "compleat" marketing man, what I see you most is someone who sees some
"fourth dimension" in the business world...the profit dimension. As I contemplate all of the
various types of businesses there are in this world, I can not imagine a single one that you
couldn't open up their "fourth dimension" with greater bottom line profits.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Michael Anderson
P.S. Keep me abreast of any future Jay Abraham happenings or products.

24 March 1994 joe,

I received your letter asking for a selected idea which can be documented, that has
made me money. I will endeavor to provide such evidence however; before I
attempt that "proof positive" approach I want to share these thoughts with you.
Many, including myself, seek the "Holy Grail" of our profession. That one great
idea, that one fantastic thought or activity that will bring success to our efforts. I
suspect it is what brings many people to your seminars. When, in the course of
events, we discover the effort required, the thought process and commitments
needed to perform the metamorphosis we're not quite sure we can become a
butterfly at all. in fact, maybe being a caterpillar ain't so bad after all!
For me there's no going back. I've met Joe Stumpf. Life will never be the same
again. Over the past three years and two Main Events my life has change to such a
degree that I have a hard lime selecting a specific moment in time to be more
important than any one other. As I sit here composing this letter it is changing. My
assistant is sending out mail, answering the phone, making appointments. My partner
is finishing our pre-presentation book, preparing material for the buyers seminar in
two weeks, closing escrows (2 this week and 2 next week and 2 the week after
that) all this and 1 have time to write to you! You see, Joe, it's kind of like being a
race driver at the Indy 500. I'm driving a great new car, I'm at the front of the pack.
I have the finest possible crew helping me and I know I'm going to finish at the lop
with lots of rewards to follow! Now you want me to tell you what one point in the
race really worked for me. Somehow I think that's a gross understatement of your
impact on my life. It seems to convey less than it really is.
You started by telling me to computerizing my business, direct mail, phone calling,
and lots of nuts and bolts; all of which have had an impact. The real great iruth is,
collectively they've kept us in the business, made it possible for us to achieve
moderate success (about $5.000.000 in sales in 93) and have given us the chance to
really go for it now!

One lesson I've learned in life is: instant success might happen, b u t as long as I'm in
the game and keep the ball in play I'm sure to score a touchdown. I will make
mistakes, I won't always execute correctly. I might even f u mb l e now and then b u t
you, sir, have taught me the power of my mind, I can stay in the game and win.
I think and act on an entirely different level today. ! see nearly infinite possibilities to
achieve success in Real Estate. I ' m not afraid to try. I'm not alone in my effort to find
better ways, to try new ideas. Thanks to Joe Stumpf I know lots of people to look
up to and to learn from. I'm not afraid to fail at an idea tried. It doesn't mean I
failed, just that my a t t e m p t at executing that particular idea failed.
You have given me the courage to offer my listing clients a guarantee. If I don't sell
it in 90 days. I'll do it for free! I listed 3 expireds in one weekend with that Offer.
We'll sell them. But the important thing is the "mind-set" that you gave me to be
able to do this because it carries over to everything I do
Fear of failure brought us to you, a desperate need to find a way to not fail. You
gave us the certainty of success, the knowledge, the mind-set, to know we will
achieve that which our minds can envision. This is your gift to Lou Gray and Linda
Lossmann, Team Brokers-Commonwealth Realty.
If these thoughts can, in anyway help someone else, accept your help ! wouid be
pleased, it is my gift to them. Please use it as you see fit.

Sincerely Your Servant.

19001 Crescent Springs Drive

Kingwood, Texas 77339-3802
713 358-8986

Mr. Jay Abraham Abraham

Publishing Group Inc. 950 Indian
Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay,
Although this letter is written as a response to your request for "success stories", I have been meaning to
write for some time to say what your training has meant to me. From the fall of 1989 when I first received
notice of your Protege Training Camps from Gary North, I felt your simple, but powerful techniques could
be life-changing. I was not disappointed.

The results of your mentoring in my life are difficult to quantify as you will see, but at last count I
would say your marketing principles and entrepreneurial insights have saved or made me over
$250,000. However, the real value far exceeds any dollar amount.
Your training opened the door to my current position as Marketing Manager of one of the nation's leading
staff leasing companies. My work is not only rewarding, challenging and enjoyable, but gives me the
opportunity to impact a client base of over 750 small businesses and 15,000 leased employees. I have a
steady income, great benefits and a tremendous future. But Jay, this job also saved my life. Being
diabetic, my position provided health insurance I could not get while self-employed. A heart attack and
ensuing surgery in December 1993 brought me to death's door, but my great medical benefits provided the
best of care and has given me back my health and precious additional time with my family. I feel better
than ever and savor every moment of life. How do you put a price tag on that? I have no hesitancy in
saving that without learning your principles I would not have had the knowledge, experience or confidence
to be considered for this position. Thank you.
My duties include the selection and implementation of a Unix-based contact management system for our 50
person sales group, oversight of all corporate communications including sales letters, newsletters and
brochures, development of a Client Liaison position to make sure our clients know about and properly use
all of our services, working with our ad agency and PR firm (what a riot that's been, especially my
disagreement with them over the proper balance of image vs. response), participation in focus group studies,
client surveys and demographic/psychographic analyses, development of new marketing tools and strategies,
oversight of our community relations work and more.

Brian Martin - Page 2

I gained this position through networking contacts that led to consulting work for the staff leasing company
which produced a job offer. That initial networking contact came from telling a business owner about
some of the common marketing mistakes you taught me. She, in turn, introduced me to a wealthy semiretired business consultant who called a special breakfast meeting of 75 well-connected entrepreneurs at the
Houstonian (George Bush's old home address) just so they could hear these principles. One of those people
gave me the entree to my present company.
Just so you'll know, we are not a temporary employment agency or anything like it. Instead our company
enters into an employment arrangement with existing businesses to hire their workers and lease them back
to their company. As the employer of record, we assume responsibility for payroll, tax filings, EEOC
matters, and all health and retirement benefits. In short, we take care of their people, so they can take care
of their business. The response has been overwhelming; they come with us to get better benefits or get rid
of some paperwork, but stay with us because of what they're able to do by concentrating on their core
business. We also offer full human resource services including employee hiring, training and retention, etc.
and a legal staff to handle employment law matters.
Jay, I know some people would prefer to try and make more money on their own than take a position like
mine. For me however, it is an opportunity to gain more experience (at a good salary plus benefits) using
my background and your techniques while positioning for bigger gains in the future.
Well, I will leave it at that for now, since I am already past your reply date (your letter was forwarded to
my new address and arrived late). You may use my letter (or excerpts) to illustrate possible results of
using your techniques. Of course, these are my comments and do not imply an endorsement by
Administaff, Inc. I will write again soon to give you some more success stories. Thank you again for
sharing your knowledge and giving me a new lease on life.
"Warmly",

Brian Martin
P.S. You should probably change my mailing address to:
Brian Martin Marketing Manager
Administaff, Inc. 19001 Crescent Springs Dr.
Kingwood,TX 77339
My phone numbers are:
Voice - (713) 359-9726
Fax - (713) 359-9724 or 358-3354
P.P.S. If you would like to use this letter but need some adjustments, just let me know.
Brian

1st CHOICE PROPERTIES

4925 GLENBROOK BOISE, IDAHO 83704
(208) 322-0123 FAX (208) 323-9218
DEAR JOE, & Jay
I ATTENDED YOUR SEMINAR IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON IN
JANUARY 94.
WHILE ONE OF YOUR PRIOR CLIENTS IN SAN JOSE TALKED ABOUT
HIS 4 DAY WORK WEEK I PICKED UP AN IDEA THAT APPEARS TO
BE A GREAT EXPANDING AREA FOR MY BUSINESS. I HAVE
STARTED AN NEW CORPORATION. IT IS A REALTOR REFERRAL
BUSINESS. I NAMED IT REAL ESTATE REFERRAL NETWORK INC.
I RESEARCHED THE LIST OF INACTIVE AGENTS IN MY COUNTY,
AND SENT OUT LETTERS TELLING THEM THAT IF THEY ACTIVATED
THEIR LICENSE WITH THIS CORPORATION THEY COULD BE PAID
FOR THEIR BUYER AND SELLER REFERRALS WITH OUT HAVING TO
PAY MLS FEES, LOCAL,STATE OR NATIONAL DUES.
THIS IS A SEPARATE CORPORATION FROM MY BROKERAGE BUT IS
PLANNED AS A RESOURCE FOR REFERRALS.
THE COMPANY IS ONLY ONE WEEK OLD AND I HAVE 2 VERY FINE
REFERRALS THAT I KNOW. I WILL CLOSE AS SALES. ONE HAS
ALREADY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO BUY A HOME AND THE OTHER
IS VERY CLOSE.
THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS IS COMPLETELY NEW TO IDAHO AND IT
TOOK A LOT OF DETAIL WORK TO PROVE TO OUR REAL ESTATE
COMMISSION THAT IT WAS A VIABLE USE OF THE REAL ESTATE
INDUSTRY.
I DO NOT THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE COMPLETED THIS VENTURE
WITHOUT THE DRIVE AND CONFIDENCE AND STRUCTURE I GAINED
AT YOUR SEMINAR. I JUMPED OUT OF MY BOX !!!
WHEN THE ONE SALE CLOSES ON 5/15/94 I WILL EARN 3240.00
AND THE COST OF STARTING THE BUSINESS WAS 1100.00 PLUS
THE REFERRAL FEE OF 25% DUE MY REFERRAL COMPANY WHICH
ADDS UP TO 1910.00 COST OF BUSINESS START UP. I SHOULD
TELL YOU THAT I ALSO WILL MAKE 20% OF THE 25% REFERRAL
AS INCOME FOR THE REFERRAL BUSINESS. THUS MY PROFIT ON
THE FIRST REFERRAL WILL BE 1492.00 THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE
EARNED HAD I NOT STARTED THE BUSINESS. PROFIT ON THE 2ND
SALE WILL BE HIGHER AS I HAVE ALREADY PAID ALL OF MY
BUSINESS EXPENSE FOR THE NEW VENTURE.
I HAVE OVER 500 INACTIVE AGENTS THAT COULD GIVE ME
REFERRALS.
I CAN ONLY SEE $$$$ IN THE FUTURE, PLUS I AM PROVIDING A
SERVICE TO THE REALTORS AND THEIR REFERRALS. WHAT A WAY

TO DO GOOD BUSINESS, OPTIMIZING ON

OPPORTUNITIES !

March 8, 1994
Abraham Publishing Group, Inc. - Jay Abraham 950
Indian Peak Rd., Suite 100 Rolling Hills Estates, CA
90274
Dear Jay:
I only bought one or two or your courses, some years ago. I think they were titled
FMEYO or something like that. I did study those and developed a USP for my business which
I utilized in the form of a newsletter, advertising flyer. This was mailed out to my customer base
and did increase response by 20% over other forms of advertising I was using. I still use this
format today. It has been refined somewhat and we still use personal articles to explain things
and we have expanded our advertising by this method from apartments to locksmith supplies to
swimming pool chemicals, to our service business. In the last year, we have expanded into
surrounding states, with good results. We have seen our competition come and go, although
times are changing and more sophisticated competition is emerging, we have been able to hold our
own by giving the service we advertise and our good name.
At the time of my exposure to you, I was a very small company and never felt I could
afford the money nor the time away from business for your services. I do think that your
services are fair and reasonable and that you give good value for your service. One of the
things I especially appreciated was the Robert Collier Book of Letters., which was an extra bonus
on one package.
I see you as a master strategist-thinker. By that, I mean that I believe that you are able
to look over someone's shoulder from a distance and see a solution or solutions to problems
facing them that they never can see because they are too close to the problem and are caught in
a endless loop, so keep doing the same thing over and over. Forcing them out of the loop is
necessary for progress.

Sincerely,

Claude E. Brooks

321 Scott Street

Del City, Oklahoma 73115

405/677-0504

Fax 405/672-7575

Twelve Case Studies to Make the

Point from a Different Perspective
I've tried to go into the catacombs of my mind back...back...back as best as I can remember into the years
1972-1986. These were some of my true formative days in developing my various belief systems and
organizing business and life principles.
The following twelve case studies present to the best of my recollection the reconstruction of various actual
events that were massively and favorably impacted by my marketing concepts. The figures are as best as I can
remember them; their essence is absolutely correct in the points they make and the relative magnitude of the
impact these principles and techniques added to sales, profits and overall results. Here then are ten randomly
selected case studies from the past to help make the point from an entirely different perspective.

Twelve Case Studies from My Private

Files
Case Study Number One:
couldn't.

The little coin company that

Let's start with my biggest success of the early 1980s, Investment

Rarities.
I first met IRI in 1978. I was introduced to them through a previous
job I held, selling esoteric investment lead generating programs to
financial service companies.
Investment Rarities was a little company that somehow got included on
my prospect solicitation list.
I remember the first time I came in contact with them via telephone.
Their president was cordial but totally oblivious to anything even closely
resembling an articulated master marketing strategy.
But almost in spite of themselves, IRI had built a profitable little
brokerage business solely off a single referral relationship they enjoyed
with a popular financial newsletter publisher.
But when I pressed IRI to find out what they did with a lead once it
came in, the president was nearly dumbfounded. They mailed to
inquiry/referrals a self-serving (not education-rendering) cluster of nonmotivating sales rhetoric then they literally threw the lead away if the
prospect didn't immediately buy something.
They never. ever solicited that person again. At
first I was incredulous.
That feeling was quickly replaced by one of opportunism when I realized
all I could do with a client like this. Here's the strategy I subsequently
mounted for Investment Rarities:
First, I focused their overall corporate orientation toward logical and
"obvious" thinking.
I carefully and pragmatically explained to IRI's executives that, if
someone were interested enough to call up or write in for more information,
they warranted a concerted follow-up effort.
Then I drafted entirely new educational material to send out to
inquiries and referrals.
Next, I composed elaborately personal acknowledgement letters to
accompany the educational material.

A typical letter reminded the inquirer that he had contacted IRI seeking
more information on the investment case for gold, silver and/or rare
coins. It then presented a very easy-to-comprehend and remarkably
compelling primer on the appropriate subjects, and went on to caution
prudence and conservatism in any initial investment the prospect might
decide to make. Finally, the letter advised the prospect to first talk
through his desires, fears, and motivations with a knowledgeable precious
metals specialist (I never, ever referred to them as brokers) before
jumping in, EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT GOING TO FAVOR IRI WITH THEIR PURCHASE.
This approach won people over in droves.
I followed that up by formulating a long-term strategy for profoundly
increasing the marginal net worth of a customer to IRI.
I based this strategy on the knowledge that all other precious metals
investment companies we were competing with were trying to load people up
with all they could sell them, then burning them off, never to deal with
them again.
I decided to posture IRI as a nurturing, long-term, committed, concerned
brokerage house interested first and foremost in seeing the customer profit
ahead of itself.
To bring this "USP" goal within range I established a new marketing
philosophy for the sales staff: NEVER load anyone up. Rather, if
anything, undersell, first putting the new customer into gold BEFORE
ALLOWING THEM TO EVEN CONSIDER SILVER OR RARE COINS.
The commission on gold was smaller, granted, but by only allowing the
customer to get started on gold we did them a safer, better service and
predisposed them toward buying silver next, rare coins next, then adding
back to gold holding, etc.
This long-term, patient, ultra-professional approach won over so many
new customers that IRI quickly shot to over one-half billion dollars in
sales, and enjoyed the highest reorder factor in the industry.
Of course, not all this was attributable to the basic marketing
strategy I just explained. A few other "twists" helped make it
possible.
For one, once we got a prospect in we sent out a series of follow-up,
educational (never hard-sell), informational mailings that appeared to be
personally sent from IRI's president.
We did this by using laser printers and all sorts of high-grade word
processing equipment.
Sometimes we'd send out over 200,000 quasi-personalized letters a
month to customers and prospects.

I designed groups of letters for each category customers, silver

inquirers, gold prospects, rare coin conversions -- and we progressively
kept advancing our customers' and prospects' knowledge and motivation base
by sending out still more instructive, educational letters. We never sent
out pure sales rhetoric.

Instead of sending out stupid hyperbolic letters, I had Investment

Rarities acquire the rights to all sorts of impressive, prestigious,
valuable and "objective" articles.
We generously offered this material FREE on a no-obligation basis to any
and all who were interested.
Soon the requests numbered in the hundreds of thousands, and the
inquirers converted to customers at better than 7 percent.
In addition, I have never believed in building a company's entire
business on only one or two pillars. That makes the structure far too
precarious. So I broadly expanded IRI's base.
I established a referral/endorsement program in which I induced 12 of
the country's biggest financial newsletter publishers to regularly endorse
Investment Rarities in exchange for a modest share of the profits generated.
Concurrently, I put on extravagant, free seminars and, instead of
having some salesman from IRI be the key speaker, I paid through the
nose for well-known economists and best-selling authors that drew
attendees by the thousands.
And I devised elaborate follow-up programs that cross sold, cross
pollinated, upsold, and resold customers, prospects, and suspects.
Case Study Number Two:
redeployment.

The little magazine that grew by

International Entrepreneur's Association was the forerunner of

Entrepreneur's Association.
They published a magazine-formatted newsletter called Entrepreneur that,
every month, recounted and revealed to members and subscribers the two most
noteworthy "up-and-coming" generic small business concepts in existence.
The real hot and promising new concepts -- like tune-up and lube shops,
balloon stores, one-hour photo developing, and yogurt shops.
Entrepreneur's Association also put on "Start-Your-Own-Business"
seminars across the country.
Neither the subscription sales of the newsletter nor the seminar
sales were very profitable.

But we found an innovative way to make them lucrative.

Here's what we did.
Each month after an issue of Entrepreneur newsletter had already gone
out to subscribers, we had our editorial staff take that issue's two
feature articles -- which typically ran 10 - 15 pages each, covering that
month's two most promising new businesses and turn each one into an
elaborate, self-contained "start up" manual.
We did this in two ways:
1)

We embellished the basic editorial content of each article with a

more meat.

2)

To the specialized information about that specific business, we

bit

"melded" generalized, boiler-plate information necessary for

anybody to know before starting any type of
business. For
example, how to use an
attorney, how to incorporate,
incorporation vs. sole proprietorship, how to get free P.R.,
how to
"go-it-alone" if you don't have to acquire a
franchise, which franchises are best, etc.
We turned each succinct little article into really useful and extremely
desirable "start-up" manuals that I started selling through a quarterly
catalog mailing, for $49 apiece.
In the first full sales year we shipped out almost 200,000 reports.
Not bad, considering we were originally losing money on the newsletter
itself.
But once the newsletter was turned into a production source for new
reports, our profits really took off.
Each month, with each new issue of the newsletter, we added two or
three more reports to our inventory, until we had 250.
Then we started recording the speakers at our "break-even" seminars
and turned each recorded session of expertise into a $29 tape or a $49
transcript, and sold 100,000 copies.
Next, I recombined the reports, tapes and, transcripts into what I dubbed
"The Entrepreneur's Institute Collection of Best Reports," wherein for $199
we'd package together the best start-up reports on, say, service-related,
or food-related, or low investment, or automotive businesses. We'd also
add various transcripts originally taken from the seminar series, such as
"How to Negotiate" or "Advertising Made Simple."
We sold tens of thousands of these combinations, too.
All told, the company got up to $21 million a year solely by
redeploying their back-end assets in all sorts of different ways.

Case Study Number Three:

company...free.

Building a million dollar

ICY-HOT -- Oh, what a learning experience this proved to be!

I met a man who owned a 100-year old "very old-time" patent-medicine
production company selling a hokey sounding analgesic balm -- a glob of
gelatinous goop called Icy-Hot.
He wanted to make Icy-Hot the nation's most successful mail-order
patent medicine in history.
At first I thought he was crazy.
Then he explained the method behind his madness.
He had carefully studied the arthritis remedy market and concluded that
he could make aggressive inroads if he could create a powerful promise
wedded to a mystique-type product with a charming persona.
Only problem was, he didn't want to spend a dime on advertising.
There was, however, an innovative twist.
He was willing to spend 115% of the initial selling price to acquire a
new customer.
He taught me not to look at advertising from an abstract, nonquantifiable perspective, as almost everybody else did.
Rather, he was willing to spend money only when he knew absolutely - that he'd acquire a customer for the expenditure.
And, he later explained, for every new "start" or first-time customer he
put on his mailing list, he got one out of three people to reorder over and
over and over again for life or until someone came up with a cure for
arthritis.
The average customer, in fact, ordered six more times a year,
forever!
So it made enormously good sense to me when I put a pencil to his
equation.
The product sold for $3. It actually cost him a bit more than $.48 to
manufacture, package, and ship out a jar. He was willing to give someone
$3.45 to sell a $3 jar. Practically speaking, he really was spending only
$.93 -- the $.45 he lost on every sale, plus the $.48 cost of the product.
And for the $.93 loss, he got nearly 1,000,000 people to try out his
product at least once.

350,000 came back at least six times a year at an average order each
time of $10. So -- for a one time loss of about $930,000 he added
$21,000,000 a year to his business, OF WHICH OVER HALF WAS REAL PROFIT.
A $930,000 loss -- not all incurred at once -- produced a $10,500,000
annual profit.
That alone is remarkable, but let me tell you how we persuaded people to
take all the marketing, advertising, and promotional risk for us. It's
quite fascinating.
I approached magazines, mail order advertising agencies, and radio and
television stations all with the somewhat novel proposition of running ads
for Icy-Hot whenever they had unsold time or space, or the opportunity to
insert something in a package they were sending out. I'd allow them to
keep all the money people sent them and I'd send them $.45 on top
(remember, it sold for $3 and I was offering to pay 115%) .
Until I did this, no one had ever paid or offered to pay someone more
than the full selling price in exchange for assuming all the selling risk.
This offer took the advertising marketplace by storm, and in just under
a year I had set up solely on a variable/contingency basis --over 1,000
separate arrangements with magazines, newspapers, television stations,
radio stations, catalog companies . . . you name it!
And each and every day we'd get 5,000 - 10,000 new orders for first-time
customers. One out of every three of those would reorder over and over
again forever. Plus the advertising we secured -- at absolutely no charge
-- generated unbelievable demand at the retail level for our product, which
we'd originally decided not to sell in stores.
We conservatively figured that, in year one of our P.I. (per inquiry)
advertising for Icy-Hot, we generated OVER TEN MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF
ADVERTISING EXPOSURE AT NO CHARGE.

In fact, retail demand for Icy-Hot became so acute, due to all the free
advertising, that we "accidentally" forced retail distribution and built
up a $4,000,000 retail business on top of our mail order sales, all without
EVER sending one salesman into the field. All we had to install were
telephone order coordinators to maintain and manage the retail business.
EPILOGUE -- the product became so successful that the people at G. D.
Searle, the big pharmaceutical house in Chicago, bought the company for
many millions of dollars.
All this from the single idea of not spending money on advertising, but
only spending money for customers generated. Can this concept apply to
anything you're doing?
Case Study Number Four:

Aircraft parts by mail.

No one can possible believe you can successfully sell aircraft parts to
major aircraft and aerospace companies by mail, yet that is precisely what
I did in 1982.
I picked up a most challenging client, a 30-year supplier of fittings
for hydraulic workings in the control apparatus of airplanes and rockets.
Until then the company had built business solely by word of mouth.
They were profitable, but so spoiled and conservative and
understaffed that they wouldn't fund my initial request for four
salesmen.
So I improvised by using sales letters in lieu of people to circle
the globe.
First, I assembled a list of all the prospective companies my client
could sell to in the free world.
It numbered approximately 1,000. Then I crafted five separate, very
specialized letters, each with a different sales focus.
One offered last-minute supply if production ran out of fittings. One
offered to buy surplus parts.
Another offered to save them at least 40% and 30 days on any fitting
they ever again bought.
Another offered 48-hour order fulfillment worldwide.
I cannot precisely remember which ones worked and which were
marginal.

A subsequent letter generated nearly 50 new orders that turned into

long-term relationships.
The company devoted all their marketing efforts from then on to sales
letters and follow-up calls -- and the business grew.
This story, while admittedly succinct (I cannot reveal most actual
details for confidentiality reasons), illustrates how adaptable my
techniques, and now YOUR marketing techniques, can be. You can make
virtually any application you wish to!
And, since all you ever risk is the modest cost of conservative testing,
you owe it to yourself to attempt all sorts of fresh marketing
applications.
Case Study Number Five:

How to boot your sales out of sight.

Sound silly? Well, back in 1981, cowboy or more properly

"western" was the fashion rage (at least it was here in Southern
California).
Anyway, I had this client who was selling $1,000 to $5,000 western boots
and the market turned bad on him. He was beside himself because he had a
massive cash investment in his inventory of exotic boots.
He called me in to help.
Here's what I did.
1) First, I learned all I could about the difference in construction of
high- grade exotic boots over cheap, run-of-the-mill cowhide boots.
Exotics use
miles of fine silk thread, have delicately hand-tanned,
perfectly matched
exotic hides, are built on hand-assembled wooden
lasts, etc.
2) I persuaded my client to not only allow me to write a fascinating
reader-type
ad, but also to enable me to price his boots at a
moderate, but "real," reduction under manufacturer's suggested list.
3) I listed exact quantities of each style and brand of boot and
honestly stated that once my client sold these he would never have boots
of this quality available at ANY price. By the way, they were very hard
to get brands.
4) I put a deadline of three days on the offer.
5) I gave everyone a six-month, unconditional, money-back guarantee.
We sold out hundreds of pairs of extremely expensive boots to my
client's absolute delight.

It's important to understand what I tried to convey in my ads. It was

this:
1) That if you have ever thought about owning a pair of dress boots,
these were probably the most beautiful, intricately made,, comfortable
boots in the world. Each pair was almost a work of art itself.
2) That the available supplies were supremely low, and to replenish
the supplies
would take months. This was totally true.
3) That most people didn't realize how comfortable boots could be
compared with
ordinary footwear.
4) That the representation of renowned bootmakers on display was so
magnificent
that, even if you didn't buy, you owed it to your sense
of fashion art
appreciation to, at the very least, personally view the
boots and try on at least one pair.
This very simple, straightforward approach, conveyed through a
disarmingly humanized reader display ad, pulled like a magnet.
A similar approach can probably work wonders for you, too.
Case Study Number Six:

Nothing as bold as gold.

THE AUSTRALIAN BULLION COMPANY. I met a delightful man in late 1980

who ran the U.S. operations for the famous Australian Bullion Company --ABC
for short.
When I met him, he had a huge problem.

was

1) He'd acquired a ton of jewelry items he couldn't sell back when gold
soaring at $800 an ounce or higher.
2) He had no money left to promote.

I looked at his inventory and, frankly, he had nearly $150,000 worth of

disparate, one-of-a-kind items, all of which were nice but none of which
were great.
Worse yet, he'd always operated a retail walk-in store and knew
absolutely nothing about marketing.
I determined that mail order was his fastest, safest solution and I
created a shockingly powerful "full-page" ad to be run in the West Coast
edition of The Wall Street Journal.
The headline of the ad read:
How to Buy $800 an Ounce
Gold at $400 Prices

I commenced in the prefacing three paragraphs of the ad to explain how

the ABC acquired all this gold jewelry back before gold began selling for
$800 per ounce and that for them to replace it today would cost them
nearly double wholesale, but that since they only had odd-lot quantities
of each item they were offering them by mail and telephone order only on a
first come, first-served basis for l/3rd less than the asking price they'd
originally retailed the jewelry for back when gold was selling for $400
which was nearly 2/3rds less than the price they'd now have to ask for
similar jewelry.
THAT AD SOLD OUT ALL $150,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY IN LESS THAN THREE
DAYS.

And, in fact, it resulted in subscriptions totaling more than

$50,000.
Plus, it established a posture I subsequently built on continuously
that the Australian Bullion Company was a huge discounter.
They went on to sell thousands of pieces of gold jewelry a year until
the company sold out to a large international firm.
By the way, instead of sending back the money to all the people whose
orders came in after we sold out, I devised a neat letter.
In essence, it said this:
Your order arrived after we sold out on what you wanted. We can, of
course, return your check or charge card request uncashed.
But we'll lose your goodwill.
Rather, we'd like to do cartwheels to win your ongoing business. So,
we've made an arrangement with the original manufacturer to order for you
another, and if you instruct us to go forward, we'll sell you that item for
the same price you sent us plus a mere $25 additional to cover our added
processing and handling expense. Quite frankly, we're not making any real
profit, but it's worth our while for your goodwill.
Etc.
This letter saved 80% of the orders. And, quite frankly, my client made
about 20% on the reorder plus the $25. All told, he made an extra $15,000
for sending out my letter.
EPILOGUE: The original ad and the "salvage" letter I've just outlined
to you generated 1,200 new customers, who reordered over four times on
average and represented an additional residual business for my client that
exceeded a half-million dollars, all for no real additional marketing or
advertising expense.
Keep in mind that, while it cost a lot of money originally (to run the
display ad in The Wall Street Journal), the cost-of-sales to re-solicit a
customer after they've been acquired is negligible (it's
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merely $.50 for a direct mail letter, or $1.00 for a phone call). So a
customer's real value to you becomes far greater after you've originally
sold him.
This profit dynamic is rarely comprehended by most people I deal
with. I hope you perceive the lucrative implications.
Case Study Number Seven:

The marketing test concept.

In 1982, I was promoting full-priced ($95 - $295 and higher) financial

newsletters throughout the hard-money marketplace. But what started out
originally as a really lucrative field was rapidly becoming cluttered with
more and more "mediocrities," as I like to call them, diluting the inelastic
and rapidly maturing limited market.
It got so competitive and the marketplace turned so ambivalent, that I
actually stopped promoting full-priced publications.
Then, while contemplating the glut of $95 - $295 newsletter
competitors, I came up with a wonderfully simple idea. Why not identify
the five or ten top quality newsletters that were written by
fundamentally such poor marketers that virtually no one had ever heard
of them (though they possessed unimpeachable track records for financial
acuity). Then, why not persuade these people to allow me to offer NEW
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, a one-time opportunity to subscribe to their publications
for 85-95% less than they were normally charging?
My promotional rationale, as I explained it to the publishers, was that
these advisors were so confident in their ability they were willing to make
their profit through renewals. They knew that anyone making thousands of
dollars from their advice would have no objection whatsoever to renewing at
year's end at full price, since they'd be paying for it with but a small
portion of the profits the newsletter made them.

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Add to this the unusual financial dynamics of a newsletter. It costs a

mere $3 - $10 in "hard costs" to put out a 12-issue subscription to a
publication that ordinarily sells for $95 - $295. And I promised to pay to
all the publishers that went along with my marketing test concept their
real hard fulfillment costs. So they bore zero financial risk in allowing
me to try out the concept.
I called it "Marketing Test" because I developed the marketing rationale
that the publishers wanted to find out through this limited offer (we
restricted maximum numbers allowable at the low price). The publishers
were most interested in what impact price alone had on persuading someone
to subscribe.
Did the marketing test work?
Wow, did it ever !!
In year one alone, we sold over 650,000 discount subscriptions.
I made, net (on average), about $3.75 per subscription.
Since then, everyone has "knocked off" my concept and I believe well
over one million subscriptions have been sold profitably using this
approach.
You could readily and easily adapt the marketing test approach to any
application wherein you have a high-price-perceived, low-cost-to-fulfill
product or service, and a high likelihood of renewal or residual business
re-occuring from new customers you bring in.
Case Study Number Eight:
seminar.

The famous New York Stock Exchange

This one gave me the most informative insight into major corporate
thinking (or myopia) imaginable.
A while back, in 1982 I think, a friend who was vice-president in charge
of West Coast operations for the tax-advantaged investment department of a
very, very well-known, prestigious New York Stock Exchange firm came to me
literally imploring me to create a "powerful" (as he referred to it) display
ad for a major tax-saving investment seminar he was preparing to hold on the
West Coast.
I really wasn't eager to work on the project. First, because no direct
compensation was being offered other than the obvious prestige that might
accrue to me for creating winning ads for this major stock brokerage firm.

Also, every word of copy I penned had to pass muster with the New
York legal department.

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My friend provided me with numerous examples of the previous ads he

and his firm had run for former seminars, none of which had drawn more
than a handful of attendees.
They were not only terrible, they said absolutely nothing and had no
cogent headline. The body copy was confusing, vacuous, and extremely
abstract. The basic promise was equally as terrible. But boy was the
layout clean and oh-so-professional looking!
I saw immediately why their previous ads pulled so meagerly. They
offered no big promise and were totally uncompelling, relative to their
call to action.
I actually became excited about creating a display ad for my friend,
that would pull 60 - 150 attendees. His firm's previous attempts had
never pulled more than a dozen people.
So I started collecting what I considered important information:
1) What was the "key" thematic purpose of the seminar?
2) Who were the prominent speakers and why was their expertise worth
listening to?
3) What were the criteria or requirements of someone to be eligible to
attend (it was, in fact, a net worth in excess of $250,000)?
4) What was the outline of the intended 2-1/2-hour seminar?
5) How could someone reserve a seat?
I put this material together into a totally straightforward and
extremely factual reader-type display ad that began something like this:
An invitation for 100 "qualified" investors with a net worth exceeding
$250,000 to attend an extensively revealing 2-1/2-hour seminar on taxadvantaged investment strategies that reduce taxes markedly, while
increasing net worth. Hear famed tax expert _____ painstakingly explain
his basic investment strategy for maximum legal tax avoidance and optimum
capital gains potential.
Etc.
I enumerated the credentials and specific accomplishments, not the least
of which included a listing of corporate clients, that the seminar speakers
possessed.
I further listed the objective and benefits of staging this seminar
which, by the way, was to explain safe, workable, and super legal
investment tactics for reducing or eliminating altogether a high-income or
high-net-worth individual's tax bill.
And I listed very exacting eligibility criteria for attending.

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Frankly, I loved my reader ad on behalf of this client.

My friend liked it, too.
But the "biggies" in corporate New York hated ray ad with a vengeance.
Why?
Because it wasn't their image of short, lightweight, pretty, passive,
noncommittal copy.
To shorten a disgusting story, we went around on the ad for a month.
Finally both sides compromised.
I agreed to their "castrating" my ad by about 90%.
They agreed to run it one time only in the boonies somewhere.
Which they did.
Surprise! Surprise!
The emasculated version of my ad that they ultimately ran still
pulled 110 attendees -- all totally qualified.
Remember, their best ad previously had pulled only 10 to 16 people.
I got so excited anticipating, logically, that they'd want to run
replicas of my ad all over the nation and that I'd get credit and the fast
$10,000 fee I'd asked for if they continued using the ad.
Once again, keep in mind that my ad, which was no larger and cost no
more than the ad they'd previously used, pulled ten times greater. And, I
later found out, it produced a three times higher conversion rate of
attendees to clients.
And yet . . .
And yet, they never again ran my ad.
Why?
Because the president of the firm had never seen or approved my ad.
He was out of town during all our arguments. A "daring" executive
vice-president had taken the authority for approving the watered-down
version.
When the president saw what I'd created, he became livid and killed the
entire project because . . .
You guessed it.

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It didn't look like an ad he'd want to be associated with.

I politely pointed out that the 110 qualified investors who responded to
the ad obviously felt otherwise, but the president didn't care.
I was shocked. But I learned that results and performance often take a
back seat to image in big corporations.
Epilogue to my story:
About six months later, the New York firm decided to try another seminar
program. Did they "dust off" my proven, winning ad? Heck no.
Instead, they hired a supremely image-conscious Madison Avenue agency
who charged them, I was told, $25,000-plus to write a new medicinal ad
which they ran in a major Sunday business section of a huge newspaper.
How'd the ad do? It
drew 18 people. You
figure it out.
Case Study Number Nine:

Results you can bank on.

The profit potential for your company from building bonuses into your
offers can be immense.
Correspondingly, there may be very lucrative opportunities for you to
"package" your firm's products or services and offer them to other
companies to use as bonuses or premium purchase inducements.
Many times, just by putting one firm together with another, you can make
enormous profits, once you start experimenting with packaging.
Which brings me to . . .ME AND THE BANK.
Actually, I'm going to give you a double case study here. It has to do
with two separate banks.
First, bank one. This was a large, national, hard-asset
concentrating financial institution that specialized in making loans for
precious metals purchases.
Their ads were horrible and were only marginally effective. I
approached them with an irresistible proposition.
If I could devise a way to increase the size, frequency, and results of
their advertising, would they give me the overage above and beyond what they
were already spending if it cost them nothing?
They didn't fully understand my proposal, so I restated it this way.

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You're spending "X" on advertising in national publications.

If I can get you two to three times that exposure for absolutely no
added expense, and increase the productivity or effectiveness of the ads
by many times, plus generate "found" money from advertising subsidy firms,
could I keep anything I brought in over their out-of-pocket?
They said, "Okay."
So I went to two of the biggest precious metals refining companies in
North America and persuaded one to put up 100% and the other to put up 75%
of all costs up to $40,000 and $50,000, respectively, to finance ads
promoting the bank's willingness to finance investment purchases of the two
refiner's "trademarked" gold and silver ingots.
Until then, the bank had been spending about $20,000 a month to run
their own small, ineffective ads.
By getting them $50,000 in non-matching commitment from one refiner, and
$50,000 that only cost them $10,000 in real cost from the other, I provided
them with two months' worth of advertising that totaled more than double
what they were used to spending -- and it was actually costing them $30,000
less than they had budgeted.
I asked as my fee for arranging the transaction the $30,000 savings.
The bank grudgingly agreed. Grudgingly I say, because the director
found it unconscionable that I could, in a two-week period, structure deals
that the bank itself should have and could have effected, but was too
unimaginative to engineer.
So they did in fact pay off. But as soon as the first "co-op" ads ran
out, the bank used a technical loophole to cut me out of ongoing
participation, even though I'd conceived, engineered and negotiated the
entire concept. I was disappointed, I'll admit, but I did make $30,000 for
less than two weeks work.
There's an epilogue to Bank Story A.
The ads I engineered for the bank were extraordinarily powerful,
pulling 1,500 - 2,500 qualified investor leads each time they ran.
But they were subtle, very high copy-content reader ads, and guess
who hated them with a passion?
You guessed it -- the president of the bank. We got into a violent
argument about how an effective ad should look. He wanted pretty and
clear. I wanted informative and almost editorial looking.
It was his bank, so he won out.

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After my two-month deal ran out, the bank went back to their old, dumb,
non-benefit-oriented ad formats and their response rates (number of leads
generated per ad run) dropped nearly 90 percent.
MORAL: You must decide whether you want your ads to be effective or
aesthetic. The price you pay for a false "aesthetic" is a diminishment of
effectiveness that's usually profound.
Actually, to me, there's an aggravating second epilogue to this
story.
After I lost the client -- because, you'll remember, it's
unconscionable for anyone to make that much money in such short time the
bank tried out another idea I'd given them.
Since 80% of their business before I'd come to them had emanated from
gold dealers selling their customers leveraged purchase plans financed by
the bank, why not let the dealers participate in the deal by selling them
leads resulting from the ad, for 1-1/2 times real cost of acquisition?
Leads cost about $10 to produce with my ads. The bank offered to sell
dealers great leads for $15. Remember that the bank was getting almost all
their ad costs defrayed by the money the refiners gave them. With the co-op
deal I set up (and which the bank sustained after our deal was over), plus
the selling of leads to dealers at a profit (that I'd originally proposed),
the bank was actually making approximately $10,000 on every $5,000 in
display ads they ran, a 100% profit!
How can you engineer co-op or lead sharing advertising deals to defray
your expense or turn an expense area into a profit center? Think about the
possibilities, then approach synergistic businesses and see what kinds of
inventive deals you can set up.
Now, bank story number 2...
There is in my state a large, well known bank that developed a gold and
silver division, selling solely to their 1,000,000 existing banking
customers.
The business they were doing with 1,000,000 customers was, frankly, less
than l/50th the volume I was doing with 120,000 customers for another
client of mine.
I hatched an interesting plan.
I approached the large bank on a no-risk proposition. They could
keep 100% of the sales and profits they were currently earning.
I'd take over the entire marketing function solely on spec or
contingency, wanting to be paid 25% of the increased profit I generated
with the bank maintaining 100% control and approval of all copy, concepts,
approaches, etc.

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Furthermore, I'd lined up nearly one million dollars' worth of co-op

advertising, so the cost to the bank to expand their precious metals
operation by potentially one-half billion dollars was nil.
I originally made the proposal to them four years ago. But the
division head of the bank was a politic-playing mediocrite (a mediocrite,
for those who don't know, is someone content with mediocrity or average
performance, achievement, and service) who didn't want to ever rock the
bureaucratic boat. He always had to present my risk-free, no investment,
totally non-volatile proposition to "just one more division head" before we
could go forward.
Just for fun, once or twice a year when I need a good laugh, I call the
division head of the bank to see what's become of my no-risk proposal.
"We're still considering it. I'll get back to you in a week," he
invariably replies.
Parenthetically, I might add that I used the two biggest concepts I'd
originally developed for and was saving to use with Bank "B" for a
different client. In its first six months, it generated $20 million in
sales, all at a massive up-front profit.
You tell me why big corporations hate the profit motive so much; Or why
they seem so averse to optimizing profit in a business they operate?!
Case Study Number Ten:

Bringing home the risk.

This case study concerns itself with posture -- or how you and your
position or proposition is perceived.
As a preface, I'd suggest that you read either (or both) of Robert
Ringer's books, WINNING THROUGH INTIMIDATION or LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE.
When I started consulting I learned an interesting lesson posture.
People hated to be more at risk on me than I was on them.
Keep in mind, I'm going back quite a ways, but always I would find high
resistance, at whatever level I tried to price my various consulting
services, unless I deferred the bulk of my anticipated compensation.
For example, when I first started out, I'd get $5,000 for writing an ad.
Back then, people thought this was a high amount and I experienced
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So one day, purely on a whim, I decided to ask for $15,000 instead of

$5,000, with $6,500 down and the remainder ($8,500) due and payable ONLY if
my ad worked.
Amazingly, this approach worked like hotcakes -- immediately increasing
my "upfront" fee income by $1,500, or 30%, and every time I hit a winner,
I'd pick up a windfall $8,500 additional.
This same interesting phenomena evidenced itself when I was
negotiating long-term consulting relationships.
I used to charge $100,000 a year back in 1978, payable $25,000 down and
$6,000 a month for 12 months.
And I picked up two to five clients a year that way. But of the 20 -50 I
solicited, most clearly balked at my terms.
One day, again just as an experiment, I tried an interesting
approach.
I told my prospective clients that I wanted to make a minimum of
$100,000 from them, but all I wanted down was $15,000. I'd take the
rest on a 25%-of-profits basis.
I pointed out to them that instead of their being $100,000 at risk on
me, I was $85,000 (or 85%) at risk on them, since I'd only taken 15% of my
anticipated fee.
That risk transference worked like magic. And it taught me to put risk
on my part, not on the clients, for maximum appeal of my sales proposition.
Case Study Number Eleven:

Pay only for results.

Claude Hopkins had a fascinating illustrative lesson.

Back in the beginning when no one offered a guarantee, new advertisers
started saying, "Try it for a week. If you don't like it, we'll return your
money." Then someone conceived of sending the goods without money down, and
saying, "Pay in a week if you like them." That proved many times as
profitable.
Of course, today you have to compensate for the non-credit worthiness of
many people.
But one famous advertising man long ago stated the profound
difference this way:
"Two men came to me, each offering me a horse. Both made equal claims.
They were good horses, kind and gentle. A child could drive them. One man
said, 'Try the horse for a week. If my claims are not true, come back for
your money.' The other man also said, 'Try my horse

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for a week.' But he added, 'Come and pay me then.' I naturally bought
the second man's horse."
When I was in the lead generating business, I used a simple, but
extraordinarily effective proposition. It was:
"Don't pay for advertising. Pay only for results."
My percentage-of-the-increased-profit solicitation was based on the
(almost) irresistible offer, "If I give you a dollar you would have never
had before, would you give me back a quarter?"
Think of more risk-free propositions and ways of making the offer to
your customers. Then try them out and analyze the results.
And, when you set up your compensation program consider some of the
possibilities barter provides you.
Here are a few examples from my files.
In my garage is a 1986, fully loaded Chevrolet Corvette roadster.
It's worth $40,000, but I didn't pay a cent for it.
Two years ago I owned a mailing list I'd accumulated over a three-year
period. The list numbered about 120,000 names, and I rented it out about
15 times a year. So it made me about $200,000 in rental income.
I had a friend who really wanted to get a discount on a usage.
I liked him, but I don't like to prostitute my prices. I prefer giving
value in other ways. So I told him I'd give him unlimited personal use of
all 120,000 names to mail as often as he wanted for a new Corvette.
Then I tantalized him a bit.
I pointed out that if he mailed my list at least five times a year for
two years, he was getting a $120,000 value, plus, if he could negotiate a
better-than-sticker deal on the Corvette he was, in effect, getting the
list for less than 1/3 of its real market value.
He got excited and spent two solid days negotiating prices on new
Corvettes, until he bought one for just $32,000 that stickered for
$40,000. I would never have spent that much time negotiating price.
Next, he made me agree to furnish him, at my expense, a computer tape of
my list (which cost me all of $400 to produce).
For that, I got receipt and conveyance of one very fun, brand new,
fully loaded Corvette.
This is not the only automobile I've traded list usage for.

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About a year earlier, I traded the unlimited usage of the same list
for a Rolls Royce sedan.
Also, one time I traded the use of that same list to another person
for an insert in a newsletter that I, in turn, sold to another company
for $25,000.
Trades offer inordinate opportunity to use leverage to transform
nothing into a lot.
It has as much to do with your ability to create perceived value and
stimulate desire as it does your ability to approach, solicit, and
negotiate.
Chronicling a few other interesting trades might be idea-stimulating to
you.
In the past, I've traded consultations for: Inserts in newsletters,
magazine and radio ads, automobiles, electronic equipment, musical
instruments, gem stones, jewelry, guns, trips, furniture, copyrighting,
artwork, clothing, interior decorating, products I resold, and even
insurance policies. In fact, I still trade consultation services for all
sorts of products and services.
Barter is such a wonderfully "leveragible" transactional tool for ANY
company to utilize, that I strongly urge everyone to seriously consider it.
Case Study Number Twelve:

Package the deal!

About four years ago, I had a client who desperately needed a premium
bonus to offer customers for repurchasing.
He told me he was willing to spend $4 - $6 for the bonus, but he
lamented his terrible difficulty in finding a high-perceived-value,
relatively exclusive product or service he could "tack on" to a purchase
a bonus that would compel an old, inactive customer to want to purchase
again.
He was quite desperate.
I offered to put together a suitable premium/bonus for him, provided it
was clearly understood and acknowledged by all concerned that as long as I
met or exceeded their $4 - $6 criteria, I could make a fair profit in
exchange for involving myself conceptually. I point this out because they
were a percentage-of-profit client of mine as well.
Once they agreed, I found a magazine/newsletter subscription agency that
had a fabulous sampling/trial arrangement with 100 different, very
desirable publications wherein they (the agency) could allow people to "try
out" up to 20 selected publications for nothing.
The agency received a percentage of all renewals.

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I could acquire their program for zero dollars. But to preserve

goodwill, I offered them $1 and guaranteed them 10,000 new customers for
which they would probably realize a 5-15% conversion rate.
I then took the package, modified it slightly with the subscription
agency's approval and permission, and offered it to my client for $3 which,
of course, was $l-$3 less than they were willing to pay. So they were
absolutely delighted -- plus the perceived or "real world" dollar value of
the package I offered them exceeded $150, and all they asked their old
customers to spend to receive this "bonus" was $69 on a keep-the-bonus, 45day, 100% money-back guarantee basis.
They --my client -- loved the package.
Their old customers loved it even more and they SOLD 20,000 people.
I picked up $40,000 in "packaging" profits in a mere 30-day period just
for putting the bonus program together. The subscription agency made
$20,000 they hadn't expected. I got a generous participation on all
renewals, as well as a profit share from my client, too.
All on the up and up, so everyone came out happy.
More importantly, the concept of "packaging for profit" really hit
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An Investigative Reporter Uncovers More Successes

Glenn Osborn is our success historian and marketing investigative reporter.

I asked Glenn to update me about some of the past attendees and participants of various training programs I
have conducted over the past five years. My instruction and request of Glenn was to share with me his best
researched, first-hand assessment and reconstruction of how certain past attendees were currently doing.
Specifically, I asked Glenn to focus his report on people I knew less about. What follows is a summary of
his findings. I have not completely verified each success story for absolute accuracy; however, I feel confident
that Glenn's general assessment is probably very indicative of how the individual did or is doing by applying
the concepts and philosophies I taught them.
These are only a few dozen, but their varied and consistent success stories do parallel the first-hand reports
embodied in the case study letter that appears in the front of this manuscript. Here then is Glenn Osborn's
report of how other people have fared.

JAY'S SUCCESS STORIES

Okay, Jay. It's 9:00 on January 11th. I promised I was going to audio tape a lot of success stories that you
can use in your ambitious book project. We'll start with some of the things in my newsletters and then we'll
jump around to some other things. You wanted things that were documented. I am dictating copies of things
that I have verified or I can send a hard copy of different support items I have.
Here are my file reports:
Judith Mandis does marketing research for Fortune 50 pharmaceutical companies. When I first met her on
the process of coming to your seminar, she was charging $100,000 per research project. She explained that
through your advanced material, you had already saved her a few hundred thousand dollars per year because
she was able to keep one of her clients. Her client had called her and said that he'd like his staff to take over
your marketing research at trade shows. Judith was appalled, and so after reading your materials, she decided
to educate her client so that he appreciated all that she did for him. Judith volunteered to come in and do
training for her client's staff. After 4 hours, she said this is just the first part, there's about 20 more different
sections. Here's what they are, this, this, this. The client was appalled and said he had no idea you did all
that. We can't learn this. Please stay as our marketing person. So Judith saved a couple hundred thousand
dollars per year by keeping that client.
No. 2, she's gone from charging people $100,000 to $180,000! She told me she just negotiated a couple of deals
because she discovered that if she can prove the kind of results in money that she makes these clients and is willing to fully
guarantee her work, she can raise her fees. That makes sense. She could document this anytime and would be happy to. I
have a copy of some of her material and she has volunteered to do an audio tape with me for you - so if you need an audio
tape interview, I will have that whenever you need it.

Bob Hansen and Shirley Hansen have been able to take the endorsement of 2 newspaper editors that
they know locally in Philadelphia and get several hundred people to show up at seminars where they teach the
people who are running ads in those papers (the business owners) marketing. They would never have thought
of doing that before, and they're building a big promotion that way. They have all that documented. It's quite
a success story.
Mark Beeten sent me some of his material from California. He had an ad he was running. I rewrote it,
changed the headline and offer, and he was able to sign a $30,000 client by using a tactic I gave him (that I
learned from you), and this ad that he ran for $500, brought in a $75,000 job. I didn't even meet him before I
was able to write that. That's a success story there for copy writing.
Rick Solano of Boston was able to test his prices for the first time. He has 900 names on this mailing list.
He doubled the price and tripled his profits. He made $200,000 more with his offer than he usually
makes. That was impressive.
Linda Holiday has an accounting practice. She has moved from the Chicago area in Illinois to Colorado and
all 15 of her former accounting clients have stayed with her. Apparently, she has tripled their-business.
Judy Kendall and I wrote an ad. The headline is "husband falls in love, buys second yacht, wife steamed,
must sell." She sold her yacht in one day by putting an ad in the yacht trader, RV magazine. She got hundreds
and hundreds of phone calls. She also was price testing her house and accidentally ran this ad, the same type
headline and the body copy similar to the yacht, except explaining about the house. Sold the house in 2 days
for $137,500 and she just moved. So she's in a grumpy mood right now. She has copies of both of those if
you need that.

Richard Regan cut 60% off the cost of print, TV and cable and ads for ad agencies. He has been using
marketing to walk into small companies and use video in what he does to make extra money and get a
percentage. So he boosted his profits that way. Also, he discovered that he gets more for his business by
paying for referrals. He has friends in all kinds of upper management positions and Fortune 500 companies
and they refer him all of his best and most profitable work. He got that idea from Jay.
Big success story, Jay, Richard Warner, South Carolina (803) 944-9023. He has used a system that he set
up for optometrists. He has 40 optometrists buying into his commercial marketing package. What he does is
link optometrists to commercial business and industry. He said they get referrals in huge numbers to new
clients. He markets it to groups.
Ann Platell is the General Manager and marketer in a dental office for her former husband. She has a raft of
ads that she's tracked getting 20, 30, 40% response. What they do when the phone calls come in, they just
mark it off and she knows how much money that ad made or that sales letter. She has almost doubled his
dental practice because of the things she's done.
Bad-Ack Sabramian also has built up a large referral network sending clients to chiropractors in
Georgia.
Another would be Simon Walt. He has a tested optician marketing package that makes like 30 or 40% profit.
He has done a deal with a boat that is made in New Zealand. Specifically, he has created a network of boat
dealers that sell this workboat using the endorsement concept. He has all these guys referring him customers,
and if they have a certain kind of business, he puts the workboat in there and the company gets a percentage.
So he set up his network and he would not have thought of that had he not attended your seminar, Jay. Also
the dynamics of this is incredible. Simon did marketing for a San Francisco boat show for the New Zealand
boat with a tent being exhibited. He said their normal number of orders that they take from such a show is 5 or
6. That's considered very good. Well, they got mad at him because Simon sold 42 boats at one boat show.
They had to cancel every one of the rest of the boat shows on the West Coast because they couldn't make them
fast enough. We are talking a lot of money here. Say $10,000 a boat, that's $420,000 in one boat show.
Also, Simon Walt did a little promotion for a deli. One ad produced 140% increase in profit in
10 days. The 2 sisters who own the deli were running at a break even at the time he did the ad for them. So
he did 2 ads, I have both. They sold the deli for big profits and left.
As far as I can tell, protege Steve Mahaney was teaching scuba diving when he first attended Jay's seminar
and was making a salary. He found a contact in California that refers him millionaires. So now I think he only
works 3 months a year teaching scuba diving and grosses about $400,000 or $500,000. He rents a yacht,
brings a bunch of these multimillionaires out and their families, teaches them to scuba dive and then they want
to buy equipment. Well, he just happens to own a scuba diving shop. He sells them all the equipment. Then
they want to go somewhere fun to scuba dive so he also plans vacations all over the world and adds on a big
profit. So that's very profitable.
Joe Chode is a psychologist. He has written a Yellow Page ad that has more than doubled his business.

Also, Gloria Lowe has written independently an ad that I have a copy of for her psychology practice in the
Yellow Pages that has doubled the number of her clients. She's only working weekends now.
Of course, Jay, you already know about Jordan Young and the letter that he sent out to get people to come
back to his chiropractic practice. It produced a six figures response. You can document that, I'm sure. He also
has that pine bark thing where he was bailing up pine needles, selling them as fertilizer to redeploy their asset
value as you taught him and probably made half a million dollars on the side.

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Brian Edfield, "Bartenders Guide for Women How to Meet Men," "Bartender's Guide on How to Pick Up
Women." He set up a host parasite deal with a company that has a dating service so they spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars for marketing. When somebody asks for information, they stick one of Brian's flyers in
there. When the person calls the 800 number to order one of his books or audio tapes, the 800 service
documents it, takes the credit card number and then Brian pays a percentage to the dating service. It's working
very well.
Your former assistant, Michael Roth, has created a company and a newsletter to companies that fill laser
cartridge, a laser cartridge re-charging business. He's running that very successfully and has created little
packages that he's selling for $6.95 which gives successful marketing ideas and things that have a track record.
Mike also writes letters for people like Ted Nicholas. He learned that from you. He gets $5,000 for a letter
that he writes. So he's making money that way.
Lester Nathan was on a super conference call with you, Jay. I think it ran for 12 weeks or 14 or something
for a few hours at a time. From these calls, he learned to use your USP concept. He writes ads, puts them in
the paper, or puts a letter together for a client which sets up a situation where there is nobody in that area who
has the assets and the uniqueness, whether it's the offer or something. He usually gets 8 to 10 times the cost of
the ad by using that concept. He has made people quite a bit of money. He has one success story for an auto
body shop. Every time they put a $200 ad in the paper, they make $10,000. He's got another success story for
a landscaper. He put a $173 ad in the paper and the guy made like $23,000 or $17,000 or something. I have
the exact numbers.
I don't know whether you know this, Jay, but Bob Bachtold had doubled his head hunting practice. What he
did was bought a copy of "Your Marketing Genius at Work" for $575. He said at the time it came with a 3month money back guarantee if you didn't make more money than it cost, send it back and you would refund
everything. He discovered in the head hunting business people get burnt a lot so you have to have
relationships. Bob was able to compile a master list or a database of experts in the areas he wanted to work in.
He set up a system which allowed him to call a prospect. He didn't know what help he needed so he identified
in advance 3 or 4 of the prospect's network confidence, people that they trusted. He calls it multiple
interlocking endorsements. He gets these people to trust him and he can get into their company or supply them
with people and get paid. Very powerful technique.
Another concept that Bob Bachtold used to more than double his income was that he would go into a company
and start giving them advice and help in a lot of other phases. He would find out so much about what they
were doing that he would often be in on the job of writing the job requirements for the client and would find a
prospective applicant for the job. He would already have somebody in mind to meet the parameters.
I have a copy of Al Fitzinger's letter. He has a gun club and a bunch of other businesses, but I'll go
through them one at a time. For the gun club, what he did was send a Christmas thank you to a thousand
members of his gun club and with that he gives them 6 coupons they could give to friends good for free gun
rental, free membership and something else for 3 months. They get addicted to coming in and shooting off
shotguns, machine guns and stuff so he has more than doubled his regular customer base and his profits by
getting these guys hooked, which is an Abraham tactic that he learned at the seminar. He is also raising more
than $1 million for telemarketing for the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Association, and he puts together a
newsletter that gives away all kinds of travel packages and other things. When people buy that, he gets a
percentage on the back end. It started to interfere with the up front fund raising where they donate money, but
he's making money on the back end.
This is a crazy story. Scott Baumgart in Detroit, Michigan, got back from one of your seminars. He is
working for a company that rents or leases cars, very expensive automobiles. He came up with some idea he
was talking to a buddy about he was very excited at the seminar. The buddy went to his boss, the boss went
to the President, the President called the lawyer for the division of the company. They called him in and
prominently laid Scott off. Scott was never told why, but he thinks that he must have come up
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with an idea that they considered threatening or they were about to implement and they were appalled that
somebody else knew about it. He took that firing and turned it around and bought a tanning salon that was
about to go out of business and started a newsletter to current members and boosted profits 40% immediately.
Probably way above that by now. In the same mall, he found a video store that was about to go under and he
bought that for probably the cost of the tapes. Then to save rent, he put them both under the same roof in the
same store. So he's paying one rent for two stores and has drawn off so much money that he's got people
constantly calling him up trying to buy it for cash for a lot more than it's worth. Of course, he's not giving up
his cash cow right now, but it's pretty amazing what he's done.
Sok Ung and Kim, his wife, (Vietnamese refugees) used a consignment idea Jay gave them for when to sell
their jewelry as a test. I think in 3 months they made an extra $40,000, which for them was massive! That's
quite a success story. What they did was find a mailing list of jewelry store owners who were selling to
wealthy people homemade type jewelry. They sent them an offer in very broken English Sok can't write
worth a damn. He showed me the letter and it was awful, but he got 6, 8 or 10 people to send away for certain
samples that he said he would send them. Actually, he charged them postage and his cost for the material so he
wasn't risking anything. Then he would call them once a month and they said oh, yeah, we sold everything.
So he said well, send me the money and I'll send you more. They would say, okay. It got to be a pain in the
neck. He didn't like calling them and reminding them. He would forget to call and renew, but that's all he was
doing and he made $40,000 extra using consignments.
Here's an interesting success story, Jay. My friend, Mark Boonich, attended one of your seminars. He's
looking for leverage. He set this up and it's working. He went to the USSR where he was bom and raised
and where he has some relatives. The concept was to harness cheap architectural drawings. People out there
can do things very cheaply. They will fax the drawings to the U.S. at a very reduced rate and it will give the
company an edge in their bids. So he went out to USSR, found 6 or 8 companies that were begging for work
so they were all competing for Mark's business. He selected the best one and came back and they are
starting to set this thing up. It will give the U.S. company a huge edge in profits because their cost of doing the
drawings is much less. So we are talking about probably several million dollars a year at least in extra profits
because they'll get jobs that they ordinarily wouldn't.
Jay, you already know about Mark Holich. I don't know whether you have copies of all his stuff. I do. He's
working with 19 or 20 car dealerships all over the U.S. He has discovered several things. First, a letter that I
sent him that made $1.5 million in a day in Australia, he's converted for a client and he's sold 20 cars in a day.
That's not too shabby. The rationale was that they switched banks that were covering the loans and there was
some reason why it was possible to sell a car advantageously. Second, he has a radio promotion that he sells
for $5,000 a pop up front again and again to car dealers, which means it must be working. What rhymes with
orange, what rhymes with purple, people hear the radio ad and come in to win the $500. At the dealership,
they fill out a questionnaire entry form which gives the name, address, phone number, type of car. Also they
must be sort of interested in a car or they wouldn't show up anyway. So they get thousands of people through
the car dealership and only one person ever finds out what the winning rhyme to the word is. After that they
have letters that they mail out that are in his package to rotate tires, do oil changes, all kinds of stuff. It boosts
the repair side and gets them in and maybe they sell a car to boot. That's working well for him out in
Tucson.
I have a copy of Mickie Michael's ad. She found a doctor who was spending $40,000 to $50,000 a year in
Yellow Page ads. She got him to pay her $10,000 to research it and rewrite it. She learned that from you. She
also put together a policy manual for a company that she sold 100 of at $500 apiece. She sends out a postcard
and people call her and then she closes them or goes out to the office. She says that of the people who call, she
closes about 70%. So that's working. Very powerful.
Jeff Bell of Pennsylvania. I can update you, Jay, on a couple of things you may not know he's doing. He
wrote that wonderful endorsement letter for you. But he made a quick $10,000 profit by finding a guy who
was trying to sell his lawn care business. Jeff called him up and said suppose you let me send a letter
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to your customers offering them some landscaping deals or work. He said okay, you know, for a percentage
because I can't even sell my company, what the heck. So then Jeff ran around and found a landscaper and
wrote the letter and made $12,000 as his cut of the profits. What Jeff is doing right now is that he has a deal
with a $9 billion bank in Pennsylvania. He gets a cash fee every time he gets one of 1,000 mortgage brokers
to send them their mortgage and sell it to his bank. What he's doing is that he has doubled one of the
mortgage broker's businesses and he's sending letters out to all the rest of them. They only have 10%
of the business, but he said he got 90% possible from 1,000 different brokers and they know exactly how
many of these guys are referring every month so anything above that, Jeff gets a percentage of. So he's in the
middle of that and I think he will make a lot of money because his letter is a killer. He explains how to make
money and offers a free report that they can send and then offers the report already written if they'll call him
up.
Of course, I have the postcard that Michael Lillig spent $500 for. He keeps mailing it. He has had to quit.
He's made an extra $900,000 for his partners in the medical testing business, you know, blood, urine,
whatever. Doctors might spend $50,000 to $100,000 to figure out what's wrong with their patients by doing
medical lab work-ups. So he's added almost $1 million with just the cost of a postcard by giving away
software that he didn't know how to sell. It helps them leverage their business.
By the way, Jay, if you have Bill McCormick's permission, you could use some of his letters and things
that he's been testing headlines for newspaper ads that are 100% more successful than the others. I'm sure he
learned that from you.
Edie McHenry got a billion dollar marketing client. She worked with her printer free and doubled his profits
mostly by setting up host parasite deals and then in return he endorsed her to his customers. They all came to
a seminar where she spoke and she found some clients from that. One of the new clients was a salesman in a
store which was one in a 400 co-op buying group that bought a billion dollars worth of carpet a year. So she
worked on a QT because this little store owner didn't want to spend any money on marketing. So she did it for
free and doubled their profits, then she Fed Exed the company president and worked with the Chairman of the
Board. She said her first payday for a small percentage of the total was $400,000 and that's it black and white.
So that's a great success story.
Rob McHenry wrote a 4 or 5-page Los Angeles Tunes-type tax accounting guide that bombed, but some of
his clients called and wanted to send copies to their customers because they thought it was really simple and
easy to understand. So he quickly ran off a bunch of copies and sent them to all of his current customers with
a letter saying we can supply this to any of their clients free if you tell us how many you want. In 90 days, I
think it was, he had increased his practice by 52.7 percent, which equals one million dollars. That's a lot of
money.
Bob Craig. I listened to you help him draft an endorsed letter that he put in a trade magazine for catalog
people. He had been working for InMac catalog, had made them like $500 million, $485 million, I think, over
10 years. He was only making $80,000 a year. He quit and you helped him get 40 catalog presidents call him,
he picked the ones that he thought were the most acceptable and they flew him all around to look at their
companies for free, paid for everything. I've been getting a copy of the catalog called Balducci. If anybody
wants to call 1-800-BALDUCCI and see what Bob has wrought. He's not working with them anymore, but
they're still using his ideas. It's one heck of a beautiful food catalog.
I have the ad that Bob Craig ran and I spoke to him a month or two ago and he tells me that he signed the
U.S. branch of the Body Shop, which as you know is like a $600 or $800 million company. They have
franchises all over the world. He's really doing well.
What just went into this part above was documented for the most part in my first newsletter. I had about 40
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I think you have already documented Larry Andrews' letter for bookkeepers that has sold very close to $1
million worth of accounting software so far. I have a copy of that if needed.
Jay, Nate Brooks, one of my subscribers, has used your concepts to create real estate seminars. I know he's
making more than this now, but a couple of months back, he was making $50,000 a month teaching realtors.
He has 140 seminars booked already in 1994. Talk about a success story. I have a sample of his newsletter
which is really great and which uses a USP concept. He teaches realtors how to leave a list of their services
with the homeowner in order to get the listing. They don't sign them up right away. The list of USP-type
services that the person provides acts like a test for the next guy in the door. In most cases, the person would
come back and list with the first realtor who left their USP on file.
That reminds me. I was talking to Pam Porter and Kent Lindeman about a week ago. They have a
husband and wife realtor team that Pam and Kent have boosted up to almost $7 million in home sales just by
writing your formula-type letters and sending out postcards for them. They also were able to put something on
videotape themselves, very expensive and it sold a half million dollar home. They have a flyer that they are
doing monthly and that they send out on behalf of a lady who sells cellular phones. At the time when they met
her, she was selling $2,000 worth of phones a month. Apparently, the phones are sold rather cheaply. Where
the money comes in and where they get a piece of this ongoing is the minutes that are used. I think when the
salesman sells a phone, for a certain period of time, they also get the back end part of it anyway. They have
her up to $10,000 a month. All she does is send this little flyer that they write which states what's in it for the
person buying the cellular phone and what the deal is and the latest monthly offer and they have her business
up to 500% increase!
There's the Leather Center. You told them since they were spending $100 to get people in the door, the
customers into their stores, that they ought to produce some mailings, cold letter call or letter call, letter call,
and follow up more effectively than they were. They said the first month they tried that, they boosted sales
gross by $450,000, the second month $643,000.
Jay, Bob Martel called me. He lost his job and started a marketing consulting business. As you know, he
signed up a pool dealer client and he's gotten the Chamber of Commerce to agree to an endorsement deal. He
signed up a lot of people to do their Yellow Pages and made $2,000 per head on a number of those.
Of course, there's "the whale," as I call him, Charlie Carboneau. You might remember him from your
November seminar. He was charging $500 for his accounting information, and he raised it to $2,000 after
reading your advance material and increased sales about 10 times. Then he raised his price to $5,000 and
guaranteed people that if they didn't make 5 times the $5,000 or if they could not see his methods proven in his
one-day seminar, they didn't have to pay. He said at the half day point he'd come up and give them the check
if they were unsatisfied.
He also has learned to volunteer to be the editor of a little publication I think it's a newsletter that goes to
some of the Indiana hospital CEOs (his primary prospective client). That's quite a success story. He's making
lots of money. He just did a seminar on a second topic so he's going to go back to the first group with another
product. He said that every time he does one of these, he shows them exactly how to do the forms, the taxes
and everything and they pay him $100,000 to do the work. Also, he didn't tell you this, but one of the referrals
that he got when he was asking a client to refer someone of equal or better value got Charlie 2,000 nursing
homes. I'm not sure what he's doing with that guy, but wow! Very interesting. That's Charlie
Carboneau!
Jay, Dave Spaulding was on your conference call tonight. I'll just put these here so you'll have them
conveniently. He sent a letter to 550 money management companies. He got 133 who sent back a reply to

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his survey, so like 25% response (which was many times what he'd ever done) and he actually made
money up front. People called up and wanted to buy the survey from his firm.
Jim Clark promised to send you a testimonial, Jay. He's the one with the head hunting business in
Clearwater, Florida. As I remember, he charges $5,000 to a client and guarantees that he will get them a job at
a certain rate of pay. I'm sure he pre-screens them very well. In order to guarantee that, he says he has
created a 25-page booklet that educates people about what his business is about and he is now recognized as
creating the best product in business. So they have gotten a lot of free press and testimonies and doing great
numbers.
Of course, a big success is John Dvorak. He's in Washington, D.C., with a passport/visa travel guide.
Apparently, you can get a passport or visa from his firm in 24 hours. He says he's doing so well he's afraid
to over-extend himself. He's opening license offices in Chicago, New York, Detroit where people are paying
everything themselves so it doesn't come out of his pocket. He says he has so much business he's afraid
whether he can keep up with it or not. That's a big success story. He's done all that after your seminar.
Linda Reed Valog said that you helped her a lot with her ability to listen and empathize. She's an
investment broker. She now asks customers what is your vision. What do you wish to accomplish. She
listens and draws them out and finds out some of the emotional needs. She says due to that she didn't sell just
a small amount in her last think just last week she made a $250,000 sale to somebody because she has
learned to listen better.
Jay, I don't know if you remember Brad Lyons, the young man that started with you 3 years ago, part-time.
He quit and started a Jiffy Print store. He developed some marketing approaches patterned on what he learned
from you one of which is very successful. What he did for his Jiffy Print was make a deal with a pizza
company around the comer who was going through all the offices delivering pizza. Whenever they delivered a
pizza, they put one of has flyers on top for printing. In return, instead of having to pay the guy, he did all the
pizza printing guy's work for free. That made Brad 30% more profit just by doing that joint venture.
Before I forget, Mel Weissberg has more than doubled his dental practice he's a dental surgeon. What he
did was segment all the dentists in his area. He just can't advertise. He can't just say come in, and I'll give
you a root canal. He has to get all this business by referral.
He segmented all of the dentists in his area of Silver Springs, Maryland, into A, B and C. The A list were
people who were sending him the most referrals. Segment B is next; C is not too good. He started sending
these guys information, taking them to lunch. He actually made these dentists more money by sharing
marketing information he'd learned from you, and the more money he made them, the more referrals he got
from them. Not a coincidence. He has had to build on to his office and then he had to move to a different area
and expand. He's even hired another surgeon. And he does not do any advertising per se! He just tries to
build his referring dentists' businesses.
I don't think you've kept up with Mark Fisher. When you knew him, he was the radio station advertising
manager. He has since quit that job. He is working for a large vacation place with thousands of rooms and
he's filling that place somewhere up in Pennsylvania, very successfully, and making more money than he was
at the radio station with a lot less problems.
Bill Haas has a couple of things that are very interesting. He has been doing speeches to the Chamber of
Commerce and getting clients that way. He started a snack food route from scratch. He's got more than 300
locations already using pure Jay Abraham techniques. I'm sure he would not have gotten most of those
relationships without your training. He's never done anything like that before. His background is as a
stockbroker, investment adviser. So he's doing very well financially.

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Of course, you remember Francis Randall in Hawaii. He had that printing company and has more than
doubled the profits of his printing company using your sales letters . I just spoke to the man who bought his
company. He doesn't know where Francis went, but Francis sold the business for a pile of money.
I was talking to Guy Rencher, the attorney, not too many months back. Since the first protege training 3
years ago, Guy has grossed more than $4 million doing seminars. What he does is sell revocable living trusts
out in Oregon, I believe, and Colorado. You taught him to license from a successful lawyer specific ads and
promotional approaches, and Guy has created some of his own programming and does free seminars all over
the place using again the concepts you've taught him. From that, he "back ends" them into revocable living
trusts. He's doing very well.
I lost track of Alan Goodhew lately, but the last I heard of him, he started his own company, moved out
West somewhere and he's selling hundreds of thousands of vitamins and health products through the mail -doing great guns.
Of course, Jim Keppel. He started a store in Moscow and was making some money for a while. I think he
sold that. He's got an electroplating company up in New York that he has more than doubled profits there.
He started the marketing consulting business and that's moving right along. It seems that everything he
touches turns to money and he attributes much of that, maybe most of it to Jay Abraham.
Jessica Hanes was doing great guns doubling or tripling art gallery sales and has the reputation for going in
and making a mint. She was making a lot of money. She has since moved and I've lost track of her, but that's
another success story.
Audri and Jim Lanford used to live in Silver Springs, Maryland. They had an imaging software business
for computers. It could find a word or phrase in 3 seconds and they had countless success stories. They took a
headline from one of their law clients, scanned everything from a big trial transcript and managed to find an
overlooked page of a final summation that landed their law firm client a $23 million judgment. Audri put that
headline in a trade show and managed to get more than 1,500 people to leave their names who wanted some
more information and turned it into a million dollar system sales right there at the trade show. They sold the
company and moved to California. They were using your simple marketing systems like coming in and going
the extra mile in helping people to scan things into their system, and customers were so happy that they'd
bought another one from them. There were simple things that they did continuously that worked great.
The last time I talked to Bonnie Hartley, she had signed a dentist, an accountant and an investment
broker and was working with a magazine in the fishing and hunting news area. So she's going great
guns.
I've lost track of Danny Brockner. He is one of your clients, Jay, from maybe 5 years ago, who added
nearly one million dollars to his bottom line in eighteen months by following your advice. Apparently, he has a
successful investment company that lent money to people who didn't quite qualify for conventional loans.
What Danny did was send a letter to all the area banks in Louisiana saying send me your clients that don't
quite meet your specifications and I'll give you a fee for the reference. He has more than doubled or tripled his
profits in his loan brokerage. He sold the business a couple of years back for eight figures.
More success stories. I just talked to Joe Csotty. He's still working in his psychology practice. His Yellow
Page ad has more than doubled his clients and sales.
I just got off the phone with Terry Finder. She wrote a full page car dealership ad all copy except for
one picture of a car and got the dealership to pay $30,000 for 30 second TV spots. This is down in Virginia. I
think they were selling 50 new cars a month and 20 some used cars. She said that for the month they did this,
they spent $30,000 in TV spots, but sold 90 new cars and 50 used cards. So almost double.
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I also just talked to Phil Maddox again down in Kentucky. He tells me that his over-the-counter sales on
prescriptions went up 70% in December when he did his promotion. That's a lot of money to him.
Roger Fight, Quality Tree Service up in Long Beach, New York, has about 3/4 of a million dollar a year
business. He never asked for the endorsement of one of the top 10 largest nurseries in the U.S. that is located
near him. He did so after attending Jay's program. He has recently completed a letter that he is sending out to
all of this man's customers endorsing Roger. Roger figures that conservatively it will make him another
quarter of a million dollars. Also, Roger is putting little tags on this nursery's most expensive plants and
shrubs. Now if a customer spends $500 on shrubs which had little tags offering free spraying and advice on
how to care for your tree, the customer will probably call up. He'll get a "start" with some very wealthy home
owners who can afford expensive tree trimming, and that's directly from all your advice at the session, Jay.
Max Day tells me he has doubled a friend's business who is an international karate champion by just
getting referrals.
Alien Bunn. Jay you just did a marketing makeover for Alien. He said his overall pharmacy business is up
30%, and he's sending me a series of articles that ran in the local newspaper that you advised him to do. He
says he's already made a lot more money than he's invested in your marketing seminar and marketing
makeover --he's a happy camper.
Victor Sandonato has a big jewelry store down in New Mexico. His business is up 40% selling handmade
Indian jewelry. He hasn't yet gotten around to putting his mailing list on computer. He's making so much
money, he hasn't felt the need just by applying one or two of your ideas. I call him once in a while and kick
him to do it.
Dr. Wilson, the eye doctor. He sent out a postcard that offered about $200 or $300 worth of free services in
eye check-ups. He mailed it to 2,000 of his existing list and generated $10,000 in sales in a 2-day weekend
and God knows how much more in the following weeks. The phone was ringing off the hook.
Sharon Hyatt is a manager for the massive software company, Oracle Computers. I met her in April at your
seminar. She had written a couple of letters you suggested. There is nothing to them. All it does is say, "Dear
Sir, we're giving a learning training seminar in your state or your city on X date at this price and please call me
and sign up." That's it. The first letter made $100,000! She followed up with another letter saying, "We have
a Christmas special. You can bring one person with you for half price and you pay full price." That made an
extra $300,000 so she made her company $400,000 last year before even attending Jay's seminar just from
merely reading your advance material. You might remember, Jay, she said, "If I'm any more successful, I'm
going to die."
Mark Anderson and Jim Spencer own a janitorial supply company. By looking at their current customers,
they were able to identify 3 separate markets. Food manufacturing was one, the other was airport offices, and
another was software companies. They are making 50% more profit by running them past an SIC code to
identify 350 prospects so they have called and identify the decision maker in the janitorial contract cleaning area.
Judith Mowers Dent tells me that she just closed a corporation in doing a stress reduction seminar for
$20,000. That's quite a sale.
Phil Harlan was the regional director of the Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Company. I met him at
your seminar, Jay. He was regional director for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia and I think they
have given him 3 or 4 more states. Using your techniques, he has multiplied their sales by 10 times, and it's
going so well it's hard to get him on the phone anymore.
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Of course, Craig Hane since the seminar has found that using endorsement was the most successful
marketing campaign he's done in his life.
I talked to Ron Bingham in Las Vegas on the phone. What he does is organize free preview marketing
seminars. He says usually 800-1,000 people show up and he gets free press by sending out press releases
asking people to bring in blankets or cans of food or something for the local homeless shelter. So they don't
spend any money on marketing, and from there, they do a preview of what a seminar will be about. A certain
number (two hundred or more) sign up at $200 a head, and the third day, many want some "one on one"
consultation. He says from there they weed them out into the clients they want to take, which is very effective.
Robert Sprague and his partner, David Briggs, are doing very well with their management psychology
practice and have implemented some of your marketing.
Steve Brooks, out in California, is working on marketing consulting full-time. He has some major clients.
He gets a fee and a percentage of the stock and he's doing very, very well. In fact, he had to hire salesmen
and support people to help.
Harriett Diamond attended one of your seminars. She set up a company to work on the back end by
working with seminar givers who need to enhance their back end profits. She says she has made her clients a
few hundred thousand dollars by doing some things with their sales people, doing some tests with marketing
letters.
Steve Von Loren is doing something interesting with his hot dog carts. What he has done is gotten one of
his contractor's stores that sells plumbing equipment, wood and all kinds of other supplies to other contractors
to agree to stuff a flyer good for a free drink or something for each purchase at the hot dog stand. In other
words, if somebody buys something, they get clipped on or stapled on a little information which adds value.
Then, when they go out they get a free drink, Steve is also selling a hot dog or something.
Joel Gefifin has had quite a few successes. Apparently, he landed a client who had an alternator company
that was selling to fleets. He walked him across the street to the owner of the battery company or vice versa
and explained how they could make each other a lot of money by sharing customers. They are happy as clams.
They each made an extra $100,000 or more each time a new big or current customer comes in and walks them
across the street and introduces them to the president of the battery or the alternator company. They never
thought of that, and Joel gets a piece.
Jenny Christopher and her husband down in Myrtle Beach. She mailed a simple postcard to their
customers. (They have a condo rental company.) She tested the postcard in the middle of a blizzard but was
able to tell which headline worked best. Her husband told me the last time I spoke to him that they had
generated a hundred thousand dollars of sales and they were starting to do back end mailings with that. The two
headlines they tested were "what you can do on your spring vacation at ocean front condos in Myrtle Beach,"
and the winning headline was "the reason why you can save money on your spring vacation." It pulled 20-40%
better depending on what time she sent it.
Barry Shaw, who is out in Colorado, is working with several lawyers. He has rewritten letters for them that
are bringing in quite a few new accounts. He was laughing as he just wrote a letter for a lawyer. He said after
the committee finished chopping it up, they sent it out and it still brought in 65 people to a free seminar. His
headline was something like "an invitation to attend for accountants, etc." that was a pre-headline sentence.
"Your clients' competitors are hoping you never read this letter." that's his headline. The lawyers changed it
to "RE: An Invitation." He said they mailed it to 6,000 accountants, and 75 showed up. Amazing. So it worked
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Chuck Beck is working in other areas in his business which is helping people get elected. He's found that
most restaurants who do contests where somebody leaves their card and each week a winner gets a free lunch,
don't do anything with the list. So he's doing some things marketing-wise for those restaurants.
Larry Anderson has written at least one letter that has made $1 million selling bookkeeping software to
bookkeepers who work for high schools. I think he has several other software products that he is selling.
Ron Lyell. Jay, you should remember Ron. Remember that interview you did with him when he was
selling time clocks for blue collar companies where people punch in and out and. You made it clear that the 5
or 7 or 10 different Yellow Pages that he was running ads in had like 50,000 or 100,000 customers that he
never went back to them to sell back end products or to upgrade their machines. I was on the phone with him a
month back and he said he's made $1 million extra.
Sy Auer, the last time I spoke with him, in fact, his staff was telling me that when he got back from the
seminar, he furiously started to rewrite and redo a lot of what they were doing. He's changing back ends and
marketing and everything simultaneously working at a furious pace, trying to take advantage of what he
learned. Jay, if you could get him on the phone, that would be one hell of an endorsement because I've called
and gotten copies of some of what he does in his various companies and, man, is it leveraged to the hilt. He's
got telephone systems that let you order things, get free samples, catalogs, and you never even have to talk to
a person. His executive assistant was shaking her head about all the work that they were doing. I bet he's really
mined Jay Abraham marketing concepts for big bucks.
Jay, you may not know it, but Frankie Cangas has started a newsletter to beginning entrepreneurs and very
small business people. She has at least several thousand subscribers. She has interviewed people like the guy
who wrote the book Swim with the Sharks. I saw an interview with Ted Nicklaus in there. She's doing very
well, she and her husband, Owen.
Jay, I'm not sure whether you're aware of this, but Lonnie Kocina, the former marketing director for Jim
Cook's company, the Investment Rarities, has started his own company. What he's done is use the hidden
value in their radio and TV network. Remember they were featuring sales people on radio selling gold. He
used those contacts to start his own company. He charges $500 for an interview with the radio DJ on the local
market. I think the first year, they made a $700,000 gross; the second year, it was $1 million; and this year,
they must be up in the $3 million mark by now, very successful. He learned his methods under your watchful
eye, Jay. What they do is guarantee to get you on the radio with a targeted DJ, which means if you are talking
about cooking or food, they will find somebody who has a local or national cooking show. You would then be
interviewed on radio or TV by that person. So that's Lonnie Kocina.
I forgot to mention Miro Krztic. Miro is the guy in Canada who sold all those millions of dollars worth of
telephone poles. He called his lawyer and said if I make you a dollar would you give me 25 cents and the guy
said, "Yes." So he referred him to some of his overseas clients big ones and Miro was able to set up a
deal between some people in Bangladesh. He got a contractor who needed telephone poles and he has found
somebody in Canada who had wood trees and got a percentage of the deal.
Of course, Jay, you know that Moe Anderson has developed a system for training real estate brokers. She's
still out there as a speaker and a trainer, and she's making a lot more money than she did before Jay Abraham
because she knows how to get endorsements and maximize her profits. She made $30,000 more the first month
she tried your ideas.
Randall Angst has sold his travel agency for a huge fee and is traveling around vacationing. He tells me he
is working with the Turkey Association. Apparently, there has been no real marketing applied to selling
turkeys so he has a big client there.

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Jay, your former associate, Janet Switzer, has written a full-page ad for her sister and brother-in-law
advertising their Suffolk pedigree sheep and explaining why their blood lines are better and why they're worth
a lot of money. They're about a couple of hundred dollars apiece. She said the ad has gotten incredible
response and they've got their little sheep pre-sold even before they're born for months and months.
Jim Blumen tells me that he has been able to target his customers better in his architectural company. What
he does is use the guys who work on his jobs as blood hounds or gophers to go out and get business. When
they bring him a job, he hires them.
As I remember the last time I spoke with Mike Byrd, he and Cheryl had made enough money selling their
software. I think they took their whole company or team to Hawaii on vacation.
Of course, Noel Cabell, Timberline Software, you know that story better than I do. But she added
something like $800,000 in profit to a department that was losing money before using your back end
strategies.
Jay, you probably haven't kept up with Bob and Art Cigarelli. They keep growing. Their carpet cleaning
business is probably more than they can handle right now. I've tried to call them the last few months and
they're never in. They're the carpet cleaning guys who started out in the state fair, giving a couple rooms of
carpet cleaning and then threw the names away when they didn't sell anybody right away. They've got some
neat techniques. They are well over half a million dollars a year in carpet cleaning now. They were about
$50,000 when they first came to you.
Of course, Jay, you remember Chappel Dew of Dew's hardware store. He's in Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina. He's growing 25 percent in an industry that is probably flat or losing ground. Some of the things
he's done are selling these gas fired outdoor cooking devices for quite a bit of money. He actually had people
coming from out of state to buy them, because of the unique and interesting way he wrote articles and ads in
the paper. Also, he's selling tons of birdseed. He puts little flyers on what kind of bird seed different birds
like to eat and educates people about the kinds of birds that are natural in an area, how you can attract them and
what they like. So he sells flowers and bird feeders and all kinds of stuff and tons of birdseed. Incredible.
He's quite a success story. He's trying to ease out of the operational side to give him more time for
marketing.
Steve Diglass of State College, Pennsylvania, was a paint contractor when he got your home study course.
On the force of that, he was talking to a few people taking in a few clients and became the marketing director
for something called Pigalog. You put them in sump humps and they suck up oil and other chemicals so they
don't get in the ground water. He had some good ideas and they hired him.
Lyn Ehrhardt is in Madison, Wisconsin. She tells me that she was working with several Quick Printers and
was so exasperated after your training that she took over one of them herself and has turned it around and
made it a very profitable business. She owns the thing, lock, stock and barrel and it's very profitable. She has
focused on quick turnaround jobs that are more profitable.
John Gorman is a surgeon Specialty Surgical Services, plastic reconstruction. He has increased the size of
his business dramatically even though he is in Gillette, Wyoming.
W. David Jenkins down in Texas. He's still working as a dentist in 2 different places. He has two offices,
and he's making, I believe, $100,000 a month (I don't know if that's gross or net) as a partner or owner of
some insurance for dentists. Apparently, it's very, very successful and he's coining money, making it hand
over fist. He could retire and put his feet up if he wanted to. He is also testing, he's out doing video products
to the dentistry market. He has developed so many money-making things software, PPOs, DMOs,
insurance companies, you name it.

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Wally Kemp is the owner of a franchise called the Picture Man, Inc. He's generating many hundreds of
thousands of dollars by using your marketing techniques, including free inserts, reader ads in the paper,
advertising articles and letters that he writes in the format you taught him. The ads get young women and
professionals to come in and have make-overs done and have their pictures taken whether it's for a boyfriend
or for a job interview or for parents or somebody. His mark-up is like 300-400%.
Sumner Lampson is a 60-year-old gentleman who is a go-getter in the real estate business. He explained to
me when I was talking to him that he really didn't like Jay at first or believe that anything Jay was talking
about would work, but he brought one of his assistants in and she went out on her own and became more
successful than he was. So he came back to another training, and last I heard he was closing multi-million
dollar real estate deals using some Abraham concepts.
Matt Layman has moved into a new business. Formerly, Matt was selling playground equipment made out
of wood and doing decks for houses. He would educate people (the way you taught him using preemptive
USP) and run press releases and run reader ads and said he was selling 40% more decks at full price
than he had previously.
Ted Lewis and his wife, Cathy Lewis, sold their sign company. It's a place where they make
specialty-type signs for people in various sizes and shapes, colors, different materials, plastic, metal, paper.
They've kept a part interest in it and the last time I talked to him, they had been traveling to Europe. He is
writing a book on his experiences in the entrepreneurial sign making business that he intends to market to get
clients for marketing and vertically to sell to other people in the sign business because he used the marketing to
generate many, many hundreds of percents more business than he had before. By the way, his company
sold more for much more than it would have been worth because he instituted predictable
marketing systems.
Of course, Jay, we don't want to forget Mal Needham. He's out in Oklahoma. Apparently, his home health
care division of the hospital he's working for is so profitable, using what you taught him, and he's getting so
much publicity for it (nationally) that it's sort of overshadowing the rest of the hospital management. Politics at
the hospital is getting a little tricky. He says actual marketing and educating is very rare in a bureaucratic
environment like hospitals.
Dr. Gerald Parker has 2 medical offices, thanks to your techniques. He flies between them. One's in
Amarillo, Texas, and the other one is in Oklahoma. He does all kinds of complicated chelation treatments
where you strain the blood to get rid of bad chemicals and stuff. He also has a weight loss technique that is
so successful that he guarantees it. He's got as much work as he can possibly do with one man. He's
looking for a joint venture of professional people.
Harry Pickins, of course, Jay, you can tell that story better than I, but he was making a couple of hundred
thousand dollars a year just using your marketing concepts. I use his little synthesis of questions sometimes
on the phone with people. It helps gel and bring ideas to the surface. He's a success story if there ever was
one.
Ann Platel has written some really powerful sales letters that have literally doubled her husband's dental
practice. She even wrote one that was sent out to businesses who have lots of employees where the owner
could suddenly have a health plan that is cheaper than other dentists could do, but there was still adequate
money built in very carefully for profit. Suddenly the employer could engender good feelings. Pretty astute
marketing technique. Ann has also become one of the foremost authorities on fillings lead fillings or silver
fillings. Some people have a terrible reaction to them, and there's a unique technique for getting them out. Most
doctors won't touch it because it's controversial and tricky, but Ann's gotten a lot of dentists to show up at her
husband's seminar to learn how to master this art form by using her powerful marketing letter that she wrote
using your techniques.

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I spoke to Christian Kar. He's from the April 1993 seminar. He has a bunch of espresso carts in retail and
grocery stores. He tells me he has been testing and testing his ads and has gotten many times increased
response. It's working very well. He came back to your program 2 or 3 times to see what else he could pick
up.
Emmett Peters, the fisherman from Canada, is using marketing to sell his eels hat he digs up there in the
streams to Japanese restaurants and markets in California for much more money than he had before. He also is
applying some marketing to sell Indian jewelry. Even in the outback, the outreaches of the wilderness,
marketing prevails.
Casey Stevenson owns Casey's Jewelers. He has, since the seminar, opened a second jewelry store
because they were doing so much business.
Okay, this is about the end of my immediate success stories I know about from personal conversation with the
actual individuals, Jay. I don't know how many more there are out there, but there's plenty. Hope this helps
you some.

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More Success Stories and the Changes They Produced

As a courtesy, when and where appropriate, we will try and connect you with any individual or company
referred to in any portion of this overview report. However, there are certain people who do not wish to be
imposed upon but will probably respond by written correspondence. Also, we do not as a rule keep direct
contact with all of our past attendees other than through our periodic mailings. Because of the success and
empowerment many of these principles can produce for people, a number of our past successes have used their
newfound prosperity and understanding to move themselves to better, different, higher levels of possibility and
challenge. Due to this personal growth, numerous people sell their businesses and move to new parts of the
country or the world. We must apologize in advance if some of the people referred to in this report are not
reachable.
We warrant that to the best of our knowledge all case studies given are illustratively correct. Exact dollar
amounts may be higher or lower, but naturally the essence of the recounted success stories is situation-ally
correct.
There is much to be learned by observing what and how others have successfully used these concepts.

Jay Abrahams

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Your Business Over the Next 3 to 18 Months!

Dear Valued Client:
This is your personal (as in for YOUR eyes only), highly actionable, and extremely
confidential collection of Incredible Case Studies. There are more than 500 real life,
business case studies, success stories and highly documented testimonials here. They are
guaranteed to stimulate your creativity, transform your marketing strategy and
dramatically grow your business or professional practice.
As you may know, I was crystal clear to submitters of exact type, format and content of
each case study I wanted them to submit to me. They had to detail and quantify the
results They had to denominate the tangible impact that my concepts produced for
them From all sorts of vantage points They had to describe the basic strategy of
mine, such that ANYONE could follow it, adapt and adopt it for their business.
In short, I was demanding and as ruthlessly specific as I could get, without writing the
case study myself or hiring an army of reporters or researchers for for tens of thousands
of dollars to interview and document each one.
As part of the review process, I unfortunately and regrettably had to reject hundreds of
well intended submissions. Because although they were very glorifying and gratifying to
me (which I genuinely appreciate very much), I just couldnt see how they would be
valuable and applicable To you.
I have included 502 totally appropriate case studies, success stories and illustrative
testimonials here. Anyone could study these 502 and get immediate positive impact on
their business This includes you. You should be able to dramatically grow your
business the next 18 months and as quick as 18 days.

My Heartfelt Suggestion
If I were you, heres how I would begin to systemactically take action with this treasure
trove of unparalleled confidential case study information:

First, take an initial first pass cursory review of this volume. Print them all out
and put them in a binder marked CONFIDENTIAL. Keep it on you desk or
with you at all times. Mark with a post-it note, the case studies which which most
immediately apply to you, your circumstances or business situation.
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I would be looking for strategies which I could import, adapt and adopt to my
specific situation. I would look for ones based upon the time, the available
marketing funds I had available, the ease of effort, the most creative OR I would
look at the case studies in my same industry that I could model.

Then I would review those case studies in detail, and highlight, with a pen or
highlighter, the specific fundamentals of what made them work. I would attempt
to learn from each one. I would ask questions like Whats the insight here?
What strategy, tactic or driver makes it work? And most importantly
What is the implication and application on, to or in my specific
business that I can learn here?

Next, with pen and paper, I would prioritize the case studies which I would want
to creatively emulate. I would prioritize them based upon ease and quickness of
implementation. (PS: Ill give you a hint By far the most successful strategy
which people reported was using RISK REVERSAL amongst all 502. Its easy,
its fundamentally free, and it has the capability of doubling or tripling your sales
instantly.)

Further, I would create a detailed plan for each strategy I wanted to deploy and
create a marketing calendar to lock in when I would deploy it. I would work
backwards to make sure I had a great implementation plan formulated.

Lastly, I would focus on one strategy at time, optimizing and customizing it to

my situation, until I had fully capitalized on its value to me and my business. Do
that--- and nothing more, and youll owe me big time in about 3 to 18 months,
when your sales skyrocket and your profits explode.

The Keys To The Kingdom Are Here For You--- FREE!

As you can see, if I were you, I would totally consume and embrace this collection,
extracting every strategic and tactical application on your business, because it holds
the keys to growing your business, generating profit windfalls and creating a lot of
business breakthroughs in the process.
I want you to know that you inspire me to work even harder on your behalf, because-You have demonstrated in your case study submission to me That you are one of
the few high achieving business owners who do (versus the masses who dont--implement, apply and excute the ideas Ive so openly tried to share with you over my
career).
My heartfelt hope is that you will immediately put into ACTION these case studies
such that you will be able to report back dramatic increases in your business. Any
ONE of these case studies, success stories and illustrative testimonials has the power
to totally transform your marketing strategy. Any TWO of them can be combined to
geometrically increase your sales And with any THREE or more, your profits
cant help but go exponential.

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So with that said, you have your work cut out for you. I am sure it will be the profit
adventure of a lifetime, one very few people get to experience.
Thank you again for submitting your case study, testimonial, or success story.
Best of Success With All Your Business Building Endeavors,

Jay L. Abraham
P.S.
Please dont be bashful about sending me your next success stories when you achieve
them. I am always interesting in new, innovative and creative ways of using my
methodology and mindset. Just email your success story to [email protected].
(As you know, I can come up with many inventive ways ethically use your success to
my own marketing benefit. Theres a case study lesson here too: You should take a
marketing page from me and apply the same kind of dynamics to your own situation
too.)
P.P.S.
Important Note: To prepare these case studies required enormous effort, time ,
expense, and commitment on our part. The people that shared them with me, shared
them with ME. For MY purposes. Which may be a commercial application of some
kind.
I am delighted to share this complete set of these case studies with YOU ONLY--ABSOLUTE FREE OF CHARGE, per my original agreement and offer I made with
you. However, it is vitally, critically important and ABSOLUTELY mandatory that
you totally respect the confidentiality and the exclusivity of this massive collection.
It is absolutely NOT being sent to you for redistribution in any way form or
kind--- without my express written authorization or approval.
It is only being shared with you and your enterprise here to help you flourish, prosper,
and to substantially grow your business as my free gift. Consder this document is
PRICELESS. It contains hundreds of totally specific strategies and the supporting
tactics that will allow anyone reading this to reap enormous financial, competitive
and business advantage over anyone else they compete against.
As such, I consider it totally proprietary and the intellectual proprerty of Abraham
Publishing Group. Thus it IS NOT intended, designed or offered to you for
redistribution, conveyance or sharing in anyway outside of your direct reports. And
we respectfully expect you to hold them to the same ethical standard of
confidentiality, trust and conduct we are know you will honor.
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Warning: In anticipation of several commercial applications, we are about to modify

this .pdf file so well be able to track it and make sure my confidentiality and nondisclosure request is honored. I would feel really terrible if you or your staff were
trapped or embarrassed unintentionally. So again, please respect my request for
confidentiality. Thank you.

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1. Abdul Mozid
----- Original Message ----From: Abdul Mozid
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:09 AM
How I increased our business turnover from 1200/week to just over
2500 in 6 months.
What did I do? I increased the turnover of our takeaway from 1200/week
to just over 2500 in 6 months. I work for my uncle and for a period
of 7 months I was in charge of running the business whilst he went
abroad.
The only bit of marketing we did was a postcard size advert in the
newspaper during Christmas. We did not advertise the whole year round
because we never got good results from it.
On reflection, what I am about to say now defies logic we also use to
do leaflet drop of our menus which always brought in new customers,
however, we NEVER CONTINUED IT. This was done whenever the business
slowed. These two methods were our only bit of marketing.
After studying Jays Money making secrets of Jay Abraham and other
marketing wizards I realized that we were making so many mistakes in
running our business.
The biggest mistake we made was that we never captured the names of our
customers for the regulars we knew nothing more than their names.
What this meant is that we could never do anything with our customers
because we did not know exactly who we were serving and how many
customers we had. We also never calculated the marginal net worth of
each customer.
The first thing I implemented was capturing the names of our customers
and recording it into a card index system. Having analyzed the
business I realized that we could easily capture approximately 50% of
customers name. These were the customers who left their name, address
and phone numbers to have the meals delivered to them. The other half
needed some creativity to
capture so..
I borrowed an idea from a friend who has a guest book for his hotel
customers and adapted it to my takeaway. I had a guest book at the
front of the counter that had columns for name, address, phone and a
comment on what they thought about the food at the takeaway. The
incentive given to the customers were that all people in the book would
be invited to special events in the
future.
After getting the names it was so simple to increase the business.
Firstly I sent out a thank you letter to each of the customers on my
list. Next I sent a small note with the weekly specials and the menu
every week for the 5 months that followed it (initially to only 50
people so we dont waste money on testing).
The results speak for it self we doubled our business.
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The most important lessons I learnt is that:

You have to question things and ask, Is there a better way?
You must measure and record everything for example how many customers
you have and who are they?
Be willing to try things even if you fail.
Make sure you are in regular contact with you customer otherwise they
may forget you!
I no longer work with my uncle, in fact on the verge of opening my own
business, but all these facts can be verified my contact details are
(tried to keep this brief):
Mr A Mozid

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2. Adam J. Betcher
----- Original Message ----From: Adam J. Betcher
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July, 2002 11:51 PM
I am probably one of the least qualified to give a case study because I
am still working my full time day job and am still in the guts of
helping my first client.
In order to explain why this is a success, I have to tell you the whole
story.
I am a project manager/process developer/Systems engineer within a
fortune 100 company. -- I only have an associates degree and my peers
are mostly engineers with doctorate's so you can see that I didn't get
where I am by being average.
Within this company I noticed that there were people that could create
excellent technical solutions, but the company would ignore them, and
then the company would turn around and hire consultants that didn't
have a clue, but were pretty good sales people.
This always irked me and my associates, so I decided to do something
about it. I started studying marketing and sales because these are
where my associates were ineffective. I came across a person who was a
Jay Abraham Protege' and was willing to loan my his materials. I spent
a year studying, quantifying and rendering out the core principles from
the audio tapes, books and newsletters. At last I was prepared. I
invited a group of the best of the best to lunch and presented my
business plan to create a consulting company that gained payment as a
percentage of the improvements made.
*** This is my first success... I would never have had the forethought
to reverse the risk or the ability to convince anyone to join me if I
hadn't studied Jay's materials.
Three process improvement war-horses joined my company. A Demming
scholar, A training guru and a Theory of Constraints Jonah. All of
these people have indepth understanding of the theories of management
of people and systems, but no marketing skills.
Once I started the company, I immediately had enough clients to fill
our free time (we all have day jobs and families). Our capacity is 2
clients, the average length of time meeting with a client is 1.5 years
and we have been in business for about 2 years. When we work with
clients, they come to us with seemingly insurrmountable obstacles, and
we begin to share principles and ideas about forming strategic
partnerships, reversing risks, getting referrals and help them think
through the problems they are having by using the tools from the
systems management tool suite's. They always leave with a renewed
sense of hope.
I too have a renewed sense of hope. Recently, I started recieving the
materials that Jay had teamed up with someone named Chet Holmes. At

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first I thought "ok another schlep trying to hitch a ride on Jay

Abraham's shirt tail. Boy was I wrong. I recieved an audio where Chet
outlined his technique for developing a core story. I tell you what...
All of my clients/Associates/ friends/relatives etc... heard about Chet
Holmes. I purchased the PEQ home study and the PEQ II home study and
have been working through them. I approached a prospect that I have
been working on for a year and landed an agreement for 50% of any net
he makes over last year. (he hadn't been doing too well this year up
to that point).
*** This is my second big success. I never would have landed this
client without knowing that I could supercharge his sales with Chet's
stuff.
I have now switched to working 4 tens with Mondays off and on Mondays,
I am working with this new client. We have created an excellent risk
reversal and built him a pretty good core story and are working the
bugs out of it. The clients he has shared it with are excited about
his new way of doing business. Soon we will be hiring some sales
superstars and then watch out!
Adam J. Betcher

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3. Ahron Katz
----- Original Message ----From: Ahron Katz
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2002 12:54 PM

Im Ahron Katz, founder of A-abc Appliance and Air Conditioning, the company
with the little red trucks in Dallas, Texas. A-abc Appliance and Air Conditioning
does approximately ten million dollars in sales annually.
Im going to share examples using three of Jays strategies.
The three strategies are:
1. Risk reversal. That way the client has nothing to lose.
2. Become spokesman for your company because people relate to a human
being better than to an entity. That increases recognizability and
responsiveness to your advertising by as much as 30% or more.
3. When you have confidence in your product or service, its very effective to
offer free or reduced-price samples. Assuming that long-term relationships
are very profitable, it will translate into exponential growth.
Here are three successful results from using the strategies.
1. I became the spokesman for the company by learning to do radio
commercials myself. I promised clients my personal guarantee using Jays
strategy of risk reversal. Youll love our service or you wont owe us a
dime.
I ended up hosting an hour-long radio show on Saturday afternoons.
Within several years, the recognition factor for A-abc, the company with
the little red trucks had surged from 3% to more than 40%.
2. I offered free carbon monoxide detectors along with free safety
inspections as an introduction to our service. We gave away 1500 of the
carbon monoxide detectors and did 200 safety inspections. The total cost
was $13,000.00. The clients generated from this program translated into
$112,000 in sales with a 43% gross profit margin within twelve months.
Within twenty-four months, that had expanded into $250,000 dollars in
sales.
3. I offered a $19.95 energy audit for anyone that owned a house over five
years old. Normal price was $150.00. This program generated over two
thousand clients, with sales of $1,100,000 within twelve months.

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In summary, just those three strategies resulted in over a 1,000% increase in

recognizability for the company, and millions of dollars in trackable sales
improvements.
I used these strategies repeatedly over the years. They helped me grow my
company and profits by over 100% in a seven-year period.
Jays philosophies and ideas work.

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4. Alan Cooper
----- Original Message ----From: Alan Cooper
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2002 4:27 PM

Most of the testimonials youll read about Jay Abraham are about the incredible amounts of money his
clients have made through following his teachings.

But the biggest gift Jay has given me is the insight that we truly live in a world of infinite opportunities.
Each and every one of us has the ability to tap that limitless well.

Im presently making the transition from a salaried job to independent entrepreneur. Those of you have
walked that path know it is sometimes a scary place to be. Jays philosophy has been me guiding light on
that journey.

As an individual without any of the resources of bigger players, Jays interpretation of the principle of
leverage has been my biggest ally.

The ancient Greek philosopher Archimedes said, Give me a long enough lever and Ill move the world.
Jay gave me that lever.

Until I stumbled on his website, www.abraham.com, I would have been content with a business that paid
the bills and supported my family. Jay taught me to think so much bigger.

Using the techniques Jay gives away FREE at his website, Ive negotiated a joint venture deal with a major
cellular phone provider whereby I have access to thousands of dollars a month in free advertising.

I live in South Africa, a beautiful, vibrant land. But many of my friends and colleagues are constantly
complaining. They complain about crime. About the shrinking job market. About our currencys
weakness against the dollar and other world currencies (one of our Rands is worth less than ten US cents).

I used to be the same until I encountered Jay Abraham. Now I realize that behind every perceived problem
lies a huge opportunity.

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While my friends fret about how theyll never be able to afford that overseas vacation thanks to our
currency depreciation, Im busy putting Jays principles to work earning dollars!

Im already earning more part time than in my day job, and Im on track to be bringing in over $100 000 a
year within two years. Now that may sound like small potatoes to some of you reading this, but that will
make me a millionaire in my currency! And thats residual income, money I earn whether I work or not.

The beauty of it is that thanks to the magic of leverage, I know this only the tip of the iceberg of my
potential earnings.

In ten years time Jay may compile another of these collections of stories. I hope Ill have the privilege of
contributing again. Im pretty sure Ill be able to quote you some impressive earnings.
But, I also know that the Jays biggest gift to me will still be opening the door to a world of boundless
possibility and excitement.

Alan Cooper

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5. Alan Forrest Smith

----- Original Message ----From: Alan Forrest Smith
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 5:42 PM
Hi Jay:
What can I say.. I am not one of your big spenders but I have and do
follow your stuff.
Since reading your books I have applied many different ideas especially
multiple streams and building partnerships with others. That's not
what I want to tell you about though. What I want to talk about is more
specific for you.
I also own a hair salon http://www.bigscissorcompany.com
I wanted to grow the salon but wasn't sure about the best way forward.
Staff are always a problem in our business. Although I have actively
"upped the benefits" for new staff it is still hard recruiting in our
trade.
I wanted to create a constant stream of new clients for the salon. This
was to stop any quiet periods during the year. Hairdressing is seasonal
like many other business's.
First on board... attrition system. Here is how I did it. First of
all started utilizing our salon database. I checked our attrition rate
and volume. We had lost around 500 clients over six months (we service
160 per week). This would be a good source of "new business" Stared to
mail them and built a 3 letter offer.
First with soft offer last with FREE offer, acquisition/ lifetime etc.
The return rate from that mail out was around 60% return. I now chase
missing clients twice a year. This has created a substantial increase
in salon trade.
Next letter/reminders. Simple reminder goes out every week to let
clients know its haircut time. Response from this is incredible yet it
is so simple and cost peanuts.
Next Referral... although I have e tried this in the past it has never
been such a big issue for us and never aggressively pursued. We give
every client a R.A.F Voucher recommend a friend. Both client and new
client get a 50% discount on the next visit. New client never really
gets the discount as we are all well trained to up sell so most new
client buy colour and product.
We also have a referral voucher as part of every mail-out.
Now we have the nuts and bolts... does it pay off? Sure we are now on
course for 300,000 turnover. That's not bad for a smallish salon in a
mining town in the UK believe me. Me even have the label of being one

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of the biggest sellers of hair colour for the company we use.

are top ten for colour.

U.K we

This has given our salon and increase from around 160,000 to nearly
300,000. Has it worked for me? What, you bet. I have even built in
a management system now that only takes me around one day a week to
look after. I have come off the salon floor and I am pursuing other
things. My main goal at this point in time is to continue self
educating towards becoming a well known/paid copywriter. I am well
along that path now. That over at http://www.orangebeetle.co.uk
So would I listen to you again? To be honest I don't read every email
you send I really don't get time but I do try to read your and a select
few others. I left school with nothing, no education, nothing. I now
live in a half million pound home. Have great holidays, four great
kids, nice cars all the usual stuff. My faith in God has never been
stronger and life is great.
All that doesn't happen
work and its not rocket
power it never has been
power that's what I and

by chance or accident. Yes your stuff does

science just common sense. Knowledge isn't
its the appliance of knowledge that creates the
other do after reading your ideas.

Well done Jay and thanks Alan

The Big Scissor Company
106 Bradshawgate
Leigh
Lancs
WN7 4NP
Tele: 44 (0) 1942 606706
http://www.bigscissorcompany.com
http://www.hairee.com
http://www.orangebeetle.co.uk
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavours.

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6. Alan Turin
----- Original Message ----From: Alan Turin
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:55 PM

Dear Mr. Abraham:

Here goes:

1. While awaiting the pleasure of the Florida Bar in swearing me in 1992 I was working
odd jobs. I remembered an interview you had with a mortgage broker. I chanced to meet
a mortgage broker & offered to help him increase his business. He was dubious, but I
pressed him and he agreed based on percentage of new business.
He was sending out a letter to about 2,000 people who were holding mortgages on
properties they had sold in Miami, Florida. His letter offered to pay cash for the
mortgage. He would by hand collect the names from the county records. So I asked him
a handful of questions:
What was his response rate on the letters out? He said 2%. Ok, of those responding, I
am assuming that most have an unrealistic idea of what their mortgage, discounted for
cash is worth, so you are only closing 1/5 of those. He was surprised that I got it right.
[All I did was apply the 80/20 rule].
I asked to see the letter. It was ok. But it came from his business Revenue Management
Services. I said that sounded like a collection agency. He said it was: he used to run a
collection agency. I said he would be better served if he used just his name. Moving on I
asked what the frequency of the mailings were. He had no idea of what I was talking.
Here is what I proposed. Keep sending the first letter as it works. That is your control.
Next, send a different headlined letter [w/2,000 items mailed there is hardly a lot of
testing that would be measurable to do].. See which letter responds, which headline to be
precise pulls better.
Then I suggested that he mail it twice. I asked of those calling him up, when would they
call, 5 days of mailing, 3, 10: what. He wasn't sure but felt that everybody who was
going to call, would call within a week. So I assigned that as 7 days. I suggested that he
should mail the EXACT SAME LETTER on the eighth day, that should pick up an
additional 1% or 1/2 the original response.
On 2,000 originally mailed yielding 40 calls out of which he would close 8 the second go
around would be 20 calls closing 4. Four mortgages bought was still worth the second
mailing.
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Then I suggested another approach. Keep doing the mailings as they are working. But
set up to get calls from people who are already interested in selling their mortgages. I
suggested a display adv. in the classified real estate, the business section on Mondays
[which was a separate insert] the local business newspapers [there were two, one a daily,
the other a weekly].
I told him to use the headlines from the direct mail [already tested].
He disappeared. Couldn't reach him. Never saw a dime for my suggestions.
Almost a year later I ran into him: he was happy to see me!
I asked how had things gone? Excellent he had made $250,000 in fees doing mortgage
buyouts. Nothing for me of course. So what had he done I asked?
Nothing of what I suggested, in fact, everything contrary to what I suggested.
He didn't maintain his direct mail or test headlines. He dropped it.
The only thing he did was put a small adv. in the TV section [I had not thought of that].
He had gotten a discount from the rate card [a technique I explained to him], but had
done so by insulting the newspaper salesman.
He estimated he had quintupled his gross over the intervening time. As he had not signed
my letter of agreement, he felt he owed me nothing. He did agree to sign a letter
endorsing me. He did give me a C-note. A tip?
As I was a bit peeved, I decided to return it in kind, after I had the bill in my pocket.
I pointed out to him that he had left on the table $50,000 from not following up his direct
mail. Also, I pointed out that he never marketed to the other media outlets. If the local
TV section brought in $250,000 with one adv. I pointed out to him that the other four
outlets, assuming one third the revenue of the TV section, was another $320,000 left on
the table. "If the others merely matched the TV section, he could have gotten a million
dollars." He seemed put out, but was happy with his quarter million. I behaved shabbily
by pricking his balloon, but felt cheated out of my tiny 10% or $20k.
2. After admitted to the Bar in 1992 Hurricane Andrew smashed south Dade county. I
lived in the north end and suddenly found myself doing lots of evictions for landlords.
After about twenty I thought I should standardize my price. I realized the lifetime value
of a landlord for both evictions and other related activities was monumental.
The problem was I was low on funds [the mortgage broker story again...] and did not
want to pay for adv. which would have to be pre-approved by the Bar.
What I needed was a group of realtors. So I started calling "office space for rent" adv.
where it was listed by a realtor. Told the realtor my name and office space need.
Realtors inevitably asked what sort of law did I do. I told them: I specialize in real estate
evictions. I made three calls: one was to an answering machine, no call back. The
second was to a bored realtor who grunted on my specialty. The third was a lady who

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was fascinated. I went to see the office: it was way too large. But she asked me more
about evictions. I said I had a checklist I had made so as to not embarrass myself in court
that I could give her. She said, "Why not speak at my realtors luncheon group & tell
them?" Bingo.
So there I was with my 100 copies of a "landlords checklist for residential tenant
evictions in Dade county" and 50 realtors. As their guest speaker they bought me lunch.
I still have never figured out the leverage on this deal.
For about 45 minutes after lunch I walked them through how to do an eviction & not
need an attorney. This coming from an attorney [adv. against type] they thought of me as
a friend. That was May 1994. Half the business I would work on for the next year and
half came from ONE LUNCHEON where they had bought me my lunch. Rather nice
fish meal at a seafood restaurant as I recall. That lunch paid me $25,000 all told.

3. After practicing law by evicting deadbeats it got tiresome for me. I decided to work in
an area closer to my academic background: tax law. I had taken all the tax courses
offered by my law school. While practicing I found out that to practice tax planning one
needed to have additionally a C.P.A. or LLM. in Taxation. The idea of going back to
school, except for a visit or lecture, maybe, revolted me.
Then while looking about I chanced to meet a CPA who did a lively practice of
representing people with tax problems. Folks who "forgot to file for five, ten, 21 years"
was the longest I saw.
He offered to walk me through one or two to get my feet wet. He said there was a huge
market.
I asked him, what profession or business, has the most of these guys. He said, it varied a
lot, but the big ONE-TWO punch was contractors and [this amused me] personal injury
attorneys in roughly that order.
Contractors? So as I had recently purchased a fixer-upper house I had a reasonable
excuse. Went to the Yellow Pages and started calling contractors for them to visit me at
home for estimates. Room extensions, electrical, second bathrooms, kitchen remodeling,
etc.
Inevitably the contractor asked, "What do you do for a living." I would say, "I'm an
attorney who specializes in representing folks who haven't filed their taxes for awhile. I
negotiate for them to cut the taxes, interest & penalties."
All but one of the contractors [he said he could have used me two years ago, but got
squared up since] became clients. At $2,000 approx. per case, it kept me flush for a long
time. My Yellow Page adv. did pull three clients in, but nothing like calling the YP and
having them come to my home to be sold.
If I think of some others, I shall pass them along.

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Thank you Jay.

Alan Turin

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7. Alfred Johnson
----- Original Message ----From: Alfred Johnson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 4:54 AM
Hello Jay,
I'm Al Johnson from Garland.
Your marketing strategies and Jay mindset have revolutionized my life.
I have no college education and was raised in a poor economic
environment most of my life.
After finishing high school and joining the military, I moved to Texas,
where I stumbled upon the idea of mail order and direct marketing.
I fumbled around for years, trying to get involved with mail order and
creating some kind of direct response business.
I thought I had seen everything there was about the subject.
But then one day I stumbled upon some information from you, Jay
Abraham.
I had never heard of you before, because your name was not in the
general mail order magazines and trade papers I read normally.
The information I got from you was an audio cassette interview of you
and Tony Robbins.
That tape changed my whole life.
I could not afford to buy any of your programs, so I decided to listen
to your interview with Tony Robbins to "extract" as many clues and
ideas from you as possible without buying anything, because I couldn't
afford your quite expensive programs at the time.
Now, I had listened to many mail order buys, and how to get rich in
mail order experts, and how to write advertising material....but yours
was different!
You were not teaching the average stuff....you were teaching a way of
thinking...
You taught on the simple audio cassette....and free audio cassette at
that....more information...more useable information compared to all the
other books, articles, magazines, and experts I had ever heard in my
life.
I couldn't even categorize your stuff...
Was it mail order?

Was it direct response?

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What was it?

I knew you achieved higher results can all the other "make believe"
gurus out there, but I determined to unlock your mindset!
It's the mindset of what can I do to achieve more, and higher
results...that captured me Jay.
You taught me about expanding my view of not only my business, but my
life in every aspect.
How high is high?
Getting out of the box.
Thinking it through. Redefining. Expanding.
You taught me the 3 ways to grow a business!
Mind blowing principles!
I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
I had a job as sales trainer for a national insurance company, and
decided to use your ideas for two purposes:
1. To create better marketing materials for the insurance agents we had
around the country.
2. To establish myself in the company as the local marketing expert and
position myself so valuable that I would get a raise after raise.
There were a few other trainers when I started, but after a few years,
they were either fired or quit, leaving me at the company alone.
I was earning $35,000 a year, then, but using your mindset and applying
your principles to my work and helping the company grow in millions of
dollars, the company started to see that I was indeed very valuable to
them.
Today, I earn $60,000 on my job and now receiving 2 cents for every
membership sold by our company. That may not seem like a lot, but our
goal is to see one million memberships, which will eventually earn me
$20,000 in bonuses.
They promoted me to Director of Corporate Communications and remember
that I have no college degree.
The company even awarded me with your Marketing Secrets of Jay Abraham
and other Marketing Wizards book... You know, you big thick expensive
book that I couldn't afford to order in the past...and now I had it
free.
I created a marketing piece for the company, based on your principles
which was the #1 tool used by our agents for years.

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It has helped our agents generate millions of dollars each year for the
company.
It was a free consumer guide concept which educated consumers about
buying health insurance.
I created all kinds of Jay Abraham type advertising for the consumer,
using direct response methods, recorded messages, seminars, follow up
letters and mechanisms to exploit the consumer guide by direct response
marketing.
I taught your methods to some of our national marketing directors, who
double the response of their recruiting and selling efforts.
Some of our sales people increase their sales closing ratios up to
90%...can you believe that?
And the funny thing is that they all believe it was me.
But I always tell them in every seminar that the world's greatest
marketing guru I learn all this stuff from is Jay Abraham.
I found Your Secret Wealth program in a used book store one day, and
said, who would be stupid enough to trade in a Jay Abraham product in a
used book store.
But I bought for just a few dollars and have since employed your
multiple pillars concept to developing over 30 joint-ventures and
affiliates to receive income by referring customers to them, who don't
necessarily do business with me!
Another Jay Abraham concept.
It never ends.
I created a company that I run part time called Johnson Information
Research, to help business owners, entrepreneurs, and sales
professionals with marketing and advertising and sales methods, based
on your way of thinking.
I have been able to accomplish this without actually buying your
program, because remember, I couldn't afford them in the beginning.
I just took advantage of any free tapes, free reports, or anything free
that you offered, and studied your free stuff as if I had paid for it.
I would actually type out the interview with you and Tony Robbins, just
so I could let your mindset immerse my mindset.
I have a full box of any letters, sales letters, post cards, anything
that you send out. I have learned to watch you, observe you and ponder,
ponder, test and use what I see you doing, knowing that a sales letter
from you is so valuable and worth tons of money.
Rather than buying the programs, because I couldn't afford to, a long
time ago I decided that you were employing your best advertising

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copywriting into your own sales letters, so I figured that rather than
by the course, just study critically what you were sending out.
I knew that I'm getting a free advertising copywriting lesson by
getting and reading what you send out to prospects and customers.
Eventually I bought your book that was available in the book store, How
To Get Everything You Can Out of All You've Got.
Now, I have developed your mindset.
Thank God for your Jay.
Alfred Johnson
5117 Waltham Court
Garland TX 75043
972-240-616

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8. Allan Ferguson
----- Original Message ----From: Allan Ferguson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 3:18 AM
Hello Jay.
I am glad to help you in any way I can.
help you can offer me in return.

I also look forward to any

I will be honest with you , I have only so far read your book "getting
everything you can out of all youve got". This is by far the best
business development marketing book I have ever read. My only problem
is finding the time to implement all your great ideas.
The biggest change in improvement to my business was to test & measure.
We now monitor every single incoming call to our business. We now know
exactly how many jobs, conversion rates & average $ sales derive from
existing clients & all our various types of marketing. We have
realized by doing this that our acquisition cost per client for yellow
pages was extraordinary high. We have now started experimenting with
various ads in the local paper and have reduced our acquisition cost to
one third, which has increased company profitability. We are
continually experimenting with our advertising to try & improve results
in this area. Because we are now aware of our conversion rates, we are
using different strategies and sales tactics such as special offers
act.
We have implemented as part of our service a call to our client after
the work has been done asking them if they were happy with our service
and if there was anything else we could do to improve our service. We
have found people to respond to this with great appreciation and have
received great feedback.
Currently we are implementing a more professional data base [file maker
pronto keep up with our client growth which we monitor closely. Since
we decided to take our marketing seriously we have improved the amount
of new enquiries from 24 in Jan 02 to 98 in July 02 with a conversion
rate of approx. 65%. We are about to prepare our 2nd newsletter & also
target our marketing to our clients specific needs as the new data base
is being custom designed to monitor everything I have mentioned above
and more. Unfortunately this is all I have time for I hope I have been
helpful to you.
Allan Ferguson.
Managing director Omega Plumbing.
Sydney Australia.

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9. Allan Pollock
----- Original Message ----From: Allan Pollock
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:46 AM
Systematizing my business the Jay Abraham way
Our business is life, disability, critical illness, long term care insurance and group benefits for companies.
The most important thing we have learned and implemented from Jay is systematizing everything. We are
currently in the process of writing out detailed job descriptions for every thing we do. No matter how
simple and mundane, so that if any one is sick we could literally have a monkey follow the instructions.
What this has done is forced everyone to really think about the way they are doing things, they write a job
description than we all review it at our weekly staff meeting and fine tune it getting input from all of the
staff.
We have also implemented a bonus of $50 when a staff member makes a recommendation for a major
change that we implement, an instituted a bonus system linked to production to really make all staff
members part of the team focused on the goal of helping our clients and having a fantastic bottom line.
Another major change is having a monthly newsletter which goes out to all of our clients and prospect and
centers of influence. It is not your standard financial planner letter. It has an interesting non-financial
article, pictures of the staff, and winners of promotions for sending referrals.
Allan Pollock, Mitzy Harnick-Pollock

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10. Ally Noorali

----- Original Message ----From: Aali Noorali
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:26 PM
Firstly, many thanks for your kind offer of sending me the collection of success stories.
We have tried many of your different strategies and literally the new business generated was so
much that we had to scale down and sometimes even stop marketing !
Surprisingly, the simple strategies were the most effective:
1. Direct mail with variation of headlines. We found the use of FREE TAX ORGANISER the most
effective. [We are a firm practicing accountants].
2. Mailshots followed up by telephone calls. We tried following up at different intervals, i,e. within
one, two, three and so on. The most effective follow up was after one week.
3. Giving Money Back Guarantee. This is very uncommon in the accountancy profession. We
guarantee that if a client is not satisfied with our service than they return the invoice sent marked
CANCEL and any monies paid will be fully refunded. This was needless to say, successful.
However, we went even better and offered to do next years accounts for free as well. The
response take up almost doubled !
4. Regular contacts via Newsletter was well received by the clients. However, when we offered
Free one hour consultancy on topics covered in the Newsletter, the response was really great.
5. Taking survey and offering a reward of week end break in Health Farm was also successful.
6. Referral systems : the most effective was introduction of three contacts. If two signed up as
clients, the client who introduced the contacts obtained 25% discount on yearly fees, every year !
[As long as the newly introduced clients also remained on the books].
7. Giving out Clients Charter worked very well with new clients.
8. Sending regular motivational articles in addition to the newsletter. We tried different ways but
the letter format [Article written in the form of a letter] was the most successful.
9. Networking of clients so that clients with common interests shared the burden when one party
was overloaded with work!
10. Arranging visits to factories / technical facilities for clients to enhance understanding of the
relevant businesses in their fields also proved extremely popular as well as being educational.
I could go on, and on..... simply your strategies needs to be applied to be appreciated!
Thanks and good luck with your project,
Ally

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11. Andrew Lawson

----- Original Message ----From: Andrew Lawson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:34 AM
Dear Mr Abraham,
You asked for Testimonial Stories gained through the use of your Marketing Concepts.
Well, I have great pleasure in providing you with the following true story.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Andrew J. Lawson
Abraham Mindset - Testimonial Story: "Selling 2nd Hand Books Through the
Amazon.co.uk/marketplace Website"
Abraham Concept: Host/Beneficiary
I wanted to sell a few (ie a dozen or so) of my used business books which I had no longer any
use for.
My alternatives were the following:
1) Sell them at a Car Boot Sale where I would be lucky to get 10% to 20% of the books retail
value back (ie for a 10 Retail Priced Book, I would only get 1 to 2 back)
or
2) Sell them to a 2nd Hand Book Shop for them to resell, where again I would be lucky to get
10%-30% of the books cover value back (ie for a 10 book I would only receive between 1 and
3 back).
In actuality I sold the books through the Amazon.co.uk/marketplace Website which allows you
to sell 2nd Hand Items alongside Amazon's New Item Listings.
I recognized that this was a Host/Beneficiary Situation since:
1) I was the Beneficiary being able to sell my 2nd Hand Items on a Website which has cost
Amazon.co.uk many Millions of Pounds to set up and to run (ie I was able "to play off" some
really big assets). I also gained the benefit of being able to expose my items to a marketplace of
thousands of potential customers all across the United Kingdom - a far better exposure rate than
would ever be possible through a local Car Boot Sale or a 2nd Hand Book Shop.
2) Amazon.co.uk were the Host since they provided the website through which I sold my items
and they would get a percentage commission cut on any of the items I sold on their site. Amazon
also avoided the necessity to: stock, handle, package or post the goods since this was the
responsibility of the Seller. Thus Amazon.co.uk are developing an additional revenue stream (or
as Jay would say "Revenue Pillar") through just utilizing their existing investment in their website
with very little additional direct cost when a sale is made by one of their marketplace resellers.

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The Result:
I was able to sell the equivalent of a 10 Book for around 8 and after taken out the costs of the
commission to Amazon.co.uk and the postage and packing expenses, I was netting around 6 in
return. That's an upside leverage return of between +100% and +600% over what I would have
received had I gone down the route of selling my books at a Car Boot Sale or at a 2nd Hand Book
Shop.
I am happy because I have realized much more value out of my used books; the customers who
bought the books are happy because they get high quality 2nd Hand Books delivered to their
door at Low Prices and Amazon.co.uk are happy because they have made additional commission
fees off their Website. A perfect WIN-WIN-WIN Situation!
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors."

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12. Andrew Noniewicz

----- Original Message ----From: Andrew Noniewicz
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:11 AM
Dear Jay:
This is a testimonial to your methods.
I'm an infopreneur. I market my financial newsletters to people that want to make money investing in the
stock market regardless of the conditions of the market. Guaranteed 100% winning trades.
Before listening to you and reading your materials, my ideas were stalling big time. Once I understood
your philosophy of marketing, I expect tremendous growth for my company and myself.
What I'm doing-Host/Beneficiary Relationships. - Referrals.
Where I'm doing it - With marketing companies (pay for performance); Newspapers (free advertising);
Other entrepreneurs (cross marketing).
How I'm doing it - Targeting specific companies/newspapers/entrepreneurs with my idea.
Why I did it - Wasn't satisfied with the results I was getting. To make a name for myself and my company.
Bottom Line - Expect revenues to increase by 100%.
Secret - Be consistently persistent.
Name: The NBM Co.
Size: 3 People
Type: Financial Newsletter
Contact: [email protected]
Andrew Noniewicz

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13. Andrew Rice

----- Original Message ----From: Andrew Rice
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:11 AM
Dear Jay,
My career really started to take off when I listened to "The secret
power of negotiating" by Roger Dawson. His concept of every time you
are "eye ball to eye ball, belly button to belly button" with another
person, you are negotiating struck a chord with me. From there I went
on to study Tom Peters, Jay Abraham and Anthony Robbins on my path to
personal development. Jay's techniques apply personally as well as
with business, and I would like to give you some examples of how I
applied some of these.
Risk Reversal.
Applying for one job which normally carries a 40-50,000 annual salary,
I negotiated a rate of 75,000 plus benefits after offering my services
free of pay for two weeks. If I did not show my value within that time
I would leave. They immediately said it was not necessary and I signed
contracts the following week.
Pillars of Strength.
This technique has paid dividends during this risky times. I generated
multiple streams of revenue both personally and for my businesses.
Personally I started to work for multiple companies. In business, I
took our business into different sectors including automotive,
financial, and government. As various sectors have been hit our
company has survived and maintained it's income by diverting it's
efforts to where people are spending money, whilst we have seen our
competitors falter.
So why am I not a millionaire yet? So far I have concentrated on
enjoying life with my family. It's no good being a millionaire on your
own. I've also been on a life of discovery, recently looking at
developing other interests that will enrich my life, I have a movie
themed magical act, I'm developing a life coaching business and am in
the process of creating a people focused political party. As I develop
all aspects of my wheel of life they will all grow and complement each
other.
Have fun
Andy

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14. Andrew Russell

----- Original Message ----From: Andrew Russell
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:13 AM

Dear Jay,
Thank you for your email.
Im a big fan of yours, ever since that fateful day when I received a free(!!) interview with you by
Tony Robbins as part of his Power-Talk series. It revolutionized my thinking, and hopefully you
will see below that weve made good use of it!
Arran Aromatics Ltd, How ideas from Jay turned our poor trade show performance into
hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of orders!
A bit about our company and myself:
Family business founded in 1989 by my parents to manufacture and sell quality toiletry gifts.
Based on the picturesque Isle of Arran off the West Coast of Scotland, we now employ nearly
100 people and have annual sales of 7million pounds sterling Growing at about 25% every year.
I joined the business in 1996 after leaving a 5-year career in selling capital goods and packaging.
The testimonial bit When I joined the business sales were 1.4 million and making healthy profits, but we were
continually frustrated with slow sales growth. We were employing mainly sales agents, and using
Trade shows to the Retail buyers as a means of selling our products. Our key show was in
February of every year and typically cost us 15,000 to do. Sales from this were about 30,000.
Not a bad return at first glance, but we were desperate for more.
Our challenges were as follows:
1.
2.
3.

Many buyers visiting our stand wanted a rep to come and see them, rather than order
on the stand.
Our products sell all year round, but have seasonal peaks at key gift buying times.
Retailers were always reluctant to stock the product outside of these times and sales
suffered.
Retailers cherry picked our product lines and we couldnt get complete ranges
stocked.

My first step was to use some of the techniques in your Money Making Secrets book. We revised
our pre show mail-shot with the headline Yes, you can get sales before Easter, heres how
We built on the fact that retailers do not want to commit to stock in quiets periods due to its effect
on cash flow, but they could always sell something. We had a warehouse full of stock that would
be sitting ready for 2-4 months prior to being required, such was the peak in buying before Easter.
Our offer was that if they bought a complete range of our products on the stand (met first

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objective which was to stop cherry picking and minimize un-necessary follow up calls), then we
would deliver them stock from January (product out there on sale sooner), and we would not ask
them for payment until June 1st. (Note typically our invoices were paid by retailers at anything
between 60 and 100 days anyway so our own cash flow was largely unaffected.) Five months
credit! Take advantage of this and visit our exhibition stand etc.
The response was over whelming, our next trade show rocketed to 125,000 worth of orders, and
our most recent one exceeded 500,000 (our costs are higher now though as we needed a bigger
stand and more people to cope with the orders). At the same time all these customers were
buying repeat back-end orders throughout the year, it was incredible. Note all orders are
closed during the exhibition, the figures does not include repeats or new customers opened
following leads.
The first key was the headline change on our mail-shot, the second was how we could add
exceptional value to the customer which was the extended credit topped with additional retail
sales, and the third was the up-sell to buying a complete range from us, and not just one,
sometimes several ranges. We were giving a major incentive to retailers to dedicate space in their
shops to us and not our competitors. We got loads of new customers this way also. The
additional benefit to us over the two years that we ran the offer has meant that we now dont need
to offer the extended credit as customers found they could sell the products earlier in the year and
basically asked for other things like gifts with purchase instead to help them grow further!
We tested the offer as a basic five months extended credit promotion on a selection of our
customer base, but the response was poor. We used your technique of the longer marketing
letter, (which went against everything I had been taught previously), and told the story
surrounding the offer, this made us look thoughtful and not like a company desperately trying to
get sales at any cost.
I know for a fact that using these honed techniques we are taking between 10 and 25 times as
much in order value as our competitors at the same trade show!
The impact on our business and our mindset towards trade shows has been dramatic. Our sales
team are constantly looking for ways to up-sell, add incredible value, and close the sale. Our
customers now come to our stand looking for the value they know we will give them, and ready
to sign orders, you could call it the education of the customer. We helped them to find growth in
their businesses and in return grew our own.
"My statement is true and provable and You have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavours." Andrew S
Russell, Sales Director.
Arran Aromatics Ltd
The Home Farm
Brodick
Isle of Arran
KA27 8DD
Tel 00 44 1770 302595 0044 1770 303006 (direct)
Fax 00 44 1770 302599
Email [email protected]
Web - www.arranaromatics.com

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15. Andy McNabb

----- Original Message ----From: Andy McNabb
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 4:23 PM

McNabb
Broadcasting

Andy McNabb
& Company

14 Westdale Dr., St. Catharines, Ont., Canada L2S 2R8 (o) 905-704-0239 (f) 905-704-1768

Friday, August 2, 2002

To: Jay Abraham
Abraham Publishing

From: Andy McNabb

Sent by e-mail: [email protected]

Pages: One

Re: $102,000 Gate A Result Of 2,200 People Strengthening Their Marriages, In A One
Night, One Day Marriage Seminar
Dear Jay:
One in seven marriages are deemed hand in glove. Having been blessed with a most
passionate marriage, I wanted to help other couples find ways to strengthen their
marriages no matter what the state of their matrimony.
We enlisted a prolific marriage and family author to do a marriage seminar. He was well
known in the U.S.A., but here in southern Ontario (Canada), he was barely known at the
time of this project.
We put out a letter to churches to solicit support in marketing tickets, using your
principles for direct mail. The letter featured direct, specific, benefit driven headlines;
short two, three, four line paragraphs; use of sub-headlines to draw the reader through the
letter to increase comprehension and response; specific calls to action; different sized
pieces in the same envelope; the fact that two page letters outdraw one page letters and
that four pagers outdraw two pagers; the use of the P.S. as the second most read part of a
letter next to a headline, to drive home a most important proposition and action step, etc..
We added credibility by using testimonials from other internationally known pastors who
ran the seminar and experienced great results. Our result? A record 125 churches
participated in marketing tickets to the seminar more than in larger cities such as Los
Angeles. Twenty-two hundred attended, with 1,700 tickets being sold for a $102,000
gate, with 500 free tickets given away to bless families who needed a financial break.
The result? Just this past week, my wife did a gospel singing engagement at one of the
Toronto churches who helped promote the seminar, and in their materials, they are still

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conducting Hidden Keys To Loving Relationships marriage enrichment classes, 4 years

after the event.
Your teachings on marketing communications have been used to reach out to, and
indirectly help enrich and strengthen the marriages of, hundreds upon hundreds of
married couples.
God bless you,
Andy McNabb
P.S. My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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16. Andy Miller

----- Original Message ----From: Andy Miller
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:40 AM
Case Study: Risk Reversal
Background:
The technique of yours I use the most is the risk reversal. A question and mindset I learned from
you was, If I got paid only for results what would I do? That is a powerful question! Now I am in
the training business. I asked 40 of my peers that question and they all looked at me like I was
out of my mind. Their reply was always why would I do such a thing. But when I asked my
peers if they were paid on results would they provided their services they way they do now or
change it? Everyone said they would change it. What is amazing to me is this question made
everyone realized there was a more effective way to provide training even if they kept their
current pay structure. That was four years ago and all 40 did not change a thing they have
stayed status quo.
Huge Competitive Advantage:
The fact my peers didnt get the question was a huge advantage! First I changed my programs to
get my clients more results no matter how they were going to pay me. Second I had a great
selling advantage. When I met with prospects and it was time to talk about how we got paid I
cold offer 3 ways: per person, per day or a percentage of the results. They were always intrigued
with the percentage of results because nobody else could offer the option. I would explain that
we had total conviction in what we did. Our goal was to take them through a process that
identified exactly what they needed. Then I could show what needed to happen, how long it
would take and what results they could expect. And because we got paid for results everything
we recommend would be in the clients best interest with no risk to them.
How it plays out:
When I asked the prospects if the other training companies offered the same option they said no.
I asked why not? Dont they believe in what they do? This way of doing business is so
compelling that 100% of the time the prospects would tell me the other guys were out of the
picture. What is amazing to me is that every company except one has chosen to pay me on a
daily rate because they figure it is cheaper for them then to share a percentage.
Quantifying results:
I dont have the exact results but I estimate over the last four years my company has booked an
additional $300,000 per year we would not have gotten otherwise!
Contact Info:
Andy Miller
STI of VA
Sales Training
Ph: 703-922-7160

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17. Anthony Dyson

----- Original Message ----From: Anthony Dyson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:52 AM
Hi Jay,
I am in the commercial real estate business. After your course, I thought about how I could get a back end
product to increase my business. I turned to lease auditing which really became more of a front end
business as unlike leasing the service can be sold anytime. I have made over a million dollars in
commissions from clients who initially wanted lease audit services and later called me to negotiate their
new leases.
Anthony Dyson
President
Dyson Realty Corporation
50 Prince Arthur Avenue
Suite 205
Toronto M5R 1B5
Tel: 416-410-1080
Fax: 647-439-1409
Consulting to Tenants Exclusively

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18. Anthony Milston

----- Original Message ----From: Anthony Milston
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:58 PM

Dear Jay,
Since I stumbled upon a tape that Nightingale Conant produced of you being interviewed
by Tony Robbins at San Diego airport about seven years ago which led me to buy my
first NC program Your Secret Wealth, I have been an ardent fan and follower of both
you and your many wonderful principles.
I had the pleasure of meeting you at the Ex-factor seminar in London in 1996 and whilst I
found the four day event somewhat overwhelming it was, nonetheless a mind-blowing
experience. I came home on a high, which lasted for quite some time recounting the
details to my very patient wife! But to my disappointment I couldnt bring myself to
truly apply and execute the incredible wealth of knowledge gained in those four days and
on earlier tapes.
You see my business at the time was an Independent Financial Advisor and I was having
great difficulty maintaining motivation due to the over burdensome compliance and
regulatory regime that it had become subjected to. At that time in the UK this industry
was undergoing nothing short of a witch-hunt. As you can imagine it proved very
difficult to feel enthusiastic about a business that became the butt of so many derogatory
newspaper and T.V articles. As a sales orientated person I found the whole environment
suffocating and debilitating to my natural creativity.
Having attended the seminar I was inspired by the many successful delegates many of
whom were retreads as I think I recall you referred to them. Meeting so many people
who appeared to be doing what they loved and loved what they were doing was enough
of an inspiration to help me make my mind up to get out of the quagmire!
Six years on, a load of history and water under the bridge - far too much for the purpose
of this exercise I am about to undertake a new challenge, which I will be able to (at
long last!) apply the root and essence of the Abraham Technique (remember my earlier
email?) with passion, enthusiasm and great respect to the modern master of seminal
thinking thats you Jay you are a cool dude! Watch this space the best is yet to
happen!
Probably your greatest fan in the UK (the family has been brought up on your tapes!)
Anthony Milston

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19. Anton Kaufmann

----- Original Message ----From: Anton Kaufmann
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:24 AM
Dear Jay and everyone of Jay's team,
Thank you for this invaluable offer, a offer, that one cannot resist.
Unfortunately I started studying Jay's materials just a few weeks ago
and I cannot come up with a success story as described yet.
What I can say is that the study has already completely changed my way
of viewing, experiencing and doing business. It is incredible to
realize what I have missed all the years being in business and doing it
the same way as 90% of the rest. Almost at once I found several "life
changing" solutions to implement into my business.
Since last year I am working as a business broker (selling and buying
of businesses) and financial adviser in Germany. I am caught in a
struggle for new clients against a hefty competition day by day.
1) Now inspired by Jay's materials, that he is sharing so generous, I
am preparing a brochure "How to sell my business for the price I want
in the time I want! This brochure gives the seller all the knowledge
necessary to sell one's business successfully, including check-lists.
In ads I will offer interested people to order this book free. I am
sure this will bring in clients really interested in my valuable
services and knowing that I have the competence to really help them in
the process of selling their business.
2) I am in the process of opening a platform on the internet for people
who want to sell their business and for people who are looking to buy a
business to bring those together.
3) I put together a brochure for business owners who want to reflect
the way of doing business. Also this brochure is free and I know that
part of the readers will call for my services.
4) I will send out the free material also to people who are not in my
local area. But I know a lot of colleagues all over Germany that I can
refer. And then I get a percentage out of the referral.
....... and many more.
I know that these steps will be very effective and successful but I
cannot prove the success yet - in a few months from know I can.
I am highly interested in the outcome of this research and I would love
to receive the results as promised to those who send in the success
stories. Perhaps you can add me to the list of people who will receive
the results - I would be really grateful.

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With many thanks and my warmest personal regards

Anton Kaufmann

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20. Antony Howard

----- Original Message ----From: Antony Howard - Jackpot Marketing
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 9:16 AM
Dear Mr. Abraham,
I've just got back from my holiday to find I've missed your August 16th deadline. I'm just dropping
you this email in the hope that you might extend it a little further...
To be honest I've been in direct marketing for six years or so. It all started with me buying 'The
Lazy Man's Way to Riches'. I was so impressed with it I phoned Richard G Nixon, who was the
author who updated Joe Karbo's original version. I negotiated a license to sell it in the UK and
that's how my direct marketing career began.
Since then I've direct marketed many products, the latest being of a nutritional nature. Although I
thought I knew pretty well everything I needed to know to make my latest venture work, I was
having trouble getting people to re-order on a regular basis. At the time only 5% of people who
were buying the product were coming back for more.
One very important point I picked up from your manual was how to reinforce peoples buying
decisions so they developed such faith in the product that they would want to order it again and
again.
In your manual you state the way to do this is to send a pamphlet or brochure with each persons
order to reassure them they've done the right thing. Well any good marketer would do that
anyway. But the subtle difference you advised was not to use this mechanism to force more
sales talk down the buyers throat. After all, this job has already been done by the sales letter.
Instead, give them technical information (in a user friendly format) as to why the product they've
just bought would be able to deliver on the promises made in the sales letter.
Thanks to this deft piece of advice re-order rates have increased from a paltry 5% to nearly 12%
and are still rising. I could give you more details, but as I'm not sure if this email is even going to
be read I'll leave it at that for now. If you'd like to know more and your case study offer still
stands, please email me.
Many thanks
Yours sincerely
Antony Howard
Managing Director/Jackpot Marketing Ltd

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21. Armando Ortega

----- Original Message ----From: Armando Ortega
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:19 PM
Jay:
The greatest influence I have received from Jay Abraham is my
development of a "eagle vision" that makes me take a look at any
business and immediately see its profit potential in many areas. In
the last 12 months, due to this newfound ability, I was able to save a
major school of the main university in my state, sharply raising its
student enrollment (earning me a good fee), and also to rescue a
faltering catalog company which now is on the road to be a company with
a national scope (earning me a good contract with a $1,000 monthly
retainer and a 10% equity in that business).
In the first case, authorities from the Facultad de Zootecnia school of
the University of Chihuahua, in Mexico, approached me asking for help,
telling me that the yearly enrollment in the university had been
declining in the last 12 years, putting in danger the survival of the
school, with all the implications like lost jobs and lost
opportunities. They showed me a study and determination from education
leaders telling about the closing of the school and or merging with
other faculties in similar situation into one, if the enrollment
decline wasn't stopped. This happened in the midst of January 2001 and
the School council immediately authorized my intervention for a fee of
$8,500 dollars, and I was to start at one, since time was against us,
but one day later they called the whole thong off because one of the
members of the council objected telling them that they didn't need me
and besides, I had already told them the whole plan in advance before
any papers being signed. "We can do this ourselves," he told them. I
answered, "If you can do it yourselves, why hasn't he done anything in
the last 12 years. It is a different thing to know what to do, If he
really does, and another thing to do what you know".
Two months later, just a few days before the spring school vacation,
they called me "We are ready to sign the papers, we convinced him.
Come on and let's start". I was able to contact the first group of
students on April 21th -and the enrollment day was on June 9th, so we
had 6 weeks to do something -when we had so little to do since by
January, the students have already decided which university to attend.
Anyway, the previous year enrollment was about 60 first-year students,
and I raised the number 132% to almost 150 new students.
How could I do that: I prepared and sent a series of informational and
nurturing letters, brochures and "Special reports" to 8,500 prep-school
students in the city of Chihuahua and small cities around it. The
first special report was a small book that I wrote titles "57 tips to
choose the best professional career", and the next one was another
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The growth in enrollment was one of the deciding factors for the school
to earn a statewide quality yearly award for 2001.
A few months ago, a new catalog company, fell flat on its face with a
very graphic and beautiful big shoe catalog. They invested a lot of
money in radio advertising being able to attract only 400
representatives (only 10 of the dealers resulted from radio advertising
and 390 were sold by employees in their four retail stores, after a
regular shoe buy). But they got only 20 active dealers with really
dismal sales.
I met the owner after I gave a surefire 5 minute speech at a merchants
meeting. He said: "I need a strategist and marketer". We signed a
$1,000 dollar monthly retainer and a 10% stock transfer. Then I
designed a very simple, low-cost strategy which consisted of (1)
Recovering and activating old dealers, getting 50 renewed dealers in
the last 30 days which are buying again, or for the first time, with a
simple phone call asking what happened to them, why they stopped buying
and inviting them to try again; (2) starting a barter of list-for-list
with 8 local companies that also work selling thru catalogs -jewelry,
cosmetics, lingerie, etc., exchanging our inactive for their inactive
representatives-we have found gold in them tar hills, converting 3 to 4
from every 10 that we contact, and (3) bartering names with national
catalog companies, mainly from Monterrey Mexico, which is opening for
us the national market, giving us a glimpse into what could be the
spreading of franchises when we reach a critical mass of dealers in an
specific area. My partner is happy and we are starting distribution of
the new catalog.
Without Jay Abraham's insights that would have been impossible for me.
I have been most influenced by Jay's YOUR MARKETING GENIUS AT WORK,
STEALTH MARKETING, ULTIMATE RESEARCH LABOPRATORY, and lately by the
book GETTING EVERYTHING YOU CAN OUT OF ALL YOU'VE GOT.
Armando Ortega
President
Speak International, S.A. de C.V.
www.dirmex.com

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22. Arthur Murray

----- Original Message ----From: Arthur Murray
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:48 PM
Dear Jay,
It is my great pleasure to send you the attached testimonial, with my sincerest thanks for the
profound difference you have made in my life.

Youre starting a new business. Which would you rather do

build it right, or try fixing it later?
Too often I see entrepreneurs flying by the seat of their pants. Theyll say, Well figure it out later. Right
now we need sales. We need to get product out the door. We need more staff. We need, we need, we
needyou get the picture.
Theyre trapped. They know they can break free if they could just stop for a moment and regroup. But
theres always another crisis getting in the way.
I admit I was almost one of them it was that close. But something amazing happened just as I was
getting started. Maybe it was divine intervention. Or maybe it was just dumb luck. But Im convinced this
one brief encounter saved me years of trial and error. It rescued me from a lifetime of frustration, and who
knows how many millions of dollars of wasted effort.
That defining moment was when I first met Jay Abraham and Chet Holmes. It was right there that I
decided I would rather starve, sleep in my car, do anything before I would ever allow myself to fall into the
same trap.
It was at the PEQ-II Live seminar in Los Angeles. I remember not even being able to explain to the
audience what kind of business I was in. So its safe to say I started with a clean slate, a blank page, on
February 20, 2002. That was five months ago. I wish I could tell you Ive made my first million in sales.
In fact, up to this point sales are still zero. But that doesnt really concern me. And heres why.
Startup Success Story: Telart Technologies, Inc., Boyce, VA USA
Nature of the business: High end software is powerful. Companies can save millions of dollars and get
huge returns on investment. But its also very complex and very difficult to set up. Mis-apply it, and a
million dollars worth of software sits on the shelf, unused. It happens a lot. It happens because most
software vendors are interested in selling licenses. They dont have the resources to spend working closely
with a client, looking at the clients processes, and finding the best fit for their product.
Thats where we come in. We help companies get up to ten times the return on their high-end software
investment. It requires establishing long-term, trusted relationships make that friendships with the
users. And it especially requires, as you will see, taking a very strategic point of view.
Success principles at work: Core story; partner or perish
We built our core story and started shopping it around. Almost immediately tool vendors started banging
on our door asking us to sell their product and partner with them. Even though we had no sales, they loved
our story.

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Result: Within five months we established strategic alliances with seven high-end tool vendors and four
IT consulting firms.
So what about the end users? The clients we really want to sell to? Well, Im convinced that we havent
made any immediate sales because our strategy is causing our hottest leads to think more strategically as
well. Let me explain.
Success principle at work: Strategy drives tactics
In one instance, a very high-level government official said he would buy our software immediately and put
it to use (he had a particular application in mind). But he also said our presentation caused him to think
about how many software installations failed for just that reason because they were applied piecemeal, on
a whim. So we are working with him on building a strategic plan for streamlining the entire way his
agency does business. And guess whos software they will ultimately use? We gave up a one-shot sale for
a high-probability chance at a much larger sale and a very long-term relationship down the road.
Success principles at work: Falling in love with your client, not your product; qualifying the buyer;
stadium pitch; targeting the Dream 100
People hate being sold, especially in the government. Here in the DC area, the creation of the Department
of Homeland Security has resulted in a mad gold rush of crazed, hungry vendors trying to give their sales
pitches to government bureaucrats who have barricaded themselves inside their offices. But we have been
getting in. Because we are educating and mentoring, not selling. We have been working with one
particular agency in the area of security. Discussing their problems, their needs, their wants, their
expectations. And its been all client-centered.
Result: We are being given the opportunity to give our stadium pitch to a group of directors from over two
dozen federal agencies. We are allotted one half hour, and we will be the only vendor presenting. In this
case, our Dream 100 fell right into our lap. One contact and a lot of nurturing led to our being introduced,
endorsed, and recommended to a roomful of high-level decision makers.
OK, youre probably thinking, so what? When are you going to get sales in the door?
Good question. I mentioned how we are partnering with several high-end tool vendors. These guys are
starving. Its been a very bad year to say the least. They are in panic mode. When they see us educating
prospects, rather than twisting their arms out of their sockets trying to make a sale, they could just scream.
They are programmed to keep giving sales pitches, digging in their heels, and deflecting objections like a
rapid-fire ping-pong match.
Success principles at work: How the brain works; setting goals; strategic marketing plan
I admit that at first, I felt the same way they did. Every cell in my body was telling me to stop this client
education/mentoring nonsense and start selling! I knew I had to do something or I would go insane. So I
started doing success affirmations, resetting my RAS (reticular activating system) to think strategic, think
strategic, think strategic I wrote down the strategic goals for the company, and plastered them
everywhere. I built a roadmap for reaching those goals, using the PEQ workbook.
Result: I know that by giving in to panic I will put myself in serious danger. Danger of falling into that
trap I talked about earlier. I am bound and determined to stay on course. If youre just starting out, I hope
that you will be able to do the same. Im convinced its the only way to go and still keep your sanity.
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors."

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CEO
Telart Technologies, Inc.,
Business productivity software consultants

Startup

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23. Ashley Jessen

----- Original Message ----From: Ashley Jessen
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:37 PM

Simple Lifestyle

Everyday Solutions for the Future of your Choice

Dear Jay,
Thank you from the lofty heights of my bank balance!!! I have found over the last 6 months that I have
known about your services that you have inspired me in a number of different ways.
Firstly the ability to generate leads through direct mail and using effective mailing techniques has been
quite incredible. The results that I have been able to achieve in my endeavors have been fantastic. Its great
now to know how many leads are going to be coming in each and every week and month.
Working in the financial services industry it has become increasingly difficult over the last year or so. We
have had previously marketing efforts totally flounder and cost a pretty sum. Our company even paid a
MBA qualified marketing and sales executive who in her time (6 months) managed to pull in a grand total
of 13 new leads to the business. In the mean time the business was going backwards fast.
So after studying your methods and using your concepts the following resulted:
The first marketing effort enabled us to generate 164 new leads in a 9 days period with others coming in
after that. I was able to compliment this with an effective sales copy to invite them to a seminar. I used a
creative technique of introducing people into the seminar and charged for it (previously never done) and
managed to get a 21% response rate from the one mailing. This enabled us to get a showing of over 30
people to our seminar.
From there we were able to convert more leads than possible due to the right follow up systems that were
implemented thanks again to you Jay.
Nowadays the follow up systems enable the leads to continually flow and convert sales time and time
again.
One of the biggest things I learned from you was that ad copy doesnt have to be short, long, have a funny
jingle or any other gimmicky type of thing. Our main role when writing effective copy is not to BORE the
people reading it. Respect your fellow consumer and respect their rights. Once you are effective at doing
this you can further sell your message.
Another key message that I got directly from you is how to effectively get someone to the point of buying
more efficiently through direct mail and all correspondence. What I mean here is, you say when someone
first starts out looking to buy something their knowledge on the topic may be limited. Ie when looking to
buy a stock market educational package for example.

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At the beginning the consumer is a little daunted by all the information they have to contend with. As they
progress further from asking different questions and speaking to a number of people they start to get a
feeling for what they want and the type of service they are looking for. Usually it will get to a point of
extreme research where they know more than all the various sales reps (usually after several weeks!).
Your concept of fast tracking their learning experience has been invaluable. I have been able to write
effective copy (copy that isnt boring!!!) that explains the ins and outs of what they are buying. Through
my informative service I am able to get them to a clear buying decision much earlier than I have been able
to previously. In almost all of the cases the consumer doesnt need to see the competitors as they feel at
home with our professionalism.
This enables me to close more effectively. And when I say close I mean the customer is simply in a
position to buy much earlier than before. In effect I am not closing but I am simply facilitating their
individual needs. This massively takes away the selling pressure that most people in this industry have to
contend with.
There have simply been a huge number of ways that our business has been able to benefit from your
teachings Jay and to say the least one would be lost without it. I would definitely have to say that you just
have to get your hands on Jays work.
The increase in the bank balance isnt as important as the increase in confidence, the knowing as to how
many leads are going to be coming in the door next month. The knowing of how many leads you are going
to convert. Knowing that all follow ups are systemized and creative enough to continue to get results long
in to the life cycle of the client. Knowing that the database is set up to be profitable and how to effectively
work the database to its maximum efficiency.
Basically the biggest benefits are the decrease of stress from running a business, the increase in self
confidence, the ability to assist more people to make an earlier buying decision taking the pressure of all
involved. There are just too many benefits to name.
Thanks Jay, it is a great relief to know of someone who has achieved massive results and is willing to share
the ideas and strategies of how to achieve incredible personal and business success.
Thanks and best wishes.
Ashley Jessen.
Director of Marketing and Sales

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24. Becky Morris

----- Original Message ----From: Becky Morris
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 9:56 PM
The one strategy I've used is to become a recognized leader in my field, "to become an expert".
There are only a handful of companies like mine that sell assistive devices. I looked for a way to
stand out from the other companies and after researching our trade journals, I realized only a few
professionals wrote about these products.
My goal was to become a recognized leader in two separate professions that use my products. I
felt that by presenting at regional and national conferences, I would be able to become
recognized and add the conference to my resume. I began with a regional conference and then
submitted for a national conference.
After speaking there, an editor from a magazine approached me to submit an article; just because
I had presented at this conference. Now I had a published article in one trade journal.
I looked for other strategic regional and national conferences and my proposals were accepted
based on my past presentations. Other journal articles followed.
I did not receive payment for these presentations. I attended the conferences at my expense.
I've spoken at 3 international conferences and several regional conferences over the past 4
years.
I've aggressively networked and publized my speaking engagements to the two professional
groups I serve. Presenters at national conferences do not get paid. However, I've been able to
negotiate free/reduced fee exhibit space at the regional conferences and have also received
honorariums at some of those events. An estimated savings of about $3000.
My picture and bio have appeared in each program book where I've presented, several
conference books have included articles by or about me. And I've written 4 additional articles
because of my experiences. These are paid articles, only $600 additional income. But my
resume includes all of them.
Based on the 'recognized leader in my field' status, I've received additional free advertising about
the company, and subsequently have added 15 new dealers to my program in two years, directly
from the free advertising.
Prior to setting my goal, I also performed 1and 2 day trainings at a rate of $200/day for the
second profession I serve. After two years I raised the price to $300, then $500 and now $700 a
day plus all shipping and expenses related to the travel. The price will increase to $1200 in 2003.
I only perform two-three trainings a year because of my schedule.
I also perform assessments and provide reports. They used to be free, but with my status now, I
charge $75/report and bring in about $8000/year on these reports.
Both of these fields are comprised of professionals who rely on word of mouth before committing
to anything. They are fairly tight-knit groups and it can take 3 years before a commitment is
made. Both fields are comprised of masters or doctorate professionals. I am not a member of
either field, but am recognized as an expert based on my experiences.

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Summary
My goal was to attain the status of a recognized leader in my field. I started this goal 4 years ago.
My strategy was to speak at regional and national conferences to build credibility. An outcome of
becoming a presenter was the opportunity to write articles for trade journals. This further built my
credibility.
I have attained this recognition with no advertising costs, or tremendous length of service in either
field (average length of service is 15-20 years). I'm not accredited or a peer in either field. I
started the company 9 years ago.
I now only speak at conferences where I can negotiate exhibit space. I only perform 3-4 trainings
a year for a fee, because I choose not to travel more.
The reporting service fee tripled in two years because of my status. I've been asked to contribute
several articles next year in a publication.
My product sales went from $70,000 year to over $250,000 in the past four years. My dealer
program started two years ago, and has gone from 8 dealers to 50. I've spent $3000 in 4 years
for advertising (all in the last year) to take advantage of advertising my presenter/exhibitor status
in conference issues.
My resume now reads, 'a recognized leader in the field, an international speaker and noted
technical trainer and published author in the field of assistive devices'. It includes 2 pages of
workshop presentations in the past 4 years. My company ranks 5th in the nation for our small
industry.
The success I have achieved started with my goal to set myself apart, develop a USP, become
an expert in my field to quickly build my credibility and become recognized. This was just one
strategy I've used to position my company.
Company Names: Effective Communication Solutions, Inc. and BeyondHearingAids.com
Distributor of assistive technology for people with hearing loss. Primary customer is the
professional who provides direct services to these individuals. Products include amplified
telephones, TV listeners and other products that can be used with or without hearing aids. (I am
not a licensed hearing aid dispenser and do NOT sell hearing aids).
Assistive devices have only a 30-40% mark-up from wholesale to retail. Average product retail
cost is $180-$800.
I have one assistant and one part-time contractor.
Becky Morris
859-371-9203

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25. Ben Wagner

----- Original Message ----From: Ben Wagner
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:39 PM
The Jay Abraham idea that has made the biggest difference in my lease
auditing business is testing the mailings I send out. Once I
understood that I needed to test my mailings, I added a headline at the
top of the letter I had been using. This alone increased my rate of
getting appointments 150%, and the number of appointments who became
clients increased 20%.
This one simple idea has made a great difference in getting clients.
Ben Wagner
Wagner & Wagner

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26. Beverly Yates

----- Original Message ----From: Beverly Yates
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:43 AM
Hello Jay and Abraham friends!
I had a natural medicine practice in Portland, OR from 1997-1999. When I started the practice, the patient
flow was average, gross revenue was average and net profit was average. I attended the ULMRL program
for two years and the way I do business and serve my patients is forever transformed. For me, it was a real
eye opener to find out how to be super successful in business and ethical and honest at the same time.
I employed two techniques I learned from Jay and had wonderful results.
The first technique was to only accept patients who had been referred by other patients or colleagues. No
exceptions. If someone was not referred, then I suggested (up front) other colleagues who might be helpful
to them if they needed ideas about whom else to see. I only served those who understood what services my
clinic offered and understood that their health results ultimately depended on their willingness to take care
of themselves.
The second technique was to ask current patients for referrals, and to do it at the time of first visit and
whenever they had a health breakthrough - "You are always welcome to refer other people you care about
to our clinic so they can find out how we might help them." Or a similar statement requesting referrals
when appropriate as their experience at the clinic progressed. The new patient Welcome Letter also
discussed referrals, saying that if the patient was happy with our services please tell their loved ones and
friends, if the patient was dissatisfied for any reason please tell me so we can respond to the problem.
My practice was all cash, no insurance or other third party reimbursement. I kept two patient slots open at
all times for people who could not pay full fees at the time of service, whether it was because they had lost
their job, had extraordinary debt burdens or whatever else had tanked their cash flow. This simple gesture
generated a lot of good will. Many doctors and other health practitioners are afraid to offer reduced fees or
sliding scale fees because they know some people will abuse their kindness and lie about their ability to
pay. I found that having a referral-only practice eliminated the scam artists up front, as people who had
been referred by someone else under our care did not want to look bad in front of the person who referred
them as a liar and a cheat. As time went by, it became common for people to come in who were referred by
2 or 3 different patients. It was phenomenal. I had no uncollected debts from patients at all.
Extra special to me was the outpouring of generosity in my direction. As people got their health back, they
began to paint, write, do photography, etc. I got numerous gifts and cards from my patients or their loved
ones, all expressions of their thanks that mean more to me than any revenues. Practicing this way was truly
"win-win" for everyone. I am now at home raising my young child with another on the way and plan to
return to practice in 2005.
So, for the specifics:
1. Gross revenue increased over a 12 month period by 400% and maintained at that level until I sold
the clinic.
2. Appointment schedule ran so full that I extended my office hours into the early morning and
evening hours and still had to shoehorn people in to the time slots available.
3. Net profit increased by 500%, in part because the clinic schedule was more predictable and
therefore we could order supplies and special medicines at a discount.
4. Back end opportunities soared. Patients loved that any specialty medicines, supplements or other
supplies could be sent to them on a monthly basis at their convenience, they did not have to drive

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to the clinic to pick up these items. These items were paid for in advance so my clinic had no
financial risk. In some cases I could buy items in bulk at a discount, thus increasing my profits
and making it easy to offer reduced cost to those patients who were in financial dire straits. This
way they could continue their supplements as needed and it didn't cause my clinic any financial
difficulty to make this possible.
5. As a naturopathic physician (ND), I loved how the practice evolved. As the clinic got busier, it
got more efficient and treatments remained effective. I found I really enjoyed working on the
business instead of just in the business. When I did a patient survey and people shared great
feedback that they loved the convenience of services and knowing that they were receiving true
health care and not just disease management. They enjoyed referring the people they care about to
my clinic. It made them feel like they had done something good for someone else.
6. In the midst of all this growth, I cut back my office hours to accommodate time for writing my
first book and a weekly live call-in radio show, "Natural Health Talk". Patient care, revenue,
profits, and my personal satisfaction remained the same.
7. I used no advertising of any kind, not even so much as a flyer to promote my practice.
8. Before using Abraham techniques, I had 1 or 2 new patients a week. While using Abraham
techniques, I had 2 or 3 new patients a day on average, sometimes more.
9. It became easy to provide group educational classes to reinforce taking care of one's health.
10. Patient base was quite diverse, from CEOs to college students to electricians to homemakers to
retirees.
11. Staff: There was 1 part-time employee, 1 independent contractor and an office manager.
12. It was fun to run my clinic this way! What a joy to be of service to others and get what I want
from my business.
OK, that's it in a nutshell. I hope someone can make good use of what worked so very well for me.
Best regards,
Dr. Beverly Yates, ND

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27. Bill Oliver

----- Original Message ----From: Bill Oliver
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:31 AM
Jay,
Here is a testimony - measurable, but unfortunately not provable as you will see. Hope it still makes me
eligible for your book of testimonies! I would REALLY appreciate it.
I agreed to help a Russian Bride agency on a results basis. It was a hobby business with about 10 clients
per year @ $3,500 each. I applied your principles to create a Lead Generation System including mailer. (I
actually learned the principles through Peter Sun, Brad Sugars, Mal Emery etc- but I realize now you were
a prime source along with John Caples, Claude Hopkins, Gary Halbert etc! I consider you the present Jedi
Master of Marketing!). The LGS more than quadrupled the new leads coming in almost immediately.
They got 24 new contracts @ $5,000 each in 6 months.
Unfortunately, the business owners sabotaged their own business through 'value subtracting' (hidden
expenses which made the customers livid). The sales manager - a real value adder - exposed their practices
to the customers and none of them completed their contracts after the initial deposit!
Bill Oliver

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28. Billy Stewart

----- Original Message ----From: Billy Stewart
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:28 AM
Jay
I have been a 'fan' for the past few years and I have used your
materials on so many occasions for my benefit and the benefit of my
clients. As you always say - It's all about them, not about you.
Here are some specifics that I have used with the resultant benefits:
1 Risk reversal
I have used risk reversal exclusively and have seen my conversion ratio
go from 1 in 6 to 1 in 2. There was a steady increase till I got to
the point of converting 1 in 2 but the other principal you use about
testing was put into use here.
I have also used this in selling to at least 6 different industries and
it worked each and every time. I have no reason to believe it will not
work in every industry if applied correctly.
When I started using risk reversal I said to myself that to improve it
I would have to measure the 'key critical areas'. This I did and my
testing told me where to go back and tweak my offer to receive the best
result.
2 Joint Ventures
I have conducted many, many joint venture in recent years that I have
now even written a book about them and I do seminars to teach my
system.
Although this is somewhat proprietary a lot of the ideas are similar to
yours and I have made over $16,000 dollars in one such venture in as
little as three days.
3 Using you as an example
Often it is difficult to get people to believe that 'this wacky idea'
will work so a lot of the time I use you and your work as an example.
This quickly gets peoples minds turned around and they can see the
possibilities a lot quicker than if I have to educate them using all of
my own time, skill and expertise. This has saved me literally
thousands of dollars over the past year alone (at least $6,000) - Why
re-invent the wheel?
I hope this is of benefit to you and you may use the above comments in
any way you see fit for your own purpose.
Regards

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Billy Stewart
Premier Consultants

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29. Bob Bettaglini

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Battaglini
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 3:50 PM
Hi Jay,
Here is my story.
First let me say that I am a HUGE fan of yours. Thanks for all your hard work and effort. I own a
small pavement maintenance business with many happy customers. Things were slow, so I
employed a few things that you teach such as:
1.

I sent out a mailer to most of my existing customers telling them it was time to have their
driveways sealed again. The results were pretty great, 20% had me come out to check
out their project (and most of them bought).

2.

I begun to treat my clients as friends instead of just a source of money. Friends will refer
you more clients and are much better references than people who you just do work for.

3.

I raised the level of quality of my work, making sure that every client was very happy with
their work

4.

During my sales calls, I TEACH my prospects all I can about my line of work, and how
method (which is quite a bit more expensive than most of my competitors) actually saves
them money in the long run.

5.

And the best part is that I do not look at my business as a just another commodity, but as
a one of a kind proprietary and this mind set has brought me tens of thousands of dollars
that I other wise would not have gotten.

All in all, Jay's material has made me a better business person and I recommend his products
with out any reservations.
Thanks Jay,
Bob Battaglini
221 Robble Ave
Endicott, N.Y. 13760

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30. Bob Concoby

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Concoby
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:28 PM
Dear Jay,
Thanks for your email.

Here's my testimonial...

A while back, I received several letters from Jay Abraham about his
marketing training sessions. The letters themselves were excellent
training. I used the techniques Jay touched on in his letters in my
sales ads for telecommunications products. My sales manager bought ads
that were 3 times larger than mine, and got 1/3 the response. So my
smaller ads, written using Jay's techniques, saved me 66% in costs, and
got 3 orders for every 1 that my manager got.
That convinced me to go to Jay's personal training class, and like Jay
said, got a Eureka moment sometime around 2:00 a.m. Thursday morning
that revolutionized my life. The lesson: write ads from the customer's
viewpoint, load them with benefits, and above all, make it interesting.
I started in the advertising end of the business, writing direct mail
promotions. At first, it was tough going as my bosses poo-pooed Jay's
ideas, and made me write promotions their way. But the results were
lackluster - I averaged only $36,000.00 per year in royalties using
their methods. Response rates averaged 2% plus a fraction, profit per
piece mailed was in the 30-cent range.
But then I wised up. Without their knowledge I ran a test of Jay's
way, and paid for it out of my own pocket. I had to know the truth.
Jay's way won. Big.
So big that I said goodbye to that job, opened my own business, and
make more money than I thought possible.
I've been using Jay's techniques for several years now in the direct
mail business. I remember Jay saying that his techniques were so
powerful, you could get better results in less time.
That's true.

Here's more proof.

One of my associates doesn't use Jay's techniques. He writes direct

mail packages the old-fashioned way, and they generate $.21-.38 profit
per piece mailed.
My packages do better - much better. My last mailing did $2.21 profit
per piece mailed. That's profit, after all the mailing expenses have
been recovered.
Same mailing costs, same mailing schedule, but for the same work and
effort I make 6-10 TIMES as much money as he does. So I don't have to

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work as hard or as long to make the same money. Jay's ideas literally
bought me another lifetime of extra time. I can play, volunteer or
goof off with all that extra time and not lose a penny while doing it.
The direct mail industry talks about response rates in the 1% range.
never get below 3.4%, and the last mailing got a 4.8% response rate.
Sounds to me like the direct mail pros ought to listen to Jay a bit
more. They'd be better off for it.

So now I work easy weeks, take several vacations, make much more money
than I did working for someone else, and I never miss my kids recitals,
games or horse shows.
Never.
And I couldn't have done it without Jay's ideas and motivation.
Sincerely,
Robert Concoby
President
Newman Corporation
A Direct Mail sales company
18,000 customers and growing
Note: All the above statements are true and verifiable. You have my
permission to use this testimonial in your promotional and marketing
endeavors.

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31. Bob Logan

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Logan
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 12:54 PM
I wrote one then I took it off, and didn't send it to you because.......I could not tell you how much
money I made, but it is a large sum of money, and I guess worry about bragging about it being so
good.
But your programs have helped me so much in my business and my life.
I have read every thing I can get my hands on that you have wrote or put on tape, and have
learned from it all, and it has helped my business grow. I am now publishing a magazine, books,
and videos, in my world of expertise. I have spent many years in the horse business, and as a
horse trainer and rancher, your information has taught me to get out of the box, that most
ranchers are taught to live in.
And that is don't trust a salesman.....but I know I can trust you, Jay. You are the very best their
is. I have learned so much, I first started getting your information in the 1980s. And my life and
income changed, and has been up and is still going up.
And don't let them fool you, ranching is not the the place to make a lot of money, it is the place to
go and have fun after you made a lot of money.
Thank You Jay You Have Helped Me Become A Richer Man
Bob Logan

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32. Bob Van Ginkel

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Van Ginkel
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 3:55 AM
Dear Jay L. Abraham,
Here is my success story of upside leverage & exponential business growth. Four years ago a started
working at a pub called Caf Flater at Oudegracht 140, Utrecht, the Netherlands. In half a year time I
became the manager of this pub. Half a year ago I quit working there. What happened in the meanwhile?
Which of the nine drivers of upside leverage & exponential business growth did I use? And what were the
results by using them? I put it down in the following writing:
How can one turn a medium range pub in a top-level one?
Utrecht is the fourth biggest city of the Netherlands. The city is known for its high student population.
That is the reason there is a highly developed pub culture in Utrecht. The competition between the pubs
and thus the owners is harsh. At the time I became working at the pub, Caf Flater was a medium range
pub, mostly visited by students doing one and the same education (journalism and communication
management). The owner was satisfied with the pub the way it was. He was a non-visionary man. The
size of the pub is around seventy square meters.
The first thing I did when I became the manager of the place was persuading the owner to formulate a
strategy. Together we formulated one and set up additional goals. We made sure that our goals were
specific, measurable, acceptable and realistic. From there on we knew were we were going. The way of ad
hoc steering the organisation was history. Policy and clear rules were made up and while the personnel
were sceptic at first, they felt better within the new situation.
The second thing I did was trying to get a more pluriform (more than one kind) customer visitors. I did that
buy doing some good marketing and personnel management. The Oudegracht, the street at which caf
Flater is located, is in the middle of the city centre, surrounded by the main clothing stores of Utrecht. Buy
doing some direct mail at the clothing stores I managed to get people in with money in there pocked and
looking great. I addition I looked for student environments with a lot of girls in it. Girls are the
moneymakers for a pub; they attract the boys who want to impress girls by being the big spender. By
setting one of the girls to work in the pub, I made sure all here female friends were there. Rapidly Caf
Flater became the place every modern student in Utrecht wanted to be.
The third and very important thing I did was getting acquainted with my competitors. I looked for a few
pubs with which we could have a good relationship with, and not loosing anything of our marked share
(pubs that stay open for a longer time, pubs that serve food, etc.). I did that by putting together a field
hockey team (the most popular sport done by Dutch students) filled with pub owners and pub managers.
From up this point we were sending customers to each others pubs. Everyone was talking positive about
the other ones business. But at that time Caf Flater already was one of the most popular pubs of Utrecht,
resulting in even more steady customers.
The last big thing I created was a mentality change by my personnel. A customer was no longer a person
who came to spend his money, but became a family member sitting, dancing and consuming in our shared
living. When a person came back a second time, he was being recognised. People felt they were special.
To summary, the drivers of upside leverage & exponential business growth I used were, in the following
order, strategy, business model, marketing and relationships, all under my ideology of doing business. By
using these drivers I turned a medium range pub into one of the finest top-level bars of Utrecht. The results

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doubled in the time working at Caf Flater (prices and turnaround went up, costs, losses etc. went down)
and a lot of tears were shared, not only by the owner and the personnel, but also by a lot of customers, at
my goodbye party.
I hope this writing can and will be helpful for shared mindset members. At this time I am setting up my
own business in the Internet branch.
Good luck to all of you.
Name of the company:
Address:
Postal number:
Country:
Telephone number:
Internetsite:

Caf Flater
Oudegracht 140
3511 AZ, Utrecht
The Netherlands
+31302321728
www.cafeflater.nl

Name of the author:

Address:
Postal number:
Country:

R.H. van Ginkel

Maliebaan 31
3581 CC, Utrecht
The Netherlands

My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my

testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavours.

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33. Bob Wolfe

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Wolfe
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:10 PM
RE:

Dream Customers Concept

We sell capital equipment to the Plastic Industry as Agents for

International Manufacturers.
We learned in the Jay Abraham "Marketing for Your Eyes Only" some years
ago that "your easiest sell is your current customer". Having applied
that for the past several years we felt it was working well - with many
USA and Canadian customers having multiple plastic machines in their
manufacturing plants. We were searching for a way to improve our
effectiveness. The concept of "Dream Customer", as expounded by Chet,
has helped us to see a company with multiple facilities as a single
entity and focus on the effort it requires.
Summary of our Approach:
1) Define "Dream Customer" (keep it very simple)
a) Need for our product
b) Potential for multiple purchases (over $500,000 per year)
c) Financial stability
2) Key Elements in Approach
a) Be scrupulously transparent and fair on pricing
b) Give service "beyond expectation", if possible
c) Visit all locations with potential for this equipment (understand
their need!)
d) Answer concerns (safety, payback, quality) of Managers with
approval authority
e) Establish rapport with one key "point man" for this company
3) Implementation: Selected a company that met the criteria in 1. In
this case, already had multiple machines in service.
a) Strengthened ties with Approval Managers.
i) Visited home office with Principal and alone (multiple
visits)
ii) Established with Management a suitable "Point Man"
iii) Offered recommendations and payback information
iv) Volunteered to visit plant sites and provide specific
recommendations good return on expenditure.
b) Strengthened ties at Plants with potential.
i) Increased phone contacts with those already in communication
ii) Visited two plants (as customer thought best) with Point Man
to study details of needs.
iii) Revised quotation as mutually agreed to best meet their need.
iv) Pursued frequently and in detail any and all possibilities
with Point Man.
v) Negotiated with Principal an attractive discount for multiple
purchases with in a six month period.

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4) Results: Too early to report actual but as of cut off date for
report (August 2):
a) Today was promised orders "next week" for two machines (exceeding
$400,000)
b) Was advised that their Management meeting (one week ago) charged
the Point Man to get machines "more & sooner". Authorized five
plants to be included in plan.
c) Conservatively expect five machines in next six months to exceed
$1,000,000.
R. W. Wolfe
Action Industries Inc.
P.O. Box 148, Vernon, Ct. 06066
Tel. 1(860)872-4660 Fax. 1(860)872-7574
Serving the Plastics Industry with Candor,
Integrity and Equipment that adds Profitability

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34. Brad Burt

-----Original Message----From: Brad Burt
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:36 PM
Dear Carl:
I'll tell you a rather neat Abraham success story. Approx. two and half years ago I became very, VERY ill.
Was rushed by my wife to the emergency room, etc. I obviously survived, but the travail of seeing my
doctor twice a week for months and then to once a week, I frankly did very little on my business.
What little I could do I did, but the business suffered and I am many tens of thousands of dollars in debt
and really just coming up to full functioning. The medication takes a toll also, but keeps me stable.
Here is the neat thing: I had set my business up using an almost totally Abraham approach and for the last
two years EVEN with the bleeding of money we still are in business, coming back strong as I spend more
time again paying attention to what needs doing, etc. I truly DO credit what I have learned from the
numerous products that I have gotten from Jay for this. I have a brilliant guy working for me full time, who
has severe Attention Deficit Disorder. Because of this he has degraded (not purposefully) many of the
systems that were in place....EVEN with this, the business continues to make enough money that if we just
stayed the same my family and I would be ok for a couple of more years.
God willing the illness will remain mostly under control and the prognosis is for a full recovery so I am not
all worried that in time I will be in full profit again, out of debt and flying forward. At that time I hope to
avail myself of the P.E.Q. course and all it many benefits.
From Jay I learned: System and structure, value of a customer for life and benefits of what I sell. I learned
that a business model set up to help folks get what they want out of what I sell will ensure that they come
back for more. It works. Where have I failed over the last two years.....Well, it is a biggie. I write good
copy. In my industry maybe even great copy and I like to do my own mailings. I simply have failed to
reach, to contact my LIST enough! If I could tell people in business just one thing that would be it: Get a
list of your customers and contact them at least four times a year. Time to go and get back to work.
Wishing you all the very best of life,
Brad Burt
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858-571-4749 Info Line; 800-748-5759 Orders
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35. Bradley Oaster

----- Original Message ----From: Bradley Oaster
To: Jay L. Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:58 PM

HARVESTIME
Maximizing Ministry Momentum by Eliminating Growth
Barriers
Harvestime

is a Christian organization, offering strategic planning services to

Christian churches throughout the United States. Harvestime is centrally located in
Colorado Springs, Colorado and has provided its specialized services to Christian
ministries for the last twenty-two years. During this time, Harvestime has
developed a unique and proven system for guiding church clients through the
complex process of developing long range Strategic Ministry Plans (SMP) and
Campus Development Plans (CDP). The SMP is designed to focus ministry
resources by identifying purpose, mission, vision, core values and strategies. The
SMP includes a BHAG! (A Big, Harry, Audacious Goal) The CDP is designed to
identify and eliminate barriers, maximize ministry momentum and lead the church
to the fulfillment of all ministry objectives.
Harvestime is neither an architectural firm nor a construction company.
Harvestime guides church clients through the complicated maze of long
range planning and facility expansion. By limiting this activity to consulting,
Harvestime side steps any and all liability issues that typically accompany
the architectural community and the construction industry.
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Harvestime exists to help our church clients maximize their ministry momentum
by eliminating barriers standing between their current reality and the fulfillment of
their God given potential for reaching the lost, and impacting their communities.
Barriers often include a lack of resources such as facilities, land, money and staff.
In addition, ministries can suffer from a lack of community awareness, focus,
prayer support, unity and vision.
At Harvestime we work with church clients across the United States to develop
pro-active plans for ministry growth and expansion. These plans are based on 22
years of our own experience, along with the combined experience of more than one
hundred past clients. By eliminating growth barriers and planning in advance for
future challenges, church growth can accelerate freely, without the normal
limitations that often hinder ministry growth.
The services offered by Harvestime are in high demand among growing Christian churches in America.
There exist today, more than 400,000 churches in the United States. Between 4,000 and 5,000 build new
facilities each year. It is estimated that in addition to these, an additional 10,000 to 12,000 churches that
need to do something, but dont know where to start. Many churches are taken advantage of by real
estate brokers, architects, builders, lenders and others due to their lack of experience in the field of
property development. Church development (facilities or strategic planning) is not taught in seminaries.
The F. W. Dodge company that tracks construction issues across the county reports that 60% of all church
projects built this year are 30% over budget at the time of bidding! Churches across America have been
crying out for professional guidance and direction in this area for decades and now. God has
commissioned Harvestime to answer that call and Harvestime has been doing that for more than twenty
years.

How Harvestime was built

You can have a great product or service but if nobody knows about it.you starve!
After receiving information from Jay and reading his material, I started a marketing plan that in a short
period of time turned Harvestime into the #1 developer of church facilities in the USA. With what I call
the Muhammad Ali school of marketing (climb to the highest point you can find and then scream to the
world about how great you are!), I used these steps to build Harvestime:
1.
2.
3.
4.

I identified my primary target churches in the USA with 1000 or more attending each week
I developed Focus on Facilities, the Harvestime newsletter that goes out four times a year to
our target market
The newsletter details my projects, the success of my clients and it gets my name out to 8000
churches on a regular basis
Focus on Facilities has made Harvestime the most sought after church developer in the country

The response is overwhelming. Since the publication of the first issue of Focus on Facilities, my
consulting rate per project has gone from $18,000 up to $60,000 and I now have to turn down work!

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36. Brady Flower

----- Original Message ----From: Brady Flower
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 12:01 AM
Jay,
For the past six years, I have been a distributor (retailer) for a
company that sells reusable hot and cold packs through mall carts and
kiosks (some people think of them as booths or stands.)
A successful mall cart can generate over $100,000 in sales, and $30,000
in profits, during a single Christmas season. I have operated these
carts at the retail level for the last six years in the Minneapolis/St.
Paul Twin Cities area.
Two years ago, in 2000, the national office of the company whose
products we distributed asked if my partner and I could share some of
what we were doing with their other distributors.
Their business at the national level had tapered off.
efforts to find and retain distributors.

Especially their

Distributors that followed the systems provided by the national office

were usually successful. However, very few followed the systems the
national office prescribed initially and even fewer stuck around long
enough to experience the type of profit possible.
They were losing distributors faster than they were adding them.
we help?

Could

After reading your book, I had all kinds of ideas. I focused on how we
could apply your "Three Ways to Grow a Business" model.
How we increased the number of distributors nationally:
We suggested a new referral program that ultimately that helped
increase the number of distributors 80%, from 51 in 1999 to 92 in 2000.
The program helped increase sales to distributors over 100% within six
months of introduction, from a little over $1.2 million, to just over
$2.5 million.
At the time, the manufacturer provided a $500 bonus to distributors who
referred new distributors to them. They did not emphasize the program.
It was communicated almost as an afterthought. Very few distributors
referred anyone.
At the time, distributors were given first-right-of-refusal to open
locations in other malls in their metro area. Distributors often did
not want to "invite" competition into their market. They felt they
might "lose" the chance to open and profit from other malls in their
locale.

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The main method the company had for acquiring new distributors was to
place business opportunity ads in Entrepreneur Magazine. Analysis of
past efforts showed that it cost them on average, $2000 per each new
distributor. Dealers stayed 1.2 years on average.
We convinced the manufacturer to increase (reluctantly) the referral
bonus they paid to dealers. We suggested instead of a static, one-time
bonus, they change to an ongoing, perpetual referral bonus. A dealer
who referred a new distributor would receive 10% of whatever amount the
new distributor purchased for as long as both they, and the new dealer
remained active.
Furthermore, we suggested that instead of providing a cash bonus, they
pay the 10% bonus in the form of merchandise credit. For the dealer
selling the products, the credits were as good as cash. They were
going to order the product anyway.
Under the new bonus system, a dealer would receive four times the
previous bonus, in the first year alone. And they would then continue
to receive an ongoing bonus for the life of the new dealer.
We reasoned that an active dealer would be much more likely to refer
someone else that might infringe on their territory, if they received
an ongoing benefit in return. Furthermore, it would be in their best
interest to help train, advise and guide the new dealer to help
preserve the ongoing referral bonus.
We also reasoned that an existing dealer would become much more
committed once they started receiving the credits. They would not want
to lose the advantage they gained.
The manufacturer could provide the credits at what they perceived was
their production cost. Their production cost was about 40% of dealer
cost. The average dealer purchased $23,144 in 1999. So their "hard",
they reasoned, would be only 4% of the referral orders or $925.66 if
the order amounts remained the same. (4% x $23,144 = $925.66.)
The "hard" cost of acquiring new dealers was much less than the cost of
dealers acquired from the Entrepreneur Magazine ads. And, they only
paid the referral bonus as long as both distributors were active.
The manufacturer agreed to the ongoing bonus of 10%, paid in
merchandise credit. The only exception was that in the first year,
they agreed to provide flat $2000 credit per new distributor referred
during the 2000 season and offer 10% on purchases after Jan. 1.
They wanted time to design a system for keeping track of the ongoing
credits. The ongoing credits would begin with January 2001 purchases.
Once the manufacturer agreed to the new referral system, called the
Affiliate Program, we wrote a 25-page manual that outlined a step-bystep method for finding new distributors that was based upon the
methods I had used in the past to find partners in Minneapolis. We
outlined an entire process for finding prospects, and turning those
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Included in the manual were the exact classified ads I ran in the
business opportunity section of the Sunday paper to find
partner/distributors. Also included were voice-mail scripts, telephone
scripts, follow-up schedules I used when speaking with prospects.
Provided were a series of forms we made up, that dealers could use to
organize their efforts, including prospect information sheets, followup sheets, newspaper contact information sheets.
We sent each dealer a kit with all the instructions and then offered to
walk them through the process by letting them listen to us speak with
their prospects the first few times via three way phone calls. Dealers
were offered "advertising territories" in their home area and areas
where no dealers existed. They retained a territory as long as they
were actively advertising in the business opportunity section of the
local Sunday paper.
The company added 41 new dealers in less than three months. The
program was responsible for an 80% increase in dealers, as compared
with 1999.
Almost all the gain could be attributed to the new referral program.
Total sales increased over 100% from just over $1.2 million to over
$2.5 million in less than six months.
The "hidden" benefit came in 2001. The retention rate was almost 400%
higher than the previous year. As a whole, existing dealers seemed
much more committed to the business. And returning dealers purchased
34% more, and sold 66% more than a first year distributor.
By adding the new referral program, we enlisted the existing dealer
bases help in finding new dealers. The result was a cheaper and more
effective method for acquiring new dealers.
The program excited the existing dealer base. They are now offered an
opportunity reduce their biggest expense, product, to zero - and double their profits in the process. The result has been a dealer base
that is more satisfied with, and more committed to the whole program.
How we Increased Frequency of Purchases:
Although the Christmas selling season was the primary method dealers
sold the company's products, my partner and I had made a lot of money
selling the products during the "off-season"(Jan-Oct.), at shows and
fairs. However, very few distributors sold in this manner as well.
We wrote another manual explaining the benefits of selling at shows and
fairs. In the manual, we presented a step by step approach for setting
up and selling at shows and fairs. We taught a session at the annual
training conference for new dealers on how and why to sell at shows and
fairs.
At our suggestion, the national office had someone call convention
centers, fairgrounds and other show venues to identify potential shows.
Emails were then sent to dealers with the basic show information
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We sent regular "tips" throughout the off-season via email offering

suggestions for making the most of shows and fairs. We also sent
"congratulations" emails to dealers after their shows and copied in the
entire dealer base.
We reasoned that if we guided dealers through the early stages of
setting up a show program, they would be likely to stick with it once
they understood how much money they could make.
We found once dealers realized how profitable the shows were, they
emailed information to us regarding shows they found - like computer
shows, dog shows, dental expos - shows, that also turned out to be very
profitable.
The emails we sent had another effect. In the past, dealers would
drift off to other things after Christmas. However, through the show
emails, the company was able to stay in touch with the dealer base much
better.
Even the dealers not participating in the show program, were interested
in hearing how others did.
The results of increasing the show programs were as follows. The 2001
non-Christmas sales increased over 1000% in 2001, as compared with
2000. The actual sales increased from about $50,000 to over $500,000.
Dealers ordered much more often once we showed them the significant
increase in profits they could accrue, and walked them through the
steps they needed to take to achieve the increased sales..
How we increased the average order size:
We found that the biggest obstacle preventing distributors to succeed
initially, was their resistance to learning the five-page sales script.
Once a dealer learned the script and used it, they typically did well
and made lots of money. The script had proven to sell the product.
But many new dealers never took the time to learn the script. As a
result, their sales staff did not learn it either. And they did not
have the success they could have otherwise. Many quite without ever
realizing the potential.
The company has a national training session that covers all aspects of
start up. Theoretically, dealers are supposed to learn the script
prior to attending the training session. In reality, virtually no one
learns the script ahead of time, deciding to wait until the conference
to start. Some dealers often put off earning the script to the extent
that they never learned it.
We suggested, and added a series of "Boot Camp" training sessions that
started two weeks after the first training in September, and ran every
week through the end of October. New distributors were to attend one
of weekend sessions in addition to the national training. In the "Boot
Camp" training sessions, new dealers came up to work on existing carts
in Minneapolis for a weekend.

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We started each session Friday at seven in the morning. We held a

meeting that replicated the breakfast meetings we suggested they hold
each week with their staff.
We proceeded to the mall to cover opening procedures. We then spent
the rest of the morning in classroom sessions, going over how to train
their staff on the script. We went over drills that we had used
successfully and broke the script done section by section and explain
the reason why.
After lunch, the dealers again went to the malls and spent the entire
afternoon and evening selling at the mall. They worked side by side
with existing dealers so they could learn by doing. We helped coach the
dealers.
By the time they left the training session on Sunday, if they didn't
know the script they at least understood the importance of it.
Folks that attended both training sessions, the national sessions and
the new "boot camp" sessions, made double the sales, and four times the
profit from their carts, on average.
The increased sales at the retail level, led to a much higher level of
purchases. The average distributor sold 13% more in 2000, compared
with 2001. And in the second year of the Boot Camp training sessions,
average dealer sales rose another 25.1%, even in the wake of 9/11.
According to a national trade magazine, this company was the only
national mall cart or kiosk program to increase average location sales
during the 2001 Christmas season. They featured the company on the
front page of an issue earlier this year.
By investing in better and more expansive training, and walking the
dealers step by step through training process, we were able to help
dealers become profitable quicker than ever in the past. We were able
to help dealers, who may have never made it otherwise, get through the
first few steps so that they could enjoy the profits on the other side.
These changes, that we suggested and helped implement, have been
responsible for $3+ million in extra sales in the last two years alone.
The best part is that all the gains now are building upon earlier gains
and the expectation is that the company will continue to grow.
***************************
We offered the suggestions for change based on thinking about the Three
ways to grow a business. And we were able to grow the business just as
you suggested.
As a result of my partner and my efforts, the company asked us to step
aboard as part owners of the company at the national level this last
year. In addition, it seems like we see opportunity everywhere we
turn. Thanks for taking the time to write down your ideas.
Brady Flower
The Comfort Zone
2001 National Sales: $3+ million
P.O. Box 582083

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Minneapolis, MN 55458
612-396-8572

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37. Bruce Caswell

----- Original Message ----From: Bruce Caswell
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturady, August 3, 2002 11:09 AM
Case Study from Bruce Caswell former Marketing Director at Ex-Or Limited
In 1995 we were a company selling to a single, quite small, niche market. In fact we used to say that we
sold to a niche market of a niche market. But the business was profitable and easy to come by and the
company made enough money to pay the wages and keep the directors in the manner to which they had
become accustomed. We never made anywhere near the money we could have, but we made enough.
Our niche was using a directly employed sales force to sell lighting controls to save energy for the public
sector. It was a classic diving-board situation.
However, things started to change and within a couple of years we were on the ropes. Our market become
competitive as competitors saw what we were doing and wanted some of it and then the budgets dried up.
To put this into perspective, we used to pick up 50% of our business in the first three months of the year,
and then spend the money waiting for the next year to come around. In 1996 and 1997 we did not get the
big first quarter and so we struggled for the whole year just to keep our heads above water. When 1998
came and we didnt get the business, the penny finally dropped that things had changed and we had better
take more seriously the task of finding different markets to sell to.
Fortunately, after I had listened to Jays PowerTalk interview, I had taken the Home-Study option for The
Ex-Factor in December 1996 and had been chipping away at a few ideas which would revitalize the
business. In July 1998 I was given the job of getting the company back on track.
We set up a number of foreign distributors, which, whilst not making a huge contribution to turnover, do
not require a lot of effort to support them.
Also, third-party arrangements with wholesalers and lighting OEMs selling the basic product range to their
own customer base which was different from ours.
We took on a number of commission-only agents, which worked extremely well - in some areas the
commission only salesmen out-sold the employed salesmen.
We developed a range of advanced products which enabled us to set up strategic partnerships with some
lighting OEMs. This was less profitable business but involved much less ongoing sales effort so the
reduced margin could be tolerated.
In addition to developing our own new products we added products from two other sources, by partnering
other organizations with complimentary technology and, in one case, buying a product range outright.
These new additions to the range gave us a more complete offering to be able to approach the specifiers and
consultants who were driving many of the larger projects with which we wanted to get involved.
And then we picked up the contractors as well when the equipment was being installed.
With regard to the financial aspects: The increase in turnover has not been as quick as the company would
have liked. The diversification in products and markets has made it more stable and provided a launch pad
for growth. However, the transition from diving-board to Parthenon is what saved the company from
almost certain demise.

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From a situation where over 80% of business came from one, diminishing source, the business is now much
more diverse with 25% coming from the old customer base, 30% from partner OEMs (it was zero) 20%
coming from overseas (up from about 10%), 15% from stockist wholesalers (up from zero) and 10% from
end-users. The commission-only sales agents generate business through the other channels, which is why it
doesnt show up as a separate figure.
The next stage in the development of the company could be for specialist sales people to have specific
responsibility for smaller segments of the companys markets.
As an important aside. One of the difficulties in creating a clear picture of what was going on and, indeed,
what is going on now, is a lack of clear, easy-to-use management data. The company accounts were run on
a rudimentary system, incapable of any real analysis. Management used to simply receive the total sales
broken down, manually, into sales by sales man. There was no break down by product or market sector
and because we couldnt measure it, we couldnt manage it. The looming crisis and the breakthroughs
would have been much easier to see with better quality management data a situation that has now been
rectified and better quality data will be available in the future.
However, when all said and done, the biggest breakthrough has been undoubtedly between my ears. I now
have the absolute certainty that nothing is as complicated as it seems, there is always a better way, if not
several better ways, and that it is a waste of a life not to demand the highest return from the investment in
your business. I look forward to many years of thinking non-linear thinking.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors.
Bruce Caswell
Marketing Director (former)
Ex-Or Limited
Ex-Or limited is a company turning over 3million and employing 20 people. Based in Merseyside, UK, it
designs, manufactures & markets lighting management systems.

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38. Bruce Wilson

----- Original Message ----From: Bruce Wilson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:05 AM
Dear Jay,
Five years ago I sold my pharmacy. I had lost my vision for where I wanted to take the business,
was burnt out and needed a break.
About a year ago while I was looking for a new business I came across your book and loved the
way you think you so much I keep the book on my desk permanently, never to be consigned to a
bookshelf.
Seven weeks ago I bought my second pharmacy. It is too early to share a success story with you
right now but here is what I have done already and what I am about to do.
First thing I did was put the prices up to what the market will stand and not to a simple formula of
x % markup. I couldn't believe my retail manager didn't know what a gross profit percentage was.
So I taught her. Then I wrote her a simple spreadsheet so she can calculate the profit
percentage at different selling prices. She understands now that something will sell just as well at
$19.95 as it will at $19.50. This alone should add at least 2% to our Gross Profit Percentage.
We can't put the prices up without doing something more for our clients. So we talk to them
more. We tell them about the products and how to get the most out of them and we make sure
that they are safe for them to use. We give them written information about the products. And if
we don't have any information we get it for them.
Secondly we have started systemizing everything. Standard Operating Procedures for everything
so we are consistent, logical and effective each and every time.
We are working hard on the appearance of the store. New lighting to German Auvlex fluorescent
lighting with a perfect natural light spectrum has made everything stand out crisply and clearly
with bright true colours. It is so much easier on our eyes too.
We have a regular, disciplined cleaning schedule.
We have not paid lip service to companion selling but have put companion products together side
by side on the on the shelf so we don't forget to do our job which is help our clients the most we
can.
I have bought new thin screens for our point of sale computers so there is more space on the
counter for our lady customers to put their bags. Enough space has been freed to allow us to put
more impulse lines on the counter.
I realize that before I have the quantum leap in sales success I need to do all the little things
really well. A lot of the effort so far has not paid off yet but it will as we become more efficient in
our administrative jobs so we can spend more time with our clients.
Next on the list is some repainting and new display material for our windows. Further down the
track is a serious focus on our written material and the quality of the copy. I have been thinking
some about that too and have started listening to myself when I sell to evaluate what words or
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I use it again and re-test it with a slight change in phrasing. Everything has become an
experiment where we test and test again.
The best thing though is that I am having fun again. The ideas are starting to flow quickly again
where once they had all dried up.
Please keep the emails coming. I do read them and am inspired by them and love hearing how
others make improvements in their businesses.
Thanks and best wishes,
Bruce Wilson
Strand Arcade Pharmacy

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39. Bryan Brandenburg

----- Original Message ----From: Bryan Brandenburg
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:45 PM
Dear Jay:
Early this year, my younger brother asked if I could join his network
engineering company in order to prepare him for a first round of
capital and eventually an exit strategy that would compensate us both
for our efforts. Since I was semi-retired at the time and mostly flyfishing I agreed to help out my brother and the father of my god son.
My CEO background growing high-technology companies allowed me to
stabilize the operations in the first 4-6 weeks in preparation to grow.
Analysis of the financials for the past 3 years revealed that the
company had reached a plateau of around $30,000 per month. The thing
that I had found interesting was the fact that this revenue rate was
maintained through the dot-com and technology bust. This was
promising. My strategy was to create process, automate and then grow
revenues with a firm foundation.
This was a perfect company to leverage the techniques I have learned
along the way, particularly from my marketing mentor, Jay Abraham. The
first thing I did was an analysis of the client marginal net worth. I
discovered I could easily spend $1,000 to acquire a new client, based
on the average revenues per client he had experienced over the last
three years. This was exciting. I then developed a permission
marketing pipeline that targeted warm prospects; referrals, etc. and
created a three-stage process that culminated with a one to two hour
security survey of the prospect's IT infrastructure. We told the
prospect this was a $250 value but cost less than $150 to orchestrate.
We then proceeded to convert almost 25% of the prospects, easily below
our cost target of around $1,000.
The next program we implemented was a client communication process
designed to extend the life of the relationship and reduce churn.
Thank you cards are sent to the client immediately following the
service. Client Satisfaction Surveys are included with each invoice.
Every client periodically gets a phone call, not to sell, but to check
in, make sure the system is performing properly. Volume per client has
already increased by 20% as well as referrals.
Speaking of referrals, we leveraged an Abraham technique with great
success. We sent a letter thanking the client for their business and
explained that we would rather spend our marketing dollars expanding
the quality of our services. We had determined that our best prospects
were people just like them and asked for a referral. We included a $10
coupon that they could apply to their next purchase with our company.
If they didn't want to give a referral, they could keep the $10. If
they really loved us they could write a letter of recommendation. For
that we promised to promptly send them a $50 coupon they could apply to
their next purchase. The response was tremendous generating almost 200

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very warm leads. We even got a couple of comments from the

client/business owners that they thought it was a very clever marketing
strategy.
Based on the Abraham philosophy we analyzed the super-set of products
and services that we had delivered to clients over the last year
against a matrix of current products and services that a client had
already received. If there was a potential to add backup or anti-virus
or VPN, we contacted our satisfied client to educate them of the
services and begin the sales process. We also educated the network
engineers to look for potential up-sell opportunities every time they
visited a client. They were trained to mention the product or service
need they identified and many times the client would give the go-ahead
right then.
We also implemented some sophisticated CRM procedures using Gold Mine
so that we could properly track and test our marketing efforts. We
systematically come up with several scripts, headlines for emails for
each campaign to determine which one has the best pull. This also is
used for client follow-up, birthdays and other procedures once we have
turned a prospect into a client.
I've spent a lot of time gathering intelligence on competitors. It's
clear to me that some of the systems we are developing could be
formalized and marketed to other network consulting companies outside
of our target market. We plan to do this by the end of the year.
I've appreciated the impact Jay Abraham has made on my understanding of
marketing. Since we started implementing these Abraham strategies, we
have increased sales every month for six months and have gone from
$30,000 to $50,000 per month in a flat market. The tools allow me to
enhance client satisfaction while increasing revenues, a very
attractive combination.
A raving fan,
Bryan Brandenburg
CEO
Network Solutions Int'l
(310) 314-7325
(310) 314-7326 FAX
14058 New Saddle Road, Suite 100
Draper, UT 84020
If you haven't gathered, we're a network consulting company. There are
currently 5 employees and about a dozen full- or part-time network
engineers.

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40. Carl Berger

----- Original Message ----From: Carl Berger
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 6:51 PM
As a senior in college, I had a few job prospects but nothing that
challenged me. I had already attended the eX! Factor in June 1996, but
found that I had not completely implemented the concepts that he had
taught us in marketing ourselves.
Using the Strategy of Preeminence, I attended the eX! Factor in
February 1997 with the intentions of finding a position. As the
youngest person in attendance of the seminar, I marketed myself as the
consultant who could help implement the Abraham ideas that small
business owners struggle to find time to implement. As you note along
with Michael Gerber, too much time is spent in the business rather than
on the business.
In finding a specific niche as a young (and relatively less expensive)
consultant with the Abraham mindset, I was able to secure three job
offers within the weekend, and later took a position as Director of
Business Development for an office supplier in the NY/NJ area.
The key to my success was what Jay teaches as process learning. It is
not enough to be intellectually stimulated...you need the repetition to
make the ideas become actions.
P.S. Your email did not deliver in time for me to make the deadline of
August 2nd. As a 2 time seminar attendee and regular promoter of your
work, I hope that you will consider this as part of the collection and
include me in your PDF file mailing. Thank you.

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41. Carol Ann Wilson

----- Original Message ----From: Carol Ann Wilson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:19 AM
August 12, 2002
Hi Jay,
One of your approaches that really worked for me was the risk reversal. I am the President of the
College for Divorce Specialists and we train financial professionals in the financial issues of divorce so that
they can better help their clients achieve an equitable financial settlement.
The price of our course is $1,255 to $1,895, depending on different discounts and whether they take the live
workshop or the self-study class. This leads to sticker shock for some people. But when we point out
our Money Back Guarantee, they become convinced to invest their money in this new venture and take the
class. They know that if it does not seem right to them, they will get a full refund.
Our guarantee reads like this: Money Back Guarantee. If you are not satisfied after receiving your
materials and before taking an exam, please notify us immediately for our return procedures to receive your
money back.
In the past 9 years, we have had about 1500 people sign up for our class and we have refunded tuition to 4
people in that time.
Sincerely,
Carol Ann Wilson, CFP, CDS
College for Divorce Specialists
6395 Gunpark Drive, Suite Y
Boulder, CO 80301
303-527-3193
www.carolannwilson.com

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42. Cathal Spelman

----- Original Message ----From: Cathal Spelman
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 3:14 AM
Dear Jay,
My best success story was my first attempt to use your material.
Back in 1996 I bought your "Money-Making Secrets." book. I paid about
$600, which was a lot of money to me at that time because I was as poor
as a church mouse.
The whole thing made a lot of sense to me and I read the book with
growing excitement.
At the time I had started out on my own in the decorative art business.
I had a lot of experience in selling, but none in marketing. So I
decided I would follow your guidelines and market some decorative art.
I found a beautiful old painting of the local landmark buildings. I
knew I could get it painted beautifully. I t was finding customers that
was the challenge.
So I approached the local monthly magazine about advertising. They
quoted me $1500 for a single sheet insert. That was a huge sum and a
huge risk for me.
Before deciding, I went away and wrote the salesletter according to
your book. I literally wrote the entire piece with your book open in
front of me.
I started with a headline, using the key words you talk about. Then a
beautiful photo with a selling caption as you said. Then I put loads
of details about what I was offering. I don't think anyone ever wrote
anything using so much of "you" and "your"!
Then I put in the offer. With a guarantee of course. And I finished
with a call to action which stressed urgency and scarcity. Then I put
a "Risk Free Reply Coupon".
Then I paid my $1500 and waited.
I needed at least four orders to even cover the expense of advertising.
It was nail biting stuff!
But I'll never forget the feeling when I opened the first letter to
find my coupon all filled out.
Then the faxes started to come in.
I ended up taking in about $7800 on that one ad!

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What more can I say.

Your ideas worked for me first time!

Warm regards,
Cathal Spelman.
Artworld.
Staff: One sales (me), one secretary, one framer.
USP: You've probably despaired to find a really nice Picture for your
new home. Especially if you are on a tight budget. Well, it doesn't
have to be that way anymore, because we've got real Oil Paintings to
show you. And they won't cost you any more than you are going to spend
on prints.
We have paintings from 115 different artists. These are highly talented
Oil Painters. You can get examples of every style from classical to
impressionist to modern abstract. You can see over 150 paintings at
any time. Plus, we have access to hundreds of other paintings at short
notice.
You can also choose from twenty different styles of frame to perfectly
complement your Oil Painting and your Home or office. We have 15 years
experience supplying quality affordable Oil Paintings to delighted
customers.
How to Transform your Living Room into a Gallery! The Oil Paintings
you will see are work of highly skilled fine art painters with decades
of dedication to their craft. Because we deal directly with art
studios and because the artists practice their craft for 40 hours a
week in the studio, we are able to pass considerable savings to you.
What that means to you is that you can get a genuine hand painted Oil
Painting for about the same as you could spend on a print in a
department store or gallery. What that really means to you is that you
can afford a striking Oil Painting for your home rather than a print.
Product: Decorative art. Copies of famous paintings. Portraits and
commissions.
Jay, you should find out about our family portraits.
stunning!

They are

Location: Ireland.

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43. Charri E
----- Original Message ----From: Charri E.
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:08 PM
Jay:
I was a supplier of coffee to restaurants, when the competition started taking away my accounts.
What I did, I told the restaurants that they could pay me with their services ( food bartering ).
Then I went to one of the local TV stations and exchanged the "barter food credits" for advertising
air time.
Sincerely,
Charri E.

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44. Chris Woolfolk

----- Original Message ----From: "Chris Woolfolk"
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:50 AM
Jay,
Hope this will be of interest.
Two of the distinctions that I gained from the PEQ was
1) Caring more about my clents.
2) Developing a deeper relationship, (selling them more).
I had been laboring under the idea that my influence was limited and
that the final decision was really up to the client. I realized that in
my computer support business, I gave solid rational advice with a take
it or leave it attitude, not insisting that they do the right thing.
Two areas that dawned on me was backups and virus protection. While
these are not very sexy topics they are a good indicator of mindset.
decided that it was not optional that my clients do the basics.

Visiting every client I scheduled a meeting to talk about those two

items, did a review of what they had and where they needed to be. I
added an online backup service to improve backups, researched
expiration dates on tapes and media and implemented a monthly virus
datafile update review.
During the meetings, they all squirmed and wanted to be too busy to
talk about these things. I made it clear that this was not optional to
do business with me and offered to help them find some other service
providers
They paused, stared at the ceiling and every single one did
the right thing.
This impacts my business by raising my monthly net cash flow by 10%
which will allow me to test some more marketing ideas (from Jay).
Thanks,
Chris Woolfolk
Woolfolk Systems, Inc.

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45. Christian Cares

----- Original Message ----From: Christian Cares
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 8:40 AM

Here is my case study:

About three years ago I quit my job working for a high-end international clothing retailer.
I was frustrated and tired that after working long hours for many years and producing
some amazing results I was still earning peanuts but I didn't know what to do about it.
I bounced around from jobs for a while until I found a tape collection from you. I was
hesitant at first to make the purchase - it was at a garage sale and it was not priced cheap.
But it talked about wealth and how to achieve it - unfortunately I am on holidays and I
don't have it with me... though I should have brought it!
In it the sessions gave suggestions on how to negotiate ideas within companies for greater
success. I thought about all the ideas I had created and how many of them profited
organizations I worked for yet netted me gift certificates.
I resolved to put into practice the ideas immediately. I called a competitor to the former
company I worked for - by this time I was no longer under any non-compete agreements
and expressed to them that I wanted to work for them for three months for a very low
salary, if they agreed I would put into place a program that would help them save near 1
million dollars in non-selling hours - I had done the math and already done some research
on the amount of hours a typical store would spend processing stock or merchandising. I
had already developed a program that creates a process for educing non-sell activities at
retail stores and then use these hours and redeploy them on the sales floor where they
have much more value.
They jumped at the idea, however I made one caveat, that if I pulled it off during this
period of time I would get a percentage of the savings over the next year. They hesitated
at first but I explained that I was in reality giving them 1 dollar back from money they
where throwing out the door and in exchange I wanted 15 cents. We agreed on 12 cents
and I got to work.
Three months later I resigned from the company despite their petitions for me to stay and
by the end of the year I made almost three times what I had made at my previous
employer without lifting another finger.
This happened two years ago and this year I am working at doing the same concept with
a computer retailer in a slightly different fashion. I have negotiated that if I begin a new
line of business with a recurring revenue model then on a monthly basis for the period of
5 years I will earn a small percentage of the net margin revenue personally whether or not

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I continue with the business. I am focusing on HotSpot technology (public wireless highspeed internet access - i.e. in Airport's, Hotels etc.) with a monthly subscription model. I
will certainly keep you posted on how it goes. I have yet to grow truly wealthy but at 27
years old I have a new perspective on working not just for a wage but intelligently for my
personal wealth growth. I just can't imagine what I will be able to accomplish once I
attend one of your seminars if I have already had some success with a couple of tapes!
Christian Cares
CSM Canada
403-212-0008 ext 303

I really look forward to getting the case studies from your other readers. I admire your
work and when people ask me who my mentor is I, for the past two years, have stated it
is Jay Abraham.

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46. Dale Hamlin

----- Original Message ----From: Dale Hamlin
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:02 PM
Name of Company: Carriage Park Associates, LLC
Type of Business: Land Sales
Length of time in business: 10 years
Primary market: retirees (generally from Eastern part of country)
Average lot price: $88,000
Average home value: $300,000
Historic annual sales approximately 30 per year
I wanted to boost sales so I wrote an informational book entitled "HOW TO FIND THAT PERFECT
RETIREMENT LOCATION."
We now offer that book free (29.95) to anyone who will agree to visit and take a sales tour. Have also
linked the website of the book with the development website.
Since doing this, the rate of sales has doubled.
Dale A. Hamlin

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47. Darrell Tyler

----- Original Message ----From: Darrell Tyler
To: The Abraham Group
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:35 AM
Advanced Solutions Data, Inc.
3914 Mt. Holly-Huntersville Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 236-8880
Contact Person: Darrell Tyler
Advanced Solutions Data, Inc (ASDI)
ASDI was formed in 1999 primarily to provide large mainframe businesses with effective software tools
that would quickly and accurately (98% errors captured and repaired), check their legacy code for Y2K
compliance. These mainframes used COBOL, PL1, Assembler and RPG. The owner and founder of
ASDI is Darrell Tyler.
My Story
Before starting ASDI, I was introduced to Jay Abrahams marketing materials in the early 1990s. At that
time, my experience in business had been managing a small $3.2 million dollar security operation for a
$125 million dollar parent company. Because of my desire to learn all I could about marketing, I started
purchasing Jays marketing materials.
Because of my successes in this business, even though I had never been to college, I was asked to move to
corporate and become their Sr. Marketing Manager. All of my direct reports were MBAs, college
graduates and those working on their college degree.
Within two years, trouble started brewing within the family of the family run organization and I decided to
go back out to the field. I was given the responsibility of the Western of North Carolina and all of South
Carolina. The security business there was only doing about 1.2 million dollars a year when I took
responsibility. Within a short period, after using Jays ideas on running a business (I had purchased his 3
volume set on how to run a business along with Your secret Wealth) I expanded this business to 5.2
Million within 5 years. However, this is just part of my story. . . . . .
In 1999, I was one of two individuals, in our organization, to be selected to help get our field offices ready
for Y2K. One day while driving to work, I listened to an individual being interviewed by one of our cities
talk show hosts, who said he had developed a software program that could find 98% of the errors in legacy
code used by large organizations. He had just been featured on the front page of USA Today (Money
Section) and had been successful with his software at several large banking institutions. After hearing this,
I wondered if he had anyone in the Carolinas selling his product. The only problem was . . . . I wasnt a
computer programmer and I didnt know anything about COBOL, Assembler, etc
Because I had read Jays materials and he had always said that we should push ourselves to success, I
decided to see what I could do.
I contacted the company and they asked what experience I had. I told them I didnt have any computer
programming experience, however, was excellent in marketing. I told them I would fax to them my
accomplishments and give a brief description of what I felt I could do for them.

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They contacted me back within 3 days and asked me to fly to their corporate office. After meeting with
them for two days, I signed an Independent Contractors Agreement with a 25% commission on anything I
sold. I would never have had the guts to do something like this if I had not been reading Jays material.
To make a long story short, in a very short period and with very little knowledge of their product, I was
able to sell $205,488.65 worth of software. This amounted to $51,372.16 dollars in commissions. Also,
this was all done while still running the other business for the parent security company.
Thank you Jay for sharing your ideas and helping me succeed in the businesses Ive been involved with.
Sincerely,
Darrell Tyler
Darrell Tyler, President
Advanced Solutions Data, Inc.

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48. David Conallin

----- Original Message ----From: David Conallin
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:39 AM
Thank you for extending the dead line for my success story. Many years ago I purchased some
tapes (audio & video) of Jays. From those I confirmed the concepts that marketing is not one
campaign but a series of continual little things.
So over the years I have tried and tested lots of little things but the one that was a hugh winner
and which I nearly didn't do because no body in my industry was doing was was sending out to all
our clients birthday cards. Now not earthing shattering I know but very effective in a few ways.
1. Clients really appreciated it.
2. I was aware of their birthday if i happened to have contact around that time.
3. It reminded clients to think about us. We would get a many call or appointments after receiving
the card.
1. Helped keep client data base up to date.
So thanks Jay for opening my eyes to the benefits of little things and to keeping in contact with
my clients.
David Conallin
Chartered Accountant
Australia

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49. David Merkle

----- Original Message ----From: David Merkel
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:32 PM
Dear Jay,
Here it goes. I don't know where to start. And that's just it. I've been a professional photographer
for over 25 years. I've taken photographs of countless thousands of my clients, customers,
friends and families. I've taken photos of 5 living U.S. Presidents, equal VP"s , 2 First Ladies,
USSR Mikail Gorbechev, Dr.Norman Vincent Peale, Collin Powell, Rev. Billy Grahm, Dr. Schuller,
Oliver North, Zig Ziglar, Mark Victor Hansen, Jim Rohn, Les Brown, 2 Supreme Court Justices,
Congressmen, Brian Tracy, U. S. Senators, Astronaunts, well the list goes on. And countless of
thousands of my local people who pay me so I can pay the bills. I'm great at what I do as a mater
of fact I think I'm great.
That's not the problem. The problem is I'm either tired, burnt out, bored, or I've got an incurable
disease that we've not discovered yet. I feel like I'm a shorted out appliance. DO YOU
UNDERSTAND WHERE I"M COMING FROM?
I've talked to Carl Turner briefly to see if I could jump start what ever it was that was keeping me
UN PLUGGED. I was hoping that you could see a way for me to get back on track, get off the
track, get run over or go on to doing something else that I can get my unending passion back.
If I have one Nightingale Conant Set of tapes I have 50, three or four are yours.
HELP, HELP, HELP.
Thanks J,
I Look forward to an answer and any HELP you may send my way.
PSS. I look forward to reading the other success stories. MAYBE one of them will trigger me. It is
my sepreem quest.
Many thanks again J , I look forward to hearing from you soon for my answer.
David E. Merkle

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50. Doyle and Baker

----- Original Message ----From: Doyleandbaker
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:48 PM
Five years ago, motivated and mentored by Jay Abraham and Tony Robbins, my husband-to-be and I made
an exciting move.
Partners in our orthodontic-pediatric dentistry practice, we had won the lease on a much sought-after
upscale building, formerly a bank in our mid-sized midwest city. And we moved our practice in.
We were learning and installing the Abraham mindset and began to effectively apply dozens of Jays
lucrative concepts. Every week we listed and carried 7 new actions to grow our practice our business.
We developed a unique business proposition and put it on our stationary, in our yellow page ad, and in
letters to our patients parents: Parents stay with your children we insist. (It is extraordinarily unusual
in pediatric dental practices to allow, let alone insist that parents stay with their child for all procedures,
even tooth extractions, and surgeries.) And the parents loved it.
We connected with a nearby childrens haircutting business and a nearby childrens shoe store, and we each
gave out coupons to parents to make them aware of the other business. We took service to a previously
unknown level in our city patients were seen on-time every time. We offered a selection of beveragescoffee, tea, soft drinks, spring water - to every parent, every visit. The bathrooms were stocked with
Turkish cotton washcloths, potpourri, candles, diapers, and even inexpensive child-sized sweat shirts and
pants for the child who needed one in a pinch. In the reception room mothers enjoyed the Yamaha player
piano and its music, and found our stationary available right there - to use to write notes and lists to take
with them. We scheduled every-3-month checkups, instead of the usual every-6 months. And we watched
it work seeing exponential growth every quarter. We celebrated, enjoyed, and savored the joy of making
people happy and seeing it all work! We looked forward to joining Jay in person to take our business
acumen to the next level.
And then the roof fell in: my business partner and love of my life, died after a sudden, unexpected short
illness. And I was left with a busy 2-doctor practice and I was only one a lady doctor who had always
enjoyed the support role, the secondary role the activator-to-a-brilliant-professional-man role.
And now, there I was with a business to run, a large staff to pay, many patients and parents who adored
us and presented for care and I in the midst of a tragic, unspeakable loss.
Facing one day at a time, I delved into my now familiar Abraham mindset. I started listing actions which
would deal with the challenges at hand. I personally responded by short cards to every one of the hundreds
of sympathy cards from our patients and parents creating even stronger connections to each one. I began
contacting hundreds of professional colleagues all over the world, to tell them each how much our
professional relationship means to me, and to tell them our professional seminars in orthodontics would
continue and grow, and to invite them to join us and to send young associates, to the courses.
An online orthodontic study club was born, through which to keep in touch with our colleagues. And I
presented at every professional meeting I could find, further growing the network and bonds with our
colleagues. A group of local practitioners became our mastermind study club, sharing patient care,
referrals, and business strategy. We meet monthly. I remain the organizer, stimulator and mom to the
group. We meet more at my office than any other office, and the various practitioners and I study and learn
together, holding each other to the highest of standards, and growing our businesses as a result.

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I changed the pay rate mechanism on which my staff are paid each employee is paid on and only on
actual practice collections. Based on years of service/employment, the employees multiplier, times
previous quarter practice collections, times hours worked for that pay period determines the pay no base,
no profit sharing plan just salary tied completely to the business income. They are making more than they
would have, they have a vested interest in seeing the practice grow and they chose to stay with it after the
first year. They like it.
In the first year after Walter died, our practice income by all logic should have been about half, since only 1
doctor (me) was producing dentistry. Instead, our business income was slightly higher than it was the last
year Walter was alive and we were both producing dental care income. And then the second year after his
death, we celebrated 33% growth in income over the previous year.
Currently I am developing a consulting/coaching arm to our seminars. This will expand our ability to teach
and coach other doctors in the Abraham mindset in success strategies. It will offer doctors help in
transforming their practices to achieve extraordinary results, to deal with the pressures of rapidly evolving
information technologies, aggressive competition, the need for continuous innovation and the stresses of
current events and economy. Many consulting services provide information. We offer doctors strategies,
specific actions and solutions by integrating business relationships with the various experts who have
supported and guided my businesses, with some employees in my business, and coaching by myself and
other experts. Training and expertise in various areas will be offered: graphics and marketing, information
technology, practice organization, staff training, office planning and design, and transitions to
nonpharmacologic practice, which allows children to be treated without sedation, drugs and general
anesthesia. This shares state-of-the-art concepts and strategies with the doctors who ask our advice, and
creates a new profit-center as we do what we do, and teach what we do.
Through an overwhelming personal and professional loss, I have incorporated Jay Abrahams strategies to
find surety, method and joy.
Loving what I do and doing what I love is reality for me, because I continually adopt and put these
technologies and techniques into action.

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51. Dr. Gregory Stetzel

----- Original Message ----From: Dr. Gregory Stetzel
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 6:40 AM
Dear Jay,
My name is Dr. Greg Stetzel. I am a chiropractor practicing in a small
town in northern New Jersey. I have been using your marketing concepts
in my practice for about 10 years, ever since purchasing your Marketing
Secrets tape set and workbook.
We successfully use risk reversal in our marketing for new patients.
While it is not ethical for doctors to guarantee results, it is ethical
to guarantee satisfaction with service. The offer we make in our
advertising and in our practice brochures is a "No Risk Satisfaction
Guarantee" on our first visit fees. If, after the patient has
completed their initial examination and report of findings visits, we
will refund their entire first visit fee if the they decide that
chiropractic care does not fit their health care needs. We also offer
a reduced fee initial examination to remove the first visit barrier
that frequently keeps people from investigating chiropractic care.
By reducing the initial cost to a fee that most people could handle and
assuming all the risk of the initial transaction, we have been able to
increase our new patient numbers. And, in the four years since
beginning with this technique, we have not had a single request for a
return of the initial visit fee.
We have also separated ourselves from the rest of the market by
marketing our USP more consistently. Rather than following the crowd
into the pain relief market, we have set ourselves apart by creating
our niche in the family wellness care market. This allowed us to move
from one of the pack to leader of the pack in our area.
Thanks for your advice and concepts.
Dr. Gregory Stetzel

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52. Ed Laprade
----- Original Message ----From: "Ed Laprade"
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:44 PM
Jay,
I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you. Before I tell you
why I am thanking you, a little background is in order.
ADNET is a technology organization. We supply technical expertise to
small and medium sized businesses. Specifically, we are the ones who
install and support Local and Wide Area Networks (LANs and WANs) as
well as accounting/distribution/and manufacturing software. We are over
10 years in business and employ 21 people. We have always been a very
technical organization and are very good at what we do. Unfortunately,
sales has not been our forte. Therefore, seven months ago, I made a
commitment to turn our organization into awesome sales machine.
The plan was to first educate myself in the areas of sales and
marketing. At the very least I would understand what the current
methods were so that if I were to outsource some of this function, I
would know what I was getting into. I began attending marketing
seminars and reading everything from "Unleashing the Idea Virus" by
Seth Godin to Brian Tracy's "Success Mastery Academy". Also, along the
way I picked up a copy of your "Your Secret Wealth". This was the tape
set that introduced me to your work. Being the engineering type, I was
intrigued by your methods, how simple they seemed, yet so unobvious for
someone with my background. This quest for the "keys to the kingdom"
sales prowess) led me to purchase the PEQ program and then the PEQ II
program. It was with those programs that I realized that there was no
"silver bullet", but a process that I needed to follow if we were ever
going to grow geometrically. One other point, I started this "venture"
of sales improvement at a time when the industry that I am in was in a
recession of its own. So, we were not flush with resources.
Where are we now? Well, it has not been all that long since I have been
working on the PEQ programs, about three months at this point. From
what I have learned from the PEQ program, I have been able to reduce
expenses by eliminating marketing programs that do not work and have
begun to replace them with new programs (testing, testing, testing - we
are). While the overall process is slow, we have begun to see results
(we have a lot of work to do in a lot of different areas, but we have
begun regular management team training using the PEQ study program and
we are doing the workshops). It is too early in the process for me to
give you very specific and quantifiable sales figures, but I can tell
you that a direct mail campaign with telemarketing follow-up that we
recently began has been successful in the testing phase. We started the
campaign, tested, it wasn't working, tweaked, tested, we are now
getting some results, we will tweak and test some more. This is on a
small scale (3 appointments on about a 200 piece mailing). My point is,
in the past, we would have either not gotten any appointments, or> we
would have not been able to tell you how we got them. I can see this

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really heating up as we get deeper into it. If it wasn't for scheduling

issues, I would attend the PEQ Cubed session that is coming up to
accelerate our progress.
What I am really thanking you for is packaging up all the brilliant
ideas that you have and placing them into a program that shows you how
to build the necessary processes to grow your business. That is what it
is all about. I am an avid listener of tapes and reader, and this is
the first time I have come across anything this complete. I am sure
that in six months from now I will be able to report the specific sales
improvements that have occurred through our PEQ training. I would
highly recommend the PEQ program to anyone who wants to really grow
their business.
Thanks for everything.
Sincerely,
Edward Laprade
President

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53. Gary North

----- Original Message ----From: Gary North
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:25 AM
Subject: Don't Break This Rule
It was 1987, as I recall. Jay Abraham was about to mass mail a newsletter insert offer to the
entire hard-money industry. He was using his newly patented "mother of all offers" -- lots of free
bonuses for subscribing, plus a super-low discount first-year subscription price.
Meanwhile, I was planning a conventional direct-mail offer for my newsletter, REMNANT
REVIEW.
We could not get them printed. The paper we had ordered had become overly waterlogged from
Texas humidity. The printer literally could not print them. I had to cancel the mailing, which was
a big one. I was upset. But not for long.
I missed diving head-first into Jay's flood of offers. Everyone else in the industry who tried to
compete with Jay that month got killed. I was able to mail a few weeks later, so I broke even. I
may even have made a few dollars.
So, I saved myself tens of thousands of dollars by not competing against Jay. Some mysterious
force had made those sheets of paper stick together.
This has led me to formulate this rule of marketing: "When you compete against Jay Abraham,
you need a miracle."

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54. Gay Hendricks

----- Original Message ----From: Gay Hendricks
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:49 AM
Subject: Are you back?
Here's a great testimonial I think you'll enjoy!
To Our Magic Key Community:
A woman who's lost 12 pounds so far writes in to tell us about a very magical
experience:
"At first I didn't have any idea what you were talking about when you described
choosing foods that feed your spirit rather than your physical body. Then one day I
was passing a hamburger stand and I got a powerful craving for a double
cheeseburger with bacon. Instead of running in to buy one, though, I used the
"Magic Moment" breathing technique to disappear the craving from my body. It took
about a minute to get rid of the craving, but as soon as it disappeared I got a picture
of a bowl of fruit salad in my mind. I realized that my old programming made me
want the double cheeseburger, but my "new self" really wanted the fruit salad. A
few doors down the street there was a fruit-and-vegetable market, and guess what?
They had fruit salad ready to go! I took it to the park and feasted on grapes,
cantaloupe, berries and pineapple. Afterwards I felt happy and alert, rather than
that sluggish feeling I sometimes get after eating heavy food. I truly felt more in
contact with my spirit afterwards."
Marjean Teppers, Louisville
YES! That's exactly what the Magic Key can do for all of us. Thanks to Marjean for
sharing her magic moment with us.
With respect and love,
Gay Hendricks

.............................................................................................................................
Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.
The Hendricks Institute
The Foundation for Conscious Living
http://www.hendricks.com

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55. George Williams

----- Original Message ----From: George Williams
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:06 PM
Hi Jay,
Last December I spent $3000 in advertising using pay search engines and
in a month did $30,000 in sales for a company. Also increased another
company's Web site visits from 0 to 150-200 per day and helped their
bottom line and exposure immensely. This was not by spending 100s of
hours on SEO optimization (which I do for some companies), but rather
using a few specific techniques on Overture and Google.
Do you need the company names? Also, how specific do I need to get.
Let me know and maybe I can send you something. What I do know is
this.
If a company has a good product, and a decent Web site, I can show them
how to increase exposure in a matter of minutes - which, if their
product is good - will convert immediately to sales. This is even more
true if they are in a unique niche market.
Please let me know. I would like to read the other case studies.
Thanks,
George Williams

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56. Glenn E. Woolsey

----- Original Message ----From: Glenn E. Woolsey
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:59 PM
We have operated as an Industrial Real Estate Owner in our market for the past twenty (20)
years. Our emphasis has been to acquire "underperforming property", suffering from physical
deficiencies and vacancy, to complete the necessary improvements and consequently lease the
vacant areas.
Our real estate market has historically suffered vacancies in excess of 10%, which resulted in
aggressive low lease rates or "free rent" to attract industrial tenants.
We contacted the Jay Abraham organization in 1998 to generate marketing ideas to overcome
our difficult industrial market problems. Jay established a marketing program that isolated
promotions for commercial real estate agents, residential real estate agents and existing tenants.
This program involved organizing marketing meetings, providing incentive programs, monitoring
progress and reinforcing performance achievements. We were very impressed with Jay
Abraham's immediate responses to our problems and his ability to provide a myriad of
alternatives to resolve those issues.
Since our involvement with Jay Abraham, we have increased the size of our portfolio to 1,300,000
sq. ft. and our current vacancy is 0.6% - well below the current industry average.
Thank you to Jay Abraham and Carl Turner for your assistance.
Glenn E. Woolsey
President

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57. James McKnight

----- Original Message ----From: James McKnight
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:21 PM
Since I moved to Miami I've placed our entire financial future on Jay
and everything I've heard, read watch and patiently listened to him
say. While in Illinois I did multiple things that generated me
multiple incomes, from owning property, teaching college economics,
running a small home based business, which supervising a team of
dedicated claims processors for a very well known and respected
company, Oh and by the way I worked 8 to 10 hr. for American Eagle, the
largest regional air lines carrier in the United States.
But when we relocated here, left the house, and decided to venture to
the Magic City. It was here I developed the firm of
Brimm,Barrington,Bernard & Basil Inc., a Niche Marketing firm offering
Premier Discount Travel Packages of $15,000 for a mere $1,295.
Because of Jay I decided to contact credit unions, who see the value of
offering what we believe is the best value added benefit possible, for
most credit unions offer vacation club accounts anyway. And as you
know most people ask well, what have they done for me today.
So I'm putting my entire financial future on 1 thing and that is the
host/beneficiary relationship.
In a nutshell I want access to 50,000 people who have been credit union
members, who already have accounts and who wish to save money on all
there vacation needs. e offer this to the credit union absolutely free!
Money is never an issue because if a person wants our package, they can
finance the purchase thru there credit union, thereby giving them new
loans on there books.
My girlfriend and I have already decided that we will purchase a new
place. Our goal is to furnish it with Italian furniture and all of
this will be due to the teachings, of Jay.
Sincerely,
James McKnight/Miami Florida
Ps. The credit union community is accepting this very well.

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58. Jiri Slovencik

----- Original Message ----From: Jiri Slovencik
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:42 AM
Hi Jay,
I am in the magic business, yes I am professional magician. I'd like
to mention one of the methods that helped me tremendously - FOLLOWING
UP WITH CLIENTS ALL THE TIME. Just last week I went to visit one of my
old clients that I stopped working for and didn't keep in touch. The
guy was very pleased to see me and told me that he was using other
magician in the spring, just because I wasn't around. What a
simplistic way to realize that taking care of my client could of made
me additional $1500-2000 just from this one visit. Needless to say I
was rehired on the spot so I wanted to thank you Jay!!!!!!!!!! I have
about 300 clients in my database! I will work it diligently...
THANKS A MILLION!!!
Magically,
Jiri Slovencik

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59. Joshua Perelman

----- Original Message ----From: Joshua Perelman
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:08 AM
Trophy and Awards Business
I purchased this trophy and awards business this past May. While the
company itself has been around for 50 years, it has been competing
solely as a trophy and awards business. Customers would call or walk
in and ask for trophies or plaques to commemorate an event, reward an
individual or to give as a gift. The equipment includes several
engraving machines and a glass etcher that allows the company to
personalize glass and metal. The customers have been loyal and no
marketing efforts have been made to increase the flow of traffic to the
business because the sellers have been comfortable with the size.
When I took over the business the first step was to redefine the
business.
Instead of calling ourselves a trophy shop and competing
in an industry of $700 Million we broadened our view to the
personalization and recognition markets which is an $18 Billion market.
With different products to sell we have had to change our selling
process. Before the change, a customer would call and we would ask the
infamous Can I help you? and expected the customer to know everything
that we could do for them. Occasionally a customer might have asked if
we knew where they could get something personalized, but that was rare.
We were essentially order takers and there was nothing that
differentiated us from our competitors.
Now our sales process is more of a consultative session to get at the
real needs of our customers. When someone calls, we now ask if this is
their first visit. We explain our philosophy of filling their specific
needs for an event.
This allows us to sell not only trophies for a
little league team, but also personalized cards with the childs
picture and name on it as well as hats, shirts and cups. It allows us
to provide other items for an awards ceremony other than just the
plaques.
The most common response that we get now is Oh, I didnt
know you sell that.
We have also differentiated our company from our competitors by setting
up our unique selling proposition.
While most others say that they
offer service, we offer specific answers to our customers buying
criteria so there is no reason to go anywhere else. We realized that
99% of the people who call on our business are looking to fulfill a
pressing need. To satisfy that need, our product must be delivered on
time, made with quality materials with 100% accuracy in the
personalization.
We answer the first need by offering several
different production schedules ranging from normal production to Super
Speedy Service delivered in under 24 hours. The second concern takes
the customer through several different product categories that compares
different types of material for the same products.
We show the
customer samples that our competitors use and then show why our

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materials will look better, last longer and be comparable in price.

Lastly we offer a 100% complete satisfaction guarantee. If there is a
typo or if the customer is not completely satisfied, we will redo the
work or refund the customers money if not completely satisfiedno
questions asked.
By taking the risk out of the decision and satisfy
all of their needs, there is no reason to shop around.
While I have only had the business for three months, and we are still
trying to fine tune the processes, I believe the results are positive.
We are getting less people trying to bargain with us on price since we
have put our products on a different level than our competitors and we
are adding more items to each sale.
Our next step is to approach other businesses in our area to use their
customer lists to solicit business for our personalization service and
to set up a referral process for our existing customers.

60. K R Bhutta
----- Original Message ----From: " K R Bhutta
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 1:21 PM
Dear Jay,
First of all, I am sorry for not sending you this e-mail last Friday, I
had been away in connection with my business and did not get a chance
to read the e-mail earlier.
2ND, I AM NOT DOING THIS FOR THE "REWARD" BUT AS WAY OF SHOWING MY
GRATITUDE FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TOUGHT ME. THANK YOU. Here is my
humble input.
Over the last 7-8 years, I have definitely benefited immensely from
Jay's mind set and all the unique strategies he has taught me. INFACT,
EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT MARKETING CAN BE ACCREDITED TO JAY.
It was in early 90s, when I moved to US, I knew nothing about the
marketing or any part of running a business. Therefore establishing a
successful small business was definitely an uphill battle. After
managing to survive for a few years -(when it was hard to pay the
bills) I believe it was 1993, I came across jay's newsletter- business
breakthroughs. In a matter of one short year I went from doing small
patios and back yard sprinklers to building major remodeling projects,
custom homes, commercial jobs that costs hundreds of thousands of
dollars and starting a number of my own businesses - from the scratch.
The amazing thing is not that I happened to get all this business but
that I got all this business despite not knowing anything about these
businesses. For example, I had a construction company but I could not
even make a straight cut on a stud. I started a number of beautiful
salons / retail shops, and a sign company in a matter of 18 months.
First of all, I did not know the first thing about salon, retail or
sign business. 2nd, I sold many of these businesses separately for

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good six figure amounts. 3rd, some of those businesses have either
closed or have changed because the new owners could not "keep up" because THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT I HAD LEARNED FROM JAY. IT DOES MATTER
TO HAVING JAY'S MINDSET, BECAUSE IT HELPS YOU OUTSMART YOUR WEEKNESSES,
YOUR COMPETITORS. THE NEW OWNERS HAD BOUGHT FROM ME SUCCESSFULY
RUNNING BUSINESSES BUT NOT A MINDSET. I WAS AMAZED WHEN THEY REFUDED
TO USE MY CONSULTING SERVICES. THEY WERE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO
BUY A BUSINESS BUT THEIR REFUSAL TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TO KEEP THIER
BUSENESSES GROWING, WHICH LATER COSTED THEM DEARLY. Last but not
least, it costed me next to nothing to start these business.
I heavily relied on catchy headlines on all of my advertising banners
and other promotional literature, I laid great emphases on standing out
from other similar businesses. I always remembered what jay said
repeatedly an ad that costs you $1000, had the potential to bring you
ten clients or one hundred clients. Work on your headlines, copy and
the offer. I also made sure I and my staff provided a much higher
standard of customer services, every time we came across any individual
from our business demographics.
It is hard for me to pin point exactly what principles helped me
succeed. Besides sticking to the basics, it was a genuine desire to
give my clients the best I could. But overall I think it was "can do"
attitude and a good understanding of the principles that I had
developed after being introduced to jay's marketing strategies - which
in essence are commandments that can make or break any given business.
sincerely,
K R Bhutta
PS. I will feel privileged to do anything for a person that I hold in
such high respects. Please let me know if I can be of further
assistance.

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61. Kimball Norup

----- Original Message ----From: "Kimball Norup"
To: "The Abraham Group"
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:14 PM
I was first exposed to Jay Abrahams theories at one of the first
Bootcamps (April 1990 I believe). I subsequently used many of his
techniques in growing our management consulting and publishing firm,
Geodex International, into a multi-million dollar enterprise.
As I sit back and reflect on it, there were a great number of
individual marketing and business development campaigns that we
successfully (i.e. profitably) implemented. However, they all shared
certain common elements which were at the core of Jay's philosophy:
1. Calculate your customer lifetime value, and use it in your decision
making.
2. Offer a strong guarantee.
3. Harness word-of-mouth
Let me address them in more detail.
Lifetime Value: We took a random sample of 1000 accounts (out of 50,000
active) and went back as far as our records would allow us. From this
we calculated that our average client was worth about $750 over the
course o our life. Given our very high contribution margin (well over
50%) I knew that we could spend a lot of money getting new clients.
This was a valuable piece of knowledge to have everytime we
contemplated marketing and business development investments.
Guarantee: We developed a very powerfully written 100% lifetime
satisfaction guarantee. Given that a lot of what we were selling was
printed materials (workbooks, calendars, binders, etc.) this was
outlandish. We continually had clients (and prospects) question our
sincerity. I can tell you that I tracked all returns and the most we
ever refunded in a year was $1500! Most people want the reassurance of
a guarantee, but few will take you up on it! One caveat: It goes
without saying that we were confidant in offering a strong guarantee
because we were selling first class products, and backed it up with
exceptional customer service.
Finally, word-of-mouth. Beyond sending out a catalog to our client list
once a year, we had no other marketing efforts aside from promoting
word-of-mouth. In addition to an exceptional customer service team
that was trained to elicit referrals from every customer contact, every
product we sold had multiple referral opportunities built in (passalong coupons, referral cards, etc). In addition, every package that
went out had a package insert that elicited referrals. An example that
we could trace: one Air Force Colonel (who was a referral) was
personally responsible for procuring several million dollars worth of
products and services over his customer lifetime with us.

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In my current role (the Senior Vice President of Marketing for a

conglomerate of companies in the Human Resources Management field) I
still use tools and techniques that I learned from Jay on a daily
basis. Don't tell any of my graduate school professors, but I learned
more about marketing and business strategy from Jay Abraham, than I did
from them!
Kimball Norup

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62. L Stocks
----- Original Message ----From: LHS
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:49 AM
Dear Jay,
I have been using your courses and tapes now for over 10 years.
My success story could easily top any others. My practice of General
Surgery for 15 years had been good, but not spectacular. Advertising
in North Carolina is frowned upon by medical peers.
I started a fax service from my office computer, with a referral
list of over 900 possible referring physicians. Using that, I write a
one page educational fax, do not solicit, and send the faxes out
automatically over a weekend. The weekend delivery does not interfere
with their business hours, and it is on their desk Monday morning.
My practice volume has more than doubled, and I now have trouble
finding the time to see all the patients. I suppose my new problem of
increased volume, and how to handle it, can be bounced back to Jay, and
use his resources to help work through these more efficiently. I also
continue to use USP with every transaction.
One could not place a value on Jay's advice.
Regards,
LHS

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63. Larry Blair

----- Original Message ----From: Larry Blair
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 8:17 AM
To whom it may concern:
We are a small manufacturing company that does about $3.5 million per year. We deal in a
competitive, low margin industry where the products have become almost a commodity.
There is a large company about 100 miles from our facility that uses the products we can make.
We approached them using two of your concepts. First, marginal net worth of the client and
second, presenting an irresistible offer that moves us out of commodity status.
While pricing was capped (they would not pay more than what they are paying from their current
supplier) we went in to find out their 'hidden needs'.
They were buying the product from overseas, they personally receive a bonus on inventory turns
and they were paying for freight into their facility.
Applying traditional overhead values to the product the estimated selling price did not allow for
much margin. Any mistake and we would be losing money. But when viewed from a marginal
bases, the product offered a decent return. A considerable amount of the 'cost' is for non-direct
items such as overhead, underutilized labor and equipment.
Now that we saw a decent profit from the units we were able to differentiate ourselves with items
that carried a high perceived value to the customer, but cost us relatively little.
First, since they were importing the units they were buying full container loads. This meant that
they were getting a couple of months supply at a time. Next they were paying for freight into their
facility and their personal bonus off of inventory turns gave us an area to focus on their needs.
We were able to offer a price that was competitive with their current supplier, even though they
are 11 times are size. We were able justify this by using they underutilized resources.
Since they were personally rewarded for increasing the inventory turns, we looked at our true cost
of supplying them on a weekly release Vs a release the size of a container load. We concluded
that the additional set up time was only going to cost us about $2.00 per set on products that sell
for about $600 a set.
Next, since the customer was only a 100 miles away, we decided to offer to pay for delivery of the
product, thereby reducing our customers total cost to receive the product. We did this by using
our truck and people.
So we were able to offer a comparable product, one that would have carried a commodity type
perspective from our customer, but by looking at the marginal net worth of the customer, we could
be competitive against a company 11 times our size.
We were able to offer weekly releases and free delivery instead. This increased their inventory
turns from 6 to 52 and reduced their total costs. Because of our proximity and view of our 'costs'
we were able to land a 5 year, $502,000 per year contract with an additional marginal costs of
only about $18 per unit. A relatively low cost to us, but a high perceived value to the customer.

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These factors allowed us to move the deal out of a commodity deal, into supplying a service that
our competitors could not match.
Sincerely,
Larry Blair
PosiTech

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64. Larry Steele

----- Original Message ----From: Lsteele@entre
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:56 AM
Dear Jay,

I am responding to your request to one of my marketing stories. I would very much like to receive
the book of stories you are collecting.

My story: I am recruiting independent contractors as sales agents for our new business we call
eBanking Experts (www.ebankingexperts.com). We supply cash flow enhancement services to
merchants nationwide. Our foot-in-the-door product is Electronic Check Recovery (ECR) where
we collect NSF checks for merchants by electronically drafting the check writer's account. This is
a free service to the merchant.

So I originally advertised for people who wanted to make $100,000 per year selling a free service.
This was done by purchasing access to Monster.com's database of rsum's. I emailed
Monster's new people with a message that had a header of "Make $100,000 or more Residual
Income providing a FREE service!!

In conversations with prospective agents, it seemed that most of them ignored the message as to
good to be true. You know that people are inundated with email about unbelievable promises. I
was receiving 10 responses per day, and half of them were asking me to be "removed." We send
about 1000 emails per day to new rsum's registered with Monster.com who are looking for a
sales position. I expected the response percentage to be low since we are looking for
independent contractors who are paid on commission only.

I decided to change the original message to be more of a letter type email. I changed the heading
to "Response to Monster.com from eBanking Experts". The first thing I noticed was the ratio of
people asking to be removed dropped from around 50% to less than 10%. I assume that we are
not offending as many people this way. And the number of respondents also improved from
around 10 to around 15 per day. So we have more than doubled the number of respondents
asking for more information.

We have signed 26 agents to date in various states of the country, and are looking forward to a
very profitable future. Now our attention must be turned to helping and motivating these new
agents. I hope your stories will provide me with some new ideas in this area.

Thanks you for the opportunity to tell my story and I hope that someone else can benefit from it.

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Larry Steele
[email protected]
[email protected]
405-721-0803

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65. Leo Restrich

----- Original Message ----From: Leo Restrich
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:30 PM

The following is a case study for your review.

This case study deals with using Jay's teachings for a sales
representative of a corporate organization. The strategies, concepts,
ideas, and techniques can be altered and used in other selling
situations inside a flexible company environment or as a study for a
Manufacturers Rep.
The situation involved the selling of software tools that gave the user a ten to one
productivity gain over existing methods.
My company's stated goals were to gain market share. Yet there were many inappropriate
procedures and policies that hindered sales growth.
During my 6 year employment with the company the I was able to sell 215 companies out
of the possible 222 candidate companies who could qualify for my product. To qualify,
the prospect needed a certain make and model computer and was currently programming
their business applications with typical computer languages.
My fellow sales reps had a average territory size of 600 qualified account to sell into.
There were only 222 companies in my territory that fit this criteria. This meant I had to
be much better at developing a workable strategy and implementation. During the 6 years
selling for the company I never lost any sale to any competitor.
As expected, the company handed out higher quotas every year. Every year they raised
the bar a bit more.
It became my personal philosophy that my personal sales goals would always be higher
than their quota. I also committed to reach the company quota in 8 to 9 months. I then set
my own personal quota at 125% of theirs...sometimes even higher. Now my mind was
programmed to produce at higher levels which challenged my subconscious to uncover
ways to make it happen.
Here are some ideas, strategies and concepts that coincide with Jay's teachings.

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There was no budget for mailings so I telemarketed to all 222 companies and built a
database of companies, contacts, budgets, number of machines, types of applications for
my products, etc.
After the initial telemarketing event I went back and made appointments with the most
critical prospects. My goal was to sell the most strategic accounts that would prove our
products in the local marketplace while gaining credibility and references for other
prospects.
Later I re-sold deeper into existing accounts. I made a spreadsheet of all accounts and
listed our products along the top columns. When a customer had a certain product, I
would put a check in the appropriate box. Then, over time, I would review the customer
accounts and see which products haven't been purchased. An open box meant an
opportunity. My goal was to fill all appropriate boxes for each customer.
Another strategy was I used was sampling. I would allow the prospect to install our
software on their computer and try it out. This worked well. They enjoyed a 30 day trial
period to evaluate the product in their environment.
Over a period of years, as my strategies and systems evolved, I would have the prospect's
programming staff ask upper management for a report or application that was critical to
them and was not yet in the queue for being developed in the near future. There was
always a 6 to 18 month backlog of applications to be programmed.
The Information Technology staff saw how fast they could generate applications and
visualize how their backlog of work could be quickly reduced. Productivity in any
organization was key and this became my USP.
When upper management had their programming request done in a few days, instead of a
few months, my contacts became instant heroes.
Now, after 30 days my software would expire. Upper management expected their
monthly report or application again. However, they couldn't generate it because...the 30
day trial had expired.
My policy was not to renew an evaluation trial without a commitment to purchase. Upper
management saw the immediate value of my product for their own needs and, upon more
thought, for the entire organization. I quickly became upper management's best friend
and a they became a motivated partner toward getting purchase orders generated.
Purchase orders were now being generated in record time.
Of course, I offered that I would extend the trial period during the time it took to generate
a purchase order and get the product was shipped to them. This made me a hero as well,
and allowed me to maintain a strong customer referral base.

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I never had to cultivate a specific group of customers for use as referrals. Every customer
was a strong reference for me. When asked by a prospect for 2 or 3 customer referrals I'd
take out my 6 inch thick book of business cards. I'd go through the book and point out
major companies they would recognize and then I'd hand the book over to them and tell
the prospect to call anyone they wished. That was impressive.
When the sales quotas became very high I knew I had to find better strategies and tactics.
The average sale still took 90 days to close. I knew I couldn't survive without a major
overhaul of how I did my selling.
I took a blackboard and wrote down all the activities for selling my product. Then I
confronted every step, every part of the presentation and every step of a sale. I picked it
apart, discarded, restructured and repositioned activities. Every aspect was challenged. I
discarded over 40% of the activities and combined others it streamline the selling
process.
I now fully understood that my job as a salesperson was to advance the sale. I was now
shifting into overdrive.
On one occasion my company got a bit strident in their policies and wanted the sales reps
to charge a hefty amount for a prospect to install the aforementioned software for a 30day trial.
This meant a major change in my sales approach. It also meant I had to go to purchasing
for a purchase order even before I even got started. This would stall the sales cycle
considerably. Strategic thinking was needed.
So I looked at the letter of the law that came down from the new corporate policy It stated
that I had to charge the prospect for a 30-day trial. (Remember, this 30 day trial period
was free before.) I know that "free" is a great marketing concept, and the way I read the
new policy was that I had to charge for a "30-day" trial.
But, the way I read it, it didn't state I had to charge the prospect anything for a 29 day or
21 day trial. Well, the free trials continued - but never for 30 days.
As part of the strategy to reduce the sales cycle I'd ask the prospect if they needed the
entire 30 days to evaluate the product. If so, I'd have to charge them for it. Most said they
only needed about a week. So I asked them if today or in a few days would be better to
put up their 10 day trial.
It worked great and rapidly reduced the selling time to close a prospect. I was revering
my time and my products productivity. Many times before I would install a 30 day trial
and the prospect would ask for an extension because they had been too busy to try it out.

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Now the prospect respected my product more. I was giving him/her something free that
others had to pay for. I was getting them to value my time, their time, my products, as
well as their own vital position in their company.
My strategies worked well. I made more heroes and got strong referrals because I was
looking out for my client's best interests. (However, many of my fellow sales rep friends
around the country were all hurting desperately from this change in policy.)
All of my lemonade came from the lemons that were handed to me by my company.
There were many more useful strategic and tactical methods.
I was always in front of a lot of prospects and customers. When I was asked if I knew of
a potential person to fill a position at a prospect site I would review my rolodex of
customers and find them a person who was skilled in programming and was also skilled
in my products.
When that person was hired, I later received an invitation from the prospect to come and
present my products. I had strategically inserted someone who was expert in my product
into the prospect's programming department. He/she became my best salesperson. They
reciprocated by getting me in front of their decision makers to review my product. They
always bought.
The result of all these strategic changes over time was to reduce the sales cycle from 90
days to 30 days or less. In doing so I was now doing 3 times the sales in the same amount
of time. However, a small problem arose when I had sold every account I possibly could.
I sold myself out of a job.
The strategies I employed were:
A referral system
Valuing yourself and your product - revering what I do
Sampling
Going the extra mile
Backend selling
USP
Tightly defined market niche
Guarantee
Octopus marketing
Leverage
Direct selling
Cross selling
Controlled word of mouth advertising
Reciprocity
Leveraging expertise:

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Educate the prospect

How to articulate, how you say something
Testing, measuring, comparing
Moving parade
Brainstorming session with other top reps in the company
Setting goals, objectives, strategies, plans, tactics and activities
Joint venture with computer company reps
Marketing pillars
Free report
Advancing the sale
Consistent performance
Offering something FREE!!
And more...

Thank you for the opportunity to share this case study with you.
Your friend,
Leo Restrich

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66. Letsgo
----- Original Message ----From: LetsGO
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 6:33 AM
This is quite simple but it worked.
The story is in the Computer industry. I have networking firm and we also sell hardware, but our
focus is on network setup installation and support. What we did was we had an enormous amount
of hardware left in stock and needed to get rid of it because in our industry it becomes junk very
fast when new equipment comes out. Therefore we needed a way to unload it.
So I decided to make my customers my sales people. I have been in business for over 9 years
and have a database of over 3000 clients. What I did was offer to give them a piece of the action
if they brought me new customers.
I would give them a $50 gift certificate if they brought or sent someone in whom purchased more
than $300 worth of upgrades or equipment.
To my surprise most customers sent 2 people and we sold out our inventory as needed. Then
each customer whom came in for their stuff we offered the same deal.

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67. Linda S. Brewer

----- Original Message ----From: Linda S. Brewer
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:32 PM
My success story is:
Having the PEQ in an organized usable format has giving me the courage
to become a consultant as a Chief Operational Officer for a Dental
Group. In years to come, this will be millions of dollars in income.
With the PEQ information I am focused, grounded. and proactively
implementing the steps for a multi-million dollar organization.

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68. Loretta Wright

----- Original Message ----From: Loretta Wright
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:53 AM
I'm not sure of the type material you are looking for in your requst.
I've been in the business three sometimes short and three sometimes
long years. There are aspects of the business I thoroughly enjoy and
aspects that is very draining. One success story that comes to mind is
a call I received from service desk. An out of town family had
inherited their late sister's home and needed someone to sell the home.
I was told later, by the family members, after interviewing three
agents I was chosen because of three reasons.
(1) I showed up! One of the three agents never bothered
showing up or called.
(2) I took notes and
(3) I listened.
All of which seemed very minor. I remember that interview
particularly because, to be honest, I had never dealt with an
estate and wasn't sure what I was doing. I wanted to be
careful not to come across as inexperienced. The only thing I
knew to offer was my warmth and charm I had learned from
living in the south (these folks were some the south) and my
willingness to learn what I needed to know to make this house
go as smoothly as possibly.
As it turned out, I sold the house very quickly, overcame a major
obstacle (home was in the flood zone) and got both sides. In asking
for a letter of reference I received one of the best, most professional
letters anyone could have received and gained some valuable friends.
Mr. Brown closed the letter by saying "If I ever have reason to do real
estate business again in Louisville, KY. I would not consider any
agent other the Loretta Wright."
That is a treasure to me.

Hope this helps.

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69. Lou Farris Jr.

-----Original Message----From: Lou Farris, Jr
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 1:00 AM
We are in the real estate settlement services industry. Several years ago we were in a position to
direct a significant amount of work to vendors in a particular type of industry that provides a
service needed in the sale and or refinancing of real property and our state law prohibited us from
being in that type of business. In addition federal law prohibited us from taking compensation
from the referral of business to that type of vendor or any other type of vendor. So we did the
following:
We directed a very good portion of the business that was able to be directed by us to one
selected vendor in that industry.
Because of volume the vendor gave very attractive pricing and a quick turnaround time for the
service, which all was passed on directly to the consumer by us.
The vendor outsourced the portion of their work which could legally be performed by us and it
was work that they rather not perform anyway.
We had an existing employee perform the work that was out sourced to us when she was not
doing other higher priority work.
This arrangement worked out to be a win, win, situation for everyone and it was all, clean,
uncomplicated and legal:

The consumer received better pricing and service.

The vendor got more business and could concentrate more on their core business
because they were able to outsource the none core work to us.
We allocated an unused resource, the free time of an employee, performed a service
using that time and got compensated for performing the service.

This arrangement produced a very nice income stream over the years, unfortunately the
arrangement was ended by factors which were not in any of our control. But it was great while it
lasted.
Jay, I took concepts and ideas gained from your material to develop the arrangement.
Thank you,
Lou Farris Jr.

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70. Lou Landau

----- Original Message ----From: Lou Landau
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:55 PM
Hi Jay,
I'm happy to share this success story of mine.
It happened about five years ago, I listened to one of your tapes where
you introduced the idea of &#34;taking ideas from one industry and
applying them to other industries&#34; I was very excited about this
idea and decided to try it.
I was in the exterminating business at that time, and I knew that I
need help with Referrals, and Prospect handling. So I thought to
myself, Which other industry has these challenges? and How do they deal
with this?
I discovered that the Insurance industry (Life Insurance in particular)
is by far the most challenged by Referrals and Prospects, so I
contacted an insurance agent friend and to make a long story short he
introduced me to a few of the most amazing prospecting and contact
handling tools that's available in the world.
In the end I actually bought an insurance prospect handling tool called
OCS (one card system) and was very successful in my exterminating
business with it.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your help,
knowledge sharing, tapes, books etc.
I'm looking forward to seeing other's success stories.
Thanks a ton keep up your splendid work
-Lou

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71. Maria Pesin

----- Original Message ----From: Maria Pesin
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:01 AM
Hi,
My name is Maria Pesin and I am the VP/Division Head of an apparel
manufacturer. My company is a leader in it's market. I began this
division 10 years ago. In the beginning we floundered. It was when we
focused on the most important things in our business that we began to
be successful. First and foremost was product. We worked on it and
refined it over several seasons. We are still working hard to make the
best product available to our customers.
The second was relationships. No matter what happens our customers
always come back to us. Even if there might be a season where they
have not had the most success. That is because we speak their
language. We are always concerned about fulfilling our customers
needs. We work hard to make sure that their experience of our company
is always as positive as can be. We strive for excellence in our
customer service.
The third is training and employee development. We constantly look to
educate our associates. They are truly our assets and keeping them
motivated is very important. When we hire people we are more concerned
with their attitudes and self motivation than their experience. You
can teach people who truly want to succeed. But, you cannot teach them
to want to succeed.
Running a business is a truly creative endeavor. I consistently read
and listen to tapes to help me stay motivated and always learning.
Loving what I do makes a big difference in my success.
Regards,
Maria Pesin

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72. Mark Leonard

----- Original Message ----From: Mark Leonard
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 9:37 PM
Case Study: Share the load, Share the price, Receive Full Benefit
Hello Fellow Followers of Jay Abraham,
Here's my story:
I am a computer "Techie" who was looking to increase my business services (reaping the
increase in profits too). My most recent activity involved Wireless Internet Access. I have a
client that was using a High Speed Internet connection in his Condominium complex. I
suggested that he and I pull our abilities to make some money. He agreed. We started some
word of mouth advertising, offering High Speed Internet connection with web surfing and
email account access for about half the regular price - $25 per month (normal price for the
connection speed is about $50 per month). My client would pay the regular fee and bill his
neighbors for their connection to his service. I was paid for the setup and maintenance of the
clients and will receive a portion of the month payments-if the connections don't need
service, I still receive my cut of the bill. I have no out of pocket expenses, but receive a
residual payment. Granted, for each network, it is not much money, but it's more than what I
was making.
Mark Leonard

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73. Master Van Donk

----- Original Message ----From: Master Van Donk
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:25 PM
Jay,
Thanks for the opportunity to share. I appreciate your relentless pursuit for excellence in all you do. Your
marketing concepts and ideas are invigorating, insightful and have pioneered a new way for thinking about
doing business.
Simply put for a small business owners like ourselves your marketing materials have stimulated our
business from doing $140,000 a year to over $350,000 within 3 years and I have had to slow down the
growth in order to better automate and expand the continued growth of our video/book distribution
business. Next year we expect another 40% growth due to our new positioning into the market place. We
have gone from 40 products to 300 products. We have gone from a 6 page handout to a 40 page catalog.
From 5 web pages to several hundred web pages. The internet sales 3 years ago was 12% of our business. I
have automated much of it and rebuilt a whole new site after studying the Abraham Billion Dollar Internet
Summit material. Our internet sales are now 84% of our business with NO loss in the direct mail or phone
orders from direct mail catalog sales. We went from selling just our own produced products to selling our
competitors products and now are #1 in our market taking at least 75% of the marketing share. Our
personal products have increased in sales as we are the one stop shop for our market. No one offers more is
our slogan.

Some key things I have worked on:

My business is serving my customer not making a sale
I had always believed in win-win and giving my customers a good value for their money. You taught me to
think of the customer as myself. You taught me to pre-think out every possible need and use that my
customer would have with my product and make them happy as I would make myself happy. Which lead
me to better packaging. I put several products together in separate bundles, which gave them everything
they needed in one super deal. It worked wonders. Repeat sales and referrals went up 25%. Think long
term relationship Vs. a one time sale.
Creating strategic alliances
I was mainly selling my own videos and books to a single martial art market. I encouraged the Grandmaster
of our system in Japan to do a series of Video tapes on his art. Through my advice he contracted with a
large producer in Japan to produce these titles in Japanese. I secured the rights to market them outside of
Japan and within 1 year talked the producer into doing English subtitles. Many of the higher ranks in my art
where a bit jealous that I had control of these sales and stopped their students from buying from me. So
after listening to your MasterMind Marketing series I got the idea to go to the top instructors of this art and
pay them a larger than usual royalty to offer their books and videos in my catalog and on our website. It
worked very well as now they where being profiled along with the grandmaster and myself and getting paid
for it. This largely increased my exposure and sales of not only the grandmasters tapes but my own as well.
Surprising to me is that my products out sell the grandmaster and all of the other master teachers combined.
So you can sometimes buy your way into alliances by paying more if it will bring you more customers,
especially getting your competitors to encourage it. If you can't beat them get them to join you. Now I can
claim that we are the "Worlds largest supplier of authentic >>>>>information" No one offers you more.
Our sales over doubled and I am now just going into the wholesale and affiliate marketing. I will now offer
my competitors who now have website stores the opportunity to buy our products wholesale making them
my sales force as well.

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Dr. X book - I really didn't think that I had an extra $500 to buy one book. My wife said I must be crazy (as
well as other business friends). So after receiving it I was motivated to do something with it. I was doing an
upcoming martial arts camp that I usually get 20-25 people to attended with a lot of push. I used the
information in this book on Jay's Marketing to write a very compelling 12 page letter (for the first time) and
sent it out to the same selected list I always have but I limited this special retreat (not a camp) to the first 50
people who signed up and a free manual of techniques to the first 10 sign ups. In less than 10 days the
retreat was full!! This had never happened in 10 years. I made $5,000 from one letter off the $500 book. I
now have more information to put into practice than I have the time or capacity to do. I have created a 100
step plan step by step for evolving my business (the only thing missing from Jay's material is how to do
this).
I have many years of outlined actions to take in growing my business. Marketing is one education study is
one where you can earn while you learn and there is no ceiling on the knowledge you can learn, money you
can make and service to the world you can make. I highly without reservation recommend anyone at any
level of involvement to study and apply Mr. Abrahams Marketing genius. If you don't think you can't
afford to means you really just need to do it.
Sincerely,
Rich

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74. Mayur Shah

----- Original Message ----From: Mayur Shah
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:12 AM

We are a retail fashion company, selling Indian ethnic garments. We decided to try a
technique from Jay Abraham, where we would acquire the customer at cost. So we
wanted to entice them with an offer that would be hard to resist and we would make our
money on repeat purchases. The headline had to be powerful and the one we selected
was, Spend 20 at Variety Silk House and get 10 refund. This was followed up with
copy explaining why we were doing this (another of Jays ideas). From our research we
knew that over 95% of our customers had visited us before, so that repeat purchase was
very likely and we were confident that what we were giving away initially would end up
making us more money in the future.
We created an A6 size colour postcard with the offer on the front and copy on the
reverse. It was inserted in a weekly newspaper that meets my target audience. We gave
8,000 postcards to be inserted in one issue. Our expectation was that we would get about
50 to 75 responses.
We had 484 postcards redeemed at our shop. It was quite an amazing response, we had
6.05% of the cards redeemed. It led to an increase in sales of 13,868 for those two
weeks (it was a time limited offer). These names were added to our database and
mailings were sent to them regularly. Normally we would add about 500 to 600 new
names to our database in a year, so 484 new names in two weeks was a great way to
acquire new clients rapidly.
Below is the front and reverse of the postcard.
Mayur Shah

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75. Michael Scott

----- Original Message ----From: Michael Scott
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:33 AM

Accelerated Health & Fitness Pty Ltd

A.C.N. 088 936 583
Level 31 Aurora Place 88 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
PO Box 20 Manly NSW 1655
Phone: +61-(0)419-276-308 Fax: +61-(0)2-99778996

The Accelerated Health & Fitness Case Study

Hi Jay,
On July 1, 2002, Accelerated health & Fitness opened its first health and fitness clinic within a
gym situated near Manly beach, Sydney, Australia.
This new business has been built using PEQ.
The clinic, which will be the first of hundreds around Australia, includes the disciplines of
physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture, nutritional assessment and programming, massage
therapy, podiatary, and personal training, is all based on the main USP element of measurable
results within specific time frames guaranteed.

In building the business core story, we took a fairly anatomical view of most
peoples problems and came up with ideas such as:
There Are 31 Reasons For Why You Need A Massage
Scientific evidence both supports and explains the beneficial effects of massage which
has developed into a sophisticated and specialised tool in today's treatment of muscle,
tendon, ligament and joint injuries.
Massage therapy helps maintain healthy skin by:
2. Improving oxygenation and nutrition to the basal layer of skin.
3. Increasing skin flexibility and elasticity and loosening scar tissue to maintain skin
health and movement.
4. Improving sebaceous secretion to lubricate the skin, improving its condition and
texture.
5. Relaxing the fascia on the scalp, decreasing tension and some forms of
headache.
It also maintains muscular functioning and health by:

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6. Helping to maintain muscles in the best possible state of nutrition, flexibility and
vitality speeding up muscle recovery after activity or injury.
7. Relieving muscle restrictions, tightness, stiffness and spasm which may limit full
movement.
8. Delaying muscle wasting due to disuse, for example, after a stroke or during
lengthy bed rest.
9. Encouraging better muscle activity through increased movement of nutrients and
removal of waste products.
10. Relaxing muscles and other tight tissues. For example tight muscles can press
on nerves causing pain and nerves can also become trapped in connective
tissue. Massage relaxes muscles and other soft tissues decreasing pain due to
nerve entrapment.
It promotes cardiovascular health by:
11. Increasing local blood flow without putting additional strain on the heart.
12. Mechanically propeling blood towards the heart in sedentary people and those on
long term bed-rest.
13. Stimulating nerves that control blood vessels. Widening the blood vessels can
increase blood circulation and lower blood pressure in some cases.
14. Increasing delivery of oxygen to muscle and other tissue cells and removal of
waste products.
15. Decreasing accumulation of metabolic waste and by-products from tissue
damage and inflammation thereby assisting healing.
16. Decreasing heart rate through decreased stimulation of the sympathetic nervous
system ("relaxation response").
Massage therapy aids in respiration by:
17. Slowing down the rate of respiration via reduced stimulation of the sympathetic
nervous system.
18. Increasing lung capacity and pulmonary function if these are decreased by tight
primary and secondary muscles of respiration.
It supports the lymphatic system by:
19. Stimulating the lymphatics when the person is immobile due to pain or when
injury interferes with lymphatic drainage.
20. Reducing some forms of swelling (lymphoedema) by mechanically stimulating
circulation.
21. Decreasing swelling after injury which encourages repair and faster return to
activity.
22. Increasing presence of natural killer cells and their activity, suggesting that
massage may strengthen the immune system.
It influences the nervous and endocrine systems by:
23. Providing a sedating and relaxing effect on the body by normalising nerve
activity.
24. Stimulating muscle activity through specific forms of massage.

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25. Promoting relaxation, decreasing insomnia and improving sleeping patterns by

stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system.
26. Decreasing pain with release of pain-reducing neurochemicals. It can provide
stimuli to modulate pain perception and decrease pain directly with some
massage techniques.
27. Decreasing stress levels by activation of the relaxation response. The many
physical stress-related problems of everyday life can be soothed away by slow
rhythmic massage. Massage recipients show an increase in dopamine and
serotonin levels which suggests a decrease in stress levels and depression.
Massage therapy assists the digestive system by:
28. Increasing movement of the large intestine, helping to relive colic and intestinal
gas.
29. Promoting activation of the parasympathetic nervous system which also
stimulates digestion.
30. Decreasing constipation by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system and
by direct movement of faecal material around the bowel. This will aid in
elimination without drugs.
It influences other soft tissues by:
31. Assisting with proper alignment of connective tissue fibres after injury.
32. Increasing movement at a joint by decreasing muscle tension and connective
tissue thickening and rigidity.
Classes of massage therapy:

Cranio-Sacral is a technique for finding and correcting cerebral and spinal

imbalances or blockages that may cause sensory, motor or intellectual
dysfunction.
Deep Tissue releases the chronic patterns of tension in the body through slow
strokes and deep finger pressure on the contracted areas, either following or
going across the grain of muscles, tendons and fascia. It is called deep tissue
because it also focuses on the deeper layers of muscle tissue.
Reflexology (zone therapy) is organized around a system of points on the hands
and feet that are thought to correspond, or "reflex," to all areas of the body.
Though the massage is specific to an area, it is intended to affect the whole
body.
Shiatsu and Acupressure are systems of finger-pressure massage, based on
Oriental healing concepts, which treat special points along "meridians," the
invisible channels of energy flow in the body. Energy blocked along these
meridians can cause physical discomfort, so the aim is to release the blockage
and re-balance the energy flow. They can be used for the full body or for specific
areas of the body.
Sports Massage Therapy is classified into three main categories: maintenance,
event and rehabilitation. Maintenance massage is a regular program of massage
to help the athlete reach optimal performance through injury-free training. Event
massage takes place before, during and/or after competition to supplement an
athletes warm-up, readying the athlete for top performance, and/or to reduce the

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muscle spasms and metabolic build-up that occurs with vigorous exercise. Such
techniques enhance the bodys recovery process, improving the athletes return
to high-level training and competition, and reducing the risk of injury.
Rehabilitation massage techniques are effective in the management of both
acute and chronic injuries.
Swedish Massage uses a system of long strokes, kneading, and friction
percussive and vibration techniques on the more superficial layers of muscles,
combined with active and passive movements of the joints. It is used primarily for
full-body sessions and promotes general relaxation, improves blood circulation
and range of motion, and relieves muscle tension. Swedish is the most common
type of massage.
Trigger Point Therapy (also known as Myotherapy or Neuromuscular Therapy)
applies concentrated finger pressure to trigger points (painful irritated areas in
muscles) to break cycles of spasm and pain.

After creating an educational process in our marketing collateral, we then looked

at seting peoples buying criteria. An example is as follows:
When it comes to selecting a personal trainer, there are many questions that you should be asking before
going ahead with any provider:

What will the trainer bring to you in terms of results that you cant produce on your own?
What level of education has the trainer attained: Is it the minimum level necessary to get
insurance and work in gyms and fitness centres (ie. approximately ten days of
education), or, is it a significant list of certificates and/or degrees (ie. hundreds of days, or
more, of education) reflecting a deep level of understanding of exercise physiology and
prescription?
What experience do they have that compliments their education, and, does it match
what you require?
Can they demonstrate their ability to help you create the specific results you want through
testimonials / endorsements / case studies from other clients whove achieved what
youre looking for?
Will they put you in contact with other clients who have attained similar results to what
youre wanting to attain?
What is their approach to writing health and fitness programs, and how ill you know that it
is customised to your needs?
How often will your health and fitness program be reviewed and upgraded as you
progress towards your goals?
Will the trainer educate you so that you can train independently, or, will the trainer simply
oversee what you do without providing you with the training activities that you can do on
your own?
Can or will the trainer give you an estimate of how long it may take and how much it may
cost for clients to achieve their health and fitness goals (assuming your commitment to
the programs designed for you)?
Does the personal trainer have education and accreditation in nutrition and dietary
assessment and programming that truly works along with your health and fitness goal?
How interested and committed will the trainer be to your goals later in the relationship?
Will their commitment to you and belief in their abilities and experience come in the form of
a guarantee of results, where reasonable, with a money-back policy?

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Are they currently insured for public liability and professional indemnity?

Once the selection criteria was set, the next process in the business was to use the many Abraham-isms
to create unfair advantage

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76. Mike Gilgan

----- Original Message ----From: Mike Gilgan
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:07 AM
BCNetwork is a small Internet based Inbound Tourism Portal for British Columbia Canada. The company is
currently the #1 portal in British Columbia in terms of inbound tourism traffic for British Columbia.
Earlier this spring the President's Executive Assistant suggested he visit www.abraham.com for marketing ideas.
(The Executive Assistant makes a percentage of the revenue as her income).
The company is a "medium" in it's own right with nearly 2,000,000 unique visitors annually. This means that
there is a "free of charge" market to test and market to. The company also used fax broadcasting to it's main
client base and ironically very little email marketing.
Upon visiting Abraham.com the President listened to the Tony Robbins interview with Jay Abraham tapes. What
immediately began delivering results was the concept Jay refers to as "upside leverage". This means essentially,
that before spending more on advertising and promotion, get better results with what you already do.
The President thought this was a good idea and the price was right. No increased spending on marketing. The
problem was, he found that his existing marketing was getting such low results, it was hard to come up with "test
results". Using some of the "successful headline approaches" noted at abraham.com and realizing from what Jay
and Tony talked about that "risk reversal" was a good strategy, the President decided to offer a money back
guarantee.... to his entire list. The response was amazing!! Almost every single respondent wanted to be
removed from the list!
The President was amazed. He had never had this volume of response. Good or bad, it was a response that was
measureable. He decided to look back to the small, but positive responses he had received in the past. What
was the difference? He now knew how to get a big bad response. He now focused on getting a big GOOD
response. The copy he developed for the new piece was shot down by his Executive assistant as being slanted
too far in the other direction.
The next fax blast received a 6% response and they were almost all positive! The sales staff were inundated. In
fact, the President noticed that the sales team were now so busy, they weren't taking the time they used to with
prospects on the phone. This resulted in a lower than usual conversion rate.
The company is now taking a scientific approach. Testing. Testing. Testing. and with the new knowledge and
skills resulting, is beginning to gain market share. All of this without spending any more money on advertising!

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77. Mike Salmond

----- Original Message ----From: Mike Salmond
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:19 PM

October 28, 2002

Dear Jay;
I am responding to your request for success stories. My story is rather simple, yet
impactful to me. I have been in a situation that limited my opportunity to implement
your principles. I have non the less continued to learn from your materials (i.e. PEQ). I
am currently entering into a new business venture that screams to have your principles
applied to it. My business partner recently purchased a 32-year-old business that
specializes in putting together buying groups and linking them to providers of products
and services. I am confident that I am better prepared for my part in the venture now that
I have your principles to guide my actions. The simple position of having the confidence
to know what can and should be done was critical to arriving at the decision to become a
part of the venture. I am especially excited about implementing PEQ principles as we
grow, what we believe will be a nation wide company.
Thank you for your work,
Michael R. Salmond

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78. Mike Westbury

----- Original Message ----From: Mike Westbury
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 6:48 PM
Hi Jay
Logging turn around
Jay I operate a logging company in NZ. With nearly three Million tide
up in plant. The problem I was having was I owned the gear and
employed the labour on wages. Problem was the production rates was all
over the place and I would spend many hours training new operators on
the complicated mechanical plant , set out systems for working the bush
and maintenance programs. Just when I get every one up to speed, bang
One or two of the men would leave, ether gone off to set up there own
gangs or where head hunted by other operators, then I had to start the
training all over again.
About one year ago I tried one of your ideas, I told the crew I was
going to give them the whole production cheque every month, this would
be divide between them equally, All I wanted was that
they hired my equipment on a hourly rate. Needless to say there eyes
nearly popped out of there heads the whole place was a buzz with
improvement ideas and enthusiasm.
Result:
Production increased 30%
Staff turn over 0
Operation hours Up 10%
Maintained cost down 35%
My net profit up 25%
My liability risk reduced to nearly 0
No Acc payments because the workers are now self employed, They get to
claim all the tax benefits as well there income up 25% in the hand.
It took a bit of working out but we got there in the end.
to thank you for your inspirations

I would like

Regards
Mike Westbury
Taupo
New Zealand

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79. Neil Maxwell-Keys

----- Original Message ----From: Neil Maxwell
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:33 AM
Dear Jay,
I have only very recently been introduced to the Jay Abraham
methodology. Around two months ago I purchased a tape set from
Nightingale Conant called "The Marketing Mastermind System" and this
was the very first introduction I have had to Jay.
We run a specialist recruitment agency called MK Recruitment and we
specialize in recruiting personnel to work onboard some of the world's
most luxurious cruise ships in various different departments. We
basically earn a fee from each cruise line company for every qualified
person that we recruit for them.
After listening to all 6 cassettes I decided to think about which of
Jay's strategies I could implement immediately that would have an
instant and positive effect on our business.
One thing he said that really hit home was something so obvious that I
almost feel embarrassed to say that we haven't done this already! He
said that every single business should have at least one (preferably
several) systemized referral generating systems in place. I
immediately began to think about how we could do this and increase the
number of qualified candidates we recruit.
I had an idea straight away. The candidates that we were currently
processing to work onboard a cruise ship (these are people that we had
already spent money on advertising in specialist publications to
recruit) - of course, they would know other people with similar
experience, backgrounds, etc as themselves (i.e. work colleagues and
friends). So why didn't we just add a few extra lines as a "P.S." on
the bottom of each letter that we were sending them (that we sent them
anyway, so the extra cost was zero) asking them if they knew of any
other people with similar experience as themselves that may be
interested in working onboard a cruise ship?
We did this and the result was immediate. Our results show that the
number of people that we recruited jumped by over 50% just through this
one referral generating system and we haven't even offered any kind of
incentive to them for doing this. Our candidates were actively asking
their colleagues and friends whether they too fancied the once-in-alifetime opportunity to work onboard a luxury cruise ship, as a favour
to us for getting them such a sought after job!
Basically we recruit people by placing classified adverts in local
newspapers throughout the country. These adverts cost us around 100
pounds each. From each advert we get around 50 positive enquiries.
After vetting and then interviewing each person we will end up
recruiting an average of seven people from this ad, which equates to

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around 1400 in revenue. Now that we have a referral generating system

in place and the people who enquire and candidates we recruit are
referring friends and colleagues we are now recruiting around 11 people
from each advert that we put out. This means that our revenue has gone
from 1400 per advert to 2200 per advert from doing nothing more than
adding precisely three sentences to the bottom of each letter!
Although this is only a very small success story it has had a very
profound effect on our business. Not only are we happy with the much
improved results and increased revenue it has brought us but our
clients are delighted with the increased number of people we're sending
through. And this is only the beginning. We plan to use as many more
of the 93-referral generating systems Jay talks about that we can get
away with!
Business Name: MK Recruitment
Size: Operates part-time with two employees.
Business Type: Specialist Recruitment Company, recruiting personnel to
work onboard luxury cruise liners throughout the world.
Contact: MK Recruitment, 43 Mainwaring Road, Wallasey, Wirral, CH44
9DN.
England.
Tel: +44 151 512-5218
Email: [email protected]
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavours.
Kind regards,
Neil Maxwell-Keys

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80. Nick Di Mondo

----- Original Message ----From: Nick Di Mondo
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:42 AM

Hi Jay,
Let me tell you about a small, but very profitable way, that I adopted your marketing techniques
in my practice. I am a partner in a two lawyer firm in the greater Toronto area. As part of my
practice I act for clients in the purchase and sale of residential homes. Often when clients are
buying or selling a home we used to talk to them about also preparing their Wills and although
our clients expressed an interest they were not motivated enough to follow through to actually
have their Wills prepared.
After reading and listening to your materials specifically the chapter in your book entitled
Would you like the left shoe, too? I decided to create a service add on for every client that
bought or sold a house with us.
First I labeled the service, for this example Ill call it the Wills at Home program [I actually use
a different name in my firm] then at our first meeting with our client and after we discuss our
clients real estate transaction I explain our Wills at Home process and present the client with a
one page sheet that sets out that when a client buys, sells or mortgages a home with us and they
decide to have their Wills prepared and signed at the same meeting that they come into sign their
real estate transaction then we will have eliminated at least 1 to 2 hours of our time. This
additional time would have resulted in meeting with our clients on another separate occasion to
specifically discuss their Wills and an additional meeting to sign their Wills.
I further explain that signing their Wills on the same day as their real estate transaction results in
a reduced cost for a total package of Wills and 2 different types of Powers of Attorney (one for
financial and one for their health care) that I offer them.
I then set out on the same one page the cost of preparing their Wills and Powers of Attorney if
they came to see us on a separate occasion vs. the cost of preparing them at the time of their real
estate transaction. For example in my firm the cost of a husband and wife wills and powers of
attorney would amount to about $800.00 I then reduce the total cost by $250.00 [and I show and
circle this savings on the sheet of paper] the result is that the client pays $550.00 for standard
Wills and Powers of Attorney and the client is motivated to get them done.
I also have a space on the paper where the client signs to agree to these terms and to pay these
additional monies on the same date that their real estate transaction closes.
This process is win- win as our clients are motivated and thankful to us for finally signing these
important documents. For my firm it adds about $550.00 for every couple that agrees to add on
the service. Since we implemented the service a couple of years ago we have averaged an
additional income of about $7,000 annually with over $20,000 in additional income so far that we
would never have realized with very little further effort on our part. This Wills program is
ongoing and will continue to be profitable for many years to come.

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Thanks Jay. I hope this helps to show that your marketing techniques work in a very small and
profitable way.
Sincerely Nick Di Mondo

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81. Nicolas Courchesne

----- Original Message ----From: Nicolas Courchesne
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 12:36 PM
Hello Jay,
I was working for a Canadian fabricator of cracking towers for the oil
refineries. We wanted to expand our sales to the USA so we acquired a
list of potential customers. There were 120 potential customers on the
list.
We gave the list to a young employee and said "Send a brochure and the
usual information about our company so that we can get new customers".
The young person did just that: we sent the corporate profile, a list
of qualifications, a few pictures, our capacities in handling steel and
welding, etc. Everything was done on the company letterhead and
quality paper. The cost of each envelope was around $3 US (including
postage).
Guess how many response we got... None! Nobody called back. Whenever
we were able to contact someone on the list, they would say that they
did not receive the brochure or that they were happy with the current
supplier. The success rate was zero.
We then decided to try the Abraham way. Three of us worked on a letter
for about 4-5 hours. We target the project engineers (those are the
guys who specify the suppliers in the first place) and the letter was a
long 3 pages (compare with Jay's letter this is a Post-It) with a three
line headline on plain paper.
The letter described the pain that we all face when we choose a bad
supplier or when the project did not go as it should. It also
portrayed the pleasure of a first class project where everything turns
out fine. It spoke the language of the refinery engineers and used
real examples that they could relate to. It then said that we, as a
company, were not always perfect in the past but after studying the
projects that went well as compare with the others, we had found the
recipe for a successful project. We were now in a position to help
them with their project and that if they would contact us about their
future cracking tower needs, we would send a top ten list of conditions
for a successful project (tailored to the industry). The cost per
envelope was $0.50 US and we sent it to the same names as the first
mailing.
The success rate was an astounding 9% within 10 working days. After we
did a follow up call for the ones that did not answer directly, the
success rate was more than 15% of all envelopes sent (120 altogether).
Better than that: we had first hand information of the coming projects
and were able to enter on a relationship with the specifying engineers
because of the instant credibility that the letter gave us.

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We tested two headlines with the same body but there were no
significant differences.
This story is true and can be published.
Nicolas Courchesne

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82. Niel Malan

----- Original Message ----From: Niel Malan
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:52 PM

Making a Fortune By Selling Personal Development

Seminars Through Guest Events
Hi Jay,
As per your email, herewith a strategy that I have used very successfully after studying some of
your collateral.
The main principles I used are using guest events, barter trading, host/parasite
relationships and risk reversal to sell motivational seminars. Here goes:
I am in the business of doing personal development seminars in South Africa, very much
Tony Robbins styles since he was my mentor in this area. I have been battling for some time to
reach my target audience. Previously, I was selling into the corporate market, but I got frustrated
with it as you get a different kind of course delegate this way than the person that pays for
him/herself because they want to develop themselves further.
After studying your work, I decided the route to go is to do free 2 lectures where I will
educate, entertain and inspire large numbers of people, and ultimately offer them to buy a ticket
to our relatively expensive seminar.
When I decided on using this strategy, I identified that I essentially had 3 goals: Nr.1 was
to reach a large enough number of people to compel them to attend the free lectures, Nr. 2 was
figuring out how to mitigate my marketing expenses as I had just gone through some
infrastructure changes and was operating on a very tight budget, and Nr. 3 was how do I get the
highest conversion ratios for attendees to sign up for the program.
Well, to reach the largest audience in the quickest, most direct and cost effective way, I
figured it would have to be through doing endorsement emailing. The reason for that is the
marketing costs nothing, it is instantaneous, direct and it is very measurable. So what I did is I
contacted an Internet service provider who has about 100 000 subscribers, and I cut a deal with
them.
They would do an endorsement to their database for them to attend the free lecture as a
means of them saying thank you for their clients loyal patronage. Double whammy! Credibility
(though the endorsement) and reasons why (to make it believable and more compelling). They
also agreed to design and host the website that would take all the enrollments, and give me
accurate details on all enrollees, as well as accurate telephone and email details as a means to
communicate to the people that enrolled.
I would provide them with a series of appearances at schools where they are launching a
new campaign. So the deal was great. It cost them nothing as sending email is free, and it cost
me nothing, except for a little bit of time.
After launching the campaign we had in excess of 5 000 people sign up for the events!
Not only did it work beautifully, but the quality and purity of the date was fantastic. I gained all the

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information on the clients, I found out what industry they are in, what company they work for, as
well as their positions within that company.
But thats not all
I also engineered a referral campaign into the whole thing. When people enrolled on the
website, they had five fields where they could send the same email they originally received to
friends and invite them to attend, simply by supplying their email address and cellular telephone
number in the fields. This sent out an automatic endorsement email the referees, with a
personalized message from the referring client, and it also sent an SMS (text message) to the
cellular phones of the recipients alerting their friend as to the email waiting for them.
Well, the campaign was an overwhelming success from an enrollment perspective. Now
the next step was to get the conversion ratio as high as possible. After scratching my brain for a
while and looking at it from all angles, I decided that I would give people a 90-day money back
guarantee on the training. Not only would they have 90 days to test out my powerful strategies, if
they decided to get refunded, they would end up having receiving the entire program and
program content for free.
This went down very well with the audience, and they responded very well to the offer. In
fact, we went from signing up only 3.6% of previous delegates to 11% this time. So the event was
profitable, I filled up two seminars, built a large database and the whole thing cost me nothing!
But thats still not all
I ran a competition at the free event that went like this. Each entry form that contains the
names and cellular telephone numbers of 5 friends, colleagues or family members, would go into
a draw. This offer was made to the delegates just before the halfway break, and we ended up
with over 13 000 referrals! The details where captured that same night, and the SMSs where
sent out to all 13 000 referees, compelling them to visit the website and sign up for future
programs.
This was so successful, what we have another two events ready to go with more sign
ups than we can handle. Form here, I foresee us running similar campaigns once a quarter and
the marketing will continue to cost us virtually nothing, with the exception of the hosting fees as
well as some minor printing charges.
Give this strategy a go, you wont regret it!

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83. Patrick Hawley

----- Original Message ----From: Patrick Hawley
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:58 PM

How to Gain a Competitive Advantage Getting The Job You

Really Want!
Background: I created a marketing system designed to give individuals in the job search market a way to
gain a competitive advantage over other applicants applying for the same position.
To accomplish this I looked at the job searcher as the product and applied many of the strategies and
techniques I learned from Jay Abraham to market them just like any other product or service.
My job search system consists of behavioral analysis software based on the DISC theory to identify the
individuals unique characteristics and the value he or she would bring to the new employer. This was the
first time the job searcher really understood the features of what he or she was selling to a potential
employer.
Once the behavioral analysis assessment software identifies the individuals unique characteristics, the
users are taught how to turn their unique features into powerful benefits they can use to effectively
market themselves to employers.
Problem: One of the biggest challenges job searchers face when sending their resumes to potential
employers is to get them noticed, read and create enough interest to compel employers to call them and
request an interview. The problem is that businesses receive hundreds of resumes, and for the most part,
they all look the same. As a result, applicants resumes get thrown in a huge pile and generally do not
receive adequate consideration.
Objective: One of the objectives of this product was to give job searchers a strategy and tactics that they
could use to get their resumes noticed and moved to the short list of applicants to be called for an
interview.
Strategy: One of the direct mail strategies I learned in the Jay Abraham protg training program was how
to use grabbers to make a direct mail letter stand out and grab the attention of the recipient of the
letter. Grabbers can be anything attached to the letter that is relevant to the offer or to the visual format of
the letter. The objective is to do something different to break through the monotony of the sameness of all
the other mail received by the reader.

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Test: First we tested several grabbers with the Human Relations departments of seven companies that
agreed to participate in this test. We wanted to find out if by changing only the visual format of the resume
(not the applicants qualifications) we could improve the applicants chances of getting called back for an
interview. The test consisted of giving the HR departments 35 resumes from which they were asked to
select 5 applicants that they were interested in interviewing. One of the resumes in the stack of 35 was
uniquely formatted in a way that would stand out visually. To make sure that the selection by the HR
departments was not based solely on an applicants qualifications, we included a resume with the identical
qualifications of the individual on our visually enhanced resume. All we did was change the name of the
applicant and make it look similar to all the other resumes.
The unique resume we created looked like a personal letter and presented the individuals positive
characteristics in bullet form under the headings; Value to the Organization; Strengths; Leadership, etc. It
also had one of the heading and the bullets under it circled in red ink. Finally, it had a red paper clip on the
right edge of the page.
Results: The resume we created made the short list of applicants to be called in all seven of the
companies that participated. We asked the HR managers why the resume we created was selected. All of
the participants said that it really stood out and caught their attention. They also said that it clearly
communicated the benefits this individual could bring to their company. (Remember, the employer is the
customer for individuals in the job search market. And customers always want to know Whats in it for
me?) Several of the HR managers said the red paper clip made the resume stick out in the pile and raised
their curiosity. A few of them even thought that their bosses had seen the resume first and had circled the
particular benefits of the individual in red ink -- this resulted in an implied endorsement of the applicant by
their bosses. By the way, the resume we included among the 35 others that had the same information on it
as the one that stood out visually, but used a traditional resume format, did not make it to the short list of
any company.
As a result of testing this strategy, we determined how to significantly improve an individuals chance of
breaking through the ton of resumes submitted for the same position and move his or her resume to the top
of the list. We have received several testimonials and success stories from individuals that have used this
technique to gain a competitive advantage in the job search market. Many of these individuals were getting
nowhere in their job search prior to using our job search marketing system. Their newfound success did not
require them to change their qualifications. All they needed was the knowledge of their strengths they could
offer an employer and the marketing skills to position themselves in a compelling way to potential
employers.
Comments: This is just one example of how the marketing principles, strategies and techniques I learned
from Jay Abraham are universally adaptable and applicable to selling anything. Every business owner or
professional can increase the effectiveness of their marketing by using grabbers and unique visual
positioning of their products and services. The key is to try some; test them with members of the target
market to determine which ones work best; take action by using them; and then begin to reap the benefits of
increased sales revenue produced by more effective marketing.
Submitted By:
Patrick Hawley
Hawley Marketing Group, Inc.
PMB 408
8912 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Suite F-8
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
(480) 838-8385 Office
(480) 491-4230 Fax
mailto:[email protected]

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"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors."
Patrick Hawley

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84. Paul Meier

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Meier
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:09 AM

Hi Jay,

SUCCESS STORIES
Approx 10 years ago I set up a DRTV company in New Zealand with my partner Suzanne Paul
we learned and used several of Jays methods and mindsets over a 7 year period and finally sold
the company to a NYSE listed company National Media for $ US 20 million
The following is a few of Jays methods and ideas that we used...
1) Our DRTV business used to receive phone orders and half were credit card and the other half
were cheques to be sent in the mail. Of the cheque orders only 30% ever used to arrive so we
tested getting our phone room operators to tell the customer that we would send what ever
product they were ordering by cheque tomorrow if they PROMISSED to send a cheque.If the
cheque had not arrived by 2 weeks we would send them a letter reminding that they
PROMISSED to send it in this was followed by a seris of 3 further letters progressively stronger
and if still no cheque we then would hand it over to a debt collection agency.
Results: We increased our cheque orders from 30% to 92% only 8% bad debt. We only used the
above program for goods that were $US 60 or less and we were very specific about making sure
we obligated them by getting them to promise to send us the cheque.
2) We used to run several lead generation programs for products like Hooked on Phonics ,Mega
Memory etc these products had no price in the infomercial and the customer had to phone in to
find the price we used to get any where from 15-30% of the people who called in to purchase
most products were around $ US 150. By calling all the people who did not purchase the
following day and offering them a 30% discount from the owner we actually doubled our profit on
these programs.
Result: Approx $ 1 million extra profit to the bottom line.
3) Increasing Price to revive sales. We had a face powder called Natural Glow which had been
on the market for 6 yrs and its sales were starting to slow. So we decided to increase our selling
price from $NZ29.95 to $39.95 this gave us an extra $6 margin which we used for adding
additional products into the Natural Glow kiteg;a pot of night cream cost us $5,a bottle of perfume
$4 etc, we planned to do this 4 times per year and run the promotion for 2months then give it a
1month break then start with a new additional product.
Result: Almost a 50% increase in sales
4) The Health Rider was the biggest fitness product that we had ever marketed we sold approx
$NZ4-$5million of them then along came a lot of copies. It was decided that we would sell other
Rider like machines also in all we sold 5 other machines from $1,200 -$100 and then finally gave
one away free with another fitness product

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Result: By adopting this strategy we sold an additional $10 million worth of riders at an average
of 10% profit.
5) Test, Test and Re-test: After Ambervision glasses had been done to death around the world I
decided to retest them(3yrs latter)I tried buy one get one free on TV for $NZ29.95 and it was a
disaster. then I tested buy one get 2 free at $39.95 this was a huge success and an increase of
300% on the first offer.
6) Let Your Customers Decide Weather a Product is Right or Wrong for a Market: When we first
started out on TV we were so successful that we ran out of stock and only had a Massage Pillow
in our warehouse that we had earlier decided we could not sell on TV since people had to feel it
to understand how it felt, as we had nothing else to sell we thought we would put it on to use up
some of our long term TV contracts that we had to pay for anyway, we gave it a $2,000 TV airing
and fell of our chairs when it sold over $40,000 of Massage Pillows.
The most valuable thing I received from Jay was the mindset to go about developing successful
marketing concepts and how to implement them, I am confident in stating that without Jays
Philosophies we would have probably only got $US10 million for the company when we sold out.
Yours Sincerely,
Paul Meier

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85. Paul Shrimpling

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Shrimpling
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: 500 Ways To Skin A Cat
I'm keen to read the success stories - but I'm not sure my story will
qualify - you decide.
For me so far the biggest achievement has been a mindset shift of
amazing proportions. I studied to degree level and left college
determined to make my millions. Decided to pursue a sales career
because "no matter how good the product or service you have to be able
to sell it".
Despite my commitment to success I chose to avoid more learning and
exposure to more ideas as I thought my degree had given me all I need
to be successful. Four career changes later and 15 years later I was
no closer to my millions than when I left college!
However I was kindly introduced to Jay's material at a Million Dollar
Summit which created a paradigm shift of momentous proportions. I left
with a thirst for knowledge that has yet to be quenched - and never
will. And it seems that even though I have yet to make my first
million I am so confident that I am on the right path I live each day
with a zest and energy some people think I'm on drugs!
My learning to date has seen me experiment with the family business and
unfortunately caused it to fail due to cash challenges I did not plan
for. Maybe a story you don't want to share with your public but it has
liberated me again to pursue what only I can do with even more
enthusiasm. My business success is inevitable as I am so successful in
every other department in my life - wonderful wife, four amazing
children, a friends network to die for and an outlook on life I'm
totally proud of.
All of this is not down to Jay's mindset but boy did it help.
Thanks Jay
Every happiness
Paul Shrimpling

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86. Perry Turnbull

----- Original Message ----From: Perry Turnbull
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:48 AM

Case Study of the powerful influence an Abraham principal can have

on a small company.
Company Description:
Educational Products Company deriving income from the sale of audio visual equipment and resultant
maintenance fees of the same hardware. Annual sales were approximately $500,000-$600,000 per year
with a profit margin of about 5%.
Business Model Challenge:
The biggest challenge the company faced was that most of the company revenue was based on new
hardware system sales. Little of the company profit came from same customer sales. Therefore, little
lasting value (other than word of mouth testimonials) came from the existing customer base.
Abrahamic Insight:
After reading Your Marketing Genius At Work, the idea of continuing to make a profit from existing
customers weighed heavily upon me. I was also impressed with the win-win concept of delivering
excessive value in the product or service a company offers. I struggled to find how we could marry those
two principals together in our business model.
After a few days of thought, it came to me; offer an extended warranty on the hardware based on the
recurring purchase of textbooks we had customarily offered for free with the original purchase of the
system. We knew that our systems were hearty and required only minor maintenance, but customers were
always concerned since the systems were unique and only our firm knew how to repair certain parts of the
system.
The solution was to set a minimum requirement of textbooks purchased per year in order to renew the
warranty and free maintenance on the hardware systems we installed. Due to the increase profits that came
from the textbooks sales, we lowered the hardware price. As a result of the lower hardware prices, our
hardware sales increased, which by definition drove our textbook sales even higher.
Result:
By the end of the first year our sales volume had doubled, and our profit margin increased to approximately
15%. Our customers were happier than they had ever been and our business was far more profitable.

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87. Pete Grof

----- Original Message ----From: Pete Grof
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:49 AM
Dear Jay:
Thanks, Jay, for opening my eyes and showing me what's possible! The
concepts you've discovered and shared over the years changed my future.
(I will write the following referring to you in third person)
The importance of using Jay Abraham's principles of using scripts,
testing, and taking the time to fine tune it.
I was turned on to Jay Abraham many years ago. I heard about Jay from
Tony Robbins. My first of exposure his materials was called "The 10
Mistakes Almost Everyone in Business is Making," or something like
that. That talked about testing. I remember the concepts from that
book while I was not having the success I was shooting for in the
project explained below. Jay's thoughts on testing really pulled me
through emotionally so I stuck with it long enough to make it work.
Some years ago I was doing some sales consulting.
I had a client who sold a somewhat uncommon opportunity (at that time).
They gave business owner an opportunity to be seen by thousands of
viewers. This company produced a television business news program. It
was news magazine style interview of three or four business owners.
Each segment was about 7 minutes.
The company I was working with charged the business owners 12 thousand
dollars to appear on this program. In return, the business owner got
to be interviewed by a celebrity and pitch his/her company on a program
that was to be aired three times within one month (or something like
that). The business owners appearing also received a master video of
their episode for their
own use.
When I entered the picture sales were dismal. They had maybe six sales
people. Only one of which had a potential sale on the board that week.
These sales people made cold calls from D&B leads and attempted to set
appointments. A "closer" met with these business owners to finalize
the deals and get a check.
The turn over rate of sales people was high.
Of the many problems and overlooked opportunities this business had, I
was assigned to do something about the appointment making process.
Here's what I did. First, I reviewed all the marketing materials,
research and documentation. I tried their current telephone script to

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find out what kind of reaction I would get. People where just
responding well to that script.
So I knew what to do.
crazy.

Devise a telephone script that would work like

I did. It didn't. People responded positively to the new script, but

it was not getting the number of appointments that we wanted.
One appointment per 100 calls.
not what we were looking for.

Not good.

Better than previous, but

I knew the leads themselves were not the best. The audience wasn't
profiled as well as it could have been. But the company was not
interested in doing that. They just wanted help setting appointments.
So that is what I continued with.
I went back to the drawing board and rewrote the script based on the
feedback and objections I was getting.
OK. Now there was more progress. I would get three appointments per 100
calls. Not good enough.
I kept hammering away on the script, writing and rewriting, and writing
some more.
It took three month to develop a script that pulled enough appointments
that this company could live well on.
Three appointments from 40 calls.
thousand dollars.

The profit per sale was like six

So the moral of the story is listen to Jay and use scripts, test and
revise for maximum effectiveness, and give it the time it needs. It
doesn't always happen over night, but it you keep working it, you can
get it where you want it.
Best Wishes,
Pete Grof

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88. Peter C. Geisheker

----- Original Message ----From: Peter C. Geisheker
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:04 PM

Case study of Pete Geisheker Consulting

New Location: Green Bay, WI (as of September 1, 2002)
Previous Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Type of Business: Small business marketing consultation
Year Established: March 2002
Contact: Pete Geisheker at [email protected]
How I Learned of Jay Abraham

I learned of Jay's marketing genius after purchasing his book, Getting Everything You Can Out
Of All You've Got. Prior to starting my own marketing consultation business in March of 2002, I
worked as a Marketing Director for a dot-com.
My Business Model

Jay's book both inspired me and gave me the courage to start my own marketing consultation
business. The business and marketing advice provided in Jay's book helped me to develop my
business idea to provide marketing consultation services to small businesses. Jay says that one of
the leading reasons why small businesses fail is poor marketing. My business model is to help
small businesses become more successful through the implementation of Jay Abraham's business
and marketing strategies.
3 Simple Steps to Business Success

One of Jay's best marketing strategies is to become involved in business networking groups.
Taking Jay's advice, I joined a local chapter of Business Network International (BNI). Within my
first two months of joining BNI, I landed two large accounts. My marketing cost to join BNI was
$270. Revenue generated from implementing this marketing strategy was $12,000 within 5
months.
Using Jay Abraham's marketing strategy of creating strategic business partnerships, I formed a
strategic partnership with a graphic artist in my BNI group. This relationship led me to landing
another large account within two weeks after forming our strategic partnership. Marketing cost
was $0. Revenue generated was $6,000.
Using a third strategy of Jay Abraham, selling your value to your employer, I went back to my
previous full-time employer and sold my employer on the value of hiring me as a marketing
consultant instead of as a full-time employee. Jay's advice worked and my previous employer
gladly hired me as a part-time marketing consultant at an hourly rate that was four times more
than what I was making as a full-time employee. Marketing cost was $0. Marketing value was
$12,000+.
Revenue Generated

During my first five months in business, my business generated $28,000 in income and my
business was profitable within its first month in business. I owe my success to Jay Abraham.
Granted that $28,000 is not a gigantic sum of money, but I have only been working part-time

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while refining my business model and target market for maximum results. Now that I refined my
business model and my target market, I am confident that I will be able to easily earn $100,000+
a year working 40 hours a week or LESS. Thanks Jay!
Pete Geisheker
Pete Geisheker Consulting
[email protected]

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89. Peter Pearson

----- Original Message ----From: Peter Pearson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:05 PM
$302,500 so far. But that's nothing yet!
About 5 1/2 years ago I began to seriously harness one of Jay's most
valuable principles. The USP. As a successful psychologist specializing
in couples therapy, (my wife, also a psychologist, and I have 10
therapists working for us) I really struggled with the concept of
unique. Yes, I had a number of qualifications that were distinct from
other therapists working with couples. That allowed me to charge a
little extra than most therapists but I hadn't truly developed "a
nobody else is doing it" kind of uniqueness.
However, by recognizing that price is what you pay and value is what
you get, I raised my fees in a way that I wouldn't have without Jay's
tutelage. The past 5 1/2 years I increased my fees an average of $50
per hour that I would not have done without my association with Jay.
That increase led to an extra $302,500. (1100 billing hours per year x
5.5 years @ $50/hr.) That is pretty good for someone in my profession
but it is far short of the additional income I wished to earn.
The USP concept became a driving force to unlock the possibility of
rapid change. I used the current yardstick for generating rapid change
and Tony Robbins is perhaps the gold standard. I read his books and
listened to his tapes, (actually I studied with Richard Bandler and
John Grinder when they originally introduced the concepts of NLP which
became the foundation of much of Tony's teaching).
He also seemed to be the benchmark for getting rapid change with large
groups of people. So if I was going to be unique - I had to locate a
way of transcending the best of what Tony could offer. And not just by
a little bit, to be really unique I had to make his process look like
ox cart travel by comparison.
This process would have to meet additional criteria in addition to
speed (this is the scientist part of me that has been on the faculty of
Stanford University the last 15 years).
The results had to last, couldn't be effective for just a small group
of highly motivated people, had to clear out the unconscious roadblocks
to success in multiple endeavors, could be done with large groups of
people, would need minimal insight and only marginal motivation.
This process would also have to work with a very tough group. Hard
headed driven business people who are more interested in results than
woo woo touchy feely conventional change oriented approaches. Best of
all they wouldn't even need to talk about the problem with others in
order to get the benefits.

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If I had this USP then I would have discovered the Holy Grail of
change. Because then I could then employ Jay's other powerful concept
-joint ventures. But I had to bring to the table something so massively
powerful that it would be totally irresistible. That would give me an
enormous advantage in who I select as a joint venture partner.
That's where the "But that's nothing yet!" statement comes in to play.
I have now located and have been fine tuning the Holy Grail of change.
It meets all the criteria mentioned above. Deep change can be made with
no more effort than brushing your teeth. Fast? it's as fast as the
speed of thought. Thorough? Basic causes of the problem are eliminated
in seconds. People are freed from the crippling hindrances that
choke off their economic and personal success.
The market for proven rapid change is enormous. Many people teach
wonderful and powerful "what to do and how to do it" strategies but the
emotional and psychological blocks are enormous which prevent even the
best knowledge from being fully utilized. It's an enormous waste of
knowledge and information. It's like teaching people all the best
techniques for rowing a boat and then giving them one oar.
Rapidly releasing these people from those limitations is more than a
dream- it is now a proven reality. I will next be utilizing Jay's other
strategies - especially the joint venture concept- again and again to
my future client's and my enormous economic satisfaction.
Peter Pearson, Ph.D
Co-founder The Couples Institute
Menlo Park, Ca. 94025
650-324-0150

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90. Peter Schibli

----- Original Message ----From: Peter Schibli
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:21 PM
CASE STUDY
SAVANT BUSINESS COACHING
I run a small business coaching consultancy in Auckland New Zealand and have been doing so for around
three years working with a variety of marketing and personal selling endeavors to attract clients.
In the early stages of starting the market was fairly new but in the last three years the marketing of these
kinds of services has become increasingly saturated and sophisticated.
I knew that what I wanted was an automated marketing system that would generate a steady flow of highly
qualified leads that didnt me cost anything (zero acquisition cost to follow a strategy of immediate and
sustained profits), and that bypassed the noise and competition in traditional communication mediums. In
other words I wanted to re-write the playing field.
As you can imagine this Holy Grail eluded me for some time. The breakthrough came to me quite
suddenly while talking about the subject with a friend while driving. He asked me if my clients used mailouts and in that moment I saw the light. In essence it is a combination of growing through endorsed
referrals and linking my business to a strong partner in a host/parasite type relationship and making offers
than cant be refused.
The specific solution is that I assist my clients to draft a follow up thank-you letter to each and every
person who purchases their goods and services. The design of the letter is such that it encourages repeat
business and referrals. The whole flavour of the letter is educational, helpful and friendly. Included in the
letter is a section that goes under different titles depending on the client from, recommended businesses
to great businesses to work with and so on. In either case the section has a small paragraph along the lines
of Peter works with small business owners from start-ups to veterans, with whom he works closely with
on a weekly basis, typically for a 12 month period. He proactively develops breakthrough strategies which
the client can implement, with the objective of increasing their profitability between 20% to 50% and
reducing their hours to zero. His monthly fee is based on a percentage of the increased profitability. Thus
there are no overhead costs, but a sharing of the increased profitability. I work with Peter myself and it
produces impressive results!! Peters expertise is primarily marketing and operational.
While this letter is not precisely targeted at my target market, there is a high enough percentage of selfemployed and business owners among the clients of my clients that it works. It also gets passed on to
business owners from friends. Being in a different place than anyone else also seems to help sneak the
message in.
Prior to developing this approach I had already made as part of my contract with a new client the agreement
that that if they are delighted by the results we achieve that they agree to give me 2 referrals every 6
months. With this in place it was easy to suggest a way they could provide this without even having to open
their mouths.
The final icing on the cake is that I get to use this mechanism as a way of testing and measuring my
headlines, copy, guarantees and calls to action simply by changing these with every thousand or so letters.

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The bottom line impact is that I generated clients worth $94,000 (over 1 year) in my 1st mail out to 1000
clients with a consistent stream of mail-outs to follow.
Very Nice.

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91. Philip Bayles

----- Original Message ----From: Philip Baylis
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:05 AM
Healthy-sport
[email protected]
Healthy-sport is a company conceived on June 5th 2000, and officially set up on 9th July 2002 to
build, launch and operate Healthy-sport.com, from September 2002 onwards. The web sales and
marketing operation will establish financial independence for the company and surplus funds to
establish and drive the development of The Global Wellness Foundation.
The Global Wellness Foundation will be launched at the end of August 2002, as a not-for-profit
organisation, and web site construction is to be completed Q4/02 at
www.globalwellnessfoundation.org. The foundation is designed to support two hard working
global organisations who are presently doing fantastic work, namely Manna Relief and Water Aid.
The third vital part of the foundation is a public educational arm, Freedom To Choose, which will
bring awareness to the public about up to date evidence from research and development in
nutrition and health issues. This educational work will allow simplified, informed choice for the
public, so that personalised chronic health management and/or complementary preventative
(self-)healthcare programmes can be considered, from all the information available at that time.
MannaRelief is an international, non-profit organization that has helped thousands of children
around the world have a better quality of life by offering a unique combination of Nutrition,
Attention & Prayer (N.A.P.) to hurting children. MannaRelief wants every child to get the N.A.P.
they need to pursue a fuller, happier life.
(www.mannarelief.org).
WaterAid was set up in 1981, and has become one of the leading international non-governmental
organizations in the global drinking water sector. It is the UKs only major charity which is
dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene promotion to
the worlds poorest people. (www.wateraid.co.uk).
The vision of Healthy-sport is to provide a one stop shop for educating athletes about the
benefits of glyconutritionals use in sport, supply product and to highlight the associated business
opportunity.
This will be achieved by working with professional, semi-professional and amateur clubs, and
individual weekend warriors in the top 20 sports across many countries (which presently include
USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan).
To raise brand name awareness, Healthy-sport intends to work specifically with professional
sports companies world wide to develop commercial models involving maximising of core assets
(i.e. players), and establishment of fan club based referral marketing programmes to create
indigenous revenue streams. This will be supported by world class, cutting edge scientific
validation, to the highest standard (e.g. technical principles only recently discovered in 1999
leading to the award of the Nobel Prize for Medicine).
Healthy-sport will provide access to technical information on clinical sports nutrition and products,
educational links to latest scientific validation data and commercial trends in the wellness sector,
links to interesting sports internet sites, a services directory with 50 categories of wellness
product or service and a business opportunity for sports marketing entrepreneurs to support the

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international expansion of global operations. A long term outcome of achieving the target of
working with 200,000 athletes in the first 5 years will be a significant spill over into the general
non-sporting Baby Boomer market segment of the general public with chronic health challenges
who may be looking for naturopathic alternative therapies.
Its turnover for the first 12 months from site launch is projected to be $30million with a growth
exceeding $200 million in 4 years, releasing a $10million+ revenue stream. 50% of this will be
donated directly to the Global Wellness Foundation. Half of the remaining net income will be
invested by Healthy-sports appointed holding company, TPZ Investments, and the remainder
used to run Healthy-sports global operations.
The breakthrough that the Abraham mindset provided was in providing the confidence and belief
that the vision of this new company could be achieved.
Tim was full time employed in another organization when he developed this vision and growth for
Healthy-Sport. With his sporting and nutritional contacts he developed the understanding of the
products that could benefit that people within the healthy sport field. He also identified the
potential world markets within this area and the potential growth of the business.
This was a huge venture to launch, and Tim had not had the experience of anything like this
before. Therefore there were queries and doubts about his own abilities in pulling this off, until
Tim came across the work that Philip was carrying out using the Abraham mindset on beliefs and
values.
To change Tims mindset and to engender a real sense of belief that he could achieve his own
vision with this new company, then Philip analyzed Tims own internal and external beliefs and
values, both towards and away. There were a number of internal beliefs that were putting the
brakes on, and putting them on hard. One of these beliefs was the uncertainty of the business
process and the products that he was to sell.
To overcome these braking beliefs and values actions were taken which including
- producing a development model of the business
- personal development by going on a personal empowerment weekend course using the
Abraham mindset
- setting up a new mindset of winning beliefs and values
The benefits of changing Tim belief and values, to the Healthy-Sport business, by using the
Abraham mindset has been:-

removal of the fear of success, created the belief & certainty that the vision can & will be
achieved. A complete change in state that has given the confidence to launch this company
to be able to live the vision today. Becoming so positive and energetic. All that has to be
done now is to turn the handle to take the actions to deliver the growth.
an understanding of the key areas of personal development required in values and beliefs to
maximise business development along the designed roadmap
increased credibility and empowerment of peer group entrepreneurs looking to work with
Healthy-Sport due to the quality and completeness of the business development planning
unique training approach that brought together sales (including NLP), the wellness sector
boom and the internet into a training methodology for Healthy-sport Leaders designed for
success
accurateness of thinking in the priority, impact and timing of the myriad of activities required
at the launch of a dotcom
the growth of Healthy-Sport, to $30m after the first year, will be due to the change in the
beliefs and values as promoted by Abraham..

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My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavours.
Signed
Tim Patterson
Chief Executive Officer,
27 Cobham Close, Enfield, EN1 3SD
Philip Baylis,
Vice President Operations
18 Iberian Way Camberley, Surrey, GU15 1LU

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92. Pierre Pelletier

----- Original Message ----From: Pierre Pelletier
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:24 PM
Well our main business is in the alcoholic beverage industry. We sell
to wineries and breweries various products to help them make beer or
wine. In the wine industry you must trade between aging or bringing
the product to market.
So in making testing a priority I tested some high prices verbally on a
select few customers and it worked out amazing.
This chemical ages wine instantly, add a small amount to young wine and
you get a wine that taste like it's a couple of years old.
The quantity needed is very small, and the product cost is around $30
dollars a pound. Normally we are happy selling it at $45 to $50 a
pound. I brought up the price to $1000 a pound and the customer
thought it was amazing. One guy liked it so much he asked that I not
sell any to other wineries.
So testing really paid off, big time.

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93. R Crandall
----- Original Message ----From: R Crandall
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:18 AM
Jay,
All right, I'll finally bite. Following is an unusual case. You have
the rights to use it, but I receive all the other cases in payment:
I've done a number of businesses in publishing - from newsletters, to
books, to ghostwriting. I'm going to give a case from one of my
markets that is an unusual one - publishing of academic journals. The
lessons here apply elsewhere. The trick was to use my knowledge of the
major players in the market to create a new product that would have an
strong niche. I essentially sold the opposite way others did.
A Negative Marketplace
In brief, the leading journals in the social sciences reject 90% of all
papers received. And they are slow about it. They use volunteer
college professors as "peer reviewers." That is, each submission is
read by about two "peers." These reviewers often are competitors of
the people whose papers they are reviewing. They are often busy with
their own work and are slow doing reviews. This means that authors
seldom receive prompt, courteous feedback.
Reviewers also know that 90% of papers are turned down. Combined with
research that shows that critical reviewers look smarter, they have a
strong bias to reject papers. They make themselves look smart by
listing criticisms, rather than saying what it would take to get a
paper published. They also push authors to revise to suit reviewers'
biases rather than to clarify the points authors want to make.
Journal editors often do not take control of their reviewers. Sometimes
the reviewers are higher status than they are. Sometimes editors are
overworked (they all think they are). Sometimes editors are not
competent to make methodological judgments. This all results is very
slow reviews. Editors often look for reasons to reject papers, rather
than reasons to accept them. This decreases their workload. This tends
to weed out unusual or new ideas. They are not "safe" for reviewers
and editors to pass on.
Journals are funded for a certain number of pages a year. That means
that the more papers than are accepted, the slower they are published.
Most journals take a year of more to decide and publish a paper.
The above is a brief overview of why the publication process is painful
for many people. For instance, in psychology, the average new Ph.D.
never publishes anything. Many people are so discouraged by their
first submission to a journal that they quit trying to publish.
A New Look

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Publications are worth a lot to authors. (Something like $10,000 for

the first publication was estimated by economists years ago.) They need
them for promotion, tenure, status, grant money, and so on.
Most journals in the social sciences are free to publish in, but all
the power is out of authors' hands. We simply reversed the process.
We focused on doing fast, polite reviews that advised authors how to
get published. And we charged money for accepted papers.
The important factor was to use peer reviews and to not accept bad
papers. But most papers have some potential to be published if they
are revised properly.
Success
We found the right lists of potential authors and wrote them a
personalized letter. Many authors would never pay for publication.
But we didn't need the majority, we only needed a niche group who
appreciated our advantages. Authors appreciated our unusual speed, our
courtesy, and the fact that their odds of publication went way up. The
Journal of Social Behavior and Personality was born successfully. Word
of mouth did most of the rest. Soon papers flowed in without effort on
our part.
There were several added bonuses that were profitable for us.
Here are two:
1) When someone wanted to buy the journal, I turned it into a paid
consulting job with him instead, and started a journal the same way for
him.
2) People proposed guest editing special issues. I agreed. Then they
did all the work to recruit, review and edit papers. They got the
glory, we received the money, and our subscribers received an extra
journal free. Win/win/win.
Summary
Of course, this particular product took a knowledge of a niche
marketplace. It took credentials on my part, and a willingness to take
a small risk. But isn't that what every new product takes?
Rick Crandall, Ph.D.
RickCrandall.com

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94. Randall Evenson

----- Original Message ----From: Randall Evenson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:13 PM

Subject: Case Study -- Major Video Product Distribution

Organization Grows Sales by 667%
Submitted by: Randall Evenson, President of Evenson &
Associates at: www.eandaonline.com
This case study is about the USs largest non-profit religious organization, with over $380 million
annual revenue.
Basic Background:
This 50-year old religious organization had a 5-year old religious video production and national
product distribution division. The largest quantity of units they ever sold in a single year was 272
thousand units of the few video titles they offered.
Primary Marketing Goal:
Client now desired to dramatically increase their total video unit sales during the next three to five
years by at least 10 million units cumulatively within the USA, even though they had never sold at
least one million units all together, during their entire existence.
Additional Background Facts:

This divisions unit sales were not growing. The last two years unit sales levels had
actually decreased each year from prior years.
Their marketplaces primary distribution channel was a very fractured, unorganized
distribution system. However, parent organization required this division to not use
alternative distribution channels.
Because this division was restricted to only sell into this particular marketplace (a market
that only consisted of unique wholesale/distributor buyers) and whose entire market
universe of possible customers was less than 280 thousand total, they had only sold
4,600 customers out of this entire market universe, during their entire 5-year history.
This division only had production and marketing rights to out-dated video products.
The religious video market itself was in a mature market phase.
Division did not have an existing successful marketing and sales system.
Division never had a positive net income fiscal year.
Parent organization now required the division to generate positive net income each fiscal
year forward or it would be closed down.

Final Results Achieved:

By exclusively using several Jay Abraham type marketing and sales systems, this division
reached their parent companys goal of 10 million unit sales within 4 years from when I started
helping them.
How We Did It:

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Began evaluating their market situation. Results from these studies provided key information
about: 1) their previous marketing and sales campaigns, 2) their distribution channels sales
operations and processes, 3) the overall competitive environment, 4) their average cost per sale
and 5) allowable sales investment to acquire new customers.
Next, tested several Jay Abraham-styled direct marketing and sales campaigns to determine
what this divisions realistic marketing cost per sale level was per product sold by each marketing
campaign. We tested three separate direct mail and two space ad lead-generation campaigns,
three structured-referral programs, plus three telephone follow-up sales closing campaigns.
From these tests, determined that the optimum lead-generation systems and sales closing
methods were: 1) a particular direct mail postcard sent four separate times (during a four month
period) to targeted prospects, 2) a structured referral program where we got satisfied clients on a
3-way conference call to verify the benefits and results of program, having them speak with
responders to our DM postcards, plus 3) a 6-step telephone follow-up campaign which together
resulted in a tremendous sales closing rate. More about these results explained below.
One of the key reasons for these above tests, was to evaluate the optimum marketing systems
given this clients limited financial resources. In order to achieve vast sales increases, when youre
restricted to only using your organizations existing cash flow to capitalize such growth, its very
important to create the proper balance between the "ease of finding" new customers, versus the
"cost of finding" these very same customers.
The easier it is to find new customers, while having as low of cost as possible in finding them,
then the better it will be for you to achieve your business growth objectives. Youll benefit
because youll then be able to create a stronger cash flow level, which you can then reinvest into
growing your companys sales.
From the results of the above analysis and marketing tests, developed the divisions short and
long term strategic marketing plans.
Review of Results Achieved:
We worked for this client during all of 1997 and 1998. During that time we created and
implemented several key marketing programs, which dramatically increased unit sales, revenues
and new customer acquisitions, plus established this divisions new on-going sales programs.
As a result, this division experienced a 667% cumulative revenue increase (more than $11.5
million), more than a 2,900% cumulative unit sales increase (over 3.25 million units) and more
than a 980% cumulative increase in new customer acquisitions (more than 17,000 new
wholesale/distributor customers!) within a 2 year period.
Exclusively using these Jay Abraham-styled marketing and sales systems, this division reached
their parent companys 10 million unit sales goal within 4 years.
To produce the vast increase in new customer acquisitions, in early 97, we created and
implemented a powerful direct mail lead-generation system, which realized an average response
rate of 9%, when the industry average was between 0.6% to 2% maximum.
During the same year, to solidify our new customer acquisition program, developed a special
outbound Tele-sales program and hired the divisions 23 outbound Tele-sales team to handle all
outbound sales and service calls. This group used the sales leads that were produced from our
direct-mail lead-generation system. Special training and sales scripts were used. This group
achieved a closing rate of 87% on these qualified leads, when the industry average was between
26% up to 40%.

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The following (used with permission) is a summary of the organizations performance since we
were brought in, at the beginning of 1997, and their results three years prior:
Sales
($Millions)
8.9
2.6
1.5
1.7
1.5

'98
'97
'96
'95
'94

%
Change
+242.3
+73.3
-13.3
+13.3
+4.0

Unit Sales
(in 1,000's)
2,800
450
240
272
238

%
Change
+522.2
+87.5
-11.8
+14.3
+4.7

New Customer
Acquisition Qty.
12,600
4,700
1,600
1,550
1,350

%
Change
+168.0
+193.7
+3.2
+14.8
+7.5

Primary strategies and tactics used to create these dramatic results were:
1.
2.

3.
4.

Refocused their main product's market positioning to better distinguish it from

competitors.
Redesigned and rewrote all of their marketing communication pieces (brochures, sales
letters, sales videos, magazine and newspaper ads, PR kits, flyers, Welcome New Client
kits, training manuals, etc.) to clearly articulate their Competitive Advantage Distinction
over all competitors.
Developed strong direct mail lead-generation system that dramatically lowered cost per
lead and cost per sale, while increasing the quality and quantity of leads produced.
Generated over 17,000 new wholesale clients (up from 4,600 originally) in 2-year period!
Used specially trained tele-sales team to follow-up on all leads and to close all new
clients. Special training tripled closing rate over this division's prior levels and industry
averages.

Thats it!
Sincerely,
Randall Evenson, President
Evenson & Associates, Inc.

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95. Randy Diefel

----- Original Message ----From: Randy Diefel
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:01 PM
Hi Jay,
I needed a way to get small business owners to advertise in my new publication. I was the 'new kid on the
block' with a new media that they had not seen before. Credibility was an issue.
Risk Reversal to the Rescue. I simply gave them a 'better than risk-free' guarantee that stated they would be
happy with the response from the ad or it was free. And they could keep the 'special report' as a thanks for
trying us. Simple, but so effective. I went from nobody signing on to almost everyone signing on. By the
way...
I only offered this guarantee to advertisers who would insert a coupon or an irresistible, compelling offer
that was only being tested in this media, etc some sort of direct response mechanism that they could
measure and see for themselves how the ad pulled.
Lots of added benefits have resulted. Some of the business owners asked me about writing all of their ads
for them. Some of them asked for help with a marketing plan. So far, so good.
Sincerely,
Randy Diefel

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96. Raymond Young

----- Original Message ----From: Raymond
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:34 PM
Hi Jay!
I've bought your materials since around 1990, but haven't used them
proficiently. Despite that, results were achieved. One of the ideas
used was giving away books. You had suggested giving away the $20
hardback books. Well, I did that, however, I made sure I paid between
$1 to $8 for them through remainder sales. On most of them I made sure
that the black "remainder" mark was not on them. There was a big sale
once where every book was $1, and I bought a bunch. I am a Certified
Public Accountant, so I bought books on finance and money management
and saving for my clients and prospective clients to read. I did not
measure the response precisely, but people appreciated the large value
that I gave them. On the other hand, some people were not readers. So
maybe out of $1,000 spent on $3,000 worth of books per year for 5
years, I got $15,000 of additional yearly business out of it from
existing or new customers, or a 1:15 ratio.
Parasite marketing is a term I remember you mentioning. I started
connecting with the attorneys and bankers in my area. I definitely
learned that banks require financial statements, my specialty :~) I
can't call any of us parasites, because I definitely tried to refer
business their way whenever I heard of a client needing an attorney or
banking services. With just my local bank, I made very good friends
with the branch manager, and just from her alone we've worked on about
40-50 deals over a six year period. In fees that would be about
$112,500 additional business averaging $2,500 per client.
Testimonials: my brochures were the same as everyone else's, full of
descriptions of what my firm could do for my potential clients. Reading
multiple times through the years regarding using testimonials, the best
I have kept in my marketing materials were for the IRS Offer in
Compromise Program, how I had one client pay the IRS $1,000 literally
instead of $92,456, and the other client paying $500 instead of
$21,456. Some people have commented regarding how it brought them in to
see me. The Offer in Compromise fees are between $3,000 to $12,000 each
client. After including these testimonials, I estimate it added about
$30,000 to my business each year from $150,000/year. More importantly
after I got them in as Offer in Compromise clients, I could also do
their annual tax returns, financial statements, and other financial
planning tasks, so it's more than $30K per year.
Backend: instead of just doing annual tax returns for clients, I
started looking at what I could do for them throughout the year.
Against my database of clients, when me or my staff was not busy, i
could review my checklist of services and see if any client needed
them. Financial planning was something I added in recently, my newest
case is where an elderly woman owning an engineering firm whose
daughter is also in the business. I suggested doing the succession

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planning to her. Her business is worth $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. I

think the fees for this alone will be $5,000+. This addition to my
business is still to be improved since I am busy most of the time
anyway. But so far I've added an estimated 10% additional revenue from
this (about $20,000/year). It should be more.
Packaging: you mentioned bundling services together before, i have no
idea where. one of the problems I have in my business is getting paid
on time. I can definitely get 90 day receivables. From your ideas, I
thought of packaging my time into 5 hour increments. Instead of paying
me $75 to $150 per hour billed at the end of the month, I sold 5 hour
packages for $500, saving the client around 15%. This sounds good to
them. More importantly for me, sometimes the client would not use the
time for months on end, resulting in a positive cash flow for me. Even
better, I sold more hours per month to these same clients compared to
the past, maybe 20% more. Meaning if an average client was at $700/year
for 6 hours of me and my staff's time previously I would sell
$1,000/year for 10 hours of my time. I had to hire one additional staff
accountant because of this.
Well there's some of the things I remember. These comments are true.
The measurements of improvement are my best guesstimates and should be
within range. If you need anything else, email me at
[email protected].
Thanks Jay!

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97. Ric Gordon

----- Original Message ----From: Ric Gordon
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 6:13 AM
Hi guys
Well I hope I'm not too late, but I had an experience in the last week
that I thought would be great for your book. Sure, it hasn't brought
in millions of dollars (...yet), but it does go to show that the
principles Jay teaches are applicable to a whole range of life
experiences - not just business. Anyway, on with the story ...
I am an Aussie who is living in London for a couple of years on a
"working Holiday". Now as you may or may not have heard the job market
over here for temporary work (the only type of work I am eligible for
under my visa) is very tight at the moment: a friend of mine who is a
Recruitment consultant was telling me that they are getting literally
hundreds of applications for a single position!!
Now, without blowing my trumpet too much, I have (what I consider) a
pretty strong CV - I have a number of academic qualifications and have
worked with some of the leading financial institutions in the world.
But I was getting absolutely nowhere by applying for positions that
were advertised on the net or in magazines, or in the paper - I was
literally sending off up to 5 applications a day and getting pretty
much zero response. At the same time as I was searching for work I
happened to be reading a copy of Jay's book called "Stealth Marketing",
and in particular I read a section on the power of USPs and testing
different headlines in sales letters.
I was getting so fed up looking for work through the traditional route
so I decided I had nothing to lose by using this idea.
If you've done any traditional job hunting at all (or read any of the
books on "How to find a great job" etc) then you know that the typical
headline of your letter starts off something like:
"[Desired job title] Positions Vacant" ... or something equally as
boring.
Now, the first thing I did was brainstorm USPs (I could test different
ones over time) V how could I differentiate myself from all the other
people out there and at the same time provide a compelling argument as
to why the prospect should hire me. One of the ones I came up with was
the fact that the employer wouldnt be paying a huge margin to some
fat-cat recruitment agency for basically doing nothing. In fact, I
felt so passionately about this (I can really get going on what a waste
of money those guys are!) that I thought Id start testing with this
concept and go from there.
Next I thought about the risk proposition the prospect (a possible
employer) was facing and how I could reverse this risk. The primary

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risk to my prospects, as I saw it was that they would hire an

incompetent, lazy, stupid staff member (some people shine in interviews
and really suck when it comes to the crunch) and then still have to pay
their wages and even incur severance costs, regardless of whether the
employee could do what they said they could. The risk-reversal
proposition as I saw it seemed pretty clear: tell them that I would
only accept my wage if I did what I said I would do.
The next step was to draft up a couple of alternative headlines that
were primarily designed to get the readers attention (remember your
AIDC's?!) and incorporated my USP. Here are some of the ideas I had:
"Are you sick of paying exorbitant rates to recruitment consultants for
temporary employees who could care less about your business? "Save up
to 40% on your temporary placement - and great a more efficient,
effective service. GUARANTEED. "Dont let a recruitment agent waste
your time with underqualified, overcharged candidates. I am so
confident that you will be happy with my work that I guarantee it.
The body of the letter didnt change so much from a traditional job
hunting letter, although it was a little less formal, and really
reinforced my USP, and elaborated on my risk reversal prospect.
The result showed up clearly V I sent out 5 letters on the first day
and got 2 interviews as a result (the same total as I got for 150
prospects.) Actually, one of the guys who interviewed me said he came
across my CV because his secretary was showing my letter around the
office, apparently she found my proposition so different to the normal
job search letters that she just had to show somebody else. Anyway, to
cut the story short I landed a job within 3 days.
So there you go. That's my story. And the lession I got out of it:
target marketing with a compelling argument and a risk free proposition
is so much more effective than the normal "formal" introduction.

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98. Richard Ebbs

----- Original Message ----From: Richard Ebbs
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 4:47 PM
In April 1994 my sales were microscopic and declining, and I was near
giving up, thousands of dollars in debt.
Then I attended a Jay Abraham Mastermind Seminar, and marketing became
clear to me. Something that had apparently not happened before, even
during my 2-year MBA at a top European school.
Soon I was orienting my communications to my customers' wants, instead
of bragging about what I could do. I had a USP. I reduced customers'
risk by offering an unconditional satisfaction guarantee: if you arent
happy we'll redo it, and if you're still not happy, you won't owe us a
penny and we'll refund any money you've already paid us. Then I started
giving away the first month's service unsolicited, as a way to develop
streams of income from a business category that repeats every month for
anywhere from 6 months to 24 months. Cost to sent the sample? About
$25. Average sale? About $2000. Average close ratio? About 50%. Wow!
I went from nearly broke to getting by in less than 9 months, and now
have a successful, growing, sellable business, thanks to Jay's input. I
grew 40% a year for 5 years in a row, and having maxed out the existing
markets am expanding into 3 surrounding states and am adding 2 new
product lines that I believe will enable me to double or triple gross
revenues within 18 months.
Thank you Jay
Richard Ebbs

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99. Richard Gerson

----- Original Message ----From: Richard Gerson
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:22 AM
Jay,
Here is an approach of yours that I used several different times. You talked about it in your example of
selling gold early on in your writings. You titled the approach Concentric Circles. I call it Refined
Targeting. It is the same thing.
My approach was to take your concept of using direct mail and adapt it to my speaking engagements. I
selected several related professional organizations and associations that had companies as members that I
wanted to do business with. I then arranged to be a guest speaker at one of their meetings, either local,
regional or national. Prior to the speeches, I researched my selected companies. During my speeches, I
used examples that related specifically to those companies. Afterwards, I made sure that I spoke to
representatives of those selected companies and got them to agree to further discussions.
I then contacted my targeted companies and offered to either provide training for them, present a speech at
one of their corporate meetings, or offered consulting services for performance improvement based on my
background in sports psychology. These contacts and subsequent contracts led to my repeating the process.
As with your concentric circles concept, a certain percentage bought from me initially. Then, when I went
back to them, a smaller percentage bought, but they bought more services.
I continued the process until the well ran dry and literally made hundreds of thousands of dollars in a few
years with little to no marketing and client acquisition costs.
The concept and the process is so successful that I continue to use it today. It is so simple and so effective
that it continues to work. Now, I supplement it with some e-mail marketing and follow-up phone calls. As
someone said to me, it is so simple and elegant that it is a beautiful thing.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Richard F. Gerson, Ph.D.
Gerson Goodson, Inc.
727-726-7619
[email protected]

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100.

Richard Suchorzewski

----- Original Message ----From: Richard Suchorzewski

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:46 AM

My Case Study of Using Jay Abrahams Marketing

Techniques
By Richard Suchorzewski
Managing Director Floor Coverings International (UK) Ltd

Technique: Risk Reversal

Background:
Floor Coverings International (UK) Ltd is Britains leading franchise flooring specialist with 25 franchisees
operating a shop at home service across the Untied Kingdom.
We were approached by a number of Insurance Companies requesting that we become a preferred
supplier of flooring, dealing with insurance claims for flooring replacement. However, 25 people are
insufficient to cope with the demand.
We decided therefore to recruit existing Independent Flooring Retailers to a lead generation plan, whereby
they pay us a monthly fee and 10 ($15 per lead). After 3 months we had recruited less than 5 retailers.
Technique Implementation:
We decided therefore, as a result of Jays teaching to offer retailers a risk reversal pledge: If you stay on
board for 12 months and have not made a profit over and above the fees paid, then FCI will refund you the
difference.
Result:
Within the next 3 months we enlisted more than 50 new retailers (with just 1 salesman) and plan to have up
to 200 retailers on board within 12 months. Already, the companys income has increased by 50,000 per
annum (on existing numbers) plus we have rejected 300,000 less leads as a result so far. Providing we
achieve the 200 target, our income will rise by 200,000 per annum and we stand to attract 10 million
worth of sales per annum for our franchisees/retailers.
Difficulties encountered:
Traditional British attitude has been one of suspicion I have often been asked Where is the catch, this
sounds too good to be true. However, we are overcoming these objections and the passage of time will
cure any further suspicion.

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101.

Rick Corby

----- Original Message ----From: Rick Corby

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:07 AM

Atmospheric Excellence, Inc.

26230 Green Acres Rd., Colfax, California 95713
(888) 870-4800
We manufacture and market a device called Fuel & Air Saver that easily installs on the engine
of cars, trucks, RV's, buses, boats, generators... any 4-cycle internal combustion engine in the
world. Gasoline or diesel.
Here's what it does for the vehicle:
1. It dramatically reduces the emissions (pollution).
2. It increases mileage.
3. It reduces repair costs and prolongs engine life.
Jay,
Thank you for this opportunity to share how one of your techniques helped launch our business.
We are in the process of re-marketing a product that has been in the market for over 20 years,
over 100,000 units have been sold and nobody really knows about it. We feel strongly that our
product can help heal our polluted air one vehicle at a time and extend our dependence on oil by
increasing fuel economy.
Our biggest challenge: Marketing
We have used direct sales letters and followed up with phone calls to set appointments and
despite many interested clients for our product with testimonial letters backed up with fuel
savings and a 90-day money back guarantee; potential clients would not commit to any orders.
After Reading your book Getting Everything You Can Out of Everything You Got I knew
that the Risk Reversal technique would open doors to the clients we needed to create explosive
growth for our company. As you had mentioned in your book, two of the main fears that hold
potential buyers back was the fear of making a wrong decision and looking foolish in front of
your peers.
Thats when we changed our focus on marketing and used Risk Reversal. We changed our 90-day
money back guarantee to try our product Risk Free for 60 days.
Just by changing that seemingly simple sentence our new marketing results have been
phenomenal. We went from a 1% response rate to evaluate our product to over a 90% response
rate to evaluate our product.

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How can you increase your companys bottom line? Make it easy for your potential clients to
buy.
Companies that are evaluating our product::
Safeway: San Francisco Bay Area 225 tractors 650 TRUs
They would be satisfied with a 1% increase in fuel we can offer them a minimum of 6%
Evergreen School District: Vancouver WA 225 buses: 2 units testing
Beale Air Force Base: CA 600 vehicles 200 diesel generators: 20 units testing
State of California 500,000 vehicles
Philippine Islands 8 units evaluation Government Vehicles
Turkey 12 units being evaluated

First year potential sales $3,000,000.00

Warmly,
Rick Corby
Director of Sales NW region
360-882-6805

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102.

Rik Villegas

----- Original Message ----From: Rik Villegas

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:50 PM
Below is something that works very well for me utilizing the
"host-parasite" concept. I prefer to call it a strategic alliance when
dealing with the other businesses, and it works well for getting an ongoing stream of referrals.
Concept: Strategic alliances with other businesses that share the same
target market.
Objective: To get businesses that have the same target market to share
leads with one another using a turnkey program that benefits customers
and encourages them to contact your business and make a purchase.
Method: As a management and marketing consultant, I worked with several
clients (jeweler, photographer, printer, etc.) that all had in common
one type of customer - engaged couples. Each one of them had a certain
percentage of their business based on that target market, and none had
an effective method for capturing their names and putting information
into their hands. After brainstorming with some of the other business
owners and gathering their sales literature, a packet was created using
a linen folder with a gold silk-screened illustration of a couple on
the front. Inside the folder was placed the literature of the
businesses, along with incentives such as a coupon or a gift for
visiting. The packet also included a detailed checklist that the
couple could use to complete their wedding preparations, and of course
the name of the participating business was next to the type of service
that they would eventually need, such as photography, printing, etc.
A small tabletop display let couples know the free packet was
available, and the owner or sales clerk would have the couple complete
a card with their detailed information. The card would be used to
enter their name in a drawing to win a bed and breakfast stay that was
given away monthly and donated by another strategic alliance member.
The card had a mailing address already printed on the other side and a
stamp, and it would be mailed to me in exchange for another folder.
This allowed the business to always have enough folders on hand, and it
allowed the names to be gathered into one place where I would place the
cards on a copier to make enough copies for each of the other business
owners. Each week the other business owners would receive the copies
with the engaged couple information and replacement folders.
Results: This method is like tapping into a vein of pure gold because
these names are usually very difficult to come by in a timely manner.
Engaged couples will spend from $10,000 - $20,000 getting ready for
their wedding, but by the time you can get the names from a mailing
list for this type of target market they have usually bought what you
are selling or are already married. Jay Abraham's techniques were used
to leverage the mailing list, and increase their revenue. It's
difficult to say how much more each client earned due to only this

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technique; however, for some business owners it more than doubled their
sales. I charged a small fee for the service, and used it primarily to
gain new clients to work with. I went from about 12 clients to more
than 40 in less than six months.
Other Applications: There are a great number of possibilities you can
adapt from this basic concept. Look at your client base and ask what
other businesses does each target market also visit in the course of
their buying experience. Make a list of those types of businesses, and
then pick the ones you would like to work with that would give you the
greatest advantage. Prepare a prototype of the packet you plan to use
so they can see what it will look like. Make sure it is simple to
administer, and project the number of leads they could gain and what
the purchase value of converted leads would mean to them. You should
have a 90-100% closing ratio if you do it to share leads and charge
nothing or a small fee for the cost of materials. If you charge a
larger fee for the program to administer it, you should close 60-80% of
your presentations and make enough to hire someone part-time to take
care of the details. You will want to occasionally make the weekly
visits, though, to build relationships with the other strategic
alliance members and keep the referrals coming in.
Submitted by: Rik Villegas
Business, Hospitality, and Computer Technology Department Chair
Northern Marianas College
E-mail: [email protected]

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103.

Robert Campbell

----- Original Message ----From: Robert Campbell

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:30 AM
RE: Unique Selling Principle (USP)

To make my coming real estate book (Timing the Real Estate Market) a likely best seller, I
created a USP for it that clearly distinguishes it from any real estate book ever written. By doing
this, it is likely I already have 250-500 pre-orders from book buyers ... and I have never written a
book before and nobody knows me from Adam.

The USP that I created for my book?

"The Campbell Method: A System for Buying and Selling Real Estate for Maximum Profits!

I got this USP idea from Jay Abraham. By putting it on the cover of my book directly beneath the
title (Timing the Real Estate Market), this USP prominently distinguishes "The Campell Method"
from all other real estate books and gives me a competitive advantage in the market place.

I believe this USP idea will play a prominent role to make my book into a national best-seller.

Thanks for the idea Mr. Abraham.

Robert M. Campbell

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104.

Robert Norris

----- Original Message ----From: Robert Norris

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:10 PM
We have a regular data base of customers that we have accumulated through the years. (We are
working on the list to clean it up, define it and make it more useful, but we do have a list).
We had an opportunity last year to get involved with a new project but didn't have the current
budget to mail to our own list of people for this unsuspected new project.
Since we would need to have the help of other offices to work on these matters once we got them
we were able to do a "reverse Jay Abraham" mailing, us promoting us and then once we got the
claims us promoting our "partners".
The fact that we had the good data base and others wanted to work with us on the claims was
enough to help us get co-op money to do the mailing, follow-up etc.
It enhanced our position with our current customers, got things going quickly, kept us from
missing a surprise opportunity and gave us new business to work on. We are confident that the
long-term pay-out will be very positive.
Simple and quick.

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105.

Robert Robinson

----- Original Message ----From: Robert Robinson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:08 PM
I have made a lot of money from concepts taught by my mentor Jay, but
the number one thing I have mastered from Jay is how to think
differently...how to squeeze more out of everything you do---and
believe me when you do this it changes everything in your life.
Robert Robinson

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106.

Robert Rolih

----- Original Message ----From: Robert Rolih

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 11:37 PM
We are a small internet strategy consulting company. Our main services include setting an ecommerce strategy, content development and usability testing. In the spring we wanted to test a
new product - Internet strategy workshop. All of our competitors are marketing similar workshops
in an usual manner - they send "normal", boring sales brochures, which have very short
description of the workshop and only focus on features.
Instead of that we used "Abraham" style 4-page sales letter, with detailed description of benefits,
writen in interesting way. Then we also used e-mail marketing. All of our customers received
sales letter in e-mail form, so we had very low cost of marketing.
The results were amazing! Our competitors are struggling with 12 to 20 participants on each
workshop. But we sold out our first two workshops (40 participants) with half the marketing costs
of our competitors. For the autumn season we are preparing 6 more workshops and I am
confident, that they will be sold out too.
By implementing Jay's advice we developed another great product and we are marketing it with
great success.
Best regards,
Robert Rolih
CEO, Uspeh ltd.
www.uspeh.com

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107.

Rod Aries

----- Original Message ----From: Rod Aries

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:33 PM
Overview: I have gone from having Prodigy, Compuserve and AOL accounts in 1996 (being happy just to
be able to post a classified ad) to owning an Internet company that owns Internet companies. Our
enterprises include:
1) Internet Marketing
2) Search Engine Optimization
3) Mortgage Loan Leads Company
4) Term Life Insurance Leads Company
5) Owner of 10,000+ domains
6) Creator of Online Training Company
Additionally,
1) Internet Marketing Speaker
2) Monthly Writer for National Trade Journal on the Internet...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REAL WORLD
I have an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and a graduate degree from Ohio State
in Health Care Administration. I started one of the first networks of urgent care centers in the country, with
2 Harvard MBA partners and a fist-full of venture capital.
Hmm, capital intensive medical business and labor intensive as well... what was I getting into?
I also had to help raise two more rounds of the ol' dinero, before the venture capitalists bought us out.
Between full and part time employees, we probably grew the company to 220+ people. I consulted all over
the US, and was a speaker at medical conventions, at 28.
Hey, now I am a speaker at internet marketing seminars...
I next was an officer in a publicly traded company (where I met my wife, the corporate attorney). That was
also in the medical area, and it too was capital and labor intensive. Did I see a pattern emerging yet?
Gosh, labor and capital intensive was beginning to get the best of me, so I looked around for other
options... I had turned my attention to real estate, at least it was without the mass labor needs, but still
capital intensive. Besides, I had developed skills in identifying and procuring building for medical centers,
so for a while I bought income property for my own account.
In fact on my first transaction, I made about $40 grand in 90 days, so I started buying a lot. I thought I was
hot stuff, but little did I realize it was the market that was hot... not really me. I soon was brokering
transactions as a partner in the largest income brokerage firm in San Diego. Most brokers do about 6 deals
a year and call it a good year. I partnered up and I participated in 150 sides of escrow in 4 years.

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About 80+++% of my clients were agents or brokers. People always wondered why my clients who were
'people in the know' would use my services and become clients, instead of their own talents. I told them I
had a secret method . (Of course I use this same secret method for my Internet clients... I have a lot of
web designers, graphic specialists and web masters as clients.)
When desert storm hit Camp Pendelton here in San Diego, Linda and I experienced significant vacancy and
lost our financial interest in most of our investments. Hmm, I got rid of the labor, but the capital
investments were still there... and then they weren't :( No fun, and a bit of a hit in the wallet.
THE INTERNET BECKONS
So, back to square one, "How could I create a business without labor or capital requirements?" Well, there
was this thing called the Internet, maybe...
When I started, I did e-mail and ads on AOL, Prodigy and Compuserve. After a year or so, I broke down
and finally bought my first web site. I had spent two years in grad school, and have now spent almost a
decade at "net school" learning the in's and out's. It constantly changes and I practiced on my own sites.
For quite some time, while I was learning the net, there were many days when I would drive my little girl
to school and she would have more money for lunch than I was going to earn that week (or month).
Now it ain't braggin' if it is the truth, I became very proficient in creating web pages, for myself and
clients, that are ranked and produce results. My first site, which I have since sold, achieved over 800,000
unique page views a year (totally from web page optimization).
Can somebody say no capital and no (well, a few independent contractors) labor? Hey, I can't do this all
by myself... I have found a cohesive core of talented internet professionals who now work with me. I have
23 computer stations, one partner and one full time staff member, plus several part time college kids. We
create highly specialized software to replace human activities. In example, we used to have a person work
4 days a week for us managing 100,000 pay per click words. We now have software which does this 24
hours a day, for about the cost of a month's salary.
I have also helped my now 12 year old get started with her own "lemonade stand" (What is that little sound
you hear? "Ice cold cola, ice cold cola here" Kenzie shouts as she hawks the cans to unsuspecting
moms with strollers, beach-goers, surfers and roller-bladers. "Ice cold cola here.") as we are next to a
public access to the beach. On hot afternoons in the summer, she makes a few dollars, but the real value is
that Kenzie now has far better interpersonal skills than I (wasn't hard), and she can make change for a buck,
without a calculator.
I always tell her if she learns HTML, she will never have a job where she has to say, "Would you like
fries with that?"
So, Kenzie is becoming Internet proficient and has her own computer and cable modem access in her room.
I put a web site up for her as well http://www.beaconsbeach.com with about 45,000 unique visitors a year
and about $300/month in earnings. And I will be adding another business for her (my wife nixed the
discount condom idea and I sold the domain), I just didn't know if Kenzie was ready for secured server
orders. I just hope she doesn't hack into Toys R Us...
Then we got into domains and own over 10,000 generic domains.
And our search engine optimization competency increased rapidly. We went the whole cycle, doing our
sites, doing clients sites, back to only doing mostly our own sites - plus a few larger corporations.
Now we have developed online training for several of the dominant functions on the net, whereby
customers pay us to learn the secrets, tips and tricks of various Internet related activities.

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Now we pretty much build 1-2 web sites a week and pounce on numerous internet opportunities, often
hours after hearing about them, we will a site up and running...
Gawd, I love the net....

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108.

Rod Wolford

----- Original Message ----From: Rod Wolford

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:59 PM
Dear Jay,
PEQ and PEQ II are starting to transform my business.
My family, my son (29) and daughter (31) with myself and 27 employees
buy and sell houses. Our usual spread is between $20k and 35K. We
have been buying approximately 150 houses per year. We sell most homes
on short term owner financing where the new buyer obtains a mortgage
after a few months of payments. We have bought and sold nearly 2,000
homes and currently have over 400 that are sold and that we are
receiving monthly payments. We see 15 to 20 homes refinance every month
and that is when we really make our good money. We became the largest
company of our kind in the midwest and we are told we are in the top 10
in the country. But with success came major cash flow problems,
employee problems and all the difficulties that a 10 million dollar
company has (as you stated in your course).
The three of us are experts at buying houses wholesale, so that we ran
into a major problem of too many houses in our inventory and not enough
being sold in any one month. Our sales team was not keeping up nor did
they develope the expertise in dealing with higher end homes which we
were now buying.
At the right time you sent several letters and e mails concerning PEQ.
We order the home study and started developing our core stories and
started trainings in our office. We saw some results immediately but
old habits were difficult to let go.
Along came the home study of PEQ II and that material plus PEQ started
to take hold.
We interviewed (Chet's way) for superstar sales people and found one
that has been with us for a month and he is outselling everyone. We
are looking for more superstars. The trainings as outlined in your
material plus the example of the superstar have the other salespersons
working smarter and harder. Our core stories and educational marketing
orientations have resulted in better buyers for our homes.
We first tested Chet's superstar interviews with
superstar mortgage brokers who will go the extra
homebuyers in finding them financing. I fielded
callers, interviewed seven and I'm sending deals
seeing immediate results not only in the dollars
satisfaction with the results.

trying to find
mile for our
a great number of
to two of these and
but also in the client

We are currently looking for superstars in processing, personal

assistants, even outside accounting firms.

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PEQ and PEQ II is transforming our business in every way. We have the
tools now and it is up to us to keep growing in this success method.
Thank you
Rod Wolford
The Wolford Group
PS I told Carl that I will get to a live event. We are tracking our
results and will have a concise update for you later this year.

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109.

Ron Sill

----- Original Message ----From: Ron Sill

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 4:01 PM
Hello Jay,
Several years ago my wife and I started a small family business
coaching kids in a very unique horse sport called vaulting. This
international competitive sport is, in a nut shell, gymnastics on live
moving horses, not something we see very much here in America outside
of the circus. Over the course of several years we have trained
regional and national champions and have experienced the joy and
heartbreak of completive sports.
Our promotional budget, being very limited, encouraged us to get in
front of the public by participating in parades, giving impromptu
demonstrations at horse shows and at the Los Angeles County Fair.
Contacts from those events led us to people who asked us if we would
perform at parties and that led to a number of referrals for other
demonstrations and parties.
Competitive vaulting is a small sport in America and the expense of
keeping horses is such that we had to start thinking "outside the box"
for additional cash flow. We know that in Europe riding academies use
vaulting as a foundation for other equestrian sports so we contacted
riding instructors to see if they had students who would benefit from
the balance enhancement, confidence building and fun we had to offer.
We formed an alliance with an instructor and have run a very successful
program for many years.
The next step, one we are about to take, is to develop a "program in a
box" instructing other vaulting clubs in the methods we used to bring
in additional revenue. Then that program will be repackaged to offer
riding schools a foundation course to better prepare riders for their
other riding programs.
Another alliance we are about to form is with a "natural horsemanship"
trainer we met who understands that properly trained horses are
"happier" when there is harmonious interaction between horse and rider.
The next step in this new relationship will be for us to use the
trainer's techniques to improve our horses performance AND train more
horses to offer for sale to the riding instructors and riding schools
that have purchased our "program in a box."
Without having studied a number of Jay Abraham's business and marketing
models our vaulting club would only involve coaching competitive
vaulters; satisfying and rewarding to a degree but not able to grow and
evolve into a business with significant cash flow.
Thanks, Jay, for sharing your wisdom.

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110.

Ronald L. Miller

Ronald L. Miller
497 Pine Haven Lane, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30342
404 255-0110

To: Jay Abraham

August 17, 2002

Subject: Business idea

I have a one-man mergers and acquisitions business specializing in
manufacturing and distribution companies. My niche is selling companies above the
business brokers ceiling of approximately $1 million and below the investment
bankers floor of $25 million.
Until the past 12 months, my business was put on hold for several years due
to heart surgery and a carotid artery induced stroke, but everything has turned out
well. It is amazing how good you can feel when the main arteries are cleaned out
resulting in more blood and oxygen flowing to the brain. During that period I
listened to your tapes and read many of your articles. The first improvement in my
current business was establishing an USP and that is the main message to you.
To my prospective clients, I establish the fact that I have an Industrial
Engineering Degree with many years of manufacturing experience. This one item
gives me an edge over others in the business of selling manufacturing and
distribution companies. However, to make me extremely different, I now utilize a
special tool of investment bankers and it is the core of my USP.
Several years ago, my investment banker son indicated I could market
manufacturing companies under $25 million in a professional manner by utilizing
discounted cash flow (DCF) calculations. DCFs are foreign to most business
brokers and company owners in my category. Working with my son, we developed a
simplified version of a DCF used by investment bankers to create free cash flow
calculations. The free cash flow calculations are place on a single piece of paper.
But, I didnt let prospective clients know I could do these calculations and how
unique my marketing approach would be using DCFs. The DCF is difficult to setup
due to the many formulas required and limits the number of people that can
duplicate the spreadsheet by simply reviewing my work.
Today, in my direct mailing to prospective clients, I include a sample of a
DCF spreadsheet. In the letter, I stress that a potential buyer is interested in the
income stream that an investment will generate and is not concerned about how the
owner has worked for many years with little pay to build the business. I use other

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words in the letter to express that point. I indicate that a DCF spreadsheet shows
projected sales for 3-5 years, expenses, fixed and working capital investments
during that period of time. The resulting cash flows are discounted to present worth
and result in a proposed selling price. I tell owners that buyers can argue with the
numbers, but not with the format.
Of course, the DCF spreadsheets are used in what-if discussions and
substituting various numbers quickly result in different totals. It is not unusual for
an owner to call me at night and ask to change numbers while on the phone. I either
tell him the results or immediately fax him the new DCF.
In conclusion, in the letter I now use headlines and always close with the
statement please expect my phone call in the next few days. Im still refining my
follow-up telephone call script.
Hope this is something similar to what you wanted.
Sincerely,
Ron Miller

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111.

Ronald Sisto

----- Original Message ----From: RONALD SISTO

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:32 AM

Jay,
Referral System
I am the Circulation Director of The Lebanon Daily News, a daily newspaper in Central
Pennsylvania. We started a referral system in order to acquire new home delivery customers to
the newspaper. With each renewal notice we mail, we include a letter allowing the current
subscriber to recommend a non-home delivery customer to become a subscriber with a half price
offer, when they send in their payment. We receive 72 referrals per month with a 60% conversion
rate to paid. This generates yearly revenue of $73,613, which we would not have without the
program. Our costs are producing the letter and stuffing which are minimal. One simple letter
included in our renewal statements has helped grow our home delivery base and increase our
revenue.
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors"
Ron Sisto II
Circulation Director
Lebanon Daily News
717-272-5611 ext.171

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112.

Russell Martino

----- Original Message ----From: Russell Martino

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 3:44 PM
Subject: How I used Jay's mindset $ucce$$fully
CASE STUDY
After attending one of Jay's live events I applied his mind set and
principles to secure hundreds of personal injury clients that resulted
in very significant legal fees over a three year period. Here is how I
did it.
At the time (the laws have since changed) it was legal for attorneys to
send accident victims direct mail advertising their legal services.
The attorneys could easily identify the accident victims because there
were several services that went to the court house daily and compiled
accident reports, which were a matter of public record.
The result of this was that anyone involved in an accident routinely
received anywhere from 10 to 15 letters from attorneys within a few
days of an accident report being filed. Some attorneys would even show
up at the persons home or hospital attempting to sell their services.
(ultimately it was this type of unreasonable aggressiveness that
resulted in the law being changed)
The marketing challenge was simply this: how to communicate with a
known accident victim WITHOUT coming off like an ambulance chaser AND
building a UNIQUE and POSITIVE presence in the mind of the potential
client that would result in them tossing away the 10 other letters and
calling my friends firm to represent them.
During Jay's seminar I had an true marketing epiphany regarding this
problem. In fact, as far as I'm concerned the problem was 100% SOLVED
before I ever left the seminar, all I had to do was get back to Houston
and run the strategy. As it turned out, I was right.
The solution was blindingly simple and amazingly effective.
We still had to send mail to the accident victims, but instead of
sending stuffed shirt lawyer letters advising these people how they
should get down on their knees and thank their lucky stars that we were
willing to represent them; I used a different approach.
My epiphany came from asking a simple question, who is the customer and
what do they really want. And, how do we communicate to them that we
understand their situation and are sincerely interested in their
welfare.
The answer came in the form of an 11x17 2-fold mailer printed on yellow
paper and titled:
TRICKS & TRAPS; 10 WAYS YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY AVOIDS PAYING CLAIMS

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This "hard hitting special report" laid the facts at their feet. It
explained all the things insurance companies do to justify DENYING a
claim altogether OR to dramatically reduce the amount of the claim
ultimately paid.
Most accident victims don't realize that the "friendly voice at the
insurance company" is SPECIALLY TRAINED to ask questions and obtain
admissions on THE INITIAL CONTACT PHONE CALL that could dramatically
reduce the amount of a potential settlement offer.
The report was factual, well written, matter of fact, and lively. Even
though I wrote it, credit was given to the lead attorney in the firm,
(I am not an attorney, the owner of the firm is a friend), who is board
certified in personal injury law.
The report also explained why "Board Certification" was important and
what to look for in a law firm, any firm, that may be responsible for
putting money into your bank.
Readers were invited to phone the firm with questions and advised in
bold print to READ THIS REPORT BEFORE AGREEING TO ANYTHING or BEFORE
HIRING AN ATTORNEY.
Another little twist we added was this; In addition to sending to
accident victims in Harris County (Houston is in Harris County), at
small expense, the firm hired someone to go to all the surrounding
counties to gather accident report information and mail to them also.
There was no service covering surrounding areas.
The results were superb.
Personal injury sign up went from 4-5 a month to 8-10 A WEEK and some
weeks even more. This increase in business was 100% the result of the
Tricks & Traps mailing, not a dime was spent on television, radio, bill
boards, or anything else.
Each case was usually worth anywhere from $5,000 to $12,500 to the
firm, however several of the larger cases that went to court or settled
on the court house steps just prior to trial netted the firm $40,000
plus, with one case yielding $230,000 net to the firm.
This rate of sign ups lasted for about 3 years; right up to the day
that the Texas legislature changed the law and took access to the
accident reports out of the public domain and made it a crime for
attorneys to directly contact known accident victims within 60 days of
an accident.
By thinking like the potential client (no one wants to get ripped off
by an insurance company or anyone else), managing their perceptions,
and quietly establishing the firm as the REAL expert, Tricks & Traps
was a tremendous success. And it would have NEVER happened with the
information, ideas and inspiration gained at a Jay Happening. Thanks
again Jay!
Russell J. Martino
http://www.totalhealthdynamics.com

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113.

Russell Sherry

----- Original Message ----From: Russell Sherry

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 7:45 AM
Dear Jay:
Over the past twenty-five years I have been in every sales capacity there is. A little over a year ago I
restarted my own regional sales training business as a sole proprietor. Not exactly the best of times and
economic events. It has been tough. My job is to find prospects, help them understand the need for sales
training and convince them that out of a very crowded field of bigger firms, with lots more resources, that I
should be the vendor of choice.
Up to a year or so ago I never heard of Jay Abraham. Shame on me. It's cost me untold time and money.
That's the downside. The great news is that I did find him, and that is, and will continue to make, all the
difference in the world.
As I studied Jays' material, a single sentence continued to resonate in my mind. This sentence was a
sentence from his book talking about what the results would be from using his principles," It will make
people enthusiastic to do business with you instead of your competitors." that made me lose sleep with
excitement . This was like a kind of "holy grail" I'd been searching for. It didn't take much longer study to
come to the following conclusions:

If I used two or three of Jays' fifty questions that asks an owner about his or her business; most
would never have thought about their business this way, don't know the answer and would now
want to find the answer . This would "get me in the door" because it differentiated me from the
pack. At that point I would simply suggest some of Jays' strategies as possible answers.
If I then suggested that for the very same reason the prospect now is considering/considered me for
the business-what would be the bottom-line results to his/her business, if, as part of my sales
training to his staff, we incorporated a similar approach his sales people so that they could use
these concepts and strategies to gain a similar consideration advantage, and more business.
If I then over time (and at each new assignment), dripped more of the Abraham questions on him,
including a couple of more Abraham strategies, I would as a result have a constant mind share and
his continued business.
If I then shared with them Jays' strategy of preeminence this would be a kind of s cement that
would bond me with the client.

This has started to work extremely well. It is working on telemarketing calls, letters and even in "in
person" cold calls. Much more can and will be done just on this concept alone. But it gets better.
Some months ago I became acquainted with a prospect that was familiar with some of the Abraham
material. He had also gone to one of Jays' live trainings. We bonded, he became a client and late last year
when I heard about Jays' PEQ, I thought it would be ideal for him and his employees to become immersed
in and take the company to a new level. He ordered. Again being in the Jay loop and mindset provides so
many opportunities.
Results:
1. Knowing and understanding the Abraham strategies has gotten me three times as many clients in a
quarter of the time. It costs far less to get them than was previously the case.
2. I am gradually moving into a role of marketing advisor by sharing the "Abraham Philosophy" of
preeminence which further differentiates me from the crowd.

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3. I find that I now, because of constant exposure to Jays' mindset that I now look at a business
tangentially, inside out and every conceivable way in applying Jays' teachings and strategies. This
is providing me with quantum leaps in uncovering opportunities.
4. I have been asked to do some speaking again (something I have long wanted to rekindle) on
getting more results from a business.
5. I fully expect my income to not only continue to grow, but grow dramatically next year as a major
result of knowing about Jay Abraham.
6. I'm now enjoying what I'm able to do, not only do for myself, but what I'm able to now do for
other businesses.
Lessons learned:
The Abraham strategies can transform business of any size. By adopting the "Abraham mindset" great
things happen. Any salesman or sales manager can easily adopt and adapt any or all of Jays' techniques
and enjoy their own preeminence in their own prospect/customers mind. It can transform one from being
considered just a salesperson into a business strategist that also provides what their own product or service
is regardless of industry or niche. Who would choose something less? And by teaching them to suggest to
their client to teach their salespeople...and so on becomes self perpetuating. You are not "feeding them but
truly teaching them to learn how to fish". That's what Jay is doing for me.
Sincerely,
Russell Sherry
Sherry Training Consultants
[email protected]

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114.

Sandra Broekema

----- Original Message ----From: Sandra Broekema

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:34 AM
CASE STUDY
DIRECT MAIL THAT WORKS
I have used Jay's recommendations to develop a solid direct mail
program that works. I am averaging a 5% response rate of self
qualifying prospects.
Here's what I do:
1) I buy a targeted mailing list from Dun & Bradstreet's Marketplace
Service - using only companies with the top executive listed by name
(and title). This eliminates blind mailings to companies which would
be useless for my business. Quarterly updates keep the addresses
reasonably current.
2) I mail religiously - 100 letters every week (except December 15th
through 31st) timed to arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday.
3) My envelopes get opened by the addressee. I use laser printed
envelopes - no labels, without postal barcoding and a first class
postage stamp. I stamp each envelope "CONFIDENTIAL" to divert it from
the screener's process to the addressee.
4) I use a conservative bond letterhead with stately black & white
logo. Each letter is short and sweet (one page long) and carries an
actual ink signature.
5) I always use a bold subject line "RE:
BUSINESS?"

THINKING ABOUT SELLING YOUR

6) I always use the "PS". Usually "Call for your FREE copy of "The
Business Transfer Report". The magic word "FREE" gets noticed.
7) I use enclosures to add substance and handling time. I enclose a
business reply card for the convenience of those who prefer to mail or
fax their reply rather than making a telephone call. They are used
infrequently, but the response rate is better with the card than
without it. I found people used their company envelopes, so I stopped
enclosing a Business Reply Envelope saving an unnecessary expense.
8) I enclose a business card - because even if someone isn't
immediately interested in our service, they will hang onto the card for
later use.
9) My company name, last name and industry all start with the same
letter ("B") to increase the odds that client's can find me when the
time comes.

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10) I
track
takes
month

track my responses using a database and spreadsheet, so I can

when the initial mailing was made and understand how long it
for first (within 3 days of receipt) and second wave (up to one
later) responses.

11) I use a series of 3 mailings at 6 week intervals to increase

familiarity, name recognition and response rates.
12) I include my website address so prospects can check me out, prior
to response.
Sandra Broekema
BOSTWICK, LLC
5775 Wayzata Boulevard - Suite 700
Minneapolis, MN
55416
Tel: 952.525.2290
Cell: 612.709.6066
Fax: 952.936.9866
<[email protected]>
www.ebostwick.com

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115.

Scott Gingrich

----- Original Message ----From: "Scott Gingrich"

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:10 AM
EMAIL NEWSLETTERS WITH TRACKABLE RESULTS
One of the key ideas of Jay's is how every marketing effort should be
tracked....don't just send off image advertising into the ethos of the
air waves!
With that idea in mind, we challenged every marketing effort we were
undertaking. One effort that we nearly didn't give second thought to
was our email newsletter. We thought, "we have to have an Email
newsletter!". Then we thought again.
When we gave it a second look, we challenged with "How do we know if
anyone is even reading this?"
With that, we set out to revolutionize how we do Email newsletters.
(And, yes, this is sort of a plug for us, but I think you'll agree this
is a valid one) Because not only did we develop a solution for
ourselves, but we developed a solution we call GoldPump that we now
sell throughout the world...thanks Jay!
The idea is this: in the Newsletter, provide enough copy to excite.
But, have readers take an action (clicking on a link) and go to a Web
page to view the full article or the full copy. Embedded in this link
is a number that uniquely identifies the reader in our database. When
they go to the Web page of their choice, our Web page automatically
sends our GoldMine contact manager a message that "Mary Jane" just read
our article on "Whatever it is".
Now I know exactly who is clicking on what within my Email newsletters
and sales letters. That's power.
To take it to the next step, by organizing the newsletter such that
different topic areas are discussed, I can now AUTOMATICALLY begin
building a profile of my readers' interest and begin targeting them
with different offers.
Is it difficult to do? NO. We've developed the technology so it's EASY.
We have weekend warriors doing this every week! To add "StealthLink"
technology to an Email only takes 1 or 2 extra minutes on every
newsletter or sales letter. This is a high leverage, high results
effort!!
Thanks Jay!
Scott Gingrich
President & CEO
BestFit Solutions Corporation

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116.

Scott Mounce

----- Original Message ----From: Scott Mounce

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:27 AM
Dear Jay,
The marketing material that I have received from Jay has been incredible. I have implemented
several of his ideas. The one that I wanted to discuss is with postcards and testing. We took
Jay's ideas regarding test, test, test everything. We had a postcard that we were going to mail
out to 20,000 people that we had not tested. Before reading Jay's materials , we would have
mailed these out without testing. But luckily, we tested 10 different postcards to smaller mailings
to test the responses. And actually the one that we were initially going to use got the worst
response.
When it was all said and done, the postcard that we mailed to 20,000 people got a 6% response
rate. This would have never occurred if we had not followed Jay's advice on testing. I hope this
is helpful to people who do not test in smaller amounts initially. By testing, you can greatly
increase your response rates and save money in the process.
Thanks Jay.
Scott M.

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117.

Scott Sheldon

----- Original Message ----From: Scott Sheldon

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:33 PM
Dear Jay,
Your offer interests me and I'd like to have the opportunity to share
our story with you.
My company publishes card packs in several markets as well as selling
multiple products through direct mail. In the course of selling
advertising to our clients I have become an expert in direct response
advertising, copywriting, follow-up programs, etc. To gain this
expertise I have depended on your materials almost exclusively. As a
result I am a respected authority to those I deal with - about 1,500
advertisers.
As the economy has stalled I have been able to relay excellent
encouragement to my clients to focus on business and marketing basics.
I have been encouraged in my own marketing efforts as well - I put the
advice into practice in my business, when it works I have incredible
confidence in encouraging my clients to move and act in particular
ways. These clients range from $500,000/yr to over $25,000,000/yr.
They are incredibly diverse in their product offerings. When they
apply the principles I share with them the results are almost always
identical.
Further, in my direct marketing company, I have seen growth over the
past 12 months of over 300% as I have started implementing the same
principles.
We've increased the number of ways we sell our products - direct mail,
telemarketing, direct response ads, and joint ventures so far. We've
increased the average order from $55 to $117 in the past six months.
We're working now to implement a continuity program that will launch in
January 2003. We've been able to establish a sound system that we are
able to ad products to with ease. Our biggest success has been due to
our terrific guarantee - 500% for 100 years - it's had an amazing
impact and we really mean it.
Thanks Jay. I hope this is what you're looking for.
clarification on anything, please contact me.

If you need

Best to you.
Scott Sheldon
President
Windsor Communications Group
1-800-791-3737
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]

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118.

Sean

----- Original Message ----From: Sean

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:13 AM
I was working with a client whose schedule was very full with a coaching practice. Every week
was filled with appointments. So we applied the idea of leverage the way Jay teaches.
We came up with a program by which coaching clients would have, instead of weekly
consultations, BI-weekly consultations alternating with a phone-in group teleconference on
alternating weeks.
Coaching clients STILL had weekly input from their advisor (in the form of personal calls and then
group conference calls, alternating each week), but instead of constant telephone consulting, my
client's workload was effectively cut in half.
Now every other week has only one hour on the coaching phone, instead of 30.
Not only did her workload get reduced in a big way, but INCOME actually INCREASED. How did
it increase?
With one more Jay-style optimization strategy: We sell recordings of those biweekly
teleconferences on cd!
PLUS, clients who cannot afford the one-on-one coaching paid to have access to live
teleconferences. Which was new revenue without additional labor (since the group coaching call
is the same no matter how many dial in).
Thanks!
Sean
P.S. I look forward to reading other experiences of applying Jay's principles in the collection of
"Abraham case studies"!

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119.

Sean De Vore

----- Original Message ----From: Sean De Vore

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:55 AM
Jay,
It all started a little less than a year ago. One humid day in Mid August 2001 I went
to interview at a company that sells magazines. After leaving the interview I
remember thinking, wow this group is crazy. One guy name Sholom kept laughing
and another employee asked me if wanted a glass of water 4 times. The people all
looked like they were still in college including the owner. A few days later I was
hired at Magmall to sell magazines.
After being hired Jason (the CEO) said here is your phone and computer. Good luck
let me know if you need anything. A few days into my job I began to think who
should I sell, corporate clients maybe doctors offices?
As I began to sell I began to reflect on the last four years I worked in Film as a
loader. I worked on shows such as Angel, 7th Heaven and Voyager. Now I had to
think about who can sell to. After three days of brainstorming I finally got nervous
and thought this won't work out. I was persistent and began working long hours and
developed a pitch that would present me in the most unique and competitive light I
called it Personal Persistence.
For the next two weeks all I called were Hollywood Media companies. Most of these
companies were flaky and did not care where they bought their magazines. I kept
strong to the pitch and told them not only was I selling them on the ubiquitous great
savings value and kickass service but I was offering them a compelling concept
called Personal Persistence. PP meant that could reach me personally 24 hours a
day by phone, fax or email to get the job done. I wanted to be their personal brand
of Advil. So I a hammered and hammered away at the phones sometimes making as
many as 15 calls to each company working my way up the ladder to the right people
- and then, even calling that right person five or ten times until I could get a
meaningful conversation and someones full attention to my pitch.
Three months into the new job I got my first break with Creative Artist Agency, one
of the largest talent agencies on the planet. I communicated with their buyer and
told many tales of my experience as a loader to smoothen the process of my pitch.
And it finally worked. Not only did we save them 20% on their first purchase but
they immediately gave us their entire account for 2002. I am convinced it is
because of my personal persistence gambit. The fifteen phone calls finally paid off
and my personal pledge made them feel comfortable.
I followed this same level of persistence up by later hand delivering Newspapers
when the publisher couldnt get it right. Even when Christmas came I took my
Weekend and went shopping for the buyer. The gift was not expensive and,
convinced her that she was in good hands. It seems that I gave her a more
meaningful gift than anything she got from her family.

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Next thing I knew I got another sale United Talent Agency only to find out after I set
up their account they had changed their minds. This time I knew that price and
service were not their concerns so I quickly moved on to the next sale. I was
determined not to give up and went after many large Media clients such as UPN,
Discovery Channel, Sony, William Morris Agency and many more.
Over the next 9 months I continued to sell and worked hard to improve Magmall
Corporate website. I took that level of service and made sure that we addressed our
customer's needs.
I have followed this pledge to service with clients like Nike and NBC. Not only did I
fly up to Nikes corporate office in Oregon but, I gave many of their buyers my
personal cell phone number. Over the year that I have been at Magmall we have
doubled our corporate sales.
I hope this story of personal persistence helps your clients.
Thank you,
Sean De Vore
323-933-9291
1-888-All-Mags

120.

Shachar Shlesinger

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----- Original Message ----From: Shachar Shlesinger

Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:07 AM

Dear Jay,
In response to your request for case studies/success stories, here is a referral system which has
worked very well for me and which was painstakingly developed over a period of about a year
until it now works superbly well.
My main business used to be one of direct marketing of insurance policies by phoning existing
policyholders and upgrading/cross-selling them or by cold calling to a list.
I often wondered how I could implement your principle of referrals in this market since people do
not seem willing to refer friends and family to an insurance company. We finally struck on the
following process to get referrals for a ladies cancer plan (which pays out a specified amount on
diagnosis of breast/cervical other female cancers):

We put together a nice educational pack on the product. The pack contained two very
informative booklets, an article we reprinted by permission from a well known magazine
and a free sample policy valid for a short period.

We telephoned existing policyholders and explained to them that we had produced this
really nice pack and that they could nominate up to four of their friends or family to
receive this free gift. As you can see, we have now switched our posture from begging
for referrals to giving out gifts to a privileged few.

We also included a competition in this procedure so that for every referral we receive
from a policyholder, that policyholder gets one entry into a draw where there is a monthly
prize of a two-day getaway to a health-hydro.

The ladies gathering the referrals get paid per referral of course.

The result is that we regularly receive an average of 3 or 4 names from each policyholder
to whom the offer is made.

The referral is then telephoned, asked for a postal address for the gift which they have
been nominated for and the gift is dispatched.

Two weeks later, we call the lead who is now both a referral and has received an
educational pack from us and we sell the policy.

Our success rate in the final sale is highly dependent on the telemarketer but is much
higher than for a cold call.

The point of this illustration is the method which can be used in any situation where
people are reluctant to give referrals.

Kind regards

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Shachar Shlesinger
Johannesburg
South Africa
Email: [email protected]

121.

Sharaga

----- Original Message ----From: shraga

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:50 PM
The business: a startup.

MATCHMAKING.

First step, create a core story for the client.

explaining their uniqueness.

Together with a USP

2. Research potential matches.

3. Devise a strategy to attract a particular candidate, including how
to try to impact on their market buying criteria.
4. Provide workshops teaching specific tactical skills, according to
need (examples - how to make a certain type of food/ communication
skills/ )
5. Review strategy and tactics after each meeting.
6. Because of the professionalism of this service, referals are easy
... just need to ask for them, from both parties to the match, and from
those outside helpers who help in the workshops.
7. Unlike most businesses, our clients are our salespeople!
"themselves". And they retire after their first sale!

Selling

Jay, thanks for your help over here!

Specific case:
Approached by a woman, 25 anxious to get married. She described the
type of man she would like. We helped with her self-image problems by
highlighting to her who she was and what she had to offer.
We researched possible candidates. One particularly interested her.

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Workshops in communication skills, and cooking were provided.

Even before they met, there was resistance from the man she was to
meet, who thought she was too passive and quiet. We spoke to him about
his desires, and shifted the buying criteria, since he did not want
someone who had the traits of being loud, domineering, conceited, or
very demanding.
Success!
Jay, your ideas are universal.

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122.

Shawn Dreger

----- Original Message ----From: Shawn Dreger

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 5:48 PM

Hello Jay,
Sorry I am late in getting this to you, I hope you can still use it. My story proves what
testing can do for a business and to prove you can find ways to test anything.
We owned a convenience store which had bars on the windows for security purposes. I
never did like the bars but the threat of a break and enter and the cost of cigarettes we
knew we had to leave them on.
We had owned the store for about 5 months and were getting ready for our grand
opening. We wanted the windows extremely clean so I removed the bars and cleaned the
windows. I liked the look of bare windows so much I never put the bars on until we
closed for the evening. The next month I was looking at our daily income for the past
month and one day really stood out as being considerably higher than the others. I
investigated this and discovered the exceptional day was the day I took the bars off the
windows. Was it coincidence or was there something to it and how could I prove it. We
were increasing business each and every week and payday weeks were quite a bit better
than non pay day weeks so how could I prove or disprove that business increased without
bars on the windows.
Being a bit of a math nut I decided to test the next two Mondays. I took total income for
several weeks divided it by 7 to get an average and then compared it to the Mondays
income. I discovered that the Mondays income was always between 85% and 90% of the
average daily income for the week. Okay this way I would know if we took the bars off
the windows for a Monday and if the income for the Monday was more than 90% of the
daily average for that week we had to figure out a way to get the bars off the windows.
Calculating it this way took care of increased business and the fluctuation in income for
pay day and non pay day weeks.
The following Monday I took the bars off the window and then put them back on for the
rest of the week. At the end of the week I did the calculations and found out the Monday
with no bars did 106% of the daily average for the week. Coincidence or not? The
following week I did the same thing and discovered that Monday did 99% of the daily
average but also took note that it rained from 4:00pm till 6:00 pm which was our busiest
time, everyone stopping on their way home.
Bingo I knew if we took the bars off the windows business would increase 10% - 15 %
easily. How easy was that. I called a welder and made brackets so the bars could be put
on at night within 5 minutes and taken off in the morning. The bars really only needed to
be on at nights when we were closed.

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Shawn Dreger
BD's Convenience
This was a small convenience store with 3 employees two full time and one part time.
We tripled business within three years and then sold it three years ago. I hope this helps,
I thing it really shows how you can test almost every aspect of your business.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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123.

Simon Healy

----- Original Message ----From: Simon Healy

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 3:25 AM
Hi Jay

Whew I missed that deadline but really wanted to join that program of yours.

Here's my case study. Let me know if the format is OK or I'll redo it

Best Regards and LOVE your stuff Jay. I'm a big fan and I've got you as a Highly recommended resource
our new SolvePoverty which was updated last week. See www.SolvePoverty.com

================
THE QUESTIONS
================

Briefly describe your Internet business and give the main web
site address

www.SolvePoverty.com
---------------------------------------------------------------

The business is called OrphanIT (which is part of SolvePoverty.com) and it provides a service for
companies to help them find new affiliates for their websites associate programs.
http://www.solvepoverty.com/jobs.asp

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We do this by creating an email introducing our clients business and Affiliate Program and then using Opt
in Ezines, Cause Related Marketing and individually contacting potential affiliates with an introduction
message. It's just good old fashion hard work and some smarts from some of the webs best marketers to
help us identify the prospective affiliates.

The difference about this business is that aside from management and strategy by myself and 2 teachers the
entire service is undertaken and carried out by young adults (including more than 50% orphans) in 2
Telecentres located in Manila PI and Chennai India.

There's some Press at the World Resource Institute Site

"IT skills, practically prerequisites in today's job market, are often basic and straightforward to learn-but
are a world away from the chronically poor. GLOW Centers teach vocational and Internet skills free of
charge, delivering online education to poor young people who otherwise would remain unskilled and
without prospect of employment." http://www.digitaldividend.org/project_week/project_week_glow.htm

We plan on expanding expand these 'remote services' as we become proficient in more areas like:

Simple web site building

Site optimisation and search engine submission
Other Traffic and sales generation services

How, why and when did you start that Internet business?
--------------------------------------------------------------

I started the service on May 15th 2002 as I was finding it very hard to find the time to continue sourcing
affiliates for my commercial site - Hyperstudy.com and needed a solution.

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We ve been running a Micro Enterprise development AID program for 2 years now as part of our business
and we thought the graduates would probably be ready to start on some commercial work

It coincided that we had two classes of young graduates just finishing their first year IT studies at 2 Micro
Development telecentres I helped build in Manila PI and Chennai in India.

Many of the young graduates were emailing me asking about work opportunities and the web and I decided
to start them on finding new affiliates for us.

After 1 month the students had found us something like 30 new affiliates including 1 that now brings us
more than 18,000 sessions a month and we all thought "lets take it to the next level and see if others are
having the same challenges and want to hire us to do the long hard yards of affiliate recruitment"

I put together exactly the tools we had used to get our program running and then contacted the owners of
our software and let them know what I was doing and to make sure they were all OK with it.

Then I made a simple one page site and launched online to test the market. Here it is http://www.orphanit.com

Costs and time:

Idea and resources in place to make it happen - About three years overall but about 200 hours for this
project.
Total cost = For this service about $1500 cash but to have everything in place ie Telecentres etc about
$250,000
Apps required: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, My Affiliate Program, Opt In Pro list builder, ICQ, Web Position
Gold

What was your initial Internet sales expectation?

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-----------------------------------------------------

I expected lots of queries about the service and requests for testimonials but really only a few sales in the
first month and building up from there.

WRONG! Cashflow began within one week of being online. When Neil Durrant mentioned us in his
newsletter at the end of the first week we had more than 8 new clients and made 5 affiliate sales totalling
more than AU$8,000 in income...Astounding.

To date we have 14 clients and 3 who want us to work on a ongoing part time basis.

There is now a 3 week waiting list for us to take on new clients and we are getting several requests for new
orders each week despite the delays which we are having to refuse.

We have an article about our service being written on "remote services" in the Harvard Business Review in
October.

Needless to say our sales expectations have far exceeded our initial estimates

What on- and off-line marketing are you doing?

----------------------------------------------------------

We run a good paying Affiliate Program offering 15% of high value sales. We submit Page to other
directories using Web Position Gold. We Request Links on Aid sites. We Issue News Releases. We
Capture Visitor E-mail Addresses and Request Permission to Send Updates. We have all Installed our web
"Signatures" in our E-Mail Programs. We are running a BIG Contest every year to help increase sign ups.
We buy Pay Per Click (PPC) ads on search engines. We've partnered with other good sites and like minded
people to help us promote the services. Tell me about your one, most productive marketing tactic what
you do, how much time it takes, expense, difficulties, tools to help you do it etc.

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-------------------------------------------------------------------

Our absolute key tactic is affiliate marketing. Makes sense if we're offering an Affiliate recruitment
package ;)

we are pretty creative on our copy and highlight the fact that young people in developing nations are every
bit as capable of undertaking web marketing as the very expensive marketing firms in the big cities if they
have the right tools and knowledge.

Is there ONE THING that has made your Internet business work so well?
-------------------------------------------------------

The one thing thats made our business work so well aside from the market testing is the fact that we're not
offering some new device or marketing tool but rather something that anyone who has an affiliate program
knows all about.........the long and hard hours you have to put in to find new affiliates.

Especially the really good ones.

Most importantly its being offered by young adults in developing nations with a little bit of a guiding hand
from us. Orphans and underprivelged kids aren't incapable or unmotivated...they just dont have the same
opportunities we have in the western world. Hopefully www.SolvePoverty.com can do its little bit to
change some perspectives in this area!

Like I always say Jay "If you're not giving, you're not living!"

Hope this reads OK. The actual story should you need any background is here

www.SolvePoverty.com. Here are some of the clients we have worked with since we launched
http://www.solvepoverty.com/affiliate_directory.asp

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Here are some testimonials http://www.solvepoverty.com/testimonials.asp

Thanks Jay
Simon

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124.

Sjacoboson

----- Original Message ----From: sjacoboson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:25 AM
Dear Jay,
It was your "risk reversal" that helped get my business off the ground.
I guarantee, in writing, that my system will return from their
customers, 10 times the investment in my system or I give them their
money back; no proration, no kidding. That's quite an ROI! With this
guarantee, my income is on track to double what I did last year!
So, Jay, Thank You!
[email protected]

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125.

Stephen Johnson

----- Original Message ----From: Stephen Johnson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:48 PM
Jay, thanks for your contribution to my education. You delivered a boot camp at Sanctuary Cove,
Australia, a little over 10 years ago. My parents participated, although they didn't sit through a
hotseat and haven't done much with the material you provided. It is, however, helping me
establish my own business... a marketing consultancy... and I value that material greatly.
I'm a partner in a tiny consultancy helping small businesses grow faster. For our clients, as well
as ourselves, we employ a number of Abraham techniques, shamelessly. Some of the more
exercised concepts include educating one's customer, usually about a unique core offer, which
often reverses the risk. And the most potent example in a recent client is a start-up maintenance
management consultancy. They walk into a facility and help their client improve the operations of
all the behind-the-scenes systems - like electrical, water and plumbing, air conditioning, exterior
grounds, interior cleaning, and more. The premise is that their client wants to focus on its core
business, as a club or hotel or shopping centre, and not have to worry about the supporting
infrastructure. The maintenance management consultancy had no clear description of what they
really achieved, but quite obviously employed a science in their work. After wading through much
chaff, we learned some of their science, and it was interesting... they audited the facility in what
amounted to three dimensions, logging all the systems and equipment and processes within.
Then they calculated what was necessary to maintain each piece without over-servicing or underservicing, so that the 'optimum' balance was achieved between spending money and getting
function and longevity from assets. Then they put all the new processes they developed into a
computer program that told their client what needed preventative maintenance and when. Now
the computer program was not unique and neither was the nature of their service, in many
regards. Their promotional material consisted of simple listings of a breakdown of their services,
and failed to tell the story of what they were capable of achieving and failed to tell the story of
how they were so thorough. But then we pressured them about what they could achieve and why
the heck they're so confident, and they let slip that they could walk into a sufficiently-sized facility
and practically guarantee us they'd find savings of at least 10 to 20% AND make it all run better,
and then added that the 10-20% would be clear of any fee they got out of it. When we helped
them discover they had an incredible USP, they were enlightened. We all went through the
maths to confirm it was possible to safely offer a guarantee... That they'd help a client manage
their back-of-house services better, at a cost at least 10% less than the client is paying now, or
they'd pay the 10% themselves. By then targeting a handful of desired prospects and making
them such an offer, they have, in a little over 6 months, tripled their size from one major client to
three, funded a move to larger premises, and secured funds to begin a more aggressive and
wider marketing of their service.

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126.

Steve Curtis

To: Jay L. Abraham

From: Steve Curtis
RE: Implementing the Big Promise

THE BIG PROMISE

All great companies (Disney, Federal Express, Nordsrom) and even your favorite local restaurant have
developed a distinguish advantage over every competitor in their market by offering a specific reason
customers HAVE to buy from them.

CASE STUDY
The following is a set of questions top management of Ascolta Training Company used with their middle
managers to help formulate their Unique Selling Proposition (USP).
Why is Ascolta different? What do we stand for? What do we offer to our customers that is unique,
superior and is a distinctive benefit above and beyond our competitors? What sets Ascolta apart from
every other competitor?
By thinking and reflecting on these questions, management at Ascolta can develop the Unique Selling
Proposition(USP) which defines what Ascoltas core competence is and why we are in business.
When we can identify what we are really good at and have a distinct advantage, we can integrate our core
being into all promotional materials, sales effort, customer service, elevator pitch, and the internal cultural
at Ascolta.
I like to call this The Big Promise. You dont have to say it. You demonstrate it. You live it! Listed
below are several questions to assist you in developing Ascoltas market position and USP.

USP QUESTIONS:
1.

List all the unique reasons you have, or would like to have, as to why people should do business with
Ascolta and not anyone else?

2.

What do think is the Primary advantage of doing business with Ascolta over our competitors? (From
our customers point of view what they will appreciate the most what the true benefit is to them

3.

Does any of our competitors offer any advantages over Ascolta?

4.

What needs are going unfulfilled within the training industry?

5.

List your favorite 5 biggest successes you know or see in any field? What is their UPS?

6.

Write just one clear and concise headline for an advertisement for Ascolta in a IT magazine

7.

Create several tag line options which could be used under the logo of Ascolta

8.

Sound Bite Exercise. .. Describe your business in terms of who you are, what you do, who do you cater
to, what problem you solve and how you benefit your customers, and how you are unique and
different. (Write a short and clear paragraph. Read it out loud to your self or friend)

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MIND SET SHIFT

Two lunch meetings (2 hours per session) caused a total mind shift of the middle management team and
assisted in better alignment in thinking what the company stands for. The process on getting agreement so
that the core message was the same throughout the company as well as any outside communication (eg
Print materials, oral presentations to prospects and clients, new employee orientation, annual reports, and
even water cooler talk)
There were some obstacles to over come. Mainly, asking key employees to do a gut check and dig deep
inside to determine why they work for Ascolta, establish clarity and reclaim their passion for the business
Soul of Ascolta.
By using this process, a clear direction and a new human spirit were instantly integrated into Ascolta.

OUTCOME
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Attracted the best and brightest teachers and seminar leaders

Become Cisco Systems major training company
Re-evaluated branch locations and better served major markets
Upgraded their E-learning initiative
Showed through testing that Ascolta seminar attendees scored highest in competence
Raised their referral business by 200 per cent
Increase their repeat business by 300 per cent (new certification programs)
Average fees per client went up (firms sending more attendees)
We serve our clients attitude cause more buzz and public relation opportunities
Major breakthroughs of using Game Theory and internet techniques for retained learning skills
(EXHIBIT A)

BIG PROMISE RESULTS

(1)

UNIQUE REASONS (WHY ASCOLTA)

(2)

Virtually Everywhere
Recognized Global leader for Network Engineering Education
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Personal and friendly touch to our customers
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Flexible, competitive price, professional organization, reliable and accountable
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Reputation of our instructors being best educated in industry
Overall Cisco focus, as well as product and service knowledge
Level of service Ascolta provides . . . personal attention received in classroom
Highest level of customer care before, during , and after training

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Richest total learning experience for Cisco Certification

Top notch education experience and be part of Ascolta culture
Great instructors, convenient locations, quality equipment in labs, customer focused attitude
Knowledgeable instructors . . . real-world cases and breadth of course offering and
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Geographic reach, baseline business $$$ and marketing engine
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End to End solution (Skill assessment, modality assessment, customized blended offering
Laboratory simulation

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Steve Gamlin

----- Original Message ----From: Steve Gamlin

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:11 AM
Good morning Jay,
Thank you so much for the inspiration you've provided through your
books, interviews, etc.
Here is my story...
After nearly ten years in the radio industry as a Creative Services
Director, Program Director, Promotions Director, on-air talent, etc., I
found the industry to be in a dangerous corporate tailspin. The rules
had changed, and unfortunately I was finding myself working harder and
harder, with less resources and more frustration, to create effective
radio advertising for our clients.
With inspiration from your material, particularly the Powertalk
interview with Tony Robbins, I decided it was time to assess where I
was, where I COULD be, and realize the wonderful opportunity I actually
had to break off on my own. The only drawback at this time was the
Powertalk interview cassette being eaten by my tape player...
The initial goal was to build a recording studio to function as an
advertising agency. After reading your book 'Getting Everything You Can
Out of All You've Got', the horizon suddenly exploded with
possibilities. From the little seed of my advertising agency came such
an array of possibilities that I was immediately overwhelmed, and very
excited.
Construction began on the studio in July 2001, and in January 2002, ACE
Productions got its first radio client. It's been an up and down ride,
with the trials and tribulations of any small business, but we're
moving in the right direction. Our initial plan for radio commercial
production has expanded to include on-hold messaging, voice-mail system
recording, CD-ROM business cards and other multimedia presentations,
radio comedy (national network), talking gas pumps, and audio for
animated productions. I am sure the future holds much more, which I
look forward to discovering.
Jay, THANK YOU! I look forward to creating many more success stories
for myself, and recommending your materials to others who have the
dream.
Sincerely,
Steve Gamlin
ACE Productions
Providing the soundtrack to YOUR success!!
www.aceproductionsnh.com

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Steve Gibbs

----- Original Message ----From: Steve Gibbs

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 11:35 PM
Using email.
With my website I want to generate solid leads for my gambling product,
and I don't want any tire kickers since they are useless. So, with my
site I only advertise a free newsletter located at:
casinogamblingexposed.com
My newsletter page pre-sells my credibility and then pre-sells them
again with the second page of my site,
casinogamblingexposed.com/page2.htm where I give them mistakes on
gambling instead of any good advice. Once they read page 2, they are
then taken to the sales letter which feeds them all the good advice
they've been hunting for.
I also use the email form for my affiliates page, so I can send them emails. And train them, instead of having a bunch of affiliates running
around that I don't know about. Email should be the biggest aspect of
your website if you want to make it a success.
That's what I learned from Jay, now send me my free course too:
Steve Gibbs
[email protected]

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Steve Smailes

----- Original Message ----From: Steve Smailes

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:25 AM
Development of Personal Branding and Business Building Skills using Abraham 101 Lessons.
Background: Steve Smailes was unable to find a job that gave him the revenue streams he
needed to support his growing family.
Challenge: Focus and sell the idea generating capabilities of Steve Smailes.
Solution:
Phase 1: Using the Secret Wealth Principle I conducted an analysis of my strengths and
weaknesses in order to determine where I could provide the most value. The analysis consisted
of reviewing past personal and professional job experiences in order to find the key lessons and
skills learned. After creating a comprehensive list of the skills gained, I determined my key areas
of strength. I targeted a set of prospective customers within my work. I then created a sales
presentation that centered on the key skills and the benefits they could bring to my prospects.
As I begin presenting to my prospects, I began to develop a clearer picture of my USP. I then
continued to refine my presentation to two key areas of strength- Sales and Marketing. After
clarifying my exact areas of strength, I continued to develop my sales and marketing skills by
focusing on the delivery of the hole, not the drill. I created sales scripts that centered on buying
the benefits. I created processes that made it easy for my customers to buy. (Using the internet
to find the closest Kinkos for pickup of applications, creating emails that allowed customers to
choose the time and date for my to call, emails that included a space for them to provide the
rating criteria for their purchase)
Results: Sold consulting services at the rate of $50/hr 3Xs what I was receiving as salary for my
job. Within two months I moved to a new job doing sales for an online insurance company and
within one year had doubled my income. A year after that I was recruited for a management
position at a different company and grew my income another 65% from the previous year. I was
then promoted to another management position and am on pace to grow my income another
74% this year. In all I am on pace to quadruple my income in three years.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors.
Steve Smailes

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Steven Feinberg

----- Original Message ----From: Steven Feinberg

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 11:33 PM
A Risk Reversal application:
My business:
Leadership efficacy: creating a profitable course of action. In the
midst of all the economic uncertainty, Leaders need to be able to
rapidly adapt. I have a professional services firm that provides
advice for Management executives to dramatically improve their
performance, their teams and organizations.
Employing my Leadership efficacy programs for advantage making one
client generated $4 million dollars of revenue, another saved 1.5
million in the midst of the worst economic downturn in years, a
reduction in workforce, a hiring freeze. In their words they were able
to do more with less.
I would seldom broadcast the results of my methodology to clients in
quantifiable business return dollars. This has improved my
credibility.
In addition I use risk reversal.
Risk Reversal:
I do a free day or free 1/2 of consultation and advice. It is an
exploratory conference to see if my client and I are a match for
further work. I provide as much value as possible while determining
while we determine if we are a match for what they need and the forward
thinking executives I prefer to work with.
By letting them know I don't work with everyone it has positioned me as
the authority. In the past I haven't mentioned this to prospects. It
changed the dynamic in the relationship. It was easy, true and
effective.
This has opened up a number of clients opportunities that have been
financially lucrative, professionally satisfying and personally
rewarding.
"Give to get"
Risk reversal and positioning are the main stays.
Warm regards,
Steven
Steven Feinberg,PhD
ROI Dynamics
650-852-0574 (o)
650-852-0573 (fax)

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[email protected]

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Steven Kiges

----- Original Message ----From:"Steven Kiges

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:18 AM

eGlobal Markets Inc

Cutting Edge Marketing Solutions & Web Site
Integration
816 Peace Portal Drive
Blaine, WA 98230
Email; [email protected]

www.eGMarkets.com

604-945-7451 Tel
888-595-4424 Toll Free
775-256-6377 Fax

August 14, 2002

RE: Jay Abraham Success Story
Dear Jay,
Well, you got me with your last email! I might miss out on some great information so I
am taking the time to write you with one of my success stories.
Just a little background; you may already know of me or have read about me. If you turn
to page 244 in Robert Allens latest bestseller Multiple Stream of Internet Income you
can read 5 pages all about me. Since Robert also talks about you in the book maybe you
have read it?
I am president of eGlobal Markets Inc. We are a Internet Development Company and
have done web developments for Fortune 500 companies as well as dozens of other sites
for smaller entrepreneurs. The success story I want to tell to you and the other readers
about is not about my Internet Company but about an informational product I partnered
on and am joint venturing to success.
For this project I need to credit both you and Robert Allen. Jay you get the credit for
bringing the power of joint ventures to my entrepreneurial mind and Robert for showing
me the power of informational products.
After attending one of Robert Allens seminars I was really caught by the idea of
marketing informational products. as Robert calls it, being an infoprenuer. While I
was aware of the information product business, I had never really seen the potential.
Basically, what I learned from Robert Allen was the nuts and bolts of creating your own
information product and the dollar potential of information.

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After the seminar my goal was to develop my own product, however with a thriving
company to run I could see that was going to take much more time than I had. So,
instead I decided to take a Jay Abraham Joint Venture approach; look for someone
with an existing product that had good market potential but was struggling and looking
for some help.
I wont give you the details on the struggles to find a good product but my search brought
me to a woman named Cathi Graham and her weight loss product The Fresh Start
Metabolism Program. Cathi was successful with her seminars and selling via radio but
her Internet site that she spent $6,000 on 4 years ago still had not made one dime. This
was perfect, a product that had been tested in the market successfully and a person with a
problem plus, I could solve this problem.
We negotiated a joint venture agreement with my company providing a new eCommerce
site http://www.CathiGraham.com plus a special members only website. You see Jay,
she had been selling her program for about 10 years and in addition to the basic kit she
was selling she had a library of 6 other videos, 12 audio cassettes and a willing audience
ready to buy just about anything she came out with. The back end of this business is
what is exciting; tapes, videos, supplements, scales, drinking mugs etc. this is why
I created the Private members club.
Anyway, we launched about 12 months ago, the first 6 months we spent working on the
offer and doing the regular Internet marketing stuff. Search engines, ezines advertising,
banners etc.. and having marginal success. So we developed an Affiliate program
and that eventually brought our numbers from 10 a week to 35 a week. Jay, selling a
product with hard costs of $8.00 and selling it for $79.95 that is very sweet!
Then two month ago we did a joint venture with a company that manages 3.5 million opt
in email address and various web properties. In total the last 3 months our site has
generated $32,000 in sales.
I am sure you aware how great it is to make money online. I have been doing it for years
and I am still excited every time my inbox goes ca ching. There is no other business
model like it.
As far as my future with Fresh Start the infomercial that I arrange on a joint venture
basis is doing very well in Great Britain and is testing well in the US Market. I think I
will save how I managed this special joint venture for another time.
Thank you for all your wisdom throughout the years.
Yours truly,
Steven H. Kiges
President / CEO eGlobal Markets Inc.

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Stuart Daniel

----- Original Message ----From: Stuart Daniel

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:18 AM
Hello Jay,
I know that I have probably missed the deadline, however I do hope you will take the time to read
this short note.
I have been a student of yours for almost 2 years now. I have read and re read everything on
your site, and have purchased you book " Getting everything you can out of all you've got"
You have taught me how to "think" outside of the box and have burned into my subconscious that
" there is always a way"
My success story is not yet completed, however I will bring you up to date: I am currently
marketing ATM Machines. I have spent time studying the marketplace and also my competition
and have come up some data.
1) Most sales people are just out there going into every door they find.
2) Most sales people are selling the ATM machine itself.
3) Most sales people have not done their "homework"
Jay, what I have learned from you has taught me a few valuable lessons as I compare it with the
above.
1) Not everyone is a customer for you product or service.
2) I do not sell ATM Machines. I sell all the BENEFITS of having an ATM Machine in their place
of business, and what they would loose by not having one.
3) I have done my homework. Since the placing of these machine depend largely on the amount
of transactions I asked myself: " Where do lots of people go that spend money, places that are off
the "beaten path?"
Jay, because of that question I have been able to identify at least 10 " niche " markets that no one
else seems to have noticed as of yet.
Your marketing 'Genius" has helped me to do this and I am now in the implementing stage.
I want to thank you for you Generous spirit in sharing your wealth of information with me, and I
would ask, that if there is anything that you can help me with as I start to implement my
marketing, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanking you in advance,
Stuart Daniel
President
The Distribution Network.
Helping companies create additional "cash flow"
that up until now has been invisible.

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Stuart Tenner

----- Original Message ----From: Stewart Tenner

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:27 AM
Conducted a brainstorming workshop, for a group of community
stakeholders involved in tourism, with a theme, "Low Cost-No Cost
Marketing" and developed a number of important, effective and
inexpensive marketing activities. Subsequently established priorities
for the activities and then wrote them up in an action plan that
contained columns for placing the name of the responsible person, the
date for completion and a possible cost.
The community now works together on achieving their mutually agreed
activities. The increase in tourism will bring more money into the
community, make businesses grow and become more profitable. This, in
turn, will allow the community to spend more money on future marketing
activities.

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Swade

----- Original Message ----From: swade

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 4:01 AM
Dear Jay,
I do have a small story of how I went to a group meeting of 50
mechanics to offer my services as a marketer against a management
consultant and a professional marketing team an the mechanic only voted
on me doing their marketing.
At the meeting I told them how to make there paper advertising better,
head lines and offers
One mechanic tested a ad in a local paper and got no response then he
tested it to his past clients and 5% of the clients made appointments.
But they will not sign a 25/75 profit share agreement with me.
They don't believe that marketing can be profitable.
So I am doing some letter writing for some other business for free to
get referral.

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Tan-Ting Tiam

----- Original Message ----From: tan ting tiam

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:06 AM
Dear J. Abraham;
I am an agency manager representing a local Life Insurance company In Malaysia.
I have sincerely follow your teaching and materials since mid of 2001. In the process of learning,
I had purchased one of your book. The book title is " Getting everything you can out of all you've
got ".
This is a very wonderful book to read for those people who really want to break through their
marketing and sales result. My own group sales result in 2001 double by 100% was contributed
by the ideas I learn from your book. Because from there I realize how to design a sales approach
which really able to touch the feeling and emotion of the prospect. Selling now become easier
because it is not more we want to sell, but because the prospect want to buy. Once it was
become they want to buy, then they will willing to pay and pay in large sum.
My success story as follow:
From the chapter 1 of your book " your flight plan", I realise that if I want to be successful in my
sales situation, I must invent some sales ideas from the existing pool of sales fact and logic.
All the while, in my business, inorder for us to convince a prospect to agree on our plans. We use
the motivation factors of Love, Fear, and Obligation. But in today business environment, big
percentage of population already have certain type of insurance. The above three motivation
factors have already lost its attractiveness. I will be very difficult for us to convince the prospect if
we continue to use this. Because we are still in the selling stage.
Your book give me the idea of using the fourth motivating factor, ie The Greed Factor.
By using this factor effectively, I have successfully turn the life insurance from selling to buying.
Example, a product know as critical illness cover. In the past, we only focus on what this product
can help to solve the medical fee problem if the client was diagnosed to have cancer. This is
using the motivating factor of fear. Even if the client accept my proposal, the amount of coverage
still based on the medical fee requirement. But the benefits which the clients can enjoyed from
this product are very much more than the medical fee only. This is the only life insurance product
in the world which pay in one lump sum when the client is still alive. By using the greed factor, I
allow my clients to see the real benefits of this product. Now they no more focus in the figure of
medical fee. But they focus on the total financial solution figures. Like buying lottery, they want
as much as possible for the coverage. The process become something they want to buy, not I
want to sell. This change allow me and my people able to convince almost all of our clients and
prospects.
Thank you, Mr Jay Abraham.
From : Tan Ting Tiam

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136.

Terry Hansen

----- Original Message ----From: Terry Hansen

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:36 AM

Jay:
Thanks for extending the time on this project. Here's is my submission.
Since recognizing your preeminence in the marketing arena, I have been influenced by
many of your concepts such as growing by mailing to your customers, educating your
customers on the value you provide, the lifetime value of a customer, and many others.
Here's an example that is underway currently. I have a product distribution business. One
of our suppliers changed the name and packaging on a product on we distribute. It was
done with little notice. It was very distressing in that I was holding thousands of dollars
of inventory of the "old" product. Of course, I did not want to get stuck with this and
take a loss.
Racking my brain about what to do, I reviewed the concepts and principles I have learned
from you over the years. It came to me to write a sales letter telling our customers the
truth about how the changes were being made and we wanted to move out our remaining
inventory. I offered to let them buy at our cost with an even greater incentive for larger
purchases. I also included an educational piece about the product which they could pass
along to their customers with their sales of the product. I offered to reproduce this at our
cost as a bonus to their purchase.
We are in the final stages of finishing this up. At this point, the numbers, although
admittedly much smaller in comparison to other projects we have done, and much smaller
in comparison to the ones typically reported in your results reports, illustrate the
beneficial leverage in doing a letter of this type: postage and printing - $288; $7,480 in
"old" inventory moved out.
...seemingly a simple idea...yet powerful results!
Cordially,
Terry Hansen

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Terry McVay

----- Original Message ----From: TERRY McVAY

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:15 AM
Jay,

Please feel free to edit this letter as you see fit. First, I can't believe you are going to send me the collection
of case studies free! I already downloaded the "21 Power Principals to Maximize Your Business Success"
for free and at this point have not paid you for anything.
Let me give you a little background for the last 2 years to explain how important your report was to me.
About 2 years ago I moved my family to Tampa to work for a mortgage company called Greatstone
Mortgage, which was the #16 volume FHA lender in the USA. It was great. I immediately started making
$10,000 to $12,000 a month. Not getting rich but not bad money for a job. Well, I got 3 or 4 months into it
and things were going great. The company was doing $100 million in loans a month. Then the next month
HUD shows up and audits the company. Seems the company closed $130,000 million in loans but only
had a credit line to cover it of $100 million. Needless to say the owner fled the country and the company
was shut down.
It took me about 2 months to find another job. In the mortgage business it usually takes 30 to 60 days when
you change companies to start closing loans at your new company. By the time I started closing loans here
I was broke. But things picked up again and though I was not making $10K to $12K a month I did start to
make $6K to $8K a month. There were 7 loan officers working at this company and we were closing 50+
loans a month, which is pretty good. Most of my business came from what I called my 3.95% mailers.
This was a loan that I really liked and when I would do a mailing I would get a pretty good response. Well,
it didn't take long for the owner to figure that if he was doing 50 loans a month with 7 loan officers he
could probably do twice as much with 14 loan officers. So he hired 7 more loan officers, at least 3 of these
were friends of his when he had been in another line of work. Well, needless to say he didn't actually train
anyone so the office was still closing 50 loans a month. The owner is stpartners and that he would take
care of him. When confronted the thief denied it and the owner refused to do anything about it. Within 2
weeks of that occurrences 5 of the "real" loan officers quit. Unfortunately, I should have resigned several
months earlier because my income had taken a drastic turn for the worse.
At this point, a friend of mine from church introduced me to a company that encouraged me to go to work
for them and develop a "BC" division. I thought it was a great idea and made the switch. Of course, after I
made the switch the company never came through with the promised salary. They basically wanted me to
train everybody for free. Being ignorant as I am it took me 2 months to get fed up enough to make another
move.
All this time I am not closing anything as it generally takes 30 to 60 days to close a loan once you move to
a new company. Well, this company didn't know anything about mortgages, come to find out they were
insurance people wanting to use mortgages to get to people's insurance needs.
Well, I have now made another move, at this time it seems to be a good company and I am basically an
independent contractor. I get paid after a loan closes. I have been doing mailings, (postcards and letters) to
people with high interest rate loans. The response has been less than expected, as these people get several
letters in the mail each week. This has proved to not be cost effective. Anyway I am out of money and
needed a way to market for NO MONEY spent. At this point, I get on the internet and start looking for
marketing ideas. I look under the name of most if not all the marketing guru's, Dan Kennedy, Gary

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Halberg, Yourself and many others. The problem is everyone wants quite a bit of money to purchase a
"Tool Kit" or some other program. The only free downloadable information I discover is your "21 Power
Principles to Maximize Your Business Success." I download this report and thoroughly digest it during my
library time in the mornings.
You put me to thinking on a different level. I then go through the following steps: 1. I pick 1 product to
concentrate on. I feel that the 3.5% loan offers the best cashflow and in my opinion is the best loan in the
country period, if someone can qualify . 2. Then I try to discern the best niche to go after to generate
closings. The people I have closed on this loan in the past have been either professionals or small business
owners. These people understand cashflow. 3. I also want to deal with people that will do more than one
transaction with me and refer me other business. 4. Then once I figure out who I want I need to decide how
to go get them without spending ANY MONEY.
So it went down like this: 1. As I said I am now going to concentrate on the 3.5% loan. 2. Has to be
someone that understands cashflow as that is the USP of this loan. 3. I rule out real estate agents even
though they can refer business. I just don't like real estate agents. What other group can do and refer me
multiple loans, that also understands and needs better cashflow. Now, Jay I know being the genius you are
you figured this out several paragraphs ago, but it took me almost a week (during this time I was re-reading
your report every morning). The answer was real estate investors. 4. Now that I know who I want how do
I go get them for NO MONEY. Well, the only way I could think of was the telephone. But where would I
get my list to start calling them? I just looked in the Sunday paper under rentals and found a couple of
pages of FREE leads. I started calling the numbers and everyone to a person said, "Sounds great but give
me a week to get this place rented and call me back." I waited the week to star

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Terry Roberts

----- Original Message ----From: Terry Roberts

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:07 AM
The company: A full-service market research company.
The challenge: The company was struggling to obtain new business in a
slow economy and the aftermath of 9/11. Since past clients were not
returning with new projects as much as in the past, more first-time
clients were needed.
The strategy: The company had historically solicited business directly
from companies. The new strategy was to develop referral partnerships
with other firms whose services were complimentary to, but not directly
competitive with, research services - namely consulting firms. These
firms were already working with the type of clients we wanted. And by
offering market research services to their arsenal these firms would
add to their own perceived value with their clients. By aligning with
them, their sales efforts helped to scale our sales efforts, putting us
in front of more prospects.
The tactics: The company developed close working relationships with a
number of consulting partners: one in association management
consulting, one in equity investing and management, one in branding and
design, and one doing distressed company turnarounds. We developed
customized marketing materials which presented the two companies as a
strategic alliance offering complimentary services whose combined value
was greater than either service provided independently.
Results: In the space of 9 months, this strategy generated prospect
referrals which resulted in research proposal amounting to
approximately half a million dollars in value. To date, the proposals
resulted in business amounting to around $125,000, with more alliancedriven prospects in the pipeline.
Terry Roberts

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Thomas Furnas

----- Original Message ----From: Thomas FURNAS

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:47 AM
The year 2000 was very slow and showed little promise so it ended
with our inventories near bottom. Any new orders for our principal
product would have to stretch to the limit of our usual delivery
schedule of 40 to 120 days as we did not have a full compliment of
parts with which to make an assembly. The first quarter of 2001,
however, had a burst of requests for quotation
so we completed some new drawings to incorporate better safety and
improved assembly techniques and sent them out for quotations. Some
were quite favorable so we placed orders for a quantity that previously
would have sufficed for several years but seemed appropriate for the
flood of inquiries.
The year 2001 actually was a disappointment so we both lost
heavily and finished with an enormous inventory which still lacked
three critical components because our vendor had problems with damaged
CNC machines and broken tools. First quarter of 2002 we received an
overseas order that would consume 20% of our new inventory (and pay for
most of it) provided we could ship within two weeks. We still lacked
the three critical components therefore we were unable to fill the
order so it evaporated. Today, 08/02/02, we finally received the last
of these three critical components so we now have everything needed to
assemble the product in reasonable quantity but have no orders or
recent inquiries for quotation.
Revisiting the flood of inquiries from early 2001 has informed us
that although perhaps in the future, they too have had hard times and
not only are no funds presently available but their present equipment
is not being fully utilized so there is no great need for the
improvements which our product offers them.
Our other activity--the design, development, manufacture and
delivery of custom analytical equipment and accessories (it has
encompassed upgrading existing equipment, building accessories no
longer manufactured anywhere, and totally new hardware & techniques for
special requirements) for research laboratories, has been sporadic over
the past 33 years of our being in business.
Although "Our Expertise can save you money" has been our motto and
commitment, it seems to hit a blank wall when research budgets are
drastically trimmed "because research does not bring in money this
year!!"
The other aspect of any business with only one or two people
concerns the health of the participants. For the past 10 years, MDC
has consisted only of my wife Judy and myself. For the past 5 years
MDC has been conducted from our home. Judy has done the office kind of
work and I have done everything else. Judy has type II diabetes, high
blood pressure, etc. Within the past two years she has had cataracts

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removed from both eyes, was hospitalized for severe anemia (they still
do not know why!), she had spinal surgery on 25 July 2001, fell on 21
November 2001 (no broken bones but) tore the hamstring muscles from her
left hip bone, and they say that overcompensation has caused the
development of a charcot joint in her right foot. She has had a cast
on her right foot and leg for 10 weeks now (with orders not to put any
weight on that right foot while ignoring the fact that her left leg is
seriously compromised by the injury to her hamstring and the trauma to
the incompletely healed spinal surgery.) They now say she will be
incompacitated for another six to twelve months.
We have spent a
major portion of this past year (and similar prospects for this next
year) going to, being at, and returning from the Cleveland Clinic. You
guessed it, I have been the sole caregiver, providing transportation,
laundry, shopping, cleaning, cooking, washing dishes, paying the bills,
etc. It is a tough road.
I have great hopes with respect to the P_DQ program but my
progress is distressingly slow as the time to devote to it has been
fragmented by circumstances that cannot be ignored. Fortunately, my
health is quite reasonable, I eat well, I go up stairs many times every
day and generally two at a time as it seems easier, I sleep reasonably
well but I may be up once or twice during the night. I do now and have
for eight years taken some astonishing nutritional supplements from
RELIV INTERNATIONAL in Chesterfield, Missouri, to which I have added
MSM and extra Vitamin C.
Thank you for your encouragement and patience with us.
Sincerely, THOMAS C. FURNAS, Ph.D. President,
MOLECULAR DATA CORPORATION
2869 SCARBOROUGH ROAD, CLEVELAND, OH 44118-4053
Phone: 216-932-7636 = 216-WEB POEM

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140.

Thomas J. Bujnowski

----- Original Message ----From: Thomas J. Bujnowski

To: Jay Araham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:51 PM
Jay,
I am a real estate investor who buys distressed properties - primarily bank owned properties. My
case study deals with a mindset philosophy of giving more than normal - sort of the way you deal
with us your customers.
I devised a letter based on your copywriting principles of what's in it for the "letter opener". I
wanted to establish a relationship with the real estate brokers who list the properties for the
banks.
In my letter I stated I would do the following things:
1.

I would give up my side of the commission (I am a licensed broker) to the other broker if I
got first crack at the property and bought it.

2.

I would pay all cash and have no contingencies thus speeding up the deal for the agent.

3.

I promised to secure the property on my dime from vandals.

4.

The agent would not have to attend the closing - I would pick up his check and personally
deliver it along with the key lockbox to his office.

As one example of the success, in seven months a broker has given me first shot on three
properties and my net profit after sale on those three is $124,000.
Without the letter and mindset, that is business I would never have had.
Right now I am working with three additional realtors!!
Thank you Jay - you are the most giving person I know in the business world.
Thomas J. Bujnowski
President
The Hamlin Group, Inc.

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141.

Thure Eneroth

----- Original Message ----From: Thure Eneroth

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:01 PM
Dear Jay!
Thank you for your extended offer to take part in this exchange of
success stories. Our case is so obvious that I at first felt it must
be used by all your customers but since it have had such positive
results for us, I enclose it so hopefully others will
go ahead and use the same method.
We are publishing executive book summaries in Sweden and at the time I
got your material we had approximately 1.500 subscribers. To recruit
new customers we relied mostly on Direct Mail.
I added Telemarketing and we got a small boost in sales but nothing
spectacular. After relistening to your material I understood the
concept of customer value over time.
We calculated how much a new customer would bring in during his
lifetime. Based on this number we were able to calculate how much we
could afford to spend on commission to the Telemarketing company. The
amount was quite impressive. With this in hand I managed to recruit the
top Telesales company in Sweden to sell our product.
And then things started to move. After a couple of months we had 2000
subscribers and during the next 12 months we doubled that number to
4000. That meant an increase in sales of USD 500 000 in that first
year alone. We made a very nice profit already the first year and will
make much more on this customer base in the future.
During spring this year we started our first host-beneficiary
relationship. Its made with an organisation which has 6000 managers
as paying members. We let this organisation send printed and e-mail
offers to their members with a discount. So far it has generated aprox
USD 25000 in increased sales. The host receives 50% of the income and
are quite happy to not only be able to give a nice offer to its
members (discounted subscription) but also getting revenue.
We are now working on a Christmas giftpackage which they will market to
their members where we share the profits.
Inspired by this positive result we went on to make another hostbeneficiary relationship with a much larger organisation. This one has
30,000 managers as members. This time we have structured it as
follows.
The host makes advertising in all their media like Magazine, Direct
mail and e-mail to their members where they recomend members to
subscribe. Their homepage on the Internet has a list of membership
benefits where we are included with a direct link to our own homepage.

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We recive a list of all the members so our Telesalecompany can call

each one.
The Telesalescampaign will start after the first advertising has begun.
Then Direct mail pieces are send to 2000 members each week followed by
a sales call during the following days. This ensures that each member
is aware of our product, is aware that his organization recommends it
and has just prior to the call received a Direct Mail piece.
This organisation does not charge us for all this. They are elated at
being able to give their members a nice offer of a good product!
Based on earlier tests we estimate to sell 3000 subscriptions to this
list alone. In dollars that means 750000 in sales the first year.
We are now discussing with producers of other complementary products
which will benefit this organisations members. We will then include
other products in the future with the same structure as above. We will
profit directly from a commission on sales, the organization will love
us for bringing more benefits to their members and we will have as a
condition to the deals we make with other producers that they let us
market our products to their customer lists.
Jay, you may use this material in your collection of success stories.

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142.

Tim Lysgaard

----- Original Message ----From: Tim Lysgaard

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:58 PM
Case Study:
I have used one of your original concepts back from the 80's called
"concentric circle marketing" to great effect. Our company provides
trade show and event planning services and use a variety of direct mail
to develop leads. We developed a list of 78 hot prospects from a
mailing and closed 34 of them on a "trial rental exhibit" at a low cost
of just $400 for a show and total revenue of $13,600. Once they rented
a single exhibit from us, we went back with a concentrated marketing
program including more direct mail, educational pieces, telemarketing
and personal sales calls and rented one of our deluxe custom rental
packages at an average price of $5000 per rental to 10 of them, for a
total incremental revenue of $50,000 additional. Then we went back to
the 10 that rented the deluxe custom exhibit and sold two of them a
full custom exhibit for $40,000 each, for a total of $80,000 in
revenue. Our front end was $13,600, but using the power of concentric
circles we developed a back end revenue 10 times greater out of the
same list.
Best Regards,
Tim Lysgaard
CEO
ExpoMarketing Group

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143.

Toby Marsden

----- Original Message ----From: Toby Marsden

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:16 AM
Hi Jay,
We sell golf holidays. We are a new company in the UK and when we
started we had to try and think of ways of how we could break into this
very competitive market which has been dominated by some big holiday
companies for many years. How could we steel some of that market
place? We had one big problem is that we had very little start up
money. Most of my competitors took big expensive adverts in all the
main golf publications, we couldn't afford this, so how was we going to
find customers?
Obviously our market place is people who play golf. So the obvious
place to find them was at the golf clubs. However rather then trying
to pick them off one by one, we decided to try something different.
After some research we found none of our competitors were doing this.
Which really surprised us. We though to ourselves who at the golf
clubs knows everyone? Who is the team leader? Who can get to our
market place and do the selling for us? Well it's the golf
professional of course. We mail shoted every golf professional in
Europe a no lose offer. We offered to give him a FREE golf holiday
plus pay him commission for every person that books, in return he
simply had ask his golf club members when he gave them golf lessons, if
they would like to join him on a golf holiday. It worked like a bee to
a honey jar!
The beauty to this, is not only did we get a good response from the
pro's but when his members bought a holiday after a while it snowballed
because they then sold it to there friends who booked. We started
getting bookings from virtually no advertising at all, we just sold the
concept to one person gave him a incentive he couldn't refuse and he
sold it to his groups who then sold it to there friends. Bingo! We
were in business. Unfortunately the big boys have seen what we have
been doing and they are now copying us. So competition has gotten a
little stiffer this year. But hey we are in business where many, many
small start up companies has failed.
Moral to the story - Blanket advertising can sometimes be very
expensive way to get to your market place. Find out, or think of the
group leader, the person who knows everyone in your market place.
Target him with a letter and follow up calls and give him a bonus or
incentive he can't refuse in order to sell your product to his circle
of contacts - who will then sell it to there contacts.
Best Regards
Toby Marsden

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144.

Toby Wilson

----- Original Message ----From: Toby Wilson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:26 PM
I am still in the early days of my entrepreneurial progress and have
been doing contract work, while developing my business ventures on the
side.
As an employee of a large telecommunications company, I soon came to
realize how little value multinationals place on their ground level
staff.
Being part of a group of over six hundred call centre staff that were
being let go due to the re-location of the department, I was no doubt a
commodity - zero uniqueness, zero differentiation.
My wife was studying at university and earning a minimal wage. I
couldn't afford not to work and my business was not ready for take off
as yet. I had just two weeks of work left until my contract was over
and I was to be out of work.
In applying the Abraham mindset, some interesting things happened.
As is the first step in any situation, I realized that the company
cared nothing for me, but only for their self serving interests. So I
decided to join them in that view and focus only on the success of the
company, not on my petty concerns. I knew that all they cared about
was results - that's it, not effort, not attitude - just results!
Firstly, I needed uniqueness, I needed differentiation. I needed to
turn myself into a proprietary they could not afford to let go of,
instead of the commodity I currently was. How to do that? Working in
the Finance and Administration department, I was dealing with "bankers"
whose only focus was on statistics and figures. It seemed there was no
room for upside leverage, as there was no way to "increase business" the sales department was in a whole other division and I simply did not
have the knowledge, skill or time to re-design there accounting
systems. I thought to myself, "If this was my business, what would I
do?"
Over the next three nights I developed an eighteen page document,
clearly outlining specifically how all of the processes I had come in
contact with could be improved to maximum efficiency (This was not hard
after being so immersed in Jays material; all inefficient processes
stood out like a sore thumb). I broke everything down into specific,
actionable steps of how to get the most out of each and every staff
member (borrowing heavily from master of business, Julian Richer taken from the interview Jay did in the tape series "Encounters With
Jay"). I added in every other strategy I could think of also and
focused on making it as practical as possible. All of the information
was related to the way they ran their call centres as this was the area
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Once completed I located the National Managers office and traveled up

to the 24th floor to hand it to him. He was not there so I left it on
his desk. Over the next two days I heard nothing (These damn bankers,
they wouldn't know talent if it hit them in the face, I thought). I
sent an email to him requesting a meeting and he agreed so we made a
time for two days later.
In the meeting he had the document there and I outlined all the reasons
the processes within the call centres were not running a optimal
efficiency and specifically what to do about it. He didn't say much
throughout. At the end he told me he was very disappointed that all
these points had been missed by upper level management, thanked me for
pointing them out and advised he would pass them on to the appropriate
area to be looked into.
At this stage, I felt it time for a trial close. I explained to him
that although the points seemed very clear and logical, their
application can be quite tricky and cautioned him against leaving it in
the hands of someone inexperienced in dealing with these specific
strategies. I outlined the importance of an entrepreneurial skill set
as opposed to an academic one, which may end up costing more money and
rendering the process ineffective.
To cut a long story shot, I ended up with a 46% rise in my income and
secured a management position in the training and development section
of the department.
Thanks Jay!

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145.

Todd Beeler

----- Original Message ----From: Todd Beeler

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:06 AM
Jay,

A few years ago, I was downsized from a job. I was given 3 months
severance to decide what I would do next.
The first thing I did was buy your Home Study Course, which you
were advertising in several pages in Entrepreneur Magazine.
I must have listened to those tapes in the next 2 months and
studied your manual for 200 or 300 hours. I really wanted to get this
down.
Next, I decided to start a business. Now, keep in mind, I had zero
experience in the business world and had never even taken a business
course in college.
The business I chose was automotive service center promotions. I
had a great idea- go to auto centers, offer to get them 1000 new
customers in 90 days without them having to pay me a dime. I would make
money from selling the memberships for $39, he would make money from
upselling the ones who needed tires, brakes, engine work, etc.
My core idea was to get them to agree to let me package their
services into a membership card, so we came up with 4 oil changes, 2
brake adjustments, 2 tire rotations, and free pick up and delivery for
any of these services for 12 months.
I made up a sample card and started to visit the auto centers.
Most said "No", I can't give you 4000 oil changes. But I kept trying
until I found one that would say yes.
The breakthrough was when I went back and read your chapter about
risk reversal. I then went to the next auto center, gave him my
"Abrahamized" pitch.
I told him a few things. First, he would only being paying for
results with my promotion. True, it would cost him $4 for 5 quarts of
oil and a filter, IF they didn't need anything else, but he would not
risk that $4. He was getting a hot lead for $4.
And if 1 out of 10, just 10%, spent $40 or more, he was getting
1000 new customers for FREE.
I explained if he spent $4000 on a billboard, he needed 1000 new
customers for that to pay for itself and compare to my $4 lead cost.
And that wasn't realistic to expect 1000 people to get excited from
seeing a billboard. My offer would create a wave of excitement and he
would only pay out money for people that came in to his shop and asked
for service.

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Basically, I told him he needed to reinvest his tv and radio

budget into oils and filters.
I also told him he would have these customers locked in for 12
months. And if he treated them right, many would spend hundreds with
him over the next 12 months. His back end was staggering- average $250
per person over 12 months, an extra $250,000 from those 1000 new
customers.
The catch was he didn't want to sign away the rights for 4000 oil
changes. The risk was too high.
So I used risk reversal to lower the risk. I told him he could try
it out and at any time, he could stop the program, and I put that in
writing. It closed the deal.
This created the "irresistible offer" and he just couldn't say
"No".
Just like that, I had 4000 oil changes, $60,000 worth of services,
for $0 out of pocket.
Now I had to figure out a way to sell them. I put together a $20
classified ad that said something like "Could you sell 4 oil changes
for $40 if you got to keep 1/2? If so, call xxx-xxxx and ask for Todd"
Everyone that called was invited to a 1 hour overview at a conference
room I had rented for $10.
20 people showed up and I set up interviews with them all and then
hired 8 of them on pure commission to sell these for 50% profit.
My top guy sold 56 in one week. I made him my sales manager and
gave him a small override on everybody's sales.
Bottom line, 4 months later, I had made $50,000+ from the sale of
1300 of these cards. We sold 5200 oil changes.
Keep in mind, I made that money without personally selling
anything. Without any work. Without any start up capital.
My only job for those 4 months was to go to the bank and make
deposits, and hire new salespeople. That's it. My sales manager
trained and managed them.
It took me about 1 hour a day to run the business- collect checks,
deposit checks at bank, occasionally hire new people.
I eventually lost the account because, can you believe this, I was
flooding him with too many customers. He was backed up with oil change
appointments for weeks, in both of his locations.
But none of it would have happened without the confidence I gained
from my Home Study Course. And the breakthrough was when I put some
risk reversal into the deal and created an irresistible offer.

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I can verify all the information here by providing you with the
auto center, and the names of former employees.
Thanks Jay. My friends were stunned when, at the young age of 27,
without any business experience or training, I made $50,000 in my first
4 months as an auto promotions consultant. And most of my success was
due to you.
Sincerely,
Todd Beeler
ACCOUNTABLE MARKETING GROUP
29 Deerwood Rd.
Savannah, Ga. 31410
(912) 898-4058

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146.

Todd Gerstein

----- Original Message ----From: Todd Gerstein

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:12 AM
We provide Software, Custom Development and Consulting Services to mid
to large law firms. We are a small local shop that competes with large
national consulting firms.
Years ago, before reading Abraham, we would dig in and fight for our
fair share of consulting. We used traditional methods. We were often
out-gunned. There was no way our collateral materials, presentations
could be as slick as a national competitor that had unlimited marketing
funds.
Until I read an article by Jay that taught us to think about the long
term recurring value of a client. That shifted our thinking. Rather
than lunch, write and market to potential candidates - we offer a free
4 hour working session to potential clients. We position it this way.
"Hiring a consultant is a very personal thing. Not only must you
assess the consultant's competency but you must assess if you are
compatible and can work with the consultant over an extended period of
time. Is there karma? The only way to do see if there is a "good fit"
between you and the consultant is to roll up your sleeves and work
together for a short period of time. Only then - can you figure out if
you hired the right consultant."
To do this - we offer a four hour free working session. (Sometimes we
even offer more.) We start working on the project with the potential
client...we talk about goals, strategies and tactics. We hold nothing
back. We give out as much info as possible.
We find that once people start working with us - we create momentum.
If there is a "fit" and more often than not there is - we get hired for
the complete project.
So while we are "working" with the potential client - our competition
is "marketing". This subtle difference gives us the "tempo" to close
the business.
This simple Abraham inspired idea has significantly increased our close
rate against the national competition.
Regards,
Todd Gerstein
Gerstein-Small, Inc.

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147.

Tom Boz

----- Original Message ----From: Tom Boz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:27 PM
Dear Jay:
I'm a one man operation, I speak to school aged students and teach them
about the danger of drugs and alcohol. I bought a copy of your book
"Money Making secrets of marking genius Jay Abraham and other marking
wizards" and thanks to your book I came up with a great USP and
headline, and used them in a mailing I did recently.... By the way I
book 33% (WOW) of the school I targeted.
Thanks
Tom Boz

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148.

Tony Arnold

----- Original Message ----From: Tony Arnold

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:18 PM
Jay,
I want to tell you what a profound difference your principles have had on my approach to doing
business. Two simple phrases you regularly use really sum it up for me: "it's all about them,
never about you;" and "work on your business, not in your business." To me, your philosophy in
a nutshell is to put your customer first by serving their needs and wants in a superior and
profound way and keep working at optimizing and improving how you do that by continuous
innovation and testing.
Anyway, to my story...
Our company is in the telecommunications sector, based in the UK. We had an opportunity a few
months back to bid for a project to provide a fibre-optic cable based data solution to a large
multinational organization (company A) that needed to connect two separate buildings together
for their IT requirements. There was also another similar project (which was due to start a few
months later) with a different organization (company B) in the same vicinity. Neither company
new about each other's project.
Whilst we were in discussion with both companies, we weren't close to winning either deal due to
our costs being much higher than our competition - this was because we had to lay fibre-optic
cable in the ground over a much longer distance than other suppliers who were bidding for the
business. In fact, our prices for the first year were double that of the favorite contender for
company A's project!
I knew we had to do something innovative to get even close to having a chance on either of these
projects. After some personal brainstorming (i.e. making a list of every possible way I could think
of to solve the problem...no matter how ridiculous it seemed) I came up with a plan which put a
slight twist on your principle of getting "endorsements" and also provided a compelling reason for
both companies to do business with us.
Here's how we did it...
1. We recognized that our offer had a some unique advantages and was almost certainly
the best solution for both projects from a technical and service point of view...but our
costs were simply way over budget for both organizations. This prevented our proposals
from being taken seriously.
2. We realized that if we could somehow get both companies to co-operate, and share the
initial dig costs, then we could provide them both with a superior solution which was "inbudget" - this was because the same installation of fibre-optic cable would serve both
organizations.
3. We lavished company A (the one we were closest to) with superior service, we focused
on them like a laser beam, educating them, showing how essential our USP was to them
and providing resource that added value beyond just the deal on the table. We made
them feel like they were the most important prospect on the earth! As a result of this
point they became hungry for our solution - but still could not afford it!

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4. We then said "If there was a way to half the initial installation costs of our service, would
you take it?" and they said "Yes!" We then asked them to approach company B and
endorse us to them - even before they had placed an order! We asked company A to
"urge them to look at our solution seriously and tell them that you want to go ahead with it
but the initial installation costs are too high to bear alone and suspect it would be too
much for them also." We suggested that they said "We respect that it is your decision to
do what is right for your company, and if you feel this solution is right for you, it would
make sense for us both to share the initial installation costs so we can both benefit." This
they did...they were quite happy to be led in this way because we did it with respect and it
meant they could potentially save a substantial amount of money by doing it!
5. Whilst this was no guarantee that company B was going to choose our solution, it made
our case much stronger as we were now being endorsed by a multinational organization
that was very well respected and had a real incentive to recommend our solution - they
would save 200,000 (about $310,000). We then focused our energies on company B
lavishing service and value upon them in the same way we did with company A - pointing
out the massive savings they would make on our solution if both organizations were to go
for it. That, coupled with our strong technical and service oriented USPs incentives them
to only put our solution to their board for sign off - they gave us that commitment.
6. But we were still not home and dry! Due to the different nature of the projects, company
A had to make a decision several months before company B were able to make their
recommendation to the board of directors. Although there was a desire, there was no
guarantee that company B's board would pass the business case as their project was
much more speculative than that of company A (company A had a set deadline for their
project and simply had to do it by then - company B's project was considered important
but did not have a compelling event driving the deadline).
7. To remove the risk of company A committing and then being stuck with full costs because
company B's board failed to sign-off, we engineered a retrospective discount
arrangement. Simply put, we promised them X% discount for Y amount of business they
placed with us in the future - up to the full amount that they would save if company B
came on board. Although this option would take a little longer for them to realize the
savings, it was an adequate back-up strategy as they could transfer costs they were
already incurring with other suppliers over to us...at a better price and at better service
levels! They just couldn't do it straight away as current contract terms had to honoured
with existing suppliers.
8. This removal of the final "barrier to buying" gave company A the confidence to place an
order with us worth in excess of 1,300,000 (or $2,000,000), which they did 3 months
ago. Also, company B have their board meeting next week, if they pass our proposal
(and we've every indication they will) that will be worth at least an additional 3,000,000
(or $4,600,000) - I'll let you know how it goes!
So, the lesson from this experience is: Always be looking for innovative ways to remove the
"barriers to buying" from you and continuously look for ways to incentivice customers (or
prospects in this case!) to give you an endorsement.
I hope this may be of value to at least someone somewhere.
Keep up the great work Jay!
Best regards,
Tony Arnold

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149.

Dr. Vijay Vithani

----- Original Message ----From: Vijay Vithani

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:13 PM
Jay, many thanks for your inspiration and your friendship. I can't
even begin to list the innumerable ways I have benefited from knowing
you. I hope I can repay you sometime....
MY SUCCESS STORY
I have been a HUGE fan of Jay Abraham ever since I attended one of his
seminars. It was mind blowing. I have read and re-read all the
seminar notes, and I have listened to the tapes over and over. This is
not because I am a geek or that I need a life, it is because everytime
you go over the material, I get a new insight.
First of all I need to tell you a little about my business.
I am a SMILE CREATOR! :-)
That is, I am a dentist! This "elevator talk" was something I
formulated as a direct result of concepts, ideas, and mindset learnt at
a Jay Abrahams seminar. In a crowd this simple definition of what I am
and what I do makes me instantly memorable, popular, likeable.....
PEOPLE BUY YOU BEFORE THEY BUY YOUR SERVICES
I am only a small business, with just two dental practices (the second
dental practice set up soon after the Jay Abrahams seminar!, as a
direct result of the altered and enhanced mindset achieved at the
seminar).
The joy and pleasure that I derive from my businesses and from my
patients cannot be measured in monetary values.
ADAPT AND ADOPT:
This is the single most useful concept I learnt at the seminar, and is,
I believe the single most useful thing I have EVER learnt in my life.
Ever since, I have NEVER gone to an establishment, or business, shop,
office, park or visited ANYWHERE, and not thought in my mind WHAT CAN I
ADAPT AND ADOPT FOR MY BUSINESS FROM HERE!
For example, we went on holiday to Walt Disney World, Florida. My mind
kept asking itself, what can I adapt and adopt from here? I was so
impressed with the staff there, EACH of whom could answer ANY question
on ANY Disney subject from ANY child or ANY adult. I returned to my
dental practices, and set about my TEAM to be able to answer ANY
question, relating to ANYONE'S TASK (Receptionist, Accounts, Practice
Manager, Dental Assistant, Dentist,....) FULLY and at ANY time, from
ANY one (pregnant mother, a perent, a carer, a child, a debtor, a
potential patient, someone new in the area,....)

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RISK REVERSAL
I have introduced this in my dental practices.
we are unique in Great Britain.

I believe, in so doing,

I offer an Oral Health Programme to patients. This Programme is aimed

at preventing Gum Disease and Dental Decay. Patients who agree to
undertake this intensive programme, are told: if they don't think they
benefited from the programme, or they think they didn't get or see an
improvement, or it wasn't good value for money or... IN FACT, IF FOR
ANY REASON THEY WERE UNHAPPY WITH THE PROGRAMME AFTER ONE YEAR, THEN I
WOULD DO ANOTHER YEAR FOR FREE!
I have had a 1000% increase in take up of this preventative programme
because of this risk reversal offer. I see it as a win-win-win
situation for the patient, for the dentist and for the business.
GUARANTEES
Following on from the above concept, I guarantee all my work for three
years. I call this THREE TIMES BETTER THAN MERCEDES BENZ! (Mercedes
Benz offer a 1 year guarantee on their cars, in the UK)
Dr Vijay Vithani
BDS(Lond.)LDS RCS(Eng)DGDP RCS(UK)
DENTAL SURGEON
0208 311 9400 (work)
0208 316 6313 (work)
Fax: 0208 317 3637 (work)
I am the owner of two dental practices in South East London:
Heronsgate Dental Centre and Vijay Vithani Dental Practice Total number
of Team Members: 13
This personal story, case study, testimonial is given by me to Jay
Abraham, totally freely and without pressure. It is entirely true.
can be verified. It may be used in part or in full.

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150.

Vu Dinh

----- Original Message ----From: Vu Dinh

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:42 AM

I'm a big fan of Jay Abraham when I was still in college. I could not afford his programs
that cost over $200 at that time. But I listened to his "Your Secret Wealth" tapes, read his
book and everything he has for free on the internet.
I graduated last year and started my business instead of finding a job. My girlfriend and I
rented a little cart in a mall. We sell this fashion Italian Charm Bracelet where people
start out with a bracelet with one or more charms and they would come back to buy more
charms to add on to their bracelet anytime they want.
We started out with about $10,000 which was the left-over from school subsidized loan.
Now we're making over $150,000 and preparing for a killing during Christmas.
I know my success come from the knowledge and experience I learned from Jay
Abraham. As an immigrant from Vietnam at the age of 19, what did I know about doing
business in America? I was hard for me to even understand the words Jay Abraham was
shouting in the car when I was driving, or in the bathroom when I was taking shower.
But I kept listening over and over again, trying to piece his words together and gradually
I got it. After that I found out he published his first book which costs $25. I went to the
bookstore, got it and read it many times.
Anyway, after we set up the cart in the mall, I began to apply the Strategy of
Preeminence that Jay Abraham taught. I really spent time to talk to people to make
friend with them. I don't care whether they buy or not. As long as they come to my
booth , they deserve to be treated nice. We explain to new customers (which are clients
in my hearts) what we're selling so they can spread the word out for us. For those who
already have the bracelet, we offered a shining-up service by just saying: "Oh, let me
shine up your bracelet while you're here." I just try to make them remember us next time
they want a charm or buy a bracelet for someone. The amazing thing I experienced is
that over 90% of them end up buying something, right there after I shine their bracelets
up. That simple gesture (just shine up the bracelet with a jewelry cloth) makes sales
almost every time.
In the beginning, I was really hesitating about offering a guarantee on the charms because
I was afraid that people would wear them out and then exchange them. But people were
hesitate to start a bracelet anyway when we told them it was guaranteed for only 14 days.
By listening to Mr. Abraham's tapes in the car everywhere I go, it reminded me to keep
testing. So I went ahead and tested by extending the guarantee to infinite. I told any
clients that if something happens to the charms, they just bring the charms back and we'll
replace another one for them. Our sales shoots up 150% in 2 months and stay that way
until now. The return rate is very small, less than 1%. But when people come back to

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exchange, they end up buying 2 or more charms. Maybe were so nice and they feel
guilty, or because of the guarantee, Im not sure. The sales we make when they come
back covers the replacement and we also make some more profit. Nothing to lose, all to
gain. Maybe without the defective charm and without the guarantee, they dont even
think about charms and going back to us. Thats one of the beautiful things about
guarantee I discovered. I did not understand what magic a strong guarantee could deliver
until I learned from Mr. Abraham about guarantee and testing. The magic word is TEST.
If youre afraid, test it.
Having a strong guarantee put my business above my competitors like crazy. When we
first started our business, nobody in the area was selling our product. When they saw we
were doing good business, they started carrying the charms in their stores, in and around
the mall. We have at least 4 competitors in the mall and 6 competitors in the area. Yet
our sales keeps going up. The reason is that we guarantee the charms while others do
not. Customers came back to us and said other stores wont exchange it without the
receipt. They said something like: Well, it looks like you damaged the charm or worn
it out. We cant replace it. We make it clear to our clients that if something happens to
the charms, just bring them back, no receipt needed when we know you. This policy
makes them want to come back to us more frequently because they want us to know
them. Some of the customers even said it out loud to people at the store: Dont even go
anywhere. Just come to them because they are easiest on exchange. Man, am I glad to
hear that!
Another great experience I learned from Mr. Abraham is the idea of building business on
multiple pillars. I took it to heart and took actions on it that gave our business very
strong foundation and position in the market. Right at the beginning of the business, I put
a sign at the store telling people that we do home party. We give the host 10%
commission and 15% discount on whatever they buy. The purpose is not only to sell
more, but also to get to know customers, because of the philosophy that its easier for
people to deal with those they already know. At the party we get to meet people, become
friended with them, give them a stamp card where they buy 10 and get one free. One
party leads to another because other people also want to book parties at the current party.
We told the current host that when someone book a party at their party, the current host
will get a free charm. I even told them to ask their friends: Who else want another fun
party? based on one of the headline suggestions that I read free on Mr. Abrahams
website. From one party per night, we have to hire more people so that we can book two
parties a night. And the number of people who come back to the store after the party is
tremendous!
I also went out to fairs and festivals in the area to promote our store. Sometimes I dont
care if well make money at the fair or not. I just want to get to know people. I also want
to establish my relationship with the fair management( I did not grow up in America.) so
that later I can get in easier whether I sell charms or other merchandise in the future. Ive
got a lot of good relationships going on for me right now that I can mine in the future.

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Through talking to my clients, I also found out some ladies are organizers of fun bus
trips, school or community events like Swimming Championships, Little Baseball
League, Soccer, etc. I offer donation of charm bracelets and raising fund for them at
these events. I did fantastic and made more friends. The lady running the fun bus trip
refers us many clients who gave us thousands of dollars in sales.
I clearly understand what Mr. Abraham meant by Back-end business, even though I have
not really analyzed mine. Since people come back to buy more charms for their bracelet,
we offer new clients to buy 2 charms and get a bracelet free( a charm is 3 times more
expensive than a bracelet.) And each charm after that they get stamps on the back of our
business card so that when they buy 10, they get one free. None of our competitors does
this.
We started a customer list by making a Wishing and Birthday List file. Since people
buy charms as gifts for others, they have to remember what their loved ones have already
had on their bracelet so that they dont have to buy duplicate charms. We created a
Wishing and Birthday List so that clients can list what charms they want next. When
their loved ones come, they look at the list and buy. By doing this, we can get customers
name, phone numbers, and addresses for future used ( Direct mails, host-beneficiary, etc).
Also by doing this, we lock our clients with us because they want to come back to their
wish list, and their loved ones have to come to us to know what the client wants.
We did well enough that a company offered us sole distributorship in North Carolina,
Arizona, and Louisiana at a lower wholesale price than we previously paid for. That
means we can retail and wholesale that brand in these 3 states. Anyone who wants to sell
this brand has to go through us. Im very excited and anxious about this because I dont
know how to expand to other states without spreading too thin the resources we have.
Reading and listening to Mr. Abraham opens my mind up to endless possibilities to make
our business really strong and secure. There are so many other ways I can do to increase
my business and income that Mr. Abrahams book and tapes inspire me to do.
Now I have made enough money to arrange a wedding for my girlfriend and I, buy a
house, and afford a $5,000 PEQ Home Study Program from Jay Abraham. In the future I
will devote my time, effort, and money necessary to master what Jay Abraham teaches. I
will become a lifetime student of Mr. Abraham. I truly believe that by mastering Mr.
Abrahams materials, I can create massive values for people and earn a handsome profit
for my family and myself.
Thank you, Mr. Abraham.
Vu Dinh
A Thousand Charms
Santa Rosa, CA

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151.

W.D.

----- Original Message ----From: W.D.

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:31 PM
Hi Jay,
I don't have much of a success story--I am concentrating on redesigning
my website, and developing some new ecommerce software right now.
However, your general theory of making the use of my existing customer
base rings true. By marketing different services as well as more
frequently to my customers, it's pretty easy to generate revenue.
Recently, I spent probably about 30-45 minutes communicating by email
to some clients. I received 2 orders totaling about $700. So, for the
time spent, I made about $900 / hour. Not something I can do all the
time, but definitely proves that 'marginal revenue marketing' works.
I don't know how much you have emphasized search engine marketing, but
I've been doing fairly well:
Ranking #1 & #2:
http://www.Google.com/search?q=ecommerce+webmasters
Ranking #1:
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&lang=any&query=ecommerce+webmas
ters
Ranking #1:
http://msxml.excite.com/info.xcite/dog/webresults.htm?&qkw=ecommerce+we
bmasters
Ranking #1 & #2:
http://search.netscape.com/nscp_results.adp?query=ecommerce+webmasters
Ranking #1:
http://HotBot.lycos.com/?query=webmasters
Ranking #3:
http://www.AltaVista.com/sites/search/web?q=webmasters
Clients:
Overland
Rankings 4 of the top 7:
http://www.Google.com/search?q=sheepskin+coats
Ranking #1:
http://www.Google.com/search?q=leather+coat
Ranking #1:

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http://www.Google.com/search?q=fabric+jackets
Ranking #1:
http://www.Google.com/search?q=western+jackets
Regards,
W. D.

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152.

Warren Biscoe

-----Original Message----From: Warren Biscoe

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 8:07 PM
Jay,
I work for Morgan Stanley as a Retail Broker/Financial Consultant. The brokerage industry has
always been one of the most highly regulated industries from the standpoint of what we are
allowed to represent to the public. Due to the restrictions placed upon us by our Compliance
Department, It has been quite a challenge and in fact not possible to implement a lot of the
suggestions that you have offered. For example: I can't use risk reversal, change our pricing
structures, use the word "guaranteed" unless I'm talking about US Govt bonds or deviate from the
industry approved "plain vanilla" verbage in my marketing materials.
I have, however, been able to distinguish myself from other Financial Consultants by using your
technique of offering something of value at minimum cost (cost of a breakfast) to a targeted niche
audience. The audience is CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) who require continuing
professional education credits to maintain their California licenses. I provide educational
seminars and referrals to other professionals with specialized expertise that can increase the
benefit that they (the CPAS) provide to their clients.
I act as Master of Ceremonies and bring in guest speakers who are former/current IRS officials,
tax experts and other knowledgeable professionals who are happy to network with local CPAs
and often increase their own business from meeting new contacts. Approximately 40% of my
clients are either CPAs, former speakers or referrals from people met as a result of the seminars.
I also use an audio business card on cassette or CD with the USP "Building Your Financial
Security and Creating Peace of Mind". This is a 6 minute audio presentation of my business
philosophy with the recommendation to play it while in your car. The package has my picture on
the cover, biography and six testimonials from existing clients. (The package was professionally
done by Cold Call Cowboys, Inc in Palm Springs.)
Without the business generated from the seminars and the USP along with the audio business
card, I would probably have left the brokerage business. I'm continually looking for ways to
leverage what I have within the constraints of our industry Compliance restrictions.
The previous statements are provable and true (I sent Terry Ackley a copy of the Audio Business
Card) and you have my permission to use them in your promotions.
Warren Biscoe

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153.

Wayne Powell

----- Original Message ----From: "Powell, Wayne"

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:46 PM
August 13, 2002
Dear Jay,
I didnt respond to the first offer because I didnt think I had much of a success story to tell. And it
isnt on the same level as many of your students, Im sure.
However, Im motivated by two things:
2. Id really like to have a copy of all the case histories sent in by your more successful
students.
3. I realized that your principles had helped me, even in the very small enterprise I was
involved in a while back.
I moved back to Missouri in 1993 to be near my aging parents. My father, in his 80s at the time
still had the remnants of a farm machinery dealership that he was running on a part-time, almost
hobby basis. He had always dreamed of me returning to the business and I thought it might have
some potential for rejuvenation.
The first Abraham principle I saw in force was life time value of a customer. My father was still
doing business with a few customers who were there the day he opened for business in 1936.
He had provided good value and they had supported him for all those years.
One of your principles that I wanted to put in place right away was to find new things to sell to the
existing customer base.
Before I could do that, I used one of the Nine Drivers of Upside Leverage: Number 8: I put in
place some new Processes, Procedures and Systems. We cleaned house, we re-priced our
inventory and our service shop rates. Employees started keeping time records for accurate
billing. We started producing monthly financials and trying to run things on a more business-like
basis.
Then I looked at what new Products and Services we could offer (number 7). Another Abraham
tip: Ask your customers what they want. Listen to what their problems are.
We looked at adding some new product lines but I was coming off some personal financial setbacks and had no Capital (number 3). So I decided to substitute intellectual capital for cash and
started looking for a product we could manufacture ourselves.
Our customers were interested in purchasing vintage tractors to use for light duty chores. But
they wanted late model style front axleswide set wheels, not the tricycle type that were popular
in the 40s and 50s. So I designed a wide axle kit which could be retrofitted to the older tractors.
This helped us sell used tractors and we also upgraded a number of local customers tractors.
Now, we needed a Strategy (number 2). Our local market wasnt large enough to make the axle
a business-saving project. We needed a national strategy.

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Without Marketing dollars (number 1), we substituted sweat equity and I worked at getting all the
free editorial coverage I could in farm magazines. That exposure generated hundreds of leads
and we were able to convert about 5% of those to sales (using a Gary Halbert style, long letter
approach).
These axles sold for $500 to $750 and even with our nation-wide sales we still needed a larger
ticket item. Once again, we listened to our customers.
We often were asked if we had any used hydraulic loaders for sale. (These are used for
scooping gravel, manure and for lifting hay bales.) I started probing deeper into what was
motivating these questions. The answer came down to this: A new loader sells for about $5000.
Our customers couldnt justify adding a $5000 loader to a $2500 tractor. And most new loaders
didnt have installation kits for older tractors.
We did some research and determined that we could build and direct-retail a loader for about
$2500. And we sold some.
Then some of those customers complained about how difficult it was to steer their tractor when
the loader was carrying a load. So we developed power-steering retrofit kits.
Now we had a full package: A loader, a wide front axle which was more stable with the loader
and power steering.
The flaw was that our loader product needed a national strategy, we needed a network of
installing dealers. To get enough margin in the product for them, we needed a more efficient
manufacturing facility.
I was stuck in the middle of that quandary when two things happened: 1.) my father died and 2.) I
got a significant job offer with a manufacturing company.
The business property was sold and I became an employee.
So, is this a success story?
Not on a grand financial scale. But on a personal scale it certainly was.
A. I got to work with my father the last few years of his life. My father was always a
tinkerer and fabricator and we enjoyed collaborating on the new product
development.
B. I was able to use at least a few of your principles in a small, hands-on environment
that imprinted them in a way just reading about them never could.
C. I learned enough about the manufacturing process to become a plant manager with
about 90 employees.
D. And I became even more of a perpetual student of Jay Abraham, looking forward to
the day when I can put more of your principles to work.
Thanks for the opportunity to participate.
Sincerely,
Wayne Powell

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154.

Wayne Springer

----- Original Message ----From: Wayne Springer

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:58 AM
Hi Jay,
Here is my story about how I've used your methods. I started out with
your Business Breakthroughs newsletter and I found it always gave me
both ideas and just as important - HOPE!
Since I knew everything
about my business but virtually nothing about marketing my business I
quickly realized what important piece of the growth puzzle I was
missing.
Your information filling in all the missing gaps.
I used several of your ideas.
What I did was to take your "37 Million
Dollar Headlines", along with your "Sales Letters That Sell" and
started writing.
I also used your ideas about focusing on just one
point at a time.
I also used your points about constant communication
with the customers.
I learned that long sales letters sell.
I
learned the incredible power of a headline.
I learned the value of
the back-end sales and cross-selling other products and services.
Previous to this, I either hadn't used any of these ideas or had used
them incorrectly.
What I developed from your ideas was what I call our "6-Letter Plan" in
which I have a series of six pre-written letters that I begin sending
to a new customer after the first time they have purchased from us.
Each letter focuses just on one additional product or service that we
sell, and these letters go out automatically spaced one month apart.
Each letter uses a dynamic headline and the power words that you
mention in your materials. Our sales have grown dramatically since I
began implementing these ideas.
So, many thanks to you Jay for all your good ideas that you are
spreading!
Wayne G. Springer
Atiwa Computing, Inc.

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155.

Yeap Soon Ee

----- Original Message ----From: Soon Ee

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 2:49 AM
Dear Jay,
Here's something my business associate and I have to say about some of
the principles we apply in the dates(dry fruit) trading business.
This is an import and trading business we are involved in. Some of the
methods use are adopted from your literature.
1. - We give an early bird discount of 25% for a period to induce
buyers to come in early so that we can clear off the stock . This is a
genuine discount and the volume it has generated is more than enough to
offset the 25% lost in contribution. There is a great positive effect
here.
2. -We practice risk-reversal of goods sold to our customers. In fact
we went further to commit to customers, we will refund them twice their
purchase value, if they are not satisfied with the products. However,
since we are confident that we are giving customers quality products ,
which is of high value and premium grade, there are very few cases of
compensation.
We recommend this method only if we are sure of near total acceptance
of the company's products. Needless to say, dealers have no hesitation
to buy from us as they are guaranteed. A tremendous interest among
dealers was generated using this method.
3 - Instead of remunerating our employees on a fixed salary basis, we
practice a profit sharing formula. 60 %to company and 40% to sales
people.
This in fact generated a lot of sales for the company, which otherwise
would not have been possible. There were instances where a salesman
take home $14,000 a month from the profit sharing formula. As you can
see, the company earn even more, which would not have been possible, if
the salesman had not gone out of the way to make money for himself
also. And there is also the positive factor of getting a lifetime
value from new customers.
4. - The company has an understanding with the dealers that they need
to pay only if they are able to earn x dollars from their products.
This pass the risk on back to us but since the company is confident of
the saleability of its product, it is able to give this sort of
guarantee to the dealers. A sort of risk reversal principle again.
5. - Lastly the company always keep its promise of guarantee delivery
of fresh produce from the most recent crop with promise delivery on
time. ie it delivers what it promises and it has manage to keep its
same customers loyal over the years.

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Warmest regards
Yeap Soon Ee
PS. I know this testimonial is late 3 days, but I'll be grateful if you
can accommodate us and hope to see the testimonials of other success
stories, which we can use to further our business.

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156.

Allan Kirstein

----- Original Message ----From: Allan Kirstein

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:19 AM
Dear Jay,
I am a trusts and estates attorney with considerable expertise, but
little marketing experience. I followed your theory to stick with a
simple concept. I also modeled a process set forth in your book that I
recently purchased.
I decided to market living trusts. I spoke to a client who is a
supervisor at a large bank about this. He told the new business
manager to send me all the clients that he could who might have a need
for a living trust. The bank receives trustee's commissions, so we
both win. I have received six referrals from the bank in the last
month. I am also working on marketing a more specialized type of
living trust with the bank.
I spoke to another friend who is with a major financial institution.
He asked me to speak about living trusts this month at an in house
meeting with management, major stock brokers and agents. I expect to
receive significant referrals from this presentation. He also
immediately placed me on the attorney referral list for the
institution.
You help in getting me to take action and providing a system is
invaluable. I was able to use my ability and contacts to add new
clients, without even a great deal of effort in a short time (four
weeks). I will continue to use this great marketing system.
Much thanks and appreciation,
Allan

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Bob Dwyer

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Dwyer

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 8:38 AM
Hi Jay
I've been in a variety of businesses over the past 14 years, and I've
been reading your books and some of your tape programs for about 6
years. I'm a big fan.
I'll tell you about one change I did that gave me the most instant and
noticeable results I've experienced through advertising.
I owned a small New York Style Deli in Kona Hawaii for about 4 years
called "A Piece of the Apple" (in reference to the big apple).
My wife and I were on vacation in Hawaii after having just sold a
business and came across a closed and bankrupt restaurant for sale. We
fell in love with the islands and after a week or so there, my wife and
I decided to go for it and jump into the restaurant business.
We did a little research and found it had been a very popular place
with the locals but had failed due to mismanagement and employee
problems.
We bought it for pennies on the dollar and reopened 3 weeks later. It
had been closed for about 3 months before we took over so it took a us
about a month to get the word out that we were reopened, (mostly
through word of mouth and a few small ads.)
I had read a few of your articles and listened to a few tapes but
didn't really know how to put most things into action.
I put coupons for (free sodas on your next visit) in with the orders
and worked with a drive thru coffee shop (only sold coffee drinks, so
non competing) where we gave our customers coupons for free offers
(with no strings attached) to introduce them to each others business.
These were moderate successes but difficult to quantify.
We had a pretty steady business for about 2 years. Very consistent
sales every day. Over a period of time I had gotten the impression
from taking to customers that maybe our outdoor signs were not quite
right. The name of the business was highlighted and many people
(mostly tourist) did not make the connection that we were a deli when
they walked by.
Our signs said what we were and what we offered, but the NAME stood out
and many people just didn't get it. I started to realize this after
many customers said they had walked by many times but didn't know we
were there, and the reason they were there now was that someone had
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One day a regular customer came in who owned a sign business. He came
in very often and I had gotten to know him. I said to him, how much
would it cost to change my sign a little. I told him what I wanted to
try. The cost was about $150.
I guess what I wanted to do was to change my "Headline". Put the focus
on the Food and what we offered rather then the Name of our restaurant.
We changed the size of the words on our sign and the position they were
in and 2 days later in the afternoon he returned to install the new
sign.
The next day our sales went up about 25 percent. I thought it was just
a fluke of course. An unusually busy day. We'd had that before. But
the day after that was the same, and from that day forward our average
monthly sales were up 25-30 percent. I kept very good track of our
sales and we finished the next year up 27.6 percent over the previous
year. It all changed the day I changed our "HEADLINE".
We sold the restaurant 2 years later for a very large profit over what
we had paid and alot of that was because of the things I learned from
your writings.
This is a true account of my success with only one thing I learned from
Jay. This was a only small business but we had a profound change in
our net profit for an investment of about $150 in a new sign with the
correct focus.
I am now involved in a new business which you can check out at
www.softcap.net. This is a new venture for me and we are just at the
beginning. If you have any suggestions on how to increase our sales in
this business please feel free to share.
We have a great product, but this is our first venture in a non
location based business, and so our target market is much more spread
out.
Maybe you'd like to take us under your wing and use www.softcap.net as
an example or project and see if you can help take us, (a start-up)
from 0 -2,000,000 + in sales in 1 year.
If not we'll be going through your teachings and try to get there on
our own.
Thank you for what you've taught me in the past and what you'll no
doubt teach me in the future.
Bob Dwyer

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158.

Bret Mundt

----- Original Message ----From: Bret Mundt

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:23 AM
Jay,
I have a couple of examples which exhibit the effect what I have learned from you has had on my
career and now my business.
INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS
First, my business experience has been in construction and to be honest with you I have had a
challenging time adapting your techniques to my business, but the few that I have used have
been what I would call wildly successful.
Let me start with my career working as a General Manager of a newly formed division within an
existing construction company. I was brought into grow the business and make it extremely
profitable.
When I came to the company, they had no marketing program at all. Their marketing, like most
construction companies consisted of word of mouth and a mediocre sales effort from a mediocre
salesman. The sales for the division I was responsible for was around $600,000 the previous
year.
After researching the opportunities and determining a marketing plan, I first created a direct mail
letter, determined the target market I was focusing on and started mailing letters with various
offers to our target market. Direct response mailings in the construction industry just don't exist.
Most companies just sent a lame brochure describing the projects they have completed and how
great they are - nothing about benefits to the customer.
I started with the company in June of 1998. By the end of 1998 we had grown our revenue to
around $850,000 with a net profit of around $100k. Not that great, but I was fighting the
establishment and I knew my efforts would pay off in time. Using direct response letters and
really improving the offers I was making we grew the business to $2.7 million the next year with a
net profit of $256,000.
In the construction industry, the average net profit before taxes according to the AGC (Associated
General Contractors) is 3-4%. The average is a little under 3% net profit. The division I was
responsible for had almost a 10% net profit. What was even more amazing is that my division
provided only 10% of the company's total gross revenue that year, but was responsible for
more than 50% of the company's net profit.
Using direct response mailings, I secured new customers worth a minimum of $100,000 per year
in sales. With the success of the direct response mailings, I started to work on other avenues to
grow revenue.
I started looking at how I could leverage my hidden assets.
After a short evaluation period, I determined there were some services that I could offer my own
company which were currently being subcontracted. I created no less than 6 separate ventures
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$1million in gross revenue in less than 1 year. I am unsure of the profit margin because I left the
company for ethical issues before the final numbers were compiled.
While I was employed at that company, I really wanted to use host-parasite and I started
brainstorming about what other businesses were serving my target market. I determined that
manufacturer's representatives were serving my target market and I started contacting them to
make an arrangement where my division could install the equipment the reps were selling.
This method was a little slower in its payoff than my COO was interested in waiting on. I had a
couple of nibbles from reps, but didn't have time to really develop the concept before I left the
company. When I left the company in November of 2000, the gross revenues were over $3.5
million. Again, I am unaware of the net profits as the COO was playing games with the overhead.
I went into business for myself in November 2000. I started developing my marketing campaign,
but had little success as the industrial construction business was slowing. I used direct response
mailings and host parasite relationships.
Things were bleak until around March 2001, when I received a call from a manufacturer's rep I
had contacted at my previous employer. He had searched me out because he liked the method I
used to approach him and our customers.
In short, the host parasite relationship resulted in a design build project at one of the most
respected manufacturers in the area.
The project value was $182,000 with a gross profit of $69,000. What was amazing to me was the
conversation I heard regarding my qualifications. I had only been in business for 6 months and I
actually overheard the customer telling his boss that "he must be good, since Air Systems
brought him in."
The host parasite/endorsed relationship had given me instant credibility and enough profit
to weather the post 9-11 storm.
I am continuing to use direct response mailings and am developing a superior access vehicle to
give me access to the highest decision makers in my target market.
Most recently, a mailing I sent has resulted in a lead from a major manufacturer in my area that is
planning a large project. My contact was at the perfect time and I actually had the prospect
begging me to come see him. This never happens in the industry construction industry.
Although the project has stalled due to operational issues, the prospect has continued asking me
"to be patient with him until they get back on track". According to the prospect's previous request,
I will be guiding this project from the concept phase, creating their budgets, designing the facility
and completing the construction! Companies that have been in business 20 years dream of a
project like this.
A large part of my success in securing this lead and subsequent project is as a result of my USP We provide customer-focused, intuitive, and practical design/build construction services in a cost
conscious manner with the achievement of your project goals as our main concern. You never
know how much money other contractors are costing you until you give us a call.
The estimated value of the project is $6-8 million dollars with an estimated profit margin of 1012%.
I am continuing to do direct response mailings and will most certainly grow my construction
business even more.

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To the best of my knowledge, my statement is true and provable and you have my permission to
use my testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
Thanks for the knowledge you have given me. Although it has taken a long time to reap the
rewards, I will, Lord willing, be seeing the benefits of my hard work in the coming months.
I hope these testimonials help you and I look forward to getting the other testimonials you receive.
Sincerely,
Bret Mundt
Mundt Construction Services

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159.

Brian Jones

----- Original Message ----From: Brian Jones

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 6:07 PM
Internet Based Publishing Company Learns To Leverage Its Assets
Summaries.Com is an Internet based publishing company specializing in
supplying 8-page executive summaries of great business books. We focus
exclusively on electronic delivery of our materials and serve thousands
of customers world wide. We operate as a subscription service. When
people take out a subscription to Summaries.Com, we e-mail them a new
book summary every week.
Our original business model was simply to sell yearly subscriptions.
After reading more of Jay Abraham's materials, however, we began to
realize there was an additional line of business available selling
back-issue summaries which we had never before exploited. Our backissue catalog currently stands at 293 summaries, and with one new
summary being released each week, the back issue catalog will be 350
strong by mid-2003 and top 500 summaries sometime in 2006.
Therefore, using Jay's ideas, we set up variable subscription plans
which people could take advantage of. One plan (we call it "Plan A")
is to have a new summary delivered each week, as our service was
originally envisaged. To that plan, we added a second option (which we
call "Plan B") where the subscriber can select which summaries they
receive, either from the new summaries being released each week or from
the back-issue catalog. We also added a third plan ("Plan C") which is
on-demand. Plan C has no weekly delivery of a summary. With Plan C,
summaries are sent only when ordered. Plan C subscribers can order any
summary they want from the entire back-issue catalog.
Jay Abraham's materials helped us become aware of a marketing asset we
never even realized we had. By combining this asset with the
Internet's ability to give customized service to each subscriber, we
have been able to come up with a business model which works
exceptionally well. We are just about to launch a new product in the
near future which will consist of 300 book summaries on CD, delivered
anywhere in the world. Again, this is harnessing our back-issue
catalog and combining it with a different product delivery mechanism -CD vs. electronic delivery. We think this product will do
exceptionally well in the Christmas Season as a corporate gift. We
also think this product will appeal to a broad market.
The insightful thing about Jay Abraham's materials is it helps us see
things that were right in front of our noses in a different light. We
never really thought about the marketing assets we had available at any
length previously. We always assumed there was just one way to build
our business -- get more subscribers. Jay Abraham's materials helped
us see how much more we can do with what we have available. It also
helped us more than triple our turnover in the past year. We project
similar growth over the coming year as well.

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Our vision is to grow to become the number 1 source of concentrated

business information. We believe our marketing plan will help us move
towards that vision in tangible ways. We look forward to the future
with enthusiasm.
Signed:
Brian Jones
Editor, Summaries.Com
Postal: P.O. Box 15-091, Hamilton 2030, New Zealand
Tel: +64-7-846-2079
Fax: +64-7-846-2370

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160.

Brian Veth

----- Original Message ----From: Brian Veth

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:59 AM
My name is Brian Veth, and I am a huge Jay Abraham fan.
how he does it, but he has the best ideas, period.

I don't know

I first heard Jay in an interview with Anthony Robbins, talking about

how to maximize your business, or your job if you didn't own a company.
I was blown away. I was so excited, I knew I needed to use his stuff.
The first idea of Jay's I implemented was the idea of risk-reversal. I
own a gymnastics gym for little kids. People who came in for
information were sometimes skeptical about signing up for two months at
a time. So I changed our policy and implemented a "Giggling Guarantee"
which reads, "If your child does not have the most fun they've ever
had, while learning gymnastics in a safe, age appropriate environment,
you have every right to ask for your money back at the end of the 8
week session. No questions asked!" and our closing rate skyrocketed to
almost 100%.
I could go on and on, but the most important thing I'd like to convey
is that these ideas work. You have to adapt them somehow to your
specific business, but they will and do work. I think you just have to
trust that they will work, and go for it. The best idea in the world
isn't worth anything unless you implement it. And remember, you can
test anything small first before putting it out on a bigger scale. So
go for it.

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161.

Brian Veth #2

----- Original Message ----From: Brian Veth

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:53 PM
Brian Veth, Owner of The Champion Factory
A Gymnastics Gym that teaches tumbling for children 18 months through 14 years of age. 4
Employees including myself approximately $100,000/year in sales
Jay Abraham's material have literally changed my life. I am 28 years old, and I own my own
business. The best part is my business has only been open for 2 years, and I'm building my
business using as many of Jay's ideas as I can. You see, many businesses are operational for
decades before they even start to implement Jay's ideas, if at all. And that's sad. There are so
many ways to make your business more profitable, yet people don't take the time to figure out
how.
It took a little while, but now I have Jay's mindset, I see opportunities everywhere, in my business
and in other businesses.
The first idea I ever implemented was adding Risk Reversal to my brochure. We also mentioned
it to everyone that called. We never mentioned anything about the clients getting their money
back if they weren't satisfied, honestly, we never thought to. We were closing about 70% of the
people who called for information or came in to get information before we added the money back
guarantee. Many parents were reluctant about signing up for 8 weeks not knowing if their child
would like gym class. So we decided to put it right in the middle of our brochure, our "Giggling
Guarantee" that stated, "If your child does not have the most fun they've ever had while learning
gymnastics in a safe, age appropriate environment, you have every right at the end of the 8
weeks to ask for your money back". Since that addition, we close almost 100% of people calling
or coming in for information.
Another idea I took from Jay was not "paying" for advertising. We never do traditional newspaper
ads, they don't do anything for gymnastics gyms and they're expensive. We look for nontraditional ways to advertise. The circus was in town last week and we thought that it would be a
fantastic place to get at our target market, little kids. So we called the Lions Club, who was
putting on the circus and asked if we could set up a little information table. They let us, no
questions asked. We made up 200 coupons for free cotton candy to give to people who came
over to our table to check us out. The circus charged us full price for the cotton candy ($3.00) but
that will be negotiated on next year. So in total it cost us $600.00 but the very next day, we had 6
children sign up! Our average lifetime value of a client is $1000.00, so for our investment of
$600.00 we made about $6000.00! Not bad for one night's work.
Another idea I took was the idea of host-beneficiary relationships. We have a club in our gym
called the "Split Club". When a child learns how to do a split, they become a member of the "Split
Club". I wrote a letter to the local ice cream store and proposed a relationship between us. They
get me to pre-pay for banana splits to use as rewards for my kids learning how to do a split. They
also get the extra sales from the child's parent when they came in to redeem the coupon for the
banana split. They get to advertise in our gym where kids would see it every week. In return, we
put up a professionally made board with pictures of our kids doing splits, and the board has a
place that holds literature on our gym. This has massively increased our presence in the town.
We just put up the board in early July, and we've had 3 signups from it already.
Brian Veth

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Owner, The Champion Factory

The above statements are true and provable and you have my permission to use this testimonial
in any of your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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162.

Cesar Fernandez

----- Original Message ----From: Cesar Fernandez

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:55 PM
I have gotten the following referral idea from reading "Money-Making Secrets of Marketing
Genius Jay Abraham and Other Marketing Wizards"
I am in the Commercial Driving education business.
I teach people how to drive big rigs.
My ads say so "Get Commercial Driver's License . . . . " but guess what?
Lots of people call me for the "Automobile" Driver's License!
To help these people I would have to get a special license that I am not interested in getting for
the time being.
I'd rather grow my Commercial Driver's License school.
How can I profit from all of these people calling me for help with "Automobile Licenses?
(Refer to page 34 of the "Money-Making Secrets of Marketing Genius Jay Abraham and
Other Marketing Wizards" book where it says: "Never Turn A Customer Away, Profitably
"Refer".)
I then started gathering these names and telephone numbers and then I called the best
Automobile License school in Houston, TX (where I live) and told them:
Look I have a list of maybe 20-30 people with their tel. #'s that have called here recently because
they need help in getting an Automobile Driver's License. I'm gonna give these to you FREE and
I will keep referring people who call me looking for an Automobile License back to you FREE.
If you get any calls from people desiring a Commercial Driver's License, I'll appreciate it if you
refer them back to me!
By the way, these people have a nice size "display ad" in the local paper, they do t.v. ads and
they even appear in the Yellow Pages!
So I am benefiting by all of these ads without spending any money for them!
I estimate to have had 12 sales or so ($6,000 worth) from referrals from these people last year
alone.
These 12 people were very happy with the service I provided that they will send me their friends,
acquaintances and family as referrals in the future.
How much could all of these "referring" be worth to me in 10 years?
I don't know but "good enough" considering the $0 investment.

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I keep sending them referrals and of course I always tell everyone calling me to tell them "Cesar
Fernandez told me to call you."
Cesar Fernandez

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163.

Charles Hartman

----- Original Message ----From: Charles Hartman

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:47 AM
Dear Jay:
It would be wonderful if this testimonial could be of value to you and
your clients.
It differs significantly from the normal--but that is one thing I
learned from you.
With the help of your tapes and written material, Jay, I have begun to
amengen** a calendar more appropriate for our era. Compare this to the
marketing calendar that you and Chet mention on one of your PEQ tapes.
A calendar organizes work.
And our question, as you put it so well, is this that follows. What
work are we doing? Or, how can I best be a SuperServant (Your Secret
Wealth)?
Case Studies. Jay, you make great use of case studies, and emphasize
them so that your students can remember them and apply them. The right
type of calendar, marketing calendar, helps us to remember decisive
times in the past, and to apply the principles of those who acted
decisively in those times, to our times. Thus we remember July 4th,
for example.
**So 'amengen' means to 'amen'--remember--and to begin--generate.
The right type of calendar helps us to ask the right questions, for it
encapsulates things to remind us. And Jim Cecil and you both say that
the quality of our life is related to the quality of the questions we
ask of ourselves and others.
You see, Jay, that I am listing key concepts that have motivated this
calendar, this House Of Singing Times. (The name is from the Dartmouth
professor Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, who said that groups and spaces are
made up of our lifetimes. Universal History 1957)
Perhaps I should give examples. The days of our week were named about
A. D. 334, according to infoplease.com. We started the present
Christian Era dating about A. D. 554. July is name after Julius
Caesar, of B. C. These have profound effects on our mindsets.
5th. Central to HOST is a method of making the enterprise
participatory, of making proteges into conductors--this was helped by
the methods you used to conduct your protege sessions.
In Symphony of History (see hyperlink below) I get people engaged by
having them contribute their expertise in a subject that is driving
them, and then we connect that up with a 7, yea 8 step process akin to

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building the tabernacle of Moses a microcosm of the world creation.

Jay, I know that this sounds add, but when I connected you and James
Jordan and ERH, and Gary North (from whom I learned about you), I had a
kind of derivative mastermind group--I working with what they and you
had written and spoken.
7th. I do not hesitate to mention these efforts of mine, Jay, since I
have the amazing example of the two young lady entrepreneurs who had
the saw sharpening paste.
8th. The key thing I have learned, Jay, is that one need not
associate with some people. That dentist in Australia principle. I
apply this in a slightly different way, in that I believe that my
marketing calendar efforts are of sufficient importance that there are
some things I need not worry about doing, and that I can concentrate on
what is more important.
Finally, Jay, I don't know how much use this might be to you. I have
little that is quantifiable, except for the hyperlinks below. I am in
the early stages. Even those whose work I am 'translating' into this
new medium aren't much on board.
But, you have definitely helped me. I appreciate it. For what it is
worth, I certainly will try to help you reciprocally. The Symphony of
History website is the most developed. A summary of House of Singing
Times (H.O.S.T) will be in a book summarizing the presentations at a
small international conference of scholars and others interested in
Rosenstock-Hussy's work.
Love in Christ,
Chuck Hartman
House of Singing Times/Symphony of History
(H.O.S.T)
524 N. Western St.
Stuart, Iowa 50250
515-523-1116
PS: This 'second headline' is a reminder that the Symphony of History
website is the most developed.
PPS: BUT, were one to scroll down to the Mouse in the Corner
Transcript of the H.O.S.T. website, one would get many pages in which I
explain the calendar to other 'average' people. Another thing I
learned from you, Jay, the use of the PS, and the use of the
transcript.

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164.

Charlie Ellis

----- Original Message ----From: Charlie Ellis

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 9:24 PM
Jay & Co!
I have organized these by Jay principle involved... the principal
principle, anyway since no one is used in total isolation.
Background: I have run an online magic shop since 1994. I also made
the infamous underground film of the late 70's where the Three Stooges
accidentally shot JFK. (Better leave that out.)
JAY PRINCIPLE:
LET THE MARKET TELL YOU WHAT TO DO
"EVEN IF YOU THINK IT'S A PIECE OF JUNK"
Sometimes I won't even bother to get a sample of some little
pamphlet or magic effect that does not appeal to me. Actually, these
days, most of it does not appeal to me. Must be experience or
something...
However, I have learned that if two or more customers email me
asking if I have it and how much, they represent a whole bunch more and
I should list it in my next email newsletter whether I want to or not.
At that point, the item would have to be a complete ripoff for me
not to carry it. It's my job to protect my customers from such junk.
(It happens, especially in magic, where overpriced junk is an
occupational hazard.)
I have learned that I am not all-knowing. No matter how
"experienced" and expert I get, I'm just not omniscient. Ask my wife
Natalie for more details...
Your market, however, IS all-knowing.
significantly increase sales.

If you'll just listen, you'll

JAY PRINCIPLE:
POST-PURCHASE REASSURANCE
Make sure all your online order forms lead to a thank-you page.
This instantly reassures the shopper that his order went through. You
should provide links to key areas on your site here.
This is a wonderful place to hawk your free email newsletter, by
the way. Very effective at capturing those who order, but have not
joined your list. (I used to automatically add those people, but a few
dozen unsubscribes later convinced me never to do this. A few of these
people swore they didn't know me from Adam! Some folks use the email
addresses of friends while traveling, or they are not online at all

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themselves. Naturally, the friend wonders why they are getting magic
store flyers.)
The Thank-you page would seem to be a natural place to upsell or
offer clearance junk, but it is awkward for them to go back and hit the
form again. Too confusing for them and for you on the receiving end.
Rather, the place for upsell and more back-ending is in your
confirming email, which they can merely reply to, having already given
you their information.
JAY PRINCIPLE:
UPSELLING / CROSS-SELLING
THE SURPRISE SECRET TO BIGGER SALES WITH ORDER FORMS
Ta Da! In the last few months I have started a practice on my
order forms that has increased my multiple item orders dramatically!
Simply put, I have each recent magic item with a simple check box
next to it on the form.
I used to have a simple text box and let the customer type in
whatever they wanted. That text box is still there at the bottom.
People use it for special shipping instructions, inquiries, items not
on the list, or just to say hello.
But having the recent best-sellers enumerated along with the brandnew items has increased impulse buying and the purchases of items they
meant to buy a while back, but forgot about.
Design your forms from the get-go to have a whole range of
items...but don't overload them with too many.
I keep the newest items at the top and I sprinkle "Submit" buttons
liberally throughout. (Don't make your customer scroll to the bottom
of a long form to submit their order, please.)
This one simple change has boosted my average order size to over
$40! Life is good! Your mileage will vary...I have video sets that
cost over $100, for example.
I know it seems obvious now (didn't I say that before?) but I was
doing fine with the text box labeled "Items Wanted..."
I am constantly tweaking the items listed and the placement, etc.
I get a new crack at it every time there is a new newsletter as I must
add the new items. I just can't resist trying to streamline things
further.
JAY PRINCIPLE:
MAKING IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO BUY
FORMULATE YOUR ORDER FORM FORMULA
Did you know that up to 70% of online shoppers don't complete their
purchases? They stop at the order page.

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The order form is so important to the sales process online that it

deserves more careful design and execution than almost any other page
on your site.
The goal is to make your order process easy and self- explanatory.
It takes more than one form to do this.
You must offer a secure order form, a non-secure online form for
those with older browsers (hardly anyone uses mine), and a form they
can simply print out, scribble on, and fax or mail in.
To do this, I use an ordering page that links to the three forms.
In this manner, all my sales pages can point to that single URL, not
three different ones.
Some folks don't know what "secure" means, these are the ones who
will use the print form.
Your ordering page (the one that points to the three forms) should
have your telephone ordering alternative and the hours you are
available to take calls, if you take phone orders. Many people like to
talk to a human and some folks will more readily pick up the phone than
fill in a form or mail a letter.
I mention at the top of my order form that it's secure and they
shouldn't worry. I tell them that secure means that the communication
between their browser and my site is now encrypted. I'm not giving you
exact wording because your own personality should be here at this
crucial hand-holding stage.
I get name, address, day phone, email, credit card number and
expiration, and items desired on all the forms. Each is a selfexplanatory text box.
I used to get evening phone and fax, but this was info overkill and
an unnecessary burden on my customers.
Since my shipping is free in the US, and enumerated for overseas
orders in the sales copy, I leave shipping calculations out. In fact,
there isn't any mention of price or total on my order form. This
probably contributes to larger orders!
I have experimented with those pop-up fields for state and country,
but the lists are too long and unwieldy. Customers should not have to
scroll while trying to fill out a form! It's MUCH easier to simply
type in a state or country abbreviation for people than to use those
stupid pop-ups.
A pop-up that only has six or less choices and actually saves time
makes can make sense, I just can't think of any.
The Submit buttons throughout the form all have "clear" buttons
next to them. If someone does decide not to buy you don't want them to
feel they have to manually delete all the info. You would NEVER see
them again>

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Thanks!
Charlie Ellis
http://CharliesMagic.com/
Hear about the latest magic first with our free magic newsletter. Just
send an email to: [email protected]

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165.

Chet Holmes

----- Original Message ----From: Chet Holmes

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:37 AM
I first heard about Jay Abraham from a trusted colleague and friend who
had paid $5000 for a home study program. I thought he must be crazy to
spend that, but he was insistent that it was worth every penny, as this
fellow, Jay Abraham, had ways of finding hidden profits and faster,
easier ways to do everything in the pursuit of growing a business.
He shared one idea with me, that of "host beneficiary" and that single
idea has earned me more than $10 million I would've never earned
without it.
At the time, I had just developed a training program for small business
owners. We were pounding away, trying to find the model to sell these
training programs. Here are the specifics: We'd call business owners
offering a "free brainstorming session on how to grow your business."
Out of 100 outbound cold calls, we'd get three business owners on the
phone and one would agree to do the free session. Out of three people
who agreed to do this, only one would actually show up. Out of ten who
actually showed up, only one or two would buy. So for every sale, we'd
have to pound through a few thousand names. Obviously, this was not
going to be a good business and we were struggling.
Jay's idea: "Why build a distribution channel from scratch if you can
pay someone else to use theirs with their endorsement?" With that I
idea I approached another company that sold products to small
businesses. With their endorsement, for every ten calls wee made, we
got seven people to come to the phone. Of them half ended up showing
up for the call and half of them actually bought. A 15% sell through
rate. Astonishing.
The next endorsement relationship we got was fantastic. We would do
broadcast faxing and for every 1000 faxes (at a cost of $100), we'd get
80 leads calling in, already agreeing to do the free brainstorming
session.
In these two cases, Jay's ideas were worth at least $10 million dollars
to me. I've since gone on to make many millions more, including a
relationship with Jay himself that has been worth many millions more.
Your biggest fan,
Chet Holmes

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166.

Chris Cady

----- Original Message ----From: Chris Cady

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:09 PM

ALL STAR ENTERTAINMENT

775-425-5847
My Jay Abraham experience
First off Im a Stage Hypnotist and Team Builder. We provide entertainment for private
and corporate events.
I'm a very creative person - not a statistician and I'd rather do hard time then sit
here and crunch numbers so let me just say that.
Here's what I did with the info we learned from Jay:
1- I have been using 100% money back guarantee for about 4 years but I did
not really harness the power of leading with a guarantee that less than 1% of
customers take me up on. I used to offer it but I did not LEAD with it. As
soon as I started leading with my guarantee in every "pitch" we closed more
sales.
2- BACK END: I never thought much about back end till studying Jays stuff.
We now have some sort of back end in everything we do. We have probably
made about $5,000 extra last year from doing back end deals. I expect it to go
up.
3- The power of follow up. Mailing over and over to the same list. Its been
very effective.
I'd love to see some more affordable workshops so guys like me could afford to
come.
The above testimonial is true and you have my permission to use my
testimonial.
Kindest Regards,
CHRIS CADY
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167.

Chris Dollis

----- Original Message ----From: Chris Dollis

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:58 PM

August 2, 2002 10:47 p.m.

Jay. I am so happy to be writing this letter to you.
What you have meant to me (personally) has been immeasurable. And please, feel free to edit this
testimonial for brevity. The depth of my affection for the impact you have recently made in my life may
cause me to go on longer than I should.
You see, the thing is, this is going to be a bit of an unusual testimonial. I havent made millions (yet). I
dont own my own company (yet). You helped me keep my job.
My name is Chris Dollis. I am a business development consultant with Excalibur Communications Canada
Inc., based in Victoria, BC. In Canada. Its gorgeous here. Im thrilled to be able to even HAVE a job in
this awesome place with such generally slow business prospects! Many years of socialist government,
arguably, could be to blame for that. But I will move on!
Excalibur is a small communications company with a fascinating side to the business emotional response
marketing. A great concept and my ears perked up when I heard it.
Unfortunately, I was assigned to be our sole sales representative to sell a COMMODITY (1 800 use on
demand conference call services) and bring in business to generate cash-flow while the higher ups focused
on the more exciting creative side.
I started here April 1 of 2002. 4 months ago. This is all new territory for me. Ive never done anything
like this. Heck, I even have my own office! No one told me what to do. Just get it done. And I discovered
that I like that.
BUT the last two sales reps to try this had failed! Almost signed up no business at all (they didnt tell
me that when I was hired).
Honestly, Jay, between you and me, we had the worst marketing materials you could imagine. Not for
everything else. Just for conference calling! No one had ever devoted any time to it. I guess the company
president was focused on his passion, on his projects.
Our outgoing sales letter was totally long-winded and self-serving and rather disjointed (kinda like this
sentence) and would generate a yawn at best. And our website? All in black, it looked like youd
accidentally stumbled on a porn/gambling site with the same award winning writing style! Not good.
I didnt even know this. I would not have known what real, personal persuasive marketing was if I tripped
over it. I hadnt a clue. But Ill say this. Given total freedom to learn to do this job the way I thought it

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should be done turned into a godsend. Because Keith, my president, had been subscribed to your mailing
list and brought your materials, your strategies and your attitudes to my attention.
My life hasnt been the same since. (And this was all just the free stuff!)
To start with, in late April I began pouring over the free copywriting crash course that was sent to us by
Carl Turner. Thank you, Drew (Kaplan)! Thank you, Jay for collaborating with another marketing genius.
Brilliant! Lets just say I started spending my evenings and weekends at the office, tearing into the course
and playing, tinkering, editing and generally getting obsessive with learning how to write and apply a good
sales letter.
Then we started signing up clients. My largest has been 15 separate conference call lines for the Sierra
Club of British Columbia (essentially, Western Canada) that I opened in mid July, 2 weeks ago. Smallest
has of course been one at a time. Thats the norm. Some use it more than others. But, apparently, this is a
major improvement over whatever had been done here before. Thats why Im still here.
Understand, I was NOT busting my bottom making tons of sales calls. Perhaps I should have been. But I
was not. I was practicing, testing and implementing a much narrower approach primarily organized around
the written sales letter. In 4 months, I spent the equiv. of one and a half making calls and generally doing
my sales job. I spent TWO AND A HALF MONTHS improving my skills, my knowledge base and our
marketing edge. And I still outpulled our previous best with people making calls diligently, and aimlessly.
Now my sales letters are, quite frankly, tight, sharp and laser focused. Commodity? No damn way! Not if
I sell it. Not after having Jays marketing expertise grab a hold of your consciousness and begin to
permeate every business thing you say and do. No way. And suddenly new opportunities just seem real as
you tangibly see the results of more thinking and less plugging away.
And Ive even added a new website that I designed! I never even knew HOW to do that before. Now, Ive
got a pretty darn good one! (Which Im still testing and improving.)
Keith (Excalibur president) has promised me we would invest the $5000 USD to purchase the PEQ home
study course when I reached a certain goal. (I lobbied so hard to get this right away. We did try to order
the Orders of Magnitude Implementation Summit home study course from Carl but, unfortunately, that was
not available)
Im now half way there. And am now in a total position to ACCELERATE above my previous best, big
time.
Jay, readers, fellow people that just want more out of life, thank you for listening to me. I look forward to
reading about you. I am curious. I have been an employee my whole life and I am now so ready to drop
that part of my shackles, take an entrepreneurial mindset to life and join your ranks.
I look up to you. I admire you. It has been a pleasure being here.
Thank you again. Youve truly given me a new outlook on life, benefited my finances and given me
PLEASURE AT WORK.
Who can ask for more than that?
Sincerely your humble fan,

Chris Dollis
Excalibur Communications Canada Inc.

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P.S. I personally am planning to use your free materials, downloads etc. to make money because, honestly,
I need more. I am looking for a private business opportunity to pursue, to test, to profit from. Then, I plan
on INVESTING AS MUCH MONEY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE being the best marketer and
entrepreneur possible because I believe it is cheaper to do so that than not. And I will be contacting you,
Jay, for this. Because, youve given to me already and asked nothing in return. AND WHAT YOU SAY
WORKS!
P.P.S. Say hi to Carl for me.
P.P.P.S. I stayed up at the office until now, 10:47 p.m., at the start of my long weekend to get this to Jay. It
is that important to me.
I hereby pledge that the above is true. I HAVE benefited to the degree stated and AM happier in my life as
a result
Contact info:
Home:
Chris Dollis, Private Entrepreneur
316 258 Gorge Road East
Victoria, British Columbia
V9A 6W5 Canada
Telephone: (250) 884-0587

Work:
Chris Dollis, Business Development Consultant
Excalibur Communications Canada Inc.
101 755 Queens Avenue
Victoria, British Columbia
V8T 1M2 Canada
Telephone: 1 888 302-6593

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168.

Chris Jankulovski

----- Original Message ----From: Chris Jankulovski

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 7:16 PM
Hi Jay
My success story is:
I invented a product to helps motorist remember to do their vehicle log
books for tax reasons.
I had invested $300,000 in this project and after 2 years of trying
everything, spent $65,000 in advertising, l did presentations, trade
shows, you name it, I did it. I had seen 2 large marketing companies
and used an army of consultants to no avail.
Once l had my
gatekeeper to
We did a host
market that I

hands on the PEQ system, l manage to get through the

make an appointment with this C.E.O., and set-up a deal.
benefisury deal with this company that had access to my
was seeking.

So what l did was put my new product together with one of their new
products under their company logo and now this company is pushing my
product into the market.
At this point, we have 35% of the market wanting to distribute our
product for 2003. But by the end of 2002, we should have 75% of the
market to stock our product!
This project at one point looked like it was going to make me go
bankrupt! But now, we are looking to make a return on our investment
by the middle of 2003.
The deal only happened because l did my best to introduce this C.E.O.
to all different types of marketing concepts l had learnt from you
both, Jay & Chet!
All the best regards from
Chris Jankulovski
Think Innovations Pty Ltd

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169.

Chris Payne

----- Original Message ----From: Chris Payne

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 9:01 AM
My contribution...
I have gained some amazing insights from studying Jay's material.
Here are some brief results.
Endorsed mailings
Jay taught us the importance of endorsed mailings, and we used these to
great effect. Instead of just renting names and mailing those lists we
got each list owner to endorse our products and company in each mailing
that went out.
In other words, as well as our standard mailing piece promoting, say
offering our PhotoReading tape set with the line "Blast through any
book or report at 25,000 words a minute -- guaranteed", we also
included a letter from the list owner which we wrote ourselves and in
90% of cases the list owner approved with no changes.
It took time to write that letter, get the list owner's signature, get
his letterhead template and the company logo as a jpeg file and so on
but the results were worth it.
Very roughly we got 50% to 100% better response in terms of sales and
that meant at least a doubling of profit.
Over a two year period after learning this technique from Jay we mailed
about 800,000 pieces this way. If we hadn't had the endorsement we
would only have mailed 500,000 because the endorsed mailing made the
piece more profitable so we could afford to go deeper into the list
file.
We estimate that this generated $660,000 in profit over two years just
from adding those extra letters.
It's worth adding that in virtually every case we got the endorsed
letter for no extra fee. Recently we've negotiated to pay 25% on net
profits, and we expect to pay 50% of net profits to some savvy partners
soon.
Mailing customers more frequently
Before we met Jay we mailed our customer base twice a year. After
seeing Jay in action this increased over time to 11 mailings a year,
which kept our business going when times got tough when our advertising
started to become less effective.

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As a consequence, instead of sending out 40,000 pieces a year to our

best 20,000 customers we sent out an additional 230,000 mailings to
them!
We also went even to our oldest >3 year buyers to try to reactivate
them. We mostly made a small profit or very tiny loss on these
mailings, but these reactivated customers now became "A-Customers"
which meant that they got a mailing about a new product almost every
month, so we made good money from these people as they became top
buyers again.
We estimate that this brought in $680,000 over two years.
Total gross profit before overheads, from two major paradigm shifts:
$1,320,000.
Name of company: LifeTools, England
Size: $2.5m turnover
Type: mail order personal development products
Contact: Chris Payne, president: [email protected]
Tel: 011 44 1625 505922 and 011 44 1625 850551
Kind regards,
Chris Payne
Managing Director
LifeTools, UK
"Cutting edge devices, books and tapes to help you 'change your mind' - fast"
web site: http://www.lifetools.com

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170.

Chris Watson

----- Original Message ----From: Chris Watson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:20 PM

Dear Jay,
It's an absolute pleasure to submit our story for your project and I applaud what you're
doing.
As you suggested I'll do my best to keep this exact and brief, but I must warn you, it
takes a little time for the penny to drop.
I first saw you at a Seminar in Sydney Australia, at the time I was most interested in
what you had to say about Risk Reversals and Headlining. It wasn't until 3 years ago
that I was able to put both of these techniques to work in my own company.
I'm a Director of a company called Downloadit. We specialize in an area called
'Measurable Media'. This topic is getting quite a bit of attention now as most Magazines
and Newspapers are getting considerable pressure from their advertisers to be in a
position to show a return on investment. ROI is one of the hottest topics and now, the
internet has compounded it by posed an intriguing question to most publishers.
The question is "Can Old Media Make New Media Money". Or in other words when an
advertiser purchases a display ad in a newspaper or magazine, what relationship does
that ad have to the publication online and furthermore, how is the publisher tracking the
responses? I can assure you that most publishers have separated the two (Print Online) and as a result they seem to be flailing when it comes to a real answer to this
most imposing question.
From the research we conducted we found that the average spend in trade markets in
Australia for a Full Page Color Advertisement in a printed magazine was approximately
$4,500 ($Aus). What's most alarming is that there is virtually no research on what the
advertisers get back for this money. In our attempts to find this information we can
suggest it's in the vicinity of 7 to 12 enquiry's back to the advertisers.
I might also preface this with explaining what we mean by 'Trade Markets'. Most
Western Cultures have about 10 major trade markets. IT, Architecture, Hospitality,
Pharmaceutical, Electronics, Transportation, Manufacturing are the big ones. In every
trade market a defining characteristic is that they have a large group of professionals
who have a genuine need for the products that supply their business. Unlike consumer
markets, trade markets consider information to be part of their competitive advantage.
OK, so that being the landscape you also have a ton of magazines that jostle for pole
advertising platform positions within these markets.
And that's where trouble comes into paradise. It seems that most of the trade
magazines have been so busy convincing their markets that they are #1 that they forgot
about the possibility and necessity of reinventing. In essence most of them can't answer

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the question of "What is the display advertisement doing with your online
concept/portal/hub ?" Furthermore many have begun to suggest that technologies like
page impressions and click through rates are enough to answer the demand. We feel
that this is very wrong. Page impressions and click through rates are about as useful to
the true online marketer as branding is to the true direct marketer. The more you look at
this as a topic I would suggest that there is a very convenient ambiguity that many
publishing companies and certainly advertising agencies are hiding behind. After all, if
you can't measure it then you can't be held accountable. That old saying of" 50% of my
advertising works and 50% doesn't. I just don't know which is which", is nonsense, but
it's used as a mandate by so very many publishing and advertising companies. Last
week we had a meeting with another publisher who told us "Look, you need to
understand, it's not our responsibility to sell the products." That's a cop out. It is their
responsibility, all marketing and advertising is about selling a product and if its not, then
dont take their money. Wasn't it Jack Welch from GE who said "When the rate of
change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight". Well things are
certainly changing.
So, this is where Jay Abraham's techniques have come in. We began to reinvent the
process of publishing and place an emphasis on 3 significant things.
#1. Everything we do must be measurable.
#2. Everything we do should get to the point and give the readers what they want (A
version of headlining)
#3. If we're able to measure what we do then we can guarantee what we do.
So, we publish a magazine. The magazine is designed to give the IT professionals
information about what products are available on the market. If a reader wants to know
more about the 'Headlined' product articles then they go to our website at
www.downloadit.com.au and put in their reader number. They can view product
brochures, text files, pricing, where to buy, who to buy from etc. That reader number
activates our database, that database is hooked up to a measurement facility which then
allows us to give our advertisers a code and password so they can track, 24/7 anyone
who views their information. This has allowed us to be the only model of its kind that
can measure, analyze and guarantee responses in our market.
Since our inception we've been able to bring the average CPE (Cost Per Enquiry) down
to $5.50...again, compare that with the unmeasurable $4,500 spend for 7 enquiry's and
you start to see that this has explosive advantages.
I'm cautious not to suggest we've set the world on fire. We launched our first form of
media in the Australian IT market 2 months before the IT crash of 2000. So our timing
and choice of markets could have been considerably better. It's been dogged
determination that has seen us retrain this market and therefor survive, our offer was
brilliant but the market was disappearing. However we're now in discussions with
enormous publishing companies to work with them to bridge the illusive print - internet
gap. In fact we should be making a press announcement in 2 weeks that tells our IT
market that we've just joined up with a much larger publisher and our distribution in IT
will be expanding ten fold.
Jay, I want you to understand something. I believe the only reason no one has ever
done what we're doing is because there are very very few companies who specialize in
making their media and advertising measurable. The reason there are so few

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companies who do it, apart from the earlier mentioned 'convenience of it all', is that it
appears as though they haven't questioned the true value of their offering. One of the
reason they haven't done that is that they've probably never read any of your books or
attended any of your seminars. It's much easier to just keep towing the line and it takes
guts, content of character and unwavering belief to hold yourself accountable in the
advertising industry.
We think Headlining and Risk Reversals are at the heart of a publishing revolution. If
things go to plan we'll be doing worldwide deals with everyone from publishers to
catalogue companies to exhibition companies to product vendors.
My partners and I are enormously proud to be doing the work we're doing. It puts an
emphasis on ethics and accountability and allows us to be the eople we know we are. I
for one hope to never return to the dark side of advertising and I honestly believe it's a
question of integrity.
Might I finish by saying that every great truth is originally thought of as blasphemous, I'm
not sure who wrote that but we now have first hand experience of what it means.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in
your promotional and marketing endeavors.
Sincerely,
Christopher Watson
Director - Downloadit Pty Ltd
579 Darling Street
Rozelle NSW 2039
Australia
Ph: 612 9555 7300
Fax: 612 9555-1901
Web site: www.downloadit.com.au
Measurable, Accountable, Interactive Media

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171.

Craig Sallin

----- Original Message ----From: Craig Sallin

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:38 PM
Jay has often said that one of his most prized techniques is the Joint
Venture. I decided to take him at his word. Especially since the cost
or expense to do a Joint Venture is so small compared to regular
advertising. And the results are so much greater . . . again according
to Jay.
I'm in the Emergency Preparedness, long-term food storage business.
is very cyclical. People either want to act prudently and cover
themselves in case of emergencies, or they think it is a joke.

It

Of course, when problems arise, crises hit and emergencies prevail,

most have second thoughts about their skepticism. It is also generally
too late to prepare when emergencies strike.
Therefore, I must find people who want to cover themselves for any type
crisis. I don't really try to convince people to be self-sufficient
ahead of time. It's too difficult.
Our company is called Food Reserves. We sell just that - food
reserves, long term storage foods as well as self-sufficiency products.
So I set out to locate and joint venture with other suppliers of selfsufficiency products who I was not in direct competition.
I mailed out a form letter, which was personalized, to every company I
could find. I told them I wanted to do a Joint Venture with them,
whereby it would not cost them a thing and they would get 50% of the
gross sales for simply sharing their customer list with me. They did
not have to show me their customer list. Just show me some interest in
the project. I would then work out a proposal that they would like and
feel comfortable.
I sent out 50 - 60 solicitations. Eight people responded. Now, you
know, that if an individual responds to your solicitation, they are
ready. You just have to make them a deal.
One of the most promising responses was from a company that sold nonelectric appliances and hardware. Now, their customers really want to
be self-reliant. That's what I wanted, like-minded customers.
Remember, I want to contact people who have the same profile as my
current customers - self-sufficiency buyers. However, I don't want to
be in direct competition with my Joint Venture partner.
Now, all I had to do was make my Joint Venture partner an attractive
arrangement. I suggested to him that I would draft a letter to his
customer database to be printed on his letterhead and signed by him.
would pay for all expense. No cost to him.

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He didn't like it. Maybe because it was a direct endorsement by him.

He suggested I make up a flyer with the offer. Then he would drop it
in with all his outgoing orders. It could have a key code on it, which
would identify him as the source. Done deal!
I immediately had the flyers made, key-coded and sent to him.
It was an immediate success. Over the months he averaged $326 in
commissions.
I chose a basic product to offer to his customers - Survival Food Tabs.
They retailed for $24.75, postage paid. I would give him $12.00 net
per bottle sold. This was great for him. Found money. He has no
expenses. Yet, every month he got an average of $326 from me, just for
dropping the flyers I sent him in with his orders. I also included a
monthly statement and a list of each customer name and the number of
bottles they ordered. I also sent him a running tally of each month's
total, plus an accumulated grand total to let him know how sweet this
was for him. My cost was simply the cost of the flyers.
You may think I was giving away the store at $12/bottle. Not so.
Along with my direct shipment to his customer of the Survival Food
Tabs, I would send them information and a special offer on my other
self-sufficiency products. It was understood, that once someone
ordered the Survival Food Tabs, they were mine to follow up with other
solicitations from me directly. This was where I made the real money.
I followed up forever with offers to these customers who "raised their
hand."
This type of Joint Venture was the standard format I used to go to
other partners. I would print flyers, key-coded. They would include
them in their outgoing orders or mail. I developed around 12-13 of
these type Joint Ventures.
The lesson to learn here is to ask and listen to what your partner
wants to do. They'll give you the format. That is attractive from
their point of view. They'll make the deal up for you. You must keep
an open mind. Think linear, as Jay would say.
Please feel free to contact me if you'd like to know any details about
this that haven't been covered.
Respectfully submitted,
Craig Sallin
Food Reserves
PO Box 88
Concordia, MO 64020
315-488-6350 - phone
315-488-6595 - fax
www.foodreserves.com

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172.

Dan

----- Original Message ----From: Dan

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:49 PM
Hi Jay,
My success story is a little different. I am in charge of education at my real estate board and my
job is to come up with seminars, get the speakers and get the people there. When I first took
over the education seminars, there was a time when I had 3 people show up (the speaker, one
other person and me) and when we had the break, the one person that was there left. At times, it
was pretty embarrassing, but based on the teachings, I did three things that really made a
difference:
number 1: I began multiple contacts - in person at each event, I would sell the next event and
sign up a large percentage of the room. (contact # 1)
number 2: We sent out broadcast faxes (to local offices)
number 3: We email everyone with an email address w/ the flyer
number 4: We emailed everyone w/ the weekly newsletter (the event was mentioned in there)
number 5: Office liaisons are contacted to tell everyone in the office
number 6: We repeat step number 2
number 7: We repeat number 3
number 8: We repeat number 4, four times (weekly newsletter)
The result - in 18 months, we have gone from an avg. of 15 - 20 - 55 - 65 people consistently, and
we have had audiences as high as 125. While this may not seem that impressive, on average we
have garnered a 325 - 366% - increase in response since we have been using this technique of
multiple contacts through multiple media.
I am sending you a copy of one of the flyers. Notice that these flyers don't look like your typical
flyers - there is a feature and benefit foundation.
Thanx for the ideas,
Dan
P.S. I am still working on improving our responses (especially the sign up to show up ratio - it's
approximately 70% during the winter, spring and fall months; but it drops down to 50% during the
summer - I'm still trying to figure this one out. Also, we have avoided direct mail & telephone calls
because of the cost and man hours required. We are considering offering a gift when they get
there (this would be sponsored by affiliates of our board.)

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173.

Daniel Leung

----- Original Message ----From: Daniel Leung

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:12 PM
Jay Abraham Testimonial Letter
I started a residential cleaning business last year. It was a simple
business with very little investment in the beginning. It was growing
gradually, but not enough. I promoted myself with just a few little or
no cost methods: door-knocking, handing out flyers and classified ad.
From those tactics, I got about 1 to 3 phone calls a week, and about
one or so was turned into a client, weekly cleans, bi-weekly cleans,
monthly cleans or occasionally. It took me about three months for the
business to start producing money - about $600 the third month to $1000
the forth month. It was a good increase of 66% but it took away my
time and energy. I wanted a faster and greater return for my time and
energy. I was working much, much too hard to promote the business. I
was working hard, but not smart.
One of my friends introduced me some materials from Jay Abraham, which
emphasized marketing concepts. I immediately changed my perception of
my business and soon realized strategies and concepts my business can
relate to. My ad I was sending out to neighbors around my city was a
blah-blah boring same old flyer. It was re-written as a sales letter
using an attention-grabber headline, a strong and defined U.S.P., and a
guaranteed risk-reversal. That ad increased the number of phone calls
from 3 a week to 10 a week. From those 10 calls, about 3-4 became
clients. I then started getting testimonials from every client and
incorporated them into my sales letters and showed them to inquiries.
I developed a follow-up system in which each client was greatly
appreciated for his/her business. From understanding the lifetime
value of each client and knowing that each client can be very
profitable, I made sure that every client was special and treated with
respect and friendliness. I collected all the information I knew of
$200 towards their clean, for every bi-weekly client a $100 voucher,
for every monthly client a $50 voucher, and so forth. By leveraging my
database, my business grew exponentially. I employed three cleaners to
help me out, two are part-time and one full-time. In the first three
months, I had only three clients and by the end of the year I had about
34 clients, most are regular clients and some are occasional. Now, I'm
at a point where I no longer need to work in my business doing the home
visits anymore. I work on my business operating, improving and
developing a better marketing system of increasing profit. I am now
working on creating a joint venture with one of the local hairdressers.
We're in a process of creating a sales letter to be mailed out to her
clients. My suggestion for people like me is to not wait until you
know what you're doing. Doing it badly like what I did is still
smarter than doing nothing at all.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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Daniel Leung,
Sole proprietor,
Daniel Leung Enterprises
P.S. I look forward to receiving the special gift.

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174.

Dave Riggle

----- Original Message ----From: Dave Riggle

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 9:14 AM

Jay Abraham
August 5, 2002
Hi Jay,
I have hired consultants who helped my business. Friends have given me advice. Ive read hundreds of
books and thousands of magazines. Some employees have helped my business succeed. But when I think
about where my business is going now, it is clear that you have had 100 times more impact than any other
source of ideas Ive ever been exposed to. I owe you a great deal.
My association with you has been the best value imaginable. I thought it funny how you pitched the value
of your ideas in such long letters but I figured if it worked on me there was something there. My coworkers freaked out when I spent $5,000 to attend your seminar in Tampa but now your ideas help me
close sales that generate $100,000 in profit. As my business continues to grow, the ideas youve given me
will be worth millions of dollars.
Most of the things we spend our time on are little things; how to save on insurance, the best places to buy
software, how to save fifty bucks-- that sort of thing. Nobody else offers proven, simple and inexpensive
ways to double or triple business. Even though you and I have never met in person, Im a big fan and
greatly appreciate our association. I am more jazzed about improving our marketing than anything else
Ive done in business. Ninety percent of the changes my company will make in the coming year are a
direct result of your work. Positives include creation of new jobs, consistent profits instead of ups and
downs, and greater wealth and security for my employees and myself.
I first started listening to your tapes in 1994 after hearing your Power Talk interview tape with Tony
Robbins. I immediately contacted you for something I think you sold me or gave me a copy of Stealth
Marketing. Talk about an eye-opener. Id been a pretty good sales guy for 15 years, but until then I didnt
even know what marketing was.
After that, you continued to send me tons of stuff sometimes two letters a week, for probably a year even
though I didnt send you a dime. Every time Id get one of those obnoxious looking letters with the red or
blue sub-heads everywhere, Id read those damn things from start to finish. And some of them were 20
pages long. Needless to say, since 1995 most of our mass mailers look and read just like those. Thanks.

About EMS
I started Energy Management Systems (EMS) 15 years ago. We have offices in Indianapolis & Elkhart
Indiana and sell building automation systems to industrial clients all over the Midwest. Clients cut their
heat/cool expense by 35% to 50% - typically $100K to $300K per facility. EMS is unique because we

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package a full range of services that makes it easy to buy and use a complex product. We calculate energy
savings for clients before they buy and verify savings every month after installation.
The critical thing in our business is long-term service and thats our strength. Most companies, if left on
their own will utilize an energy management system less and less over time. EMS clients dont have that
problem because we offer full management of their systems over a modem from our office. None of our
services individually is rocket science, but EMS is the only company in the Midwest that offers turnkey
packages that ensure results. EMS guarantees savings for clients and we make sure every one of them is
happy.
During our first 10 years it was tough to grow; we were ahead of our time. We built an impressive client
list, which was critical to our success, but overall, there was much apathy about energy conservation during
that time.
The energy market is much different now and were poised for tremendous growth. Energy prices have
jumped in the past two years and since electricity was deregulated in 1997, executives have to pay attention
to energy costs. Global competition is making cost cutting a necessity, and automation in the workplace is
accepted. Its hard to quantify, but our market is probably twice as good as five years ago. Having
hundreds of savings reports from well-known clients such as GE, Delta Faucet and Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co
(Wrigley Gum), make it easier to convince new prospects that our system will produce the savings they
desire.

Our Business Doubles, Maybe Triples This Year

Since meeting Jay, Ive kept a business plan of marketing improvements a menu of things I want to have
in place. Although Im frustrated with the progress Ive made implementing them, the ones I have done are
making a difference. Jay talks about changes adding up over time and it is happening now. It is truly about
to become exponential. EMS has sold about $1.5 million a year since the early nineties. Jay points out
three ways to grow a business and were doing two of them. Were getting more clients and they are
paying us more money per sale both due to Jay.
Five years ago our average sale was $75K. Because were targeting Dream 100 prospects, now its $100K
to $400K thats a huge difference for us. Six months ago we increased the sales staff from one person to
four and have generated sales proposals at twice the rate of last year. Were just about to double or triple
our monthly sales volume depending upon which proposals close over the next few months. Sales volume
should hit $3M easily this year and with a couple more superstars we should sell at least $5M next year.
My next hire is a person to help systemize marketing functions. Its exciting to be able to plan growth with
little risk. We just have to execute consistently.

Other Ideas of Jays That EMS Has Used So Far

Referrals
We ask clients for referrals now but its hit or miss. Soon well organize where in the sales process well
ask for them, who will do it, and how well do it -- a combination of face to face, letters, e-mail etc. I really
like the idea of showing clients a list of our Dream 100 and asking them whom they know at these
companies.
We have meetings with clients 90 days after a system is installed to discuss any problems and review their
energy savings. Were going to use those meetings to get referrals too. We plan to offer big screen TVs
or charity contributions for them personally and free extended service to their company if EMS sells a
system to one of their referrals.

Risk-Reversal
We had a decent guarantee before but we made it even stronger. Its right out front.
How Could We Make Our Offer Irresistible to Prospects?

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This is an integral theme that Jay reminds me of constantly. Simple, but probably the most profound
question someone heading sales and marketing should think about. We changed our sales proposals to deemphasize the cash price and emphasize the fact that clients can pay $4,000 per month and save $12,000
per month. Their annual savings and cash price used to be compared on page one along with the payback
period. We stated that financing is available but prospects never forgot that big sticker price of $300,000
or so. We still take cash payments but now the price is buried way in the back.
We also created a Below Prime lease rate with the company that finances systems for EMS clients. It
costs us some of our price -- we have to buy down the rate just like points on a mortgage, but it works well
and thats what counts. Without that, some shortsighted finance people get hung up on a few pennies of
interest instead of the many thousands of dollars we can save them.
These two strategies eliminate the biggest problem the money.

Mass Mailers
We now use 2 or 3 headlines per letter and changed our copy to be informal and direct. I also learned from
Jays letters not to attempt to write to a broad audience. Id rather have 10 prospects get excited and take
action than to have a 100 people think that were okay, then throw away my letter. It pays to talk
specifically to the people we can help the most.

USP
Ive done a bad job with this one. Cant seem to come up with anything that fits, is memorable and is short.

Strategic Alliances
We pushed this hard a few years ago but cant seem to find good partners. Our product is
expensive, complex, and must be customized every time -- not an easy sale for anybody,
regardless of their relationship with our target prospects.
We partnered with some utility companies right after electricity deregulated in 1997 and had some success.
They gave us leads from their clients and we sold the systems. That gave us much credibility with
prospects and cheap leads, however, deregulation turned out to be a moving target and most utilities
abandoned sales of energy-saving products within a short time. I still believe strongly in alliances and
well revisit this in the future.

Consistent Client Contact and Building Trust with New Prospects

This is going to be a huge area for us. We have good gross margins and making one or two more sales in a
year is big, especially when weve already done a lot of sales work upfront at our cost. We seldom lose
sales to competitors; we just get delays. I learned this from Jays constantly sending me things of interest.
Nobody has ever sent me one tenth of what Jay has and I would never consider spending any money with
anyone else. I want to create that bond with my Dream 100.
Weve done some of this always with success. We just e-mailed 100 people at 30 companies which did
not buy our system in the past two years total cost about $150. We announced our new website and
reminded them of the savings they are losing. This is a great way of going over the head of middle
managers that stalled our projects the first time. We got two calls immediately to re-liven talks on
proposals totaling $610,000. These are like gold. The initial work is all done and we have the credibility
of already knowing their situation.
We will organize an array of stuff to send monthly savings reports of their competitors or neighboring
companies, press releases, informational articles about energy price trends etc. Well also use this
approach to develop rapport and new leads with our Dream 100.

PEQ & PEQ II You Guys Really Hit It with PEQ!

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Visuals
Chet really hit home. We updated our website and printed some great looking case studies for handouts.
Next is PowerPoint for our Core Story.

Core Story
Before I started this business, the products I sold had great core stories. I was in my early 20s
and made them up without realizing why, but it worked like a charm. Ive had this business 15
years and until PEQ, never thought about creating one for my own business. Stupid! Anyway,
ours is now 75% complete. Doing the research has given us interesting topics to discuss with
clients as consultants.

Dream 100
Targeting the best prospects allowed us to increase our average sales price by 250%.

PEQ is awesome. Ive barely scratched the surface of that program yet.
Jay thanks again for all of your efforts. Youre a great communicator with great
ideas. Keep them coming. As EMS grows, I intend to involve more of our people in
your programs. Anyone can contact me for a reference anytime.
Dave Riggle,
President
Energy Management Systems
800-541-5740 or 317-341-5968
www.energymanagement.com
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors.

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175.

David Botsford

----- Original Message ----From: David Botsford

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:08 AM
26th July 2002
Dear Jay
Thank you for your e-mail, inviting testimonials about how your clients
and readers have used your principles to improve our lives and incomes.
I am a clinical hypnotherapist, which means that I am very much a oneperson operation. Hypnotherapists help people to find solutions to
their personal problems by communication with the unconscious part of
the mind. For most people who set themselves up as hypnotherapists,
building a practice is an uphill struggle. Starting out as a
hypnotherapist is a "Catch-22" situation. On the one hand, you have to
get clients in based on your reputation, while on the other hand, you
can only build a reputation by gaining consistent success with a fairly
large number of clients. I trained in clinical hypnotherapy from 199395, and it took several years to get to the point where I was making
anything close to a full-time living at it and was able to quit my "day
job" (working on computers at a bank). At that time I knew practically
nothing about marketing, a subject which was barely touched on in my
hypnotherapy training, and then only in a mediocre way.
At first I saw my hypnotherapy clients in my own home, which at least
meant zero overhead, but gave an impression of amateurishness and had a
tendency to reduce my credibility among some clients.
In 2000 I moved into an office on Harley Street in London, a street
which everyone in Britain associates with medical excellence, as it is
home to the offices of specialist doctors, dentists, therapists and
complementary medicine practitioners. Of course, the central purpose
of setting up on that particular street was to establish credibility.
Only then, faced with the high overheads there, did I start to read the
classic texts on marketing, advertising and promotion (this is a genre
of literature I hardly knew even existed until that point). I read
David Ogilvy's Ogilvy on Advertising and John Caples's Tested
Advertising Methods and, based on what I learned from those two
superlative books, I designed on my home computer some full-colour
leaflets promoting my hypnotherapy practice.
It was at that time that I first came across the name Jay Abraham when
I was browsing in a bookshop in London and saw a new book on the
crowded business books shelves entitled Getting Everything You Can Out
of All You've Got. The very title stood out from the multitude of
other books in the same field. I bought it immediately, and it was one
of those very few books I have stayed up all night in order to read. I
immediately knew that the book was an "instant classic". More
significantly, though, the first thing I did on the morning after my

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sleepless night reading it was to apply the risk-reversal concept to my

hypnotherapy practice. Like most practising hypnotherapists in
Britain, the largest group of my clients was - and still is - people
who want to stop smoking.
Immediately after reading the book, I decided to offer an unconditional
money-back guarantee. If a person came to see me for hypnotherapy in
order to stop smoking, their total fee would be 195 (around $280 at
the present exchange rate). For this fee, the client would receive a
90-minute clinical hypnotherapy session, plus a CD or cassette for
self-hypnosis (which I taught them as part of the session), and an
optional reinforcement session later if they felt they would benefit
for it. Also, if the person went back to smoking within three months
from the date of the initial session, the entire fee of 195 would be
refunded to the client at the end of the three month period. I became
- and remain today - the only clinical hypnotherapist in the UK to
offer such a money-back guarantee.
I re-designed my stop-smoking promotional leaflet to incorporate this
unique guarantee, and distributed it around doctors' and dentists'
surgeries, pharmacies, hospitals, gyms, health food stores, and such
places. I took out classified ads in newspapers and magazines. What
was remarkable was the speed with which people started coming in to see
me. Literally within a few weeks, starting from no clients at all, I
had a practise up and running. Over the past two years I've continued
to offer that same guarantee, and have built up a fairly good level of
clients through word of mouth. I have also made far more money in
those two years than in my previous five years as a hypnotherapist,
when I stumbling around, trying to build a practice through trial-anderror methods.
My next project is also based on the Jay Abraham idea of seeking ways
in which hidden assets can be utilised to bring increased revenues.
(I've also got your publications Stealth Marketing and Lessons from the
$4 Billion Man.) I am now in the process of creating a series of ten
CD kits, dealing with each of the main problems people come to
hypnotherapy for (such as stopping smoking, losing weight, overcoming
fear of flying, stress management and pain control).
Of course, there are many self-hypnosis CDs on the market dealing with
these and other issues. But mine will be distinct and - I believe offer more substance and value - for several reasons:
(1)
Each kit will contain two CDs with my voice giving a variety of
hypnotic inductions to deal with the issue with which the CD concerns
itself (over two hours of material).
(2)
My voice will be accompanied by original recordings of Baroque
music, which stimulates the creation of alpha waves in the brain,
causing the person listening to enter a very relaxed state conducive to
hypnosis. In order to record that music, I'm working with a conductor
who is assembling a Baroque orchestra, an organist and a pianist who
will perform and be recorded especially for the creation of this series
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(3)
Each CD kit will also contain a 12-page workbook filled with upto-date and useful information about solutions to the problem the
person wants to overcome.
(4)
Each CD kit will contain a laminated colour sheet of
affirmations which the person can stick on the wall and see every
single day.
(5)
A free gift will be offered to each person ordering a CD.
(Haven't figured out yet what that will be yet, but.)
(6)
Every CD kit includes a lifetime money-back guarantee (classic
risk-reversal), so that the client can return it at any time in the
future for a full refund.
Once the CD kits are actually produced, the next step is marketing and
distributing them both directly and to retailers. Reading the works of
Jay Abraham has already given me plenty of ideas about that - and
perhaps next year I'll e-mail you with details of how precisely those
ideas have been applied.
Many thanks for an excellent education.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
Yours sincerely
David Botsford
Clinical Hypnotherapist
Corporate Medical Services Ltd
10 Harley Street,
London W1G 9PF, UK
Size: 1 person
Type: Hypnotherapy and (soon) self-hypnsois CD kits
Phone: 00 44 (0)20 7467 8461
Fax: 00 44 (0)20 7467 8312

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176.

David T. Briner

----- Original Message ----From: David T. Briner

To: Jay Aabraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:30 PM

Jay:
Well, let's see...I was introduced to you and your "Discover
Your Secret Wealth" tape set in early 1994, after I was laid
off from AT&T. I was wondering what to do with my life. I
had just been let go from a big company that was taking severe
advantage of their employees. My top income for the year
there was $16,800.00. Embarrassing, I know. Anyway, I
listen over and over to Jay's "Discover Your Secret Wealth"
Tape set and found an amazing quality in myself. I had been
working in the Audio/Video/Computer production field all my life,
and finally realized, after listening to Jay's tapes, that I had
all the knowledge it took to form my own business in Not only
the Audio/Video field, but the computer and Web Design field
also. Now, the internet was just starting and I had no idea
how to do the things that was being done. But I took another
job in the Computer Graphics Design field...I was hired because
I was the 1st to apply for the job...that was lucky...because
the only graphic design knowledge I had was a computer
AutoCAD class that I took in 1991 just before I took the job
at AT&T. But for 3 hard years of barely making any money
again, (top dollar $20,850 for the last year) I learned programs
such as Photoshop, Animator Pro, Premiere and 3D Studio.
These were all Graphic Design and multimedia software to work
with the computer and the Web. But it was Jay Abraham's
tapes that inspired me to take this job and learn all I could to

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become my own boss in the Audio/Video/Computer Training/Web

Design field...this is where I am today.
Also, I had just bought Jay's "Getting All You Can from What
You've Got" tape set and it has helped me tremendously with my
own clients. I am presently with a client that didn't believe
that Web Design can take 3-4 months to get the site up and
most of the way completed...She thought that I was just being
wishy-washy with her...so...after listening to Jay's tape again,
I took to business to her place...she had a new computer, she
could see what I am doing, she could observe me and watch me
in action while building it...right with her beside me. She now
knows that it is a lot of work and a lot of research is involved
and typing...along with picture editing, resizing, upload time,
etc. But I turned a negative into a positive by just suggesting
that I show her, at her convenience, what is involved in the
building of her web site. We are now closer, more comfortable,
getting more money from her, and keeping her satisfied. Jay,
YOU ARE THE MAN!!! Thank you.
David T. Briner
http://www.swvideo.org
http://www.wbnr.org
http://www.5linx.net/SouthwestVideo
http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/davidbriner
http://www.mymagicpromo.com/suite10644/ads

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177.

David Deutsch

From: David Deutsch

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:45 PM
Dear Jay,
When I first read your material, I worked at an advertising agency.
Largely because of what I learned from you, I was inspired and able to
quit that job and go on to become one of the most successful (and
highly paid) direct response writers in the country.
Recently, eager for more challenges, I accepted a job as Creative
Director of a large national direct response firm.
Many thanks.

I couldn't have done it without you.

David Deutsch
3111 Kenmore Road
Richmond, Virginia

23225

My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my

testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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178.

David dOrton-Gibson

----- Original Message ----From: David d'Orton-Gibson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:55 AM
Several years ago I ran a residential letting agency. We produced an
in-house newsletter for our landlords. Driving home one evening
listening to one of Jay's tapes I realised that the newsletter could
itself be a product of interest to other agents. We tested
conservatively (25 in the first mailing!!) and found interest. We
built up this side and it opened the door to other activities. The
letting business is deregulated (in the UK) and generally works on a
low margin because of the competition. You can imagine my surprise
when we calculated that although we only charged GBP20 per newsletter,
we were making 75percent profit net of production costs.
The only limit was the point where mailing costs could not be justified
by the revenue. We have therefore switched tactics and now promote the
product from the courses. This eliminates promotional costs and even
allows us to run courses at a loss, knowing that if we can get new
clients in the door the back end profitability will justify it. All
our products are now primarily promoted this way.
The production of this product has led us into many other areas. We
have expanded into training courses, consultancy, a help line, model
documentation, an internet newsletter and website (to drive down cost
still further) and other things. This has built a parthenon of
different income streams, the best of which pay us every year
regardless. We are now expanding this outside lettings and into more
general work with demand for software and general management training.
All our products use risk reversal, everything has an unconditional
money back guarantee and in thousands of transactions over the last few
years I can only think of one occasion where I felt this was abused
(but look at what it achieved!). Some specific risk reversals included
guaranteeing course delegates that THEY would think the course was
worth at least five times the price or they should ask for their money
back. There have been several times where we have gone beyond our
promise. For example of pair of delegates were about one hour late for
a half day seminar. They said they could not follow the map (60 others
managed OK). They did not ask for a refund but we sent them one anyway
so that they would feel positive and to win the back end profitability.
We are also taking some of our products and bundling them with other
vendors non competing products where they sell into the same market.
They now sell the product and we have no risk, just additional upside.
Indeed we no longer run the original business as we recognised that
with a finite resource of time we could make more money selling our
knowledge, skills and systems rather than applying them in the market.
From a small local letting agents we are now one of the top national
providers of lettings information. The turnover on the new business
has now grown to similar level to the lettings business (after 12 years
of growth). However we only have about a third of the staff involved

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and it is much more profitable. With less staff I earn 50% more and
the business is still far more profitable. What good news.
As you can see we apply a range of ideas and practises, and we are
always studying to try and find ways of using further tools. We see no
end to the process of learning. For example, we are about to try some
of the referral ideas given on the tape. We recognise that one good
idea will easily cover the cost of the tape, many times you get more
than one good idea (though it gets harder the more you already use!).
Best wishes
David d'Orton-Gibson
TFP

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179.

David Harber

----- Original Message ----From: David Harber

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:58 PM
Hi Jay,
Quite honestly, I was way too busy to accomplish this but it was important to me that I do so. I
truly feel that I owe you quite a bit for helping me and my business these past two years since I
discovered you. In some small way I hope that the attached testimonial begins to repay you for
the things I have learned and the guidance you have given..
My business would not be what it is today if it were not for the countless hours I have spent listening to Jay
Abraham tapes and reading his books. Many of the lessons I learned were not instilled right away and
certainly not from hearing a tape the first time (or even the second). The Jay Abraham "mind set" has taken
me over a year to learn but the time I spent assimilating the information has paid off tremendously. The
"Eureka!" grasp of the Abraham non-traditional marketing mindset will catapult both your business and
your personal life like nothing you have ever seen. I don't know if I will ever master the mind set but I
know one thing... if Jay is talking than I am listening.
I sell collectibles via the Internet, casino collectibles to be specific. With the events of September 11th and
the subsequent downturn of the economy, our industry suffered greatly. Let's face it; collectibles are not
something that one "needs" when they're not even sure if they'll have a job the next week. Like most of my
competitors our sales were down 40% from mid-September through October. Unlike my competitors
though, we bounced back rather quickly and were back to "normal" by mid-November. While my
competitors were complaining and sulking about the lack of sales, we were as busy as ever. How you ask?
By simply incorporating one of Jay's ideas ("Private Customer Sale" letter) and utilizing his backend
principles. We contacted the 2,866 previous customers that had purchased from us over the seven years we
had been in business. We honestly & truthfully explained our predicament, made them a value-laden offer
and watched our mailbox overflow with orders. This one letter was responsible for close to $11,000 in
sales that I know we would not have had otherwise. It was a boost that was much needed at a time when
we didn't even know if our business would survive.
Thanks to Jay, I developed my USP. A critical component of our USP is our full one-year guarantee. I've
had this guarantee for several years now and my competitors think I'm nuts (even though not a single
customer has ever taken advantage of it!). What the competition does not understand but we do are Jay's
"risk reversal" theories.
Jay taught me that there are three (and only three) ways to build a business. In my "pre-Jay" days I only
tried to get new customers. Even though they (thankfully) did, I never consciously considered trying to get
my preexisting customers to order more often or offering them incentives to buy more each time they did
place an order. As they say "Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then". I was fortunate that
the backend was being developed without any conscious effort on my part however once I became aware of
its implications, the backend soared and has been critically crucial to the success of our business.
I've taken the principles of Leverage and Marginal Net Worth to heart. Through my own experience it has
been proven to me that if I give value, great service, show kindness and keep an ongoing line of
communication open to a customer he will be back time and time again. Not only is the lifetime value of a
customer very important but also often not talked about is the lifetime referral value of a customer.
Satisfied customers do tell their friends and associates that they were treated fairly, kindly and with respect.

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I've learned to keep my eyes open for new opportunities and to always try to put myself into the buyers
shoes. I have found that the Golden Rule applies to business, I treat my customers the way I want to be
treated when I am a customer. Each of us is continually a customer of one business or another. Make a
conscious effort to take note of how you are treated and what a business does (or does not do) for you to
remain a happy customer.
Breaking the rules is not only OK but also often you are richly rewarded for doing so. I stopped selling an
expected, low-margin line of products that I figured took about 35% of my time but only resulted in 18% of
my sales. My competitors thought my business would fail by dropping this "crucial" line. After an initial
(and expected) drop in sales our business has since quickly increased its sales and bottom line by
emphasizing the other lines that we are still carrying. I have found that there's definitely something to
developing your niche by streamlining and narrowing your focus rather than trying to be all things to (in
our case) all collectors.
Then there's the most important lesson that I learned from Jay, testing and analyzing buying habits. I'm
continually "crunching" the numbers. When a person visits my web site, I know the chance he will make a
purchase and the chance he will sign up for my newsletter. If he does make an order, I know how much he
will spend on average, what the chances are that he will make a second order and what the chances are that
he will make at least six orders in the upcoming twelve months (my definition of an "ideal customer"). By
knowing what a web site visitor means to my business I know how many advertising dollars I can spend to
get him to stop by in the first place. By incorporating Jay's backend principles I know that I can actually
break even or even lose a little money on the first sale and more than make it up with a customer's
subsequent purchases.
With testing I have learned that even a small and simple change to your advertising strategy can have a
profound impact on your business. For instance I changed the order of several words on a banner ad. It
went from a 0.3% click-through rate to 2.6%. I've had even better results with an e-mail that we sent to a
lead list. We changed the headline and went from a 40% open rate to an 82% open rate. Staggering
differences because of a simple change. Now I understand why Jay drills this in his listeners/ readers...
continual testing is paramount to a successful business.
Thanks to Jay's ideas, we have started a reciprocal joint venture with a similar non-competing business a
few months ago that holds quite a bit of promise and benefit to each of us. I've learned the power of
bartering and have used it at least a half dozen times to purchase items that I needed at a fraction of their
original price. In these cases the idea of a mutually beneficial relationship has become a reality and has
encouraged me to seek more.
Since 1995, I've built three successful, income producing web sites. In those seven years we have sold over
1.4 million dollars worth of merchandise through our home based web stores. We are not getting "rich" but
I was able to quit my job and my wife able to quit hers. We comfortably work from home and are able to
spend the time with our daughter to raise her the way that we see fit. There are no traffic jams getting to
work, no boss telling us what to do or how to do it, our time is our own. Shortly, I will be starting a fourth
website, a consulting service (VegasWebCoach.com) to teach other Internet based businesses how we
succeeded. My clients will definitely receive value. I will shorten their learning curve; I will expose them
to the principles that we have embodied and the Internet marketing techniques that have worked for us (and
those that have not). Most importantly, I will turn them on to the greatest marketer on the face of the
planet, Jay Abraham.
To a reader who is contemplating a new business, I have these suggestions, most if not all components of
the Abraham mind set. Develop your USP and know your numbers. Don't be afraid to break the rules and
to try new ideas. Fully & completely understand the lifetime value of a customer, the lifetime referral
value of a customer and always think long term. Offer an incredible and far reaching guarantee for without
repeat satisfied customers you have little if anything. Recognize new ideas, relate them to your business,
understand their implications and then take the giant leap and make the effort to actually put them into
place. Treat your customers as you would a family member. Develop a deep, caring relationship and have
empathy for them and they will remain totally loyal to your business despite ANYTHING that your

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competitors may do to try to lure them away from you. Keep a positive mental attitude and always believe
from the bottom of your heart that you will succeed & prosper. Most importantly, always keep reading &
learning and ALWAYS keep attuned to the ideas of Jay Abraham.
The bottom line: through ideas I've implemented and the mind set I have acquired I can directly correlate
approximately $1,200.00 a month that falls directly to our bottom line as a result of changes that I made
since I began listening to the Jay Abraham tapes. But remember listening is not enough; ideas must be
turned into action!
To Jay all I can say is "Thank You!". Both my business and I have been enriched by your ideas, theories
and mindset....
David Harber
Cheques in the Mail, Inc
(702) 877-0460

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180.

David Snowden

----- Original Message ----From: "David Snowden" <[email protected]>

To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:50 PM

David Snowden & Associates

Consulting Engineers 1536 Ashby St. Westland, MI 48186
734.729.6997
E-mail [email protected]
August 2, 2002
To: Jay Abraham
From: David Snowden
Topic: Referrals, backends, and over delivering mind sets
Growing backend through over delivering to referrals.
I started by asking my existing clients. The end of the project if they know of other people of their quality
(words from the tape about the Australian Dentist). That would benefit for my service (permits for new
expansions where air permits are required).
About a week later, with talking to one of my smaller accounts, I got a call from someone that he had
referred to me about renting some air flow measurement equipment.
The referral wanted to measure the airflow out of two exhaust stacks that were to be replaced with a new
single air conditioner.
I knew from renting this type of equipment myself that the daily rental cost was $80 to $100 a day. I
offered a rated of $75 and the idea here was to three fold.

Add another name of an industrial client to my client list

By them renting from me I would get a vendor number and be in their purchasing system and
to provide additional list of my services.
To get into the plant and ask some of the key questions that I learned from you in my ULMRL
marketing program, to flush out other possible areas where I could provide services and try to
meet others at the plant I could follow up on later.

The new client needed the air flow meter in two days. I showed up at the plant 15 minutes ahead of time
and drove around the facility so that I could see the side of the facility. I met with the client and confirmed
the Purchase Order number and got the buyers name and telephone number. I asked the client if he knew
how to use the equipment, I noticed that he was a little hesitant so I offered to show him how to use the
equipment. So we went to the roof, and I showed him how the flow meter worked. We measured both the
stacks that he needed to measure.
As a follow up I faxed him a letter report showing the size of the stacks, the airflow rates for each stack,
and some other data that I was able to measure while I was there.

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One week late I did a follow up phone call to see if there was any need for my primary service. I was asked
to bid on an air permit for modifying a existing process. I was bidding against the firm they had been using
for more than three years and it is a large national firm.
Two days after the bid deadline, I followed up to see if there were any questions (and to see if the long
copy proposals was working) I was told that I was 20% or higher than the national firm.
I explained that I had been working with the local agency people for years and I knew that if I gave the
agency personnel information in the format they were used to seeing, Before that the permit had a much
better chance of going through faster there by allowing his plant to start sooner. There by allowing the
plant to start operations sooner, there by generating profits sooner.
The next week I got a call to come in and sit down and talk about the permitting project. I was awarded the
contract. The engineering manager told me that he was impressed by the letter report on the airflow
measurements. And that the proposal (long copy) for the air permit was the first time in three years that he
actually understood what was involved in putting an air permit together.
After finishing the permit project I also asked the engineering manager for referrals of his same quality. He
never did get back with me with any names. However, he did call me when he got promoted to a higherlevel position at another plant. I continued to do five other projects with the original plant engineer.
Additionally, the engineering manager asked me to help on a new air permit project, a sound reduction
project (I did another joint venture with another small firm), ISO 14000 project, hood design, and a new
production line permit.
In less than 24 months this approach has taken me from a $25 loss and a 5-hour marketing effort to more
than $28,850 from both plants and becoming one of two approved environmental vendors.
The concepts and mindset helps one think to look for opportunities to serve and grow ones business. The
bottom line secret is: ask for referrals and sell by telling (long copy).
My statement is true and provable and you may feel free to use this in your promotional and marketing
endeavors.
Warmly,
David Snowden
President

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181.

David Spaulding

----- Original Message ----From: David Spaulding

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:11 AM
Dear Jay,

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share with you some of the ways your
methods have helped my business.
I was first introduced to you via Tony Robbins. I recall distinctly the day I received your
packet, with Tony's endorsement on the cover. Had his endorsement not appeared, I most
likely wouldn't have gone any further -- it was a Saturday and I had lots to do and the
idea of sitting down reading all of your materials appeared a bit overwhelming. But, I
perservered. Your risk-free offer to attend an event in LA sold me, so I was willing to
"commit" to the $5,000 fee. Am I ever glad.
Since that time, I have attended a second LA event plus availed myself of many of your
other products over the years. And, I enjoy your letters -- even the ones I am unable to
respond to. Your letters alone are worth a lot of money, as they contain the seeds of your
methods of communication.
One of the major things you got me to do was to truly value my services. At the time of
our first encounter, I was billing $1,200 per day. Well, I decided that my time was worth
more, so I've steadily ratched up that fee to its present rate of $3,000. And, no one
challenges this fee (meaning that it may be time for another increase?). And when
someone asks me to come in for just a half day, I tell them that it's not worth my time, but
that I'll have to charge a premium, and they gladly accept it.
As for techniques, the one we use the most is the "risk reversal" method. For example,
four years ago we introduced a membership group, which has two "chapters" -- North
America and Europe. These are professionals in the investment performance industry
(one of the major areas our firm supports). Members meet twice a year in Europe, and
twice a year in North America (e.g., this year's spring meetings were in Oslo and Boston;
the Fall will be in Vienna and Chicago). The annual fee is $5,000. We offer the folks to
come, experience a meeting with us. If they decide after that meeting that the group isn't
for them, then we'll refund the money. We feel this makes their decision easier. So far,
no one has turned us down and we've made hundreds of thousands of dollars on this!
We also use the risk reversal approach with consulting. Just yesterday, I told a prospect
that after the first day of the assignment, if they decide I'm not for them, we won't charge
them. I think this has helped on multiple assignments.
Your ideas have encouraged me to branch out from the only business I was in years ago
(consulting) to publishing (we are in our sixth year of publishing The Journal of
Performance Measurement -- a quarterly publication with subscribers throughout the
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world; we also published a guide book this year and will soon publish our first book),
training (we currently offer three classes - again, with the "risk reversal" approach),
research (via industry surveys), and, of course, the forum.
Our marketing materials generally match up (we believe) quite well with your approach.
We have liberally borrowed from your concepts as they are often perfect fits for our
materials. We try to tell the whole story, so people fully understand what we're offering.
While I can't offer a specific number that can be attributed directly to the application of
your methods, it's clearly well into the six figures -- possibly into the seven figures.
Thanks, Jay!
Best wishes,
David Spaulding
President,
The Spaulding Group, Inc.
www.SpauldingGrp.com
(732) 873-5700
33 Clyde Road, Suite 103
Somerset, NJ 08873

P.S. My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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182.

David White

----- Original Message ----From: David White

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:15 AM

Dear Jay
Over the last few years of following your practices I have had many
revelations based on what I learnt from your X Factor seminar in
Heathrow, London.
The power of pre eminence has been one of the greatest lessons.
This is not to be confused with the concept of fake it till you make it.
The key to pre-eminence as always is to believe in the qualities of
your business, for it to become real. To implement the power of pre
eminence means that you will need to position your business at the
top of your market, you will find that you have to produce materials
that support the positioning, whether it is your web site, your direct
mail or advertising.
It is more than just writing words on paper. The concept needs to
transfer into actions and deliverables. If you believe that your
business is the best, imagine your business as the market leader, you
will tend to find ways that focus on delivering excellence and value to
prove you are the best. The power of pre-eminence becomes a self
fulfilling prophecy.
A great spin off from the power of pre-eminence is that in focusing,
and in writing out your materials you can find smaller and larger
services to offer and you can charge premium rates. These
'discoveries' can be used to package or add value to your core
delivery so that the consumer gets added value, better value for
money and a better perception of you as a supplier.
Pre-eminence also allows you to charge premium rates and to be
seen as the preferred supplier during tougher times, as you also
appear to be the supplier who cares most, who has solutions for more
angles, and as a result concomitant sales.

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The power of pre-eminence is to enable you to present all the best

elements that a buyer is looking for in any market. You can use the
power of pre-eminence in all sorts of different ways. After first sorting
out your own head and getting close to determining the future, you'll
find that you can re-use a number of the elements that you discover.
One particular aspect to focus on is the buying criteria of a prospect,
if you can embody or package those elements in your offering, your
conversion rate will increase as will your income and profitability.
Usefully you will create a body of work that will help you again and
again.
Just by thinking you are the best, you will become the best. Napoleon
Hill.
I kept one company profitably trading for two years after its main
clients had switched to other services due to a personnel change.
The company still exists today and I still organise its marketing. We
would definitely have died and gone to heaven much sooner if we
had not adopted the pre-eminent strategy.
More recently I have taken a start up company from no where with no
funds to dealing with over 60 global brands in less than two years.
David White
WebOptimiser Ltd
0800 614421 (UK)
+44 2079537118 (Overseas)
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to
use my testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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183.

Del Ball

----- Original Message ----From: Del Ball

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:49 AM
Testimonial:
Using the Jay Abraham and Chet concepts of "Preempting the Competition" and "Unique Selling
Proposition" we have doubled our close ratio during tough economic times. We took a look at our
competitors offering then designed our marketing message to preempt the competition by showing that we
are the only logical choice, and by educating the customer on how to buy our products and services. The
preempt of the competition is weaved through all of our messages including prospecting scripts, needs
analysis, unique selling proposition, and close. One concept from Jay
and Chet has made a tremendous impact on our business.
Regards,
Del Ball
Opportunity Management, Inc.

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184.

Denis Backhouse

----- Original Message ----From: Denis Backhouse

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:56 AM
G'day from Australia, Jay. I hope you are well.
I owe you an eternal debt of gratitude for freeing me from the rat race forever!
I bought your tape set "Your Secret Wealth" and loved it. I talked to everybody who would listen, and
some who wouldn't, and a few did some stuff and it worked, and they shared some small dollars with me.
So I gained confidence.
Then I saw an ad from Chris Newton at Results Corporation. He wanted marketing staff. I wrote him a
classic "Risk Reversal" letter, and got the job.
Wow! To be exposed to Chris' corporate library of Abraham and just about everybody else! Wow!
I listened to every Aussie Boot Camp, I devoured Quantum Leap, I read and re-read Stealth Marketing.
Chris hit a downturn, and I was on my own (along with all the team at Results!) ... Best thing that could
have happened.
I worked out who were my "To Die For" clients, then went after them. Got the first one! Fantastic guy!
As an ex-Results client, he understood marketing. Went to work with him on a work-from-home
consultancy basis. Negotiated a partial Risk Reversal ... Tim covered my phone and mail costs, and I get a
percentage of profits I made.
Tim's company marketed tax-effective agricultural investments ... Basically you invested in a share of
running a BIG farm (a little over 6000 acres), growing olives for table and oil, and shared the profits.
Australia has some neat depreciation laws for farmers, so your investment was 67% tax-deductible in Year
1, Balance over Years 2 and 3. Predicted returns 27.44% pa. for 25 years. A good deal for people with tax
problems.
Tim had a great system to bring in "Retail" clients ... Mums and Dads who responded directly to newspaper
advertising and some press coverage of Open Days at the farm. And he had a great team to service those
enquiries one-on-one.
I looked for leverage. I found it in a letter from an investor's accountant. He asked that all correspondence
about the investment be directed to him, so he could keep the client's accounts together. Bingo!
How many accountants had clients with tax problems? (Paying too much tax)
All I had to do was contact them and announce that Tim's product would solve all their problems, Right?
Wrong ... as it turned out!
A trial mailout ... Phone, Mail, Phone ... taught me that accountants in Australia generally do not seek to
minimise their clients tax bill. They are conservative "bean counters', happy to simply keep books and
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But ... By asking questions, I discovered the role of Financial Planners was to save tax dollars. So I test
mailed some of them. Phone, Mail, Phone again.
(I explain Phone, Mail, Phone in a minute.)
Still LOTS of resistance, but I discovered that most financial planners were "under the umbrella" of one of
about 20 larger Australian financial planning companies.
More Phone, Mail, Phone, to discover who the decision makers were in these 20 "houses", or companies.
I was getting excited now, as the potential for leverage was increasing exponentially as I rose up the
hierarchical tree!
To shorten the story, four of the "houses' came on board, and we wound up getting about $2.4 million in
sales from people who otherwise wouldn't have responded to Tim's advertising ... But they trusted their
Financial Planner!
I wound up pocketing about $38 000 for my efforts. Not a lot in Abraham terms, but more than I had ever
earned in so little time.
In a nutshell ... Basic Business Analysis first and foremost. Look for leverage. Mutually Beneficial
Relationships. Who can I help to make money by endorsing my product to the clients they have spent a
fortune on gaining and nurturing?
Secondly ... Strategy. Test, test, test. I saved a lot by not rolling out a full-scale campaign to accountants.
That test showed me that was a barren market. Same with the financial planners. Better response, but I
learned about THEIR head office controls. Basically most of them wouldn't move without the OK from
Head Office guys. I needed that OK.
So I went to the Head Office honchos who could make decisions on what products got endorsed.
I'd love to say that I was blindingly successful. I wasn't!
I discovered yet another "layer of skin" on this "onion" I was peeling.
One, Just one (!) Company that specialised in the analysis of just about every sort of investment product
that was marketed in Australia (Population only just over 16 Million, remember! Tiny!) And they had
NEVER endorsed a single agricultural investment as long as they had been in existence. And basically the
other 16 Head Offices took their guidance from this ONE analyst company.
We tried, but they never so much as considered it worth coming to inspect the plantation ... Which just
happened to be the biggest, most technologically advanced, and managed in Australia!
But I was persistent. I had built relationships with most of the 16 compliance Managers in those
companies, and I positioned myself as their source of information about Olive plantations. And
approaching Christmas 1999, One of them cracked ... one of the biggies, and agreed to come and inspect
the plantation in the New Year.
I knew when they actually saw the results "on the ground" they could not help but be impressed ... You
HAD to see it. It was amazing!
After Christmas, I phoned him, in high expectation.
"Sorry Denis," he told me "Timbercorp (Australia's biggest and best-regarded eucalyptus plantation
manager) has just announced that they are opening a big olive plantation. Because we have over seven
years experience with them and their products, we are going with Timbercorp Olives!"

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A series of calls to my other contacts brought the same story, or that there was no change, they wouldn't
endorse olives at all.
I had run my race. Nowhere else to go! Time to say "Thank You" to Tim, and move on. Not a bad result.
We all made money, but it could have been fantastic!
But at least now I had some serious runs on the board! I went after my Number 2 "To Die For" client.
Now here is where sheer luck plays a part. As it turns out, if I had have approached him any time up until
when I did, he would have told me he was perfectly happy with his General Manager, who was also his
Marketing Manager.
But right at the time I approached him, Henry was very dissatisfied with his present manager. Sales were
down and trending further down, and no plans were in place to rectify the situation. He had JUST decided
a change was due ... and here I was!
I had also done some research into Henry's company with one of his distributors, whom I knew well. I
knew that the company marketing was basically hopeless, with just about zero close and personal contact
with the end users, because the products were sold through distributors in each State in Australia.
They had no idea of who were their end users, by name and address. Only the bulk figures, State-by-State.
The products were (and still are) prescription-grade natural medicines, to be prescribed only by MDs, or
registered practitioners of Natural Therapies ... Naturopaths, Chiropractors and the like.
I knew them to be efficacious, and I knew Henry to be the "Old Man" of Australian Naturopathy. Although
only in his mid-50's, He had an awesome reputation as a Naturopath stretching back some 30+ years, and
was still well-recognised as one of Australia's top formulators of therapeutic products.
I used the Jay Abraham question ... "What did you do when you were starting out?"
Turns out Henry was everywhere. He did seminars. Radio Shows. He was the hotline for his products
even before we had hotlines. And he visited his distributors as they grew, and took a personal interest in
their businesses. High Touch.
I asked him what happened. "We grew" he replied. "And I grew tired of being everything and
everywhere!".
I looked at ways we could rebuild that "High Touch" using "High Tech".
The company was toying with another seminar series around the country, but Henry wasn't enthusiastic.
But an analysis of his monthly turnovers revealed a clear jump whenever he did a seminar in a particular
state capital.
(Please remember that Australia is really a series of cities of 1.5M to 3.5M people, surrounded by not very
much! ... So the populations are concentrated in the cities)
This "jump" would drift back to the annual mean over about 3 to 5 months, and then slowly decline a little
more until he did his annual "round" again.
I figured that if we could increase the contact to about every 3 months maximum, we could keep the
income curve nudged up closer to the seminar peaks. That should give around a 33% increase in turnover,
for some quick credibility, and give me some time to get in place some other longer-term measures to build
more pillars to this marketing "Parthenon" ... another Abraham analogy!

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Telephone conferencing was the answer. Some people in the company had wanted to try this, but the
previous manager was apparently very half-hearted about it, and set unrealistic prices for practitioners to
link up, and wanted to limit the numbers of listeners per telephone conference! Crazy!
We calculated an average hard cost to run the calls ... around $22 Australian per participant. We found out
that Telstra, our major Telco, had all the systems to work with us. They would put Henry and I on "Speak",
and all the participants on "Listen Only".
That overcame the problems of 100 listeners coughing, wriggling, answering mobile phones etc.
throughout the conference.
Humourous aside ... We had forgotten Henry's beautiful genuine Bavarian Cuckoo Clock in his study!
Promptly on the hour, it stuck its head out and informed all listening that it was Eight - O - Cuckoo! We
didn't make THAT mistake again!
And ... Telstra has a beautiful system for question "Queueing". Participants registered to ask a question by
pressing "hash" on their phone. Telstra registered them in order, and come question time, there they were
... One after the other, in the same order as the questions occured to them. No cross talk. No interruptions.
To ask their question, Telstra would announce the callers name, and switch their line to "Talk" and away
they would go. When the question was dealt with, they would revert to "Listen Only", and the next
questioner would come on lone. Beautiful system. Worked like a charm!
As an added bonus, Telstra would audiotape the whole conference for us for a trivial sum, and send us the
master tape. Terrific!
We now had tapes to send out as a bonus to all participants ... a lovely and unexpected bonus that came a
couple of weeks after the teleconference, along with a bundle of up-to-date informative material on the
latest research and products available.
Sales-wise it also worked beautifully. Sales figures got the nudge we planned for and turnover lifted for the
first time in three or four years.
The round of seminars was also a big success. Henry's team at the office did a magic job of putting
together a PowerPoint presentation of his talk for him, and all he had to do was "Click" and talk to the
slide. No more notes needed for him. And he is a brilliant and well-respected speaker in his highly
specialised biochemical and nutritional fields.
But for me, the seminars and telephone conferences were a means to an end. You see, the company had
been mailing out expensive packages to over 4000 practitioners 4 or 5 times a year. Around $3 hard cost
per package ... $12 000 per mailout, four times a year! Big Bucks!
From some basic research into the average turnover of a Natural Therapies Practitioner in Australia, I
concluded that at max. about 1000 to 1500 were buying Henry's products ... Not 4000-plus! But who were
they? Which 1000 to 1500?
The seminars and telephone conferences gave us the names, addresses, and most importantly the E-Mail
addresses of the 1200 or so practitioners who had attended or listened in. Gotcha! I was betting these were
Henry's "hard core" purchasers.
Now to test it.
We set up a decent database, using a brilliant client management system written by a Naturopath here in
Brisbane, and trained a dedicated database manager ... a talented but unabitious IT graduate, who was
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In fact, we set up 2 databases. "Our Faithful" as we termed them, and "The Cold Group" as we termed all
those who had not attended or listened in.
In the next regular quarterly newsletter mailout to the "Cold Group" we announced that we were updating
our mailing database, and could they please confirm by email that their current postal address was correct.
We told them that failure to so confirm would mean that we would assume that their mail was no longer
reaching them, and that they would be dropped from the mailing list.
In fact, we repeated this exercise twice, but once would have been enough, I now believe. The response to
the second reminder was so small as to be insignificant. They would probably have remembered when the
mailing DIDN'T arrive and would have contacted us anyway, saving some $9 000!
For "Our Faithful", of course, we loved them to death! We improved the Hotline facility. We swapped
some staff around to jobs they felt better suited to, but could never have asked the previous manager, whose
word was law!
We improved the quality and frequency of up-to-date research findings that we disseminated. We could do
a LOT with the $30 - plus thousand we had saved on the wasted mailouts! It paid for our IT man, and left
some over!
The bottom line was that in about 8 months, income was up by a steady $60 000 a month ... Almost exactly
the 33% I believed we could achieve!
I took about $40 000 fees out of that 8 months. I was ready to do more, but the company accountant
thought it unconscionable that anyone in the company should earn more than him, and vetoed any more
"marketing" expenditure. I discovered that I had underestimated his influence with the boss ...To be frank
... had never even given it a thought! I naively thought that as long as I was pushing up sales, they would
love me! Not so. The accountant looked at my potentially earning over $120 000 a year PART - TIME, 3
times his salary, and got out the samuri sword!
So we learn and move on. I'm now working with Geoff and Paul, a couple of property investment
geniuses, organising and marketing their seminars.
Total Risk Reversal ... I pay all the marketing and venue costs, they pay for the seminar manuals. get 27%
of the take.
I've taken my personal income from $8000 net from the first seminar, to $19 000 net by seminar 2, and
heading on up as I learn to trim my costs ... what works, what doesn't.
No "Rocket Science". Just good old Abraham "Give in order to Receive" (Actually I believe the basic
concept was given a couple of thousand years ago, but Jay applied it to marketing, rather than spiritual
matters!)
They were "sorta" doing all the right things, but there was just not enough time in their busy days of
buying, renovating, building and managing properties to manage seminars. And seminars represented a
tiny fraction of their income (back then). I've about doubled that figure for them.
More good free stuff on the website.
Track where bookings are coming from and concentrate on those sources.
Free air and paper exposure. That was easy because the guys are newsworthy.
Geoff (one partner) writes a great column in the Australian Property Investor, Australia's most respected
property magazine. This alone has built him huge credibility. I just have to ride on that cred. with a simple
ad. that follows his article.

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We get people to email us for EVERYTHING. And I capture every email address for our database. Very,
very few ask to be removed, because we keep our contact emails short, and valuable ... Usually pointing
folk at a web address for the full story.
Love email.. Costs next to zip, and our clients are almost all onto it. I've cut our postal budget almost to
nothing ... about $100 a month. But we keep in touch with over 2000 clients around Australia on a regular
basis.
And me! I love what Geoff and Paul do. I've personally profited by over $70 000 in a year, doing their
cookie-cutter property renovations in my spare time, so I can talk enthusiastically about what they teach.
And I listen when callers ring in. I ask them where THEY are at, then tell them how the seminar will
benefit them.
High tech - High Touch. That's the marriage made in Heaven! I'm not there yet, but with some more of
Jay's simple tools ... I'm on my way.
Hope that's useful, Jay.
Love ya lots for what you've given me! ... Freedom, confidence, tools nobody can take away as long as my
brain functions (please God!)
If you need more info, or clarification, email me, or call me if you want ... + 61 7 3269 0408 ... Just
remember the time difference please! One of Corey Rudl's support guys once called me from Canada at
1.55am Brisbane time to chat about a Mailloop challenge I was having! At 1.55am I have a challenge
finding the bathroom!
With my very best regards, and everlasting respect and gratitude,
Denis Backhouse.
Brisbane Australia.

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185.

Doc Clinic

----- Original Message ----From: Doc Clinic

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:01 PM
Jay,
The following is one example of great success that we achieved just
using one simple idea and concept that you have taught us.
One facet of our medical practice is focused on weight loss. In the
past, the Holiday months of November and December have pretty much been
abysmal. Nothing we tried to increase new patients or restart previous
patients on the program seemed to work during these months. Regardless
of the amount of advertising we committed the numbers basically stayed
unchanged.
This past year however, that changed. I was reminded of your lifetime
value of a client concept and a particular story where you had
suggested a company give their entire 1st sales profit to the salesman
for bringing long-term high lifetime value customers to the business.
That idea coupled with a wonderful reminder of the value of current and
previous client values gave me the following concept. Normally, when a
patient restarts the weight loss program we give them a slight discount
off the weight work-up which is our initial testing. A patient, not
over their lifetime, but just over a single weight loss time period
will generally spend anywhere from 6 to 20 times that amount.
So to all of our past patients that had not been in the last year we
mailed a letter explaining to them how much we missed seeing them as a
patient and how much we would like to work with them and help them if
they needed us. Also within the letter, we offered to give them the
work-up free if they needed to get back started losing weight with us.
The results were excellent! We had a 13% response to the letter, and
saw a 100% increase in our number of restarts in November and a 400%
increase in our restarts in the month of December. This led not only
to an increase in these months, but we saw a number of our best
patients return to start the program and continue for up to 5 months.
We saw a ten-fold return on the investment we made in giving the
service away free and mailing the letters, and this led to a 38%
increase in our collections for December which has historically been
our weakest month.
This statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use
my testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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186.

Dr. Mercola

----- Original Message ----From: Dr. Mercola

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:20 PM
Jay,
I purchased your Billion Dollar Internet Marketing Home Study course that was held in January 2000. I
believe I received the tapes in March 2000 and I immediately devoured them and listened to them three
times.
They opened my eyes to the network of incredible professionals that had established a solid base of how to
effectively utilize the potential of the Net. They helped me understand the incredible potential of the Net
and provided the motivation to be persistent in my goal of transforming the current dysfunctional health
paradigm.
When I first listened to the tapes, I had a web site for three years in which I posted a free weekly health
newsletter to my subscribers of about 2500 at the time. I was getting about 5-10 new free subscribers a
day.
I slowly applied the techniques and purchased the books the experts at the seminar recommended and
gradually my site became more successful.
Today my site has over 100,000 subscribers with over 300 new subscribers per day and is growing over
300% per year.
I have one of the top ten health web sites on the planet ahead of Harvard and Dr. Koop which had millions
of dollars of VC and rapidly gaining on Mayo Clinic's site. The site is currently the #2 health natural health
site in the world right behind Dr. Atkins who we should pass very shortly. The rankings are at
http://www.mercola.com/2002/jul/24/rankings.htm and in the table below.
The site has allowed me to develop national and international recognition that has resulted in my landing a
first time book publishing contract worth $250,000 from a major publisher and speaking engagements at
some of the major health conferences around the country.
When I first received Jay's tapes my site was not earning anything and it still didn't earn anything for nearly
two more years after listening to the tapes, but this year the income will finally meet expenses which total
about $500,000 and next year we have strategies in place which will likely earn $5 million in revenue with
over 70% of that profit.
Most importantly the materials have allowed me to develop the infrastructure to change the entire western
medical paradigm of medicine which has rapidly grown to one of the top killers in the US.
The site will facilitate independence from the pharmacological dependency that has fostered a 1.5 trillion
dollar health economy that provides very few benefits other than payments to the drug companies.
Dr. Mercola
www.mercola.com
These rankings are updated as of July 24, 2002

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Most Visited Natural Health Content Sites

Name

URL

Rank

Dr. Atkins

www.atkinscenter.com

6,419

Dr. Mercola

www.mercola.com

6,735

Health World Online

www.healthy.net

7,945

Cure Zone

www.curezone.com

11,728

Life Extension Foundation

www.lef.org

11,959

Dr. Weil

www.drweil.com

13,082

Dr. Stoll

www.askwaltstollmd.com

19,781

Prevention Magazine

www.prevention.com

21,745

Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org

33,423

10 Dr. Whitaker

www.drwhitaker.com

38,708

11 Chiro Web

www.chiroweb.com

44,455

12 Chet Day

www.chetday.com

45,700

13 RedFlagsWeekly

www.redflagsweekly.com

46,946

14 La Leche League

www.lalecheleague.org

47,783

15 Dr. Mirkin

www.drmirkin.com

50,920

16 Dr. D'Adamo

www.dadamo.com

52,050

17 Dr. David Williams

www.drdavidwilliams.com

52,468

18 Alternative Medicine

www.alternativemedicine.com 57,128

19 Dr. Grisanti

www.drgrisanti.com

65,143

20 Gary Craig's EFT

www.emofree.com

66,941

21 Dr. Chopra

www.chopra.com

78,929

22 Mothering

www.mothering.com

84,567

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Most Visited Health Content Sites

Name

URL

National Institutes of Health

www.nih.gov

298

WebMD

www.webmd.com

645

Medscape

www.medscape.com

1,950

AMA

www.ama-assn.org

2,981

Health Scout

www.healthscout.com

4,505

New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org

5,205

Mayo Clinic

www.mayoclinic.com

5,880

British Medical Journal

www.bmj.com

6,262

Dr. Atkins

www.atkinscenter.com

6,419

10 Dr. Mercola

www.mercola.com

6,735

11 Harvard's Health Site

www.intellihealth.com

6,896

12 Doctor's Guide

www.docguide.com

7,423

13 Health World Online

www.healthy.net

7,945

14 Dr. Koop

www.drkoop.com

8,126

See Mercola.com's Position in Previous Rankings

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Rank

187.

Dr. Silvia Zsoldos

----- Original Message ----From: Dr. Silvia T. Zsoldos

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 12:58 PM
Dear Jay,
This is to say "thank you" for what your book, Money Making Secrets of Marketing Genius Jay
Abraham and other Marketing Wizards has done for me. I cannot claim that I am a remarkable
success story because of it, because, for anyone else looking at my business, it would not be
such. For me, just staying in business counts as a success, and your book has been
instrumental in helping me to "keep the faith."
Your book, and the steady flow of informative articles in my e-mail, gave me a feeling of
somehow being connected somewhere. I saw your method and came to admire it tremendously.
Before starting in business, the only environment I had ever known was that of academe. As a
60 year old widow at the bottom of the 90's recession, I found that I could not get a job. Age
discrimination was a clear factor. Well, I was convinced of my worth and, so, "hired" myself to
see what I could do.
I cannot say that the Small Business Administration and S.C.O.R.E. were of great help. I tried
this and that until I discovered where my strength - and passion - were. Unfortunately, a series of
family needs kept me working only part time, except in one year when my company's income
topped $100, 000.00. For me this was terrific progress!
I was unwilling to give up and the information in your book was more valuable than almost any
other learning tool I encountered. When I began, I knew absolutely (not an exaggeration) nothing
about the business world. I had to learn all from scratch and on my own. The depth of
knowledge you offered was inspiring.
Today, having last year lost a business partner and this year, having weathered my latest family
crisis, I am starting again. I have a new marketing advisor and the first thing we are focusing on
is the USP (Chapter 6). However, broadly stated, we aim to help people and organizations
improve their managerial and interpersonal skills and, thus, increase employee retention,
productivity, and profit. Yes, I have a couple of long-time clients and have prospects of more.
But, at 72 years young, I have decided to get going more seriously and where would I focus for
advice except on your book? I know I am good and have a lot to offer, so onward with your
advice!
Your call to form a Mastermind was timely for me personally. It is not easy to find people who put
your interests on the front burner and have a sincere willingness to help. I have been aware of
Napoleon Hill's concept but only recently have I begun to find some like-minds. I tried to lead a
Round Table at the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce. While somewhat successful, it
was not the high-level focus that I was looking for. Now, I may have better luck.
Of course, I am flattered to even be considered a part of an "elite." Unfortunately, no way can I
afford $25,000.00 a year! I am returning your qualifying form only because I wanted to take this
opportunity to say thank you.
And, I wanted to point out one more factor. I am in the position occasionally to influence
elementary and secondary school teachers. My subject is "Entrepreneurship." I try to give them
a glimpse of the reality of the business world, especially from the point of view of a small business
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emphasize to them that while skills and knowledge can be acquired, it is attitude that is the
determining factor for success. Your work has affected me and, thus, you are influencing the
next generation second and third hand. This is really YOUR success.
Once more, thank you for the influence you have had on me.
I wish for your continued good health and success.
Sincerely yours,
Silvia T. Zsoldos, Ph.D., CQM
President Success Programs, Inc.
Initiative without "finitiative" is useless.
P.S. - I cannot see that you would want to use my non-remarkable success story anywhere.
Nevertheless, it is true and provable, and you have my permission to use my letter in your
promotional and marketing endeavors.

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188.

Don Roach

----- Original Message ----From: Don Roach

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 7:07 AM
Dear Jay, I'm happy to share with you what I've done with what I learned from you.
This will demonstrate that even though you don't own the business your income can
soar as a result of your teachings.
I used your ideas on joint venturing to bring 2900 people to an event. Subsequent
events, while charging $5 each to pay the performers brought 1400+. The boss I
worked for wouldn't give me any extra budget to try anything except normal
magazine advertising. I sold horse trailers. Now some of these sell upwards to
$96,000. They are equipped with campers/RV's in the front if your not familiar with
them. I concluded that I could "give" the client something they would like for free,
bring in other businesses non completive to me and let them pay for the bills. I put
on a large bazaar and clinic. Many horse related vendors under one roof. I rented
the building, a large indoor arena being only slightly used in Bloomington,
Indiana. I have an Australian friend / horse trainer extronaire that recruited
several other trainer in the non-violent training method to demonstrate and train
the people. They did this at no charge to me . they would get clients from their
demonstration (and did). They also got the training money from the people that
had brought their horses for the event. I also promised and followed through, that
we would charge the following years and they would divide the gate.
The vendors paid a very low fee ($30) average and we sold out of space. We had
stallion owners want to show their horses, so we displayed them and paraded them
at various times during the event. The vendors were hand picked to be attractive to
the wants of the horse people population and no exact duplications of their wares.
This assured that each vendor that supported me in this venture would somewhat
have an exclusive in his or her own area.
Next and this is very important, I contacted all the horse groups. I did a joint
venture with them to put the event in their newsletter or let me mail to their list.
Their booth was free for this exchange and they used it to recruit new members.
This got the word to all the community. We gave the concessions at no charge to a
favorite child's group, The Indiana Junior Rodeo Association. The second year
when we charged at the gate we gave 10% to The Agape Therapeutic Riding Center
for handicapped children. This charity part is important if you want this to
succeed. You must give to get!!!
This was a win-win for everyone involved. We sold 6 trailers at the event and 7
within the next two weeks directly attributed to this event and at a time of the year

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that we sell very few trailers. My income went from $48,000 to $96 000. The
following year $129,000, and $127,000 the following year. Does Jay's stuff work?
You decide. I am working toward my own business so I can learn and earn more.
Thank You Jay Abraham.
This strategy can be used in any group related niche or in a field such as
Automotive. Find out what the customer wants and get it for them, either directly
or by exposing them to it through by getting them there for something else.
Signed,
Don Roach
3315 Old State Rd 37 N
Martinsville, In 46151
home 765 342 1962
cell 317 507 4455

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189.

Doug Crowe

----- Original Message ----From: Doug Crowe

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:23 AM
Dear Jay,
Here it goes;
In early 2000, my partner had developed a "smart" search engine. One that would yield REAL
results on what people were looking for. The technology for this is unique and every time we
tested it against Yahoo, excite, alta vista, etc. our searches came up quicker, more relevant and
WITHOUT all of those irritating ads.
Of course, those irritating ads developed millions in revenue for those companies and earned
them significant market share. With hundreds of thousands of search engines out on the internet,
how could a small company possibly compete?
From our launch in September to our peak in November, we became ranked in the top 100
search engines on the internet. This is no small feat when you compare our extremely small
marketing budget of less than $20,000.
Here is what we did:
We decided at the onset, that TRUE word of mouth advertising works as well on the internet as
with traditional marketing. Our differentiation would have to be so unique that a "buzz" would not
be simply a bonus but a requirement. Our program consisted of the following:
a) We featured a Halloween contest where we gave away 2 used, Cadillac hearses. These
hearses were guaranteed to have carried dead bodies and we promoted the fact that
they were, in fact, "haunted".
b) We offered a small link where people could share this contest with their friends.
c) We purchased a small media buy where the contest would pop up on the twisted humor
web site (targeted).
Our contest was approached by a couple of news shows (radio and TV), we had over 1 million
visitors to the site in under 30 days and the most significant result was that over 40% of each
entrant referred their friends to the site. That was without any type of incentive to do so!
While the search engine, as a business, is not viable today, the lessons learned are worth over 2
million dollars to me today. Our system for developing leads has evolved into a product called
leadstalkertm that allows online businesses to develop targeted, opt-in users/buyers for clients by
a scalable, traceable lead generation system. This system uses a referral-based program
(learned from the hearse give-away) with an incentive and a contest, giveaway, raffle, auction or
other format. The package is easy to use and while we have sold a few of them, we mainly use it
today for developing and growing our database for our import company.
Doug Crowe
Springboard Group, Inc.
1616 E. Roosevelt Rd., Suite 1

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190.

Doug Kent

----- Original Message ----From: Doug Kent

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:39 PM
Dear Jay,
Until I thought about writing a Success story I didn't even realize how
important you and your success and restructuring methods were to me and
my family.
I operate a roof maintenance and coating business in Sunnyvale,
California and had simplified my operations and increased my sales
using your methodology.
Then two years ago I decided to try only working 6 months out of the
year so I could travel and go on retreats. The first trip away
refreshed me totally but it was rough getting back into selling and
handling all the details. The toughest part was renewing business
contacts and trying to act like I had not been away at all. Then I
read and listened to some of your work on turning customers into your
biggest asset and I started telling my customers what I was doing and
ask for their help .
Most of my customers were delighted that I shared with them that I was
"partially retired" and traveling and when I get back to town I share
my adventures with some of them and ask all of them to help me get busy
either in person or through a mailing. They bird dog and make phone
calls and are just pleased as punch to be helping me in find new jobs
or doing more work for them. A lot of them are retired homeowners and
business owners and they like turning their time into something
beneficial for me and for the community.
I'm making almost as much money in 6 months as I used to clear working
all year and having a good time with my customers, who have become
better friends by me asking for their help. I don't pay any financial
compensation and that seems to be fine.
There are many other aspects of tuning up and expanding my business
that I have learned from your books, tapes and telephone classes but
this is the hot one.
I know this is short.

The best ideas are simple sometimes.

Thank you
Deep Regards
Douglas Kent

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191.

Douglas Lietz

----- Original Message ----From: Douglas Lietz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:38 PM
From 1998 to 2002 I have been working as an independent commission sales
person, offering investor relations services to small and mid size
public companies (market caps ranging from $10 million to $800 million).
I am a rainmaker. I match up clients with third party service providers
that are then responsible for delivering value to the client. For the
most part, fulfillment is not where I spend my time.
This approach has allowed me to grow without the headaches of managing
traditional business assets, debt and overhead. It has allowed me to
work out of my home and stay close to my young, growing family.
Anyway, I have been very successful at applying at least two of Jays
core concepts:
1) Putting the needs of the client head and shoulders above the mandate
to generate revenue. Apply this philosophy and revenues are sure to
follow.
And 2) Revering my products/services in a clear and compelling manner
that almost always translates into a move forward strategy. After
completing a thorough needs analysis and qualification process, my
fundamental belief is that each client/prospect will benefit far more by
proceeding with my proposal than if they dont do anything at all -- or
than if they go with a competitor.
I seem to fit the profile of an over-achiever or sales racehorse as
defined by Chet Holmes in the PEQ program. My unique balance of ego and
empathy has fostered an uncanny ability to get through to Presidents and
CEOs with ease.
So how to quantify this...
One benchmark is to look at the results of other reps that have
attempted to directly compete with me on the sales front. A company
that I was associated with for 4 years repeatedly attempted to recruit
other sales people that were supposed to augment what I was already
accomplishing. Without exception, not one of these 6 or 7 newbie's was
ever able to even close a sale -- let alone give me something to compete
against. Needless to say, none of the new recruits lasted very long.
I guess Im a tough act to follow... thanks to Jay.
FYI: The products and services that I represent started out in the
$10,000 range and gradually moved up to $30,000. These were one-off
sales and I was able to generate repeat business with about 25% of my
client base within 12 24 months after the initial transaction. I have
now shifted my approach to offer 12 month ongoing contracts valued
between $60,000 and $100,000 with monthly installments instead of a lump
sum payment. The 12 month contracts are set up to automatically renew
on an annual basis providing that the client still feels they are
receiving strong ROI at the time of renewal. I have not yet been
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share with you any renewal stats. However, I can tell you that Jays
philosophies were instrumental in showing me that it is possible to
convert $10,000 one-off clients that only buy once every 12-24 months,
into $100,000 clients that have the opportunity to renew annually.
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors."
Sincerely,
Douglas Lietz
Vancouver, BC Canada
Tel: 604-722-5400

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192.

Dwight Schneider

----- Original Message ----From: Dwight Schneider

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:51 PM
Hi Jay,
Thanks for all the help over the years. I have worked in supervision for many years and utilize
many of your techniques with my employees and customers with great success, predominantly
utilizing your information on finding out what the customer really wants.
But the real success story is my wife's cleaning business. She worked for many years in a school
district with many accolades for her excellent work. She decided 2 years ago to go out on her
own doing home cleaning.
We started out by selecting a name and a USP as your information has taught us for years. She
then selected her target customers and worked at determining what level of services they would
need that she could provide in a way considerably above that of her competition. At this time we
laid out two letters and a couple of ads for the local paper.
The first go did not produce very well, less then 10%. We then modified the letters and remailed
to the same target customers. This time we had much better success, right at 30%. She then
had to fire a couple of undesirable customers. This not only made her much happier with her
customer base, it freed her of customers that were over-demanding and constant complainers.
She then started working her customers for referrals by offering a discounted cleaning rate for
each referral.
She now has an outstanding customer base that absolutely loves her and she loves them. Her
most common customer comment is, "I don't know what I would do without you." She has only
lost one customer since then and had a couple move that she promptly replaced from her waiting
list of referrals. She also quit one job due to medical reasons.
She has also solicited comments/complaints on a regular basis to make sure she is producing the
results her customers' desire.
Your techniques have allowed her to tailor a business to fit her lifestyle and desires. She works
one week, a half day each day and the next week three days a week, a half day each day. This
allows her to come home and pursue her passions of painting and gardening.
The most exciting part is she makes between $30 and $50 a week. Utilizing your techniques in
another way she has found a way to convince customers they are getting a very high value and
more then they expect for their money. She has done this using a guarantee and taking the risk
herself instead of the customer taking the risk. So far she has never had a customer request her
to warranty her work but in 3 or 4 cases she has given it to her clients without their asking
because she wasn't satisfied with her own work so she didn't expect them to pay for something
she wouldn't have paid for.
She had one client, for a year and a half, that paid her between $75 and $100 an hour for office
cleaning. She had to quit that job because of her asthma, everyone there smoked. She tried to
pass this on to someone else and take a percentage but she couldn't find anyone who believed in
how she worked her business. Sometimes your business ideas are still looked upon as
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I would have to say this isn't bad money for a home cleaner working part-time. There are
professionals that don't charge this much per hour. And, it is all made possible through you
sharing your knowledge and ability.
Thanks for so much.
Live with passion,
Dwight and Glenda Schneider

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193.

Eddie Zubia

----- Original Message ----From: EddieZubia

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:26 PM
Dear Jay,
Here is my story:
I went to a Tom Hompkins sales seminar in Los Angeles. I was given a free tape I do not
remember the title but it was with Fran Tarkenton. He gave an example of a company that he
started and sold the company for several million dollars. He went to an airline company and told
them he would publish their ticket jackets for free if they would allow him to advertise on the
jackets. That is when I first heard the term co host beneficiary.
In October of 2001 I got my real estate sales license. I did not know what to do as far as
marketing. I had little money and need to start making some money. I started looking through all
of my literature, tapes, books etc. and I came across your tape with Fran. I listened to the tape
again and it hit me. I needed a co host beneficiary relationship with somebody.
I went to my tax man here locally in Los Angeles. He is a good friend of mine and he and his staff
do about 2,500.00 tax returns every year. I went to see him and told him about my idea. I would
furnish him with a very nice folder/jacket for him to give to his clients. He would have all the say
in manner in the way the folder would be printed. All his information on the front of the folder and
my information on the back of the folder. I then went to some printers and found out that it would
cost about one dollar per folder. I could not afford this. I went back to him and asked him if it
would be alright if I used labels on the front for his information and would glue on a flyer on the
back for my information. I told him I could not afford to print. He said no problem go do it.
I purchased 2500 folders for .20 cents each total $500.00
I purchased one box of labels 2 X 4 about $50.00
made a simple flyer about my real estate services free
made 2500 copies - about $125.00
I then went to work I pasted all labels with his information on the front and glued my flyer on the
back side. When I had prepared 500 I would deliver them and hang out about 1 hour just making
small talk with my friend and his staff. By my third visit he and his staff knew me as Eddie the
real estate guy and they started asking me questions about real estate. Jay I had not filled out a
purchase contract, I had not filled out a listing agreement. I do not know how to use the MLS. I
had a fair knowledge about real estate but nothing about the mechanics about a real estate
transaction. Robert my friend the owner of the business told me he was interested in purchasing
a bigger home between 350,000 to 400,000. I said to myself self what are you doing are you
crazy. You are not supposed to have a client like this in your first month of real estate.
On 75% split I made $6,750.00 on the sale of his house, $8,438.00 on the purchase of his bigger
home.
I got 6 listing and only did the listing side at an average of $5,000.00 each = 30,000.00
I have closed 2 purchases and made $10,575.00

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And am currently working with 5 other buyers, who are very nice and are working with me around
my schedule. I am very busy and getting referrals from the clients that I have worked with and
still getting calls from the jackets/folders. Jay I started charging a $1,500.00 administration fee in
addition to the brokerage fee and people say no problem, and I am only working with the cream
of the crop.
Jay, I hope this can help you for you have help me.
Sincerely,
Your very grateful student
Eddie Zubia
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors.
Columbia Real Estate
3540 Wilshire Blvd
Penthouse Floor - Suite 2
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 383-2097
Small company 5 employees total.

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194.

Edmund Chew

----- Original Message ----From: Edmund Chew

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:33 PM
Dear Mr. Jay Abraham,
Hereby my story and testimonials of my little accomplishment, after
applying some of your techniques and strategies.
I am the owner of this small, manageable enterprise, (SME) which I have
started 9 years ago. We start and build this little enterprise from
zero base with $2.00 payup in the first 3 months of operations. Our
line of business is 3rd party total logistics providers in providing
solutions to all logistics requirements. Sales for the first years was
3/4 millions dollars (Singapore only 6 months) and following subsequent
year 1 million dollars.
The results double, we have applied one of the management techniques
and use one of the tools to manage the company effectively.
Our staff strength is only 5 key staff, all of which are highly
motivated and multi-task. Our staff is also knowledgeable and highly
trained and young and dynamic. Most of the operations is outsource,
with full effectiveness and proper control. This saves costs and time
and in terms of managing it is very effective. We are non asset base
company, basing on the mission of the Chinese 4 elements, ' Zhen ',
which means FIRM, in English. Our business philosophy is culled from
this strong word, FIRM.
FORWARD-LOOKING
-------------------------Bringing logistics services to our customers door-step.
logistics service company.

A one-stop

INTEGRITY
-------------Maintaining excellent rapport with our customers. To be honest and
sincere in providing excellent services so as to win their confidence.
RELIABLILTY
---------------Managing our customers' products as if they are managing it themselves.
We know best what need to be done.
MANAGEABLE
-----------------Responding to our customers' logistics needs at the shortest and
quickest time. We help them to meet their business needs urgently.
My secret of the little success consist of 3 Ps.

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POSITIVE ATTITUDE
-----------------------This attitude that I always carried with me after my military days have
help me into the working environment. Success was not an over night
thing for me. I have worked in positions that vary from a clerk to
store, supervisor, sales man, marketing man and executive level. I knew
education was a key area to guide me in my career building and I never
give up night classes while working in the day.
With today internet, easy access of information and e-learning is easy
available, one can get information at a press of a button. I continued
to pursue my studies, though I never complete my high school or preuniversity education. A positive attitude was what kept me going till
today.
PESERVERANCE
-------------------A Chinese proverb, "Defeat is the mother of Success " holds true for
me. I feel that success that is hard fought gives the survivor a
stronger fighting spirit. A ' NEVER SAY DIE ATTITUDE ' is always in my
mind, no matter what happen, keep on trying, try again and again. A
masters made the most mistake, that is the way to perfection eg. Thomas
Edison on the electric light bulb. If you give up, you are a failure,
however, if you fight, you get stronger and better with each battle.
I started my niche in the shipping industries. I felt that the
potential in the market is huge and I took on jobs that were related to
it. I also took up many courses and attend many seminars that would
help me to enhance my knowledge in this logistics field. Along the
line, I also took up related motivational courses and management
courses to guide me and as the years went by, I developed an in-depth
knowledge of the industry. I already worked and spent 18 years in
logistics industry and total working years 23 years.
PATIENCE
------------I must admit that my FIRM, PHILOSOPHY gained the trust of many
customers and suppliers for so many years and they are the background
of my success in building up this little enterprise. I was patience,
for the first 3 months, I am solo on my own, I saw to all parts of the
business. My patience and endurance pays off as the company grew from
strength to strength. My little success formula employed in this
company is to provide personalized services and to maintain our niche
market. Niche marketing is a specialty. This simplistic formula used
by me has help me throughout the different phases of my career path
even till today. Since 9/11 and 1997 financial crisis, we still
survived and may it also be your guide to a bright future.
Best regards
Edmund Chew
www.astrans.com.sg
www.vvision21.com
tel : 065 6262 2577
fax: 065 6262 1200
hp : 065 9631 7749

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195.

Eric Ng

----- Original Message ----From: Eric Ng

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 1:03 AM
Hi Jay,
Here's the story you've asked for...
1st Jan 2001, I started my training & consultancy company as an entrepreneur after 20 years of
corporate life in the Asia Pacific region. I learned and applied ONE very important lesson from
Jay:

Increase the number of clients

Increase the average size of the sale per client

Increase the number of times clients return and buy again

This simple yet profound plan helped me to start from zero to $ 250,000 in my first year of
business! I am confident, next year will be a better year. The best is yet to come!
Eric Ng
CEO
E-SSN Training & Consultancy
Tel: (65) 9630-4578
Fax: (65) 64510-981

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196.

Eric Ruth

----- Original Message ----From: Eric Ruth

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:07 AM
Dear Jay,
I do over $10,000 per month in sales - PART TIME as a result of the
powerful strategies, secrets and marketing systems I've learned from
you and applied to my business, Fitness Marketing Systems.
Additionally, I built a reputation as the "million-dollar-man"
copywriter in my niche, political fund raising, by incorporating things
like grabbers, involvement devices, "hit-the-pain" copy, dualreadership path, urgency and strong calls to action.
But one concept, principle, strategy (or whatever you want to call it)
that has served me more than any other - and I owe that completely to
you - is the understanding and implementation of LEVERAGE.
Why should I bust my tail and spend my money sifting, sorting and
searching for my ideal customers when I can leverage off the
credibility of others to bring me all the new customers I can handle?
Here's just one little example of how I've put your leveraging
technique to work for me.
I established a strategic alliance with one of the rising stars in the
fitness industry. She developed a revolutionary delivery system for
her fitness services and then began teaching other fitness
professionals how to do the same.
Her credibility and reputation within the industry brought fitness
professionals to her by the droves and she quickly converted hundreds
of them to customers.
Now, these fitness professionals had a unique, proprietary and
revolutionary delivery system, but they didn't have clients to whom
they could deliver. So we developed an alliance that provided her
customers with my marketing systems. She "endorsed" me to them, and
they bought - boy did they buy.
The alliance - her endorsement of my systems - resulted in
approximately 45% conversion rate. That is to say that 45% of her
customers became my customers. This resulted in almost $20,000 in
sales of my products (just on the front end).
What did I have to do to make these sales? Practically nothing other
than deliver a high quality product that produced results. One phone
call and a couple follow-up emails hammered out the details of the
alliance. I provided her with my sales materials. She sold the
product, paid me for it and I fulfilled.

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This is small scale, I know. But now the only question is, how many of
these alliances can I establish? Ten of them could result in $200,000
in product sales. 25 could bring in half a million in sales. And
that's the goal. Actually, that's just stage one of the goal.
When you understand LEVERAGE, the way Jay Abraham teaches it, there is
no upside ceiling. The sky's the limit.
Thank you, Jay, for articulating and teaching this mega-powerful
success-strategy.
I give you the right to use this testimonial however you see fit to
promote your business.
Faithfully yours,
Eric Ruth, President
Fitness Marketing Systems
http://www.HowToSellFitness.com
1474 North Point Village Center #500
Reston, VA 20194

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197.

Eugene Herrmann, Jr.

----- Original Message ----From: Eugene V. Herrmann, Jr.

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:15 AM
Hi Jay,
I don't know if you can use this or not. I have so many things that I
tried to find something relatively simple.
Attached is a copy of a proposal (edited to protect client information)
we sent to a book publisher who was getting price estimates for his
current publication. He has dealt with many printing companies in the
past. I believe he was "checking price" against his preferred printer
and I was sure we would not be competitive.
So, remembering your edict to "Make it easy." and "Good service doesn't
do you any good if you don't tell people about it." and "Educate the
client." I designed this correspondence differently than what I was
sure his printer submitted. (I expect they submitted a simple listing
of the physical specifications along with prices.) I included as many
things I could think of that might help his success with the project.
When he got it, he called and said, "This is the most comprehensive and
helpful proposal I have ever received from a printing company. I am
going to have you produce the book."
We produced 5,000 at a total price of $8,280 (which included all of the
back-end additional services we provided.) He loved our work!.
He publishes this book twice a year and expects to add pages with each
issue. I would expect that we would continue to do business with him
for at least 6 years, which is below the average amount of time we hold
onto a client. If true, this proposal will be responsible for
generating almost $100,000 of business for us over the life of our
relationship.
Gene
PS

I am half-way through the Advanced PEQ home study.

It is great!

Sven Hosford
XYZ COMPANY
ANY Street
Pittsburgh, PA zip

February 14, 2002

Dear Sven:
We revised our budget production estimate of February 5 to reflect the changes we discussed in
our meeting. I also had blank prototypes constructed. These will help you decide which weight
of gloss paper you would like to use for the front pages. They will also give you an idea of the
spine thickness. I will forward these to you along with this document. As we discussed, the
prototypes do not have a hinged cover. The actual books we produce will.
The changes reflect:

80 pages of gloss enamel in the beginning instead of 96. Either 60 lb. enamel or
70 lb. enamel. We had prototypes constructed with each of these papers. (The
back of the prototypes will tell you the actual papers contained in them.) There is
not a large reduction in production involvement with the reduction in page count
because we still will have the same amount of press signatures to print and bind.

As we discussed, we have added a sheet at the end of the book. It will contain
two perforated Reply Cards. This sheet meets U.S. Postal thickness requirements
for Reply Cards. I suggest that one card be aimed at future advertisers and one at
future book owners. The latter card will enable you to create a database of
people who bought the book and are likely to purchase later updates. I will give
you some ideas for copy on these cards if you want. While this last sheet is the
reason for the increase in the budgets we originally gave to you, you can decide
for yourself if you think the value of these Reply Cards is worth the investment.

Here is the new information. All other details in our February 5 will remain the
same.
Estimate Number: 20000

Salesperson: Eugene V. Herrmann, Jr.

Estimated By:

SHARON

XYZ Guide Book

5-1/2 x 8-1/2; 98 pages of various papers plus cover; Perfect Bound.
Cover: 4 color process one side - with optional overall gloss varnish.
Text: 98 pages (80 Text Pages plus 8 Coupon Pages): black + PMS purple
8 Business Card Pages: black one side; 2 Reply Card Pages (one sheet):
black two sides
Output-ready art files and hard copy furnished. We will set type for the Reply
Cards.
60 lb. Front Pages
70 lb. Front
Budget Estimate Totals:
Pages
Quantity:
3,000
5,000
3,000
5,000
No Cover Varnish:
$1.99 each
$1.45 each
$2.04 each
$1.49 each
Additional to Varnish Cover:
4 each
2.6 each
4 each
2.6 each

Sven, as before, our Estimates Include:

A check of your art file and comparison to your hard copy. Color fits (traps) and
small fixes are normally free. More complicated file adjustments will be
additional.

Copy ideas, layout and typesetting of Reply Cards.

Assistance in registering with the Library of Congress, getting a Copyright, and

obtaining ISBN Number and Bar Code.

Accurate proofs: one complete low resolution color digital Vueproof of

everything plus one complete high resolution color digital contract proof of the
Cover.

Delivery is per our normal scheduling. We can give you a preliminary schedule
after knowing when we would be able to receive your art.

Free pick-up and delivery of disks and proofs and one delivery to within 20 miles
of our plant.

Special Terms: 1% 10 days, Net 30. There will be a 1-1/4% service charge per
month after 31 days.

Again, tell us if you want these options:

We can check and fine tune if necessary any scanned images in your files for
maximum print quality. (Additional cost.)

Let us know if you need special packaging (shrink wrap, etc.)

Sven, let us know if you want us to schedule this. You will be happy with our results.
Sincerely,

Eugene V. Herrmann, Jr.

PS I am putting together some emails to prospects for your FileMaker capabilities. I
hope I will be successful and that we can partner on some projects.

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198.

Frank M. Turner

----- Original Message ----From: Frank M. Turner

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:46 AM
Dear Jay,
I have been running a small German marketing & sales consulting company
for the past three years. The first two years were a nightmare. I had
been in management (middle and top) for more than 15 years within the
foundry, steel, machining, plastic and packaging industry and was part
owner of a distribution company for packaging machinery spares and as
you can imagine a wide range of experience.
Since my senior partner wanted to sell the company to an English
supplier and I didn't have the money to buy it at that time, I sold my
shares and set up my own company. But I hadn't thought about a proper
positioning. So I tried a bit of this and a bit of that. The revenues
were unsatisfying - after the first year I had made US $20,000 and the
second year was US $50,000. I was totally in reactive mode, hiding
away from business and nearly bankrupt. I spent more time feeling
sorry for myself instead of being proactive like in the days when I was
employee. Along with the poor development my self confidence went down
the drain. I spent 3-4 times a year approx. US $1,000 for mailings and
got one order worth US$10,000. But in the situation I was, that was
nothing to be happy about. Financial pressure increased every day and
the pressure within the family got worse and worse.
Until summer 2001. I went to Frankfurt to see Anthony Robbins and heard
about a Marketing Wizard called Jay Abraham. I went to look at your
website and read "21 Power Principles" and the first chapter of
"Getting everything you can..."
I ordered the book and new that I had to change my way doing business
to rise out of the clutter. After reading the book my business life
changed completely.
The first thing I did I changed my mailing and implemented the pain
point. The headline said "Would do like to have more immediate
response from your ads?" And I wanted to show the companies how to
write effective ads. I sent 500 letters, had 25 presentations from
that and two orders of approx. US $2,000 each. The next letter I sent
had the same headline but attached a scan of their ad on the front
page. Saying "Do you want to be more effective with your ads?" The
effect was overwhelming. 42 presentations and ten orders of approx. US
$2,000 each. But writing ads was not of my business, it was boring.
Then I got the PEQ homestudy and believe me that has changed
everything. I is my PEQ cubed already. I built part of the core
story, the broadest possible view, pain points and have tried to reset
the buying criteria. My positioning is absolutely clear now: it's all
about crossborder business. I concentrate on assisting companies from
the industrial areas I have been working in and who do not perform

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well. Next I have looked at related industries who do similar or

related products to those companies I used to work for.
What happened is that after being in a total proactive mode and after
setting up the Strategic positioning I went out personally to trade
shows as a visitor. There I found two of my clients that are worth
meanwhile more than US $200,000 together and that means we have paid
all of our debts, the family sleeps peacefuller, harmony is back. I
have three employees now and I am happy to build sales organizations
for these guys here in Germany.
If you ask me what the biggest benefit or the greatest insight from
your work is to me than I have to say that it is all about two
questions that cause motivation to make bad performing companies
change:
1. Are you working in your business or on your business? That's
normally the killer question. If that's not enough yet then I go deeper
and ask:
2. What are the current customer's buying criteria in Germany? And you
know what? 9 out of 10 don't have an answer why business is down or not
improving in Germany.
To summarize it:
I cannot imagine being successful without Abraham 101.
Thank you for being a helpful guide and friend.
Warm regards
Frank M. Turner
Selbsthilfstrasse 6b
D-44265 Dortmund
Germany
Phone +49 231 4278160
Fax +49 231 4278166
Cell +49 178 8427816

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199.

Fred Golik

----- Original Message ----From: Fred Golik

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:11 PM
I would call it Abraham in Russia, probably there is some who use it here. It means I better call it
What Does Abraham's mindset for me.
To put it simple I'm Fred Golik, independent consultant from S-Petersburg, Russia.
I'm very grateful to Jay for everything what he did for me, he even had no idea who I'm
personally. Surely He knows I have his mindset. And I apply it.
This is how I'm doing that.
Jay says-Maximize What You're Already Doing.
My practice appeared from private advices to friends. After while I turned it in rather profitable
business. I concentrated in project management. It looked a bit foreign for Russians at that time.
They wanted to start own business and make it profitable. I combined PM and common business
knowledge. It was good for my clients for while. I stucked.
How I should maximize my business?
I remember another Jay's maxima-partnering!
I could use very profitable Jay's strategies to make more clients. But I wanted to go up! I took
my friends and developed educational programm for IT managers training. We have third in
whole country. Can you imagine, but it's true. We couldnt do it alone.
Again, remember-partnering.
We were brave with perfect ideas and most important with Abraham's mindset.
We made contract with second in Russia technical university (according to Department of
Education of Russia)- S-Petersburg Politechnical University. On October We start.
There is nothing impossible when you have Abraham's mindset.
Use it, apply it.
It's my firm belief (my partners too).
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors.
Fred Golik
consultant

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200.

Gary Lafferty

----- Original Message ----From: Gary Lafferty

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:35 AM
Dear Jay,
You must have read my mind. It was only yesterday that I decided to
write to you to thank you for the huge amount of inspiration you have
given me.
Where do I start?
After reading and listening to your material and following the
principle that 'Knowledge IS NOT power without action', I instigated
the 3 ways to grow the business.
I decided that instead of just gunning for more clients, to use the 2nd
principle of increasing the value of transaction.
I increased my professional fees from 1.5% (the local average and
sometimes less), to 2.5%. My competitors thought I was mad. But after
explaining to my clients why and what's in it for them - They get more
personal attention if I am dealing with 100 clients instead of 200 -,
most of them agreed.
As time went by, more people heard of my 'extra-ordinary' service and
wanted to be treated as an elite rather than run of the mill. Result Turnover increased in 12 months from 150,000 to 380,000 - a 153%
increase in bottom line.
If that wasn't enough, I took the principle of 'Bump and Up sell' and
included a Financial Services section and offered it to all new clients
and everyone of my old clients. Result - and extra 155,000 in income,
most of it pure profit!
These are just two of the main changes I have made. I am a TOTAL
believer in your methods, so much so that I now have another arm to my
career - I am a Professional speaker preaching these methods to other
business owners - and I enjoy receiving their testimonials!
Thank you again Jay, and I really hope that one day I shall be able to
achieve my goal - to meet you in person!
Until then, thank you again.
Best regards
Gary
Gary Lafferty.
Principal Business Builder
Building Success UK.

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201.

Gbenga Olowoye

----- Original Message ----From: Gbenga Olowoye

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 1:52 AM

Dear Jay Abraham,

It will be a great disfavour not to write my own success story as a direct way of using all
the instrument you have been sending me.
I wite from Ibadan, Nigeria.
This is how it all began. I was really fed up with my business in Ibadan and thought of
exploring other markets in our country. So, I went to the Federal capital territory about
800km from my location. I learnt that people were getting contracts and apart, it serves
as the seat of government with new business opportunities. I did all I could within 3
months and got an office but still nothing seem to be happening.
One day, I decided to visit the British Council library to source for fresh ideas relating to
my consulting work and such other matters. In fact, to while away the time. In the
process I found one of your books on the shelf and settled down to read as I couldn't
borrow the books as I was not a registered member of the library. The title of your book
that I lay my hands on was "Getting Everything You can Out of all You've Got - 21 Ways
you can Out-think, out-perform and out-earn the competition". I said to myself that this
is what I really need.. I read the most of the book while I seated in that library for five
hours and then took action.
I decided to come back to Ibadan to apply all the techniques to my fledging business
there, which market I single-handedly developed. In time , some competitors bombarded
that market segment and completely eroded my market share and got so discouraged.
Now equipped with what I have learned from your book and the tapes you sent to me 3
weeks later(How to Optimize Your Business and Produce Maximum Profits and Winning
in Business), I can confidently say that within 3 months, the business that I despised in
Ibadan has suddenly risen to be an ultimate creator of wealth again with so much daily
improvement and massive gains.
2. I have been able to approach the business in such a way with increasing yield by using
all my assets, space, time and energy as you recommended.
3. I was able to check all my business processes and segregated them and was able to
measure the impact that each has over a period of time.
Within the last 3 months, I have been able to increase the size of my customers, I have
been able to increase the size of the transactions of each customer and I have been able
to increase the number of ways to add value to what my customers buy from me.

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You see, I actually attended an Entrepreneurial Competency training one year before
coming in contact with your instruments. Though I applaud those truths as taught by the
UNDP experts, but I think what I gained from you has real-world approach and has
transformed my business and has set it not only on the part of recovery but also in
making good returns on investment.
I have not been back to Abuja to look for contracts yet but Ibadan has already been
turned into the golden egg that lays golden eggs. In no time, I might be able to venture
into Abuja and capture massive gains over there using your proven strategies.
Honestly, if you want me to channel this crusade of yours in this part of the world by
having exclusive rights to make available your materials to so many others in trouble, I
will gladly take it on myself with vigor and enthusiasm.
I count myself very fortunate to have met you at the right time. You are doing an
incredible job.
God bless you.
G. Adeola Olowoye
President,
Magna Resources Ltd
Ibadan, Nigeria.
P.O.Box 29390, Secretariat,Ibadan.

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202.

George Foster

----- Original Message ----From: George Foster

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:58 AM
Dear Jay,
As has always been the case in dealing with you, I find that your
testimonial project brings me more benefit than will accrue to you.
is very often necessary for us to look back over our shoulder to se
where we have come (progressed) from. It's a chance to smell the
roses.

It

I have been acquainted with you and your work, ideas, principles,
concepts, etc. for five or six years. Quite often I have had great
difficulty in connecting your concepts to usage in my business
(hardrock mining). Mineral markets are well established and prices are
set mainly on an industry level. Stated directly, a small independent
operator is not going to move the market. Where do I get an edge in my
industry? If I can't change the market, I must change my operations to
bring it to an efficiency level that justifies our existence and make
more economic sense than buying long bonds. My marketing thrust has to
be within where my primary function is to maximize internal operations
and use everything I can find to streamline and upgrade all facets
(even the painful ones!)
How did daylight come to the swamp? Several years ago we started
operations on a shoestring and began developing smaller properties and
selling them as they became economically viable. We built up
a small
capital base and then went after financing to put our main property
into production. My partner and I developed a very sound and viable
business plan with letters of intent for product sales and everything
seemingly was in place. It seemed the "Holy Grail" was in our grasp,
but all of this changed when my partner died interstate and everything
turned from green to brown.
To the point! What did I learn from Jay that got us past this
seemingly impossible situation? One night I was filing some routine
papers when I found a letter from you that included some "free" ideas
for improving life in the great world of business. As I read I stopped
to consider that if Jay Abraham were on my team, I'd solve all this
mess and move on to greater things. I didn't reinvent the wheel or
anything exotic. I determined that my time had to be spent on things
that moved me forward instead of allowing me to tread water. I started
to inventory my assets which seemed like liabilities (payroll) at the
moment. I consciously put on Jay's mind to get a solution and 36 hours
later I had a meeting with my assets (people) and explained in detail
the situation as it was. Miners are a tough bunch and it is not often
you will see men break down and cry like little boys. I had made the
second major move forward (the first was in my own head). I dug out my
files with all your material, read it, re-read it and then meditated on
what all this means "today".

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My marketing has been to my own people and I am continually overwhelmed

by their response. We discuss every facet of the business in detail
and no punches are pulled. It is a sheer de-light to go to work every
morning. When we got our people mobilized, part of our financing came
through and we sold off most of the smaller properties to put our
"prize property" into production. With the dedicated people I have, we
came in at 42% under budget and production was 90 days ahead of our
projections. Our first full year grossed $1,800,000(pro-forma was
%1,400,000) and this year is headed for $2,600,000 (pro-forma
$2,000,000), Next year will put us at $5,000,000 which is our forecast.
I do not believe there is a similar operation anywhere that throws off
a net like this one. The loyal dedicated people around me have truly
done a miraculous job and each of their lives (and their families) have
benefited enormously by what we have done together. I am going to be
leaving soon for Central America and I am confident that things will
run smoothly while I am gone. The men are confident and so am I.
Incidentally, the reason we got this project was due to what we did
here.
Respectfully submitted,
George C. Foster
Key-Sarco, LLC
Yuma, Az.
P.S. I still play your interview with Fran Tarkenton several times a
month (when I can get it back from one of my men or their families).

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203.

George Gonao

----- Original Message ----From: Gonzo, George (CICT)

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:38 PM
Growing with Jay
Everyone talks about the "lifetime value of a customer." But how many have taken the time to
calculate the "lifetime value of Abrahamization" to themselves personally or to their business?
It could well be $500,000, a million or even multiples of millions.
Many of us who have been exposed to and studied Jay's "body of works" typically gravitate
through three stages:
Stage1) Take the information from Jay and "borrow" it, sometimes word for word and use it with
our clients or within our own organizations.
We're too sophisticated to admit we just "ripped it off." Does Jay mind? I've never asked him, but
it seems that Jay has this unshakeable faith that "what goes round, will come around."
Stage 2) After much study and "internalizing" Jay's principles, philosophies and teachings, we
tend to "tweak it" a bit more, adding a unique twist and start to "layer" our own piece of originality
to the process. It's somewhat akin to Jay laying the foundation for the building and then we add
some more levels and windows to allow some "originality" to filter in.
Stage 3) Once we began to consistently "practice" what "Jay preaches", we find ourselves
developing powerful new and original strategies.
These may appear to be totally unique and different, and in many situations they are. But when
we peel back the layers or "drill down", the foundations can still be traced back to some of Jay's
core philosophies, strategies and tactics.
As a professional whose daily efforts are focused on developing new business and new streams
of revenues, I've developed a seven-step process that I share with clients and salespeople to
help them grow their enterprise. While I can't quantify exactly how many hundreds of thousands
of dollars or even millions, this process has generated, I'd like to share this "process" with others
and you'll recognize some of the original roots.
1) Solve a problem. Sounds simple enough, but develop the skill to really, really understand the
client's problem. We're told to "sell the benefits." But it's time to go far beyond that. The biggest
benefit you can bring to a client is to develop a total solution. Strategically, you want to have
another "U.S.P." and that is to become in the client's mind, the "Ultimate Solution Provider."
2) Make me feel "good" about myself, my circumstance or the relationship. Make me feel
confident in my trust for you. Someone once said, the four main currencies in people's lives are
money, time feeling safe and feeling secure. How many ways can you find to "make me feel
good"?
3) Take away my stress. Do you know what's keeping your client awake at night or why they
wake up in the middle of the night with that "knot" of stress in their gut. If you take away my
stress, do you think I care if someone else can sell it to me "cheaper"?

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4) Fear. What are your client's really fearful of? How can you alleviate some of that fear? How
many ways do you have to minimize those fears?
5) Pain. What are the most painful things that your client can be faced with? What can you do
about it? How qualified are you to write the "prescription" to make the pain go away?
Can you turn "pain" into a "positive"?
6) Perception of Value. Value is a double sided coin. One side is "tangible" value. That may be
as mundane as providing an additional discount or a significant as a "lifetime guarantee."
The other is "emotional" value. This is always far more powerful than any tangible value and in
most instances, costs far less or virtually nothing to provide.
However, for most people, "emotional value" is "priceless." How many ways do you have to
consistently provide "emotional value"?
7) Optimization. Jay's definitions of this important principle remain timeless. Whether looking at
the first 6 steps of the process as outlined above, or any other aspect of someone's life or
business, how many ways are there to do it better, quicker, more effectively, more productively
and provide more meaning and satisfaction in the endeavor.
As Jay once said, "there's always one more way."
This seven step process may appear to be simple, and hopefully it is. However, when you really
examine each one and go as "deep" as you possibly can for that client or circumstance, you and
your client may enjoy even greater success.
George Gonzo
Director of New Business Development
Canwest Global Calgary, Alberta
(403) 804-2064

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204.

George Inskeep

----- Original Message ----From: George Inskeep

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:30 PM
Dear Jay,
I received your e-mail requesting case studies of how your methods have contributed to my success. As
you may remember, I attended the second PEQ with my son, Wes, with whom I am attempting to purchase
an existing boat manufacturing company. That process has been slowed down due to some legal problems
of the seller, so we have not yet been able to put your methods into practice for the intended purpose. We
are very anxious to do so, and will keep you informed as the project comes (hopefully) to fruition later this
year.
Wes has internalized the materials and methods and has made them his own. He will be very effective
when the time comes. We have, moreover, incorporated a lot of your ideas into our business plan and
marketing materials for raising money for launching the venture, and if that is successful it will be an
immediate success story on its own which we will be glad to share with you.
Meanwhile, I am having my best year ever in investment real estate sales. As Chet discovered when he met
with our executives at a meeting I arranged, we had already been using a lot of what you teach. While I'm
sure that what I brought back from PEQ has contributed to my personal production, I'm not sure I can
honestly say that a particular technique has been responsible for my current surge, as the whole company is
having a record year.
When I have a story to tell that will give you what you're looking for, I will be happy to share it with you.
Best regards,
George Inskeep

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205.

Gerard Lagasse

----- Original Message ----From: Gerard Lagasse

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 3:06 PM

Case Study College Planning

After preparing my oldest son for college I found that I had developed expertise
in college planning, financial planning for college. I took employment with a
company in this field. After a period of time I decided to do the same work, selfemployed. I attempted to duplicate the type of marketing used by my previous
employer. Yet, after a period of at least two years I remained unsuccessful.
At this time I came across material from Jay L. Abraham and applied his
teaching.
1. Identified ideal client - A review of the clients of the previous two years
indicated that parents who were sending their children to private schools were
also willing to pay a fee for private guidance when preparing for college.
2. Educating the client - At this time I began to more carefully educate the
perspective client on the reasons why they needed to prepare early for
college. I also provided more detailed information on the many different
areas that need attention when preparing for college.
3. Referrals - As a result of Jays teaching I began to ask current clients for
referrals and these were readily provided to me. The closing ratio on these
referrals approached 100% and was a very pleasant experience.
The application of these three recommendations from Jay Abraham resulted in
approximately ten times the number of clients in previous years and actually
reached the saturation point.
Company Name: College Planning
Company Size:
1 full time, 3 part time employees

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206.

Glen R. Kohlenberg

----- Original Message ----From: Glen R. Kohlenberg

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:37 PM
I had my first Jay Abraham experience when I bought a cassette tape from Nightingale Conant. As you
know there are tons of marketing experts out there but Jay had this special magic touch that showed me I
did not have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to promote my company.
When I first went to work for the company I now own I started as a salesman in the retail division, selling
home improvements in the manufactured home industry. The company owner thought he had a great
marketing plan in place using newspaper ads and brochures. It didnt take long for me to see the leads
generated by this plan were very poor leads. Although the company was doing 1.6 million in sales it had a
negative cash flow. I knew the company had great potential despite operating in the red and when the
opportunity to purchase the business became available to me I did a business plan and purchased the
company with a partner in May 2000. This is when I put Jays techniques together and started testing my
new ads.
My first ad was an 8.5 x 11 insert that was delivered in 25,000 newspapers at a cost of 6 cents each. We
received 62 leads and closed on 50 percent of them doing $125,000 in sales. By the end of that month our
total sales were $187,000 compared to the previous owners $30-50,000 a month at best! Everyone in our
organization could not believe our results. Needless to say the return on our investment was staggering!
The first ad I ran was in black and white. We continued to run this same ad for the next three months with
the same results. Then, after listening to Jays tapes, looking at his website and continuing my vision for
our company, I started color-coding our ads. Red one month, green another and so on. What we discovered
was amazing. Our customers would pull out the insert and keep it until they were ready to have some work
done. Our salesman would go out on the lead and there, on the kitchen table, was our insert. Salesmen in
our business, some for over 30 years, could not believe the quality leads and closing rates generated by a 6cent insert ad.
Our overall company sales for 9 months in 2000 were 2.8 million. In 2001, after copying everything we did
in 2000, we did 3.9 million in sales and at this rate project the year 2002 to close with sales of 5.5 million.
All I can say to Jay Abraham is thank you, thank you, thank you. You taught me a way to increase our sales
without breaking the bank. Believe me, it can be done and I am the proof!!
I now have the PEQ I system and have just received the PEQ Advanced System. At the time I received the
PEQ I system I had just signed a contract with my partner to buy out his 50% share of the business. To
accomplish this I had to raise $400,000 cash in 90 days. Jay, Chet and PEQ taught me more than anything
else to focus, focus, focus. Not only did I have to focus but to make this happen I needed my 34 employees
to focus with me. I listed the debts that had to be paid like stair steps and at the top of the steps I wrote my
closing date. One, two steps pay off 2 trucks. Three, four steps - pay off loan at bank. Five, six steps
pay off my partner. By watching the PEQ tapes and teaching it to my employees, on July 11, 2002 we had
raised over $400,000 and we had our closing. We made it to the top of the steps and the view from the
landing was outstanding! I threw a party for all 34 employees and needless to say it was a very emotional
and happy time for us all.
I know I could never have done this without the support I received from Jay and Chets PEQ system. I am
now using the PEQ Advanced System and for the first time in my life Im getting on an airplane and going
to California to attend my first ever PEQ Cubed Seminar and to personally thank Jay and Chet for what
they did for our company and me. I now have the mindset and focus that the skys the limit for us and that
we will be at sales of 10 million a year before too long.

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Again, thank you Jay and Chet. Im looking forward to August 12.
Sincerely,
Glen R. Kohlenberg
President
Reynolds Contractors, LLC
106-A Corporation Way
Venice, FL 34292
941-485-7751
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors.

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207.

Glen Shamblen

----- Original Message ----From: Glen Shamblen

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:09 AM
Dear Jay,
Thank you for the opportunity to share.
In the beginning facts:
Three partners (marketer, salesman, accountant) running a business opportunity in the concrete restoration
segment. Because of bad financial results and a large lack of cash, the marketing partner and the sales
partner left the accountant with a great opportunity to pay past due creditors, past due bank loans and the
chance to survive. Bankruptcy looks very good when you have $300,000 in negative equity in a million
dollar business, but we decided to avoid that avenue.
As the accountant I knew help was needed but could afford little or nothing. Purchased, listened, thought,
planed then acted upon Jays tapes. There are only three ways to increase or grow a business (unless you
are ENRON) thereby increasing sales and cash flow:
1.
2.
3.

Advertise to obtain new leads and accounts had much data, but knew we could not afford.
New products to base an accountant looking for new products youve got to be kidding.
Communicate with base strengthen relationship, increase service and support.

The two remaining salesmen were required to spend 15 minutes on the phone with each of their 40
customers every two weeks. First, to get additional info such as name of spouse and children, anniversary
dates, birthdays, e-mail, etc. great reasons to call and remind a contractor that his wifes birthday is only
three days away. Or to send out an anniversary card a few days early to remind the family about the big
day ahead. Loyalty began to grow.
We then created a referral program to assist the contractors in obtaining jobs. First tried with our crew and
saw incredible results . Previously less than 5% of our work (200,000) was a result of referral. Currently,
over 90% of our leads and 95% of the (800,000) install revenue comes from the referral program. When
the job is complete and we are accepting final payment we give the customer four or five $20 Crete
Coupons with their names on the coupon. After the customer gives the $20 coupon to a friend, this
friend calls for an estimate and upon completion of the friends job they can redeem the coupon as a
reduction in their job cost. We say thank you for using the referral program and give this new satisfied
customer four or five coupons. Upon returning to the office with the redeemed coupon we send a thank
you note to the original customer that gave the gift coupon including several additional coupons and a
$30 gift certificate to OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE. Average job was about $1,800, average lead cost $85
with an 18% closing ratio. Currently, average job $2,600, referral close ratio 82%, average lead cost is
$3.83 (not a typo). Referrals account for 95% of the install revenue (292 jobs) however only 39 customers
actually redeemed the coupon. Not only has install sales increased from 200 to 800 thousand but
advertising went from over $52,000 to less than $24,000 thousand. Thank you for the found cash!!
Jay, just as you have explained and challenged us to many new thoughts and processes we have given the
same above facts to our current contractor network of over 400 contractors. Yet, very few have tried and
only one has been halfway consistent enough to be able to claim good results. People many times make
good decisions, and make good plans but very few seem to work the plan and therefore never move to the
next level.

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Todays facts:
NO partners, three businesses, nearly 4 million in sales, thus far this year (6 months) we have created
$300,000 of cash profits with a staff of 20. Again thank you for the concepts that sent us cash.
Glen Shamblen, President
Spray-Crete Industries, Inc.

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208.

Grady Chandler

----- Original Message ----From: Grady Chandler

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:25 PM
We are in the business of getting members interested in a commodity.
The commodity could be saving account, checking account, certificate,
loan, or any other type of financial product offered by a bank or
credit union. At the Austin Metropolitan Financial Credit Union
someone has to save before someone can borrow. There is a constant
battle to attract funds, differentiate our products from others and
compete with other are financial institutions. We are $280 million in
assets. Our competitors in the area are two $1 billion credit unions
and 5 other credit unions our size plus Wells Fargo, Chase, and the
numerous other national banks.
We used one of Jay's ideas from learning how to market - If your
selling low priced, highly competitive merchandise emphasize value in
addition to price.
We also used the idea of offering a bonus that was unique for our area.
Because of IRS regulations the bonus had to be less than $10.00. We
looked at products specific to the Austin, TX area. Honey for a honey
of a deal, peaches for we think your peachy, pecans for we go nuts over
you, and jardines hot sauce. We decided on a hot sauce, queso dip,
chile mix bonus pack. The heading used in the marketing campaign was
Spice up your finances and heat up your savings.
We were trying to attract funds and established a goal of $1million in
new deposits. We gave the members a 35 basis point interest rate bonus
and gave away the hot sauce on any deposit of $5,000 or more in a 27
month certificate of deposit. This was offered on regular certificates
and IRA certificates.
The promotion brought in $5 million in deposits. Three months after
the promotion ended we ran it again and brought in another $3 million.
At this time we are trying to figure out how to attract new checking
accounts. We offer free checking with direct deposit give the members
3 other types of checking accounts - their option on type not ours. If
they have direct deposit and we receive the direct deposit early we
will post their paycheck early, up to two days early. We're looking at
what we can guarantee, what is the benefits and not features to opening
an account with us, and what values can we accentuate. No minimum
balance required, no monthly service charge, guaranteed to post two
days early, free ATM/debit card, etc.
This is what we've been doing with Jay's methods.

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209.

Greg Johnson

----- Original Message ----From: Greg Johnson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 4:28 PM
Dear Jay,
Your email asking for testimonials really got me thinking. But since I
didn't have much time to draft this response, I'm sort of shooting from
the hip. So here goes...
Our business employs a number of strategies we've adapted from your
materials. I believe the most tangible benefits we've experienced came
as a result of taking an objective look at our business, deciding upon
and then implementing a particular strategy and committing to it as an
ongoing process.
The one strategy that is the easiest to quantify is our use of barter.
We sell floral products and services that carry a high margin and have
limited shelf life. This has made a formalized barter strategy a very
useful tool for us.
We view and use barter as a method to increase sales from our existing
customers, to lock in customers for the long term, and to conserve
cash.
An example of how we use barter to increase sales and retain existing
customers is something we do with a hotel client of ours. We regularly
provide this client with lobby flowers, as well as the flower needs of
their human resource department.
If their sales/catering department books a party, we've asked that they
contact us with their floral requests and budget. In return, we allow
them to pay us a portion of the bill in trade credit. We use the
credits to offset some of our promotional expense. By allowing them to
trade with us, we lock in a nice chunk of our client's incremental
business, while also making it hard for the client to want to look for
another florist.
The key to these deals, I believe, is showing the customer how using
our products and services will benefit their business as well. When we
feel a client has become comfortable doing business with us, we ask
them for referrals, usually through some form of endorsed contact.
In the past year, this process has helped us acquire three new
commercial accounts, whose combined purchases totaled nearly $6,000 so
far this year.
As an example of how we use barter to conserve cash, we recently
completed a $15,000 web site overhaul, which through a combination of
barter and a future endorsement agreement, reduced our actual out-ofpocket cash expense to just under $4,000. At the present rate of sales

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we are experiencing from our web site, we project we will recover our
out-of-pocket costs by the end of October, 2002.
There are plenty more quantifiable successes that we've experienced,
both large and small, but my greatest success is intangible and truly
priceless.. it's the confidence I developed from adopting a mindset
that allowed me to creatively take on and solve the most challenging
business problems and turn them into opportunities.
I'm not sure if you'll receive this in time to include with the many
other testimonials I'm sure you'll receive, but I did want to add my
two cents worth. If you want or need further information, please
contact me.
Best regards,
Greg Johnson
Greenfield Flower Shop, Inc.
2628 W. Greenfield Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53204-1956 USA
http://www.greenfield-flower-shop.com
414.383.1002
Voice
800.383.9099
Toll-Free
414.383.9170
Fax

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210.

Greg Stromberg

----- Original Message ----From: Greg Stromberg

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 10:57 AM
One of the most important things that I learned from Jay's seminars was
the power of educating the customer.
I was completely surprised by how much our customers were miss-informed
and unaware of what our ink systems were all about. We started a
program that we are now calling INX ICM System which stands for ink
cost management system.
This system begins with the basic education program of how inks are
formulated and manufactured. We get into chemistry, terminology and raw
materials. We discuss how ink is formulated for each individual
process and what the critical attributes are. It is amazing the
questions we get after this seminar. I call it real-time customer
research! We receive info on concerns, complaints and compliments.
The next part of this system is collaboration where we discuss the
opportunities for driving out waste and variation in their decorating
process.
The next parts of the system is to measure and map their processes and
utilize the six sigma approach to find the leverage points for
improvements.
The next parts of this system is to set up project management to set
objectives, timelines and deliverables.
The next step is execution.
The final step is to review the results of the project so that we
capitalize and leverage all the positive and negative learning so we
have a continuous learning educational partnership.
This concept was born with this simple idea from you Jay. The results
are we continue to be the leader in the world for metal decorating inks
supplied to all the Can manufactures resulting in over 63 million in
sales. We are focused on applied finished costs and not price per lb
for our customers.
The core concept is educate your customers where you participate in
their processes so they can drive costs and variation out of their
systems.
Greg Stromberg
Vice President Sales/Marketing
Metal Division
INX International Ink Co.
414-438-4384

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211.

Grego

----- Original Message ----From: Grego

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:57 AM

Jay, this may not be your usual testimonial letter.

I feel strongly about sending this though. I initially heard your marketing strategies about
2 years ago. Here is just one good example. I have applied the risk reversal method of
selling to our design business and it absolutely flourished. Specifically, the jewelry that
Nikka, my fianc, designs was an inherently easy sale because of the beauty, however, as
soon as she started putting the necklaces on people and letting them wear them for a few
days, it was amazing. People NEVER gave them back. She sold every single one using
this method. Never is a strong word. But I really mean never. Every single time that she
designed and put a piece of jewelry on someone they simply would not part with it. The
sale was not an option to our clients.
I am in the process of designing other pieces and will attempt to use the risk reversal
method of selling to get them into retail outlets after completion. Its been incredible
really, kind of an insight into some facets of human nature. People do not like to give up
something that they feel is an integral part of their esteem. So it seems, get a product into
the hands of a client, and if they attach "good feelers" to it, they will try to do what ever it
takes to not let it go!
Thanks Jay
Grego

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212.

Guillermo Mendoza

----- Original Message ----From: Guillermo Mendoza

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:03 AM

Following the economius of the repeating sale we had some shoe stores here in
Guadalajara. Those were oriented to the popular segments of the market and in order to
give a plus to the nice fashionable merchandise, we gave a gift of a low cost high fashion
fantasy jewelry along with every pair of shoes purchase. We increased the price of the
shoes and collected the small cost of the fantasy jewel and the traffic and the word of
mouth created towards our stores was great. Many girls came back to buy her shoes
knowing that a nice fashionable gift will be received. High perceived value.
I would like to mention that the sales boosted by more than 50% we extended the product
line in women shoes and the girls had a new way to see our 4 stores. It was a fantastic
way we differentiated ourselves from the big competitors. When we talked with "expert"
people to discuss the idea they laugh saying this was never done before but we did it
anyway and we succeeded.
In a market like this one in Guadalajara, Mexico which is so different from the ones in
the USA many ideas could be applied successfully for promoting sales.
At least that is what experience has told us.
Good Luck !!!
Guillermo Mendoza
Agmenta Comercio Internacional
Pedro Moreno # 1410
44140 Guadalajara, Jalisco Mxico
Phone. US dial 011 52 333 171 1306

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213.

Guoen Wang

----- Original Message ----From: Guoen Wang

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:29 PM
Jay, Here is my personal story.
My name is Guoen Wang. I am a practitioner of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. Until
a year ago, I had been teaching and practicing medicine at one of the best acupuncture school
located in Austin Texas. In June 2001, I opened my own office. I applied a few strategies which I
learned from Jay to grow my business. Here are three of them.
First concept is that people want to be lead.
Each time if a new patient comes to me, after I diagnosis and treatment, I will make a treatment
plan for that patient. I will fill a treatment plan form. It reads like this. Patient needs come in for
acupuncture treatment once a week, for about 6 to 8 weeks. If there are herbs prescribed, I also
write down how often and how much herbs to take. Before I use this treatment plan form, I find
out 30 to 40 percent of patients did not return. Even the ones did, most of them may not finish a
whole treatment course. Since I started to use this form, a lot more patients has come back and
finished the treatment plan, and of course get good results with their health. So, patients win and
I win.
Second concept is to contact inactive clients.
I have about 800 clients on my data base. I just hired a part time receptionist 2 weeks ago. I
pulled about 40 inactive patients' contact information and had the receptionist contact them by
phone. By doing that, within a week, 6 of them came in for acupuncture treatment, and most of
them will have 6 to 8 acupuncture treatment in next 2 months. This application of 40 phone calls
to inactive clients will generate $3000 in 2 months. To me, that is very good.
The 3rd concept is combination of risk reversal and back end.
In my business, it is repetitive business. One of the difficult part is go get patient comes in the
first time. Once patient comes and knows about my service, most of them will want more. Instead
of charging higher new patient fee, I decided to give my first treatment for free. Last week, I
printed and mailed 3 new patient welcome coupons to each of the selected 50 of my existing
clients who had referred patients to me in the past. The referrals keep coming. My practice just
kept growing and growing. I just hired a part time receptionist 2 weeks ago, and I have to hire
another one next to help to handle the increased business.
Guoen Wang

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214.

Guy Brown

----- Original Message ----From: Guy Brown

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:36 PM
Hi Jay,
A few years ago you told a story of a dentist in Australia who got fed
up with the normal day-to-day aggravations & hassles of his profession.
He decided he wasn't going to conduct his practice anymore in the same
ol' traditional way he had learned to do. He decided he needed to
change, to become different.
So, if I remember correctly, he remodeled his office, changed his class
of clientele and started charging fees that were much higher then
before. Inside an elegant office he would inform his new patients that
for the seemingly high price of being treated by him, they would
receive extraordinary and guaranteed service which included no-waiting
aftercare on procedures that weren't up to the patient's satisfaction.
But in return, the patient must do three things:
1. Never be late.
2. Must always pay the bill at the time of the procedure, not
afterwards.
3. Must supply this dentist with at least 3 good referrals the
patient knew well and who could use the dentist's services.
If the patient wouldn't agree, he wasn't taken on as a new patient.
In short, he no longer thought of himself as a "commodity."
lesson applies to me is this.

How that

I am a professional telemarketer, meaning this is my chosen career, not

a once-in-a-while sideline. I've been making sales and appointments
over the phone for the last nine years. My first few jobs were for $5
an hour.
During my first 19 months in the profession, I was learning from the
mistakes of myself & others, and experimenting with different selling
styles, presentations, answering objections, closings etc. After 19
months I realized just how proficient I had become. At one company, my
sales had improved by over 100% (i.e., they more than doubled). And my
customer retention rate of 83% was the best within the company. How
was I rewarded? The company raised the quotas and lowered my
commissions! They did this several times. But I kept beating the
system. I surpassed the artificially inflated quotas which they
thought no one would reach. Thus, they had to pay me more money than
they expected. When they changed the system one too many times I quit.
I decided to take a page from that dentist's book and find a way to
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Here in New York City I would say at least 95% of the businesses that
advertise for telemarketers are companies that earn less than $6
million in sales and are barely surviving. Commensurately, the pay
scale for telemarketers generally runs from $6/hour to $10/hour - which
is even less than what they pay their functionally illiterate and
computer illiterate secretaries!
I knew I was worth more than the normal telemarketer and decided not to
be perceived as the normal "commodity" anymore. Here's how I
eventually tripled my salary from $5 to over $17/hour in 6 years. I
put together a large 3-ring binder/portfolio of my accomplishments
achieved while working for several companies within various industries.
When the normal telemarketer shows up for a job interview he just
brings along his resume and his best Sunday suit. When I appear at an
interview, however, I'm ready to present to the prospective boss:
A. 8 well-written letters of recommendation attesting to my skills credibility.
B. 5 audio tapes containing 60 recorded appointments depicting how I
handle tough prospects and change "no's" into "yes's." credibility. Also, I tell my prospective employer that this is
my selling style and I won't allow anyone to change it. If you
like me, you better like my dog (i.e., my consultative selling
approach)! You don't like my dog - the interview is over, "Have
a good day, sir." (You'd be surprised how many managers want
their telemarketers to actually sound like a carnival barker.
They think speeding up one's voice to sound as though you're
rushing to catch a bus engenders enthusiasm within a prospect!)
C. 2 computer printouts of the numbers of dials, contacts and sales
or appointments I've made for my companies over the years.
D. 6 covers of various sales magazines I've subscribed to to show
them I've taken the time to train myself to become a professional
in the art and science of salesmanship.
E. 10 pages of Excel spreadsheets which mathematically,
scientifically, irrefutably prove, under any and all rational
circumstances, that the "numbers game" philosophy of "the more
dials you make per day, the more sales you will make," is a
grossly exaggerated myth that crumbles under objective scrutiny a by product of W. Edwards Deming. More than any other reason,
it is the perpetuation of this myth, the aspiration to attain
false, illusory, physically unattainable quotas that causes
telemarketing departments to fail miserably and for companies
(which are overly dependent on telemarketing) to go bankrupt.
Because I've taken the time to step out of the box, I "merchandise"
myself and prove that I am not the ordinary Is-it-Friday-yet?
telemarketer. Consequently, at one job interview for a global freight
& courier company, the manager offered me $12/hour, but after
negotiations we agreed upon a base salary of over $17 per hour. At
another interview the owner of a custom-made software outsourcing firm
offered me $30,000 as a base salary. I declined. Two years later I
negotiated with this entrepreneur for a higher base salary - and won
the position of Marketing Director to boot.
Also, during times of unemployment I've become creative and searched
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build one for them from scratch. Accordingly, because I didn't think
of myself as a mere "smile n' dialer," I opened up two (extremely
small) telemarketing divisions for two different Internet companies to
become their Telemarketing Directors.
Mr. Jay Abraham, my statement is true and provable and you have my
permission to use my testimonial in your promotional and marketing
endeavors.
Yours truly,
Guy K. Brown

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215.

Harley Kaufman

----- Original Message ----From: Harley Haufman

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 8:20 PM
Dear Jay,
My Name is Harley Kaufman, from NY, NY. Among my many hats, I am an attorney admitted in
four states. You can use this testimonial. You can include my name and city.
One of the simple but effective techniques that you have advocated is to reactivate old
customers. I used to work for a major NYC law firm that had several hundred trust and estates
clients. Many had not been heard from in years. I had proposed to the senior partner that we
send a letter to each of them to remind them that the law of trusts and estates had changed and
that we encourage them to return and come in for a consultation in order to update their previous
legal work, in order to make sure that their previous trusts and estates and wills work were up to
date. This resulted in a considerable amount of legal work. The senior partner was so pleased,
that he allowed me to handle and bill for a significant amount of the work through the firm and
everyone was happy, thanks to the Jay Abraham technique of reactivating old customers.
An additional concept Jay has used in direct mail has also been helpful. By sending or handing
out letters or a flyer and having a person call you if interested, before spending 30 minutes on a
sales pitch, can save a considerable amount of time. I had prepared a flyer to promote an
internet shopping experience, where people would be directed to a company that featured around
100 partner stores with nearly 2000000 products for sale. By making the person visit the website
first and call me with the results - do they want to participate or not, I had about 90% drop out
rate, only 1 out of 10 called, which allowed me to avoid sales pitches with 90% deadwood!
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors

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216.

Harold Edwards

----- Original Message ----From: Harold Edwards

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 4:10 AM
I have had a number of wins from my Abraham experiences. I can say that every
one of the 7 or 8 programs produced in excess of what they promised. Let me share
one of my sleepers that has continued to produce without any effort.
One win-win I got from Jay and his group.....As an orthodontist my patients are
interested in their looks.. I spoke to a local Plastic Surgeon who was very happy to
put my brochure in his waiting room. Of course I allowed him the same courtesy. I
started to get an immediate group of young adults who wanted cosmetic orthodontic
treatment. To get this large of response would have cost me thousands of dollars a
month. This also takes no effort on my part except to replace brochures when they
run out.
I next spoke to an Optical group and next a Dermatologist. Same Great Response.
We all are winning and have helped each other over the last few years by providing a
more complete service to our patients. Everyone Wins.... This little sleeper has
produced in excess of several hundred thousand dollars and keeps on going. My cost
for a year is less then even running one ad in the local paper.
Thanks again Jay.
Sincerely,
Harold Edwards
My story is true. It can be used as you seem fit.

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217.

Harvey Korbelik

----- Original Message ----From: Harvey Korbelik

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:21 AM
Dear Jay,
I actually am a rancher-farmer in a diversified farming operation that has been fairly successful
over the years. The past few years have really tested my resolve to continue in the farming
game, so I began looking for some additional source of income.
I studied some of your programs and with some of the ideas you illustrated, I began a new
enterprise.
I became associated with a prepaid phonecard company as an independant distributor. I called
on businesses and presented my offer of an automatic dispenser of cards or 'over the counter'
sales of cards. What surprised me the most was how receptive and easy to talk to the owners
and managers of the businesses were. I really appreciated that as the only cold calling I'd ever
done before was trying to sell insurance in my younger days. I was not good at it then. I also do
phone calls to businesses and try to get appointments to talk to the person in charge of sales and
marketing. Persistence does pay off!
At this time I have 15 locations doing about $6000 per month in sales. My goal for the year is to
have 100 locations operating.
One of the most gratifying aspects of this business is when someone calls me and says that one
of my location owners referred them to me because they are happy with my products and
services.
I am now studying your 'Stealth Marketing' course and will use some of your concepts to help
grow my business.
Thank You,
Harvey Korbelik
Korbco Corporation
15387 Rd. 57
Burlington, CO 80807
Phone; 719-397-2443
P.S. The phonecard business is very competitive and there are some shoddy companies in
business. I try very hard to only deal with reputable companies so I can offer products that I can
be proud of and the ultimate consumer will be happy with.
P.P.S. I realize this is 'small potatoes' but if you think something in my letter will appeal to the
beginner, then I'd be happy if you would use it. But if you think it's not worthy of reprinting I will
certainly understand.

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218.

Haydn Welch

----- Original Message ----From: Haydn Welch

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:20 AM
My name is Haydn Welch and I own a retail jewelry business in Taunton,
England. One day I was shopping for a washing machine and the sales
assistant made me feel foolish for refusing to pay extra for a 5 year
guarantee. Having just started to study some of Jays' material, my
mind was in tune and just waiting for the flash of inspiration, the
Eureka moment. That's when it came.
On the way out of the shop, I said to my wife "Wouldnt it be great if
all retailers just said, if it goes wrong we will fix it free, for
life, just because you bought it from us". That's when the light came
on. A week later our Free Lifetime Guarantee was being given to all
our customers.
On the second day a customer had looked at a 1,000 Zenith watch from
my nearest competitor and was 'thinking about it over a coffee'
although she had decided to go back and get it, she stopped at my
window display and came in to look at an 18ct gold Longines bracelet
watch. I showed her the watch, explained the various features/benefits
and added the new dialogue regarding the guarantee. She was amazed and
said she would buy the Longines because she loved the guarantee. She
really didn't mind which watch she chose, she liked them both the same.
So, we sold a 1360 watch and our competitor lost the sale.
Later that week, another customer saw a Seiko watch in H Samuels with a
blue dial, he saw the same watch in my shop with a white dial. He
wanted the blue dial version but chose to order it from us, rather than
buy it from our competitor. We won a 295 sale, our competitor lost
it, our customer got a lifetime guarantee.
Another customer had already bought his watch from F Hinds a few days
earlier and then saw the exact same watch in our window along with our
free lifetime guarantee. He felt cheated by Hinds and took his watch
back for a refund (they offer a 14 day refund policy- I am too
frightened to try that offer), he then brought his money to us 95.00.
These three customers spent more with me in that first week, than it
cost me to honor the guarantees all year.
But the best bit is that my customers come back to buy a gold chain for
their wife at Christmas, a pair of earrings for their daughters'
birthday and other items throughout the next few years. (Jays lifetime
value principle). Then one day the gold chain is broken while playing
football and it costs me 5.00 to do the repair, but the customer has
already bought three things and will be back again.
Eight years later and I no longer bother to add up the annual cost in
honoring the repairs and the washing machine still works.

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Now, business is still tough. I struggle to break past 500,000 annual

turnover and still look forward to the day I make 50,000 bottom line.
I am frightened to invest in Jay's new programmes because I haven't
kept my toes to the fire with his old material. I have just used one
principle and made it mine and I don't know how much extra business it
has created.
However, I still lose sales, despite the guarantee and am now
introducing The Ultimate Upgrade. Do you realise that even though you
would love to buy a new watch, the main reason you dont buy one, is
because you already have a perfectly good one on your wrist. The
Ultimate Upgrade resolves this concern.
When you buy a watch (or other jewelry item) from us, we will give you
all of your money back within one year, if you decide to upgrade and
spend twice as much.
I believe, this will make it easier for my customers to buy from us,
there and then. W e want to make the sale on their first visit, not
hope they come back later after visiting all our competitors. Both
these initiatives cost nothing at the point of sale, unlike a discount.
And actually, these two bonuses may never even be used. But the
customer will have the security and I will have the sale.
There we are, I am convincing myself to spend more time with Jays'
stuff.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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219.

J. Semo

----- Original Message ----From: J. Semo

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 3:07 PM

THE LESS PEOPLE KNOW JAY ABRAHAM

THE MORE MONEY I MAKE
HOW TO TRIGGER THE BUYING REFLEX?
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO EXPLODE YOUR
RESULTS EXPONENTIALLY?
The Abraham Approach to Marketing puts basic human reflexes that trigger the need to buy
into action.

Using Jay Abrahams marketing approach, I am assisting small businesses to increase

over 50% their income in less the 12 months.
Thank you Jay!
Be healthy, wise and wealthy,
Dr. J. Semo
Brisbane, Australia
Australian Network of Entrepreneurial Wealth (ANEW)
PS: Jay, following your basic rules I am including three headlines please try which one
works better.

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220.

Jack Feka

----- Original Message ----From: Jack Feka

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:14 PM
I started a new business, selling tires and batteries retail in South
America in January 1998 using many of the techniques advanced by Jay
Abraham and have still only scratched the surface.
To begin with, I decided to give the business a name that reflects what
the business is about. This, grammatically speaking was WRONG and
almost everyone I consulted in the business, my employees etc, had
trouble with the concept of putting FIRST the product as we did in
"Neumatico Centro." (The name should have been "Centro de
Neumaticos".) My reasoning was simple, if a person is looking for our
business in the white pages of the phone book and they want tires they
aren't likely to start thumbing through words names that begin with
Centro, Casa, Hogar, Servicio, etc, until they find what they want.
The name has survived, and has become accepted and because it is
different it helps to underline the image in our customers minds that
we ARE different.
One of the differences which we have established in our client's minds
is that we are a serious and complete service center for tires and
batteries. I invented a term "SeguriChek" which is simply a list of
over 40 points which we check for free when a customer brings their
vehicle to us and we give them a WRITTEN report of all these points.
Of course, many other businesses do similar things looking for areas
that need attention which might result in a sale, but they don't tell
their customers and give them a written report.
I found that when we started we had to offer a repair service for
tires, but with the little back-yard shops which flourish and the dirt
cheap prices they charge I would have rather not even offered the
service. But, because our customers expect us to also repair what we
sell, I started offering a package where a tire which is repaired is
automatically balanced too using our high speed electronic balancing
equipment. Prior to making the package a standard procedure, I ran
some tests on a number of tires brought in for repair and discovered
that 99.7% of these needed to be balanced after being repaired.
So,
instead of charging 1500 pesos for a patch and wasting our time, I now
include a balance and charge 2500 pesos or more. At first a few people
complained that we were trying to gouge them but when we explained that
other shops didn't do a complete repair because they lacked the
balancing equipment, we now have most customers happier than they were
when we were giving a cheap repair without the balancing. (Separately
I would charge 3500 pesos). Frequently we end up balancing one or
three other wheels at the same time and have a much bigger sale.
Alliances: When we opened our doors, we rented space from a busy
service station so that we were next door. The proximity to this
station was so positive that our first two months we didn't have any

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exterior signs to our business and still had almost all the business we
could handle. Now after 4 years we have to abandon this site and move
elsewhere and many of our customers who we've been programming about
the move for a couple of months, told us that they would follow us to
the end of the earth (almost) because they're so pleased with us.
Taking the risk out of purchasing: I offer all clients free repairs on
tires they buy from me during the first 60 days. I also offer them
free rotation which extends their tire life every 6000 km. This
freebie give me a chance to inspect their shock absorbers and batteries
(which we also sell) and to offer them wheel alignment.
Experts in out field: We are recognized as experts in tires in our
community and are the standard by which other tire businesses are
judged but this was not the case when we started. To reinforce this
difference ALL our staff, once they pass their probationary period, are
sent on a training course to the GoodYear factory. In contrast to
other local shops, some of their employees have never traveled more
than a few miles from here, let alone having visited a tire factory.
We hold weekly staff meetings where I attempt to pass on new knowledge
and customer relations techniques to the staff.
Related products: We discovered that all vehicles in Chile are
required to have a fire extinguisher which is re-certified at least
once a year. We have become qualified to offer this service and
automatically inspect the extinguisher whenever we inspect tires,
batteries, shocks or other items. We've held back on offering oil
changes because of our relationship with the service station that we
rent space from, but when we move we will explore this avenue. The
idea is that every service which we offer, gives us another opportunity
to inspect the customers vehicle to see if they are in need of other
services or products which we offer. Since it is rare that the need
for one coincides with another one, we can often detect that a new
service is "at the point" of requiring attention and save the customer
the need to return or avoid the possibility of a break-down because of
a neglected repair.
Honesty: We have strict policy of telling people when they don't need
a service which they might have suspected they need, expecting that my
gaining their confidence they will later be more inclined to purchase
from us what we recommend when we do think it is necessary.
Results, we are in a region where sales is highly seasonal but our
sales have generally follow the same cycle since the start. After one
year, we were able to establish that with the exception of only one
month in nearly five years, we have always grown between 15 and 30%
when compared to the same month the year previous.
There are still many many of Jay Abraham's techniques that we haven't
even started to try but will be adding to our arsenal as time goes
along.
I am impressed at how well these techniques work in a developing
country where people are very traditional and often afraid to attempt
something out of the ordinary. Once they see the results, however,
many of them are stumbling over themselves trying to copy what we've
done.

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Jack Feka
Gerente General
Neumatico Centro (Comercial Amar y Feka Limitada)
Aviador Acevedo 720, Villarrica, Chile
RUT 77.245.880-0
Giro: Importacion, Distribucion, Ventas
fono/fax +56 (45) 41-0028

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221.

Jaime Lerdo de Tejada

----- Original Message ----From: Jaime Lerdo de Tejada

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 3:07 PM
I am starting to practice Abraham principles and I can tell you a
couple of things about Abraham philosophy:
The bonus I offer from now on are really fantastic for my customers. I
give them 500 extra business cards, 100 extra invoices formats, 200
extra personal greetings cards. This bonuses are beginning to boost my
average transaction per sale. Im going to tell you why. My clients
are starting to trust me again, they really like when I come through.
They like my bonus and sometimes for example with the personal
greetings cards they ask me: What should I do with them? I answer:
Write a personal greetings or salutation message to your own customers.
I tell them that this is the best part of a business transaction; when
you thank people for buying your product or service.
Next: The more I read the more I learn, actually every time I read or
hear any principle of Jays philosophy an idea comes out of my mind.
I can start with a simple estimate: usually estimates for me where just
price facts. Actually my estimates now always include interesting
bonuses, always related with pricing, but interesting for my clients as
well. I actually won already a couple of business only and simply with
my new estimate format. I tell my client how Im going to take care of
me, how Im going to work for him, how often we will meet. I also
always tell him some benefit they will gain with me. Just with this
simple change I am starting to kick butt.
Recently I started to guarantee my products for 90 days. This is an
excellent way for calling my clients and see if everything is going all
right. With this simple extra call I am starting to sell more, not
always but usually my clients tell me: by the way could you come next
Friday, I think I have something for you.
Take the note that I am starting with something very simple: a simple
estimate. My dream is to become a Jay Abraham Junior here in Mexico.
I am studying very hard but meanwhile I need to work, I been in the
printing shop business for many years and I am testing Jays principles
with these customers I already have.
I can tell you that this principles work like hell. I am just starting
but I already feel the power because you really feel it when you see
that all the things you learn from Jay actually happen in real life.
It is amazing for me to see that almost all business here have not any
marketing at all. They pass by and survive. But my plan as I told you
is to become a Jay Junior and help this people to succeed and make big
pesos.

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It is possible here and everywhere, the only thing you need is ideas
and principles so simple that nobody sees them. But with a little help
from Jay, a blind can see.
Thank you and good luck.
Jaime.

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222.

Jared Silver

----- Original Message ----From: Jared Silver

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:47 PM
Hello Jay,
Well sure! I'll share some success stories which I attribute directly to having adopted a "Jay
MarketingMindset" these last 6 to 7 years.
Quick background on who I am and what I do. Jared Silver a.k.a "The Straight Shooter" a
Chicagoland based commercial photographer since 1979.
After attending your "Ex!factor" pilot program I transformed my business
from Straight Shooter (commercial photography) to Straight Shooter & Associates (Direct
Response Marketing).
For years I made 'pretty pictures' for fortune 500 companies... now I help small business owners
make their fortune. It's very gratifying I love it!
Working directly with business owners I employ the techniques I learned from you: Cross sell up sell - Powerful USP's -Testimonials understanding the net worth of a client - TESTING,
evaluating & improving headlines, sales copy, graphic presentation... and yes, photographs too.
AND utilizing Mac Ross's 4 W's when writing ANY sales copy:
1)
2)
3)
4)

Why are you bothering me ?

What's in it for me ?
Why should I believe you ?
Why should I respond now?

In the process (these last 7 years) I've become a pretty good copywriter (so I'm told). I recently
received several high compliments from Mr. Robert Allen's associate & publicist, Denise
Michaels.
After reviewing 2 different sales letters I was working on, Denise wrote:
"What an excellent letter, Jared. You gave me goose bumps" - AND - "You really are a writer
now. I think you could write just about anything." (copied & pasted from her
e-mails)
Jay, in the mid - 1990's you pointed me down a whole new career path. Easier
said than done. There were plenty of bumps in that road - but I got all the "tools" I needed from
you and just kept hammering and wrenching away.
Today I've replaced my income as a commercial shooter with equally good income from providing
direct response marketing to my clients. Low six figures, but that's improving too. (Is that specific
enough?)
Here's a client story:

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One of my SS&A clients is physical therapist named Joy. She and her husband share an office /
store front. He's a doctor of Chiropractic. Their company is called "Back To Health".
Joy wanted to increase the size of her practice. I was recommended to her buy another one of
my clients.
After our initial consultation it was determined that several host beneficiary relationships would be
a great way to go. Specifically, contacting medical offices of surgeons and nero-surgeons.
Concept: send us your patients for P.T. after surgery and we'll send you our P.T. patients when
surgery is indicated.
In theory sounds great. I created a lead generator mailer... phone scripts for Joy & her #1
assistant Darlene.
Big stumbling block ahead! We knew about this... but still were amazed when confronted with it.
Jay... many doctors, especially surgeons have rather large EGOs. I'm being polite.
Not only would they not talk with a "lowly" Physical Therapist or respond to our mailings and
faxes... it was also 'beneath' the doc's office manager to validate our contact. YIKES!
The response rate to our initial marketing was a solid zero!
I refocused. I analyzed the situation and put myself behind the eyeballs of the surgeon. "What's
in it for me?" is what I kept asking myself.
Joy was very good about progress reports. She'd call me and explain the latest rejection in
detail. I took notes, and started writing faxable memos for her to send to the doc's office
managers. Long story short... we had the doctors calling HER BACK !
I have some of Joy's 'very excited' phone messages (to me) saved on audio tape if that would be
of benefit to you Jay.
Following is section from a written testimonial from Joy to me. Copied and pasted below:
"In our very first meeting with Jared, we identified my best target market as other health care
professionals with the ability to supply me with the types of patients I can help most.
With Jareds on going assistance and direction, Ive been able to get in, get cooperation, and...
get new patients (the right kind of patients) from the doctor and surgeon practices weve
targeted."
They're doing well, business is steadily expanding.
I'll give you one more quick story
This occurred just months after returning from the Ex!factor program. I was still in commercial
photographer mode (and trying to figure out how to become a full time Direct Response
Marketer.)
Bill Kelley, a long time client and President of the Goelitz Confectionery (makers of Jelly Belly
Gourmet Jelly Beans) contacted me about restoring a few old photographs for the company's
100th anniversary.
A nice little job... about $4000.00 worth of restoration work on the computer.

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I used some of the upsell and cross techniques you taught me. Made the client extremely happy
with the results I delivered and grew the project to about $40,000.00! Ten times the revenue for
my little photo business.
Jay I've wanted to share that story with you since it happened over 6 years ago. Though it would
be lost in the shuffle. Now you're asking for it. Cool!
Jay, I hope some of my ramblings are helpful. If I can be of further assistance just let me know.
Very Appreciatively Yours,
Jared Silver S. S.
Straight Shooter & Associates
Developing Your Good Image For More Business

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223.

Jarvis Wong

----- Original Message ----From: Jarvis Wong

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:51 AM
Dear Jay,
We are a dental supplies company selling to dentist.
This was a 2 hour Dentist seminar that we did in Singapore that had about 90 participants.
What I did was made the headline copy as focus to the customers as possible and many sub
headlines and also a cutoff date.
We wanted a backend to this seminar to sell more products. See attached.
In a normal setting like we normal had only at most 20-30 participants but we got 90 responded
and many backend sales.
Thanks
Jarvis Wong
Address: 925 #14-49 Hougang Street 91 Singapore 530925
Tel: 65-62551886
Fax: 65-62555993

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224.

Jason Jackman

----- Original Message ----From: Jason Jackman

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:59 PM
Dear Jay,
For four years now I have been studying and gradually implementing your material into my
business with excellent results.
I own a mortgage firm specializing in saving people time and significant amounts of money.
In the four years I have been using your marketing methods my business has on average
DOUBLED every year, last year we increased 126%.
Examples of the techniques used 1.

At Mastermind Marketing seminar in 1998 at Heathrow you specifically told me to

significantly increase the fees I charged. We did and the net value of every case
increased, as did the number of clients. The higher fee has reduced the number of
objections.
We have since increased the fee again in late 2000, which contributed to a major
proportion of the 126% growth for that period. Simple and very powerful.

2.

I wrote an educational/pre-emptive based direct mail pack sent to prospective clients in

late 1998 that guarantees a response rate of 5% every single time we mail. This is an
excellent lead generating device.

3.

Referral strategies - we have implemented and consistently use 3 strategies for referrals,
at initial presentation, follow-up on completed business and reciprocation based
offer/incentive once per year for existing clients that has currently resulted in our ratio of
referral business being 50%+ today.

4.

Using the PEQ, I rewrote our presentation to be more pre-emptive /educational and core
story based. Our conversion rate previously had been 1:4 of people seen would sign up.
At the same time that I rewrote the new presentation I took on two new sales consultants
and trained them to present exactly the way I wanted them to. Their conversion rates are
1:1 and 1:2 respectively!!

I estimate that this change alone will make a difference of 600,000.00 this year, even without
increasing the amount of new clients we see!! A phenomenal result.
Kind regards
Jason Jackman
M.D. Gold Flexible Mortgages
P.S. I appreciate every single thing you do and know that even with the above success stories I
am only scratching the surface of what can be done.

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225.

Jason Griffith

----- Original Message ----From: Jason Griffith

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:11 PM
Here's my story. Thanks for the invite. I'm looking forward to
reading the compiled version, I read most of your stuff two or three
times.
What I did.
I recently started a CPA firm in Las Vegas, Nevada. One of the things
we are going to focus on is outsourced controller or CFO positions. We
currently have two major clients. We have developed a marketing
strategy to compare what it would cost companies if they were to hire
on a person full time to do the work we are going to do. We detail out
the cost of benefits, insurance, employer payroll taxes, paid
vacations, internal employee conflicts/headaches, not to mention having
a minimum of 3 CPA devoted to the job, with backgrounds in tax,
accounting and financial management. When we detail out all of the
costs and put a visual image into their mind as to the headaches a
full-time employee brings with them, our offer for a flat monthly fee
pails in comparison. Their total cost would be close to $100,000 for
an entry level CPA, including all of the research software
and expertise one person would have to bring to the table.
They can choose to hire one person for $100,000 per year and deal with
the headaches, etc. or they can hire our firm for about $50,000 per
year, which comes with all of the research software, different
backgrounds and years of experience.
I am a relatively young CPA owner in the town. At 25, I am the CFO of
a public company and am a partner in a CPA firm. I've been following
Jay's work since college and have been hooked ever since. Our industry
has many obstacles in it's way right now, so our goal is to overcome
those obstacles by telling the client that by having more people
working for them, at a lower cost, they will save numerous ways over.
Given that we are probably the youngest CPA firm in the country, we
need to alleviate the fears of the companies that they may feel we are
inexperienced. Thus, we detail our individual and aggregate
experiences, so that it is obvious we can handle the work. We tell
them the bottom line impact of choosing us over hiring someone
fulltime.
We are going to make a list of the top 50-100 clients in the area that
we would like as clients and use that list as our main target list.
We've done this because we need to differentiate our selves in the
market and this is a great way for us to do it. I don't have any hard
and fast results to share since we started this campaign on Monday, but
I am confident it will work for us.
Thanks Jay!!
Jason Griffith

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226.

Jeff Miller

----- Original Message ----From: J Miller

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:50 AM
Situation
We launched JFY, Inc. a mail-order medical manufacturer targeting
seniors and their caregivers. Competition was strong and initially,
our sales were slow.
Solution
In order to turbo charge our results, we implemented three of Jay's
concepts:
1. "Fall in love with your customers."
2. "Provide a credible reason why."
3. Provide "risk reversal."
Fall in love with your customers
We made our business the type of company we would like to do business
with. Once we decided to love our customers it was easy to offer them
free shipping and handling on every order no matter how large or small,
how near or how far. Plus we are always happy to send free samples
whenever requested.
Provide a credible reason why
Consumers rarely realize just how many product options they really have
and even if they do, they do know have the background to make an
informed decision. We decided to educate our prospects so they would
come to appreciate our selection and fee empowered to make an informed
decision. Our reps are all knowledgeable and are encouraged to stay on
the phone with callers for as long as it takes to answer all questions.
Provide "risk reversal
Even with all of the above, consumers are often afraid to commit to
ordering. Since our customers were now educated we decided to take
away any risk they may perceive in ordering by offering a no questions
asked money back guarantee.
Result
Our customers now get the products that's right for them and re-orders
are up because the buying experience was so pleasant. Overall, since
implementing Jay's strategies we have grown the business while
increasing profitability.
Conservatively, sales are up by a factor of 10.
J. Miller
973-669-9671

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227.

Jeffery Peoples

----- Original Message ----From: Jeffery Peoples

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:37 AM
Jay,
I started listening to your work when you had an auction of old works
(that was advertised by Vic Connant). I am just getting started with
your PEQ and PEQ II home study course and have signed up for the PEQ
Cubed for August.
What I have gotten so far (I am just at the beginning) is:
1. I hired a woman to help with PR and working together we have
received 12 news items that brought us about $20,000 in new
revenue. I have heard and read about doing PR before, but your
section on PR convinced me to more ahead.
2. I started a referral marketing system that has generated $4000 in
sales and only cost me $200 in discounts.
3. After listening to your talk about building a Parthenon where
each incremental increase in each of many areas will build
geometric growth is something I am starting to understand and
implement. I know ask every person in my company to do what they
do better and all of a sudden the compounded increase is
substantial. We have gone from losing $70,000/month for a few
months to making a $15,000/month profit this month. This concept
was important in this transition. Lots of little incremental
improvements compounding on each other makes one big improvement.
I can't put my finger on the one thing that has been the change
that made the difference, but many little changes are compounding
on each other and it total it has made a huge difference for me.
I used to be looking for the one big that that was missing. Now I
improve every aspect of my marketing, sales and running the
business a little bit. I now am starting to enjoy the big
improvements that I was looking for.
I am just starting with your concepts - but I feel that I am on the
right track. After reading and listening to many personal and Business
development books and tapes, I will say that the way you
delivery/explain you concepts has gotten me to act on them. I look
forward to PEQ CUBED.
Jay, my statements are true and verifiable and you have my permission
to use my testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
Jeffery Peoples
Smart Postal Solutions
Window Book, Inc.
www.windowbook.com
800-370-2410 x1320

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228.

Jeffrey Edwards

----- Original Message ----From: Jeffrey Edwards

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 7:28 AM

PO Box 1618, Orange Park, FL 32067-1618

Tel: 904.276.0067 ; Fax: 707.313.1427
[email protected]

5th August 2002

Mr. Jay Abraham
The Abraham Group
27520 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 263
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Attached are two short success stories generated using just one of the tools and techniques Ive learned
from you. The case study is brief really a formula I use to price my services.
Thanks for asking me to participate.
Please call if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey S. Edwards
Alchemists Intl

Marketing Technique Number 5

Risk Reversal

Alchemists Intl makes use of Risk Reversal in all of our client activity
We know that the average manufacturing company wastes 25% of sales on an annual
basis and that we can help them recover approximately 30% of this figure in their first
year.
We promise to generate at least a 1:1 ROI on our fees during the period of our
engagement and average at least a 3:1 ROI on total costs within the clients first year
after using our services.
The math we market to clients with over $50MM in sales.
Waste is approximately $12.5MM. Anticipated first year recovery is $3MM
Average first year ROI is 3:1 we look for a $1MM fee

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A $1MM investment nets a $12MM return

Success Story $4BB Manufacturer - $12MM first year project (6month project NO
DOWNSIZING)
Anticipated savings for the first initiative - $36MM first yr savings
Actual Savings
Warranty Expense Reduction - $200MM in first year
Product Rationalization $260MM in first year
Eng Change Management
$200MM in first year
$12MM project netted
$660MM in first year
55:1ROI
Over $2BB saved in first three years
Success Story 30-yr-old shipyard, $6MM total revenue (component of a vertically
integrated utility challenge pilot for our services)
Anticipated first yr savings of $1MM.
Actual savings - $2.2MM
Additional project revenues from three other divisions and recurring revenue for over 5
years
Other success stories for application of other Abraham tools
Contact us at [email protected]

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229.

Jim Brewer

----- Original Message ----From: Jim Brewer

To: Jim Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 7:11 AM
Jay,

A Change in Mindset Must Precede a Change in Action

I have a management consulting firm that specializes in helping high growth companies move
through their stages of growth and development. We deal with all aspects of advising
entrepreneurs how to grow and manage their business.
I bought my first Abraham product several years ago "Money-Making Secretes of Marketing
Genius Jay Abraham and Other Marketing Wizards." After reading this book I began to see my
business from a different perspective. I had a very narrow mindset which set limits upon my
business.
Approximately two or three years ago, I bought a self study course which included the following
tape series:
1.

The U.K. Advanced ex! Factor

2.

The Singapore Mastermind Marketing

3.

The European Super Summit

4.

The Austrian Mastermind Marketing

I have listened to each of these several times. Since I put over $25,000 miles on my car every
year just in the city in which I live traveling between client appointments, I have a lot of time to
listen to educational tapes. I do not get in my car that I do not listen to a tape.
The key impacts that the home study course had on my mindset are:
1.

I realized how much I had undervalued my services to my clients. I therefore increased

my fees. I have been perfecting "Value Billing" where the fee paid by the client is in
direct relation to the value received.

2.

I set my vision from becoming a $1,000,000 company to becoming a $10,000,000

company.

In order to become a $10,000,000 company, I knew it would not come from pure consulting
services. The increase has to come from the backend. So I set out to identify other products or
services that I could sell to my client base and to a targeted prospect list. I identified one Human
Resource Product that had great promise. It was an internet product that provided an ongoing
revenue stream after the sell for as long as the client owned the service. It was a great idea but I
could not get a satisfactory contract. I spend several months trying to get things to work.

Setbacks Provide Education

Going through this process was very educational. I learned a lot. I then began looking at
developing my own products. It was during this time that Jay began marketing the PEQ.

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After numerous emails, letters, audio taps and finally a call from Carl, I purchased the original
PEQ. I began listening to the tapes. I went through the series several times at least once
monthly. I watched the videos and read the transcript.
During all of this time I had been sharing my new vision with my employees, clients, and friends.
They became very excited. Through sharing of my vision with my lawyer he became excited. We
set up a limited partnership to provide flexibility in setting up deals.
Then PEQ advanced was introduced. I purchased it and began listening to the tapes, watching
the videos, reading the transcripts and working through the growth plan. I continue to go through
the audio tapes at least once a month.

Results Are Beginning

During this time opportunities have begun to arise:
1. A retired professor who has written numerous books and developed numerous products
has developed a management development system that is totally internet based. He is
doing all the development and having the programming done. We will license the product
from him and will have an exclusive to market the product if we perform. These products
will be ready by the end of the year. We have to set up and perform the marketing using
Jays and Chets principals.
2. Recently I had a prior client approach me about turning around his company. He could
not pay me a monthly retainer so we set up a contingency arrangement where I get paid
25% of the profits for the next three years. I would have never considered an
arrangement like this until I had been through Jays materials.
3. Just last week I began talks with a client to market his services. It is a product that
produces a monthly income stream for as long as the client retains the services.
4. I have on the drawing board other products that we will develop in-house in 2003.

Execution is Now Required

All of this requires that I execute. I must master the PEQ and other Jay concepts. I have to get
my team on the same page that I am on. We must execute.
So a year from now will determine just how good a student I have been.
Thanks,
Jim Brewer
972-539-1989 Voice
972-539-4713 Fax
www.masterthink.com

MasterThink, LTD
Solving the Challenges of High Growth Companies

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230.

Jim Callard

----- Original Message ----From: Jim Callard

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 9:53 AM
Dear Jay,
Over the past ten years, I have read most, I think, of your letters, promotions, etc. I have taken advantage
of many of your offers and have never been disappointed in the value of the information presented. Your
ideas have been beneficial to our businesses in many ways but it is difficult to quantify the results along the
lines you requested.
For example, your Extraordinary Referral Systems tapes have been of great value in developing and
tweaking programs which we were using in both our extended stay apartment hotel business and the
apartment business. I am sorry that I cannot quantify this more specifically but there is a substantial
monetary benefit as well as getting our managers to focus creatively and adapt to our specific market and
geographical situations.
To the same effect would be your Mastermind Marketing Program which has produced results, again not
specifically quantifiable but enabling us to better train our individual property managers.
I have listened to the entire P.E.Q. Program and found it to be of enormous stimulus to myself. I now have
the second refinement of that program and will again listen to the tapes. Of particular use were the
segments on hiring super stars. By way of explanation, the apartment business is upside down from the
standpoint of management and compensation. That is, we can have a property manager with a salary from
$30K to $40K a year managing an asset valued at $20 to $40 million. Unfortunately, that's the
management philosophy of even the largest and more successful REITs in the business. We have always
paid our people more than our competition, but have not always received additional value. Implementing
some of the training modules of the P.E.Q. Program should help that but utilizing the hiring ideas has
already paid us dividends in a particular market; to wit: Colorado Springs. The two Property Managers we
have hired utilizing the ideas of Jay.
Thanks,
Jim Callard
American Apartment Communities

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231.

Jim Nilzon

----- Original Message ----From: Jim Nilzon

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:58 AM
Dear Jay,
I own a business in Scandinavia. We do seminars in speed-reading for
corporations. I first came into contact with Jays materials four
years ago. By applying what I have learned I wrote a full-page ad in
one of the major business magazines here.
This ad has been so successful that we have been running it every month
for three straight years now. Its plain ugly; no flashy colors or
design, just black and white and only words. Thats right, its an
editorial-type-ad. It has a compelling headline that simply acts as
the ad for the ad, drawing people into the main copy. Everything in
the ad is about the customer; its you, you, you all the way.
The ad contains close to 2000 words, and the people who calls in, tells
us they have read every word, and that they just couldnt stop reading.
Ive put testimonials in the ad, people who have attended our seminars,
and the results they have gotten. I have tried to make every paragraph
build the case for the next one, making the reader curious so that she
cant help but to move on. Like a slippery slide.
The copy reads like a personal conversation between the reader and I.
Its like were sitting in two comfortable chairs facing each other,
and Im telling her about this marvelous new technique for reading
faster. Ive tried to make the conversation exciting without getting
into sales hype, which I believe turn a lot of people off.
Ive also made an effort to be really honest, telling the prospect
about the negative aspects of the product. But, turning those negative
aspects to something good. Like: Yes you have to work hard, but when
you do.
I have rewritten the ad some 30 times to make sure the copy flows
smoothly. Ive also read everything out loud to make sure it feels
like normal conversation, like Im talking in a natural way. I believe
this is one of the reasons people usually read through the whole thing.
So many ads talk down to people, which at least stops me cold when I
read them. I simply talk to my prospects as a friend. No one likes to
be sold. Everyone likes to be informed in a nice, relaxed and personal
way.
When the response of the ad have started to go down, all Ive done is
change the headline and the response have gone right up again. Same
body copy and everything. Ive always tried to take the most
interesting, exciting aspect about the product and put it in the
headline. Ive always put myself in the customers shoes Ive made
the headline pass the So-what-test and the who-cares-test. Ive
banned obscure, self-serving headlines.

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Finally, the reason people call in is the 16 page report about reading
faster, that Ive created. Conversion rate is 25% of the people who
call in for that report. Of course thats because we have skilled
telemarketers standing by to answer questions in a friendly, nonthreatening way.
I have no formal training as a copywriter. Jays marketing techniques
work like magic. All you have to do is follow them.
Thank you Mr. Genius.
Jim Nilzon
Wahlbergsgatan 17
SE-12138 Johanneshov
SWEDEN

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232.

Joe Accurso

----- Original Message ----From: Joe Accurso

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:36 PM
Approximately 10 years ago, my home based graphics design business was turning over $15$20,000 P.A., growth was slow and I needed help.
I attended my very first seminar, conducted by Jay and it literally turned my world upside down!
Over the next 18 months I was out of my garage and grew my business to a point where I now
employ 3 people and the business turns over $450,000 P.A. and growing. I can confidently say
that without the marketing education I received from Jay, I would not be in business today.
If I was to pin point a single concept that I believe gave me the best benefits and turned my
business around, it would be to recognize the life time value of client and what you are willing to
spend to acquire the new client.
When I first implemented this idea years ago, we used it with business card orders. We offered
250 cards (low quantity) to new clients absolutely free. It introduced new clients to us and we
eliminated all risk to the client, they had nothing to loose and plenty to gain. Our real costs were
$38 per client. The average client would then go on to order 2 lots of 2000 business cards per
year (at a retail cost of $240 x 2 card orders which amounted to $480) and continue to do so for
on average, 5 years, grossing $2400.
Therefore our initial investment of $38 gives us an annual return of 1263% for 5 years, try and get
that return from your bank!!!!
The good news doesn't stop there, the bulk of them would in the future also order other things like
letter heads, brochures, signs etc.
Today eMedia Lounge has a wide range of clients from small businesses to Corporate companies
and whenever we take a phone enquiry or send out a package to a perspective client we'll offer
something free or a discount voucher to encourage them to take the first step and start a
relationship with us. By doing so, we find our enquiry conversion goes from 22% to 80% and
that's the difference between a company struggling and a company thriving.
My testimonial is true and provable and you have my permission to use it in your promotional and
marketing endeavors. Please visit our web site and see for yourself how my company has grown
from nothing to where it is today all thanks to Jay.
P.S. If you'd like to save a truck load of cash next time you need a designer send us an email as
the US dollar is worth almost double the Australian enabling you to save on your design.
Joe Accurso
eMedia Lounge Pty Ltd
338 Moore Park Road
Paddington NSW 2021
Phone 02 9331 1455
Facsimile 02 9331 4177
http://www.emedialounge.com

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233.

Joe Kennedy

----- Original Message ----From: Joe Kennedy

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:27 AM
Dear Mr Abraham,
I have already sent you a detailed e-mail about the impressive successes I have achieved by applying your
methods which I read in your book "Getting Everything You Can Out Of..."
In the book you promised to send me a tape which I have not received until now. Shortly afterwards, you
wrote saying you wanted to speak to me urgently, because my success had impressed you so much. I
actually took the trouble of phoning several times. Eventually I gave up, because after some mix ups, you
sent me a form to fill out - what has the one got to do with the other?
The only redeeming feature about the whole mess is that I am absolutely delighted with the breakthroughs I
have achieved.
So much so I am willing to forgive and forget and will relate my adventure once more.
Again: I have a Website which is run according to the methods recommended by the Internet Marketing
Company owned by Mr Cory Rudl.
I also run a private tutorial school specializing in learning disabilities.
In Germany children go to school mainly in the morning. Germany applies a system of continual
assessment.
Approximately 20 per cent of any given population suffers from dyslexia and/or dyscalcula (the inability to
process numbers accurately).
Consequently, there is a huge market for private tutorials. In the small town of Tuttlingen pop. 35000, there
are two chain tutorial schools and 2 or 3 other subsidized organizations plus a myriad of private "over the
kitchen table" offers.
Our specialty is the effective mastery of reading, spelling and calculation plus tutorials, so the children can
catch up on the work they missed out due to these learning disabilities.
So we are head and shoulders above the competition. But still struggling to maintain constant growth.
Every time the competition offered a special we felt it temporarily - after a while the custom came our way
again.
This year the competition was making very definite inroads into the market - with a 50 Euro special offer.
We were feeling it! Our courses cost more than theirs.
So I decided to apply the principles you advocate.
Removing barriers and Maximization

I waived a 34 Euro sign-on fee which is standard in our branch

Any child could have another lesson - at our cost, if he/she still felt unsure before an upcoming
test

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A free1 on 1 tutorial for any child that failed badly in a test - this happens occasionally

Free prep courses on the weekends before the final exams

Supplementary, cost free counseling for parents whose offspring had difficult behavior problems,
we excel in this area

A monthly newsletter for all our clients, which is also sent to former clients

We also offer high quality, free supplementary courses for dyslexia and dyscalcula as a booster to
the main dysl/dysc courses

I'm developing the USP: Your Child at the Epicenter of Our Highly Specialized Efforts!

I put all of these advantages for the customer in a big, well placed ad in the local newspaper that this
specific group reads - on three Saturdays - a month apart.
I also put my prices up 6 per cent.
The results:
During the months March - August 2002 I went from minus 15 per cent turnover, in comparison to the
same period in 2001, to an average of plus 16 per cent.
This August I have 93 registrations, a year ago I had 72.
Using Barter
August is a poor month for us. Nobody thinks of school, nobody wants to think about school. I offered
parents a big discount and for the rest of the month, a tutorial coupon that is transferable and valid until
31st of January the following year. Result: far more parents have left their children registered. Several
have said they will use the coupon to send the brother or sister.
I have also been trying to introduce a referral system and am propagating this in our newsletter and
communications to the parents. My part-time staff will be offered a juicy bonus in the near future.
Costs
My cost ratio for personnel is exactly the same as it was a year ago.
As of writing this I have increased my turnover for August, in comparison to 2001, a whooping 28%.
I am making a lot more money and am investing in further improvements.
I think it's a very fair deal - your book for all this.
All the best,
Joe Kennedy

Crealern.de
Kreatives Lernen, Obere Hauptstr. 10
78532 Tuttlingen
Tel.: 07461 162650
Fax: 07461 162960
Effektive Hilfe fuer lernschwache Schueler im Lesen, Schreiben und Rechnen

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www.crealern.de

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234.

Joe Meyer

----- Original Message ----From: Joe Meyer

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 3:58 AM
Jay
Good news - Bad news
Good news: I have used a lot of your methods and techniques in our
marketing approaches, in fact I use your materials like I should have
used my college books in school! Almost every time I work on a
marketing piece I constantly "benchmark" something that I have read
from you. Thank You. We started Skylight 4 years ago and today it is
a profitable company with $3.0 million in revenue (confidential).
The following are some of the accomplishments we have attained:
1.

We were going to shoot a sales channel - TV - when we couldn't

prove it's worth. Due to some of your ideas we decided to do
one more test and track results more efficiently. We now spend
over $50k per month on TV with a less than 90 day pay back.

2. Direct mail efforts stalled, we re-evaluated our list efforts and

messages, a test goes out within the next two weeks. If successful we
will drop over 2 million pieces. If not we don't go forward.
Bad News - I don't use all of your ideas to their fullest extent: Why,
I am not sure. I think it has to do with growing the organization a
little bit more so I can hire the additional staff. Also, any help
with a direct sales force and sales support ideas?
Thanks again for all of your info.
Joe Meyer
President/Co-Founder - Skylight Financial, Inc.
www.skylight.net

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235.

Joe Nicassio

----- Original Message ----From: Joe Nicassio

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:19 PM
I am a graduate of Jay's Ex Factor Program, The ULMRL, The Billion
Dollar Summit, and the Protege programs. Additionally, I have most of
his home study courses.
When I got involved with Jay, I was involved in High Technology.
frustration was, at the time, so many were selling technology,
(especially on the Internet), without delivering results.

My

Jay's philosophies and methods helped me realize that low-tech

effective is better than high-tech ineffective.
Jay's ideas were so powerful, I made a mid-life decision to complete
change what I was doing, because I could make a huge contribution to
business owners as a marketing consultant.
Using the barter techniques I learned from Jay, I bartered my advice
for nice, free office space, with DSL and 2 phone lines included at no
cost.
Since then, I have become a stakeholder in 3 companies. I am sales and
marketing manager at a newspaper. I am marketing director for a truck
accessory manufacturer I am also a marketing consultant for 3 pizza
restaurant locations.
At the newspaper, it was started in a studio apartment, with one
employee...the owner. We first started building a sales force using
the principle that you can afford as many commission only salespeople
as you want.
We installed a referral program, sales training, direct mail, risk
reversal, etc. The paper is now in 19 cities, with a crew of 11
independent contractors.
One of the secrets I learned is the importance of deal making. this is
where the details, the specifics need to be worked out, especially
regarding CLEAR NEXT STEPS, and BY WHEN's.
Also, I have learned the power of associating with the 7% of people
that LIVE with integrity. Life is too short to deal with flakes.
I also discovered something more valuable than money. Appreciation. I
wanted to be appreciated for the ongoing benefit I bring to others. Of
course, one of the ways people can show me appreciation is the way they
pay me.
The most significant value I have received is I get a great feeling of
contribution I give others, by increasing their cash flow. There is a
ripple effect that creates more reward for the business owner, the

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employees, the shareholders, the vendors, and all those peoples

families.
The copy techniques I learned from Jay has won me the honor of The
"Very Best" Copywriter in LA by Levine communications.
I wrote a sales letter for a sales training company that returns about
$30,000 every time a $1000 mailing is sent.
One of my clients, a salon/day spa, has increased revenue of $200,000
(Raw estimate) from a referral system installed.
Most importantly, I have fun doing all this marketing stuff. It's a
great outlet for my creative imagination to be applied. And it allows
me to help others bring out their magic and wizardry.
RapidResultsMarketing.com
Marketing Consultant
562-961-3976

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236.

Joe Trevis

----- Original Message ----From: Joe Trevis

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 8:31 AM
Using the mail that you taught me in one of your books has meant the difference of having
summer work in my accounting tax practice. I found lists of people that owed tax to the Monster
called IRS. The list costs me only 26 dollars. And mailing about $30 printing Free at the school I
work part time. Each mailing I received $300. And perhaps on going relationships that is not
even in this calculation.
I hope this helps.

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237.

Joel Rasmussen

----- Original Message ----From: Joel Rasmussen

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 5:44 PM
In 1998, after studying Jay's material for years but never being in a
position to fully deploy his thinking or strategies, I found myself
promoted to the role of Director of Marketing for a small software
company in Silicon Valley. My first challenge was launching a new
product that was A) more expensive than anything else in the
marketplace, B) more complex, complicated, and non-intuitive than
anything else in the marketplace, and C) Developed by a relatively new
player in the market without the benefit of reputation or brand loyalty
to carry the product.
Faced with this challenge, I asked myself WWJD - what would Jay do? I
knew he would educate, he would extol, he would articulate, he would
make the offer all about the customer not about him, he would make the
deal too good to be true, he would reverse the risk, and the would
probably even through in a bonus just for giving it a try. So that's
exactly what I did. I worked up my best attempt at a "Jay style" sales
letter and prepared to mail it.
The product was actually an ancillary product, a "plug-in", that ran
atop another companies software, so we were mailing to their list in a
co marketing joint venture. When we submitted our mailing for their
approval the other company actually called us to tell us that our
letter idea would never work. It was too long, too personal, no one
would ever read it, and the 'money back' bit was not only a bad idea,
but would mess things up for everyone else who didn't want to offer
such a deal. I persevered and we were finally allowed to mail to their
database. Most new "plug-in" products would sell, at most, $80k in
their first year, usually after they had been reviewed, demonstrated at
tradeshows, and had been on the market for a while. Our product sold
$223k in the first 90 days, and those sales were all sight unseen,
untested, never demonstrated, but purely from our letter campaign. We
did end up having something like 15 returns, which brought our revised
net down to ~$210k, but I could live with that.
I never did tell the other company how the 'letter thing' worked.
J. Rasmussen
Austin, TX
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors. The company
was nine employees, gross sales of $2M, in the music production
software industry, and cannot be named for nondisclosure reasons.

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238.

John Bingham

----- Original Message ----From: John Bingham

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:43 AM
Subject: testimonial
Hi Jay,
Don't know if my 'story' is what you are looking for as I have yet to
reap the rewards' from your teaching, however I'll reply anyway and
you may make whatever use of it, or not, as you see fit.
I live in UK and about 18 months ago I received in the post an audio
cassette recording of the 'Power Talk' with yourself and Tony Robbins.
It Totally blew my mind away!! It wasn't that I didn't believe the
examples you gave, (Icy Hot, The Gold coins etc etc) but I found it
amazing that simply by putting the business over in a different way the
rewards could be so great.
Although I had been running a part time mail order business prior to
that for consumer products I immediately saw the potential for a
marketing service, especially here in UK, where it seems that
businesses as a rule are 'behind the times' when it comes to marketing
innovations.
As well as having a full time job, I am rather 'long in the tooth' and
not too computer literate so my learning curve has been pretty steep.
As a result since the receipt of the original cassette I have been
concentrating on learning more, buying your book 'Money making secrets'
as well as a number of other tape sets and attending seminars and so on
until, finally am almost ready to launch my original mail order
business on to the internet on a much bigger scale as well as being
well on the way to a couple of other non-related businesses to launch
on there too.
As I said at the beginning, your request came a bit too early for me to
show positive results as yet but I would like to stress the point that
without hearing that original tape and being inspired by the ideas it
contained I would NEVER have become involved in marketing my original
business in the ways I am now putting into practice, simply 'plodding
along' in the same old way. Nor would I have even looked into other
ideas for businesses whereas now, having opened my mind the ideas keep
flooding in at such a rate that a number I have had to put onto the
back burner so I don't diversify my efforts in too many directions!
Anyway, at this stage that's it. As I said, please feel free to use
whatever you like. I KNOW I owe it all to you and in a year or so, if
you are still looking for concrete testimonials you might like to
contact me again!
All the best
John

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P.S. Sorry if I have used a few local expressions but I think you
should be able to get the drift of what I have said. Also, if there is
anything of interest in the above but you would like more details of
any of it, please feel free to ask and I'll do what I can.

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239.

John Corban

----- Original Message ----From: John Corban

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:45 PM
Hi Jay,
I am a Business Advisor with a small chartered accounting business in
Auckland, New Zealand. We have a team of 9. Our industry is wellestablished, with a few big players and many smaller firms like ours.
There is very little differentiation between the smaller firms, and the
traditional chartered accounting work is effectively very commoditised.
I have read and followed Jay's material for just over two years, and
was determined to try to implement even one or two of his marketing
strategies in our business. This no easy feat, as I am not a business
owner, and have no marketing budget to work with.
Last December, with the help of our MD's personal assistant, I managed
to get our entire team to commit to a planning session looking at some
key issues for our business. We recognised that traditional compliance
and chartered accounting work was becoming less profitable, which is a
world-wide trend in our industry.
We decided to focus on two key areas:
1. Goal setting; and
2. 3 Key marketing strategies that we thought we could implement on
a consistent basis
First, we set ourselves a stretch goal of a 33% increase in fee
revenue, recognising that this would take a focused effort by everyone
in the team, and some changes in what we did, and how we did it.
Alongside this, we established KPI's and committed to measuring them on
a regular basis, and reviewing them at monthly meetings. So far, we
are on track to meet this new target.
We decided on 3 key marketing strategies, which were:
1. Joint venture marketing;
2. Active solicitation of referrals; and
3. Education-based selling
We set up a JV company with a firm of insurance brokers. In the past,
we would have referred our clients elsewhere. Now we are in charge of
the service delivery in a new and more profitable line, in conjunction
with our JV partners. This start-up business has already generated our
initial annual fee target in less than 6 months.
Everyone in the team is now responsible for asking clients for
referrals, and we ask all of our education-based seminar attendees to
bring associates in business. So far this year, we have had a 25%
increase in our net inflow of new clients.

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Education-based selling is probably not unique to our firm - many

professional firms around the world adopt this approach. But for our
small firm, it is a key differentiator to other small firms in our
city. We run regular seminars for our clients, which are designed to:
1. Position ourselves as knowledgeable experts in the different
subject areas.
2. Educate our clients and prospects to add value to them and their
businesses.
3. Give us low-key cross-selling opportunities.
4. Get clients together to network, share their knowledge and
experience, and maybe make new business contacts of their own
through our client base.
Some of our events are sponsored by clients or business partners, who
can provide host-beneficiary type opportunities with us to our clients,
which adds great value to the events, and also helps us keep the costs
down.
Jay has probably been guilty of giving us too many ideas through his
material, which we can't implement all at once. But our success so far
this year has come through the following key lessons, which come
through from Jay time after time:
1. Set a clear goal, focus on it and measure progress towards it.
2. Don't try too many things at once - be selective, pick a surefire strategy, and tweak it until it really works.
3. Measure activities as well as results, and make adjustments if
necessary (lessons 2 and 3 are very closely related).
4. It is possible to grow your business without a Rolls Royce
marketing budget if your strategies and tactics are right.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
John Corban
Inspired Business Solutions
Auckland, New Zealand

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240.

John Gilvary

----- Original Message ----From: John Gilvary

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 6:39 PM

Sales & Marketing Strategies

34210 Gannon Terrace
Fremont, CA 9455

(510) 796-7828
[email protected]

August 2, 2002
Dear Jay,
Ive learned a lot from you over the years and implement the strategies and tactics that you teach for my
marketing consulting clients. I often ask the question: How would Jay approach this situation?
A case in point that will illustrate this follows.
The CEO of a merchant account company (one that enables merchants to accept credit cards) approached
me to generate leads for his sales people. His exact order was to make the phone ring.
This was a good company and at the same time, they had a history of breaking some of Jays rules. For
example, they never ran a legitimate test of marketing pieces; they did a lot of me too marketing; and
when they had a piece that worked, they dropped it because they tired of it, before the market did.
Another factor that I considered was that the competition all claimed to have the lowest rates and/or the
best service. The ones who said it the loudest, or at the right time, probably won the account.
How I Differentiated Them From The Crowd And Made The Phone Ring
I decided (and convinced the CEO) that they needed a two-step marketing plan. The CEO had considerable
experience in the industry and knew where all the bodies were buried. He knew what the merchant clients
should know in order to get the most out of their merchant account.
For example, there are a lot of practices that leave merchants vulnerable to fraudulent credit card usage.
Many times this leaves innocent, (but uneducated) merchants holding the bag and losing thousands of
dollars. In some cases, it can even force them out of business.
I had the CEO write a Free Report that explains these things and educates the merchants to the 10 Facts
Every Business Owner Must Know Before Getting a Merchant Account. I edited this raw report, wrote the
cover letter, the phone script and the card deck copy. We went with a card deck as an ad medium, because
it fit within their budget and they had a history with this medium so we could compare the results to
previous card deck campaigns.
The card deck was to pull prospects to raise their hands and say Im a merchant and I want to get an
account. There was a toll-free number to call for a recorded messagewhere they will leave their contact
information. I had a female employee with a good telephone voice leave the outgoing message (that I
wrote).

The Results
Over the first 60 days from when the card deck hit the street, they received over 600 B2B leads. The best
card decks from the past only generated a fraction of this response.

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The same client has since had me write a number of other pieces for them.
Thanks, Jay, for the education.
Sincerely,

John Gilvary
Marketing Consultant

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241.

John Gommes

----- Original Message ----From: John Gommes

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:58 AM
I must have been one of the first people to use your services, starting
with the very first edition of 'your marketing genius etc.'
Although I learned a lot all round, maybe the most helpful (and most
surprising) point was about host etc relationships.as a result, we made
a quantum leap by sharing instead of being hostile.
An added bonus was that we made many new friends, most of whom I retain
even after the sale of our business (we're starting a new one soon!),
and that is something money cannot buy.
The bottom line was we built a book publishing and selling business
from scratch to sales of $5,000,000 for an annual profit of $500,000 in
5 years and we sold out for 'several million'.
Much of this was built on relationships with other people who, like us,
traded by mail - after all, how difficult is it to ask a, say,
household goods mail order seller to carry your book list and vice
versa?
Of course, all this could not have happened without very value for
money books and very good staff.
Shareform ltd (the company we sold was Carnell ltd)

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242.

John Hicks

----- Original Message ----From: John Hicks

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 4:31 PM
Hi Jay,
I want to participate in your project, but just have a few minutes. will do my best.
My name is John Hicks. I operate 3 businesses. The first is a commercial construction company.
The second, a commercial sign manufacturing and installation company. The third is an outdoor
advertising (billboard) company.
The sign business and outdoor advertising companies that I operate, almost in their entirety, are
examples of a technique I have learned from jay Abraham... back-ending. My construction work
is primarily for restaurant, retail, and personal service businesses. I build for these clients and am
usually one of only a few people that ever know, up front, that these businesses are about to be
built and will soon be operating in, now very vacant, retail spaces.
So, as a contractor, I obtain this valuable information in my regular course of activity. Whether I
get the construction work or not, it really doesn't matter. The lead still goes right to my 2 sign
company salespeople. I have had many a job where I was under bid on a construction build-out
that I would have netted only 20,000 on, only to sell them a sign package (with NO competitive
quotes by the way) that I did a much better margin on. My sign business has been great. I
cannot quite give away the construction just to get the signs on a regular job, but the hot lead
generation is fantastic.
The sign business has been running at capacity for some time now. I get a lot of leads and If I
cannot handle the work, I either outsource the work or pass the lead to a competitor. I keep the
client happy. I keep the subcontractors and competition happy. I keep a few dollars for myself
also.
It works the other way also, which is a surprise to me. I believe jay calls this technique
"packaging". I recently used a sign package as a spiff to get a large construction project to come
my way. I was not the cheapest bid, but the spiff pushed them over the edge. They requested I
meet the other construction quotes they received to sell the package. Since we were busy
anyway, I graciously denied the request. Within a few days, in the mail came the signed
agreement on my original terms. The customer saw the advantage of using us as a single source
for both concerns and was willing to pay for this. This customer saw my USP as "Super
Contractor", the guy who can give us the complete, turn-key package. This same customer also
recently acquired 25 million dollars in venture capital and has expressed an interest in continuing
our single-source relationship.
Many of my construction clients (the construction is usually where every client enters my circle of
offerings) are referred to me by commercial real estate agent friends. These guys feed my family.
When they need something cheap, in a pinch, to make a deal, whatever... if it is legal, ethical, if it
can be done, and they do not abuse me, I will do it. I believe this could be considered a hostparasite relationship.
Another smaller host-parasite/endorsement plan I have involves a buddy who is a printer. He
gets requests for change of address post cards, "we're expanding" notices, etc. all the time. I will

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soon have his endorsement, included with his invoice, to these clients for the sign work. I have
started endorsing him to every sign client of mine already, and he is just all smiles.
I have actually been informed for years, on hundreds of other brand new, expanding, or relocating
businesses. I had never really utilized any of it until just the past few years since I became aware
of Jay's study materials. It is a little disheartening to ponder the fortune I have likely turned my
head to over these years but it is very exciting to execute just a few learned principles and really
see an explosion.
Jay's stuff has been great for me. I am the type that just won't buy into anything. I have never
been interested in any of the get rich quick, no money needed, multi-level repo auction hype. I
am no gambler either. If I cannot see it working at the early planning level, I do not go forward.
Jays principles have always been right on the mark. I have only implemented a few but have
seen remarkable results.
All the best,
John Hicks
8941 Oellig Rd.
Mercersburg, Pa. 17236-9550
717-328-3300

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243.

John Holzmann

----- Original Message ----From: John Holzmann

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:36 PM
My story has little to do with growing our sales; our firm was already
growing at a 100-percent per year rate when I attended my first Abraham
"Summit" in the fall of 1995. (Indeed, we had been growing at that
pace for four years.) Sales didn't begin slowing down until 1997.
When we made the changes I will describe below, our sales didn't
noticeably INCREASE, but my wife's and my sense of satisfaction in what
we are doing, and our focus, both increased.
I think the thing that most impressed me at that Summit was the idea of
falling in love with your customers (rather than your product) and
offering a risk-reversing guarantee.
I thought both of those ideas not only "made sense," but they matched-to a higher degree than I have seen expressed anywhere else--Jesus'
command to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Since
our firm is rather blatant about its Christian commitment, I didn't see
how we could do otherwise than to latch on to both of these ideas.
I would like to describe our risk-reversal guarantee here.
First, however, let me say a bit about our business.
We were, at the time, a mail-order catalog house that supplied
homeschoolers with curricular materials. (Today we are still a
mail-order catalog house that markets the same kinds of materials to
the same audience. However, slightly less than 7% of our sales are
made via mail; just over 90% of our sales are made online; the rest
come by fax.)
A bit more about us: we have put together what we believe are "the best
of the best" books on the market today and coordinated them into an
engaging unified program that inspires and informs both the children
and their teacher-parents. Though 95 percent of our sales are to
people living in the United States, we serve customers in over 130
countries around the globe. Our average sale involves over 40 books,
weighs over 30 pounds, and costs several hundred dollars. (NOTE: Those
are standard retail prices; 95 percent of our inventory consists of the
same kinds of books you can find on Amazon.com!) Those books will be
used with one or more children over the course of a full school year:
about 36 weeks (not including vacations).
As we wrote our 1996 catalog, we wanted to offer some kind of riskreversing guarantee, but what? And how? Our competitors offered (and
still offer) a 30-day return policy: "Any item may be returned in
resaleable condition for a full refund." What could we do?
We realized if we offered a full, unlimited, satisfaction guarantee, we
could wind up in some serious hot water down the pike. Many homeschool

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families are living close to the edge financially, and we didn't want
to become their "bank" if the economy turned sour (or their personal
fortunes declined): "We've decided to quit homeschooling. Here are all
your books back. Please refund us our money."
We decided to make our offer serious enough to permit a true customer
to get an honest, risk-free trial, yet, to the extent possible, to
escape abuse. We offered 8 weeks risk-free: "Buy a Basic Curriculum
package and use it for eight weeks. If, within that time, you are not
convinced it is great for your kids and you, return the entire package,
used books and all, via an insured carrier. We will refund everything
you paid us. We request that you answer two questions: 1) In what way
did our program fail to meet your definition of great? And, 2) How
could we improve our program so you would be convinced it really is
great?"
Before I talk about results, let me note something that this guarantee
in itself altered in how we market our programs.
We realized that different people have very different ideas about what
a great educational program should look like. Their opinions are based
on teaching METHODOLOGY, on CONTENT, on STRUCTURE, on PACE, STYLE . . .
you name it, they have opinions. And because we're talking about their
own precious children's education, they care PASSIONATELY about what
they purchase. There are few silent neutrals. Everyone has a strong
opinion, and they are vocal.
We decided that the only way we could possibly protect ourselves from
more people than necessary returning their goods is if we thought long
and hard not only about why they OUGHT to purchase from us, but why
some people ought NOT to purchase. (It's part of that "loving your
customer" idea: we don't want to waste their time, emotional energy and
money any more than we want them to have us waste the same things with
them.)
So we wrote two articles in our catalog. The specific numbers have
changed over the year, but in this year's catalog we include "30
Reasons Why Parents Say Sonlight Curriculum is GREAT for Their Kids AND
Them!" and "32 Reasons NOT to Buy Sonlight Curriculum." These two
articles help "dimensionalize" the benefits our prospects may expect to
receive in ways we couldn't have expressed them otherwise.
The latter article--the "negative" one--has sparked more comments, both
positive and negative, than anything else in our catalog. We have a
lot of very happy customers tell us that they KNEW they wanted to buy
from us the moment they read "Good Reason #___ Why NOT to Buy." We
have also had a number of angry prospects write to say: "How DARE you
tell us not to purchase!"
In some ways this latter response is rather humorous. In others, it
has protected us, I'm sure, from some disgruntled types. Having all
those good reasons NOT to buy stated clearly for all to see has also
protected my wife's and my emotional balance. We can say with perfect
calmness: "We're sorry your unhappy with your purchase, but as we told
you in Good Reason #___, . . ."

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What is the result of "loving our customers" (or clients) and providing
a risk-reversing guarantee?
We have had a number of people say, enthusiastically: "I know I can
recommend your program to all my friends, without reservation, because
if they don't like it, they can always return it." We have had a
number of people say these things about themselves.
As I said above, we have experienced no measurable increase in sales as
a result. We simply have the anecdotal evidence that some people are
buying who otherwise might not.
Beyond that, I am happy to report that our return rates are
exceptionally low: barely one percent of all sales.
I've been tempted to increase the risk-free trial period, but then I
realize there's little reason; today, six years after we first offered
it, none of our competitors has stepped up to the plate to try to match
it. They continue to offer their standard 30-day return policies.
I hope my "testimony" here might be of help to someone else who worries
about offering a risk-reversing guarantee.
Sincerely,
John Holzmann, Co-Owner
Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. -- The International Home School Supply
Company.
Discover a new world of education at www.sonlight.com.
8042 South Grant Way * Littleton, CO 80122-2705 * USA
Phone: 303-730-8193
24-Hour Fax: 303-795-8668

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244.

John Orr

----- Original Message ----From: John Orr

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 11:54 AM

CASE HISTORY
The Writing Consultancy
At The Writing Consultancy, we write all sorts of things for business people. That includes advertising,
direct mail, ghosting articles, videos and speeches for conferences, car launches, and so on.
Weve been involved with Jay Abraham for some time now and that sort of surprises a lot of people.
Because they think of us as experts in getting response - which we are - and which we were before we
discovered Jay.
But the fact is we get more growth and faster growth with him than we would without him. Hes sort of
become our own Marketing Department, leaving us free to get on with working with our clients.
No one that we know of has his breadth of vision. We have used Jays tapes and taken part in his phone in
seminars. For us the results have been astounding. Its difficult for me to put my finger on one particular
aspect of his work that been most effective simply because right from the start we followed practically all
of his suggestions. Here are a few highlights:

The very first time we followed his suggestion about Lapsed Clients we picked a project worth
$3,500. The call took all of two minutes.

By forming Strategic Alliances, we have added a conservative $60,000 a year to our income. Initially
we had to go out and look for people to join with. Now people come to us.

Educating Customers sounds simple, but we reckon it is the most effective marketing tool we have.
Its now the backbone of how we market ourselves. Indeed we rarely use the word sell when we talk
about our clients. We dont talk about what we can do for them, either. Instead we talk about what
they can achieve, if they do certain things.

This education process demands a Frequency of Contact which is another of Jays recommendations.
This keeps our clients interested, up to date and aware of what extra success is out there waiting for
them.

In turn, the frequency of contact makes it easier for us to Cross Sell and Up Sell except we dont use
those phrases. Rather we talk about the additional opportunities that are open to them.

Weve formalised how we get Referrals. Weve also turned Jays Risk Reversal concept into
something which we dont just use to get new clients, we make it a part of every project we do.

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The result is that we have quadrupled the size of the company in just three years. It could have been a lot
more than that. But we will only hire the best people and we then spend a lot of time training them - weve
decide to move at a pace we are comfortable with.
However, we do anticipate further significant growth continuing for a long time to come yet regardless of
what the Western economies do.
So which of Jays marketing strategies works best for us? Quite honestly, we dont think like that. We use
them all. Sometimes we use two together. Sometimes the way we actually implement a particular strategy
affects its effectiveness.
The important thing is that they all work all of the time to some extent or other. And, when you use all of
them together, you get a far more powerful result than if you simply use one on its own.
One more thing that we have got from Jay is something that he may not even know he offers. Lets call it
Commercial Generosity. Jay trusts you. He gives a lot away up front. Sure he charges for the rest but
even that turns out to be a bargain. We reckon that every $1 weve spent with Jay has resulted in a
minimum of $1,000 worth of income and that figure is still going up.

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245.

John Rydell

----- Original Message ----From: John Rydell

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:54 PM
Subject: Our success story
Hi Jay:
Here is our most recent success story.

Thanks for all that you do!

After carefully studying a number of your materials, we decided that we

should create an online business that helps network marketing
salespeople better succeed with their businesses.
We quickly created a custom solution that gives these salespeople:
Customized email autoresponders, a customized email address, a special
contact manager, tools to help their downline, a custom web address,
and more.
Starting from scratch just two months ago, we now have roughly 550
members each paying $25 per month for our service. That's $13,750 in
monthly revenue and we've just begun. Our total expenses are less than
$1,000 per month. Even if our customer base never grows, we'll have
ongoing revenue of $165,000 per year indefinitely! (But trust me, we
won't stop now!)
Concepts from you that we used in this business:

Good headlines are critical. (Used in our email messages.)

Performance advertising.
Create an annuity of monthly revenue stream.
Referrals (We pay a small monthly commission for each referral.)
Joint Ventures (worked with an existing network marketing
company.)
And much, much, more!

Our statement is true and provable and you have our permission to use
the testimonial in your promotional and marketing efforts.
The Rydells
ConcordeSuccess.com
A small (but growing) internet company that makes real profits.

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246.

Jon Boyd

----- Original Message ----From: Jon Boyd

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:48 AM
Jay,
Here is a specific benefit we received from the PEQ tapes:
Our office is a real estate Buyer's Brokerage.
We have a unique niche in the market and we are profitable. We have one
of the highest ranked Buyer Brokerages in the country because of our
team and our focus.
One of our biggest challenges is training our agents to improve our
level of service and minimize the difference in service a buyer
receives between two agents. (Improve the average and minimize the
variance as you and Demmings would teach.)
We typically have meetings twice a month with all of our Home
Purchasing Agents and I have always had difficulty getting the team
interested and getting them to adopt what I taught.
I had a dramatic improvement to that challenge this last six weeks
because of the workshop idea that Chet Holmes teaches in your PEQ
series.
Doing workshops in the meetings now has frankly made a significant and
noticeable change in the attitude of the Purchasing agents, but more
important it has allowed me to use their creativity and knowledge to
improve the office position on the various topics we discuss.
The first time I used your "Workshop" format one of our people, who is
typically more of a problem creator than a problem solver, had two
significant contributions. This was exciting enough to me as the leader
that literally chills went down my back!
In the meeting workshop since then the response has been similar. The
agents enjoy the meetings more, they seem to learn more, and they have
contributed to the office knowledge base in dramatically improved ways.
I thank you and Chet for this insight!
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors."
Jon Boyd
Broker/Owner
The Buyer's Agent of Ann Arbor, Inc.
1908 W. Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-662-6240

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247.

Jonathan Kelly

----- Original Message ----From: Jonathan Kelly

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:38 AM
Well we run a very successful lingerie retailer. If you tap in the
word "lingerie" into google.com we are consistently in the top 10
results (currently #4 as I write) from 3.65 Million results. Now in
fact we were a traditional lingerie retailer before selling over the
Internet and this is where we have had the best success using one of
your techniques.
We had been having some success running posters and displaying some of
our lingerie at two of our local health and sports clubs, but wanted
more visitors of course! In this case having read some of your
examples we decided to have a special offer just on Berlei sports bras.
The bras normally retail at 25 each, and we decided to offer one per
member of the sports clubs at just 9.95 each.
Now this in fact meant that we would be losing around 3 per bra, but
we did manage to get our supplier to assist towards this as a special
promotion, but even then when we were never going to make any money
from selling these bras at 9.95 each.
However......
We had an excellent response to the promotion. Most women members of
the health clubs needed at least one sports bra, and could not resist
the offer. Once they visited our retail store and saw the huge
selection of lingerie 4 out of 5 purchased at least one additional item
- and in fact our "average" order value for these customers was nearer
35 then 10. Many of these customers have since become regulars, and
yet more have recommended us to friends and family. Furthermore the
health clubs are very happy to work with us in future because this was
seen as a "special offer" just for members of the clubs - and therefore
reflected well on their "negotiating" skills.
This was a no-risk campaign for us. The most we could lose would be 1
or 2 per sports bra, and we knew even for this to happen they would
need to visit the retail shop! Compared to the "easy route" such as
advertising in a local paper this was a great campaign. It is now 12
months later so we are set to repeat the promotion again.
I do however still feel guilty as we now have a great mailing list of
customers, but I never seem to quite find the time to send them more
regular special offers. We only mail once or twice a year when this
should be nearer 4 to 6 times per year I think (although keeping a
large database tidy is hard work).
Hope that helps.
Jonathan Lumley-Kelly.
Director of B2G Limited.

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248.

Jonathan Zilberman

----- Original Message ----From: Jonathan Zilberman

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:11 PM
Hi Jay,
Here's my little case study:
I used to go to a hairdresser almost every fortnight. For some reason
I stopped. Anyway, I pass this business almost everyday and for some
reason (I guess after reading your work), I thought I could help them
to increase their profits.
So I set up an initial meeting with owner and started to chat with her
about her business. After a lot of discussion, I asked her if she ever
tried to add-on sell or up-sell her customers. You know, telling the
customer things like "Take a bottle of this hair wax and use it
everyday. You'll look great" or "You know, a colouring would do just
wonders for your hair". She said she had tried that in the past but
thought it sounded too much like a fast food restaurant. I explained
to her that offering her customers more was a way of adding value to
their lives.
Anyway, I told this hairdresser to try and add-on sell or up-sell her
customers, for atleast a week. Well, the next week I came to see her,
I was shocked when she told me out of 20 people she tried to upsell/add-on sell, she sold 9. I asked her how much profit this brought
this business and she said about $150. Now this hairdresser has a
workload of about 160 jobs per week. I explained to her that based on
her results, if she tried to add-on sell/up-sell all those customers,
she could have additional profits of almost $1,200 per week, just by
uttering a few simple words. She was excited.
What's more interesting is the fact that she said she didin't mind addon selling/up-selling and would happily continue doing it in her
business.
Hope this helps Jay.
Kind Regards,
Jonathan Zilberman
Position:
Marketing Consultant
Company:
High Performance Marketing
Size:
1
Phone:
+61 412 233 034
Address:
PO Box 2171
Caulfield Junction
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3161

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249.

Jose Dominquez

----- Original Message ----From: Jose Dominquez

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:54 PM
Jose Dominguez - Director of Student Employment
Name of business: The Evergreen State College
Type: Higher Education - Public 4 year college
Size: 4100 students
Jay, Your marketing principles and strategies have really worked for me
in the public sector. I gladly offer my testimony below to you. I am
considering a move to start my own enterprise and enjoy the financial
freedom your concepts can bring me. You have given me and continue to
give me a priceless marketing and business education.
Testimony:
At first I wasn't sure how
professional circumstances
ideas effectively in state
read the "Adopt and Adapt"
inspired me to apply Jay's
and tapes) to my field.

Jay Abraham's concepts would work in my

since I am a state employee. To use Jay's
government would truly be innovative. I
report Jay published some time ago and that
other marketing principles (from Jay's books

One strategy in particular (optimizing the existing customer list) was

partly responsible for making my operation a success. As the director
of student employment at a public liberal arts college part of my
professional challenge is to connect college students to employers in
the surrounding community. With rising education expenses it is
becoming more important to students that they find part time work while
they are trying to get a degree.
When I started this position the number of active employer's that hired
students was a meager 34. Many of the employers that worked with the
college with had become inactive because of neglect. I desperately
needed to reverse this trend. I was fortunate that the college had
records of all employers it had worked with. It is imperative that all
businesses and organizations keep customer records (contact information
at a minimum) because this is the necessary element to nurturing the
client's lifetime value to your business.
I immediately implemented Jay's strategies for optimizing the existing
client list. I made a list of all the employers that had ever hired a
student or posted a job with the college in the past. I personally
called and sent mail to each one. I needed to rekindle relationships
because it really does take more time, resources, and effort to acquire
new clients than it does to profit from existing clients.
My
"profit," so to speak, is job opportunities for college students.
My message to employers was that the college appreciated
participation in the student employment program and that
honored that they had either hired a student in the past
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their
we were
or expressed
committed to

helping them find qualified help for their current or future employment
needs and that we were available as a technical resource whenever they
had questions about hiring college students.
The letters I sent reinforced the positive relationship we had with
them in the past and reminded them that they could post their "want
ads" with us for free (they benefit from not paying classified
advertising costs and a large highly qualified applicant pool). I
changed the content of the mail from very impersonal bureaucratic fluff
to a more personal conversational style. In a matter of 8 months the
active employer list grew from 34 to 104 off-campus employers who
provide job opportunities for students.
I consider myself very fortunate to be able to use Jay's strategies in
a more restrictive environment that is less entrepreneurial than the
private sector. The results have added tremendous value to my
employment and operation. Using Jay's strategies in this way has given
me a priceless education in implementing innovation to the public
sector.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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250.

Joseph Schufle

----- Original Message ----From: Joseph Schufle

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:00 PM
Hi Jay,
Here are 3 examples which illustrate several of your principles.
If you recall our meeting in New York at the CEO Club, I work with a consulting firm , VSA Consulting
Group Inc., doing Breakthrough Projects with entrepreneurs. I am the only consultant extensively trained
in your principles. The first example is how one idea opened up a whole new niche for marketing my
services.
1) Principles: Break-even and Host/Beneficiary - A client David Reid, got on the membership
committee of an exclusive club in the Wall St area. He thought that having business related
seminars would help bring in potential members. Since I've been called "The King of
Networking", he asked if I would do a seminar, pro bono, on effective networking as the kick off
seminar. He would do the mailing - I just had to show up. We had over 20 people for the seminar
and one of the attendees, a lawyer, asked us to come do the seminar at his firm for a fee of $3,000.
Another attendee brought us into the accounting division at American Express. I had never
thought of my networking seminar as a stand alone product I could market. Another attendee was
inspired to start his own monthly networking events which have become so popular they now
generate 150 to 200 people and have led to several more clients. You never know what will come
out of doing pro bono work. Also part of you over all process can be turned into a seminar or
profit generating product.
2) Principle: Quantify your results - A client, Marine Spring, who worked as a consultant doing team
building workshops in the hotel industry wanted to increase her fees but didn't know how. She
knew her clients loved her, but had never analyzed what their ROI (Return On Investment) really
was. We figured out that her work typically reduced employee attrition, a very big problem in the
industry, by 50%. Costs to replace and train a new person ranged from $20K for the front desk to
$50-60K for a manager. Her work with food and beverage teams typically doubled or tripled their
sales. She figured that the savings/profits to each hotel from just these 2 areas was a million
dollars over 2-3 years. Armed with these numbers, she was easily able to increase her daily rate
from $700 to $3,000. Her personal income increased by over 800% in one year. Most businesses
never take the time to fully figure out the full benefits clients get from using their product or
service. Even intangibles like "satisfaction" can be measured on a scale of 1-10 or 1-100.
Knowing the numbers gives you the leverage to get out of competing on price and into competing
on value.
3) Strategy of Pre-eminence & work with a coach:- Tom Judd , a nationally known painter, wanted to
increase his business. The way most artists relate to the galleries and reps who market their work
is "What have you done for me lately? Why aren't you making more sales?" etc. As employees at
best. By starting to relate to them as valued customers or clients, he started to ask "How can I help
you with your sales?" Out of that question came a practice we called "Shuffle the Deck" where he
would exchange what hadn't sold in Santa Fe for what hadn't sold in St.Louis, Atlanta for Seattle,
etc. This gave the galleries something new and different every few months, leading to new sales
each time. He also started a news letter where he would write about the process of creating art,
other artists, materials (like wallpaper designs) and events that were influencing his work. He also
started to think about the buying criteria of purchasers, and what they were getting from his
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investment incentive, he was able to raise his prices over 150% (that's all profit-no increase in cost
of materials, etc.). His sales increased over 200% in a year and a half. He figured his ROI from
hiring a business coach was 1,340%. For every dollar he spent he got over $1,000 back. What
other investment can match that? Working ON your business is your best investment. Think of
your business as a marketing business and everyone you deal with, including vendors and
employees, as clients, either internal or external, for life.
Jay, the biggest benefit I've gotten personally has been a way of looking at business both from the
macro view to the micro view, much like a camera with a zoom lens. I'm now able to analyze a
business from so many different dimensions, and to zoom in and out that I sometimes scare myself.
Even on vacations when I've sworn "NO CONSULTING" I find myself suddenly taking notes on
customer service or strategy. For better or worse, I am Abraham-ized. My life is forever altered.
My company is VSA Consulting Group, Inc.
I can't share revenue figures other than to say in the 7 figures.
You can reach me @ 212-316-0819.
Our web site is www.vsacoach.com

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251.

JP Maroney

----- Original Message ----From: JP Maroney

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:44 AM
I own a human development and professional training company. We offer
both live presentations and audio/video programs, including a monthly
subscription for our employee development system.
On idea I have implemented is a long-copy sales letter based on the
model you share in your book, Getting Everything You Can From All
You've Got! (I've read and re-read at least 15 times -- it's marked up,
highlighted and tattered), and also in the articles on your web site,
www.abraham.com. Most speakers average 1-2 spin off speaking
engagements for every live performance. I have used a letter as a
follow-up to meeting attendees. It offers a lot of value, including
free books, and a special fee. With this letter, I have been able to
generate 5-6 spin off speaking engagements from one single presentation
-- at least 3 times the average.
I also have used a similar letter to my "house" list of potential
speaking clients. I sent the letter to 112 prospects and sold 7
presentations -- better than a 6% response. You have made me brave in
writing longer and longer copy -- explaining the key benefits from
every angle, positioning the opportunity in a way that they can't say
"NO." Oh, that brings me to another...
RISK-REVERSAL: I now offer a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee on all my live
presentations. (In fact, we do the same on all our products now) And
I put it in writing. Wow, that works. Suddenly, they realize they have
nothing to lose -- I will refund the speaking fee, or if they wish,
present another seminar/workshop, etc at no additional fee. I tell
them that at the end of my presentation, they (the decision maker) and
I can review the audience rating sheets and they can then determine if
the presentation was more than worth their investment. I believe it
makes the prospective client think, "If he's good enough to offer that
guarantee -- he's good enough for us!" At least that's my perspective.
One more...
We currently have four host-beneficiary relationships going, and are
currently negotiating with seven other organizations. I don't want to
get into our business model, but it has worked very well for me. Put
it this way, host-beneficiary relationships will feed us somewhere
around $250,000 this year, and probably three to four times that next
year. Jay, you are a master. I look forward to attending one of your
live events in the future.
My next step, in addition to expanding and re-using the ideas that have
worked, is to work on increasing our back-end. We have a number of
books, audio and video products, and I have relationships with other
producers of items I believe our market would benefit from. I'd like
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ONE MORE THING...

Jay, you have all these contacts. All these people who believe in your
concepts. Why not create a way to facilitate host-beneficiary
relationships among people who already agree with you? I don't know
how it would be done -- a searchable database, etc., but it would be
cool if I could say, for example: "I'm looking to build a hostbeneficiary relationship with companies who sell to and market to
training managers, hr managers, sales managers, owners of companies
with 25-100 employees..." or whatever. Make sense? In other words, it
would eliminate having to explain and sell the concept of hostbeneficiary, they would be receptive, and it would be a matter of
finding the right match. That's it -- a "Host-Beneficiary Matchmaking
Service." Just a thought...
Looking forward to reading the other success stories / case studies!
Regards,
JP
People Builders Training Systems

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252.

Judith Kaye

----- Original Message ----From: Judith Kaye

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:30 AM
Dear Jay,
Your mindset, which I got through the Results corporation, through
various publications and through you directly has certainly made me
think differently about business.
My advertisements have a "What's in it for you, dear customer" edge. I
no longer list what items or services we have to offer, instead I think
of the problems the customer may be trying to address and talk about
how our services can help him achieve what he wants.
That mindset has also helped me develop services for clients that
address their needs, which others may not have developed, probably
because they did not do the analysis I needed to do even for writing
the WIIFM advertisements.
At the moment, I am setting up a new business unit - Business Burwood managed and virtual offices in Sydney, Australia. (Our web address is
www.businessburwood.com ).
I know that people want to.
1. Look and sound professional when working from home, and mostly
wish to appear to be working out of an office. They want to do
this for a modest fee. Our virtual office/business image
packages cater to that need, from telephone answering by a
personal assistant, with message taking or call forwarding,
through hosting a business address and providing offices and
meeting rooms by the hour.
2. Overseas and interstate clients may wish to appear to have a
branch office in Sydney. Our virtual office/business image plus
personal assistant services help them do just that, even if in
reality they are on their yachts or in their offices in
Manhattan.
3. They want a friendly yet professional work place. They do not
wish for impersonal or plasticised assistance. We spoil our
clients with friendly, professional service.
4. People want to keep their office costs down, and don't want the
hassle, time wasting and legal implications of hiring staff,
replacing staff, buying office furniture and equipment etc. Our
managed offices give them a fully furnished office, with
reception services, 21st century office equipment and as much or
as little other services as needed. The cost savings are great,
and it allows people to concentrate on their core business,
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5. People would like to put fun and friendship into business. We

have Business Burwood Partners through which we have regular
functions. People do not need to feel isolated.
6. People would like to make marketing easier. We encourage and
facilitate the creation and use of referral circles for Business
Burwood Partners.
7. People would like help with their problem solving. We encourage
and facilitate the creation and use of Mastermind groups.
Your idea of referrals and of masterminding has also helped my
thinking. As you can see, I included it in the Business Burwood
concept, and also use it in myself. Due to this, I see people as
allies, and it is a much nicer atmosphere to work in than seeing them
as threats or enemies. People react to this and help and co operate. I
have a great team all putting in their special talents, and delighted
to help move forward together.
So there it is. You have put the fun and friendship into business,
Jay, and I do enjoy it.
Judith Kaye
Business Burwood
Sydney, Australia

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253.

Just Communicate

----- Original Message ----From: Just Communicate

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 6:06 AM
Hi Jay

Thank you for fantastic emails, books, enthusiasm and presence. Here's my story...
I have collected a number of your works over the past few years, but until relatively recently I
hadn't used the principles or the power of your approach or message - why?
Well. I spent fourteen years of my life in a marriage that wasn't right for me or the lady I
married, but I had been raised with the belief that 'When you've made your bed, you lie in it',
and I did. All this did (as well as make me unhappy) was deplete my energy and my power to
influence my own or anybody else's life in a positive way.
Just over four years ago I made the transition from self imposed victim to self energized victor,
and I set about fulfilling my potential in a whole new way. It was like someone had switched
on a light and stuck my ears back on because I could see and hear things that had been passing
me by. Logically I knew they were right, but I really hadn't heard them in my heart, and so
that hadn't resonated in my energy levels and my existence.
Now here we are just a few years (and quite a few challenges) later, and my life is incredible,
and getting better everyday, and the greatest joy is, that I get to share my understanding with
others through the training and seminars I do. So how have I benefited from your particular
techniques?
I would like to give two fairly simple but powerful examples.
1. My own consultancy & training business had its 'feast and famine' periods, and I needed
to set myself apart from the crowd and increase the take-up rate of my prospects.
Being a great believer & promoter in doing the ordinary things extremely well, I
utilised your guarantee principle in my negotiations in a variety of ways.
a. I offer a money back guarantee of my proposals do not achieve the benefits
identified.
b. I negotiate various methods of payment with my clients, based on results.
c. I barter with the currency of time, effort and skill rather than just money.
The effect has been fantastic, not only do I secure much more business, but I never
reduce my chosen rate of pay - in fact it has gone up without complaint, because I not
only add value, but I am prepared to be judged by results - walking the walk.
This simple process not only affords me the opportunity to honestly and sincerely
operate with total integrity, but it definitely keeps you on top of your game - where
you should be.
2. A good friend of mine who I hadn't seen for a few years arrived unexpectedly at my
home last year to my great surprise and pleasure. During our reminiscing and catching
up on the lost years, he informed me that he was currently preparing a new venture.
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problem. The cost of getting the building sorted and furnished etc. had gone way over
budget, reducing his potential advertising budget to zero. I suggested to him that he
go to the local radio stations and offer them free meals at his restaurant to the value
of 2,000 +, to be taken at anytime they wanted in return for 2,000 + worth of radio
advertising. At first he didn't realise the simplicity, benefit or potential of this, and
responded that he couldn't afford to give away 2,000 worth of food away. When I
calmed him down and we calculated the actual cost of 2,000 worth of food over
goodness know how long, he was staggered at the potential. He left with more
enthusiasm than he had arrived, and he is currently in negotiation with a number of
local Radio stations and relevant local businesses with this plan.
When I spoke to him last (which was in fact yesterday believe it or not) he was up to
4,600 worth of advertising and marketing and was seriously energised, just like his
restaurant will be. I asked for nothing when I offered this suggestion, because he is my
friend, but he has requested that I visit the restaurant whenever I wish at absolutely no
cost. So will I entertain my clients there or not - what do you think?
These are just two examples of the simplicity and power of the principles and approach that
you promote, which I hope are satisfactory for your collection. May I just take this opportunity
to thank you for your continued proof and living your truth, as I recognise and respect in full
measure the true integrity of those actions. I'm sure that this opportunity will be taken up by
great numbers of people, and that the final result will be simply dynamic, and I sincerely hope
that I am fortunate enough to receive the finished collection.
My wish for everyone is to achieve excellence in all that they do, sincerity in all that they
experience and peace in the integrity of their actions.
Regards
JC
Just Communicate
37 Ribble Drive
Barrow-upon-Soar
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 8LJ
T:
+ 44 (0)1509 415900
F:
+ 44 (0)1509 415328
M:
+ 44 (0)7740 717429

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254.

Ken Forman

----- Original Message ----From: Ken Forman

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:12 AM
The best and most useful lesson (for all it's simplicity) that I learned from listening to Jay's
materials and reading two of his books is the concept that there are really only three ways to grow
your business.
1. Increase the number of clients
2. Increase the average amount of sale per client
3. Increase the number of times clients return to buy
Since my problems with my legal practice tended to stem from the fact that it had evolved into one of high
volume/low paying cases I immediately focused on the concept of increasing the average amount of sale
per client. I have no doubt that by applying Jays' techiques I could have substantially increased the number
of clients and to a lesser extent the number of times they returned to buy, but I did not want to add
additional staff at that time.
Using Jay's guidelines and insights on price vs. value I immediately raised most of my fees. For one
particular type of case that I have a great deal of expertise in but which I find very stressful I raised my fees
by 50%. As Jay promised I saw little or no price resistance when I was able to present my services in terms
of value. What small drop off I suffered in volume was more than made up for by the increase in fees, the
reduction in operating expense, and the reduction of stress from trying to provide the highest level of
representation to people who really couldn't afford the time and resources involve. All told I would say that
since implementing this, my gross firm income has increased by approximately 15% while greatly reducing
the stress and operational headaches I was facing.
You've got to keep in mind that because of Bar rules I am far more restricted in the marketing, sales and
referral weapons that most small businesses would be in using many of Jay's methods.
Just as an aside I also lifted from Jay's book a quote regarding clients v. customers which has a prominent
place on the cover and first page of one of my client handouts. I'm enclosing a copy in case you're
interested.
Kenneth Alan Forman
Attorney at Law
1175 NE 125 Street Suite 217
North Miami, Florida 33161

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Getting the Most From

Your Lawyer
A clients guide

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customer (noun): A person who purchases a service or commodity
client (noun): A person who is under the protection of another
Source : Websters Dictionary

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Welcome to Kenneth Alan Forman P.A. You are our client and we agree with the definitions listed on the
previous page. We are not here to sell you a product. We are here to protect you. And in order for us to
effectively do just that, we must work as partners.
You must tell us the results that you are seeking, and in return we will guide you through the quickest and
best methods for legally achieving those goals.
Here are a few guidelines for making the most of our partnership.

PROVIDING US WITH INFORMATION

A wise man once said Knowledge is Power.
To that we would add that it becomes Power when it is relevant information, provided in an organized
and timely manner.
Its a fact of life that in our practice we need an awful lot of information in order to serve your interests .
We may ask for this information orally. We may ask for it through letters, or through our client
questionnaires. However if we do request it , please be assured that we need that information as quickly and
accurately as you can provide it to us. If you do not understand our questions or instructions please just ask
us for help and guidance.
Providing us with incomplete or inappropriate information will only slow down the processing of your
case. Again, if youre not sure about something, please contact us. Were here to help.
We also ask that you be patient with this process. We would not be asking for this information unless a
Court or government agency required it for the successful completion of your case. We are asking for
information only because we are trying to help you. That information is of no use to us, other than as a
means to serve your interests.

DOCUMENTATION
Its very common for those who are new to the legal process to believe that they have to document every
statement they make. Please be assured that if a particular document is needed for your case we will advise
you of that necessity.
If we do need such documentation please send it to us as soon as possible, and please make sure that it is as
complete as possible. If you have documents or information that we have not asked for, but which you
believe would be helpful or relevant to your case, please call us and advise us of that document or
information, and how you think it applies to your case. Again, partnership is the key to a successful and
happy attorney/client relationship.
If we do not request specific documentation please do not send it to us. Sending us documents that are not
requested or needed by this office will only slow down the processing of your case.

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PHONE CALLS
A Quick Story:
When Mr. Forman first started practicing law many years ago he worked for an excellent attorney with a
very busy practice. This attorney was almost always available to immediately take phone calls during office
hours.
He managed this highly unusual feat through two methods:
1.

He almost never went to Court or directly handled the cases himself. The actual handling of
the case was done by Mr. Forman, leaving the other attorney free to handle those phone calls
that Mr. Forman was not available to take.

2.

If the attorney was in conference with a client, he would take phone calls anyway, allowing
himself and the client to be constantly interrupted. It was not unusual for this attorney to
allow as many as 10 or 12 interruptions during a half hour consultation.

This is not meant as a criticism. Mr. Forman learned a lot from that attorney. However, some of the things
that he learned involved how not to do things.
Please be assured that if you are having a consultation with Mr. Forman you have his full and undivided
attention. He will not take phone calls during the time that you are meeting with him except in 3 rare
circumstances:
1.
2.
3.

If a judge is on the phone.

If the office staff determines that the phone call involves an absolute emergency.
If a member of Mr. Formans immediate family is calling with some sort of pressing
matter.

Please be assured that even in those unusual situations Mr. Forman will complete the call as quickly as
possible in order to return his focus to your questions and concerns.
Since the vast majority of the hearings and trials in our practice are handled personally by Mr. Forman, you
also wont see him constantly stepping into the hall to take cell phone calls. All his focus will be on you
and your case.
We consider this a basic and obvious courtesy that we owe to all our clients.
Now obviously, this method works both ways. Many times you will call, and Mr. Forman will not be able
to take your call immediately because he is extending the same courtesies to our other clients.
We have found that the best way to serve you is as follows:
If Mr. Forman is not available because he is in Court or assisting another client, please leave as detailed a
message as possible. We have found that when our clients leave detailed messages with the receptionist,
one of two things usually happens:
1.

The receptionist is usually able to transfer the client to one of our highly trained and
experienced legal assistants who can in most cases answer those questions right away.

2.

On those occasions where the appropriate legal assistant can not answer your question,
a detailed message allows him or her to be able to catch Mr. Forman during the few quiet
moments he might have that particular day, in order to get a quick specific answer for either
Mr. Forman or the legal assistant to convey back to you right away.

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Please remember that we work on a team basis at this firm. Not only do you have Mr. Forman
working for you, but also his staff of legal assistants. All of us have a great deal of expertise in the
handling of cases such as yours. Please make use of our many years of training and experience.
THE FAX MACHINE
Please do not fax documents or letters to our office unless we specifically request that you do so..
If you believe that you must fax something right away because you feel it is an emergency please
first contact the legal assistant working with Mr. Forman on your particular case. They will be
able to advise you whether to fax it, mail it, or bring it in to the office.
If you do fax something to us, please be sure to include a cover sheet designating the date, your
name, phone number, fax number and the name of your intended recipient.
Once you have completed the fax please follow up with a phone call to the intended recipient in
order to make sure that he or she received it.

MAIL
We have found that the most effective way to handle the enormous flood of paperwork and
information that flows through this office daily, is through the U.S. Mail.
Please be sure to send all mail to our main office in North Miami, even if you are one of our
clients who resides in a different county, state or country. If you are mailing to a specific
individual in the office please clearly mark the envelope to their attention. In this way we can
quickly and accurately route your letter to the appropriate individual.
Please also keep a copy of whatever you mail for your own records. Please feel free to call our
office a few days later to confirm receipt of the mailing.
OFFICE APPOINTMENTS
Its our policy that any client who requests an in office consultation with Mr. Forman, is
scheduled for the next available appointment.
If you need such an appointment you merely have to ask the receptionist to schedule you. It is not
necessary to make the appointment directly through Mr. Forman.
At the time that you schedule the appointment, please identify yourself as an existing client and
please give us the name that is on the file. For instance, if you are a woman who retained us when
you were single, but are now married, please give us both your married and maiden names. Or, if
you represent a business client please provide us with both your name and the businesss name.
Youll notice that when we schedule you for an appointment we request a telephone number
where you can be reached. Please provide us with any phone numbers where we can reach you,
even if we already have those numbers in your file. In this way we can avoid putting you on hold
while the receptionist looks up the number in your records.
If you are going to be late for your appointment please call and advise us as soon as possible. We
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reasonably close to your scheduled appointment. But, we can arrange this only if you call and
advise us that you are running late. If we do not get advance warning that you will be late, in most
cases we have to reschedule the appointment to another date and time.
If you need to reschedule your appointment please contact the receptionist as soon as possible. We
will be happy to reschedule you for the next available date that is convenient to you.
Obviously, due to the nature of the work that we do here occasionally we have to reschedule your
appointment or ask you to wait, because something comes up suddenly on Mr. Formans schedule.
Please be aware that we take these appointments very seriously, and as a general rule we will ask
you to reschedule only because:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Mr. Forman had an emergency come up

Mr. Forman was suddenly scheduled by a Court to appear at a hearing
Illness
Mr. Forman is in Court and the hearing is running a lot longer than anticipated

Your patience and understanding in those situations is greatly appreciated.

A WORD ABOUT COURTESY
AND RESPECT
This firm is dedicated to helping people.
The vast majority of our clients are under a great deal of stress. Some of them are in outright
crisis. This stress effects our clients and it often effects us too because we care about
solving our clients problems. We strive however to all times be courteous and attentive to our
clients.
If you feel that any members of our staff have treated you discourteously or disrespectfully, please
advise either Mr. Bahia (Office Manager) or Mr. Forman. In return we ask for the same courtesy
and respect from our clients.

ONCE AGAIN WE THANK YOU FOR COMING TO KENNETH ALAN FORMAN P.A.
WE HOPE THAT YOU FIND THESE TIPS HELPFUL SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU
THE RESULTS THAT YOU NEED, AS QUICKLY AS YOU NEED THEM.

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255.

Ken Johnson

----- Original Message ----From: Ken Johnson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:24 PM
Dear Jay,
CMS is a direct marketing service bureau firm serving the Catalog Industry. CMS processes mailing lists,
develops and maintains marketing databases, provides mailing list rental fulfillment, analytical modeling
and e-processing for our catalog clients. CMS also owns Prefer Network a second generation collaborative
database which in one year has grown to be the second largest collaborative database with 76 million
catalog buying households. Abacus is the largest (but it is a first generation collaborative database). CMS,
not including Prefer, has positioned itself over the years to be number 2 in marketshare in this industry.
FYI I was also a past Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
I have read and used ideas from Jay Abraham since early 1995. I most benefit from reading success stories
from other companies (exactly what you are doing now) and choosing what I think could best adapt to our
business. I rarely look at how our competitors do things to try and compete better with them. As Jay has
taught, I want to be different from our competition, that way if a catalog company likes what they get from
CMS, they can't get the same thing from anyone else. We also have a breakthrough that is getting 30%+
increases in revenue for our catalog clients. I can't talk about that anymore as we are in the process of
applying for a patent and anything we say becomes public domain and may prevent getting a patent
approval. So please don't mention anything about this if you reproduce some of this other data. That's not
what I am writing about here.
The success story I have deals with measuring "marketshare" of all the companies that provide address
integrity, merge/purge and mailing list processing for catalogers. There are 85+ companies nationwide that
provide this service. The smallest company may only have one catalog client that it serves to the largest
that services over a hundred catalog clients. CMS is the only company in the country that only process for
catalogers - others deal with banks, insurance companies, publishers, non-profits, etc. The top 10
companies process 71% of all the catalog titles. CMS process about 10%. No other company has been
able to figure out how to measure marketshare of all the service bureaus, not even the DMA. We have.
Because we know we now have a 10% (actually 9.9%) marketshare, all the data is then based on a 10%
sample of all catalog mailings - statistically significant. So here is how we developed this process.
All our catalog clients rent or trade their customer lists to other catalog companies. CMS manages these
list rental files. These lists are all sent to the companies that process the mailing list. A little less than 16%
of all the catalog titles are processed by the catalog company itself. This information allows us to identify
every competitor who does this kind of work for every catalog title in the country. We can then identify
prospects and when we make a sales call, we know who our competition is. Through other research, we
know our competitors strengths and weaknesses and how to effectively compete with them. Judge for
yourself from the attached graphs, how we have been able to grow in marketshare even in the most recent
tough economy. Also note the steady planned growth - we have not wanted explosive growth even though
it could always be a little more.
The data that is compiled from list rentals for the catalog and service bureau also contain a planned mail
date. This allows the ability to eliminate multiple list rentals for the same mailing. Each month a rolling
average is compiled for the previous 12 months mailings to get a more accurate picture of marketshare. I
do not have measurable results that show the difference this has made to CMS, but in addition to the other
benefits mentioned, it is also a simple means of watching your competition. Every time a new catalog
surfaces, we know it, who their vendor is and also have staff that calls and researches the new catalog titles.

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If you would like to learn more about our company that what I told you, you may check our web site
www.cmscms.co - the marketshare report through June 2002 that I have referred to is attached.
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial (with the exception
of references to our planned patent) in your promotional and marketing endeavors."
Ken Johnson, CEO

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256.

Ken Lawrence

----- Original Message ----From: Ken Lawrence

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:01 PM
Jay,
Attached is a testimonial from the results of a trade show we
participated in. I hope this is the type of write-up you are looking
for.
Sincerely,
Ken Lawrence
Applied Control Engineering

Jay Abraham
The Abraham Group
27520 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 263
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Jay:
About three years ago I purchased How To Get From Where You Are to Where You
Want To Be and have been a Jay Abraham marketing student ever since. Your program
has transformed an electrical engineer into a sales and marketing manager for a systems
integration company with 70 employees. We sell system solutions and engineering
services to help our industrial customer base automate their manufacturing processes.
Besides our direct sales engineers, the biggest lead generation for our company has been
from a pharmaceutical trade show that runs in New York. The show registration, travel
and expenses for sales and support engineers can easily add up to over $10,000 dollars
for the three days. Since this takes a large chunk of our marketing budget, we need to
optimize every opportunity to bring potential customers into our booth.
Our trade show booth display is old, but still in good shape. Our booth shows all the
vendor logos of hardware and software companies we integrate into our projects, but
never tells the prospect what we can do for them. Our management was very content
with our booth and was extremely hesitant about changing the display. I used your
message its all about the customer and not about us; our customers need to hear
whats in it for them if they use our services.
They gave me permission to add some graphics panels and a whopping $2,400.00
budget to work with. My approach would have been to go out and get a professional
marketing company involved, which of course couldnt happen on the allotted budget.
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and put together an internal think tank to develop a message to our customers that would
clearly and concisely get across our message. The team included an owner, sales, project
engineering and myself. We met a couple of times over a two week period to iron out
the message and format, thus saving thousands of dollars in consulting fees the owners
were not willing to spend. We spent the allotted funds to have two color graphics panels
manufactured to our booth specifications.
Now we had a trade booth with an attractive display and message, but I wanted more. I
used your strategy for identifying hidden assets and contacted some of the vendors
whose names we so prominently displayed and asked them to supply some of their
hardware in our booth. Of course they were eager to comply and offered more than I
could possibly use. I selected one vendor who offered a display with blinking lights and
animated color graphic displays nicely packaged in a box to help draw prospective
clients into our booth. We had people coming from five and six aisles away to see what
the lights were doing and thereby asking questions about what we did and letting us
respond with how we could serve them.
Im always thinking about your Parthenon philosophy and applied it to our trade show
experience. I have a relationship with the owner of another company that provides
solutions similar to us but in a different area of the business. We provide solutions and
services for the manufacturing process, while they provide solutions and services in the
packaging and warehousing side. The trade show PR group publishes press releases on
their website and posts these releases in the news room. I approached my friend and told
him about the show and that an alliance would be beneficial to booth our companies. He
wanted to target business in the pharmaceutical industry and this gave our company an
opportunity to offer more value to our customer base, while supplying his company with
our services. I had no budget left at this point, so he had his marketing department write
and publish the joint press release.
The show was back in April and in this business you generally see results three to six
months down the road. We expected fewer leads due to the situation with the economy,
but that wasnt the case. We had about the same amount of leads as last year with a
smaller show attendance. The leads were higher quality and have resulted in substantial
new business for us.
One client that was drawn by our message on the graphic panel displays has contracted
our company for $100,000.00 just for design support on a new production line. The
implementation and support contracts starting next year are easily worth a million
dollars. The press release about our alliance caught the attention of a major
pharmaceutical contract manufacturer who has since qualified our two companies for
some major project work later this year. These types of projects could easily be worth
over $200,000.00 per project. We have provided two proposals for projects to the
alliance company worth $250,000.00 that they are expecting to get. The potential for
this relationship for us alone is worth about one million dollars in engineering services a
year. I know of at least two new opportunities with pharmaceutical companies that have
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transaction value with a number of our existing customers, because they learned about
additional services and capabilities that we displayed so well on our new graphic panels.
In the manufacturing sector of this country there is definitely a movement to send our
manufacturing infrastructure oversees. For a local service company like ours, this means
a shrinking customer base and tighter competition in our region. Im counting on the
marketing methods and tools Ive learned from your programs to keep us growing and
will continue to use your marketing materials and philosophy throughout my career.
Since your email, I have started How To Get From Where You Are To Where You
Want To Be over again as a refresher course.
The information I have provided is true and provable and you have my permission to
use my testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

Best regards,
Ken Lawrence
Sales & Marketing Manager
Applied Control Engineering

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257.

Kendall F. Smith

----- Original Message ----From: Kendall F Smith

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:30 PM

Testimonial to Jay Abraham's work

I've been studying Jay's work for at least ten years now, and it only gets more
interesting. I really can't overstate how much influence his mindset has had on the
structure and fabric of my business. After a while, it became my goal to "Abrahamize"
my own business mind (and the basic ideas even translate to non-business efforts as
well.). Doesn't matter what you're aiming to accomplish, a correct mindset and a proper
effort are necessary elements, and I've enjoyed Jay's incisive teaching on these
matters.
It's hard to be specific about business successes with Jay's help, because I've been
tuned in for so long now, everything I do is permeated with his helpful insight. It would
be hard for me to imagine operating a business without the Abraham mindset.
Many Thanks to Jay Kendall F. Smith
KitchenDance - a small company located in Hemet, California - selling kitchenware and
gifts. (And other entirely different businesses are being developed.)

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258.

Kip Lytle

----- Original Message ----From: Kip Lytle

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:26 AM
Hi Jay!
Thanks for the opportunity to provide you with my testimonial. As I count your teachings as one
of the main reasons for my business success, I've actually meant to send this to you for years,
but have just never done it.
We first met in 1993 or 1994 at one of your 3-day seminars in California. At the time, I was
working for a small non-profit association in Denver, CO (responsible for marketing their
credentialing program). I received an ad for the seminar, approached the association's Executive
Director about attending, and received an immediate and definitive "no"! Not being a person who
is easily discouraged, I asked him if I could find someway to attend for free or at my cost, if the
association would pay my way - he agreed (probably thinking there was no way I would get that
done!)
Well, to make a long story somewhat shorter, I was able to convince one of your staff members
that it would be to his (and your) benefit to allow me to attend the program in exchange for
working the audio recording systems (although I'd never done audio before in my life)!
Here is a letter that I mailed to you outlining some of the results I had achieved to date after
attending your program.
Dear Jay:
First of all, thanks for the tremendous value you have brought to my business. I first
became acquainted with you and your methods during one of your 3-day workshops in
California. I was lucky enough to be able to convince one of your staff members that it
was to his benefit to allow me to attend your program in exchange for working the
recording systems. That was a great 3 days that has forever changed the way I look at
marketing and sales!
Since that first encounter three years ago, my wife and I have expanded our
manufacturing business (we produce a line of knitwear for the ballet market) several
times -- from a "hobby" business barely grossing $50,000 per year, to projected sales
during 1996 of $300,000. While we are still very small (me, my wife and 3 employees), it
is unlikely that we would have succeeded at all without implementation of your principles.
Your August 1996 issue of "Business Breakthroughs" asks for specific examples of
innovative ideas we've used. Here are a couple we have and continue to use
successfully in our business.
1. Risk Reversal. We began using risk reversal last Christmas by offering new retail
distributors the opportunity to put our product line in their stores for 30 days (during
their busiest season) before making any "buy/return/exchange" decision. Last fall we
mailed this offer to approximately 2,500 retail dance shops in the US and closed
approximately 60 on the offer (a 2.5% closing ratio).
We're doing the same this year, but with a little different twist, in that we are asking
the new customers to prepay their orders, but with the same 30-day "you decide"

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feature. We've also added a "better than risk free" component to this offer by
including a report we have written featuring 7 no/low cost ways these business
owners can profitably impact their business. There hasn't been any negative effect to
asking for prepayment, and we've opened 14 new accounts in the first two weeks!
2. Strategic Alignments. During the past year, we have successfully offered our
customers products from two different and unrelated companies. With very little
effort, we have added nearly $10,000 in gross sales to our business.
3. Post-Sale Follow-up. We are beginning a campaign of sending sample post-sale
follow-up postcards to all new accounts, as well as to any old account who hasn't
ordered from us in a while. No results are in yet, but I can't help but believe that
people will better remember us for this simple act.
4. These and other activities and techniques you have suggested are helping our
business post sales growth over 100% this year! In fact, our business has already
outgrown our one year old manufacturing equipment, requiring a doubling of our
production capacities!
The rest of the letter goes on outlining some problems - in fact, you used our company as a "miniconsultation" for the October 1996 Supplement to Business Breakthroughs.
Just a note - I was really sorry to see you end Business Breakthroughs in 1998/99. It was my
most eagerly awaited monthly publication, and I have kept and still re-read every issue I ever
received - dating back to the premier issue in 1995!
I'm glad to have this opportunity to tell you, as Paul Harvey says, "the rest of the story"!
We continued utilizing your sales and marketing techniques almost exclusively during 1996, 1997
and 1998, growing our business to a point where we were serving over 700 retail dance shops in
15 countries, and generating nearly 1/2 million dollars in annual sales.
In May of 1998, we were approached by the 2nd largest dance shoe manufacturer in the world.
They were interested in expanding their product line, had researched all knit wear manufacturers
in the US (based on feedback from their current customer base), and decided that they wanted to
buy our company.
We danced back and forth, and after being assured by their owner that Beth and I would have an
important role and say in the decisions necessary in running the knit wear division of their
company. We agreed to sell our business (LytleWare) in October of 1998 for a high 6-figures
price (1.5 times gross sales).
The company then hired us back (in the same location) to run the knitwear manufacturing
division...
And paid us a generous rent on the building we had just purchased the previous year!
Three income streams from the same transaction! I'm not sure exactly which "Abraham Pillar of
Marketing Success" that relates to, but I know it is one of them!
But the story isn't complete yet.
We believe that LytleWare was successful for 3 or 4 duplicable reasons:
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2. At prices equal to or below the majority of our competitors

3. With guaranteed 7 day delivery - we usually shipped orders same day or next day (quite
an innovation in our time and market niche - accomplished by maintaining inventory of all
SKU's offered - something no other competitor had done before us).
4. And, we utilized an aggressive, unique (for the market niche) and successful,
educationally based sales and marketing program that included advertising in every
dance magazine, direct mail, the concept of pre-eminence, consistent customer contact,
added value (special reports, etc.), and more of the concepts taught by Jay Abraham.
As we moved forward with the new owners, it became apparent that their intent was to try and fit
our product line into their existing (and boring) sales channels and methods (independent
representatives visiting accounts 1 or two times per year).
Their type of sales/marketing worked well for their product line - dance shoes - a requirement or
staple if you will, that every dancer has to have.
However, Beth and I knew that it probably would not work with knit dance wear - a product
usually purchased if mom had any money left over after buying the staples.
Over the next two years 1999 and 2000, we begged, pleaded, demanded, cursed, and prayed for
them to listen to and implement the sales/marketing/customer service ideas that had allowed us
to grow LytleWare exponentially over the past 3 years.
Unfortunately, the owner decided that he knew best how to sell our product line and didn't
implement any of the programs we had successfully utilized.
As a result:
1. Product quality stayed very high
2. Prices stayed equal to or below the majority of our competitors
3. Delivery suffered due to his decision to try and reduce inventory carrying costs slightly by
adopting a "just in time" inventory system that never allowed us sufficient time to produce
inventory...delivery times slipped from a guaranteed 7 days to 3-4 months
4. Our aggressive and successful sales/marketing/customer service program was reduced
back to the "industry standard" of independent sales reps calling on the store owners 1-3
times per year, with no value added at any point along the line.
You can probably guess the outcome of his decisions:
Sales in 1999 were less than 1998
Sales in 2002 were less than in 1999
Sales in 2001 were less than 2000
He closed LytleWare in May of 2002.
An unfortunate and unnecessary ending to what had been a very successful company.
However, being a survivor and chronic entrepreneur, I am currently continuing to utilize the skills
and techniques that I have learned from you over the years on my newest venture manufacturing and selling a line of low level healing lasers.
These devices are really miraculous products - instantly relieving pain and inflammation while reenergizing damaged cell walls which allows for much faster healing.
We are putting the finishing touches on our information-based web site, and while it isn't "public"
yet, would welcome any feedback you might have time to give http://wowapipublishing.freeview.ca/default.html

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We fully expect this company to surpass $1 million in annual sales during 2002!
Jay, much of my business success can be directly attributed to the sales/marketing/customer
service techniques I have learned from you since 1995. Most of the books, reports and tapes I
have purchased from you over the years are "dog-eared" from constant use. My only regret is
that circumstances have not allowed me to attend your recent PEQ and Elite 100 courses.
However, I know of a guy who is pretty good with audio recording that has some time available,
and would be willing to pay his own way.....!!!
Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Kip Lytle
Business Wizards, Inc.
Former Owner of LytleWare Enterprises

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259.

K.S. Lim

----- Original Message ----From: K. S. Lim

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:18 AM
Dear Jay,
I am not a great writer & cannot express myself well. However, I do have something to share.
You have taught me many things & some of these are so simple, yet the result is tremendous.
One e.g. is risk reversal. Our company never agree to give guarantee because we are concern
that our customers may not be honest & make unreasonable claims.
We produce wear parts for rock crushing equipment. After hearing & learning of your risk
reversal technique, we gave a verbal guarantee that if our product has pre-mature failure, we will
replace 100% these wear parts. Initially, I thought this will be a great risk as our margin is only
15% to 20%. However, as it turn out, only 3 customers out of 150 made any claims & some of
them were justified cases. On the other hand, our sales actually went up by 35%.
More important, it make our product develop a higher quality perception. This perception has
helped maintain our sales even during the current slowdown. Thanks to you.
Regards,
K. S. Lim

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260.

Linda Shorb

----- Original Message ----From: Linda Shorb

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:30 AM
Dear Jay,
I love your newsletter.
good ideas.

I am grateful that you make available so many

One of your basic concepts in your marketing is tracking the sales.

How did the customer find us? What prompted this sale?
My accounting program would not let me track sources. But I could
print out a sales report based on salesman. Now, every mailing, every
magazine article, every magazine ad has a "salesman" code.
The program does the cumulative figures and I spreadsheet the monthly
totals.
Based on these records I decided to increase my Internet presence by
adding a shopping cart. Sales that are DIRECTLY attributed to the
shopping cart for last year were 20,000.00. The initial cost was
1500.00. So I received at least 18,000.00 high profit retail sales
that I am sure I would have never received without the shopping cart.
The results this year are just as good.
Thank you,
Linda Shorb
October Country
Manufacturing and distributor of Muzzleloading supplies to gun shops
across the country
208-772-2068

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261.

Lisa Monette

----- Original Message ----From: Lisa Monette

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:12 PM
Dear Jay,
Thank you for this opportunity to reflect on what methods I have learned from you and how they
have improved our business.
I started my own makeup and skin care business three years ago. After many years working as
an executive and trainer for top national cosmetics companies along with working side by side
with celebrity artists, I decided to create my own unique opportunity. Its unique, its exciting and
clients are buying like crazy whenever we are with them.
I have studied with some of the best in the last 15 years (Tony Robbins, Chanel, Make Up For
Ever, Mary Kay Ash, Lifespring, Landmark Forum, etc., etc.) I have worked with clients for ABC,
NBC, National Figure Skating Champions (special for the Olympics and the US Nationals, went to
the Emmys and have been written up here locally in Newport Beach).
When I got hold of your book "Money Making Secrets of Marketing Genius Jay...." back in 1997, I
used many of your strategies to start my company. I then went on to buy various tape series from
you. As a result I decided to focus in on one part, the three main strategies to grow your
business.
I train prospects who want to make money as professional makeup artists. We sell my brand of
over 165 products. We offer a turn key operation along with our certification to give them
confidence in our line, on techniques and on how to grow the business. We are now servicing a
variety of clients. Salons; Spas, TV, Video, Bridal, etc., etc. I even invented a seminar called a
CMW.."Celebrity Makeup Workshop" which is generating more sales and referrals.
In my new artist training we have a goal session. That is where I constantly go over your
strategies of attracting new clients, increasing the size of sale and training them how to have the
client buy more often. I know this sounds so simple, but most independent contractors I've
worked with (I did a million in sales when I was in Mary Kay back in the 80's) have a hard time to
focus and to followup, so your ideas and strategies gives me clear strategies to expand with our
specific business.
I have my artists write out ideas on all 3 of those strategies. We then have a monthly business
breakthrough style meeting to share with each other what works and what is missing. We
practice by role playing. We give examples of fears that stop us and strengths to run with. I have
developed a success guide to add ideas to and in the future turn into my own written manual.
Just like anything, you do need to have a coach in your corner (when I get my business to the
size I want, my dream is to be able to afford your live training's!!!)
I have always been a dynamic trainer and speaker, but as most of us right brain individuals, we
need to have strategies written down to really crank out!
Last summer after listening to one of your tapes, I did a mailing to my then customer base of 150
clients.( I have personal clients who use the products and I have my wholesale clients who rep
our line). It cost me about $100 for the postage & printing, it was very simple with lots of ideas for

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the clients to look beautiful for the summer. I generated close to $1,000. Thats because most of
my profits goes right back in and pays my bills.
After 3 years though, I have gone from $12,000 in sales to $26,000, to this year on target for
$70,000. I know I can create a million company that makes a hugh difference to women. We
save them time and we educate them...
Thank you for allowing me to share my small story that is turning into a powerful fortune for my
people, for me and for all our families!
Create the most beautiful day with O.L.A.!!!
Lisa Monette- Creator of ON LOCATION ARTISTS
"We bring out the celebrity in you"!
949-640-9263
Direct sale makeup & skin care business. Independent contractors who purchase our startup kits,
come to our training's & workshops and have the opportunity to earn unlimited income, grow as
an artist and be on the ground floor of one of the most upscale motivational makeup businesses!
We are at 20 (i was very picky the first 2 years about only recruiting experienced artists, now I
realize I only want committed people who are trainable, giving and team oriented, so I now have
opened it up for all types).
You have made me realize that million dollar businesses or thousand dollar types, it does not
matter, we all have to implement what can benefit the clients. My new challenge now is to handle
the growth I've created so that we can expand even more!
Thanks again, I hope to meet you someday soon!!
Lisa Monette

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262.

Lou Farris, Jr.

----- Original Message ----From: Lou Farris, Jr

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 10:00 PM
We are in the real estate settlement services industry. Several years ago we were in a position to
direct a significant amount of work to vendors in a particular type of industry that provides a
service needed in the sale and or refinancing of real property and our state law prohibited us from
being in that type of business. In addition federal law prohibited us from taking compensation
from the referral of business to that type of vendor or any other type of vendor. So we did the
following:

We directed a very good portion of the business that was able to be directed by us to one
selected vendor in that industry.
Because of volume the vendor gave very attractive pricing and a quick turnaround time
for the service, which all was passed on directly to the consumer by us.
The vendor outsourced the portion of their work which could legally be performed by us
and it was work that they rather not perform anyway.
We had an existing employee perform the work that was out sourced to us when she was
not doing other higher priority work.

This arrangement worked out to be a win, win, situation for everyone and it was all, clean,
uncomplicated and legal:

The consumer received better pricing and service.

The vendor got more business and could concentrate more on their core business
because they were able to outsource the none core work to us.
We allocated an unused resource, the free time of an employee, performed a service
using that time and got compensated for performing the service.

This arrangement produced a very nice income stream over the years, unfortunately the
arrangement was ended by factors which were not in any of our control. But it was great while it
lasted.
Jay, I took concepts and ideas gained from your material to develop the arrangement.
Thank you,
Lou Farris Jr.

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263.

Luis Arauz

----- Original Message ----From: Luis Arauz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:28 AM
Dear Jay,
I learned about you a year or so ago and was blown away about how you
think. I had been looking for a business where I could use my skills
and be professional, but where I didn't have to worry about a college
degree.
After absorbing all the articles on your website and your book "Getting
Everything You Can Out of All You've Got" (Which gets better every time
you read it.).
I went through Ebay and got the video of your life story. I don't
understand how people could be bored from hearing your life story, I
got more ideas out of those tapes than I have out of most seminars or
speakers.
I saw many similarities, correlations, and resemblances between your
early life to how my life is. So I just felt it in my bones that I
could do the same.
I was hooked I got everything I could get my hands on that you did and
everyone else you recommended.
I wanted to be able to use all the information I've learned to help
businesses, I wanted to be a Junior Jay Abraham. But I didn't know if
I could. Then I received your mentor/protege seminar and also the
protege reunion tapes. It was like a lightning strike to my head and
the light bulb came on.
I've done my best to copy and systematize what you have done, to use it
with clients. I am pumped up juiced up and motivated. I talked to
everyone, offered my services to every business I came in contact with
(amazing how clueless business people and even marketing
"professionals" are about marketing.). I made good friends with people
through the net who are also big fans, I've gotten 3 clients so far all
on contingency, not total set ups but the are funded.
I only want to work with 8 clients at a time (following Harry Picken's
advice). So I am currently looking for 5 more clients to work with.
It's so much fun doing this. I love seeing prospects faces whenI
explain to them my USP which is
"I guarantee to increase your sales and profits or my
services are FREE"
And then explaining how contingency works, it totally blows them away.

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Knowing you has given me so much power in my professional and even in

my personal life, the tape series "Your Secret Wealth" is so underrated
It is 10 times better than anything Tony Robbins puts out.
Thank you for being the incredible teacher, fabulous mentor, and
inspiring achiever that you are. You have opened the door to
alternative worlds of possibilities handed me your patented Jay Abraham
3D/Xray CatScan goggles and said "Go Gettem". And now I am.
I expect to one day be able to work with you and thank you in person.
Thank you again Jay and please thank your staff for their incredible
support. but being the person you are I am sure they already know how
great they are.
All Success,
Luis A. Arauz
M4 Consultants

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264.

Mangla Sachdev

----- Original Message ----From: Mangla Sachdev

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:37 AM
Dear Jay Abraham,
I am a 23 yr old from Scotland, UK who started a business part-time
from home. I call myself a Profit-generating Consultant based on your
ideas, books and tapes. I specialise in Marketing, PR and Publishing
all the while taking your words of wisdom and ideas as my mantra. My
company the Publicity Workshop started like this I started at the age of 21 and spent over 400 on your program - How To
Get From Where You Are...
At that time starting with nothing it was a big risk for me to spend
400 on your program rather than get some advertising going to announce
that I was in business, but something made me do it. I had to see if
the promises you made could really work for me. And prior to this, I
had never heard of you.
I got it, I read it all. It took about 3 weeks to finish all volumes
while making notes enough to write my own book. I sat down and thought
my whole business through. I was so impressed by your ideas and
concepts I wanted to do everything you did. I completely changed my
business plan, applied for a 1000 grant and went in more motivated
than ever showing my business advisors how my company was going to
change the small business market in Scotland forever. (I like dreaming
big)
I had problems, I won't lie to you. Not everyone was jumping in que to
come and meet me and hear how I could change their business. I started
writing articles about my experiences in starting out and my marketing
ideas for new home-based businesses. I gained respect in some
publications and I now actually get paid to 'advertise' my business.
In the first 18 days after I wrote my first article, I had 400 worth
of business. I was doing this all part-time as I still wanted to
complete some courses I had started.
I left school at 16 from London as I went to get married shortly after
that in Singapore. I'm married to a doctor and lived with him with too
much time on my hands. I read everything on business and marketing
before moving back to the UK. Nothing in any of those books gave me
the motivation and confidence to start my own business.
Your program while helping big million dollar businesses also helps the
small home-based business. A home-based business that now has a dream
and chance of success. I recently read just the first volume again and
attracted 9 new clients and I banked 1900 in one month. I know that
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generating clients will be revealed and the same ideas used for my
clients will also generate an increased profit for themselves.
I haven't made it big as yet, but am on my way because I now have the
time to concentrate all my time and resources to my business and follow
in-depth every single concept you teach.
This may not be what you were looking for in terms of a successful
case-study. I can't show you how I made a million in the first year of
business, only because I didn't allow myself to. If from today I
follow and read your books again I know that in a year or in 18 months
time I will have a much more successful case study to provide to you.
Thank you so much. You gave a girl with limited education in today's
world a chance to dream of running a successful business.
Mangla Sachdev
Publicity Workshop
16 Curlew Gardens
Dunfermline
Scotland, UK
KY11 8GF

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265.

Marc VanUnen

----- Original Message ----From: Marc vanUnen

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 8:42 AM
Dear Jay,
Thank you for your E-mail. I went through the PEQ program, but it was
actually a mailing from you called the "Ultimate 100" that got me
thinking about the "Dream 100" concept that you have been teaching in
the PEQ program.
I am responsible for all the pre-marketing efforts for a new compound
in development in Erectile Dysfunction. Therefore I am responsible for
the interaction with the top researchers and physicians in this field.
They shape the opinions about future drugs. When I received your
mailing to be part of the "Ultimate 100" I felt very flattered and I
was thinking if I could translate this to my area of marketing, this
would be a great initiative and leverage great results
I set down with my team and identified the top physicians in the field
of Erectile Dysfunction based on publications, speaking engagements,
media highlights, academic position and patient referral patterns.
Most of these physicians are real 'prima donnas' and like personal
engagement. Knowing this, we went one step further and we assigned top
managers in our company to contact these physicians at least once a
month. Recently we have had a minor set back from the FDA, which we
needed to communicate to our top opinion leaders right away. Since
with had the "Dream 100" in place this proved to be and ideal platform
to do this. The result was quite amazing, as the news was fairly
negative and instead of a big backlash, which occurred with our
competitors who were in the same situation 3 month earlier, we received
a lot of encouragement and positive feedback from the contacted
physicians. They felt that they were involved with our brand and
company and were appreciative to be kept abreast of latest
developments. It helped us do a great amount of damage control and
this concept alone has paid off handsomely.
Regards,
Marc

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266.

Marcus Santamaria

----- Original Message ----From: Marcus Santamaria

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:03 PM
Case Study Pandora/ask the market
The best part of a decade ago my partner and I stumbled on some Jay
Abraham tapes. A former university lecturer had leant to my partner.
We had never heard anything like Jay's concepts at the time and we felt
like we had discovered the secret keys to the kingdom.
At that time we had the distribution rights for a micro fiber-toweling
product. The fiber was especially wound to soak up water really fast.
This gave it a great application in the beauty market as a hair towel.
Hair drying time was reduced in half with a nice soft gentle texture
that didn't pull the hair.
We had a national distribution of the product through the personal care
and beauty areas of the major department stores in the country. So we
had this wonderful product and national distribution and really wanted
to use our new Jay Abraham knowledge to leverage that position. When I
think back to the time we had a lot of energy but hadn't fully grasped
the Jay Abraham concepts. Non the less they still served us well and
we had a great time.
We had received great feedback from the department store consumers in
regard to their appreciation of the product. We figured it had to be a
no brainer that the hairdressing market with a direct contact and
advisory position with the consumers could retail the product like
crazy. So we ordered a table (not even a booth) at the country's
biggest trade show.
While talking to some hair stylists before the show I noticed one
stylist had a really sleek looking equipment bag. All the other just
had an assortment of storage ranging from fishing tackle boxes to back
packs. So the guy with the sleek case really made an impression.
I decided a storage product might be a good product in this market. I
did a catalogue search and found a company in Hong Kong that made
camera cases. I remembered Jay's advice to test the market. So I
asked Hong Kong to send me a couple of samples, which they did. The
cost of the samples was about $100.00
We took the two cases to the trade fair along with our towels. We made
a point of honestly pointing out the test saying, "look we think you
stylists may like these cases. We can make these cases available if
you like them but they won't be available for 8 weeks."
The stylists went absolutely nuts for our cases. We repeatedly heard
"the most exciting new product at the show." We took pre orders for
around 100 cases at an average of $125.00 each. That gave us forward
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had enough sales to meet the minimum order and the profit margin meant
we could afford to look for distributors and expand the market.
We then started to make modifications to the designs to meet the
specific needs of the hair stylist equipment. We then had a unique
product and not just a camera case straight of the factory floor.
We gambled on the success of the original designs and took them to a
trade show in the USA. Since then we have created a small but
consistent business niche market and have distributors in Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, the USA and Norway. Not bad for an initial market
test that cost $100.00
Incidentally the hair towel completely failed to make an impression
with the stylists and flopped as a retail product in hair salons.
company, Pandora Luggage Solutions
size 3 people
type Design and marketing
contact Marcus Santamaria [email protected]
www.pandora.au.com
I look forward to seeing the other cases studies.
Best Regards
Marcus Santamaria

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267.

Maria Paz

----- Original Message ----From: Maria Paz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 5:21 AM
Hi Jay!
It's not August 2 anymore!!!
I'm not sure whether to believe that the August 2 deadline is a real
one, or if a publishing deadline of some kind actually exists. You can
probably ascertain from that last line that I am certainly a Jay
Abraham disciple. :-)
Unfortunately, I don't have many marketing vignettes to share. About a
year from a half ago, I was consumed by a need to buy a house in the
Bay Area. Problem: San Francisco has one of the most expensive
housing markets in the United States. This necessitated finding a new
income stream. I drifted from one MLM opportunity to another, and
tried in vain to find a website to buy. I finally selected Pre-Paid
Legal as an MLM, and tried to find marketing materials to study. And
study I did. I listened to tapes as I drove to and from work. I
attended every seminar that was conducted in the Bay Area.
Why go through all this pain?
Because I learned early on that every business absolutely, irrevocably
needs marketing and sales to survive. I scoured Ebay, trying to find
tapes, books, transcripts written by the pundits. Not very
surprisingly, but with serendipity, I found one of your Marketing
Bootcamp Tapes.
And thus starts my journey, my trip in learning Abraham marketing. I
bought a 1987 tape set. (It was almost shocking to realize that
marketing methods from more than ten years ago are still applicable
today.) Mac Ross was wonderful and Kendrick's discussions NLP were
simply amazing. The bootcamp chronicled in those tapes lasted for five
days. By the time I had listened to all 46 tapes, I felt as if I had
gone through the whole experience myself.
Among the tons of marketing lessons that were taught, your main USP
shone through: You did not encourage your proteges to go out into the
world and charge fees for their marketing services. Instead, you
encouraged them to barter their services, to only ask for percentages
of profits. That, ultimately, will decrease the barriers of potential
clients. That has to be the hottest hot button ever created! After
listening to that tape set, I decided to become a marketer. A real
one. Listening to you and your speakers figuratively pulled me and my
backside off the couch, out the door and into the marketing world.
But there's a catch to this story.

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Well Jay, I only listened to your tapes six weeks ago, and I only
officially started my marketing business on July 9, 2002. Yes, this
all took place less than a month ago! Listening to those tapes
provided enough information that I posted a FREE ad on the Web, got
twelve leads, converted three of them and sent out my first report last
night. Isn't that almost unbelievable? I followed your steps-offering to barter my marketing with local businesses and I converted a
whopping 25% of my leads. I sent them an educational e-mail to
determine their interest level. When a lead was very interested, I
offered to speak to them over the phone and interview them. I asked
many, many non-threatening questions and coaxed them to tell me about
the nuts and bolts of their business.
This must process must be very familiar to you by now. I sent my first
marketing plan to a client last night. While I'm nervous about his
reaction to it, I know that I outlined the main premises of marketing
in the report, and that these principles have been tested by yourself
and all your strong proteges.
Thank you, Jay. I never thought I would become a marketer, but here I
am, one month after listening to your materials. This trek has only
begun.
Sincerely,
Maria Paz
Kintegrity Marketing
www.katrinapaz.com
P.S. My statement is TRUE and you have permission to use this
testimonial for your own marketing endeavors.

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268.

Mark May

----- Original Message ----From: Mark May

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:44 AM
I am a residential letting agent and have been for the last 9 years.
had a problem getting my head round a business proposition, I didn't
know why I had a problem with it.

I took this one idea from the 'Nine Drivers of Upside Leverage &
Exponential Business Growth' - #5 Relationships, and I was then able to
focus on that problem so that I could address specifics.
This is what I did.
Each Friday morning I meet with a group of members of the BNI Windsor
Chapter for breakfast, there is usually 25 to 30 members and visitors
there and I had a10 minute presentation slot to fill.
My problem was - an estate agent colleague situated about three hours
driving time from me in Kent had opened an office in Spain and had
started selling Spanish properties in the UK as second homes. He wanted
me to take on 30 or so properties in my area and split the commission.
Now I have no experience of property in Spain but I do know about the
time-share scams out there and so do a lot of people. With a few
starter questions I got my BNI colleagues to express their views and
concerns. I was astounded at the contacts and experience that they had
to pass on. My 10 minute presentation lasted 20 minutes.
I am now in a position to fully evaluate the time, costs and effort for
me to start up this operation in my area alongside my existing
business.
INVALUABLE.
This happened today, is true and witnessed by all the participants, you
have my approval to use this in any promotional material you may think
fit.
Kind regards
Mark May

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269.

Mark Steffenson

----- Original Message ----From: Mark Steffenson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 4:17 PM
Jay,
I finally decided to respond to your request for a success story even
though I do not really have a case study to provide. I will leave it
to your judgment as to whether this deserves a copy of all the case
studies you collect. I am very interested in seeing that. I love
case-studies and use them when possible in my current job. Anyway here
is my story.
I have owned the Mr. X book for a couple of months now and have been
reading and studying it whenever I get a chance. I have not had the
opportunity to implement any of the ideas or techniques in that book
but having come into contact with your material, ideas and philosophy
has done two extremely valuable things for me so far.
The most valuable return if have experienced is in my self-confidence
and trust in my instincts when it comes to Marketing and Sales.
I do not have a formal "business background". My parents are very
artsy and anti-business. I studied music in college. However after
college I knew I did not want to pursue music as a career and went out
into the world to "find myself". Needless to say I have a good variety
of experiences.
One thing that has been very consistent with all of my jobs has been
constant frustration with how the various businesses I have worked for
have been run and marketed. I always felt that they did not provide
enough customer service, did not capitalize on their current customers
enough and where not very willing to try new ideas to increase
business. This was true for the small family owned business all the
way up to the very large Fortune 10 technology company where I am now
working. Any suggestions I would make concerning customer service,
marketing ideas, creating value where always rejected by those with
Business degrees. I though maybe I was missing something by not having
studied Business and Marketing in college.
After reading your material however I feel vindicated. My simple,
common-sense instincts do have value and now I have the confidence to
go out and work with businesses the help them grow. I know now that I
do not need to have a degree to be succesful, in fact I know feel it is
an advantage to not have that type of background. I think it will be
easier for me to work creatively outside of the "Standard Practices" of
marketing.
This leads me to the second item. For some time now in my current
position as a Software Sales rep I have worked with a program we have
involving a subscription for our software. This subscription allows
users get technical support and to install updates to their software
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the only time they hear from our company is when the subscription is up
for renewal and we want their money. Many of them where sold the
initial product and the rep never contacted them again. We make some
attempt to upsell and crossell at that time but we have really not
established enough of a relationship with them to be effective. Also
most of the contacts we have at these customers are lower level
Technical people or people in the Purchasing department who have no
decision making powers. I have mentioned to several of my managers and
their managers that we should do things to enhance the value of the
subscription and would get comments on how "that is not practical",
"not likely to happen", etc.
Well very recently we had a new Director come into our Division and had
one-on-one meetings with everyone. Armed with my new-found confidence
in my marketing genius I told her point blank that the company was
missing a real opportunity to really maximize on the current customer
base. I suggested how we should use the subscription program to offer
additional "services" to build relationships with these accounts. We
could offer as part of the subscription a "free" site assessment where
we asses their infrastructure for possible inefficiencies or problems.
Or we have a tool we use in our sales process that uses structured
interviews with key decision makers and influencers regarding their
technology strategy that highlights areas where the actual goals and
measurements of various departments are in conflict with each other.
This is why so many technology projects fail. I suggested we package
this as a "free service" and this would give us access to decision
makers while providing a lot of value to our customers. While I am not
holding my breath that these ideas will go any further up the food
chain, I was able to gain the attention of this new Director by
pointing out an area where we could possibly make better use of our
assets. I am working on a proposal for this just in case and it has
renewed my interest in what had become a pretty routine job.
Jay, I look forward to implementing more of the ideas I get from your
materials in the future and am eager to make more money so I can
purchase even more of them. As I read your book I am constantly making
notes because the ideas are coming so fast. It makes it hard to
concentrate on what you have written.
Take care and Thank you,
Mark Steffenson
Andover Creative Advertising (name picked but no business plan yet).
1 Henderson Avenue
Andover, MA 01810
978-804-8855

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270.

Marty Sacks

----- Original Message ----From: Marty Sacks

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 6:06 AM
Jay,
I've easily made thousands of dollars learning and applying the
thinking and the skills that I have learned from your tapes and book.
However, I want to tell you a brief story about how I first used your
principle of leverage to make $500. This is not a lot of money by most
people's measures (I'll keep it anyway!) but it was significant for me
because it was 10X what I paid for your set of "Secret Wealth" tapes
that I had - at that time - just purchased from Nightangale-Conant.
Here's the story:
I'm pretty well known in my industry and regularly get calls from
executive recruiters looking to place me in new positions. While the
opportunity they present may not fit my situation, I usually know
somebody else they can call who would be interested. I've helped a
number of people I know move their careers ahead this way. I'm humbled
that I've been in a position to do this.
After hearing your tape set, I realized that I was providing a service
to these recruiters. I was helping them get their work done. They
were enjoying the benefit of my relationships built over many years.
So, following your advice, I negotiated an arrangement with one
recruiter that if the person I recommended took the position he was
looking to fill, I would get a commission for helping him get *his* fee
for the placement. When he won, I won. Your "risk reversal" strategy
was also in play here because the recruiter risked nothing until my
suggestion (in the form of a person to place) worked out to the benefit
of his client.
You taught me how to leverage my skill and understanding.
Thanks!
Marty Sacks
National Sales Director
Baltimore, MD

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271.

Marvin Downs

----- Original Message ----From: Marvin Downs

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:56 PM
I have a small, one man operation -- buying empty Ink and Toner
Cartridges, having them remanufactured and selling them at a healthy
discount from new ones.
I started about 2 1/2 years ago using materials I had gathered from Jay
Abraham through the past years. I started testing various ways of
getting customers and prospects. My research indicated that over 99.5%
of businesses had printers of one sort or the other.
I found my best prospects were smaller businesses and offices -- partly
because there are many more of them. And partly, because they don't
use enough to attract the larger suppliers.
Many are owner managed so they are attracted by the savings they get.
I spent a year and half researching suppliers, ways to approach
prospects etc. As these things evolved, I have reached a point that at
least I can feel that I have a technique that is working.
I make cold calls, briefly explaining what we do -- leaving a folder
containing information about us. This year I made up a 5 1/2 X 8 1/2
calendar with information about the recycling business on the back of
each month. After a few weeks, I decided to make a perpetual calendar
-- Remove past months and add new ones for about 14 - 16 months total.
(I had a customer come in and when I asked him how he heard of us, he
said "I service medical facilities and I keep seeing these calendars,
so I thought I would give you a try")!
I always get the name of the person in charge of printers. Also the
person's name I see when I call -- sometimes it the same person in
small offices. That evening I send the person I spoke to a Thank You
Note. And, do they remember you.
We put these names in a data base and are testing various ways to
contact them -- mail, phone etc. Presently, it looks as though a
monthly postcard is working. I am working on other plans to be more
effective.
One idea is to hire someone at a lower wage and then give them the
profit on the first order from a customer they get and a percentage
commission on follow on orders from that customer.
Our sales are running about 3-4 times over a year ago month, so
something is working!
Marvin Downs
Shake A Leg Enterprises, Inc
7037 Ralph Road, Rockford, IL 61109

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272.

Michael Feldstein

----- Original Message ----From: Michael Feldstein

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:23 AM
Back in the late 1980s, when baseball cards were all the rage, I put
together a baseball card continuity program called the Baseball Card
Society. Each month, we would send a selection of cards valued at $25
that we felt had the best chance to increase in value. We put together
a great sales letter, an advisory board with Whitey Ford and Yogi
Berra, and a knowledgeable baseball card dealer who was in charge of
choosing the selections and buying the cards.
We did a test mailing...it did marginal. Deep in my heart, I knew that
the concept was sound, and that the program was appealing, and that I
could reach the right target audience. So I didn't want to give up on
the idea. Instead, I arranged to spend a weekend in Los Angeles with
Jay Abraham to discuss how I could jump-start the program and make it a
success.
What he taught me was absolutely brilliant--and turned a marginal
program into a huge success almost overnight.
He suggested that we make a deal with The Sporting News and the
Baseball Digest to sell the program under their name, in exchange for
an ongoing royalty. So, in effect, we became the Baseball Digest
Baseball Card Society and the Sporting News Rookie Card Club, and
promoted the program under their name to the magazine's mailing list
and in its publication with on-page ads.
We immediately tripled our response rate with the endorsement.
Furthermore, Jay taught me a wonderful bargaining chip for buying onpage ads: we guaranteed the Sporting News and Baseball Digest their
"hard cost" for producing a page in their magazines (about 20% of the
rate card), against a royalty on sales. That way, the magazines
couldn't get hurt because their production cost was covered--and they
still had the upside of making money on royalties. I have successfully
used this with other publications since, even some who previously swore
that they don't do per-inquiry deals (guaranteeing them the hard cost
is the key).
I could share other Jay Abraham stories with you--and how he
successfully helped me leverage my marketing efforts geometrically -but the story above is the one that stands out the most.
Michael Feldstein
Marketing Director
Boardroom, Inc.
Two Stamford Plaza
281 Tresser Blvd., 8th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901
203-973-6279 (phone)
203-967-3767 (fax)

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273.

Michael Morales

----- Original Message ----From: "Michael Morales" <[email protected]>

To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:16 PM

Michael Morales - Strategic Planning

Business / Real Estate / Finance / Marketing / Business Communications
816 W. National Ave. Suite 19
Milwaukee, WI 53204

414/ 941-6288
414/ 645-0504 fax

Dear Jay,
I am very happy to write this testimonial for you, describing how your work has influenced me and
contributed greatly to my income as a Strategic Planner and Business Consultant.
In this letter I am going to describe a principle I learned from you and I will give specific examples on how
I coached two of my clients to increase their sales and get more customer satisfaction, even while raising
prices! The principle has to do with the balancing of: 1) quality of service, 2) speed/ timing of service, and
3) cost of service.

Client # 1 (Saw and Tool Sharpener)

My client has sharpened all types of tools (for industrial, construction, garden, workshop, kitchen, etc.)
One of his regular saw blade customers complained that they had to throw away $300 drills that are used to
cut through cement and concrete when they want to put new metal hand railings on the outside of buildings.
They would break pretty often and each time they'd have to replace them with new ones. Each time it
broke, their job profit would be reduced because their cost of doing the job went up.
My client said he thought he could figure out a way to put new cutting tips into the broken drills so that
they would work as good as new. His customer said he'd bring over a broken one and let my client work
with it. If he could repair them, they'd use his service instead of throwing them away.
After a few days my client called me up and told me the whole story. He also told me he figured out a way
to do the repair so that it would the drill would last just as long, or longer. It would also cut just as sharp as
a new one. My client's problem was, he wasnt sure how he should price his newly discovered "profit
center". I suggested letting the client set the price, but in a very unique way.
I found out from my client that it took several weeks to order and receive new drills of this type, and that
$300 was the best price the market offered for new drills. If my client could get them done just as fast (or
faster) and they would last just as long (or longer) and if they cut just as sharp well they were at least as
good as new. I suggested that my client charge $125 for a drill repair and that there would be a 5-day
turnaround time. For a 2-day turnaround time he would charge $150 and for same day service (if brought
in before 10 am) the charge would be $175. As a bonus, they could get the price down to just $100 if they
pre-paid for 5 sharpenings (5 x $100) and they would get a 2-day turnaround on each sharpening. Both my
client and his customers really liked this.
We extended this pricing idea to all of his tools so that he wouldn't feel rushed all the time. He used to do
everything the same day but I told him that he couldn't continue to do this when he improved his marketing
because there would be no way to handle the increased business and give everyone same day service. I
made a very attractive, easy-to-read sign for customers to see when they walk in so that they see the
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charging THEM extra for speedy service. He used to feel nervous and anxious when he personally had to
tell them the pricing (before I made his pricing sign).

Client # 2 (CPA)
A client of mine who ran a 1-person CPA/accounting firm used to complain to me every "tax season"
because she'd be worn out, working till 11 p.m. or midnight during March and April of each year. She'd
complain to me "Why do they all wait till the last minute to bring in their tax information?" She'd finally
had enough and decided she wanted to give up complaining about this. I asked if she would mind working
hard and late, if they paid her more money. She lit up and said, "No", she'd really like that, but they
wouldn't pay her more. I said I had an idea.
It was interesting because we successfully completed at least one marketing campaign a year, but she never
took my suggestions about eliminating the complaining about the "procrastinators."
Here is the suggestions I made and which she took action on: I said that people like incentives, they like to
be lead and given direction. They also like a good deal. I wrote a letter for her to go out to all of her
clients and the basic information was this:
Hello ________
As you know, the tax law has changed again. There are some new benefits for you and some
benefits you had in the past have been eliminated of reduced. To help fight inflation, I have
decided to keep my basic fees for my services the same as last year. I always want the best for my
clients.
What I need to do is to balance my tax season so that I can give everyone the absolute best
service. Instead of slow periods between January and March 15 and then a heavy period between
March 16 and April 15, I want to spread my work out so I can be sharp and effective. This way I
can determine the best tax solutions for you.
I am actually going to lower my fees by 10% for whoever brings their tax work in between Jan 2
and February 15. February 16 to March 15 will be my normal fees. And for those who come in
after March 15, there will be a 50% "emergency surcharge" (which is in addition to my regular
fees). Believe it or not, I'd rather have everyone come in during the 10% reduced fee period. That
way I can give more time to your tax returns and I can schedule them all over the several month
"tax season".
Looking forward to seeing all of you soon. I also have a $25 "thank you bonus" for each and
every referral client that comes in because you recommend me.
Jay, as you taught me, people generally have the same patterns and don't change them (unless we give them
"ethical bribes" to motivate them - but some will almost never change). We found that the people that
tended to bring their tax papers in early, kept coming in early and got the 10% discount. The ones that
tended to wait till the last minute, continued to wait to the last minute - and they paid the 50% extra,
without complaining because they were offered the opportunity to pay 10% less, rather then 50% more.
They could see and accept the consequence of their choices.
That's it Jay. Thank you for everything. You have my permission to use this testimonial and if you need
documented proof of the above stories I will be glad to provide them.
Positively,
Michael Morales
"Discovery is seeing what others see and thinking what no one has thought."

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We discover.

274.

Michael Rath

----- Original Message ----From: Michael Rath

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 3:46 PM
My Company - Quest For Health is involved in the health-care industry,
and includes the development and distribution of a software program for
practice and patient management. Development of the software solution
for practice management started back in 1989 and is based on Filemaker
Pro, a database development package from the Apple computer company.
When I originally started in practice as a health-care professional in
1979 in the field of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine, I was
faced with the realization that my training was finally going to be put
to the test and that the health of patients was in my very
inexperienced hands. It took at least five years of clinical
experience before I was anywhere near comfortable with my skills and
knowledge. As I gained further skills I started to think how great it
would be if what I knew could be duplicated and presented to newly
trained practitioners in an easy to use expert system covering all
aspects of patient management and practice management as well.
In 1989 I decided to computerize my practice. I wanted to be able to
keep patient records and use a health appraisal questionnaire system
that produced a bar graph showing a patient's state of health and
imbalances within the various body systems. The program was very basic
but worked quite well in my practice.
As time went by I kept on developing the package and included a billing
and stock control system with a cash book and budgeting, a marketing
campaign system with mail out and email capabilities, a large database
containing technical details of health-care products, treatment
protocols and dietary regimes and further refinements and additions to
the diagnostic assistance program.
So finally by 1997 I had a powerful and versatile software package that
did almost all of the things that I only dreamed of back in 1979 when I
first started in practice. I had stopped full-time clinical practice
and was distributing a range of professional-only health-care products
to practitioners and their patients. I decided it was time to take my
software to market and set about contacting other health-care
distribution companies and practitioners in order to generate sales. I
put together a demonstration copy of the program and sent many copies
out and waited in eager anticipation of receiving lots orders. The
orders were disappointing and very few and far between. So I put the
project on the back burner for another year.
In 1998 after attending a marketing seminar run by a graduate of Jay
Abraham 's training programs, I met with another major distributor and
asked him if I could send out a mailer with his regular mail out to his
5,000 practitioners. Happily after seeing the mailer based on what I
had learnt at the seminar, he agreed. This time I sold 75 programs
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Unfortunately I had only applied some of the principles learnt and of

course sales once again dropped off. I became disheartened and once
more concentrated on the other parts of my business and in the process;
I lost contact with most of the clients who had bought my software.
Fortunately I met another graduate of Jay's training, who has become a
personal friend, and was given further invaluable help and knowledge.
Denis helped me to create a marketing letter that was sent to all
previous purchases of the software for feedback on their experience,
problems and suggestions. We had over 50% respond to the letter. The
results were a real eye opener. A fair percentage had not used the
software from a lack of support and training, others had problems with
some aspects of the software' s operation and a small percentage was
reasonably happy with its operation.
Being in Australia where the distances between my clients and myself
are often many thousands of miles. Providing support was difficult as
I was trying to explain over the phone to inexperienced clients how to
operate and fix their program. In most cases this was unsatisfactory
for both the client and myself with frustration and short tempers
resulting.
I joined up for Jay's email newsletters and started receiving
information that was vital for me to address the client support and
marketing issues. Ongoing contact and support, with feedback from my
clients is now an important part of my business practice.
I really started to look at and analyze all the various problems that I
had been having and went looking for solutions. And as Jay tells us,
if you want to see how to do something well, see what the experts are
doing.
The problem of generating sales from demonstration versions of the
program was solved by using research from a marketing company in the
USA whose brief was to find the best was of helping to make a buying
decision for software. Most potential clients did not know how to use
the demonstration program without some training and so the
demonstration software only convinced these people that the program was
hard to learn and difficult to use. Which is exactly the wrong message
and untrue. Filemaker Pro based database solutions are very intuitive
and easy to learn.
The research company said to produce a book with lots of pictures and
example screen shots. Everybody Can Read a Book!! Where previously
less than 2% of persons expressing interest in the software who were
sent a demo program went on to purchase the software, now over 80% who
view the on-disk electronic book take up the offer to purchase. The
most frustrating part about this was that I had heard of this marketing
research BEFORE I sent out the demo programs back in 1997. Jay's
marketing training has made it possible for me to see the advantages of
using marketing experience from experts.
To further address client concerns and provide the kind of training and
support that would delight my clients I set up a support system using a
software program, PC Anywhere. This program allows me to operate a
client's computer and software for training and support anywhere in

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Australia and overseas from my office here in Brisbane. It is just

like having me sitting in their office beside them. The days of
frustration are now a thing of the past.
The program now comes
with lots and lots of
instead of a training
printed out as a hard

with on-disk hyperlinked 500 page training manual

screen shots and simple step-by-step instructions
video as previously used. The manual can also be
copy.

Clients are much happier and more good quality referrals are coming
from satisfied clients. The software has recently been chosen to run
the Naturopathic Department of the Southern Cross University in Lismore
Australia. The university searched the world for 2 years before
choosing HealthQuest to run their Naturopathic department for clinic,
patient and student management.
Program sales are increasing, past clients are upgrading and I now have
many more happy clients. I am beginning to see my goal being achieved
to be able to provide practitioners with the business building,
practice and patient management skills that I could only have dreamed
of when I started back in 1979.
The important messages I have learnt with Jay's training were - Don't
make assumptions - ask - check test. See what the experts are doing,
duplicate them and do it even better. Test a marketing idea to see if
it really works before embarking on a major Campaign. Provide
information in a way that is relevant to the client and easy to
understand. Keep in regular contact with clients, providing
information that is valuable to them in order to maintain and improve
your relationship with them. Seek feedback about what concerns and
delights them about your service or products. Use feedback on concerns
and improvement suggestions from clients to improve products and
services. Keep up with marketing training and network with other likeminded persons in order to keep on track and focused on reaching goals
and maintaining gains made.
Quest For Health
Software Development and Sales
Health-Care Product Distribution
We are (at this time) a small business of 5 people
Michael Rath
ND DipAc DipCHM
QUEST FOR HEALTH
55 Snow Wood Drive
Eatons Hill Qld 4037
AUSTRALIA
Tel:61 7 3264 7945 Fax:61 7 3264 7946

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275.

Michael Roualdes

----- Original Message ----From: Michael Roualdes

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:08 AM
Obviously your concepts work and work well otherwise you wouldn't have
had as much success as you've had and I wouldn't have had as much
success as I've had - because I use what you teach.
I first tried your concepts on a broadcast fax I was doing for my
printing company CGI. I had put together various samples and I
designed each of them according to what you teach. They had headlines,
benefit bullet points and requested immediate action. They didn't ask
for a sale - all I wanted where the names of people who bought printing
so I could mail them a sequence of materials to convince them to use
our printing services - so I asked if the person wanted a special
report we created call... "Direct-to-press full color printing, Find
out what conventional printers don't want you to know." The report
would explain how to save 21-48% on their next printing job, while
getting it printed in half the time. We even made it easy for them to
respond by just faxing back the ad.
The problem was I had what I thought were four great faxes. I was
having a hard time deciding which one to use. Then I remembered your
ideas on testing. I picked the best two and did a split run test. I
faxed approximately one thousand of each, for a total of 2000 faxes.
The results were amazing. Fax A got one response. Fax B got 27
responses.
If I had just sent out fax A, I would have lost money on the broadcast
fax and been very reluctant to try other faxes in the future. But by
testing I found a fax that was 26 times more effective and my broadcast
fax made money. That became my control and I tested other new faxes to
try and beat it.
Now I've sold my printing company and started a marketing company
teaching printers how to market better. I've used what I've learned
from you to create marketing systems that take very little time and
money but produce consistent results.
I teach printers how to prospect better using special reports and
incentives. I teach them how to convert more inquiries to customers
using a sequence of special materials I've designed for them. I teach
them to use newsletters to stay in contact with customers. I teach them
how to reward regular customers and I teach them how to make their most
important customers feel special and appreciated. All based on what
I've learned from you and your materials.
Thanks for all your help and ideas.
Sincerely,
Michael Roualdes

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Office:
Fax:

760-598-3158
760-598-3308

P.S. My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to

use my testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

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276.

Michael Shierloh

----- Original Message ----From: Michael Shierloh

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:58 PM

Abraham Inspired Success Story

Michael Shierloh
Castle Consulting Group
www.castleconsultinggroup.com
My Business: I own a consulting company that provides larger companies with step by
step communication and leadership strategies that will typically save clients $30,000 to
$45,000 per month in previously squandered employee time.
The Abraham Concept: Revering my Service
As Jay says, if you do not revere your product or service, your customers/clients certainly
will not.
When & Who and The Decision: Four years ago I signed a contract with one of the Big
Four Accounting firms (one of the honest ones). This was shortly after listening to Jay
speak about revering ones service/product. After listening to this, something shifted in
me. Ordinarily, I would have thought, Great, I just signed a nice contract. Instead,
revering my knowledge, skills, commitment to providing a huge level of value to my
client and wanting very much to contribute to this company at the highest level possible, I
did something that, for me at that time, was quite different and extraordinary.
From a place of revering myself and the services of my company; I made a very simple
decision. I said to myself, I will provide so much value for this firm that I will naturally
become their Go To consulting choice. A simple statement/decision, yet one that I put
all of who I am behind.
With this decision driving every strategy, tactic, conversation, choice of wording,
negotiating decision, things began to happen.
The short version is this: my small consulting firm has now trained over 300 mid and
upper level managers and leaders of this firm, and have just signed a contact that will
have us working with 100 more. In addition, I am in conversation to work with leaders
from areas of the company that have previously been out of my reach. This will
represent a pool of another 4500 people to train. Ya @#%%#@*& Hoo! They are great
people and a joy to serve.

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Yea, Yea, Michael, I can hear you saying, that is all well and good, but tell us how
much money Jays concept of revering your service has made you in these past four
years?!! That all I really care about.
Well, that is the same question that I would ask.
The answer is six hundred and sixty eight thousand dollars ($668,000). One concept, one
client.

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277.

Mike Fry

----- Original Message ----From: Mike Fry

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:36 AM
Dear Jay,
It's my pleasure to list a few of the many impactful results you've had
on my life.
After going to my first event you suggested that I needed better
packaging and more themes for my fortune cookies.
So I created 3 different themes. One called Power Quotes, one called
Good Luck fortunes and one called Insult fortunes.
I packaged them into bright gold tins and made great 4 color labels.
I auditioned for QVC next and got chosen to be on their national
showcase. Out of 50 companies they featured from Indiana I was only
one of 3 that actually sold out on air. I sold out in two minutes
thirty two seconds and made $10,200.
I also have learned most of my copywriting ability from you, and I'm
sure it will be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in my
lifetime........
But using your techniques I formulated an email about my fortune cookie
techniques and placed it on various web boards. I made it compelling
but true and factual.
In 3 weeks I had a company from England respond and ultimately that led
to a $40,000 profit. This was because I simply knew that to say and
how to say it effectively.
On another occasion I couldnt get through to an important contact that
had a huge candy company. At one of Jays programs someone mentioned
they sent $100 to a prospect about trying to buy an hour of their
time(a Jay technique)--Well I decided to make my version even better
and I put $200 in a letter and asked to buy an hour of this persons
time.
The gentlemen called me when he got my letter. Gave me 3 hours of his
time. Made a phone call on my first visit that got me into a chain of
4 stores and as I'm writing this he is now helping me with some
expansion I am working on.
A very, very good use of $200 and now access and friendship with a
major player who just retired with $60 million from selling his
company.
I dont know of anyone else that has had such profound and measurable
results in my life.

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Your friend and student,

Mike Fry
Fancy Foryune Cookies

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278.

Mike Grigsby

----- Original Message ----From: Mike Grigsby

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:31 AM
Dear Jay:
What a breathtaking task: to provide tangible and quantifiable evidence of how your techniques
have helped me. It is like being asked to quantify how my religious upbringing and spiritual
journey has affected my life! Let me attempt to confine my wonderful experience with your
organization to something more descriptive
When I started working for Timberline Software in 1985, I was young and my career was just
starting. I was hired as a customer support representative recruited from another company, and
paid $7 an hour. Customer service was a disaster. After six months, I was nearly a senior
representative after all the turn over.
Customer Support was merely a conflict containment department, a pressure cooker and
sounding board for angry clients. Timberline Software has a phenomenal product line, but it was
early in their growth and a time when few software companies existed, let alone understood how
to service customers after the sale.
Customer support was also a drain on company resourcesclearly an expense center, as most
customer support groups were. After a period of time, new management was brought in, and a
couple of us were promoted to assist in revitalizing our department. To boost our dismal
turnover rate, we started offering some software training, consulting, and report writing to give
our staff some time off of phones. We also made a little money with these services. Most of our
revenue came from maintenance fees to help offset the continued development of the product,
and some revenue came from support fees, though most of our support was free for new
customers.
Being able to provide more revenue to offset our cost-center brought us hope, but we didnt
know how to market intangible servicesnon-physical products! After receiving materials for
some time from Jay Abraham, we wondered if it might be the spark we needed to get our
department running. The Vice President of Customer Support secured approval for what was
then an unfathomable amount of money to attend Jay Abrahams program.
Two of the managers went to the program and brought back all kinds of tapes, books, and case
studies. While I wasnt the one to be doing the marketing, I read a few case studies and listened
to a couple of tapes, and my entire world changed!
I suddenly realized that marketing was my calling in life. I was a creative person who would
rather be painting or sculpting, but also loved business. Jays new marketing paradigms were the
key to unlocking who I was, what I thought, and where my life would take me. I finally
understood how to meld together art and business.
For the next several months, I devoured Jays materials. I read every word, studied every
sentence, and spent every lunch and minute in the car listening to Jays vast collection of tapes
often several times if it was a key concept / opportunity.

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Suddenly, the other managers gave me the lead for implementing Jays concepts. While the
company previously focused on getting revenue from new customers, it became my mission to
service the hell out of existing customers with new products, new levels of service, and more
revenue.
A snowball effect occurred: we increased our feesinitially at the groans of our customers. That
allowed us to provide better pay to our customer support employees, who stayed longer, learned
more, and gave far better service to the customerwhich in turn allowed us to raise fees even
more, keeping skilled employees longer, and providing even better service, year after year.
We recognized that some customers couldnt afford huge support fees, so we stratified our
programs to provide levels of service at varying costs. This actually brought on many more
customers because they didnt have to choose between all-or-nothing. We even carried this
theory out with our maintenance plansa sacred cow in our industry, where clients all paid the
same fee schedule to get new product updates.
We took our fledgling training programs and formalized them, providing a standard professional
look and feel to each. We honed our teaching skills, researched adult learning issues (in fact it
became the thesis for the college degree I earned while working at the company).
With both training and support offerings, we would never have achieved profitability had we not
implemented testing throughout all of our marketing! Combining market research and testing of
programs and offerings, we were able to find out what people wanted. For instance, some
people had no computer skills, and needed a full week of training to learn a product. Others
understood the basics, but needed only a two or three day advanced class. Students were
always required to fill out an evaluation form that included a) specific feedback that continually
improved our course content and offerings and b) a feedback section that allowed us to use
testimonials in our marketing material! This was particularly powerful because clients often knew
each other, and if it was good enough for others, it was good enough for them.
Training revenue became so significant to the companys bottom line that we even built beautiful
new classrooms and training labs in unused office space. Soon, the problem was how to
schedule all of our training courses, and the classrooms were filled throughout the week.
With training and support becoming huge products for the company, and revenues quickly rising
into the millions of dollars, we needed a more formal marketing program. I was offered a brand
new position in the company: Director of Marketing, Customer Services. I was able to devote all
my energies to using Jays concepts in building our marketing materials and working with a small
group of telemarketers and class administrators.
We tested everything! My direct marketing schedule was filled with brochures and other
production items, but before any mass mailing went out, I always built in a test marketing time
of 3 to 4 weeks to perform an A/B/C/D split to find out exactly which marketing pieces worked
and which ones did not. The test usually went to 5-10% of our database, and there was almost
always a clear winner, and usually the piece that we didnt think would do well!
Our testing was usually between two very different looking marketing pieces, such as a fancy
brochure versus a more intense Abraham-style letter. The rest of the split was between the
headline or copy in the piece. It was always amazing how much difference a single headline or
even color of paper would affect the results.
In fact, I always useeven to this daythe infamous Abraham mistake of misspelling a word
early in the piece: usually in the first paragraph, but sometimes in the headline itself. That was

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always good for at least two or three people who would call to tell us, and the telemarketing staff
always closed those friendly sales.
One time I thought I was going to lose my job over a piece I tested. After doing the marketing
long enough, I always wanted to see what we could do to top our response and conversion rates.
President Clinton had not been in office long when he initiated a payroll tax change. This meant
our old payroll software tax tables would be out of date and useless. My goal was to see if I
could raise over $1M from this change by getting non-subscribing customers to buy our
maintenance plan. People thought I was nuts. I did my usual test, one with a letter, and one
with a one-page neon orange paper and huge headline on one side, and white on the back with
the details of our offer. The orange paper out pulled the letter by 7 to 1! So I pressed into play
the orange letter.
Three weeks after the letter went out, the senior VP of the company called me into the
Presidents office to reprimand me for using scare tactics to force customers to subscribe.
While his point was valid, fortunately the President of the company already saw our sales
thermometer on the wall, showing we already exceeded our $1M revenue goal by quite a
margin.
The moral of the story is always to use a sales thermometerit shows staff how hard they have
to work, and others how hard you are working.
Not long afterwards, I achieved my goal of providing half the companys revenue from customer
servicesabout $9M. It was an important goal because, like so many other companies, our
original focus was on new customers and not new revenue. It was also the ultimate test for a
marketeerhow to sell the intangible. In a few years, we took a money-losing department with
high turnover and poor customer service, and turned it into a revenue generator while building
staff and customer loyalty.
Throughout my career, I have used Jays techniques to continually bring success to my projects
and companies!
I certify that the statements in this testimonial are true to the best of my knowledge and
recollection. Timberline Software is a publicly held software company and certain financial
information may be publicly available for verification.
Best regards,
Mike Grigsby
Managing Director
Technology and Business Strategies Group
at MikeGrigsby.com

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279.

Mike Leahy

----- Original Message ----From: Mike Leahy

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:22 AM
In 1995 we were running out of money as a very small business. I was
certain based on Tony Robbins' recommendation that Jay's book -- priced
at more than $350 -- would help even a tiny business like my own. I
vowed that the very next time we had money in the bank it would go to
buy that book. My wife held back her skepticism, and when the day came
she bit her lip as I nearly emptied the bank account for... a book.
What got me to purchase the book was the back-to-back multiple page
letters from Tony Robbins and from Vic Conant. Both men have my
greatest respect, and it was clear that this promotion was a wonderful
host- beneficiary relationship. I wanted to know more about how it was
done.
I began devouring the book and immediately set out to have my market
competition (we make software for professional chess players) put his
approval on a multiple page letter that would be sent from him to his
own customers promoting our complementary product.
The results were a record sales month. It cost about $1,000 to mail
the many flat envelopes with high quality letters, and it yielded over
$18,000 in sales where our average month had been $7,500 over the past
three years.
So the cost of the book and mailing ($1,350) netted not only an
immediate spike of over $10,000 in additional sales, but the backend
sales to these new customers continues years later. These are
customers who never would have considered that my company had a product
they also needed until their trusted vendor endorsed us.
The second most effective idea from Jay's book also endeared us to all
of our customers. It was the simple idea of sending handwritten thank
you notes. We had customers calling us dumbfounded, telling us that
they had bought houses and cars but had never received handwritten
thanks like our notes. And they often immediately ordered more
electronic chess books!
Warmly,
Mike Leahy
"The Database Man"

http://www.bookup.com

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280.

Morton Guyot

----- Original Message ----From: Morton Guyot

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:59 PM

Success story
This information can be used as a model / template for any business.
Client's Business : Colour for me (choosing the right colours to wear matching your
skin type)
Lady client lived in Melbourne,Australia. She had no idea of marketing or Leverage.
She was earning $100 per week. All she had was a business Card and a brochure.
Some ideas I gave her:
WRITTEN WORD

Write up and design book on colour co-ordination

Publish own book (Ghost write book)
Produce own newsletter
Submit articles in newspapers, magazines, web pages, ezines
Have own calendar as promotional give away
Produce own Colour co-ordination chart
Design own brochures
Promote joint venture with /insert in self improvement books/courses, business
magazines, woman's magazines, fashion /clothes shops, cosmetic shops.
In writing tell the "reasons why" client should buy /use your Services.
Lead them by their hand
Have better than risk free guarantee
After first sale /transaction within five days send letter to client thanking them,
reselling them of the value of your company and reassuring them of their wise
decision of purchasing your product or service.

FILM /video

Training film/video for own staff / use train organizations

Set up own film production company
Have own cinema for training purposes
Produce self improvement videos / colour coordination
Approach television stations promo on their show

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Contact prices at theatres

Contact special interest groups / clubs to do classes for their members
Also breakfast /lunch / dinner / SWAP (salesman with a purpose), Toastmasters,
Public speaking groups.
Set up own satellite television station / channel

AUDIO CASSETTE / CD

Promotional
Self Training
Organization training
Set up cassette production company
Self improvement tapes
Radio stations (promote product to)
Set up own radio show /
Be guest speaker on radio show

WORKSHOPS (in /at)

Create /have skin care / make up

Doctors /chiropractors /new age / Alternative therapies
Wardrobe expansion
Fashion parades
Clothes Factories
Menswear/woman's clothes shops
Clothing related businesses / manufacturers
Colour psychology
Psychologists, medical centres, optometrists
Hypnotherapists
Coffee get togethers
Organize own for clients
Dinner nights
Lions clubs, Toasmasters, singles clubs, sports clubs, business clubs
Leverage self by training staff / others to give workshops and Earning a % of
every sale

PROMOTION (Testing all components)

Look in Yellow pages under index for business most suitable for colour
consultancy (also can do online /cd)
Corporate Business,Defence forces, essential services
Small business
Identify markets, age groups, colour of people, different languages
Identify cultures

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Anything pertaining to colour

Schools ,children's schools, colleges universities, model/modeling schools
Direct mail (lead generation, direct sales, third party endorsements, Database
marketing to own clients.
Adapt letter for each business (include brochure)
Follow up with phone calls for appointments
Interview with person concerned
Arrange seminar/ etc
Newspaper /magazine advertising
Pick magazine that has demographics of target client
Get advertising rate cards
Pick magazine and design ad
Follow up leads
Presentations in hotels
Cold selling ....choose target
Endorsements: get companies to endorse you / your business/ your Product to
their clients /database by letter with their letter head, Voice, audio cassette promo
Telemarketing for lead generation
Telemarketing for direct product sales
Telemarketing for market research
Public Speaking
Ezines
Press release
Promotion through manufactures rep
Reposition self as the expert in your industry
Have Sale commission staff
Upsell initial purchase (better or added deal)
Consignments (leave your product at other peoples business)
Consignments (Have other person's product at your business)
Your own Web site promoting
Your product /service being promoted by other web sites

ADVERTISING

Telephone book
Supermarkets
Cinemas/theatre
Sububan newspaper
Letterbox drop
Free sample giveaways
Business cards
Fax send outs
Fax on demand
Inserts in credit card /department store monthly statement mail
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Inserts in business /special club mail outs

Inserts in newsletters /magazines , ezines
Recorded messages

COMPUTERS

Colour Software programs

All admin on computers
Computer answering phone
Computer cold calling by phone
Set up own computer business

SELF

Your own learning processes

Public speaking course
Communication /negotiation course
Make up course
Figure analysis course
Marketing Jay Abraham Course
Sales course
Web site promotion
Learn time management

BACK END (making money after first sale)

Subscription to your newsletter, insider club,consulting

Subscription to other person / business service
Endorsed mailing of other person's product / service to your clients
Sell kindered products to your clients

Cheryl went from $100 a week to $5,000 a week within 12 months by applying the
information above.
Morton GUYOT
The Marketing Wizard
Sydney,Australia
Self in business and sub contract various services ass required.

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281.

Muriel Hart

----- Original Message ----From: Muriel Hart

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:19 PM
Dear Jay,
My first Abraham experience was in 1995. I looked around the ballroom
in Los Angeles, astounded that 500 people had actually paid $5000.00
for this experience. My astonishment compounded when I realized that
probably two-thirds of the group were repeaters. Didn't they get it
the first time?
I was there because:
1. I was tired of hanging on by my fingernails (economically
speaking that is).
2. I had a wonderful mailing list I knew I wasn't using well.
3. Jay offered a completely risk free first day to evaluate the
program, as well as financing options.
4. The Abraham material I'd been receiving for years was provocative
and useful.
I stayed for the whole weekend. Jay changed my whole approach to my
business. This is what I learned:

Revere your business.

Cherish your customers
Applaud your vendors
Think innovatively

It didn't happen immediately, but slowly, as I implemented more and

more of the concepts I learned from Jay (and yes, I became one of those
repeaters) I realized what a genius he is. Risk reversal, direct mail,
the offer you can't refuse, special events, the USP (that only took us
four years to get right) the back end, referral systems, lifetime value
of a customer, host-beneficiary relationships--we used them all.
Probably the most valuable asset was learning how to write headlines
and good copy. Many, many of our customers say they sit down and read
every word when their monthly KC flyer comes.
So from $400,000 business when I first attended at the end of 1995,
Kitchen Classics met our goal of over a million in sales before the
turn of the century-1999.
This summer I wanted to fill our July cooking classes. We offered 30
classes with 687 individual spaces available. I did a special July
offer of $27.00 per class, any class, and we end the month with only 10
spaces left unfilled in a total of 2 classes. The rest of the classes
had waiting lists. Other cooking schools in town have been canceling
classes for lack of attendance.
Thank you for the tools, Jay.

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282.

Murray Denby

----- Original Message ----From: Murray Denby

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 4:09 PM
Dear Jay,
ARCHITECT DOUBLES SUCCESS RATE ON PROPOSALS
I first became introduced to your material about 18 months ago. So
when your latest book came out I was one of the first people in New
Zealand to buy it.
The first area of my business that I started to work on using your
principles, was my proposal or quoting system. For years I had written
out quotes for services on one page, using as few words as possible.
My potential clients really didn't know exactly what they were going to
be getting for their money - they knew at the end of it they'd get a
house built and it would be "architect designed", but really they had
no idea about the actual steps we would go through together.
Now of course we're not just talking $49.95 here - these are big sums
of money, thousands of dollars, for proper professional fees. So it
was a great leap of faith for them to engage me, and depended greatly
on my skills at selling to them in person. Architects are (sadly) not
trained in this area, and I was achieving a success rate of only about
40%.
Then I read your book, especially your section on educating your
customer as to WHY they should be using your services or buying your
product. So I decided to start at the beginning and really look at how
I educate my clients early on about what's going to happen when they do
business with me. I already have a great system for including them and
their ideas in my design process, but they never found that out until
we actually started to work together.
Now my proposals are 4 pages long! I describe in detail exactly what
I'm going to do for them. I break the services down into stages and
tell them what happens in each one. They can see that there is a lot
of work involved and that I'm going to be looking after their every
need, from the design concepts, through the Building Permit stage,
Kitchen and Bathroom design, colours, lighting, finding reputable
builders, sorting through construction costs, and then keeping tabs on
the actual building process.
There's quite a bit of reading for them to do, but they all read it
carefully. And they love it! Some of them have worked with other
architects, and they say things like:
"We had no idea what the other guy was going to do, so we didn't know
if we were going to get a great service or a lousy one. With your
proposal, we KNOW it's going to be great"

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"Thanks for taking the mystery out of the whole process for us"
The other aspect I've added to my proposals since reading your book is
Back End services. I've added Interior Design and Landscape
Architecture to my list of services, having done a deal with 2
colleagues. We can now handle the entire project from start to finish.
As I mentioned above in my headline, my success rate for getting
proposals accepted is now 80%. In fact it's probably higher - last
week I received a call to go ahead with a project that I wrote a
proposal for over a year ago - they were so impressed that they kept it
all that time.
The other great spin-off from doing this, is that it's really made me
examine my process. I've improved my overall service in so many small
ways just from having to describe what I do. For instance, I've
developed an outstanding system for finding out information about my
clients dreams, ideas and preferences for their intended home that
virtually guarantees that they get what they want when they use my
services. They can't believe that their architect cares so much about
what it is THEY are trying to achieve with their living environment.
And the result of all this? Well it's sure helped my bottom line.
more importantly it's changed my whole business from being "A
Consultant working for his Clients" to "A person bonding with and
helping other people achieve their dreams". Now THAT is something
worth working for!
So, thanks to you I've certainly learned the value of Educating My
Clients.
Kind regards,
Murray Denby
Architect.
RENOVATION STUDIO Ltd
Auckland, New Zealand.
ph (64) 9 378 1829

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But

283.

Neil Phillips

----- Original Message ----From: Neil Phillips

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:03 PM
Well where to begin really.
I first heard about Jay Abraham as I was receiving tapes from N Conant.
At the time I was working for a very large American bank in the UK, I
bought the tapes as I was running a part time horse racing news letter
(dont ask), anyway I used a few Jay techniques to attract more clients
(risk reversal, testing price and adding a back end etc) and these
worked remarkably well and gave me about a 3 fold increase in
subscribers. However during this time I moved to Austria, sold on the
newsletter, and to be honest forgot all about Jay until two years later
when I move to Spain to work in a stock brokers I was playing around on
the internet and looked up Jays site registered there and eventually
got an offer for some products which I bought at the cost of about
$1000 which although seemed slightly expensive I justified as I had
already earned more than that through my previous endeavors, so for me
the risk was already reversed.
The usual day for me in the office involved speaking to people on the
phone trying to get them interested in my service. Now the idea of
phoning up people to send money to someone they dont know in a company
that they might have not heard of is a difficult one no matter how well
regulated the business is, so I was looking in all honesty to try and
make this a little easier for me.
So I adopted a process of trying to add one new Abraham technique each
week the sort of idea that Tony Robbins called CanI, constant and
never-ending improvement.
The first idea I used was to develop a formalized referral method.
This was in two ways:
1. First I sent a letter to all my existing clients asking if they
were happy with my service. About 95% of them told me they were
and that they thought that I was doing a great job for them. So
I sent a letter to these people telling them that if they wanted
to keep me as their broker they would have to introduce me two
people of at least the same quality as themselves (I stole that
line from Paddy Lund the Australian dentist). Not a single
client refused this with a little sweet talking from me. Of
these names there was about a sixty percent conversion over a
period of months which increased my business about 110%. These
people up front were told that in order to become a client of
mine they would have to give me referrals with similar results.
All told each tier thereafter increased my business about 60-80%,
which was very nice. This alone allowed me to move in to a
lovely villa with my own pool and tennis court, so I was doing
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2. The next strategy I used was the host beneficiary relationship.

I contacted accountants and lawyers to ask them to introduce my
service to their clients, and for each client that came on board
I would pay them a percentage of the commission (some of these
agreed to do this but asked me to pay money to charity, which was
fine to me). In the first 2 months I got about 10-12 such
relationships set up and these produced more leads than I could
service so I started to pass my leads onto the guys in my office
who were not doing anywhere as good as me under the condition
that they would adhere to the agreement I had with the host and
also pay me a percentage of commission earned. To cut a long
story short I was keeping about five brokers in super qualified
leads, each person paying me a residual income each time they
traded, so the money was coming thick and fast. Eventually I
passed on my client base to another broker friend and
concentrated on just setting up these relationships as I was
making more money from them than on the actual broking side.
Eventually I decided that I wanted to move back to the UK so I
had an NCND drawn up with the company that would pay me a
reasonable percentage of the commission earned and have now moved
back to the UK. Each and every month since then I have recd a
high 5 figure sum which keeps me in style.
I am in the process of looking at buying or starting another business
shortly as I need a challenge but rest assured I will be using Jays
techniques again. They have been invaluable to me in my business life.
On a final note while in Spain I used to drink in a bar with a friend
who was a painter and decorator and was struggling to find business. I
gave him a copy of Jays book how to get etc and gave him a few pointers
and sent him on his way. As it were I had an email from him recently
to let me know that he had used "his bible" and now he has 5 people
working for him and was looking to double that by the end of the year.
So I guess it proves the ideas are universal.
NP

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284.

Mrs. Nelson Coupland

----- Original Message ----From: Mrs. Nelson Coupland

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:05 AM
Our business is to supply and install windows. Since we usually do a
whole home, repeat business is minimal so we went after referral
business.
The reason our business has grown every year for the past 11 years, and
actually doubled in the last two years, is that we continually ask our
clients "Are you still a satisfied customer?"
We do this by sending out questionnaires with pointed questions about
product, installation, service, etc. Customers receive a questionnaire
1 week after installation and then 1, 5 and 10 years later. Clients
continually respond with "they still look as good as the day they were
installed"; "great investment...saves me money on heating/cooling";
"really appreciate the follow-up"; and "the most amazing thing about my
windows is ... yadda/yadda".
When we get testimonials like that, it really says something ...
especially "they look like the day they were installed" and "great
investment".
We run an ad in all the local papers every week with the customer
comments and how old the job is ... and here's where word of mouth
really shines. Everyone has heard (or read) all the good comments
about our business.
There is absolutely no better advertising than the word out of your
client's mouth. We make sure everyone knows what our clients are
saying ... (however, we make sure there is nothing negative for them to
say by staying with it until the job is perfect).
It takes time and effort but it works.
My husband and I have grown our business from 2 to 18 employees and
we're looking to hire more. Our success is a direct result of helping
clients with their problems, making sure they are 100% happy, following
up on a regular basis to ensure they stay happy, and then adverting to
everyone we know what our happy clients are saying.
PS. The customer has the option at the bottom of the questionnaire to
let us know if they don't want their name used in print, but to return
the questionnaire regardless. Rarely does anyone tick off "do not use
my name in promotions". This covers our backside if anyone were to
complain that we've printed their comments - so far no one has
complained.
I think people like to see their name in print especially
if it is positive.

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285.

Niall Cronnolly

----- Original Message ----From: Niall Cronnolly

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:16 AM
Dear Jay,
Although you sent his email out probably as a mass email, I know that
you are sincere. I completed reading your book, "Get Everything you
Can......." and it is those principles that I have applied.
I am not fortunate enough to be able to afford your other courses yet,
however I should be able to afford them soon, with the way things are
going!
As I read your chapters, (I know this sounds corny) I felt a kind of
revelation come over me. I began to see things in my industry that
needed improvement and moreover, I began to see glaring holes in my
(small) company's daily life.
I am pleased for three reasons to have a case study to share with you.
1. I am happy to report that one of your concepts has worked almost
immediately, with a tangible result (i.e. cash profit). And I am
"chomping at the bit" to get moving on a few other concepts.
2. The other concepts that I implemented will most likely shake up
the industry I am in. And improve it for the better, I hope.
3. I would love to get a copy of specific examples people have used
for success so that I can see how to adapt them in my company to
set my company apart from all other companies out there.
My Case Study
Eagle Investigative Services is a full service private investigation
firm. It is a relatively new company, being about a year in it's
current existence. We have three full time employees, including
myself.
The private investigation industry has a fairly "seedy" image. In our
research of the industry and our competitors we found that this was the
case for a number of reasons, however there were overriding factors
that contributed to the current view of the industry.
So, in reading your book, I came across a number of principles that I
felt I could implement immediately.
1. The first principle we implemented was the principle of viewing
our clients as clients, instead of viewing them as customers.
People need help when they call a PI. There is usually an
emotional problem and fear is almost always present. Most
regular consumer clients are one-time purchases, and so other
companies would usually try to milk whatever they could from
their customers. We adopted the approach of going above and

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beyond the mark on every case. We provided discounts, didn't

charge for phone calls, performed duties that we didn't charge
for. We let our client's know about these things that we did in
a way that would show them that we cared about the outcome of
their case. We were able to nurture a $150 sale into a $15,000
sales using this principle. We also now receive 1-2 client
referrals per week from clients who are not just satisfied, but
who are sure that we will treat their referral with the same
dedication for perfection that they received. Up to this point we
had never received a referral. This is a first for the private
investigation industry. Just ask any attorney.
2. The second principle we applied was to offer a "loss-leader", or
incentive to try us before trying the competition. We did this
by taking "seemingly" expensive services and making them very
accessible to our clients. Example: GPS vehicle tracking is a
service by which you can track a vehicle and monitor its location
remotely. Most people don't have access to this kind of
technology and indeed, it's a fairly new concept. PIs have
traditionally capitalized on this by charging in excess of $1,000
and usually closer to $2,000 for this service.
We adopted the following approach: We now rent the units out for
a very low weekly fee. We will also provide the rental service
for free if the client also needs manned surveillance. By using
the GPS device we can use 1 agent on surveillance, saving the
client considerable cash. Without the tracking device, usually
it is necessary to have 2-3 agents, which is very expensive,
typically $50-75 per hour per agent.
ALSO, having 2,3, or even 5 agents does not guarantee success. It
is easy to for a subject get lost in traffic, or worse still
notice they are being followed. The GPS device eliminates any
possibilities of losing the subject of an investigation.
So, our clients could see real savings upfront before ever
committing to our services. And when we explained to them how
they could benefit by getting better results for their
investment, they were eager to discuss the case with us since we
were clearly able to show we were sincere in our desire to get
results, as opposed to getting case.
Other agencies in the city are annoyed with me for advertising
this and so that tells me I am doing something right.
3. The third principle we applied was the risk-reversal principle.
No other agency offers a guarantee, and while you can never
guarantee the outcome of an investigation, you a guarantee
certain aspects of how you conduct the investigation.
We provide a risk free guarantee to all of our clients. We
promote it at every opportunity. We guarantee the quality of our
service, and we guarantee it in writing.
I have been able to measure this specifically. I am able to turn
twice as many shopper calls into appointments by offering this
guarantee. This I can measure exactly since I am the one that

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takes the incoming phone calls for the company. Two days after
we decided to implement a guarantee we landed a $1500 contract we
wouldn't ordinarily have landed, and every day I see more
appointments being scheduled.
We are still fine-tuning this guarantee, but I firmly believe
this will be what sets us apart from our competitors. Other
agencies have said we are fools - I know this because our clients
tell us. They only see the word guarantee, not the principle, and
so they will always see it as a foolish notion, which is great
for us!
4. The fourth principle is using direct mail. Last week I sent out
100 pieces of mail advertising to attorneys. I handwrote the
address in blue ink and stuck a real stamp on there. I got
Office Depot to make a self-inking stamp for the return address.
The offer I made was not a spectacular offer, however, it was a
good offer, and I wrote the letter based on some of your
copywriting tips. So far I have received 10 inquiries, and 4
clients. I consider this to be a great response.
I have made some good friends as a result of getting new clients using
your principles.
I also plan to implement your host-beneficiary principle and I am in
discussions with an attorney on how to present it so that it will be
accepted, and put into practice. I have also an idea on a simpler
variation of the principle that I think will work better given the
legal arena's disdain for selling or anything close to it.
We have implemented a referral system also. We pay $100 for every
referred client. We pay this to people who are not our clients. We
have had several referrals and have promptly paid the people who
referred the clients. Most people don't want the money, but are
pleasantly surprised when it arrives.
And so things are starting to improve from a slow, rocky start. We now
have a steadier cash flow but not predictable as yet, since the direct
mail portion is just starting.
You also saved me money - I dropped our newspaper advertising almost
completely, since I was not able to measure the effectiveness. I
didn't notice any drop in sales. I kept one ad in one newspaper
because it brings us consistent clients. I have no idea why this one
local paper is successful but I wish I did. I've thought about it, and
have not been able to see why this particular paper is a winner for us.
So I expect things will only get better and I am excited about it.
I'll be truly ecstatic when I get the direct mail portion up to speed
so that I can eliminate slow-periods.
I thank you for writing your book. It was uplifting to read and absorb
and know that everything you present can be implemented to achieve
success.
I don't write very well, so feel free to edit as necessary, if in fact
you wish to include any of my ramblings.

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Please do not hesitate to contact me directly should you require any

further information.
Kind regards,
Niall Cronnolly
President
Eagle Investigative Services
Phone: 770-318-3155
Fax: 770-234-4246
www.eaglepiservices.com

- The Problem Solvers

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286.

Nik Tipler

----- Original Message ----From: Nik Tipler

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:07 AM
Dear Jay,
I have to say I was totally inspired by your book "Getting everything
you can out of all you've got" and I am sure it has influenced my
mindset and the way I now operate. I part own and manage a high quality
precision engineering company based in the U.K. and other than my new
mindset and focus I thought you would like to here of a specific
occasion where I used a combination of your ideas to get a great result.
We were in the market for a new sink EDM machine tool and had the
opportunity to purchase a sophisticated robotised version, this was more
expensive than I initially wanted and so I got to thinking (a good thing
to do every now and then) on how I could get this machine for less cost
to me.
The solution I came up with (thanks to Jay) was a combination of Barter
and Host/Beneficiary arrangement. I agreed to pay 100,000 for the
115,000 machine, the outstanding 15,000 would be payable through a
referral scheme, for every customer they introduced we would pay 10% of
revenue generated from the customer until the 15,000 was paid off.
It hasn't worked as well as it might (partly down to my lack of
aggressive follow through and a change in personnel at the supplier) as
after 6 months they are yet to introduce anyone to me BUT I still have a
115,000 machine and have only paid 100,000 for it!!!!!!!
Thank you Jay you are a true leader and inspiration.

Nik
Nik Tipler
Managing Partner

Wines - The Subcontract Specialists

Tel: 01732 740542
Visit our website - http://www.winesweb.com

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287.

Nonto Mkhize

----- Original Message ----From: Nonto Mkhize

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:34 AM
Hey Jay,
I'm very happy to relate to you how East Coast Radio has made its way
to success in just 5 years.
History
This radio station belonged to the South African Broadcasting
Corporation (SABC) and catered for the white listener predominantly
then. Then when the ANC took over the government there were a few
radio stations which were disposed off. Known as Radio Port Natal
(RPN) then, East Coast Radio was bought by a Black Empowerment company
in 1996 under the umbrella company - Kagiso Media.
The station started off with a listenership of some 300 000 white
listeners and have since brought about change which have seen it grow
in leaps and bounds. We currently have a listnership of one and a
quarter million listenership week cume, catering for the upper income
group and LSM 7 -10.
The core target audience we cater for is age 25-49 and have a feeder
market of 16-24 which choose us and later become our loyal listeners.
Our footprint is only limited to the region KwaZulu Natal (state),
hence we are a regional station.
Programming Format
The format of the station is adult contemporary (AC) and we provide up
to date, entertaining and witty programming. The music we play is the
hits, of the 80s, 90s, and onwards. We have the most fantastic measure
of determining our listener expectations in terms of music by
conducting call out research and also auditorium music testing. Above
all this we have international consultants which are available to give
the station any trends they pick up on the international front and make
sure that we cater for them in time. We also pride ourselves with a
team of young and energetic managers who always aim high and strive to
drive our strategy for growth in everything we do. Our motto is:
POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE and every staff member is a brand champion and
take ownership of the brand in their own way.
This in turn ensures
that everyone is a brand custodian and the brand personality is
maintained at a high level.
News
Our newsroom boasts a team of diverse journalists which bring in their
cultural diversity in bringing the most informative and current news.
Our focus is regional news then national and thereafter international
news. The composition of our news bulletins is always around 30%
international versus 70% local news content.
Web Extension

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Taking our innovative edge seriously, we have introduced the web site
which attracts advertisers like nobody's business, yet it is. Our
website was voted the 38th best radio site by the Radio Ink magazine,
need no introduction, check it out on www.ecr.co.za.
Ad Revenue
Our advertisers love us, we have the Ad Index to show our popularity
and there is a bold expectation in the manner in which we provide
solutions to clients' needs. It is encouraging to know that we get
this kind of feedback albeit the limitations of the available LSM 7 10 of the different race groups available in KZN.
Product diversification
We are one of the few stations which pioneered Non Traditional Revenue
(Eventing) and have proved to be famous and successful in bringing our
brand and our jocks in touch with the public. We now have major
calendar events which we take part in by virtue of our location on the
coast, ie. the Dusi Marathon (canoeing), the Comrades Marathon (long
distance running), the Easter Fiesta, Vodacom Beach Africa (surfing
tournament), December Beach Festival as beach events. What more can I
say about this station which flies its flag high ........
Please request my permission if you intend to use the above details for
any publication.
Nonto Mkhize
Marketing Executive
East Coast Radio
Tel: (031) 570-9434
Cell: 082 55 9495 2
www.ecr.co.za

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288.

Ozer Tayiz

----- Original Message ----From: Ozer Tayiz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:41 AM
Hello Jay,
I've received an e-mail from you requesting success stories with
tangible results. Well, here is mine:
"Example of direct marketing your self"
I'm shifting careers. I've graduated from Middle East Technical
University, Ankara, Turkey, Civil Engineering department, in 1997.
However, I've never loved Civil Engineering, and I was quite
dissatisfied from the jobs I've had. I've always been more keen on
computers and high technology, then I've been with brick and mortar.
Plus, here in Turkey, there are 8000 Civil Engineers where the need is
only 2000 engineers. The lack of proper education planning leads to an
inflation of highly skilled workers, and mostly, underemployment.
Well, I was fed up with this frustration, and in July 2001, I've quit
my job and decided that I'll shift my career to IT no matter how hard
could that be. Also be reminded that, we're having the greatest
financial crisis of our history, and therefore I had to be able to find
a job competing with thousands of people, without any prior working
experience at any IT business at all.
First, I've tried "normal" job searching methods. I've become an MCSE
in Feb 2002, to be qualified as an IT worker. I've wrote my CV, I've
collected data of IT companies with open positions, and have sent them
my CV, only to recognise that no one didn't care. All the jobs I've
applied had some experience requirement, and preferred Computer
Engineers.
There I was stuck with a problem. I believed in my self, I know I'm a
very skilled, intelligent, and capable individual that can provide
solutions to any IT problem, be it technical or marketing, but unable
to find a job to even prove my skills. I must also add that my
"marketing" skills are based extensively on reading a lot of stuff from
the internet, does not matter if it's free or paid, I pay for knowledge
when it's worth it. And I must admit that one single book that I
cannot read for 15 minutes without having a brilliant marketing or
business idea spinning in my head is Jay Abraham's "Stealth Marketing"
book.
Then I've just realised that my job seeking was a simple direct
response marketing campaign as well. All I had to do was treat it like
the marketing campaign it is, write my "cv cover letters as powerful
sales letters, have a list of IT companies in the city, and send them
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Man, did it make a difference? You bet. The first time I've set those
faxes to 30 random companies only, I've generated a response of 5
meeting requests, 3 of which resulted in job offers in one week.
Notice that I've been sending 40-50 cv's a month for the last four
months to employee-seeking IT companies, with one or two meeting
requests, and no job offers. If only I have not wasted that time,
using "usual" stuff...
So, whatever it is that you want to do, even if it is to find a simple
job, the marketing knowledge Jay gives simply makes a great difference.
It is marketing that powers the world and makes things happen. Be
bold, have your claims of high performance and guarantees (I had my
free trial month in my offer) is, and strive up to fulfill your
promises. Even the best products, people, ideas, skills, will mean
nothing if you cannot market them to other people effectively. Before
this experience, I thought marketing was only for "products", but now I
see marketing as the driving power of life.
Well, this is not much of a success maybe, I'm sure there are tons of
other people who's already made millions using Jay's marketing
knowledge, but it is such an enlightening and empowering experience to
be able to choose my job in this economic depression, that I had to
write it.
Hope it helps,
Ozer Tayiz

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289.

Padraic Deighan

----- Original Message ----From: Padraic B Deighan

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:41 AM
Jay, in response to your request for testimonials, I can honestly state
that your methods have changed the lives of myself, my staff, and our
bottom line.
Prior to exposure to your guidance our dermatology centers were doing
very well. However, we have since created new standards of excellence
and continued to grow the businesses exponentially. For example, in
1996 we were doing $1.1 million in our NJ location. We are now doing
$4.25 million in that location - and this is without hiring new
physicians - this is true growth!
Our NJ locations were independently judged #1 in their class by a
pharmaceutical company analysis. Our medical director was chosen as
the director of a network of national practices, and I was chosen to
run the network. We have since replicated this success in
Pennsylvania, Texas and Southern California.
We have created pillars of revenue that flow outward from the
traditional doctor patient relationship. We now offer aesthetics and
plastic surgery.
Patients are cross-educated on all of our services. We utilize direct
mail to our existing patients and targeted new ones. We actively,
formally and creatively seek referrals. This has proven to be our #1
source of new patients - 700 per month!
I realized that dermatologists are at the forefront of anti-aging
remedies. We leveraged this situation with the aestheticians and
plastic surgeons to offer complete anti-aging, medical and cosmetic
dermatology as well as aesthetics and plastic surgery. Our data base
of 50,000+ patients in NJ alone has proven invaluable as well. I never
recognized the value of data base marketing.
In conclusion, we have benefited tremendously by your guidance.
Generally, I would have to say that I benefited by focusing "on the
business" instead of "in the business". Specifically, the pillars of
revenue, referrals, direct mail, asset leveraging, cross-selling, and
host/beneficiary theories have had the most profound impact. Today we
are an $11.0 million dollar company and we control another $4 million
in dermatology practices! We are just beginning to explore the
opportunities that pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies may have in
working with us......
Padraic B Deighan MBA, JD
President & CEO
DermAmerica Inc
1000 Main Street Suite 103
Voorhees NJ 08043

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856-751-5647
856-751-5912 fax

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290.

Patrick Cheong

----- Original Message ----From: Patrick Cheong

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:10 PM
Hi Jay,
Thanks for the invitation.
Just on the concept of testing ideas.
Without a product, I ran a three lines classified ads on business
opportunity column. The idea is on how to prospect better. Wrote a
couple of headlines and tested one and the response generated was 25.
The classified ads cost $51.00 and it generated 25 responses.
After the 25 responses, tried to look for a product to market to them.
Wrote a copy and mailed to them but no sales.
Follow up with telephone calls after no sales and found that the
product is a mismatch and what they want is a system.
Now is working on coming out a system that the market wants and will
test to see how many sales can be made from there.
Sorry, this is just a small case but hope you find it useful.
Though is just 25 responses but it generate some excitement and it
really demonstrates that testing is the way to grow.
Thanks and regards
Patrick Cheong

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291.

Paul Hartley

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Hartley

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:23 PM
Paul Hartley
41 Franklyn Rd
Tawa, Wellington
New Zealand
Dear Jay,
From 1995 to 1998 I ran a memory improvement business called Memory
Magic. After three years of hard work, frustration and sparse profits
I quit. Earlier this year I discovered Jay Abraham. I read one of his
books and all his articles on his web site. After reading the material
it gave me the inspiration and more importantly the marketing knowledge
to give me the confidence to restart my business. I have dozens of Jay
ideas to put into practice, but so far three of his ideas have made a
huge difference to the business:
1. The first and most important lesson I learnt from Jay was to fish
where the big fish are. Fortunately I kept copious and detailed
figures of my marketing activities with my first failed attempt.
Learning from Jay I studied my results and found where the big
fish where. I discovered a large portion of my business was from
sales people. Like many first time entrepreneurs I didnt have a
target market and tried to sell to everyone. This time I am
concentrating on sales people, this time I am concentrating on
the big fish.
2. The second point I learned from Jay was to test everything. The
fantastic part about this was I had already done the testing but
didnt have the skills or knowledge understand or apply the
lessons. Studying my successes and failures of the past I
learnt:
a. Doing a memory demonstrations increased sales 10 times
b. Invite only, limited seminars were three times more
profitable than advertised seminars
c. Memory seminars were 5 times more profitable than
motivational seminars. I now always do memory
demonstrations, do invite only seminars and have stopped
doing any motivational seminars.
3. The third Jay technique I have found invaluable is the referral
generating tips. Previously at the end of the memory seminar I
nonchalantly mentioned that I would like referrals. This
resulted in an average of one referral for every two people
attending the seminar. I repositioned the referral as if I was
doing the clients a favour by offering the course to a friend and
promoted referrals heavily. I also offered a free book to anyone
who brought in at least three referrals. My referral rate has
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more profitable than cold calls this is an extremely invaluable

technique. After I have dealt with the referral I give the
referrer a call to thank them and inform them of the outcome.
This has resulted in more referrals.
Currently I am working part time on the business by myself but it has
shown great promise. Thanks to Jay Abraham I am earning more working
10 hours a week than when I was working sixty hours a week. I am
planning to go full time next year and expect to earn over $100,000
profit in the first year. When I go full time I will concentrate on
developing some more of Jays techniques into my repertoire including
generating publicity, direct mail, building a back end, developing
joint ventures and bartering. Jay has given Memory Magic a second
wind. I dont think anyone should go into business without reading,
studying and thoroughly understanding Jays material, it changed the
course of my life.
Thank you Jay for the inspiration, hope and strategies
Paul Hartley
Director Memory Magic, New Zealand
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors."

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292.

Paul Madsen

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Madsen

To: Jay abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 12:31 PM
Testimonial:
In your recording, "Your Secret Wealth," you encourage us to "make
lemonaide when life gives us lemons." I know that is not your original
phrase but you constantly encouraged us to relook, repackage, refocus
on things and see them differently.
Well, as a headhunter for many years who specialized in the placement
of Information Technology professionals, I was perplexed in late 2000
and early 2001 when so many of the technology professionals I know were
laid off and on the job market. The oversupply of talent took away
most of my client opportunity. Finally, the heavy flow of unemployed
and laid off workers to me convinced me to "bottle" my knowledge as a
headhunter and teach these folks how to market themselves.
The manifestation of this became my book, "Laid Off & Loving It! How
People Like You Conquered A Career Crisis." (ISBN 0-9713836-0-X). It
is selling well on Amazon.com and other national distribution outlets
are falling nicely into place. I have gotten several checks from
Amazon.com so far but I just recently got one for several hundred
dollars. This represents PASSIVE income for me because I followed your
advice of looking at things in a different way.
The book has led to a talk radio show and now I am also in the process
of doing joint ventures with people like Jay Abrahams and his successoriented "army." Therefore, any readers of this (including YOU, Jay)
who want to earn extra passive revenues with me by representing my
product on their web sites (or in their personal networks), well, let's
Just Do It! I would be happy to pay YOU ALL a percentage of the
profits -- why should the "big name" retailers get all the proceeds?
Just contact me at: [email protected] to learn more!
Thanks Jay for the inspiration!
Paul Madsen
402.895.8610
Omaha, NE

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293.

Paul Meggison

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Meggison

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:59 AM
Dear Jay,
Thank you for all the help you have been to me over the last 6 years. My big success is as a
sales rep for a company I joined 4-15-02. Using your concept of addressing the un asked
question asking them, "What is in it for them?" Just that one question and the answer helped to
uncover a problem they had with the supplier they were using. Plus it helped to show them my
interest really was in helping them just as your interest really is in helping us. And then
elaborating in detail all the benefits of using my new company and their services. I had the
biggest sales the fastest in the entire 17 year history of this national company I now work for.
Please feel free to use this info any way that helps you.
Keep up the good work!
Paul M, St. Pete, Florida

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294.

Paul Rodden

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Rodden

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:05 AM
Hi Jay,
Thanks for the email, I have only recently been exposed to your mindset, through your friends
monthly audio magazine, Tony Robbins's Power Talk.
I have used plenty of your ideas from your book, Get all you can out of what you have got, and
applied the headlines approach to entice clients to stay and capture there imagination on my
sales letters and website.
I also look at clients, as you do as, people that I protect. My company has only been going three
weeks, people are giving me personal recommendations after recommendations. This did not
happen when I worked in Life Assurance, it is working with all my new Clients with this new
approach. I am now a Personal Development Consultant.
Such personal introductions are; at the gym where I am a member I was telling the sales guy that
he should be piggy backing his business on to other organisations, such as poster and free health
checks for clients that have been referred to the gym from the poster that they have now placed
in local Doctors Surgery. This has a double edged effect: they are now taking on clients from
local doctors, they had never done this before and also, I am running a sales course for all the
consultants. 2000 pounds with of business from exactly what you have taught me.
Not bad for the first week on implementing the concepts and for my new business.
Wishing you all you can be in life.
Paul Rodden
Rodders

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295.

Paul Sowinski

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Sowinski

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:15 AM
Jay,
The most profound action-idea I've got from you is "up-selling". I have
been using this tactic religiously for almost 2 years and it has
changed my business. Overall, this single strategy has made me well
over $10,000. And these are just small upsells and upgrades of $5,
$10, $15 and $20 each, but the beautiful part of it is that over half
of my customers upgrade and go for the larger unit of purchase. I love
it because everyone involved benefits and they get a much better deal.
I have used this tactic at trade shows and have paid my entire staff's
salary from the trade show strictly on upsells and add-ons alone. That
was the first time I really seriously used it! And when my business
hit hard times about 1 year ago, it was up-sells, add-ons and upgrades
that kept profits at an even level.
Thanks Jay!
And also, the PEQ with Chet Holmes is beyond fantastic! I've been
diligently studying it for the past six months and am just starting to
really grasp it and understand and implement it. It is really amazing.
Thanks again Jay!
Sincerely,
Paul Sowinski
Top-Notch Computer Supplies, Inc.
(Notice company name change to more reflect the nature of our business,
formerly NPWORLD, Inc.)
586-725-5074 phone
586-725-5176 fax

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296.

Paul Stewart

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Stewart

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:41 AM
Hi Jay
I didn't think I had a success story for you until today.
I currently work as a self employed business adviser looking at
finance, business strategy and marketing for clients. I recently began
consulting to a firm of accountants and we are currently in the midst
of our first marketing campaign.
During the last government budget there were changes in tax laws that
made it appealing for sole traders or partnerships to incorporate. It
is conceivable that savings of 3000 per annum can be made from
becoming incorporated.
We have written a short sales letter to a very targeted audience of 226
existing clients about this possible saving, inviting them to telephone
for an appointment to ascertain whether they qualify for the savings.
I introduced risk reversal into the offer so that the meeting with the
client was absolutely free. Usually an accountant will charge for his
time. By providing a free meeting the accountants will eventually get
paid by undertaking all the necessary work to set up the company and
close off the old business and resolve tax issues.
To date the accountants have 70 confirmed appointments out of 226. I
have not been provided with the numbers who have telephoned to express
no interest through either retirement plans, closure of business within
the next year etc. which means they do not wish to incorporate for such
a short time.
The statistics are excellent and think with more follow up, the final
conversion figure will be in excess of 50%. There will be continued
follow up by mentioning incorporation when undertaking year-end reviews
so hopefully the figures will eventually be nearer 75%.
Also with the accountants I have introduced risk reversal in their
letters to clients seeking marketing or strategic planning. We have
only sent 2 letters so far and have a 100% take up. The letters
basically say that we will do a strategic planning session on the
business and the customer can set the fee after delivery of the
sessions and the required follow up has been undertaken. The client
can also take up to 1 year to pay either in quarterly or monthly
installments. Also the marketing has been offered on a results basis
only so that we must perform otherwise we don't get paid.
Trust these small stories are useful to you.
Regards

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297.

Peter Perreca

----- Original Message ----From: Peter Perreca

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:47 AM
Dear Jay,
I am writing this letter to share the recent developments in my
business as a result of the PEQ home study course I purchased.
After watching the videos and listening to the CD's in my truck on the
way back and forth to work, I finally understood and was able to
transactionalize what had been up to that point only conceptual
thoughts.
I immediately put into effect the following procedures and polices. I
did a complete review of all my companies' procedures. I instituted
weekly workshops focusing on our core activities.
We are in the automotive aftermarket, specifically engine machining and
crankshaft grinding. I developed through workshops the procedures for
handling the work and dealing with the clients (formerly called
customers).
All shop people are now trained in the seven steps to every sale. When
a client comes in the door they are first greeted with a friendly smile
then walked through the shop, while being shown the shop we explain the
equipment and at the same time tell the history of the company. Also
during the tour we are setting up a very high buying criterion that
other local competitors cannot match.
Then the customers are taken through a menu of the services that we
offer (seven things to sell all customers). By doing this we have
increased the average sale from $120 to $400-$1000 per client. This
sounds like a lot but it was actually easy once we understood the
concept of fiduciary responsibility.
We now make sure that every client is sold everything that he needs to
complete the job and nothing less, acting as a consultant instead of a
salesman we now understand and can articulate a complete solution to
his problems.
My people now sell more parts and services and we were able to broaden
our offer even more by setting up two strategic alliances. The two
additional profit centers (pillars in our Parthenon) are out sources
that I initiated with a heat treating company and a company that does
engine balancing. I offer their services on my menu and we are selling
them to forty percent of all new and old clients.
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We also instituted a formalized referral procedure where we ask the

clients names of people like themselves and give them literature to
take. Our referral client percentage has increased by thirty percent.
We also joined a trade organization to strengthen our position as the
industry experts and purchased software that allows us to give each
client exact specifications on there particular job. This helps in
setting us up as the industry experts and is something they appreciate
and will pass on to other people.
Outside of our company I am negotiating right now to partner with one
of our competitors who only grinds cranks and does not have the full
service shop I do. By partnering (the details have yet to be worked
out, but I am making it very attractive to him). We will control the
market in our area, and his clients will increase my parts sales by
50%.
Understanding the concept of lifetime value of a customer (which no one
I know in small business seems to understand) was pivotal in my pursuit
of this competitor. The money he leaves on the table with each of his
clients is enough to make it more than worth my while to make him a
generous offer.
I also am in the process of procuring a client database from another
acquaintance that operates a multi store auto truck parts business. I
am writing a sales letter that he will endorse to his clients, which
introduces my services.
I also am doing the same with one of my hard parts suppliers who does
not have a machine shop, therefore we are not in competition. This
will add 5000 names to my data base.
The mailing materials are in the works (sales letter and brochures) and
follow the easy formula laid out by Chet in the presentation on
effective brochures. I am amazed how easy it is to develop these
materials and how powerful they are.
I feel that for the first time in twenty years I am truly being
proactive as opposed to reactive. I am astounded at how many people
(me included) never even thought about the concept of proactive vs.
reactive.
The PEQ program has truly transformed my business, I was losing money
and thinking of going out of business but in only four months with the
implementation of only a few core concepts we are profitable this month
for the first time since last fall.
The most exciting part is that through the policies and procedures I
can build the business into something that will have value and that I
will be able to sell as a turnkey operation.
Jay this testimonial is true and provable and you have my permission to
use it in any way you see fit.
Thank you for the opportunity to share my experiences with you.
Peter M Perreca

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Crankshaft Specialist Inc.

1016 University Dr.
Pontiac, Mi. 48342
1-866-858-2683

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298.

Rick Anderson

----- Original Message ----From: Rick Anderson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:58 AM
Dear Jay,
I've been studying your materials avidly since purchasing your "Mr. X" book about seven or eight
years ago. I don't really have the big success story you said you're looking for. I'm not a big
company that went from a million to ten million a year. In fact I own a few small businesses that
were grossing less than eighty-thousand per year when I started using your ideas. It's been hard
work but the growth has been steady and The lifestyle I'm able to afford for my family has greatly
improved.
I'm writing this because I suspect that among all your superstar cases there are lots of smaller
entrepreneurs like myself that are struggling and frankly aren't in a business that's likely to make
a quantum leap from a hundred thousand to millions in revenues. At least not in a short time.
Sometimes it's hard to identify with those kinds of numbers.
Rather than one big success story mine is more about a bunch of smaller successes that have
worked together to produce steady growth for me.
One of my businesses was a small advertising agency. As I was young and had no real
credentials I typically took on very small clients. These clients wanted miracles on next to nothing
budgets. I grapple around with many marketing concepts but couldn't always get my clients on
the same wavelength.
After working with your educational materials the concepts became crystal clear and focused.
Concepts such as "the only three ways to grow a business" and "lifetime value of a client" were
infinitely easier to explain to clients.
Of course your concepts also helped me create more effective advertising for my clients leading
to more business. One client had me on a monthly retainer for almost two years. I helped her
start a practice and grow from startup to almost $200,000 in just over a year. I started with
advertorial style ads in the newspaper. Because this was a small company the ads were only
about four by five inches with a headline, body copy and contact info. Interestingly I met with the
client the morning the ad first ran. She expressed concern about this "ad" that didn't look like
everybody else's ad. By the time we'd finished our meeting about an hour later she'd had three
clients call in from the ad. The ad continued to run successfully for months before it started to run
out of steam.
This same client asked me to put together an ad for anther of her practices. Again I went for the
editorial look. I composed a headline based on the principle's form Jay that read, "Local physician
develops new procedure that cures bladder problems in less than thirty days without drugs or
surgery" (subhead) "Tests show 92% complete cure rate." The body copy went on to first
describe the problems of incontinence in ways that everybody with the problem could identify.
The copy then explained how the clinical tests were done and who was a candidate along with
the contact info. Again a small ad but the results were huge. I don't remember the exact
numbers but the return on investment was tremendous. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 17 to
19 times cost. An interesting side note was that the ad was only supposed to run for a few days.
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desperate to stop the ad because schedule was full and her receptionist was constantly on the
phone answering replies to the ad.
I think that what has been most valuable for me from jay is the "marketing mindset" he instills.
Reading his materials and listening to his tapes has made it easy for me to see marketing
opportunities. Many of his programs cover the same ground but each time from a slightly
different perspective. The repetition of ideas helps them become a part of my subconscious. My
biggest failing is that I don't apply them nearly as much to myself as I do to my clients. Alas, the
cobbler's kids have no shoes. HoweverDeveloping this mindset has dramatically increased my
income.
When I started my agency I figured to charge about thirty-five dollars per hour for my consulting
time. I was thrilled when I could get a client to hire me for $150 per month. Tuning into Jay's
"marketing mindset" has changed things a bit. Before Jay I couldn't even get a client to buy a
marketing plan for $500. I always had to tie everything to something tangible like a brochure or an
ad layout. Now I can go to a client and I immediately start to identify areas in their businesses
where the can get additional leverage.
Jay's concepts are so ingrained now that the ideas just bubble up when I'm talking to the clients.
Plus I can now make the concepts clear for the prospective clients. The concepts truly "wow"
them and they are much easier close. The net financial result is that my hourly rate has jumped
by a factor of ten within a few years and where I couldn't get anything for just consulting I now
have the confidence to ask for and routinely get $5000 for the basic marketing plan plus a $1000
monthly retainer for ongoing consulting. I addition to that I get additional revenue for specific
projects such as brochures and commercials. I realize I'm not in the league with Jay or the other
marketing giantsYet! Still... it's a big leap for me.
I think one of the biggest compliments I ever had was from a business manager who'd heard me
speak and wanted me to help a client of his that was struggling. We met to discuss his client and
how I might help. In the middle of our conversation he stops me and asks, " How long have you
been studying Jay Abraham?" It seems he'd attended a Jay Abraham seminar and really felt
knew my stuff, "Jay Abraham style." I was flatted by the comparison.
So there you have it. The above with the use of Jay's principles has really grown my business.
For the little guy who can't quite relate to the dollar figures mentioned by the big guys rest
assured these principles work well for us too. And now that I've grown from the tens of
thousands to the hundreds of thousands in income maybe I can start eyeing the millions.
Rick Anderson
Creative Image Advertising
4530 S. Pine
Tacoma, WA 98409
(253) 473-5456

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299.

Roger Herod

----- Original Message ----From: Roger Herod

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:13 AM
Dear Jay,
I'm Senior Vice President with Organization Resources Counselors, Inc,
and have been an "avid student" of your marketing principles since
1994. ORC is a very old established human resources consulting firm,
with 12 offices worldwide and total revenues of just over $30 million.
My primary responsibility has been to run ORC's Chicago office, which
we opened in 1991. The key focus of the Chicago office's business is
to provide expatriate consulting and data services to about 300
multinational clients in the Midwest for employees being sent on
different types of international assignments. Our clients range from
companies such as GM and Ford to very small clients who are just
beginning to expand internationally.
Traditionally, the company's marketing focus was somewhat "scattergun".
We would develop products and services and then try to go out and sell
them to our clients. There was no clear message as to whether we were
a consulting firm or a vendor of products.
From the opening of our Chicago office in 1991, we had already begun to
take a very different marketing approach in the Midwest- much more
customer focused, heavy cold calling programs, developing services to
meet clients' needs, etc. In 1994, we purchased the first of many of
your books and seminar materials and began to apply your marketing
principles to our own homespun efforts. Some of the ways we have done
this successfully are as follows:
1. Establishing a clear USP: "ORC is the only worldwide firm
providing both consulting assistance and data services to support
multinational companies' international assignment programs."
2. Moving to a consultative selling approach. We train all our
consultants in this way: "Always start meetings with prospects by
asking them to tell you about their company, programs, key
issues, and objectives. Don't fall in the trap of describing
your services until you find out whether they're even relevant."
3. Educating our clients and prospects through regular informational
regional seminars and breakfast meetings, which we carry out in
conjunction with other complementary and non-competitive service
providers, such as tax, relocation, and law firms. This allows
us to share expenses, client, and prospect lists. We have strict
rules that absolutely no selling is allowed during the sessions,
which creates a very comfortable environment for our clients.
4. Conducting surveys on specific international assignment issues
among our clients and prospects that we are targeting. This
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participants, and has proved a very successful way for us to

develop relationships and arrange meetings with companies that we
had no prior relationship with.
5. Developing complementary "add on" products and services to meet
our clients' needs. Our range of data services had previously
been narrowly focused on traditional expatriate assignments. As
our clients increasingly have employees on a wide range of
different assignments, we have developed and introduced data
services to support a much broader range of their needs.
6. Focusing on building long term relationships rather than trying
to make quick sales. This clearly gives us a competitive
advantage. For example, the President of one company I visited
in Germany commented: "You're the first consultant who visited me
and didn't try to sell me something." We want to be perceived as
true partners with our clients, interested in finding out their
needs and issues, and creating solutions for them, rather than a
vendor.
As we've clearly integrated so many of your marketing principles into
our business approach, it's difficult to say exactly how much of our
business growth is directly attributable to your ideas. However, if I
look at our consulting revenues, which have grown from $300,000 in 1994
to $1,000,000 in 2001, I would estimate that at least half the increase
is the result of applying your marketing concepts and strategies.
You have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional and
marketing endeavors, as well as my sincere thanks for your
inspirational help.
Roger Herod
Senior Vice President
ORC, Inc.
Triangle Plaza
8750 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
Suite 460
Chicago
Illinois 60631-3508
Phone: 773-272-0630
Fax:
773-714-8879

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300.

Sailesh Kumar

----- Original Message ----From: Mr Sailesh Kumar

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:29 PM
Dear Mr Abraham,
I am an interior decorator specializing in wall coverings. About 5
years ago, I attended your seminar and to my opinion changed the entire
way I started looking at business thereafter. In figures we have grown
our business by 413% since then.
One of the most important lessons that we have applied to our benefit
is the 3 ways to grow a business. Most remarkably the addition of
product line to the same customer. However, looking back I think we
could have grown by another 1000% had we actually applied and
diligently followed through.
Another fantastic lesson that I learnt was the lifetime value of
customer. I think we grew our business by 30% by just applying this
principle. We gave extra incentive for our customers to buy regularly.
While academically I can understand why business grow and fail, I have
yet to put all the ideas to work.
One of the most important area that I acknowledge we saved greatly was
the headline and institutional advertising choice. I can safely state
that we have saved in excess of 30,000MR by putting the right ad.
As a bonus, your language improved my vocabulary and listening to your
lectures was like enjoying a blockbuster movie. I have always kept the
cassettes in my car and almost everyday I listen to the tapes and then
go on a journey of ideas but unfortunately without much action.
I truly enjoyed the program and many of the communication you send us
via e-mails and though I have not gone to Harvard or done any
professional course, I have spoken to many who have. They have
"missed" the Jay Abraham Harvard.
Thanks and kind regards.
sailesh
Metro Carpets and Furnishing.
KSD 9 Jalan Mertang,
Taman Setapak,
53000 Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia
tel 603-40218889

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301.

Scott Alliy

----- Original Message ----From: Scott B. Alliy

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 1:46 AM
Jay,
The most important thing that your material has taught me is to clearly
(not abstractly) identify your talents and resources and the talents
and resources of those whom you know and or have known or interacted
with in a personal or business situation.
Using the talent identification checklist I have clearly identified
myself as being most talented and superior to my peers in the area of
Internet business development.
In the past 6 months I have created web businesses including the Online
Business Ethics Association http://www.obea.biz, FindaSeminar.com
http://www.findaseminar.com (and 26 other Finda Event related
Websites).
In the last week I created DomainsAvailableNow.com. I have already
received a bid of $100,000 for just one of my Domain names. My success
in this venture will be closely related to the application of another
of your success strategies which is understanding of the importance of
creating value. I own 85 Domain names and I list several hundred more
on Domainsavailablenow.com. The cost of each of these names that I buy
is fixed the value however is determined only by my ability to find the
buyer who values these names more than anyone else?
It is important to note that I have zero formal training in HTML
programming. The fact that I personally am able to create these
Internet Businesses is a testament to my ability to read and digest
motivational and educational materials like your own and to truly
accept and clearly understand my abilities.
A good question for your readers is "How much profits are your losing
by failing to understand your true strengths and abilities and the
value they present or by choosing to do business with customers with
average interest in your products and or services instead of narrowly
and specifically identifying the best customer for your products and or
services that places the maximum value on what you offer and
consequently will pay the most for it"?
To prove the benefit of clearly understanding the concept of Value
consider that I have just received a bid for $100,000 from a potential
buyer of my domain name Photosquick.com, a name that I paid $10 for 2
years ago.
Jay, keep up the good and honorable work. Your message is being heard
and your ability to articulate success strategies in an understandable
manner is truly appreciated by myself and others who "get it".

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One last favor, you mentioned once I "get it" you will begin to see
opportunities everywhere, you were right now how do you turn it off?
On second thought never mind I'm having too much fun improving my own
life and truly making a difference in the lives of the people that I
touch in a positive way and on a daily basis.
Sincerely
Scott B. Alliy MCSE
President
Online Business Ethics Association

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302.

Scott Heidbrink

----- Original Message ----From: Scott Heidbrink

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 11:26 PM
Jay,
Wow I've learned so much from you over the years and yes, I admit, sometimes I get
very lazy and "forget" to implement what I know (too wrapped up in the business of running
my business). But over the last seven months, I have rededicated myself to marketing and
have had a chance to apply your techniques to my own business and to my clients (I am a
freelance copywriter / marketing consultant), and that has helped me multiply my success.
One thing I learned, going back to the MasterMind seminar I attended, was to focus on
building "pillars" in my business. I have been working primarily in the automotive industry
for the past 22 years. But over the years, that business has fluctuated and created a
major paradigm shift. Back 22 years ago, when sales dropped, the manufacturers stepped
up their marketing efforts - and I had more projects to write. Today, when sales drop,
they introduce interest rate subvention programs and cut back on their spending (to fund
the monies they are losing with their sub-prime interest rates).
That being so, I started diversifying - building new pillars. One new pillar, I started working
in the wireless field, which has boosted my business by 8%.
In addition, I started offering more services - like turnkey newsletters (where I do all of
the interviewing, writing, design and fulfillment - sending out the newsletter via e-mail and
fax). That one addition helped increase business by 12% per year.
So right there, I was up 20% -- pretty good, but I'm not done yet.
Using your techniques, I looked at who I was doing business with and their frequency of
purchase (i.e., how often they called me for a job). Using that knowledge, I refined how I
approached my clients. I used to rely 100% on telephone contact. Now, I use a combination
of telephone, e-mail and snail mail. This 3-pronged approach helped me re-activate a major
client, and hence increased my business logarithmically (by that, I mean an increase in the
order of another 12%).
So in the last year, stepping back and taking a close look at my business, then focusing on
which methods to implement, I am targeting that by year end (December 2002), my net
income will be up more than a third, which is phenomenal growth, as my business had been
stable (actually, stagnant) for the past three years, showing no growth over that time.

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And I'm even more excited, as I have been modeling some of the techniques you and Chet
Holmes have been sharing in your recent L.A. meetings, and that is starting to help boost my
business, too.
Thank you for your motivation,
Scott Heidbrink
S & K Creative Services
P.O. Box 13536
Palm Desert, CA 92255-3536
760 772-1120
760 772-1509 - fax

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303.

Ted Bonel

----- Original Message ----From: Ted Bonel

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 4:48 PM
Case Study:

Soft Furnishings Importer/Wholesaler

Jays Generic Strategy(s) Employed: Increasing Frequency of Transactions Programming Customers

Background:
This business that I was involved in operated in an industry where the norm was for sales
reps and agents to visit retail stores on a regular cycle and show new product to the store owner or store
buyer (because it was soft furnishings, they had to touch & feel the product samples before they would
buy). The store owner/buyer would then place orders with the sales rep or agent. The stock was then
delivered into the store.
The problem was that when stock ran out in the store the owner/buyer would not generally replace it until
the sales rep/agent came around again and in many cases because they then had holes in their shelves they
would buy similar products from another sales rep/agent from a competitor who would just have happened
to have called in-between the regular call cycle of our sales rep/agent.
Strategy Employed: We instigated a Priority Reorder Sheet that was faxed to the store at the beginning
of each month with a list of the products that they had specifically purchased the month before and a
column that allowed then to mark-off how many of each item they wanted and a 1800 return fax number.
We made it easy for them to check their stock requirements and reorder.
It worked so well it was like money for jam.
We were getting repeat orders that we never got before. It was like having an extra salesperson and it kept
competitors product off the shelves. It served the clients needs well and reduced our cost to service the
client.

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304.

Terry Eberhardt

----- Original Message ----From: Terry Eberhardt

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:43 PM
EBERHARDT PHYSICAL THERAPY AND WELLNESS CLINIC
Success Story
I have my on PT clinic and I have been reading Jay's works for many years but I have now done
the PEQ and working on the PEQ II and from one of the ideas that I got from the course was to
grow my business exponentially. I have used a form of electrical stimulation for 20 years that
greatly decreases pain and inflammation. I am now a distributor for theAlpha Stim 100, and all
my patients have asked if they could take my machine home to treat themselves and now they
can. With great changes in technology the unit now cost $800.00 and most insurance companies
will cover the cost with a M.D. script. The old machine cost $8,000.00 and now I can send out
letters to all my old patients as I have done and in two weeks of sending out letters to about 200
of my 2000 old patient we have sold about 8 units that cost me $250.00 if I buy them 25 at a time
which I do. So you can see this is a great way to get in touch with my old patients which some
need more PT and some just need a Alph Stim 100.
Thanks for the idea, it is working well!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terry Eberhardt

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305.

Tyler Cobb

----- Original Message ----From: Tyler Cobb

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 4:41 PM
Jay,
As per your request, I am sending you my case study on how I've
implemented some of your strategies into my own tanning salon business.
My wife and I own a small in-town tanning salon that we opened from
scratch. The salon itself was only 1,000 sq. ft, but it's clean, with
good tanning beds, it has a good location and the place looks great.
One of the first things we did was to create several different packages
with which to sell tanning sessions. I learned from you to make it
easy for customers to do business with you, so we did. We created
tanning packages for every possibility, people that tanned frequently,
for those who did consistently but not a lot, and packages for those
who tanned occasionally.
By first identifying their needs as far as frequency, we were able to
direct them toward the perfect tanning package. For us, this meant
selling a larger package instead of individual sessions, or less
sessions.
The next thing we did was to set up a formalized referral program
Where members got rewarded for referring their friends. This worked
great because anyone with a tan in the winter in New Jersey, obviously
goes to a tanning salon. So we simply rewarded our members for
recommending us. Of course, proximity has a lot to do with this in our
business. Since in our area, there are many tanning salons, it
basically worked well for referrals that either lived or worked nearby.
We immediately started a database keeping records of clients names,
addresses and phone numbers...as well as what tanning package they had
purchased, and recording their visits so we could observe their
frequency.
Now when go through our records, if we see someone used all of their
sessions and they haven't been back in a while, we send out some
coupons for coming back. For those who still have time with us, but
haven't been in lately, we simply send a note reminding them they have
time and maybe they'd like to get that healthy glow back.
We also learned from you about back-ending, so we also sell some weight
loss supplements here. You always ask, "What do you know about your
customers?" Well we know that ours like to look good based on the fact
that they come in to get a tan, so we figured staying lean would be
something they might be interested in. It definitely adds to our
bottom line. We also sell lotions for before and after tanning, as
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We then have special new member discount coupons distributed at

several other businesses to their customers for our salon. We
reciprocate in an appropriate fashion. Each location might have their
own preference on how they like to be compensated.
Each strategy works to some degree in increasing our business.
bottom line is we stay fairly booked year round.

The

Well there you have it, we implemented upselling and packaging, direct
mail to our customer base, back ending and joint ventures. I'm sure we
could always do a better job at all of these by testing, but we do the
best we can.
I hope this was what you were looking for.
any other help to you.
Your friend,
Tyler Cob

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Let me know if I can be of

306.

Adrian Castro

----- Original Message ----From: Adrian Castro

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:43 AM
Here is my case study:
Education Vertical Market Launch for Telecommunications Company.
In 1997-1998, a telecommunications leader and PBX manufacturer saw the
need to increase its penetration in the K-12 education sector where ERate funding was available.
I was engaged as a Technical Marketing executive with the primary focus
of providing technology solutions in the K-12 market space.
Since the telecom company only manufactured PBXes and immediate
ancillary equipment, I had to line up several other 3rd party vendors
to partner with. What the telecom company did not have, I had to get
from another. This was easier said than done. Since the telecom
company was ISO9001 certified, it had a specific mandate to fully
document its internal and external procedures and policies. A new set
of plans, policies, and procedures had to be put in place in defining
the business process with its 3rd party alliance partners on the fast
track for the Education vertical market launch.
Other telecom companies typical create their own competitive product
lines, resulting in slower product introductions and market lag.
I used 3rd party products that were designed for the K-12 education
sector - to penetrate the market for the telecom company's PBX. The
sales people were able to actively engage in the K-12 market issues
like student attendance record keeping, parent and community
notification, internet security - that were not traditionally in the
realm of PBX sales. These 3rd party applications did have hooks into
the PBX but there was no way for PBX sales people to sell anything
based on PBX features alone! The sale of the 3rd party products became
a prelude for PBX sales.
In the final analysis, the telecom company was able to win multimillion
dollar contracts (about $42M) from several school districts across the
U.S. The 3rd party vendors were very eager to partner with the telecom
company because they were able to align themselves with a famous brand
owned by a multinational giant. The telecom company was able to
benefit from an almost instantaneous new high quality product line from
3rd party vendors.
Jay Abraham Principles At Work: Host Beneficiary Relationships,
Alliances, Thinking Out of the box, Front End/Back End Products, PPP,
etc.
If you have questions, please let me know.

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Sincerely,
Adrian Castro
Cellular Phone 949-278-3811

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307.

Alan Canavan

----- Original Message ----From: Alan Canavan

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:47 PM
Dear Jay,
My success story may not rival some of the others but it is a sucess to
me.
For five years I was the sales manager at a merchant credit card
processing firm called eCredit Card Services. We wrote both retail and
internet accounts. Priror to using your techniques we were writing a
dozen new accounts per month. Our method of lead generation was via
telemarketing new business lists and salesman cold calling.Business was
slow and steady.
I created our USP based on our honest dealings in a cut throat
business. All potential clients could call on our existing clients to
check us out. Our client list was open to inspection. With nothing to
hide potential clients trusted us.
We also started a very aggressive referral system. As sales
manager/business development manager I contacted all vendors who worked
with new businesses.
These included banks, accountants, cash register firms, sigh companies,
etc. They were in turn paid $100 to $200 for each lead that resulted
in a new client. Also new clients were paid the same for other
referrals. Another avenue was paying our rivals for there turndown
accounts. When we moved into internet processing we added web
designers, ISP's, etc.
With the internet we were able to receive referrals from all over the
country. These are only a couple of the "Abraham" methods we employed.
Trust me, there were a lot more. As a result our sales went from about
12 per month to over 50 per month. And our profit per sale went way
up.
A year ago our parent company was sold and our division was shut down.
The best thing about our wild ride and demise was that your teachings
work.
Thank you,
Alan "Skip" Canavan

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308.

Alexi Neocleous

----- Original Message ----From: Alexi Neocleous

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:11 AM
Hi Jay,
For many years I've been studying your techniques, and of course, like
many people, I have been greatly impacted.
The best illustration I can tell you, of how I applied your ideas, was
when I helped my brother in law with his catering business.
As most business owners, he was struggling to differentiate himself in
the marketplace. He was very guilty of the 'me too' advertising you
see all around.
After meeting with him for a little while - tossing up ideas on how to
differentiate his company, we came up with many useful concepts.
Firstly, I had a double sided business sized card made up (like a name
tag in a wedding) which sat on the tables of his functions. Guests
would sit down and the following on the outside of the card:

"Who Else Wants A 51% Discount On Succulent Meat And Fresh Seafood Platters,
DJs, Limousines, Wedding Cakes, Flowers, MCs... AND... Save $3500 (or more) On
Their Wedding, Christening, Engagement, 21st Birthday or Work Party?"
Don't Hire ANY Catering Company Until You Read This Important Message.
Learn About The "Inside" Secret Caterers Don't Want YOU To Know About.
Special Details Inside - Look NOW!
And here's what they saw when they opened up:
"When Other Caterers Charge $70 Per Head, We Charge $40, PLUS We Guarantee
To Prepare More Food Than Anybody Else. If There Isn't Loads Of Food Leftover
At The End Of The Night, We'll Cater Your Next Function... Absolutely FREE!"
Good evening and welcome! My name is George Pericleous, and along with my 3 brothers, we own
Pelopidas Catering - the most amazing and dazzling caterers in Sydney! Here's why:
You know how most caterers charge you an arm and a leg for food... and... if you need them to
organise other services like limousines, flowers, candelabras, marquis tents, DJs and so on... they'll
penalise you by charging an additional 30-60% on top of their cost so you pay at least $3500 more for
your function (this is because organising these services can be a real pain)
Well, what we do is provide you with ALL those services (and many more) at ABSOLUTELY NO
PROFIT TO US. When you choose us as your caterers, we'll take care of your limo, wedding cake,
birthday cake, flowers (and any other services you need) at NO HIDDEN EXTRA CHARGE. We're
the only caterer in Sydney that does this! This means you'll save up to 51% and $3500 on these

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services (because you're paying wholesale) and dozens of hours of additional work, time, effort and
aggravation organising these services yourself. We'll do it all for you... for FREE... at no extra cost.
It's our gift to you. We'll make your function quick and easy to set up... you'll save thousands of
dollars and you'll love us for it.
In addition, we guarantee to prepare more food than you've ever seen. If there isn't loads of food
leftover at the end of the night, we'll cater your next function, absolutely FREE! To learn more about
our great offers, please call my office. I've prepared a special confidential report titled How To Save
Up To $3500 And 23 Hours Of Work On Your Next Catered Function! With this report you'll get the
real 'inside' scoop on how to make your special occasion the most memorable ever. It's only available
through us on 9845 3939 (24 hrs). Call now.
And there you have it. The result? They went from receiving 5 calls a
day to over 35 calls a day and they had to hire an extra 57 casual
staff members to cope with demand.
Suffice to say he was very, very happy. As you can see, I also wrote a
free report for them, which basically elaborated on the information you
see above. But you know what's funny? Alot of people didn't even want
the free report - they wanted to meet immediately!
In addition the free report and lead generating card above, I also
wrote him a referral letter, which, all in all was very easy to write.
I won't reproduce the letter here, but the offer was a $500 discount to
any friend or family members our clients refer. This letter goes out to
clients a month after the event.
Why doesn't it go out immediately
certificates and hand them out at
inundated as it is (and I think a
something that I've convinced him

- or why don't we print up

the function? Simply because he's
little greedy :)) However, it is
to test at some time in the future.

Jay, I hope this is enough information for you.

Kind regards, Alexi Neocleous
My company name: T & A Publishing
Size: 4
Type: Publishing

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309.

Allan Angkham

----- Original Message ----From: Allan Angkham

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:43 PM
Dear Jay:
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell me story.

Here it is.

I'm a financial consultant selling life, health insurance and

annuities. I noticed my customer's response when I included the words
better than risk free offer should they not be please. What this mean
is that for any reasons, within 30 days, I would grant them a complete
refund and they would receive a free comprehensive financial analysis
worth $495 plus get my free membership newsletter worth $99 a year.
My sales have increased at least 25%, representing an extra $25,000.
HOST-BENEFICIARY RELATIONSHIP
I started to work smarter rather than just work hard. I feel more
confident and excited because I don't worry about finding clients. I
look to build relationships with other professionals such as mortgage
brokers, real estate agents, CPAs, and even other financial
consultants. We cross refer each other's clients for different
services.
Setting up these relationship is a long process but worth the time and
money. Here is an example of how I work with other insurance agents.
Agents get inquiries and request for quotes and information. Not all
these requests turn to clients. I would than ask them for permission
to send them a letter to introduce my service and perhaps it would be a
better fit. I would get a 5-10% business response rate which is a lot
better than 1-3%.
Best wishes to all,
Allan Angkham

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310.

Andrew Ryan

----- Original Message ----From: Andrew Ryan

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 7:30 AM
Jay,
Appreciate the opportunity to share my experiences with you. I
discovered your techniques six months ago and these disciplines are now
fast becoming a pivotal part of the operating approach of the company
where I work. The major benefit is how easy and how fast it is to
start applying some of the basic concepts and the difference that this
can make to sales revenues.
Our company was in a position where sales were declining on key
products and we were inefficient and unprofitable. Upon examination the
focus in the company was on product development. It was not 'focused on
selling, reselling, up selling, new markets, profitability, quality,
service, customer satisfaction' etc. Our positioning sought to
differentiate the brand as up market but in reality this was not
generating premium pricing.
It was also evident that our marketing strategy stood on one pillar direct sales through our field sales force which is high risk.
Initially, managements reaction was 'that's the way our competitors do
it and how it has been done in this industry for the last 30 years'.
In reality, the company was not strategic but tactical with the major
focus of the financial controller being to keep the banks happy.
My position within the company is business analyst - mainly with a
focus on figures and financials. My work approach has completely
changed over the last six months and for the better. Previously, I was
focused on profit and loss, balance sheets, reducing operating costs,
keeping margins up etc. This has now changed as I now spend all my
focus on one thing - customers. Their buying habits, their concerns,
addressing what they really want...This is a complete new mindset
approach.
Senior Managements perception was that sales were not growing because
we were not opening enough new accounts. Customer attrition rates were
never measured in the company before. On analysing the data, it showed
that we were generating new accounts at a rate of 30% per annum.
However our attrition rates were running at 40%. Sales were stagnant
which meant that we were somewhat successful in generating extra
business from our regular customers. Senior management were wrong.
One of our primary targets this year is to reduce attrition by 50%. We
are well on target to achieving this and It's very simple how we are
accomplishing this goal. We are constantly focusing our sales force on
accounts that have not bought from us in more than two months (our
average account of existing clients will buy every 4-6 weeks). This
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this time will get a sales letter and/or cold call arranging a meeting
to discuss customer concerns, and offering a variety of promotions or
buying options.
So far one of the most important parts of this process has been the
automation of our customer management reports. Before these reports
were cumbersome, provided limited information and were an end in
themselves. Now, these reports feed automatically to our direct sales
force providing information on attrition rates, new account rates,
sales frequency, transaction value, last invoice date, profitability by
customer and inactive customers by sector. These reports can now be
generated quickly by almost anyone in the organisation.
On top of this, we have also focused on our top accounts their
characteristics and their buying patterns. In doing this we also
developed a new list of high potential prospects that are to be
exclusively targeted.
The major reason we walked away from business before was analysed and
the main issue was price on certain products. Now, we are more
inclined to compete on these price sensitive products but on top of
this we also sell our other more premium priced products in addition.
This constitutes a very simple but significant change in marketing
strategy - allowing us to keep up revenues and use ancillary products
to generate profitability at the client level. The added advantage is
that we can compete against other companies by promoting our unique
selling proposition as being product range focused. Our whole
operating approach in the future is to be pursued along these lines.
More recently we have started to focus on adding more pillars to our
marketing strategy. This has focused on adding complimentary products
that we will make profit from and will increase our sales value per
client. We have also kicked off a host and beneficiary relationship.
On the beneficiary side of things, we have secured the rights to sell a
well know European product exclusively on the domestic market. This
re-enforces our strategy of being product range focused and it helps
differentiate us further from our competition.
We have also secured a deal with a nation-wide sales and merchandising
group to sell and merchandise our products in regions of the domestic
market where we do not have coverage with our direct sales force. Both
deals guarantee an increase in company profits.
In addition, this development will result in lowering our marketing
costs, increase profitability and more importantly will allow us
increase our spend on customer acquisition.
One last comment - I have learned more in less than six months from Jay
Abraham's work than I did during a two year MBA program that I
completed in 2001. The MBA was theoretical and too mainstream for my
liking. The marketing materials presented during the course were not
practical and to get a good grade it was more important to talk 'the
lingo' than anything else. Back then marketing did not turn me on, now,
however it is where my future lies.

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I am very excited about the challenges that lie ahead. One of the
major challenges will be changing the mindsets of my co-workers and
other senior managers who have never used these techniques before to
grow businesses.
In a nutshell - the real benefit is how easy and quickly it is to apply
Jay's basic concepts to turn a company from recording stagnant or
declining sales to recording modest growth in a matter of about 3 6
months. The challenge that lies ahead (and I cannot wait) is to
optimize and blend these techniques with the other super leverage
activities and help record geometric growth.
'My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors'
Name: Andrew Ryan
Nashs Mineral Waters
The Square
Newcastle West
County Limerick
Ireland
Type: Mineral Water / Soft drinks
EUR 7,000,000 sales per annum

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311.

Andy Curry

----- Original Message ----From: Andy Curry

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:14 AM
Jay,
Being in retail it's sometimes difficult to make certain techniques
work for us.
But I remember you saying to have a lot of different techniques in
place in case one ever falls out from under you.
And that's what we've done. My competition has limited itself to
newspaper ads which are costly.
We, on the other hand, are doing a multitude of items. Some we're
doing are website marketing and capturing emails so we advertise to
them for next to nothing (This will save us thousands of dollars!),
Yellow Page advertising where the customer calls an 800# for a sales
message which "pre-empts" what our competition is doing, redesigned
business cards with enormous marketing punch, statement stuffers with
"hard to refuse" offers and expiration dates to motivate them off the
couch, and much more.
Like you said, come up with a lot of ways to get a customer instead of
just one big way. It's the "lot of ways" that make the difference. In
fact, my average sale has gone up a little over 8% lately. Considering
our sales are in the millions, it makes a big difference to the bottom
line.
Andy Curry

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Anne Chen

----- Original Message ----From: Anne Chen

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 11:28 PM
Hi Jay,
I was originally offended by the tone of your marketing style
But then I thought heck I better give this a try just in case it works.
So here's my example:
I send out an email once a month to around 2,000 people. What I did
was segment that list into 4 distinct groups of 500. I then composed 4
totally different versions of my email and TESTED which one pulled the
most sales.
I then used that version again the next month, but used it as a
benchmark to test 3 new versions that improved or adapted this
successful interaction. This has become an ongoing process of
EVOLUTION TESTING.
What I discovered was the use of really short sentences, and short
paragraphs, bolding key words to keep the eye flowing down the page and
a few unusual words plus a tone that sounded like I was talking to the
recipient face to face as a friend made a HUGE!!! difference to the
sales.
I also follow a structure now that goes like this ...
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

GET ATTENTION
Generate interest
Get them HOT and desireful
Show them a offer
CLOSE with a guarantee and testimonials

How much difference does this make you ask? ...

Well...
The original emails made 2 or 3 sales.
After about 14 months of iterations - my list is now 54,000 people and
I convert about 250 sales that average $80 each.
P.S. I can't tell you my product or my list because I'm scared someone
on your list who gets this testimonial might be an entrepreneur like me
and see how easy it is to make a bucket load copying my business and my
email / marketing processes.
Kindly,
Sunshine

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313.

Anonymous

----- Original Message ----From: Anonymous

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:23 PM
Jay,
Although I am an accountant... I love your stuff! It makes so much
sense, yet it is still, admittedly, somewhat "intellectual
entertainment" for me b/c my job functions have never been involved in
marketing.
Although I've shared your strategies and concepts with my employers and
many friends who are business owners, for some reason they want to keep
doing what everyone else in their industry is doing. This is
especially true of my current employer.
It's easy, no one can argue with you, and since there is no additional
reward for improving. (its a not for profit without any contingencies
built in for performance) why buck the system!
Industry: Not-for-Profit Retirement Community w/ 60 independent living
units, 30 assisted living units, and 60 nursing home beds.
My Function: I am the Controller/IS Manager (Desperate Nerd
Accountant/Computer Geek)...I built, developed and installed a new
accounting system and computer network from scratch 5 years ago when
the facility was 1 year old (they outsourced all accounting functions
the first year). For what it's worth I'm third in command behind the
CEO and COO.
Environment: Unfortunately, the environment is toxic b/c the CEO's
lives by principles that shift with the wind...(oh yeah... those aren't
principles) "her way.. or no way", "she doesn't take responsibility for
anything... and when something goes wrong she blames others", "always
changes the rules... so she doesn't have to be accountable", "thrives
on chaos... so when things run smoothly... she creates it herself",
"she is controlling to the point that everyone is paralyzed in their
position".
When I've shared with her some of the concepts both of marketing and
developing systems I've learned from you, she hides behind "that will
never work for us... we're different". But the true problem is she
doesn't want to be held accountable for her actions or performance, and
for some reason the board doesn't hold her accountable either.
What I did: So, I figured I've learned these things, I might as well
use them and apply them however I can. Which in my case was the
accounting department. We got together and first brainstormed and
listed all the things (tasks) we did: 1) repetitively, 2)
occasionally, 3) infrequently.

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Then we listed 15 tasks by that took up about 80% of our time. We

listed them in order of amount of time spent on each, and then reviewed
each to determine if we could systemetize it and become more effective
in performing the task (doing it quicker while eliminating errors-each
error took on average 45 minutes to fix). Some of the systems were
okay, but we improved upon most of them especially related to entering
accounts payable accurately, entering cash receipts accurately, and
producing monthly financial reports on a timely basis.
The end result was:
1) It is a more relaxed atmosphere-no more running around at the end
of the month fixing a bunch of errors expanding the time to
produce financial statements.
2) Financial statements are produced 3 days earlier than before.
3) It was fun working together to figure it all out-it has brought
us together. It has given me a new level of freedom and
relaxation b/c we've built systems that prevent errors from
occurring that were time consuming to correct. The department
runs smoothly when I'm out of the office... it has given me a new
enjoyment out of my job...
But even this obvious success doesn't convince our CEO that it is
useful in all the other departments...including Marketing!
One of these days (Someday isle) I'll slay my dragons of Fear and
Complacency and get into the marketing/entrepreneur game. I admit I
have a FEAR of the unknown and have yet to convince myself, to the
point of action, that I can enjoy a more financially, emotionally,
relationally and rewarding life.
But please keep my name and company anonymous due to my
circumstances...."it's a small world after all"... but I just wanted to
let you know that you've made a difference in my life and wanted to let
you know I appreciate it!!!!!
Thank you!!

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----- Original Message ----From: Allan Kirstein

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:19 AM

314.

Arnoud Van Veen

----- Original Message ----From: Arnoud van Veen

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:26 PM
Dear Jay,
I live in the Netherlands, and I have read your book 'Getting
everything you can out of all you've got about a months and I loved
it!.
I have been looking through Abraham-marketing eyes at retail and
business in general here in the Netherlands ever since. I have started
with advising a friend of mine of how to apply one of your techniques
and he is in the stages of implementing it, so I can't say much about
the results, but I want to be honest here. Also I say a really cool
example of how a video store is using one of your techniques, so I will
describe that one as well.
The guy that I am talking about has a telecoms consultancy firm called
Newdays - Improved Telecoms Performance, where he consults companies on
call centres and pbx-es, on:

What system to buy,

Capturing the customer/user requirements,
Running the negotiation process with the equipment suppliers,
Implementing the system,
Including training receptionists and call centre employees.

He lacks continuity in his business, but more importantly he has

already got some good (ex-)customers that have a need that's not being
met. I first asked him to describe me the process that his clients go
through, before and after he consults them and what their needs are.
He told me his clients use other parties after he is done, to
run/operate the call centre system and keep it fine tuned and up to
date. This could be an internal person from the company or a temporary
employee, but these people usually have limited technical skills and do
little more than maintaining the system. So I asked him how do your
clients now make sure their system is running optimally and do the
proper fine tuning is being done after changes in the organisation have
taken place? How do they make sure they stay accessible to their
clients and stay aware of new emerging technologies that can make them
more accessible, in a more cost efficiently way?
What I proposed to him - like I read in your book - to offer his
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subscriptions (one year, two years, one module, all modules) so these
companies don't have to worry anymore whether their system is running
optimally or not and they have maximum accessibility for customers that
are trying to ring them up to inquire about something of want to buy
something.
The method and subscription he is offering them consists of several
modules, - one is a test every three months of how reachable/accessible
their company is - one is an internal screening every six months of
factors such as opportunities for improvement as a result of
organizational or process changes, opportunities for training of
employees, reviewing procedures and checking service employees
attitudes.
One is a client perception survey done every twelve months where
clients are interviewed about how they value the communication with
this company. One is a yearly screening of the system and update of
latest developments in technology. We wrote a five page description of
these subscriptions and he and I would be surprised if he didn't sell
at least one of them and probably more.
Selling only one would increase his revenues for this year by 25%!!
The idea I found in the video store is the following:
In the Netherlands we - still - have a lot of video stores, even though
there was talk they would disappear because of broadband internet.
Before the system commonly used to play your videotapes was a VHS
player and this is now rapidly changing into DVD. I think many video
stores will have 60% DVD's in their store by the end of the year.
However there a still many people here that don't own a DVD player yet.
What this video store has done is they formed a partnership with a DVD
player manufacturer/reseller. The company they work with is a no-name
brand, but if has the most commonly used features, such as no regional
restrictions, MP-3/CD and Dolby.
If you are a member of this particular video store you can buy this DVD
player for Euro 249 and you get a credit of euro 150 to rent DVD's!!!
So they actually sell you a credit which you might otherwise not have
spend at this single video store and a cheap no-name video player for
an average price, while the client gets good value. The video store
probably makes good money on the DVD player, the DVD manufacturer sells
more players that they otherwise would have and both the client base
and the video store are helped because they can migrate to DVD!! I
actually know of video stores that are not as smart as this one and I
might approach them with the idea and ask a percentage...
Hope you liked these stories, I will be on the lookout for more here in
the Netherlands.
Best regards,
Arnoud van Veen

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315.

Art Adams

----- Original Message ----From: Art Adams

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:59 AM
Dear Jay,
We are a manufacturers Representative and Distributor in the Metro New York Area. S taffing currently
runs between 3-8 people consisting of 1-3 outside salesmen, 1-2 inside customer service people with
support personnel.
Traditionally, sales have been accomplished by outside commission salesmen in fixed, geographical
territories. New business was developed by their own prospecting and following up leads from the
manufacturers. For a number of reasons this approach is no longer, and has been for a while, profitable.
Thanks to a number of your ideas we have been able to survive a number of adverse business conditions
with plant closing and two feet of floodwaters in our offices. We are currently engaged in an intense
marketing effort to determine the best method(s) of expanding business to existing customers and getting
new customers; which brings me to the first of your ideas Testing.
We are testing various media, messages, products etc. to see which will produce the best results. To date
our highest response/cost has been to develop Product Application Datasheets [we have a technical
customer base] and faxing them. However, by testing, we have not spent a lot of money on mailings that
would not show a return.
Second Idea: Sales = Number of Customers X Number of Orders X $ per Orders. This is really the
basis of our marketing effort. Selling more products to existing customers and looking for new customers.
Third Idea: Alternate distribution channels. We have been relatively successful in using the web to
develop business that we would not have gotten by direct sales. We have also partnered with other
companies who have better access to customers than we have.
I would have to say that Risk Reversal has also been one of the main additions on our selling efforts. It
has allowed us to close orders more easily and should the application not work out leaves us with a
customer that has the potential for future business [very important to us] rather than one who will never do
business with us again.
I wish I could provide more a factual basis in terms of numbers etc., but our changing market and economic
factors have made it difficult to sort out the specific factors that have kept us in business. I would say that
if we had stayed with direct sales only we would not be here.
Sincerely,
Art Adams

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316.

Arturo Gonzalez

----- Original Message ----From: Arturo Gonzalez

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:25 AM
Dear Jay,
Case:
My wife owns a Ballet Academy in San Jose, Costa Rica, for little girls (3-12 yrs old) and we
wanted to increase the customer base as much as possible in a short time frame.
Solution:
We applied only one of the many concepts explained in "Money-Making Secrets of Marketing
Genius Jay Abraham and other Marketing Wizards". Specifically on page 171, we utilized the
Referrals strategy. We created small coupons to give out to our existing customers (only about
15 when we started, and the customer is really the mother of the child) where we stated that they
would receive a 25% discount on their next month's fees if they referred a friend who joined the
academy. The friend would also receive a 10% discount on their first month's fees. This also
takes into account the concept of the life-time value of a customer. We were willing to sacrifice a
part of our profits on the front-end to maximize our back-end. The strategy picked up like wild fire
and in less than a year we increased the customer base from roughly 15 to about 120, a 800%
leap!!. With about 10 hours of work a week, my wife now commands a very good full time
income, which helps us a lot in addition to mine and allows her to stay most of the time with our
own kids and to do the things she likes.
Thanks,
Arturo Gonzalez
San Jose, Costa Rica

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317.

Atul Thakrar

----- Original Message ----From: Atul Thakrar

To: Jay Abrahamm
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:01 AM
Dear jay
Okay, you've nudged me into action.
Business: VR Clothing, 34 Carillon Court, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3XA, England.
Website: vr-designerwear.com
Retail clothing, mid - level branded men's & ladies clothing accessories & shoes, 1200ft shop in
prime location.
Established: Dec. 1996
Current turnover: 350k
Risk reversal
Once we implemented (in 1998) and communicated a risk-free no quibble exchange/refund, our
sales shot up by at least a third, and are still doing so. The main effect was felt for present
buyers. In our sector - branded/designer wear - full refund is mostly non-existent and it made us
stand out as being friendly & helpful, and it demonstrated beyond any doubt that we wanted the
customer to be happy with their purchase , at the time of, and after purchase.
Asking a simple question
We ask " Is there/What else were you after/looking for today ?" ideally to each customer. We've
had amazing results in 2 ways:
1. First, people usually look around and appreciate what else we have which could be
relevant for them in the future.
2. Secondly, we've added sales 15-25% of the times we've asked the question. What
surprised and thrilled us most were occasions where a relatively small purchase (say
shirt/jeans/t-shirt) was followed by a higher ticket purchase (jacket/coat).
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further details or information.
Yours faithfully
Atul Thakrar

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318.

Audri Lanford

----- Original Message ----From: Audri Lanford

To: <Jay Abraham>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:00 PM
I've written you about many of the results we have achieved using different strategies we've learned from
you in the past. Today, I'd like to focus on a very simple one: testing.
We have been doing a lot of testing recently (as always). The most interesting test compared the impact of
two different 3-D covers on the sales of a best-selling ebook we publish by Rick Beneteau called "Success:
A Spiritual Matter."
(This ebook, by the way, has broken every sales record we know of for an ebook launch.)
More specifically, we kept all of the copy, layout, headlines, subheads, guarantee, etc. identical -- the
ONLY difference was the graphic (which begins about 13 inches from the top of the screen, so people have
to scroll down quite a ways to even see it).
Visitors were randomly given a page with the original cover or the new cover. The same number of people
were shown each cover.
You can see the two 3-D covers we tested at:
==> http://download.makethisyeargreat.com/covertest.html
Note: If you'd like to see the entire sales page so you can see the cover in context, visit:
==> http://ebooks.wz.com/spiritual/m40.html
The Results:
The 3-D Cover with the photo out-pulled the palm tree cover by 86%! That means that for every one sale
we had with the palm tree cover, we'd get 6 sales with the photo cover.
Or, to say it a different way, if we had just used the palm tree cover and not tested, we would have lost 6
out of every 7 sales!
Frankly, we were shocked. We did predict that the photo cover would perform better, but about half the
people we asked thought the palm tree would do better. This graphic is a fairly small part of the sales
letter. That it would have such a huge impact certainly surprised us.
Why does these covers lead to such different sales results?
We really don't know. Our theory is that the palm tree cover looks like most other ebooks -- except ours.
However, there is really no way to know.
Nonetheless, it doesn't really matter. The point is that by testing, we were able to maximize our sales -- in
this case, by a huge amount. And since we expect to sell many thousands of this ebook, this will make an
enormous difference -- for now difference in cost.
Thanks Jay!

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Best regards,

Audri G. Lanford, Ph.D.

CEO, WZ.com Inc.

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319.

Barry Schuster

----- Original Message ----From: Barry M. Schuster

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:56 PM
After attending the ULMRL and reading copious amounts of Jay material, I decided that I needed to change
the focus of our business - which was selling school furniture.
This is a small segment of the business world, and virtually nobody who is not in the industry even thinks
twice about where classroom desks, library furniture, or cafeteria tables come from.
They just appear in a school, and everyone takes them for granted.
However, it is a very exciting and rewarding business to be in for over 52 years as it is very constant and
growing. We work primarily in California and Florida where schools are being built on a massive scale.
But I realized I needed a USP to distinguish ourselves from our competitors who were offering very
similar products at a much lower price.
In conversations with Jay and others in my ULMRL coaching group, I came to understand that I needed a
more rifle like focus to become really successful in an industry that is used to low bid.
I dissected the various items that we sold to come up with a competitive advantage that would make a great
USP.
I sold lots of chair desks, but I could not prove that the higher quality of our chair desks allowed students to
learn better than our competitors lower priced seats.
I sold many Libraries with beautiful, high quality solid wood shelving and sturdy tables, but I could not
quantify that students gained more knowledge in my library versus a lower priced competitors book
shelving and furniture.
I sold a tremendous amount of computer tables, but I could not show that students were more computer
literate sitting at my desks and ergonomic posture chairs, versus a lower priced table.
What I really enjoyed was transforming a dull, drab school cafeteria into a beautiful Food Court dining
room- like you would see in a mall. (You probably do not have very fond memories of your High School
dining room except as an unattractive, big mess hall style room, where everyone sat in regimented rows
of long dark walnut top tables).
Years ago, I realized that the Food Service program in a school was a very important component of
education. In fact, with obesity, lack of exercise, and poor nutrition habits of most young people, it is more
important that ever students get a nutritious, balanced meal during the day.
I understood that if the environment of the cafeteria became attractive to students - that the room looked
like their favorite restaurants - then they would come into the cafeteria and be part of the school dining
program.
In fact, the Food Service Program is the only area in a school system that makes money. All other
departments such as English and Math cost the school system but a well run Food Service program is a
cash producer for a school system since most of the food comes free from the US government.

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I understood that if we could create a program to change the environment of the school cafeteria, we would
change the standard student perception of the cafeteria and increase participation (thereby increasing
revenue).
Remember that I stated previously that I could not quantify benefits of our furniture over lower priced
competitors? Well, in the Food Service Program, records are kept each day of number of meals sold and
total sales of all foods.
I knew we had a way to increase participation- which would increase revenue, and we would have a
verifiable benefit to changing the cafeteria environment because we would use the sales on the day before
we put the new furniture, artwork and dcor into the cafeteria as our benchmark sales figure.
Any increases in sales after we installed all the new furniture and art would be attributed to the new look of
the cafeteria.
So the design department of our furniture manufacturer took the same type of art, furniture and dcor that
they were placing into McDonalds restaurants, and adapted it to schools.
We started designing schools to be Hard Rock Caf looking dining rooms putting Jukeboxes to free-play
current music (within limits, of course!), putting the front of a 57 Chevy coming out of the wall, and
theming the dining room around school colors and mascots.
We created school cafs with 50s themes using booths with the old bright sparkle metal flake colors,
soda fountain stools, and standup grabn go tables so students would feel that they were in a mall.
These are definitely not like any cafeterias you ever saw in your school days- because they are such fun to
be in.
For a school in Miami, Florida near the ocean, we created a Pirate theme and put a beached Pirate Ship in
the middle of the room. There is a large crows nest in the middle of the ship holding two 27 TVs so
students can see the highlights of the previous weeks sports teams.
Theres even a talking Parrot that is part of the PA system.
For a Western theme school, our designers placed a wooden corral in the middle of the room, with a large
kiosk painted as an old hotel and General Store holding the two TVs.
We place exciting artwork around the rooms with academic aphorisms to promote learning- such as:
Imagination is the highest kite you can fly.
We will do anything to create an exciting atmosphere in the dining room.
And now a school can quantify the success of this cafeteria makeover in increased sales with their
accounting every day.
Does this work? Well, in one High School in Miami, with the old style furniture and bare white walls, only
250 out of 3,200 students a day were eating in the cafeteria.
When we provided a $250,000 cafeteria makeover into a Pirate themed dining room with 9 foot high
murals on the wall, and 30 foot long wall converted into a thatched roof cabana huts view of the ocean
participation has increased to over 700 students a day in the dining room.
The school will recoup their investment in less than 2 years, and then continue to make a profit with steady
sales.
I now knew that my USP would be to show how our services would change the Food Service operation.

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From Jays instruction, we crafted a USP that would guarantee a quick return on investment, and an excited
student population.
In our multipage letter, our headline is McDonalds spends millions of dollars to attract your students.
Dont fight it copy it! and we give case histories of participation and revenue increases in schools we
have transformed.
We went one step further, and when we install a new dining room, we film the entire process:

from filming our installation crews removing the old furniture from the room
to the bare room with no old furniture
we show bringing in the new furniture in boxes,
we assemble the furniture
we place the artwork and dcor on the walls and ceilings,
And we film the room the way it looks with the new items.

We then speed up the film which generally takes about 15-30 hours of work into a movie that lasts about 3
to 4 minutes. Then we place an appropriate piece of music on the movie- such as the Lone Ranger
theme, and we then have a marvelous Before and After marketing piece.
Have you ever seen one of those fast construction movies on TV where everyone is running around like
ants? Did you smile? Well, this is what happens when a prospective client looks at our movies. (If you go
to universalseating.com you can see two of our installation movies)
We placed them on a CD with other information about our other products for school dining rooms, and this
becomes an effective presentation sales tool when we mail it with a cover letter and a brochure.
As of this date, we have 4 school movies on our CD, and by the end of the summer will produce 4 more.
Now that we can quantify the benefits of our program for Food Service Department, how effective is our
USP and our marketing material? I can give you one example which will illustrate the power of this
presentation:
At a School Conference in November, 2001, two School Board members from Compton, California came
by our exhibit booth and saw our installation video. They were so impressed with the concept that they
brought it before the other Board members who thought it would be a benefit for a school system that had
not built a new school in 35 years.
We presented our program and they requested designs be prepared for 5 schools that if you saw the
existing cafeterias you would not be excited to eat in them every day for four years.
We just received an order for over $1,000,000 to renovate these 5 schools with three more to be designed
this fall.
After we install all of these schools, we will have a library of over 13 installation movies with positive case
histories for each one, and powerful Before and After pictures of each school.
As Jay taught me, I wanted to create a USP that is so compelling and so powerful that it sells by itself. We
have done that, and also raised the bar for any prospective competitor- as we will have 13 movies and case
histories versus their claims to be lower priced.
My two years in the ULMRL taught me to focus with a laser like intensity on my strengths, and highlight
our benefits to clients in a USP that was concise and compelling.

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I attribute our success in this niche market (that has great potential as every school is a prospective client)
to Jays constant mantra of differentiation. I decided to differentiate myself from being a commodity into
being a partner with school food service programs to help them grow.
We are having fun, and making people smile. And creating profit.
Sincerely yours,
Barry M. Schuster
President
Size of business 7 employees
Website: universalseating.com
(800) 743-8755 cellphone
(800) 586-3291 fax

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320.

Bill Merrow

----- Original Message ----From: Bill Merrow

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 5:16 AM
Dear Jay:
I can honestly say my exposure to the "Abraham mindset" changed my life. Laboring away as an
executive in corporate America back in 1994, I was "comfortably" earning $100,000 annually
including bonuses. Launching my own independent consulting career in 1995, my earnings have
climbed to over $400,000 - and believe me when I say I work far fewer hours.
Although I offer a wide range of management consulting services, any work that I do in the areas
of strategy and marketing is greatly influenced by what I have learned from Jay. Without a doubt
I have had seven-figure impacts on my client's businesses as a result. Here are just a few
confidential examples:

Doubled insurance training company revenues in 90 days by creating add-on products

Quadrupled fulfillment services company profits in 60 days by establishing marketing
"Parthenon"
Increased telecommunication company sales by 50% in just 30 days by developing
unique selling proposition

I could go on and on with concepts such as impact of long-copy, formalizing referral systems and
developing plans, policies and procedures - but "Abrahamites" already know all of that! Perhaps
the most compelling impact is the TOTAL CONFIDENCE I have in my ability to design my future
and the future of my clients businesses because of the Abraham mindset.
Thank you, Jay.
Warm regards,
Bill Merrow
Las Vegas, Nevada
P.S. "My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in
your promotional and marketing endeavors."

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321.

Bob Montgomery

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Montgomery

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:05 PM

Introduction
I am an attorney with a small law practice emphasizing business and corporate work. With a few
exceptions, most of my clients are people just starting a new business or business owners who have reached
the stage where they need to incorporate or operate their business in some form or entity other than a sole
proprietorship. Over a period of time, I streamlined the incorporation process so I could do it quickly and
easily. My service was offered through the yellow pages at a very reasonable fee as compared to most
other attorneys. I thought the fee itself would be attractive enough to generate a substantial volume of
business. However, after more than a year of this approach, I was still not getting the volume of business I
needed or wanted.
I was somewhat familiar with the work of Jay Abraham and decided to purchase his tape course entitled
How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want To Be. I listened to the tapes while traveling to
and from a clients office some distance from home. The tapes sparked my enthusiasm and helped me
generate numerous ideas about how to market my service. I implemented five of the ideas over a period of
several months and have witnessed the number of incorporations (and limited liability companies) almost
double from an average of 3 to 5 a month up to an average of 7 to 10 a month.

Implementation of Ideas
1. Make it easy for customers to contact you. Jay discussed in his tapes the need to make it easy for
customers (or in my case, clients) to contact you. It is often difficult to contact an attorney. They
are either in court, with a client, on the phone, etc.
In my yellow page ads I started listing a free recorded message with a toll free number. Some
people are hesitant to call and get a sales pitch but are anxious to get good information. My
recorded message was about 60 seconds long and briefly described my service, the fee, my
guarantee of satisfaction and then indicated I could provide additional information by email, fax,
phone or regular mail if they would leave the appropriate information. Although I have not done a
scientific study, I estimate about 80% of the callers leave a message requesting more information.
2. Follow up with phone calls. Previously, I rarely called people after I sent them information.
Jays tapes indicated that you could increase your sales substantially just by following up with a
phone call. I started doing this and usually just asked if the customer or client had received the
information and if they had any questions. I found this to be an excellent opportunity to develop a
friendly closer connection with the customer and show them that I really knew what I was talking
about. Again, I have not done a scientific study but believe that a phone call after sending
information about my service has had a significant impact on the volume of sales.

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3. Offer a guarantee. Although my practice is located in Boise, Idaho, I set up corporations and
limited liability companies in many other states. This is often done by telephone, email, fax, etc.,
without ever meeting the client in person. This type of arrangement requires some element of
trust on the part of the customer or client. This is accomplished in several ways. I believe the
telephone calls mentioned above help develop an element of trust. Secondly, I offer a guarantee of
satisfaction in all of my literature. I promise to refund the entire fee they paid if they are not
completely satisfied.
4. Provide Testimonials. After listening to Jays tapes, I decided it was important to collect some
testimonials from previous clients. There were a lot of clients who told me they really liked my
service but I had neglected to write it down. I began asking people if they would provide me with
a statement about why they liked the service. Everyone said they would but most got busy and
didnt get around to it. I found the most effective way was to ask them what they liked about the
service and then write it out and ask their permission to use it. This seemed to be the most
productive method. I even obtained some testimonials from professional people such as
accountants. I believe this adds to the level of trust and credibility which customers need in order
to spend their money with you.
5. Ask for Referrals. In the past, I never thought much about referrals. After listening to Jays
tapes, I decided that, at the very least, I needed to let people know that I wanted and accepted
referrals. Some of my clients said they didnt know I accepted referrals. I include a sentence at
the bottom of the statements (bills) I send out indicating that most of our business comes from
referrals and we really appreciate any referrals they care to make. Most of my clients call once or
twice after Ive set up their corporation or LLC to ask questions. After discussing their questions,
I tell them I appreciate their business and would appreciate referrals from any of their friends or
business associates. Again, I have not done a scientific study but continue to receive an increased
number of phone calls from people who say you set up a corporation for so and so and they said to
give you a call. These are the best prospects because I dont need to sell them or create a level of
trust. They already have that from talking with their friend or associate.

Conclusion
There is no question in my mind but that these various techniques I learned from listening to Jays tapes
have substantially increased the volume of business in my legal practice. One additional method that I
forgot to mention above, involves the backend sales. I do other legal work such as contracts, agreements,
sale of businesses, mediation, etc. I started putting a separate page describing these services in all of the
literature I send out. This has helped to generate additional work.

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P.S. I would like to expand my incorporation business further with some form of email campaign. Im
struggling a little with how to get a reliable and affordable email list for this purpose. Any suggestions will
be appreciated.
Submitted By:
Date:
Phone:

Robert Montgomery
8/14/02
(208) 322-8865

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322.

Bob Nelson

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Nelson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:12 AM
Dear Jay:
Eight years ago when I first received your sales material... I knew it
was for me. Your marketing principles have done wonders in creating
what has now become a world-wide consulting business.
Through out the years, I have spent thousands of dollars on tapes,
books and many other tools to learn the "secrets" of sales and
marketing. But your strategies, ideas, and concepts are remarkably
different. They are fast, compelling and engaging ways to jump start
and improve business
Because of your multiple "marketing pillars", I have built a successful
business. In fact, once clients employ our specialized retail service
and apply the integrated procedures, 50%, 100% and even 300%
improvements aren't rare.
And, because we work on a "results-only" basis -- They Pay Only For
Results! Instead of charging clients by the hour, based on performance
it is not unusual to earn more than $10,000 dollars the very first day.
It's part of implementing your innovative ideas and No-Risk Guarantee
inspired by your teachings.
Jay, without using your proven techniques, our company would not be
where it is today. Your newsletters, articles, books and tapes have
targeted specific needs and helped us grow to a much higher
professional level.
It's a powerful breakthrough process... that has left many of our
competitors in the dust.. Along with learning how to develop strategic
partners, sales materials, direct mail, referrals, and an award-winning
web site, your marketing approaches have proven to unlock our sales
potential and will surely produce millions of dollars in future
profits.
Jay, without using your proven techniques, our company would not be
where it is today. Your newsletters, articles, books and tapes have
targeted specific needs and helped us grow to a much higher
professional level.
Thanks for your knowledge and special expertise,
Bob Nelson
POWER Retailing, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
http://www.retailing.com

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P.S. Along with learning how to develop strategic partners, sales

materials, direct mail, referrals, and an award-winning web site, your
marketing approaches have proven to unlock our overall potential and
will surely produce millions of dollars in future profits.
(My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.)

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323.

Bob Redler

----- Original Message ----From: Bob Redler

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 7:57 AM
Jay -One of my favorite marketing examples of thinking outside box to market a product involved the
sale of a house ... my own. This applied the targeting and advertising principles Jay so frequently
discusses -- but in a completely unique setting. That is, converting an intimidating legal
document to a sales tool.
The story is as follows:

A number of years ago I moved from Pennsylvania to Kansas. Since I decided to

oversee the construction of my new house, and wait until it was built before
selling my house in Pennsylvania, I allowed a real estate broker to handle the
sale of my Pennsylvania home, rather than applying my marketing knowledge to
sell it myself.
One of the contract documents customarily used in the area was a disclosure
statement of everything that may be wrong or a problem with the house.
Anything not disclosed could be the basis of a lawsuit, and the Board of Realtors
adopted a particular form for the document.
When I received the form I knew it could be a problem. My house was 40+ years
old, and did not get through those years without some degree of wear and tear.
Disclosing every "problem" on a cold form which would effectively shout: "This Is
What Is Wrong, Watch Out!", was not my desire. When I received the form it was
with the request that it be filled out quickly because potential buyers were waiting
to review it.
Since I am an attorney, I knew there was no magic to the form itself. The
importance was that everything be disclosed. So I trashed the form, sat down
and very quickly drafted a new document in the form of a short story.
The story has a caption (i.e. headline) which revealed its nature as a disclosure
document, but on my terms. It read:
THE STORY OF 1113 YORK AVENUE
An Open Book of Its History -- Including Its Darkest Disclosures
The target market for my house was a couple who either had young children, or
planned to have a family. I also knew that, in this particular market, the wife had
greater influence on the buying decision than the husband. For this reason my
narrative was written in a comfortably friendly, casual, homey and personal style.

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True this was a legal document, but there was absolutely nothing in the law to
prevent information beyond a strict disclosure from being included, provided it
was not deceptive in any manner. There was nothing which prohibited me
converting a potentially problematic document into an extension of the sales
process by offering a "warm" image of the house, and moving a couple to expand
their vision of the house from its existing decorating scheme to one which reflects
their ideas, personalities, and taste. And nothing restricted me from "walking"
through every room talking all about family, children, having lots of company,
and, of course, the disclosures.
Here is a brief excerpt:
"Now to the history of the house.
"The house was built (according to county records) in 1954. We cannot tell you
much of its history until 1981 when we found it. Deborah was pregnant and we
had been searching for six months or more. The house looked very different
than it does now, and very different from our taste, but almost everyone has the
same experience. It was easy to recognize that the rooms were large, the closet
and storage space plentiful, and the yard a wonderful size for our (soon to come)
little girl to play in, and for us to enjoy company.
"With a little imagination we knew what we could do with the house. [Ed. Note to help avoid the problem that potential buyers would not look beyond the current
decorating scheme, which was probably more sophisticated than common for the
target market, the idea that redecorating would be easy and enjoyable was
continually emphasized]
"We bought the house in April.
"One of the first projects was to turn a bedroom with deep blue walls into a child's
room. Once we found and hung the wallpaper still in that room, we planned the
valance and window treatment, and went to work. If you have young children,
you may discover that teaching the alphabet using the wallpaper is more fun for
everybody than the old flash card method. [Ed. Note - the wallpaper had a print
design of alphabet building blocks]
"Our daughter Dianne enjoyed this room until she was around nine years old
when we redecorated the adjoining corner bedroom for her, and added a ceiling
fan. As an aside, the fans in both these bedrooms have been changed within the
past year, so you will be starting with virtually new fans. [Ed. Note - note that
before each negative disclosure, benefits were mentioned.]
"When we moved into the house, the wallpaper in the living and dining rooms
was a country style. We preferred a slightly more formal style, and one with a
slight texture. After some time, we found the paper now on the walls. In addition
to the paper, we added the window valance in the living room and installed the
fan in the dining room. The window and wall treatment in the dining room took
some time to plan and create. To us, it has always been worth it.
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"Here is our first "disclosure": Bob installed all the ceiling fans himself. We have
had fans in the rooms for a considerable time, and never had a problem with their
installation. The only "problem" has been that the two fans upstairs eventually
wore down and were replaced. If you are concerned about the handiwork, then
you may ask your home inspector to check their installation and wiring." [End of
excerpt]
After the house was sold to a couple who exactly fit my intended target market, I
had a conversation with the husband who brought up "the letter" (i.e. not legal
disclosure) he presumed my wife wrote. He commented that his wife was so
moved by the stories about the house in my "letter" that she placed herself, her
husband, and her planned family in the setting, and that it was key to persuading
her (and them) to buy. Not bad for reworking a formal and threatening legal
document, and not even having time to refine or polish the "advertisement" which
was then made a part of the contract.
Since my law practice is unique, and my work with clients extends beyond legal
work to business strategy and growth, I have reworked other "standard format"
approaches to marketing and sales tools, but this story remains my favorite.
Bob Redler
6115 Pleasant View
St. Marys, KS 66536
785-437-3250

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324.

Bretton Stitfold

----- Original Message ----From: Bretton Stitfold

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 7:32 AM
G'day Jay and greetings from the land down -under,
I am very new to Jay Abraham and his teachings. I found about him
through a reference in a marketing text book and bought some of his
material (specifically the Wizards Edge,Protege-Mentor tape sets) and
from that point I have turned around my break even business which
involved a medium output glass engraving business selling wholesale
and retail.
The first thing that stuck me was his mindset, which I think is that if
you are going to embark on a business you owe it to yourself and others
around you to get the best results from your marketing, time, team,
vendors and that you can through creativity, systems and structure.
That there are basically only 3 ways to grow a business and to keep
them in mind at all times. That being:
1. Increase the number of prospects
2. Increase the conversion of these to customers
3. Increase the value or worth of a customer-and they have a
lifetime value to the business.
That if you increase all of these you then expand your business
exponentially.
The first big gain that came from re-jigging an ad we were running,
trying a few different headlines, different publications and then
MEASURING the response and conversion rates and then running the best
ad again and again.
At times even using some bartering for advertising space to conserve
cash.
Secondly we databased these and previous customers and made other
offers to them ie free changes to art work, 6 of the same products for
the cost of 5 also adding other compatible product lines to the ones we
already had.
Thirdly staged cross promotions (host-parasite) with complimentary
businesses ie businesses with customers that were likely to want to
purchase our product using a redeemable coupon with bonus offers,
reduced artwork setup,5 for price of 3 etc... and then again MEASURED
results.
I also know that there are many other things that can be incorporated
into our business to prime the marketing pump and reap windfall
profits. eg selling unconverted leads, more bartering, direct sales,
looking at vendor arrangements.

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I can say just by using those three things it has created and
exponential growth and that we are now looking at expansion, however,
from the extra business we now have to look at creating better systems
ie Staffing, delivery, phone, ordering, production.
I can only thank you Jay for the education in marketing.
Kind Regards
Bretton Stitfold

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325.

Brian Banashak

----- Original Message ----From: Brian Banashak

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:37 PM
Dear Jay,
Thanks for the opportunity to share my success story with you.
While I have not yet had the opportunity to attend one of your live
seminars, I have purchased and listened to your tapes (Your Secret
Wealth, 93 Extraordinary Referral Systems, and the infamous book by Mr.
"X") as well as gleaned valuable ideas from your various "promotional"
tapes.
I'm a small, but growing, book publisher who's been in business for
over 15 years. I started in the advertising business then switched to
publishing 5 years ago. I thought I could apply everything I had
learned from my successful advertising business to the publishing
business.
I soon discovered that these two businesses were very different.
Advertising is primarily a service business, but publishing is
primarily a manufacturing business (of course I'm oversimplifying).
The financial ratios that worked in advertising didn't work in
publishing. Getting business was also very different. With the ad
business I had time to demonstrate my expertise to the few clients I
needed to succeed. But with publishing, how could I possibly talk to
all of the people who needed to be convinced that our books were worth
reading.
Your "Abraham Mindset" encourages a person to think beyond the obvious
and challenge the status quo. While listening to YSW and 93 ERS, an
idea began to emerge that really was a fusion of the two. This idea
revolutionized the way I viewed potential authors, bookstores, and book
sales reps.
I was desperately trying to not just grow my business, but sometimes
even manage to survive. I thought "more ads, that's what I need." But
it didn't work. This was extremely frustrating to me as a former ad
man!
In YSW you challenged me to discover the hidden resources I had, not
just my skills or hidden material assets, but also my associations with
other people. So, I asked myself "what relationships do I have that I
could use to grow my business?"
THEN IT HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS (pardon the cliche). I had been
trying to sell each of the dozens of titles I was publishing DIRECTLY
to readers, bookstores and distributors. Our small marketing staff (my
son and I) was burning itself out trying to reach all of these people.

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When the light went on, I saw that I only needed to REACH THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE ALREADY REACHING THE PEOPLE I wanted to sell our books to.
Talk about exponential results! This idea was a fusion of realizing
the hidden value of my existing and potential relationships and
combining that with a referral system to open new doors.
I saw that I needed to win readers and booksellers TRUST so they would
be comfortable exposing themselves to the ideas in our books. (There
is much more suspicion in the Christian book trade, in which I work,
than in the secular book market.) The question was, how do I build
that trust?
When the light went on, I saw that I only needed to win the trust of a
few industry insiders who would in turn give credibility to our books.
I also discovered that it was much easier to win the acceptance of the
industry reps BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN ADDING CREDIBILITY
TO MY BOOKS. That vested interest is found in the commissions they
receive from us. (Not to say that they would promote anything we gave
them to sell--I'm saying it was an easier sell for us because they now
had a financial reason to read/review the books we wanted them to
represent to the trade).
How much has this idea benefited us? In 2000 we did $148,000 in total
sales. In 2001 we did $302,000 in sales! We are now projecting close
to $400,000 for 2003. But it's not just about the money. We now have
a much greater sense of satisfaction, knowing that we are reaching many
more people with our books. Our sense of self-worth has increased as
well--we really do have a viable publishing company! Thanks, Jay.
How can anyone else benefit from what I've learned? My years in the ad
business showed me that you have to have a customer's trust before they
will buy. A great ad helps to develop that trust. But an even better
way to build trust is to treat everyone you deal with as a valuable
person. We need to look beyond the lifetime value of a CUSTOMER and
see their worth as a PERSON. That's something the troubled CEO's
should have learned in business school (sorry, I got to preaching).
Jay, if I've not shared enough detail or missed the point, let me know
and I'll try to do a better job of communicating the importance of what
I've learned.
Sincerely,
Brian Banashak, Publisher
Evergreen Press

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326.

Brian Maroevich

----- Original Message ----From: Brian Maroevich

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:23 AM
Hello,
"I sent my customers a 'Printers Screw Up Special' where I offered my
customers a HALF Off discount on my genuine looking Million Dollar
Bills. My printer really did screw up the print job, but it wasn't
bad. As a matter of fact, people in my office think I'm crazy because
they didn't notice a problem. So I took advantage of this situation
and made this special HALF Off offer. The orders are coming in from
one simple email offer to a small list of customers, and the direct
mail offer that will hit all my customers soon will bring a flood
more!"
Brian Maroevich, President
www.LeadStampede.com
P.O. Box 484, Kentfield, CA 94914
415-884-9202
FAX: 415-449-3469

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327.

Brian Martin

----- Original Message ----From: Brian Martin

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:25 AM
In 1991, I had the privilege and opportunity to attend one of your Marketing Bootcamps and become a Jay
Abraham protg. What I learned through that experience has enabled me to help a number of businesses,
while opening the door for me to join a Fortune 500 business. But since you asked for a case study and not
a life history, here are some thoughts that might prove useful to others.
In consulting with a family-owned specialty lumber company, I discovered that sales were declining and
competition from larger firms was siphoning off business. The father had retired and his son wanted help
in getting the company back on track. I first discovered that the business had not defined, and was
therefore not communicating, its unique selling proposition and it actually had one. This company
focused on producing special cuts and millwork on lumber for the building industry in a major metropolitan
area. We got to work on creating a solid USP, but only after researching their ability to guarantee and
deliver on what set them apart from their competition. As I recall, the USP we developed was Specialty
Lumber Products Guaranteed to Satisfy on Price, Performance and Personalized Service. I quizzed them
about the features of their product offering and isolated six components selection of woods, cut options,
quality of wood, price, delivery, and custom work. We then developed a guarantee to back each feature
and specified what the company would do to back up each guarantee.
Secondly, the company had a several file cabinets full of records relating to previous customers, but was
doing nothing with this valuable resource. I let them know that these cabinets contained their most likely
source of new business if we could go back to them with a compelling offer to give the company
another try. It would have been helpful if they had recorded in each file why the customer had left. The
manager said that he often didnt know why they had left, but surmised that pricing and delivery problems
that had since been addressed, caused many to seek other suppliers.
Using the feature/guarantee list, we composed a letter inviting these previous customers to give the
company another try. The owner started sending the letter to controlled groups of prior customers and
followed the mailing with a phone call. This campaign resulted in a 25 percent increase in new orders
within a two-month period.
Jay, I feel compelled to add that just as this campaign was really kicking into gear, the owner got interested
in other businesses and failed to follow through. There is no doubt in my mind that our results would have
been even more dramatic over time with proper focus. Time and again, Ive seen business owners fail to
follow through with winning ideas and campaigns, so I would add Follow Through!!! as one of the most
critical pieces of advice to those implementing your great ideas.
Hope this helps others as it has helped me in my career.
Brian Martin, Communications Manager
Administaff, Inc.
281-348-3726.

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328.

Brian Ravenelle

----- Original Message ----From: Brian Ravenelle

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:49 PM
I always liked the proposition Dont pay for advertising. Pay only for results. I finally put this to good
use this summer, in a very successful experiment utilizing a college intern.
Having just hired my first official staff person in March, my four-year old financial services business did
not need additional expenses. Although business has been exceptionally good, I was skeptical after
receiving a call from a top client to hire his nephew for a summer internship.
Id like him to learn how to network and build client relationships like you do Brian. My construction
business cant really provide the opportunity I want him to have. Can you help us out???
Well, when one of your A clients show this much interest in you and your business, I felt a responsibility
to respond. But when you have to compensate a nephew, with absolutely no experience in the business,
and teach him how to network, wellthats not so appealing. So I had to create an opportunity to make
this worthwhile for everyone. I figured Uncle would be the key to me not playing ATM machine to
the young intern all summer.
The internship I structured consisted of two parts. A token salary to begin, followed with a lucrative
bonus program based on performance.
The bonus program involved a summer seminar and a weekly referral program. My objective for this ten
week internship was simple. If I could help my intern with basic language and knowledge of the financial
service industry, Uncle could help his nephew get in front of the right clientele.
So, of course, our seminar was targeted for the Construction industry and I was sure Uncle wanted his
nephew to be successful.
To make a long story short, 24 business owners attended the 45 minute seminar (after everyone was invited
and introduced by my intern and his Uncle.) The business generated was overwhelming. At a promised
10% bonus rate, we generated in excess of $35,000 of new business. My intern walked away with $3,500
for that project alone!!!!!
The referral program entitled my intern to $25 for every person he personally referred to our practice.
After 19 meetings, he walked away with another $500!! Uncle again proved to be very influential in
seeing that my intern was calling the right kind of client. And I remind you, this was all done in addition to
receiving a small weekly salary AND it was all done on what we called flex time. Not having much time
on my hands to meet everyday, I allowed my intern to pick and choose his hours as long as he gave me a
weekly report of his progress.
As you can see, this truly worked out as a win-win for all parties. I had free advertising and promotion of
my services everyday. My intern had made 5x the money he would have typically made for summer work.
And finally, Uncle was not only beaming with pride regarding his nephews success, but also could not
stop raving about my wonderful financial service practice!!!!!!
Lesson Learned: Always Think Outside the Box!!!!!!
JayThanks for all the ideas. You make my life better.

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Sincerely,
Brian M. Ravenelle

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329.

Brian Tatla

----- Original Message ----From: Brian Tatla

To: Jay abraham
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 3:16 AM
Dear Jay,
I am a partner in running a small chain of 9 ladies clothing stores in
various shopping malls in the UK. We had been trying in various ways
to improve our stores in various ways. But one of the ideas that really
worked came from your book.
We approached ladies shoes importer and said to him simply you put a
selection of your shoes in the store and we sell them for him. That we
will display them in the store and we will provide the sales people for
him. And in return we will get 30% of all sales that we take. Well
last year we tried it in 4 stores in those 12 months we took about
700,000. Thats some where in the region of 1 million US dollars.
Not bad I guess for something that we do not have to employ extra
people. This year we are going to try in bring in some other people to
joint venture with.
Yours sincerely
Brian Tatla

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330.

Bruce Elliott

----- Original Message ----From: Bruce Elliott

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 3:38 AM
Dear Jay,
Here is my success story.
I co-founded an ISP in Europe with 2 other partners.
ISP to a larger American ISP after 2 years.

We later sold the

When we got started we didn't have much money, and certainly no money
for marketing expenses. We had a good product, better than the
competition but no money. How could we get a sales staff quick?
I decided to set up a network of strategic partnerships to spread the
word.
1. First, we partnered with the largest software wholesaler in the
country.
We would pay them a small commission for each "certified dealer"
they could present to us. But the commission came out of what the
dealers sold.
The wholesaler had a monthly newsletter that went out
computer shops around the country. They promoted our
dealer" idea through the newsletter and via their own
telemarketing group. This caught on. They organized
shops to hear our elevator pitch around the country.

to 2000
"certified
in-house
groups of

It was like a big brother taking the hand of a little brother to

help him get started. They even provided us some up front money
because they know the idea was good.
2. Then we partnered with the individual computer shops who signed
up to be "certified dealers," and trained them how to sell our
products.
We provided a marketing kit and the marketing collateral (paid by
our big brother) to help them get started. We kept up weekly
contact and monthly training sessions.
3. Next we partnered with a large American movie studio who was
looking for a way to get more people to see their movies. "The
Net", an Internet movie, was coming out so we made a campaign to
take advantage of all the hype around the Internet. This was a
"strategic event."
We made special displays at each movie theater around the country
and gave out free one-month subscriptions. This worked great and
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4. Next we got the press involved. We gave out free subscriptions

and training to all reporters in exchange for a story about us in
their newspaper. They liked the idea and a story came out every
week.
5. We partnered with Universities and made them "certified dealers."
We trained students and Professors how to get connected.
6. Lastly, we had a catchy service mark "Get connected today."
Simple yet effective.
After 3 months, we had a sales distribution network of 80 motivated
computer shops, consultants, and students re-selling our products.
We had a machine (our big brother, the software wholesaler) for
recruiting more dealers. We had national exposure in the press and we
had VCs knocking on our door to find out what all the "fuss" was about.
And we paid nothing for this - just a little time and effort and
imagination.
To summarize, if you have a good story to tell, people will partner
with you, so they can go along for the ride.
However, to get much larger partners who may contribute financially,
one needs to structure a repeat business for them. Use local events
from media distributors to get the word out.
And keep in touch with all the partners. Give them a few new ideas.
Hope this helps, Jay. I've enjoyed reading your work and following your
own campaigns.
Best Regards,
Bruce

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331.

Caleb Jones

----- Original Message ----From: Caleb Jones

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:25 PM
My name is Caleb Jones and I am a computer consultant doing business in
the Portland, Oregon area. I work by myself and have no employees.
It's very hard for techie computer nerds to sell, but this was what I
had to do in order to pay my bills.
After listening to some of Jay's tapes and reading his book, the
primary concept that struck me was the use of other people or companies
that already had plenty of customers in my target market. Why go
through the pain and torture of cold calling or door-to-door selling
when there might be someone already out there who already has all of
the customers you want?
I am a generalist networking computer consultant, so I handle the base
computer system in an office. I did some research and got the names of
several small businesses that did computer consulting specifically on
computer-based accounting systems. They did not do any of the general
networking and software consulting that I did, yet they offered their
services to the exact same market I was working in.
Instead of just calling one up and saying "Hi. I'd like you to refer
me to all of your customers.", I instead thought of a way to offer them
a benefit instead. I made sure that the next time I ran into any
situations with my current clients where an accounting computer
consultant would be needed, I would call one of them and bring them in
getting them some business.
Within a few weeks, just such an opportunity came calling. One of my
smaller customers had an accounting need. I called up of the names I
had from my accounting consultant list, and brought one of them out
with me to the client. This woman than picked up a new client of her
own... my client. She was happy. She also got on opportunity to see
me in action with my clients, and soon she was saying "I have several
clients who could really, really need you." So, we started to work
together.
Long story short, over the next two and a half years I personally did
over $190,000 of business from clients this one woman gave to me, and
that doesn't count the additional referrals I received from those new
clients. This was business that was gained with absolutely zero cost
and zero advertising to me. It was the single most profitable action I
have ever taken. I have just started to proactively contact the other
computer based accounting firms in the city to do the same thing all
over again.
It was a heck of a deal; done all by just changing my mindset a little.
Caleb Jones
President

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12305 Boynton St.
Oregon City, OR 97045
503-675-9786

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Charles McClendon

----- Original Message ----From: Charles McClendon

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:27 PM
I have a rather simple story to tell as up to the present time my
attorney/CPA practice has been part time-although at present I am
expanding to full time. There are basically two major principles that
I have implemented. The first is very simple: cross-selling or mining
present customers for additional sales of my services. For example, my
present tax clients have been good sources for selling my legal
services to-wills, estate planning, powers of attorney, providing
solutions for contractual problems, etc. and conversely my attorney
clients have been good sources for selling tax return preparation and
tax planning services to. This has substantially increased revenues to
the point that I have decided to practice on a full time basis-all just
from this simple idea and it's implementation. When I have mentioned
these new products, I have told my clients I will be happy to provide
the name of a client who has purchased the services I am suggesting so
they will feel more comfortable in obtaining the product.
The other major principle I have implemented is that of having written
policies, procedures, forms, checklists, scripts, matrices, etc
covering every aspect of my business. This system has been set up in a
seamless way, with provision for infinite expansion and revision but
based on one seamless grid or matrix, of course which itself can be
expanded if necessary. This has been a massive project and very timeconsuming, but the payoff is incredible in terms of a smooth running
business. Time is not wasted making the same mistakes and reinventing
the same wheel. I keep a digital recorder handy at all times to
instantly capture new ideas to incorporate into the system. The system
is easily adaptable to the ever-changing marketplace and other
conditions. Having all streamlined ideas "systematized" in a system
frees the mind up for more creativity and new ideas and more attention
can be given to flawless execution that will leave the client
breathless.
At present this is a solo practice, but the system documentation will
make it easier to train and guide any associates whom I might bring
into the business.

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Chris Allen

----- Original Message ----From: Chris Allen

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:58 PM
I have written the following to express my gratitude for the insights I have garnered by reading
your books and articles.
I was working as a small business consultant in 1998 and I had the opportunity to read some of
Jay's writings. One thing that dramatically increased my business was an idea I picked up in an
article. When the idea hit me, it was at a critical time for a company that I was involved with
founding.
The company is an Internet technology company, and they had a fantastic technology-a way of
delivering 10Mb access to the Internet for residential users, at a fraction of the cost of fiber.
I was very busy putting the sales and marketing team together, and I was racking my mind on
how I could jump-start this company-the idea that came from Jay's mind was that of partnering-I
do not remember the exact words he used, but I remember the general idea-it became
immediately apparent to me that I wouldn't need a strong sales team, that the product was so
compelling that it would not need a highly skilled team to get customers.
I created relationships with all of the local computer resellers, and computer stores. They loved
to talk about the latest new technologies, and what was available-that is generally the passion of
a computer salesman anyway, so when we gave them an exciting thing to talk about and
promote-it was a marriage made in heaven.
We partnered with all these stores in the geographical areas that we serviced and with used this
strategy as a way of softening the market and of selling the service-the stores were excited the
customers were excited and the marketing costs went to practically zero-which was very
important for the stage we were at the time.
The partnering worked better than anything I had ever seen as far as softening the market,
creating buzz, and getting people all over the community involved with pushing for the
technology to enter their town (by pressuring the city counsels) everyone who purchased a new
computer in this town of 300,000 people heard about this Internet company that would deliver
the Internet at 500 times the speed of a dial-up for less than $20 a month.
Because of the subtle messaging we put out through different partners we were able to get
penetrations in certain neighborhoods that approached 50%. The partners helped us to brand
our service as the greatest thing for the Internet.
When the time came for us to start raising larger rounds of financing because of all the buzz that
the partners created in the community we raised $20 Million in our first round from a local
investor-he was softened by the buzz and excited as anyone to get the service-and I attribute
most of the buzz to the relationships that we created by partnering with the many computer
stores and repair centers around the community.
To indicate just a little bit, I walked into a Furniture store where they also sell computers, and
overheard a couple of people chatting about my company and the technology-they were not

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customers of my company, but they were both talking about how incredible it was and how they
had a friend who has a friend who has the service and they absolutely love it. Just then another
person joins the conversation and asked what company it was and they all start sharing all the
stories they have heard about the technology-I didn't know any of these people, and at this time
I knew all of the customers personally-our partners had done a fantastic job of spreading the
news-much like a virus and soon everyone was spreading the news and they all wanted to be on
the service.
Needless to say as we started moving into the different areas with the service the buzz got larger
and larger and so did the revenues, so we started using a larger media mix-for the vast majority
of the people who became customers, the partnerships we established with complementary
businesses was the most powerful source of business.
The steps I followed to establish a partnership with the computer stares and the repair shops
was very simple:
1. I got the three phone books for the area in which I lived
2. I looked at all of the companies in each of the yellow pages in the computer section.
3. I created a compelling message that would get the employees (mostly tech geeks)
excited
4. I personally went around to every company on the list and started chatting with the
employees who visit with the public-mostly the sales and tech guys-and "shared a secret
about what this new company was doing"
5. Two of my employees then did the same thing and so each company heard this "secret"
from three different people.
6. We then put an offer for the companies to sell the service for $19.95 per month as an
up-sell for their customers; they would get a small commission-$20 for every customer
they sign up.
7. When the companies learned first hand from my company that the rumors were true
they started getting really excited. We then started hearing the buzz expand all over the
place-I remember hearing about my company on the other side of the state, over 240
miles away.
8. When you get people starting to talk you can't shut them up very easily-so get them
saying good things about your company. And the message can spread like a virus.
9. We just kept fanning the fire and capitalized on all of the positive feelings that were felt
in the community.
I have since then used this principle of establishing complementary partnering relationships with
several projects with much of the same result.
Thanks Jay for all of your ideas,
Chris Allen
StreetMaker, Inc.
Tel. 800.561.8705
Fax. 800.561.4928

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334.

Christian Goertz

----- Original Message ----From: Christian Gertz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 3:47 AM

Case Study from Germany

Type of business: Licensed program for building contractor
Core concept: Marketing stone houses with a special USP
Strategy: PR Campaign - World record in constructing stone houses
Idea: We construct 24 houses in 9 days try to get a world record for the Guiness Book of Records
Famous german politicans who supported the concept:
Former Foreign minister : Hans Dietrich Genscher (keynote speaker)
Former Economic minister: Dr. Guenther Rexrodt (keynote speaker)
Goal : Extraordinary PR event to get attention Launch a new licensed program
Sell the 24 houses
Result: Sold all houses in two weeks - 24 houses each 135.000 $
New prospects for the next project (to sell houses). Probably over 100 prospects.
Sold 12 license agreement in the first two weeks after the event with a fee of 8.000 $ each and 1.000 $
each month two year agreement.
Over 50 newspaper reports, radio interviews, television report . Media coverage worth more than 250.000 $
Excellent sales material: newspaper reports and video from the famous keynote speakers
Attraction to new sales representative
Attraction to further suppliers to get special sponsorships and agreements
Cost: Over 100.000 $ for public relation agency, catering, key note speaker, advertising, direct mail
Date of the event: Oktober 1999
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) : Mr. Christian Goertz - B.A. Marketing
Attende of ULMR Ultimate Research Marketing Laboratory - Study Program 98/99 Jay Abraham
Company: DM Meister Systemzentrale GmbH Otzberg Germany
Size of business: 15 employee
Sales 2001: 1.000.000 $
Over 100 licensed agreements sold in two years
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavours."
Christian Goertz
PMC Positiv Markt Consult GmbH
Ruegnerstr. 69

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D-64319 Pfungstadt
Germany
Tel: 0049-6157-3233
Fax: 0049-6157-2830
Mobile: 0049-171-3560305

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335.

Chuck Hartman

----- Original Message ----From: Ellen Reid

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:33 AM

Dear Jay,
Thanks for asking me to contribute.
As a marketer I know very well that the USP is the first and most
important task for entrepeneurs; actually for anyone starting or going
to the next level of their business.
In your book, "Getting Everything You Can Out of all You've Got" in
chapter 6, Vive Le Difference, you explain the Unique Selling
Proposition is what needs to be created, identified and integrated into
all the clients promotional, marketing, advertising and selling,
collateral materials, web sites, everything. You tell people to say it,
demonstrate it and live it!
What I realized after reading that chapter is that my special "gift" is
the ability to "see" people in ways they cannot see themselves. I get
"underneath, behind and beyond" their vision of themselves and do
that with and for my client so they can get an expanded, larger, more
exciting view of "what's in it for their readers" based on what is offered
as their specialty. I also work to come up with ideas they never
thought of ."How do you know the taste of ice cream if you never
tasted it before?"
My company, Smarketing, specializes in authors who want to self
publish their books. It's our niche, however we can "Smarket" anyone
and give them their USP and tag lines and sizzle. We do this in the
headlines, the tag lines, the author branding, the book branding and
the succinct paragraph description of the book and why it was written.
Steve Burt, of Burt Creations, author of many books, said he wanted
to be more than a small town pastor selling books at craft fairs. He
wanted distribution to the book trade and to become nationally and
internationally known and get his stories out to a wide audience.
First I had a "Smarketing" session with Steve on the phone and asked
many questions about what he'd done, what his life was like, what his

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vision was for himself and his publishing company. It took about 11/2 hours. Then I went into "meditation" and that, combined with my
marketing background, was enough to "get" what was needed and to
tell my writer what I call "grist for the mill". Steves signature book
was originally called, A Christmas Dozen by the Christmas Story
Pastor. We changed that and created his own brand. Out of that
came, A Christmas Dozen, Christmas Stories to Warm the Heart by
Steve Burt, Storyteller of the Heart. His next book was Odd Lot,
Stories to Chill the Heart by Steve Burt, Storyteller of the Heart and
then Unk's Fiddle, Stories to Warm the Heart by Steve Burt, Storyteller
of the Heart. He is now distributed by Biblio, and was one of the few
self published authors signing books at BEA in New York this year
right. Was he proud! He has printed over 5000 copies of The
Christmas Dozen in soft cover and now in hard cover as well and
selling more than he ever thought possible.
I received the following testimonial from Rev. Burt:
I met Ellen Reid at a Dan Poynter seminar in April 2001. I was a
small-church pastor with a nice, little, self-published Christmas stories
book that nobody except family and friends knew about. Now, six
months later, I'm a full-time writer/publisher/speaker with three greatlooking books that everybody's hearing and talking about. I've been
written up by Writer's Digest in their magazine, Publishing Success, in
the 'Advice from the Pro's' section. Much of my transformation and
success came about because of Ellen, who helped me revision myself
and then stretch to make things happen. Ellen has been not only my
projects director, marketing manager, and utility infielder; she's also
been the coach, cheerleader, occasional pinch-hitter, and so many
other things.
Rev. Dr. Steve Burt, BurtCreations.com, author of the best-selling A
Christmas Dozen: Christmas Stories to Warm the Heart, Unk's Fiddle:
Stories to Touch the Heart, and Odd Lot: Stories to Chill the Heart
Notice he said "revision" himself. That is what everyone needs to do
or have someone do for and with them as you so succinctly put it in
your book. Another client, Dr. Mark Holmes
(www.drmarkholmes.com) author of Original Innocence, The Return of
the Soul said:
"Besides advising Cauldron Press on the best way to take Original
Innocence from manuscript to print, Ellen correctly saw who I am, and
thus was able to expertly advise me regarding web design, book
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layout, back cover, logo, stationary, giving me feedback that I could

trust. Accurately seeing oneself is among the most difficult of things. "
-- Dr. Mark T. Holmes
Once my clients "catch" the vision, they can go forward and use it on
all their materials, as you so strongly advise in your book. Look what
you said on page 95 about Howard Ruff. Awesome! I took that to
heart. Everyone has their own unique self and their own USP. It's my
job to get to the "heart" of them. Thank you for helping me know how
important that is and now it is the first and most important part of my
business of Smarketing and Book Shepherding.
Thanks, Jay.
Best,
Ellen Reid
SMARKETING-Infinite Possibilities
*Book Shepherding
*Consulting *Positioning
269 S. Beverly Drive, Suite #1065 Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Tel *310-234-0626 Toll Free: 866-406-4352
E-Fax*1-208-692-7170 Cell:310-210-5169
www.smarketing.com

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Clarence Underwood

----- Original Message ----From: Clarence Underwood

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:44 PM
Subject: Utilizing PEQ
Dear Jay,
The reason I did not respond earlier is because I have had difficulty figuring out how to apply the
information I learned in the PEQ Series. However, I did do the following:
I am a Private Investigator and educator at the collegiate level. I had intended to use the
information to enhance my marketing program in the background investigation work but I was
unable to get it off of the ground. Shame on me but I'm telling you the absolute truth. Much of
the information was excellent but overwhelming.
On the education side, I was highly intrigued with the concepts of ego and empathy when
searching for a Super Star. I used the concepts to write a speech relative to how coaches display
ego and empathy with athletes involved with their sports. I delivered this speech on two
occasions to groups on a gratis basis. I received great receptions.
The materials you send to me have been outstanding and since I have recently retired from my
educational position, I hope to be able to utilized your suggestions to make some real money for
my family and me.
Thank you for being generous and patient with me.

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337.

Clark Curley

----- Original Message ----From: Clark Curley

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:25 AM
Dear Jay,
First, I'm enjoying your PEQ Program. PEQ II was a positive improvement with more details and outlines
to help our company understand and implement your ideas more readily. While you kindly refer to me as a
graduate, I'm really in the very early stages of learning and adapting your ideas within our company.
Therefore, I'm not sure I have a relevant case study, but will address the process I've taken.
My father founded the company in 1968 and I have been President for about 15 years. We are in the
livestock nutrition business and sell directly to the farm with our own sales force in approximately 16 states
as well as England, Scotland and Ireland in Europe. We have several strategic alliances that are
representing our products and services in states and countries that we do not have a sales force. We are a
small to medium sized company with sales over 20 million dollars.
I responded to your program, not because our company is doing poorly. In fact, it is having its best sales
and financial year ever. While we are doing great, I feel we're still along way from reaching our potential.
After reviewing your videotapes, I came to the opinion the PEQ Program could be implemented more
effectively if I involved my leadership team from the beginning. Therefore, I embraced the concept that
you and Napoleon Hill refer to as the "Master Mind Principle" within the organization. At a luncheon
meeting every Monday our leaders watch and review one of your videos with the intent of implementing
ideas and/or concepts that are relevant to our business. The first idea that hit home was to simply start
referring to our customers as clients. You're right, Webster's definition of a client is obviously the
relationship you want. While this seems very basic the implications are profound. Seldom do you hear
anyone within the organization use the word customer anymore. Someone said, "It is easier to act your
way into a new way of thinking, than it is to think your way into a new way of acting." Just by using the
word client we are well on our way to a new way of thinking.
The next key discovery was hard to accept. Everyone, including me, could not quickly define our business.
Especially since we have become more diversified. Consequently, we are devoting a lot of time to
developing what you define as a core story. Again I agree, if you want your clients and prospects to sell for
you, they have to understand who you are and what you represent. If we do a poor job of articulating our
stadium speech, our competitors become more effective in defining our business in the minds of our clients
and prospects than we are. "Scary thought." We are close to finishing our core story so everyone in our
company can give our stadium speech and clearly differentiate our company from the competition. I
believe the core story alone will decrease the failures of new sales people, increase our close ratio, reduce
client turnover, and ultimately increase our sales growth.
You have made it very clear, what I suspected but didn't want to admit, that it easy to become more tactical
and less strategic when leading a growing company. We are now taking time to evaluate everything we are
doing. To date your program has energized our leaders and we are now more focused on directing change
than managing day to day in a changing environment.
Warmly,
Clark Curley
President and Chairman of the Board

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Claudio Menna

----- Original Message ----From: Claudio Menna

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 6:10 AM
Dear Jay,
I've heard and read your strategies for the last few years, and have to
say that I've found them invaluable.
I originally started implementing them in early 2000, when I raised
$100,000 US of equity capital, from scratch - having never done
anything even remotely similar to this before. I used the strategy of
communicating that I was to be paid nothing, if the equity price (for
these private placement shares) didn't rise by at least 100%, after the
IPO, or intended buy-out.
At the time, shares were rising at least 500% in this kind of situation
and market sector, so there was honestly no risk to me. If the equity
did rise, I was to receive between 15 and 25% of the increase in
profits.
I contacted around 14 people, and 10 accepted this offer; most of which
invested with me within one week of my call. I tracked these people
down originally thinking of friends to contacts, and then asking if
they had any friends-of-friends who would like to benefit from the
investment - it was honestly as easy as that; I was pleasantly
surprised by how easy getting the results were, especially since I was
20 at the time, and had never been in this kind of business/venture
before.
I personally found that the results came when I used the strategies I
learned (especially the concept of risk-reversal), and communicated
them in a simple, honest and straight-forward way, with the main
emphasis being on THEIR BENEFITS from the venture, rather than just
mine.
It took me less than a few weeks (part-time) to finalize this venture.
The next main situation I used these strategies, through a part-time
business on ebay. I used strategies received from "Jay Abraham's
Billion Dollar Internet Strategy Selling Super Summit" in 2000, to
start an ebay selling system from scratch. I was especially inspired
by the gentleman from the Summit who was earning around $200,000 US a
year, spending about 3 hours a day working.
I set this up, and to date have been earning $1200-1500 a week on
average, literally spending less than 40 minutes per day on average
(online and posting items). I found the secret was to creatively
source items (by thinking outside the box) from places like auctions,
and tracking down people who have valuable items simply lying around
collecting dust, and making an exchange or a cash offer for the item.

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I found the ebay selling system works best when you stick to a few
items (at most), and are able to source them at a great price
(preferably in bulk). This way it takes you less time to answer
questions about the item, and postage and insurance prices are known on
the top of your head for each sale.
I used Jay's marketing philosophies and strategies, to create appealing
and catchy ebay adds. Ive found that many people on ebay dont
educate their customers with competitor and self past ebay auction
sale-prices, and how yours if better for them (value wise), as well as
RESULTS-wise, which is really what the customer wants in the long run.
I've also learned that customers do prefer higher priced items, if they
add far more value. In fact, most of my customers have been happier
buying 'higher priced' items, than lower priced ones (I received far
less emails to clarify regarding questions on higher priced items, than
lower priced ones).
I hoped this has helped by passing on some of the great business
distinctions I've received. God bless, and all the best with your
prosperous future business success!!
C. Menna
AUSTRALIA

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339.

Craig Kestran

----- Original Message ----From: Craig Kestran

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:59 AM
Jay,
Just a quick success story using your technique of up-selling at the
time of the sales order.
Historically the sales staff I took over sold the least expensive
service offered. We sell Cobra Compliance services.
The basic service is where we provide:
Initial takeover and audit of current Cobra participants. All forms
and instructions needed, like the IRS required Cobra policy and
procedures manual. Process and adjudicate all Cobra elections. Toll
free Help Hotline. Bill, collect Cobra participants monthly premiums,
send grace letters when needed. Provide reports itemizing activity.
Remit collected premiums back to the business. Retain proof of
compliance in professional archives.
The enhanced services we do the actual back office work for a business.
We mail all the proper notices and archive proof of compliance for an
additional fee per notice. There are three required notices and a fee
for each transaction.
After listening to one of your tapes on growing your revenue per sale
by just asking, we increased our average sales revenue per sale by 30%
by adding on all the options.
Our annual sales revenue grew from $1.7 million to over $3 million in a
twelve month period. That was three years ago. Last year we did $6.5
million in new revenue combining a number of your techniques.
Keep in mind this is all brand new sales revenue. I am not even taking
into account the ongoing revenue thrown off from clients that renew
with us every year. We average keeping a client four years.
Hope this is what you are looking for. I have to run!
forward to reading the other success stories.
Regards,
Craig Kestran
Vice President, Sales
Tel: 800-790-9057 x 6654
Fax: 727-866-5604
www.ceridian-benefits.com

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Dale Green

----- Original Message ----From: Dale Green

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:37 AM
Hi Jay,
To say that I am very grateful for your unique business strategies
would be an under statement! You have not only showed me how to
operate a business in a very professional manor, but have given me the
tools to totally eliminate all the guess work from marketing my
products.
You make it easy to love my customers because you have shown that you
love YOUR customers. I am not fooled easily. I know when a person
really cares about their customers. And Jay Abraham really does, I
mean he really does care!
I have used your business tips now for about 2 years. And where I used
to struggle to communicate in my business, I move straight ahead with
confidence! This is because I have found that the more I understand
and care about my customers, the longer they will stay with me.
My wife and I have 4 kids. Two are in college. All of them have come
to know Jay Abraham as dad's mentor. And for good reason. JAY KNOWS
HIS STUFF! I have no doubt that 3 years from now I will be making at
least $1,251,000 a year because of Jays Powerful strategies.
To anyone out there who would like to operate a REAL business (you
don't have a real business if you are not loving your customers), try
Jays business strategies. And if you use just a fraction of them in
your business on a regular basis I promise you your life will never be
the same!
Thanks a billion Jay!
To your prosperity,
Dale Green
founder/cellphonecash.com

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341.

Dave Elliott

----- Original Message ----From: Dave Elliott

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 7:33 AM
There's money to be found in an unused customer list.
I owned a small carpet cleaning business and was looking to expand.
One day I saw an ad from a competitor in the newspaper's business
section. My competition was trying to sell his business. I spoke with
him and got all the details on what was for sale and what he wanted for
the business.
He was asking too much money for what he had. His two trucks were
outdated and his three carpet cleaning machines were in need of repair.
So, I said goodbye.
After thinking about what I learned from Jay about uncovering hidden
value, It occurred to me that his client list of 2,651 customers was
pure gold if mined right. He had been in business for around 9 years
and kept good records on his customers.
I called him back a week or so later and told him that if he couldn't
sell his business that I had a deal for him.
I knew he would call back as his business had no real value to it.
But, his customer list was valuable to me.
Three months later he called back frustrated and beat. He wanted to
hear my deal. We got together and I told him that I would buy his
customer list from him. Not for an upfront price, but for 10% of all
the sales that I could mine from it.
I produced an information guide titled "How to keep your carpets
looking good longer", and offered to send it at no charge to the
mailing list of past clients. It worked great. I was able to get a
lot of sales through that low pressure offering. Using this approach,
adapted from what I learned from a tape of Jay's, I made $14,653.47 in
a two-year period.
Adding to that success, I joint ventured with a retail carpet sales
outlet about a year later. Using the same customer list that I got use
of for no up front fees. We offered the list a similar deal, but for
new installed carpet if they didn't want to get theirs cleaned. I made
$3790.43 as my cut from the carpet sales outlet.
I made all this money thanks to Jay's mindset that there is always
value in a business that isn't being realized.
That unused customer list that was headed for the trash can, made
myself, the original list owner, and the carpet sales company a lot of
money. And the customers were very happy with the services that they
received from us.

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Dave Elliott
Magic Touch Carpet Cleaners
703-670-7383
Sales: under $100,000 yearly

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David Adlard

----- Original Message ----From: David Adlard

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:27 AM
Jay,
I have been a student of yours for over 15 years. While I have never
attended one of your "live" events I have purchased several of your
courses over the years and have successfully applied the methodologies
in several businesses. Here are just a few of the examples.
1. I took a small specialty retail shop (balloons and gifts) that we
had purchased just after my wife and I were married for her to
run and grew it from $10,000 per month in sales to an
organization that included three retail stores, a wholesale
distribution company, an event planning firm, and an export
company (that included the ownership of some Disney licensing
rights) doing total sales in excess of $4 million dollars per
year. It took me just under 4 1/2 years to do this.
I used dozens of your ideas and strategies to accomplish this but
most important was the development of a USP for each and every
division of the company. We also learned early on how valuable
our customer and client base was and how to harvest additional
dollars from the people we were all ready doing business with.
We eventually sold off each company individually and moved on to
our next project.
2. I consulted on another project (mobile automotive service
company) where I wrote one sales letter and faxed it to a
targeted list. The results were so overwhelming the company had
to immediately quadruple their capacity and eventually ended up
selling the company to another firm with the capital for the
expansion. By the way, I warned them that in a service business
such as this that they may not be ready for my help but they
wanted it anyway. I could have turned this into a long term
residual income stream but turned it down for better
opportunities. The Abraham principle applied here was one I
refer to as "Abraham 101". Find out what the value of a customer
is, find other potential customers like the ones you have, and
then make them an irresistible offer that brings you a new
customer at the lowest possible customer acquisition cost
possible.
3. My most recent success is with a dental practice. My father has
been a dentist for 37 years. About four years ago I started
looking at my dad's financial situation to make sure that he was
going to be ok for retirement. He has always been a great
dentist but not the best businessman. I won't go into all of the
details but over the course of a few months I discovered that
this industry was getting ready to boom and that if the proper
plan was put in place that my father could make more money in the

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next five years than he did in the previous 20 years combined.

We structured a deal that made me a full partner and I went to
work "Super Abrahaming" the dental practice.
In 1998 my father's practice had gross revenues of around
$300,000 per year. This year we will do just under $3,000,000.
We are doing this out of the same location (although remodeled
and more strategically laid out) and my father is working fewer
hours than he has ever worked in his entire career. In fact he
will probably be down to 4 days a month by September and will
still make three times what he did before. When he fully retires
he will still own an asset than continues to increase in value
and pays him residually for as long as he owns it and probably
even for awhile after he decides he no longer wishes to be
involved.
Before applying your strategies he was seeing about 20-30 new
patients per month and the average patient was generating roughly
$280 in revenue per year. The total patient base was around
1500. Our practice now generates more new patients than we can
see. We average 120 that we do see and refer the rest to other
dentists. We referred 30 just last month that generated over
$5000 in referral fees and the coolest part is that we NEVER SAW
the patient. By the way, our average new patient now generates
in excess of $1000 per year for general dentistry and over $3500
on sedation cases. Our patient base exceeds 8000 patients. By
spring we should have two company owned locations and four other
affiliated practices in our metro area. We're just working out
the legal structure now.
To generate these results I basically took your material and
applied it to the dental industry. As a side note I understand
you have some special reports or case studies on dental offices.
I have never read them. I just applied the generic Abraham
principles and got these results.
I could go on but I won't. The next move for me is to get out of the
day to day operation of the practice and to go out and find other joint
venture opportunities where I can apply the "Abraham Methodologies". I
have done this in the past and want to get back into it on a larger
level. Once a person discovers the power of these principles and
learns how to apply them the toughest thing to do is decide what you
want to work on.
Have a great day!
David R. Adlard
Managing Partner
Adlard Dental
Author of;
Evolution of the American Dream
Founding Advisor
US Health Advisors
President

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The Adlard Group, LLC

Office: 816-356-1300

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343.

David Ball

----- Original Message ----From: David Ball

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:32 PM
Here is a brief rundown of some of the business changes we have made in our business in the past 18
months and some of the results.
Our first improvement was to implement a systematic referral system.
Our original approach to referrals was to assume the client would send our stylists referrals just because
they loved their service and their friends and family would want to know where they got their hair done.
The sad truth was, that it did not happen. The world just does not work that way.
We had professional Referral Cards printed that offered the referral a 25% discount on any one service.
There was a place on the card for the referring clients name. The referring client would receive a $10 gift
certificate for every person they referred to the salon. We scripted our approach for handing the card to our
current client. The stylist would hand two Referral Cards to the client upon the completion of services.
The stylist would tell the client Here are two Referral Cards. Fill your name in here and give these to your
friends. Your friend will receive 25% off any one service and we will send you a $10 gift certificate for
every new friend you send in. If for some reason the stylist did not give the client the cards, the
receptionist would do it and follow the script at the front desk as the client paid for her services.
We saw our referrals increase by 200% in less than a month.
Our second improvement was to increase the sales ticket of each client.
Retail sales of hair care products, makeup and jewelry are one way to increase the amount of money clients
spend each visit. Up servicing the client into more services on this visit or the next is another to get the
client to spend more money. We used to have Retail product sitting on the shelves in the retail area and our
extra services were on our menu. That was the only real marketing we did of those items. If they sold,
they sold. If they didnt well, that was just the way it was.
We learned to make recommendations to the clients in both, retail products and extra services. We did this
through scripting a process. We learned to talk the client through the benefits and use instructions of hair
care products as the stylist was using them. When the stylist would wash the clients hair, she would
describe the products she was using, why she chose those particular products, and finally how to use them
at home. When the stylist was styling the clients hair she would talk the client through which products she
was using, why she chose those products, and how the client would use them at home.
As the stylist walked the client to the front desk for checkout, she would pull the products off the retail
shelves and carry them to the front desk. She would again explain to the client what the products were,
why she chose them and how to use them. She would tell the client what a pleasure it was to work with
them. The receptionist would then ask the client which of the products she wished to take home with her
that day.
We saw our retail sales increase by 138%
Our third improvement was to increase the frequency of each client visit.

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Our clients would call when they needed an appointment and we would schedule them in. They might
come in every six to eight to ten weeks or wait longer. The optimum schedule for haircuts is every four to
six weeks for most people.
We used the same method for increasing client visit frequency as we did for selling retail products. When
the stylist took the client to the front desk, she would tell the client, I need to see you back in six weeks to
maintain that style. The recommendation might have been for four, five, or six weeks depending on the
client. But the bottom line is that we just told the client when they needed to be back in order to maintain
their desired style.
Our appoint books went from being filled up only a couple of days in the future to being filled up five
weeks into the future.

Strategic Alliance
We have formed one Strategic Alliance with a women only fitness center. So far we have sent referral
letters to our clients on her behalf and she sent referral letters to her clients on our behalf. The truth is, I
wrote both letters and handled the mailings. She proofed the letters that were to be from her and agreed to
the content. The only way it was going to get done was for us to make it effortless on her part and do all
the work. It is a promotion that is only a few weeks old, but we have already had positive results.

Market Research
The biggest breakthrough has been in our learning to ask the clients for what they want. We have begun to
tailor the services to the clients needs, not to a standard menu. We have no data yet as to what the positive
impact will be on our numbers, as this is a new tactic for us.

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344.

David Cruz

----- Original Message ----From: David Cruz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:21 PM
Hi Jay,
I've been a big fan of yours for quite some time ever since I got wind of your material from the
web, and later through your book "Getting Everything You Can ... ".
I own along with some partners a small telecommunications company based in Manila,
Philippines. Your material contained so much ideas that we had to force rank and select the
technique which was most applicable considering the unique way the industry is structured here
in the Philippines.
For us, this was the diving board versus multiple pillar method of growing the business. Because
of the power of this idea, we managed to grow our monthly gross sales 226% in a span of 8
months since applying this idea. Here's the case:
1. Prior to applying this method, our company One Touch Communications (engaged in the
business of international long distance voice communications) had one primary way of
bringing in business and this was through direct sales done by our 4 account managers
assigned to corporate selling. On November 2001, our management committee agreed
to follow essentially the multiple pillar method of growing our business. First, we
brainstormed and identified what these possible pillars would be. Among the several
options we generated, we decided to stick with setting-up 2 additional "pillars", and this
was to 1) generate additional sales from third party channels and resellers as an
outsourced sales force who had an existing client base which we can cross sell our
international long distance voice too, and 2) form alliances with companies with
complementary products such as PABX vendors, Phone Handset Vendors, Wire Cabling
vendors, and electrical contractors.
2. For the additional channels "pillar", we first hired a channels and resellers manager as
the single point of contact to develop our non-direct sales "channels" business. We
asked him to recruit, train, and negotiate reseller agreements with other companies who
have an existing customer base within a different market niche than that of our direct
sales business. Our channels were then compensated against commissions on results,
and did not require any salary nor overhead. We then agreed an sales letter with them
where they endorsed our products for its merits to their existing customer base. The
response to the sales letter and subsequently, the existing customers of our reseller who
were cross-sold were overwhelming. We then repeated the process and fine-tuned the
letter through further testing until we almost have it down pat. We have managed to grow
this pillar to almost 40% of all our sales.
3. To improve our repeat purchase cycle, we likewise struck deals with other
complementary product vendors such as PABX, server, software, and phone systems.
We then sold these complementary products with a margin agreed with the product
vendor. This immediately boosted our profits with our own existing customers since
some customers bought several pieces of equipment easily from us since they trusted us
versus the other product vendors who were strangers to them. By doing so we had
maximized the sales per account and profit per account. We are now continuing to
explore further complementary products with higher per unit margins to boost our

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profitability even further. The end result by June 2002, is a 226% improvement in our
monthly sales versus November 2001, and it appears that the only way to go is higher
up!
4. What we learned is that we don't have to reinvent the wheel by developing new products
or developing new customers when there are easier ways to do this through partnerships,
alliances and building other "pillars", which can strengthen the business' foundation for a
long time. Also, we now know that one idea can be multiplied many times over to
generate returns in multiples instead of a straight linear growth.
Thank you Jay, and am looking forward to others' testimonies on how they used their techniques
to build their respective businesses.
Regards,
ONE TOUCH COMMUNICTIONS, INC
David Cruz
General Manager

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345.

David Miskimin

----- Original Message ----From: David Miskimin

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:58 AM

Packaging - it really works

After reading 'Money Making Secrets of Marketing Genius Jay Abraham...', I decided to
test market the idea of bundling one-off and monthly contracts into annually contracts.
Instead of offering one months services at a time, I proposed twelve months for the price
of seven. So knocked out were my clients that one even said, whilst they couldn't afford
it, they couldn't afford not too take up the package and sought funding from another
source to obtain my services!! Wow!! This stuff works. I've saved time on invoicing
and selling and am using it to read even more great ideas of Jays.
David Miskimin
Personal and Business Coach
www.dlma.co.uk

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David Moorlag

----- Original Message ----From: David Moorlag

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:21 PM
Thanks for extending the offer. I hesitate to respond because we have not been a success story. In fact I
was wondering if you would like cry baby and/or wish I hadda stories.
I respectfully submit great respect for the way you conduct yourself and run your enterprise. I have
considered applying some of the principles you teach or share going back to the pillars teaching years ago,
but only considered. Maybe, kind of sorta, wish I hadda. Heres the story:
I sold a small manufacturing business in Michigan 18 years ago and moved to the south to start a new
career as kind of a have fun and make enough to pay for the lake house idea. I actually opened a hair salon
and somehow within 4 years ended up with a staff of 22 grossing 492,000.00. And not having any fun. To
much grief. Guess I like the creative side and not the management side. I ran the business with my head
and not my heart. Got a little discouraged and trimmed staff to what it is today around 10 grossing
380,000.00 I work 4 days a week have a happy family of employees and I guess its all ok.......but its not.
This is probably where the story begins. With hind site its apparent the energy it took to build and maintain
a lackluster weak attempt at employing people for personal gain (to help pay the rent) may very well have
been enough energy and focus to have realized a much more successful and happy enterprise.
I said its not ok because for three years we have tried to sell and all prospects balk at the drop in earnings.
So not only did we not build something with good resale potential but knowing all the while I dithered
away the years Jay Abraham was waiting in the wings with information, lots of it free, which could have
made a big difference.
Not hiring a business manager so I could concentrate on bringing a personality to the business is certainly
one regret. Not running the business with a heart is another. Caring about the clients and the internal
customer (employees) sooner in the game would have been good.
Yes I did it my way.....and that's exactly about all I got..my way.
Thanks for trying so hard to wake me up Jay.
Respectfully Yours,
Crybaby David

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David Morgan

----- Original Message ----From: David Morgan

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:14 PM
Hi Jay,
I am a quite new protg of the Abraham Mindset, and so I can only offer you a
relatively simple case study. But, it is devastating nonetheless.
The Business
We have been importing and distributing high quality, commercial folding banquet
tables for the past ten years. We sell into the UK and France and we import from the
USA.
Our tables are used in hospitality suites, recreation centres, educational
establishments, community centres, golf clubs, social clubs etc...
Our unique selling proposition has always been that we have offered the only strong
light folding table. Our tables can take a weight of 600Kg and only weigh 18 Kg
themselves.
Marketing History
We have marketed them using direct marketing techniques, contact management
software and the telephone since 1992.
Over the years we have played with every imaginable combination of media and
follow up process, but have only ever managed to achieve a 5% conversion rate.
This is largely because our tables are expensive (50-100% more than our most
expensive competition).
By remnant media purchasing and cost control we have managed to stay in business
with this low conversion rate while we searched for the answer. The frustration has
always been that our customers are totally delighted with their purchase. Our
customer lifetime value has always been high through repeat orders.
Our sales peaked in 1998 at around $750,000. However, at that point I could see no
new options and so I cut all further promotions in order to get a cash return from our
ongoing business.
The turnover quickly dropped to $300,000, but surprisingly has been static at that
level ever since.
The Abraham Leap
We knew that our customers were happy and our lifetime value is an average $1500.
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Our solution to date has been to make an offer of "The first 5 tables for the price of
3". Effectively a 40% discount.
Running this into our full database (we have 25,000 contacts 80% of whom have
responded to our advertising) we have achieved an immediate 1.5% order rate on
our first mailings. With testing and refinement, I am sure that this can be raised to
2-3%. If we want to narrow our market sector selection we can improve it to 510%. And I think that our response will hold up with regular mailings (although to
date this is just a gut feeling).
We make a 10% margin even with the offer. So we break even on the campaign,
even at just the 1.5% response. So, for every $100 spent we create an average of 2
new customers, each with a lifetime value of around $1,500.
That is without applying any of your other techniques to increase the lifetime value.
Conclusion
I am confident that this one technique will build us back to a $1,000,000 company
over the next 12 months. We will be adding new approaches to our advertising
techniques as well, which I am sure will improve our response rates and conversion
rates. So, like the Phoenix from the ashes, I am confident of a strong future for the
table business.
Personally I am passing this over to a Business Development Manager to take
forward and I am working on some other projects in parallel, using your principles.
Thank you for your outstanding insights and for having the generosity and energy to
share them widely. They have opened my eyes and I send people your way when I
have the chance.
Yours David
PS. Due to an internal discussion in the office, we tested the effect of dropping the
PS on the letter (which reads "This really is a good opportunity to get some strong
light tables, with a no risk 5 year total satisfaction return guarantee, for the price of
cheap rubbish"). Our response dropped by 300% to less than 0.5%. What more can
I say!
PPS I love the Mastermind concept that you suggested in a recent email. I do not
think that I am ready for that yet. But do you have enough customers in the UK to
run that here?
David Morgan
Mobilite International Ltd
PO Box 236, Oxford OX2 6XU
Tel 44 (0)870 241 0729
Fax 44 (0)870 241 0730

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348.

David Sobers

----- Original Message ----From: David Sobers

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:56 PM

Dear Jay,
Here's my success story:
After receiving various tips from you I hit upon the idea of marketing bouquets of fresh
cut flowers to various retail establishments like convenience stores, hotels, independent
gas stations, etc. I offer the flowers to these retail outlets on a consignment basis. They
pay me only for the flowers they sell. Since they have no up front costs and no risk, they
are usually quite willing to try this. The flowers brighten up their stores and make them
additional profit.
Before trying this it is important to check out state laws concerning requirements for
agricultural licenses or permits to sell plants and/or flowers. In New Mexico one needs to
purchase a license for each location where the flowers will be sold. A license costs $50
and must be renewed every September. That means that timing is important. If you
started in July or August, you could waste a lot of money on permits that would have to
be renewed in September.
You need to find a flower importer who is willing to be flexible and help you get started.
It is also important not to put in more flowers than will sell in a day or two. This you can
learn only by trial and error. Start by putting in fewer than you think will sell. Otherwise
you will wind up throwing out much of your potential profit.
The advantage of providing flowers on consignment to many locations is that you avoid
the overhead of having to have your own retail store while increasing your potential
dramatically because you can continually open up new locations. You can service many
locations in just a few hours a day.
Hope this provides inspiration for some of your readers, Jay.
All the best -- David Sobers, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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349.

Dennis Klopfenstein

----- Original Message ----From: Dennis Klopfenstein

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:49 PM

Opportunity Met Preparation

Over 30 years ago, Howard Ruff, through his newsletter, vicariously introduced me to Jay Abraham. Since
that cataclysmic intrusion, my thought life has never been the same! From the initial dose of Jays
addictive essential marketing mega-nutrients, I have been hopelessly dependent upon sustaining doses of
Jabes (short for Jay Abraham Materials) stuff to stay at my heightened level of advanced goal-setting and
future expectations.
Over the years, while awaiting God to present me a business opportunity, I have invested hundreds upon
hundreds of hours and thousands upon thousands of dollars to feed my ongoing habits of meticulously
storing and filing resources and ideas to explosive proportions, both in my filing cabinets and in my brain.
Family and friends alike have long wondered at my huge shelves of expensive marketing material and they
could not help betraying their concern that a poor serviceman should be such a wasteful dreamer!
Occasionally, even my optimism was tested as I grew older and spent ever more on a dead sector.
Then suddenly!! here came the predestined supernatural event, strategically igniting not only MY nitro
cache, but also, quite surprisingly, aligning my cautious, conservative wife alongside my catalytic torchlighting attempt to finally unleash at least a cherry bomb entrance to a major Jabe marketing
experiment. Although my adrenalin pump had been primed for an expected event like this for at least 10 or
more exponentially expectant and excited years, I was nevertheless totally awestruck when a fully atom
bomb-like opportunity lifted off.
Here is how opportunity met preparation: Arriving at our San Diego motel (to cross the border for
cancer treatments for my wife), we walked to a Dennys Restaurant and ordered supper. While waiting for
our food, I ventured over to the booth behind us where an Amish couple sat with their 9 year old daughter.
Smiling, I curiously commented that I did not realize that Amish lived in California.
I quickly discovered that the Amish family William (Willie), Mary, and Melinda (Lindy) Shetler and
my wife and I had a lot in common: we were staying at the same motel, going to the same clinic (of over 50
choices), and living in Indiana only 18 miles apart! Although so close to my hometown of Bluffton, I had
never heard of William Shetler or of his 18 year-old general merchandise and variety mail order catalog
business and warehouse packing center, Shetlers Wholesale Co. Upon being laid off from his factory
job 18 years ago, Willie went door-to-door with his horse and buggy selling watches and clocks and
eventually built his now 1.36 million dollar a year business.
That very night I leafed through his 100 page, 1400 product colored catalog and the next day quizzed him
as to how he could possibly do all that paperwork without electric and computers. He said that for 3 years
he had unsuccessfully been trying to prevent growth because of his fatigue and health difficulties. Its just
not fun anymore, he said. I asked, Would your religion allow you to contract out computer work?
Maybe my son and I could do that work for you off site. Although barely even acquaintances, he
immediately suggested, Why dont you just buy me out and Ill work for you?
Two months later, back in Indiana, Shetlers Wholesale Co. and my Jabe information had a crash
introduction to each other. One big culture shock and my boring world exploded! Shetlers, a
perfectly virgin territory, was all ready to be liberally splashed with Jabes modern honey wagon. Or
maybe I should say, What a building project! A sandcastle Parthenon in my own sandbox!

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Now, 18 months later, after quitting my service job and re-mortgaging our new home and lake property to
finance my wild dream, I am happily restructuring and Jabrahaming Shetlers Wholesale Co. from top
to bottom. With the help of my Jabe files, tapes, CDs, and superstars, we are maintaining a sustainable
25% plus annual sales growth rate and will reach over $2 million in sales by 2002 year end.
Our Prioritized Accomplishments and Goals Using Jabes Information
1.

Implemented weekly training meetings: Teaching importance of training, systems, delegation,

reporting, communication, lifetime customer value, etc.

2.

Hired a Superstar (CFO/Computer man/Business Consultant/Combo Position)

3.

Implemented weekly Executive Team Meetings

4.

Implementing Time Management Program

5.

Constructed a computer inventory database

6.

Constructed a product and cost database

7.

Reorganized the Picking/Packing/Shipping process (using meeting ideas)

8.

Built a dealer-only showroom

9.

Created a testing and tracking system for mailers and catalog mailing

10. Creating a mapping and tracking retail and dealer sales system
11. Computerizing UPS labeling, catalog design, and invoice printing (all previously done by hand)
12. Identifying Top 100 dealers (of 700+) and Top 1000 buying retail customers (of 2,200)
13. Attempting to soon roll out a newsletter type package stuffer for better communicating, upselling,
and grouping
As all of you Jabrahams already comprehend, this business is an ideal environment to facilitate all types
of improvements by completely systematizing, modernizing, and delegating responsibilities through
training.
My Amish help (who only believe in a maximum of an eighth grade education) are intelligent, industrious,
innovative, moral, and eager to learn. We have already seen major improvements on both the income/sales
side as well as the expense reduction side. As we grow in sales over the next few years, we expect
increased efficiencies and bottom-line multiples.
Thanks Jay (Chet and Carl) for lighting my fuse!
Sincerely,
Dennis R. Klopfenstein
Shetlers Wholesale Co.
General Merchandise and Variety Mail Order Catalog Business and Fulfillment Center
~$2.0 million annual sales
Message and phone: 260-824-5391
Mobile phone: 260-341-6185
Pager: 1-888-752-5679

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Fax: 1-260-824-0933

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350.

Don Monteith

----- Original Message ----From: Don Monteith

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:49 AM
Hi Jay....
Don Monteith here. As you may recall, I attended the 2000 summit in CA and believe strongly with
you on the concept of JV.
You have to keep working at it! Todate, I have worked with 2 web designers on a JV basis and have
(my opinion) an excellent "look" on my website at http://www.actiontips.com for all to see.
Challenge has been the JV marketing. TODAY!! I think my prayers have been answered with a JV
plan with Marc Goldman and Rob Watson working on a new plan of action to market my ebooks
and consulting.
If you've got it.... "show me" at your risk. I like that! These guys have stepped up to the plate with
their expertise in marketing on a JV basis. Either we all make money or nobody does. Proof is in
CASH FLOW! Risk Reversal is the next best thing since sliced bread.
My goal has always been to write ACTION TIPS for the Small business owner and the entrepreneur
from 40 years 20/20 hindsight. The good and the bad and all in-between to help them miss the
"potholes".
Marc Goldman's website is at www.goldbar.net if you have missed him. He has the "tools" to make
it all work together and I'm excited about a JV with him and his team working with us at actiontips.
God bless,
Don Monteith
www.actiontips.com
704-392-6634

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Don Winfield

----- Original Message ----From: Don Winfield

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:42 AM
Subject: Testimonial
"Invest your time in reading Jay's sales letters.
Why would I say 'invest'?
You have three assets; time, money and your network of people.
Jay teaches you how to leverage your three assets.
The first sales letter I received from Jay had a number of practical changes I could
make in my sales and marketing efforts. That direct sales letter provided me with
the ideas to pay for the training course before I ever went.
Specifically, I learned to test my direct sales letters to find which price was most
profitable. I also learned about the benefits of a strong guarantee and offered a one
year money back, customer satisfaction, guarantee. I discovered my most profitable
price was $199. Against $99. I learned $149. provided the lowest sales and profits.
I had less than one half percent in returns.
So, always invest a little time to read Jay's sales letters, the rewards can be
awesome!"
"P.S. The training program is even better than the sales letter."
Live Long & Free,
Don Winfield
c/o-5910 Mt. Moriah, #113-234
Memphis, Tennessee 38115
888-785-1776/901-680-9901
Jfax -214-853-4170
"My statement is true. You have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors. This testimonial refers to work done for
another company that has since moved to Shang Hai. I doubt I can get the records
to verify the story."

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352.

Doug Parsell

----- Original Message ----From: Doug Parsell

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:45 AM
Jay- One of many success storiesI run a payroll service in Toledo, OH. I have been using Harvest
software which is a client relationship program where you can put
prospects on a variety of different marketing campaigns.
I have found that I can put 100 potential business clients on a
campaign I have put together consisting of 3 letters spaced 1 week
apart followed by a phone call.
If that does not result in a conversion to being a client, they get a
follow-up letter and a phone call every 90 days for the next 2 years.
They may not be ready for me today, but tomorrow is another day.
Timing is everything. My typical conversion is 15-18 new clients for
every 100 names started on the campaign. Not bad for 3 stamps and a
phone call.
These are not even HOT leads, just potential candidates which resemble
a "typical" client.
I also use the same program to welcome new clients aboard, reducing any
"buyer remorse" as well as make them aware of other services we can
offer them.
It is also used to make additional back end offers- all done
automatically once the campaign is designed and the client is put on
it.
Please send me your other success stories ASAP.
Thanks,

Doug Parsell

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353.

Dov Gordon

----- Original Message ----From: Dov Gordon

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 6:51 AM
Hi Jay,
I am an executive coach who helped a client of mine use an idea of yours.
The idea was education.
Sender Schwartz owns PC Doctors, which is a 3 or 4 person computer sales and services firm
located in Beit Shemesh, Israel. Each week he would place an advertisement in the local weekly
along with two or three other computer companies.
The ads of all three were almost totally the same: each showed a computer system, described
the power and features, and gave a price. The ONLY difference was that that PC Doctors price
was usually a bit more expensive than the competition.
PC Doctors justified the higher price because they offer better service and use higher quality
components in their systems.
I suggested to Sender that he take a radical approach to his advertising and begin to educate his
prospects. It took a few months until he finally agreed to act on my suggestion, but when he did,
he did a fabulous job.
He now runs ads that sport headlines such as "What is Memory?" and "What is a Hard Drive?"
and "What Kind of Scanner Should I Buy?" and "What Is A Motherboard?"
By changing their advertisements they have effectively taken themselves out of the price way by
projecting an image of caring and concern for the customer. People who are looking for only
price, will still go to others, but PC Doctors doesn't want them. People now think of PC Doctors
as a company that will take the time to explain all the different options in a language they can
understand. They now know on a gut level that if they call PC Doctors they will get great and
caring service. Had they just promised great service in a standard ad, they could not have
developed the trust and credibility they now have.
Finally, we are quite certain that the competitors have no idea what PC Doctors has done. I
believe at least one has gone out of business and the others continue to advertise their systems.
From the day PC Doctors decided to educate their clients, they have never featured a computer
in any of their advertisements.
Thank you, Jay,
Dov Gordon
President
The Gordon Group
972-2-622-2067
972-55-795-720
[email protected]
PS Jay, I'd love to talk with you for just 60 seconds over the phone. I think we will both feel it
was time well spent.

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354.

Dr. Bonebrake

----- Original Message ----From: Dr. Bonebrake

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:06 AM
Jay,
> Advanced Pain and Injury Centre
> Alan R. Bonebrake, D.C., M.S.
> 220 W. Irving Blvd, Irving, TX, 75060
> office: (972) 253-8814 fax: (972) 253-8240
>
>
I was in a peculiar position of having had the largest Chiropractic
practice in another State, then went through a divorce involving 5
children, sold out, then went to another State, operated a small
practice for a few years, then went to the State I really wanted to be
in.
This is one of the top 10 metro areas in the United States, and,
although it contains a Chiropractic College, is very tough. One of my
friends who graduated in my Chiropractic class came straight here after
college, 22 years ago. He was one of only about 100 Chiropractors in an
immediate area containing about 3.5 million people. Now, 17 years after
the Chiropractic college came to the area, there are about 3,000
Chiropractors in the metro area.
My large practice thrived on certain advertising and marketing, in an
area about 1/7 the size, but as time went on, others, knowing of my
successes, mimicked the things that I did, and made those facets
significantly less or non-productive. Now, those things that worked
previously were like pouring money into a bottomless pit. In fact, in
the 8 years I've been here, I've put about $400,000 into ads and
marketing that either didn't produce anything, or less than 1/3 of what
I put into it.
Initially, I worked in a clinic that produced about 15 patient visits
per day, and was given free reign to do my thing. They had employed 4
other doctors over their first 2 years, and got almost all their
patients from a few attorneys, who were now beginning not to refer to
them because of the back-log of narrative reports (150) that had not
been done. I immediately implemented a system that had the help type
the narrative reports off a template I designed, and the doctor then
only needed to correct any mistakes, and sign it. We kept up with
current reports, and within 3 months had all the back-logged reports
done. The attorneys were enthused enough over the content of the
reports, and the improved services, that within a year, the clinic was
seeing 80 patients per day, and needed 2 exam doctors. After all that,
they would not increase my pay, so I gave 2 weeks notice.
I then practiced in a medical group, and had some patients fed to me,
but I did 113 out of office lectures that year, and 52 in office
lectures, and referred out far more patients to the group than I got.

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Because of the lectures, when my children came to see me that summer,

about all they got to see was lectures, so I decided to go it alone in
practice, and tried just about every type of advertising and marketing
you could imagine, and developed a few good relationships with
attorneys, but really had lost enthusiasm to really get up and go.
Then I met and married my wife and had a child about a year ago, and
decided to dive into Jay's books. I was given a radio call-in show on
one of the largest stations in the nation because of my speaking
ability (one year here, I was the expert doctor-nutritionist on a
nationally broadcast call-in 3-hour nutrition show, during which I was
on for 10-15 minutes/show, and was asked to handle the whole show a few
times because the regular host had to be out of town, or because the
replacement they had on was choking badly and I was asked to help him
through the show).
On the one-hour show we offer on the air advice to those calling in
live, play testimonials of patients who were helped by our methods, and
offer a nominal fee for exam and x-rays for those calling our office by
the end of the hour. We also create a hypothetical condition, and
relate what the many causes of that condition could be, and why an
individual probably didn't get improvement at another office. We, of
course, address the things the other guy didn't to get the results he
didn't.
At first, we offered the discount rate, good for 2 hours after, then an
hour after the show ended, thinking they need time to think it over and
call in, but found by tweeking and testing, as Jay recommends, that the
shorter the time of the offer, the better the response.
Our USP is that we treat scar tissue and muscle knotting that are the
biggest causes of chronic pain, and what cause people to not respond,
or respond in a limited manner to other forms of care, including
Chiropractic, Medicine, Osteopathy, Physical Therapy, Massage,
Acupuncture, Podiatry, Acupressure, etc.
Using Jay's call-in hooks, we have the highest call-in rate of any of
the call-in shows. The largest attorney firm and psychologist in the
metro area have call in shows at the same time, but different days, as
well as other businesses that "should" pull more calls than a lowly
Chiropractor.
Several Chiropractors in the metro area have had call-in shows on
several different stations for brief periods of time over the years,
even the college in the same time slot we're in now, but all had to
pull out due to the prohibitive cost vs. return (they all lost money by
the thousands)
We were offered a Saturday show, and took it as well, and have the best
call in rate on that one as well, with approximately 1/10 the weekday
audience, we pull as many calls as during the week.
We also do a varied nutritional seminar once per week for one hour.
When we started, we were told we would have to take 4-6 months to build
an audience and gradually get calls. Our very first show, we pulled 70
patient inquiries, and 42 appointments!!!

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Patient visits went from 15 per week to 250 per week, and income from
$5,000 per month to $50,000 per month.
Staff went from one doctor and one part-time assistant to 4 doctors and
3 full time assistants.
Personal income has 3-4x'd.
We're continually tweeking to go for more by varying the report, exam
fee, and getting rid of ads that aren't performing well. Staff
performance is also tweeked continually, as well as paperwork.
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors."

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355.

Dr. Len Schwartz

----- Original Message ----From: Dr. Len Schwartz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:08 AM
Hi Jay I have used your idea of leveraging the number of patients I have in my practice to generate
interest and money from other businesses in my community. Let me explain.
I send my patients a newsletter every month. I also have a "Community Board" in my waiting
room. I went out to some of the area businesses and told them that I reach at least 1200 patients
every month. I then offered them an exclusive chance to be placed in my newsletter, as well as
on my "Community Board" for $25 per month. Who would say NO! to an opportunity to be
exposed to over 1200 people each month...for $25 - with my "assumed" endorsement. We did
this with 24 businesses to generate an extra $600 per month or $7200 per year.
I'm not rich because of it, but it pays for lots of extras in my life.
Thanks,
Dr. Len Schwartz

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356.

Dr. Nathan Speare

----- Original Message ----From: Dr. Nathan Speare

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:12 AM
To: Jay L. Abraham
I am a chiropractor and I have been trying to solve the problem that is often the case in any
business, that not enough new customers/clients.
I had been running an ad in the state paper for a marketing/public relations person. The ad was
fairly basic, saying we were looking for someone to do outside talks and run some advertising.
We were not getting the quality of prospect responding to the ad that we needed. What we were
getting were students who had taken some courses and who had spoken in front of their
classmates as part of a class assignment.
Then I read in the PEQ manual about how to hire a superstar. We modified the ad only slightly,
adding the words "superstars only'. We response to this was significantly different. The first time
that we ran it we had the president of a sizeable mutlilevel marketing company apply, we also had
the owner of a local PR firm apply. We ended up hiring a very capable fellow who had been in
charge of giving presentations for a large health club chain. He had been going out to
corporations and closing the entire company on memberships to the club. So he was able to step
into the task of external marketing quite easily. And to top it all off we hired him on commission
only based a number of new clients/patients generated basis.
Just a little tweaking made a huge difference.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Dr. Nathan Speare
Company name: Chiropractic Health Center
Size and type: Privately owned chiropractic office, myself and 3 staff
Statement: OK to publish.
PS: Looking forward to hearing others success stories.

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357.

Dr. Richard Blume

----- Original Message ----From: Richard Blume

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:14 AM
Dear Jay,
After reading about Unique Selling Proposition (U.S.P.) in your book, "Money-Making Secrets of
Marketing Genius", we looked at what marketing opportunities we might have available in our Orthodontic
Practice.
One thing we noticed in our practice was that upon removal of a patient's braces, many would comment
about the color or shade of their newly straightened teeth. We began offering our patients the opportunity
to bleach their teeth during their brace-removal appointments. We would then have their bleaching trays
ready when they returned 2 days later to be fit with their retainers. From one set of impressions we were
then able to create two products of low overhead and high profitability.
We don't know of any orthodontists in our area who are doing this. It is becoming our U.S.P. Patient
acceptance runs about 80% and they appreciate the added benefit that they can start whitening their teeth
immediately and not have to go elsewhere and pay more. This approach has worked so well that we are
now planting the seed early by telling our patients about this added bleaching bonus during their initial
consultation appointment at the beginning of treatment.
Kind regards,
Dr. Richard F. Blume, D.D.S., M.S.
Orthodontia
972-235-3131

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358.

Ed Voorhaar

----- Original Message ----From: Ed Voorhaar

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 2:18 PM
Hi Jay,
One of the most important thing I learned from you is and I use it is
to focus on the back-end.
I started my own consulting company earlier this year and by investing
in building the relationships with a long-term success in mind it start
already to pay off. Instead of trying to get day-to day business from
the moment I started, I focused on the mid to longer term and by the
end of this year my income run rate is double of what it was going to
be if only focused on day-to-day results.
Another important aspect of what I learned from you and also use is to
borrow ideas and concepts from other industries. The mastermind
thinking is becoming an essential tool. My clients are small
organizations and are very specialized in their market segments. They
compete with larger organizations and most of the time they believe
that the larger organizations are more power full due to their internal
knowledgebase. The smaller companies however don't always realize that
they themselves are more flexible due to the lack of internal politics,
the only thing I did and do is to show them how much they can learn
from other companies and industries. Your seminars were key in getting
that process going. At this moment I am working on building an
alliance between 5 to 10 small companies, being able to compete with
bigger organizations. All these small companies are complementary with
their product lines and are all extremely flexible in reacting to
market needs. We will have mastermind sessions between these companies
and then they will realize how much know-how is available.
I hope that this supports your objectives.
Stay in touch
Ed Voorhaar

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359.

Elizabeth Morris

----- Original Message ----From: Elizabeth Morris

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:19 AM
An innocent abroad.
I had a micro business. A one person consultancy and training company.
I began reading and listening to the Abraham mind set right at the
beginning when I was thinking of setting up the business. I guess I
started researching the marketing side about 1998 although I didn't
start seriously developing the company until late 1999. I had been a
psychologist and psychotherapist and had absolutely NO knowledge of
business, marketing, sales, direct mail, financial budgets etc etc. I
was an innocent abroad!
I always found the concepts easy to understand but struggled with two
aspects of implementation.
1) knowing which combination out of all
the options would be the most advantageous for me to pursue given my
very limited resources and the state of the market and 2) trying to do
several marketing activities at the same including trialing and keeping
track of the results when there was only me.
However through trial and error I found the combination that worked for
a micro business like mine and am now expanding rapidly.
The three ways to grow a business gave me my first success model.
I knew that I needed leads. I needed to sell more and for that I
needed clients. I was selling a new product, to a new market with no
track record behind me. (couldn't have given myself a more difficult
task!) so I had to work out a system of lead generation.
I looked up the list and found PR was a financially lo cost method and
I had time to do the press release writing and follow up journalists at
that time so the investment was my time. I have had the most amazing
results from this one strategy.
I turned the strategy into a system and logged all the journalists I
wanted to be in touch with and get coverage from in a database and
religiously mailed/emailed them a press release every two weeks for a
year. (in fact I still do that but it is monthly now because
journalists now come to me. On average now I am mentioned as the
expert in the field in at least one magazine, one journal and one
national newspaper every month. I have been asked by one specialist
journal and one regional newspaper to do a regular column, I am
interviewed on radio or TV 1/month.)
I made another system whereby I listed
journalists in radio/press or TV where
position myself and targeted them with
with and spoke to them about what they

my top 10 press contacts - the

I particularly wanted to
the best stories I could come up
needed.

I begged and pleaded with friends and family to speak to people they
knew so that we could find a company where I could do some of my
specialist work at an advantageous rate to give me a story to take to
the press. I found one company willing to be 'experimented' on and got
started (it was a PR agency! who recognised that they would benefit
from some publicity in business journals too). I got some interesting
results and a nice story from the work and wrote it up for the press as
a case study. They used it and I got into three national newspapers
and BA Highlife magazine.
I got two fabulous leads from these and
converted those into 10,000 worth of business. Each of these has
subsequently lead to more work and their lifetime values are already in
the tens of thousands and will be in the hundreds of thousands of
pounds.
I then used the next activity that made sense from a low cost point of
view and went for Referrals. I asked that agency to refer me to any
one they thought might benefit from the particular type of specialist
consultancy/training I do. I also asked the companies who came through
the press coverage to recommend me. Both these strategies worked and I
am now negotiating a 200,000 deal with a referral given to me by the
senior manager in one of these companies.
I now put a small request for referrals in all my literature and
workbooks and ask for them when I am with key influencers.
Once I had some activity and case studies under my belt I wrote up the
case studies some more and sent them into business and management
journals offering them as features and articles. This was taken up by
four national journals over the course of the first 18 months. Each
piece of coverage netted more enquiries and a converted 30% of them.
(sorry Jay, I didn't think to sell on the remaining 70% to competitors
for a commission at the time!).
Next I looked at the second way to grow a business. Raise your prices.
So I did. I raised them by one third - that went OK, I doubled the new
price - that was OK too that, and then doubled it again. I can still
sell my work easily at those rates. I will be trying out a new rate
next year which is 5 times my original rate and it looks set to be fine
with the market too. I am now recognised as name in my field and that
has helped a lot with the pricing of my products and services.
If you can write a book I think that it is worth doing. I have done
this and the Positioning power I have got from this is very
advantageous.
I am now also looking at the third way to grow a business - sell more
frequently to the clients I have. I have polished my core story and
set up a system whereby I make contact with my clients at least every
couple of months. I let them know what our new products and services
are, I let them know about changes in the business and I have started
to give them an update on significant research in the field of human
performance and learning (- this last is to help them out and keep them
educated and is part of my pre-eminence strategy.) I am now selling
far more long running programmes (more days guaranteed work with add-on
consultancy) than I used to a year or more ago when I was still selling
workshops, assessments and short sharp interventions that took me all
over the country and weren't very satisfying to do. This gives me much

more control over my diary and it is easier to have a life! as well as

run a business. Now I have a series of long running programmes in
several areas I am starting to take the model of training into other
areas and sell them on the whole concept. I have brought along some of
my best customers to meet potential buyers and just left it to them to
talk honestly about how it has worked and what the benefits and
pitfalls have been. This is an amazing way to get business - the
prospects just convert because they are talking to a trusted peer!
I have gone from nothing (0.00) in late 1999 to a turnover of 250,000
today. I am no longer a one woman company, I have a business manager
and an administrator now and 5 associates who are just about to start
working to deliver my programmes. I have just opened a regional office
in Northern Ireland which also allows me to be part of the peace
process there which gives me great satisfaction - despite the frequent
reversals into violence again!). I anticipate that we will double our
turnover in the next financial year.
Step by step, trial by trial I have found out what works and realised
that it isn't as easy as it sounds on the tapes - but with steady
application, a firm vision and regular doses of tape listening I am
getting there.
Thanks Jay
Elizabeth Morris

360.

Eric Lofholm

----- Original Message ----From: Eric Lofholm

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:08 AM
Dear Jay:
Everything here is 100% true. I have no reason to exaggerate anything.
I have been following your ideas for about six years. My name is Eric Lofholm. I have my own
sales training company is San Diego. I have used your ideas and strategies to grow my business
over the last 3.5 years. I started my company out of a spare bedroom in my condo. I was the
appointment setter, the accountant, the sales rep, the marketer, etc.
I now have a team of 12 people who work for me full time. We will do over $500,000 this year. I
am projecting to break 2 million in sales next year. I am 31 years old and I the premier sales
trainer of my generation. I will become the next Tom Hopkins.
Here are some specific examples of what I have done using your ideas.
1. Create an irresistible offer. - When I started my business I needed an edge. I was only
28 at the time. My edge was my offer. Here was my offer. My seminar is called the No
Excuses Sales Seminar. The price of the program is $99. If you sign up today I will give
you a free $199 time management seminar as a bonus for taking action. If at the end of
the seminar you are not happy for any reason I will refund you money 100%. For those
of you who take action today I will also offer you a cash discount of $49 off of the $99
ticket price making your total investment only $50. How many of you believe it is a good
idea to attend a sales increasing seminar from time to time. Everyone would agree. I
averaged 6 signups per meeting run. I sold 1,500 tickets using that offer.
2. Increase your price - I then used your idea to increase the price. After I got comfortable
selling my own seminar I tripled the price. I continued to use the irresistible offer and the
sales continued to come in. My new offer was a 1 day sales mastery seminar for $239. I
created my own goal setting software to offer as a premium. The software was valued at
$99. If you sign up today you will receive the goal setting software as my gift to you. I
still offered the money back guarantee. The discount for taking action was $100 making
the total sale $139. My ticket average went from 6 down to 5 tickets per meeting.
3 months later I increased the price again by $10 per ticket. We saw no drop off in sales.
I then added a VIP option. The VIP option was 4 1-hour group coaching calls for an extra
$100. The general price stayed at $149 and the VIP was $249. About 1/3 of the
customers selected the VIP option.
I am ready to increase the price again. My new prices are $199 and $299. I will let you
know how it goes.
3. Referral Strategy - My company created a referral strategy. We offer a free audio tape
valued at $29 for anyone who refers us to 3 or more companies. We generate between
200-400 referrals per month.

4. Back end sales - I recently created a few audiotapes/CD programs. This is a new income
stream because I didn't have product before. This month alone we have sold over
$5,000 worth of product.
5. Free Offers - I have 2 tremendous ebooks that I have written. Instead of selling the
books as most do I offer them for free because I have learned the value of the back end
from you. My list has grown to over 4,000 emails in the last 18 months as a direct result
of people downloading the ebook or subscribing to my free newsletter. Here is how it
works. I have 2 web sites. www.freegoalsettingbook.com and www.ericlofholm.com. On
the www.ericlofholm.com web site you are greeted with a pop up window. The window
says to receive this free ebook now enter your email address. You will also receive a
free subscription to Eric's sales and success e-newsletter. I advertise the ebooks in other
people's e-newsletters. Sometimes I pay for the ads. Sometimes they do it for free.
Sometimes I do ad swaps. Using this simple strategy my email list will exceed 100,000 in
the near future.
These are just of few examples of what I have done. I could probably provide another 20
ways if you need them.
As I mentioned earlier I will become the next Tom Hopkins. You marketing ideas have
played a big role in my development. If you would ever like me to be a guest speaker at your
bootcamp I would be happy to. I am an excellent speaker. I have delivered over 1,500
presentations during the last 6 years.
Success,
Eric Lofholm

361.

Fabian Harris

----- Original Message ----From: Fabian Harris

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:40 PM
Hooray, Hooray for Jay! Thanks Jay! My name is Fabian C. Harris. Im an entrepreneur out of Chicago; I
first met Jay at a protg conference in California in 1990. He kicked me out of the box. He taught me
how to analyze and test my ideas in the real world. A paradigm shift occurred, I first took a small family
transportation business earning hundreds of thousands to millions using the preeminence strategy. People
love the best! Jays work is something I never get enough of studying and testing every chance I get. Riskreversal, Endorsements, Testimonials, Referral Systems, Direct Mail campaigns, Customer Service
Surveying have all been my marketing weapons to name a few that Jay equipped me with. An
Entrepreneur Entrepreneur Jay is! At times while consulting I feel like 007 coming to the rescue for
my clients. Jay has been my secret weapon for years. Now with PEQ, strategy meets tactics and
implementation grows.
I now look at all situations as a transaction engineer creating profits thanks to Jay. At first my friends
thought I was crazy going to $5,000 weekend seminars but now as the volatile markets heat up it seems
people with the Jay skills are rising in demand. I owe a lot of that to Jay and his mental preparation that
taught me the nitty-gritty of marketing and a comprehensive approach to commerce. Bringing Jay hightech approach down to earth has been my personal challenge and Jay always lent a helping hand. He
brought Tony Robbins, Ross, Scott Hallman, Chet Holmes, and many more experts to assist in the
transition and dissemination of his knowledge always at the perfect time.
Creating a legacy of a business has always been a dream of mine since a young age. Ive taken Jays
principals and implemented a plan that took a $300,000 company into earning $50,000,000 within 18
months providing food to the troops in Bosnia through strategic alliances and proving the whole was better
than the parts. Ive uncovered hundred s of thousands dollars for clients using their old mailing list and
dormant assets and reworking their offers to existing clients. Jay has brought many of my dreams to life
performing as a consultant with his scientific training.
Ive recently started a real estate business where I deployed Jays techniques by giving weekly seminars to
induce buyers, sellers, and investors to involve themselves in the purchasing and flipping of properties that
are distressed with great results. Once again proving that educating your customer positions you in creating
the buying criteria for your industry. The pantheon strategy has worked numerous of times by
implementing a full-court press toward exponential results.
Outmaneuvering the competition has put excitement back into my business career and I still feel the best is
yet to come. Theres some specialized procurement bidding processes that Ive created with friends with
the help of Jay Business Audit Blueprints. I have won millions of dollars in government contracts in food,
transportation, information technology, and construction for clients and myself with Jay techniques.
Strategy, Innovation, Management, and Finance has been the mantra everyday since I met Jay. Looking
at the Big Picture of the forest instead of focusing on the trees in front of you is a lesson that I learned from
Jay. Jay helped me manifest diamonds in the rough with his vision. I now enjoy putting together puzzles
for clients using PEQ and Im working toward establishing the right business model for myself as Jay
would say to optimize my results. I still have large problems and challenges to face but Jay information
and knowhow kind of makes me intrinsically feel more powerful to overcome any hurdles. Thanks for the
mastermind help.

Jay has lifted marketing and business technology into new dimensions, which drive down operating costs to
fractions and bring spectacular new values and service opportunities to my enterprises. Jay always acts
with fully integrated honesty and is a master at integrating reality and I love him for that.
Jay has always instilled an eagerness in me to study the works of Michael Gerber, Napoleon Hill, and Tony
Robbins and others and I am so grateful for the insights and profits Ive captured by taken heed. I can go
on for hours telling you how Jay has changed my life, my mindset, and my income. But most of all it
seems Jay has become a close friend of mine who encourages, prods, and gives you all the information
necessary to propel your business into a quantum leap of mastery of commerce.
Thanks again Jay for the journey and discovery to be the best I can be!
Truly Sincerely Yours,
Fabian C. Harris
Investors National Funding Corp.
12 Person Real Estate Development Company
Mobile: 708-296-9092
Office: 630-684-0312
PS: Jay I want to be in that Number of the Elite! Presently, divorce and a daughter at Stanford Law,
another at Xavier U., another moving through prep school, then a son on the USS Enterprise in the gulf has
my finances in chaos. Yet to work more closely with you would be an honor!

362.

Frances Summers

----- Original Message ----From: Frances Summers

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:47 PM
Dear Jay,
This is arriving a few hours late Im asking your forbearance. Weve been dealing with
Oregons worst firestorm, and the threat to my familys heritage stand of timber, and homestead
(now rented out). So far, it looks like were going to be spared, and Im feeling humbly grateful.
Enough of the personal on with the Abraham success story!
Sometime in the midst of the Ultimate Live Marketing Research Lab experience, after having
immersed myself in the Abraham mindset, I was struck by a bolt of lightning! I realized that the
bedrock of all marketing is Jays oft-repeated mantra: Its All About Them its not about you.
With that realization, I tried a very new approach to marketing my seminars. It seemed sort of
risky and awkward, because it was novel, at least to me.
I had successfully marketed my seminars through the local Chambers of Commerce in several
Oregon areas. The approach was that I would be providing a service to their members in the
form of an educational seminar, in exchange for the use of their mailing lists, and use of their logo
on our seminar invitation. I needed their collaboration to help lend credibility to the seminars. I
found that the Directors were very wary of becoming involved, expressing policy concerns about
appearing aligned with one member to the exclusion of others. However, with repeated visits
using my best public relations and sales skills, several agreed to allow the seminars.
The Abraham mindset sparked this new approach: I planned to interview the Director of the
Chamber in a neighboring community. I would ask him about his achievements, his goals and
plans. I would find out his major concerns and figure out how I could help him solve them. Also, I
would apply the same mindset to all my contacts with the staff. What are their goals and what is
standing in the way of their achievement?
In scheduling the appointment with the Director, I asked for only 15 minutes of his time, which he
sort of grudgingly allowed (he was, after all, responding to what he thought was a sales call).
When I met with him, and began to interview him about his goals, plans and frustrations, his
response was truly remarkable. He was so amazed at my genuine interest in his organization
that he forgot about time our interview lasted over two hours! I learned that he needed to find
non-dues funding immediately in order to avoid laying off valued staff members. With this info,
and the Abraham mindset, I suggested that my seminars could be used to raise non-dues
funding. I would take a minimal professional fee, and the balance of the registration income
would go to the Chamber.
The Director and Chamber staff did all the work the advertising, invitations, registrations,
handled the funds, set up the location, provided refreshments and the Director himself greeted
seminar participants. They also set up a live radio interview, and arranged to have the local
business news reporter attend and report on the seminar! In a small town, this was pure gold!! In
the process, I had opportunity to work with the Chamber staff and learn about their goals and
concerns.
Two other Abraham methods were also employed here. The seminar invitation offered risk
reversal the $29.95 registration fee would be fully refunded if participants did not feel 100%

satisfied with the value of the seminar. I believe this helped increase the attendance at the
seminars, although no one asked for a refund.
The second Abraham method was the use of back-end sales. The minimal professional fee I
took for presenting the seminar wasnt the only profit. Just one back-end sale of product netted
$6,500. Not bad for part of a days work, especially considering that the Chamber also received
significant benefit!
Theres a post-script to this story. The Chamber Director has moved on, and his Executive
Assistant (one of the staffers whose job had previously been at risk) has been named as Director.
Yesterday her Assistant called me and requested that we schedule three more seminars. I didnt
need to do any marketing, persuasion or selling they called me!! We have one tentatively
scheduled for late October, the second in January, 2003 and the third in April, 2003. When
youre thinking about how you can benefit the customer, instead of thinking about what you need
and want, great things happen! Thanks, Jay, for your positive mindset, as well as highly effective
methods.
Sincerely,
Frances Summers, MS, CRC
Certified Executive Coach

Insights for Business

Medford, OR 97501
Phone & Fax: 541-855-2324
Frances Summers, MS, CRC, President
Business/Executive Coach
Industrial/Organizational Psychologist

PO Box 4128

363.

Francis Ansah

----- Original Message ----From: Francis Ansah

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:04 PM
When I came across your Marketing material in 1997. I only had dreams
of getting into business. After reading the Success Secrets of
Marketing Genius book I now had PRACTICAL steps to use in business.
I was able to use the Risk Reversal principle in my
Wholesale/Distribution business to gain a 40% market share in my
industry in 1 year. All I did was inform my prospective customers that
they could return or change ANYTHING that did not sell.
I was able to secure orders from retailers who were tired of
wholesalers "dumping" slow moving merchandise on them.
What this
inventory
length of
costs and

did for my business was, it allowed me to only keep in

only the merchandise that SOLD, thereby cutting down on the
time I kept merchandise in stock. I am able to control my
pass the savings on to my customers.

Thank you Jay. Your tapes on Wealth Creation from Nightingale Conant
have been the best investment on audio tape I have ever made.
You have my permission to print this testimony.
Best regards
Francis Ansah

364.

Frank Balkovec

----- Original Message ----From: Frank Balkovec

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:56 PM
Dear Jay,
What a profound difference you've made in my life. My business offers technical services and customized
hardware solutions and being a one-man band I wear a lot of different hats, so here's a few of your concepts
I've used.
The most powerful concept I've been able to implement in my business is the power of risk reversal.
Try before you buy or sampling the product or service before any cash is exchanged. Wow! That works so
well... It gives my new clients something to believe in.
One client of mine experienced a $450 meltdown, his system failed after 2 1/2 years of service and I
usually guarantee my systems for one-year free labor & hardware without a service contract. Realizing the

lifetime value of a client I went ahead and warranty the system for him. He was so delighted that he
referred three new clients.
Jay through your training and coaching I had come to the realization that a client really needs to be looked
out for, their is nothing more important in business than knowing that people I have as clients know that I
care for them.
Success really is a decision and being able to go the distance for people is what business is all about.
Service Driven.
Another concept that brought in a small windfall of $3500 was partnering in a strategic alliance. Expressing
the benefits and the advantages of the deal made everyone involved a winner.
PEQ I & II are so powerful, repetition of the data has really eliminate mental blocks, enhance personal
power and transformed how I conduct business. Even though being a small business I know if I continue to
utilize your methods, results can only occur.
Thank You Jay Abraham.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors.
With respect & gratitude
Frank Balkovec
FNB Enterprises

365.

Frederick Mann

----- Original Message ----From: Frederick Mann

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:26 AM
My name is Frederick Mann and I'm the owner of BigBooster.com
<http://www.bigbooster.com>.
Some years ago, I acquired Jay Abraham's booklets from his "Business
Breakthroughs" course:
21 Power Principles of Business Builders Who Get Rich
Conquering the Competition: Strategies and Techniques to Overcome
Competitors in Any Field
Masters of Marketing: Executive Summary Secrets of Marketing
genius Jay Abraham and Other Marketing Wizards
Q & A with Jay: The Thirty most Stimulating and Universal
Questions Ever Addressed
Sales Letters that Sell
I started BigBooster.com in 1998 with very little capital -- less than
$10,000.
Now, in 2002, we have a burgeoning business with over 80,000
subscribers and members! Much of this success is directly due to Jay's
ideas and principles ... and the further ideas they inspired.
Jay's principle of not putting limits on your expectations of what
customers can buy has inspired me to constantly look for hidden
limitations that could hold me back. It also helped me recognize the
power of the "10X principle" -- you can improve your results by a
factor of 10!
With an Internet-based business, it's important to get visitors. Even
more important is to "capture" as many of those visitors so you can
market to them repeatedly and they can become customers. You can see
how I use the 10X principle to "capture" visitors at BigBooster.com
<http://www.bigbooster.com>.
"BigBooster Associates" <http://www.bigbooster.com/associate/login.php>
is another example of "capturing" visitors. We have over 10,000
BigBooster Associates!
"USP" (Unique Selling Proposition) inspired the concept of "Perfectly
Performing Programs."
Jay's "Grow Through Endorsements" helped me see the power of the Art
Meakin endorsement when the opportunity arose. It's a major factor
behind the success of BigBooster7Million
<http://www.bigbooster.com/7million/join.php?referrer=1>, which has
over 80,000 members!

A quick examination of the above webpages, will reveal how we've

implemented most of Jay's "21 Power Principles" -- see Index of Special
Reports and Position Papers <http://www.abraham.com/Reports.html>.
Our success, to a great degree, depends on the success of our
subscribers and members. And their success largely depends on their
education. Jay emphasizes "educating your customers." I personally
invest a great deal of time in the ongoing development of
BigBooster.com's educational resources. As an example of this, see Use
"Levers" to Increase Your Response Rates 10 Times or More!
<http://www.bigbooster.com/7million/gateway/1_tm.php?referrer=1>:
1. The BIGGEST SECRET of Email Marketing!
2. How to Create a "Community" to Market to... OVER AND OVER!
3. How to Write an Email that Attracts ATTENTION and SELLS!
4. How to write KILLER Sales Letters! - Part 1
5. How to write KILLER Sales Letters! - Part 2
6. USE Autoresponders to AUTOMATE Your Email Marketing!
7. Why You MUST BEAT Your COMPETITION!
8. The POWER of MARKETING LEVERAGE!
9. The SECOND BIGGEST SECRET of Email Marketing!
10. How to get MORE TRAFFIC with almost ZERO effort!
11. How to EDUCATE prospects to CREATE CUSTOMERS!
12. How to Use MAGIC WORDS to SEDUCE your prospects... and COMPEL
them to return to your site like BEES TO HONEY!
Jay's "marketing leverage" concept helped to inspire the above series.
BigBooster7Million
<http://www.bigbooster.com/7million/join.php?referrer=1> uses a very
important form of leverage in that our members market BB7M in order to
effectively grow their own opt-in lists they can promote to repeatedly.
Of course, this grows the overall membership we can market to.
In "Masters of Marketing" Jay says, "Arrange to "parasitically" benefit
from the customers you've acquired...or the prospects you couldn't
sell...". The Internet particularly lends itself to implementing this
principle through what are called "exit-exchange programs." The main
ones we use are:
TrafficMultiplier(sm) <http://get.trafficmultiplier.com/1002062>
McExit <http://www.mcexit.com/start.php?referrer=bigbooster>
SubscriberDrive <http://www.subscriberdrive.com/a/c.cgi?2464>.
When visitors leave certain of our webpages, we gain new traffic as a
result. For example, for BigBooster Associates to gain access to our
Private Programs (updated frequently), they have to log in
<http://www.bigbooster.com/associate/login.php>. When they leave the
login page, a MxExit window pops up, promoting someone else's website.
In return, McExit pops up our website when visitors leave certain
webpages of other members.
SubscriberDrive provides us with about 100 new subscribers every month.
Thanks to Jay Abraham, our business is much more successful that it
would otherwise be.

Sincerely,
Frederick Mann
BECOME A 10X PERFORMING PERSON!
In your head you may have a "program" about how fast your earnings,
business, and/or achievements can grow. "10% per year" is a typical
"growth program." Such a program may hold you back! Would you like to
achieve and/or earn TEN TIMES as much as you are now achieving and/or
earning? If your answer is "YES!" find out how at:
<http://www.bigbooster.com/>.

366.

Geary Morales

Geary Morales
----- Original Message ----From: Geary Morales
To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:31 PM
Hi Jay,
Thanks for the case study testimonial extension.
Although you might not be aware of this I've consistently "apostled" in
behalf of your brilliance for the last ten years.
We have indeed spoke on a couple of times on the phone (one regarding
the CPA Club in the early 90's and the other a few years back in
promoting your hard cover book's national sales rollout)
I've got at least a DOZEN case studies that I've gleaned from you.. but
today I'm only to give you one ... and it's good!
Client:

Greenfield Chamber of Commerce of WI (Suburb of Milwaukee, WI)

Case Study:
I was asked to assist this local chamber of commerce to get new members
as well as sell existing members an irresistible offer to:
1) Purchase a booth at their annual "Business Expo," which would
feature businesses within the community.
2) Renew their membership 2 months in advance if they weren't
interested in purchasing a booth.
3) For non-members sign up 2 months in advance irregardless of a
booth purchase
The Expo was in October of that year (and chamber memberships usually
renewed on the 1st of the following year)
Here's what I did...
1) Wrote a compelling direct response sales letter to all the
businesses in the Greenfield, WI business community.
This is the essence of what we offered...
a) For existing members, (who weren't interested in purchasing a
trade booth for the upcoming Expo) I offered them a BONUS "The
Unfair Advantage Letter Book" a 200 + page compendium of
direct response brilliance manual created by Bill Myers retail priced at $129.00 if they renewed their following years
membership dues 2 MONTHS in advance.
b) To motivate those existing members who were interested in
purchasing an Expo Booth I offered them the BONUS if they

purchased their EXPO booths within 10 days of the offer.

(They usually waited until the last minute to do it, which of
course created chaos for the Chambers Business Expo committee)
c) For non-members of the Chamber, I offered them the bonus if
they signed up for membership 2 months in advance (within 10
day) and gave them the last two months membership for FREE.
The result - all three potential buying business entities bit on one of
the three offers.
The president of the Chamber told me it was the most successful Biz
Expo trade booth, new member and Chamber renewal promotion the Chamber
had ever experienced.
And the lesson in all of this..
1.
2.
3.

Irresistible offer (BONUS)

With a time limit
Risk Reversal - Didn't cost the businesses a penny more - just
got them to act on the time limit (the sense of urgency and fear
of loss if they didn't respond one way or another and what did
they get in return? Ten's of Thousands of Dollars of Brilliance
by receiving Bill's Unfair Advantage Letter Book. It was cool!

Warmly
Your Friend
Geary Morales
" Your Marketing, Media & Productivity Consultant at Work "
P.O.Box 070382
Milwaukee, WI 53207
(414)230-2069
P.S.
by the way...I own the reprint rights to Bills "Unfair Advantage
Book" which at the time cost me only $10 to reproduce and basically
gave it away to the Chamber as a free will gesture - I only charged
them $20 for each manual - for the $129.00 perceived value to the
business community)

367.

George Christenakis

----- Original Message ----From: George Christenakis

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 5:34 AM
Dear Jay,
The two most important principles of Jay's mindset that I have implemented are
1. Referral Systems
2. The lifetime value of a client.
The development of the belief system that what you have to offer is of significant value to the
customer and asking questions of the client that will lead to relationships to other customers of
similar quality.
The Key ingredient to my business expanding exponentially over time is asking clients for
referrals from current customers at application, during the process and after closing. This has
been a key in the development of my business as opposed to others who need to reinvent the
wheel every month. This needs to be done with every client and on every loan consistently
without any deviation. The more consistently that I have done this, the better the results.
The lifetime value of a customer has also been critical to my success. Consistently marketing to
closed loan clients by phone calls and direct mail has been the most effective marketing that I
have done to increase business over time. This has been done consistently every other month
primarily through direct mail and newsletters periodically asking customers for both referrals and
referral sources with whom I can contact.
These two Marketing and selling concepts have had the biggest impact on my business and have
resulted in tangible positive results.
George Christenakis
Northern Home Mortgage Corp.
978-667-1800

368.

George Platt

----- Original Message ----From: George Platt

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:02 AM
My first introduction to Jay Abraham was in 1986 via an ink on paper product Your Marketing Genius at
Work. At the time Harty was doing $5 million in sales and I was motivated to keep my foot down on the
growth throttle of my business.
The business world is a 3-D movie and without the right glasses you are lost. Through this course Jay gave
me the 3-D glasses. I learned the secrets of non-traditional marketing methods.
I switched all my marketing and advertising to direct response versus image advertising. Using this
concept I determined space advertising was a waste of money for my business and channeled my money
into direct mail.
I embraced the concept of Unique Selling Proposition or USP. At the time I was one of 850 printers in
the State of Connecticut. I was looking for a way to separate myself from the pack. I created a USP by
adding mailing services to my offering. From being one of 850 firms, Harty became one of a handful of
firms offering high end printing combined with sophisticated mail services under one roof. Harty has
ridden this USP from $5 million in sales to $20 million in sales. This USP still has legs today. The
printing industry has since become wise to the benefits of offering mail services but 15 years late.
Jay taught me the concept of Marginal Net Worth or Lifetime Value. I learned that the lifetime value of
a printing customer was huge. I realized I had accounts that were spending $100,000 annually and staying
active for 20 years plus. What would I spend to create a customer with a lifetime value of $2 million to $5
million? I could spend way more than I was spending and way more than my competition.
I started an aggressive direct mail campaign with lumpy packages with a value of $5 to $15 per package. I
mailed these to 900 customers and 3000 prospects. I would mail to this audience 8 times a year. This
system created 100-150 new accounts a year that billed $1.5 - 2 million in sales in the first year.
Using the lifetime value concept, I leased $70,000 worth of Macs and installed them in to a client site to
ease their creation of a complete inside graphic design department. This account grew into a $2.5 million a
year client and has been active for 11 years.
Jay exposed me to Host / Parasite relationships. I used this concept to grow relationships with other
printers and print brokers. This segment became 20 % of my business. Who would have thought? As long
as you have high integrity you can compete one day and work together the next. At times you have to walk
a fine line but none the less this segment became over $4 million in sales annually.
Through a host / parasite relationship I ultimately bought a $500,000 a year printer that in the first year
blossomed to $1.5 million in sales because the ex owner could just focus on sales.
Sphere of Influence or Referrals became a significant focus. In reality 9 out of 10 new accounts come
from word of mouth. I secure testimonials as an ongoing effort. I use reciprocity to my advantage. Dear
client, I know if the shoe was on the other foot you would do it for me.
Guarantees or Risk Reversal can help flip a prospect that is sitting on the fence . Harty became the first
printer in Connecticut to guarantee on time delivery or the job is free. You dont lead with this concept but
it helps when a prospect is worrying about his risk. If you take on the risk more of your prospects will buy
from you.

Im sure you are worrying about all the people that will take advantage of you when in reality only a few
people will ever call you on it. Only 20% of rebates are redeemed. Make it a no brainer for prospects to
work with you and they will.
Over the years I have home studied most of Jays programs and went live to The Ultimate Marketing
Research Laboratory (UMRL). I always get value from Jays work. The PEQ effort with Chet (John)
Holmes helped bridge the gap between Jays 40,000 feet ideas to Chets street wise implementation.
I have implemented just 2 of Jays concepts well and quadrupled my business. Another quadruple and Im
a $80 million dollar business. Im on my way.
The Harty Press, Inc
Commercial Printing
George R. Platt, President
203-562-5112

369.

Gilles Gauvin

----- Original Message ----From: Gilles Gauvin

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:26 AM
Here is my story.
After reading your material I tried this promotion. I had a fireplace business (ENERGY SOLUTION INC.
in Quebec City) that had good revenues during winter but was a bit short of cash during summer.
I designed a brochure to sell to my customers a fireplace maintenance service during summer. I proposed a
3-year contract for a lump sum of $199. For that amount they would receive the visit of a technician
(during summer of course) to check the fireplace and sweep the chimney. Visa and Mastercard payments
were accepted.
I send two consecutive sales letter to my clients. The first one got a 7.5% response and the second one
also 7%. Total 14.5%.
I then tried to sent a bulk mailing to 1000 homes in a part of the town were there was many fireplaces but I
don't got any response.
Conclusion: You were right ! Former customers are 1500% easier to sell than strangers.
Gilles Gauvin
P.S. - An idea that can increase your sales too ! I imagine that most of your customers are English
speaking people. But I suspect that there are many other that are not so comfortable with English. They
can read, write (as I am trying to do) and listen but when they have to speak to a representative they draw
back. It's my case. So when you ask to speak to a representative on the phone I never call back even if
your offer interest me. Today I write because it is the first time I receive an email from you that accepts a
written answer instead of a phone call. Have a nice day. Gilles

370.

Graham and Lisa Knight

----- Original Message ----From: Graham and Lisa Knight

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 4:50 PM
Hi Jay,
My name is Graham Knight and I am a business effectiveness consultant
in Canberra, Australia.
THE PROBLEM
The implemented idea that I will talk about is to do with results based
marketing rather than paying for no results.
One of my clients in Canberra is a Pet Photographer, and like all of my
other clients she came to me to increase the bottom end and top end of
her business including profits, satisfaction, contribution to society
and so on.
One of the dilemmas she faced was under capitalisation and experience
in generating sales. Unfortunately her business was suffering though
lack of marketing and advertising... until I came onto the scene.
She had been to traditional advertising agencies seeking ways to
generate more clients... but with her being undercapitalised she was
unable to pay for any of the exotic ways.
THE SOLUTION
When I came on the scene, my number one priority was to generate many,
many more sales to get her cash flow pumping!
This is what we did...
When I go into a business, I take a snapshot of the health of the
business... in this I identified many, many complementary businesses
(i.e. other businesses who also deal with pets - vets, pet food
suppliers, shows, pet competitions, pet shops, pet food supplies and
the lists go on). We identified that these businesses would have
potential customers... and lots of them.
One of her friends was into videoing and so we put together kind of
small infomercial... showing what she does, the benefits, how she did
her photography, why people should use her services, that her services
come with absolutely NO risk and a special offer. This was put on a
tape, together with photos that she had taken of pets in the past.
We then purchased one of those video/TVs in one and approached a number
of the complementary businesses. We asked if we could set the TV/video
up where their customers waited - to stop their customers being bored
and to get them thinking about the photographer... as predicted, many

of them said yes to the idea. So, we decided to leave it in each

business for a week.
The video played over and over again... and people saw the benefits,
saw the quality of work, how she did what she did, and then the offer.
Well, she was the only person in the business... and the phone started
ringing... bookings started going through the roof... a friend of hers
was called in to prep new clients for the shoots... she needed a person
to come in and deal with all of the business activities not related to
the photography... and the story continues.
All from one idea... instead of paying for advertising on the TV
stations, she put an infomercial in the pet shops, vets etc (by the way
the effect was greatest for all of the people waiting in the vets because they saw it over and over again). The cost - $568 for the
TV/video a bit of time and negotiation.
The results - around 180 clients so far have come from this method...
the cost - a little over $2 per client. Not bad.
Anyway, I hope this is what you were after.
Regards,
Graham Knight

371.

James McKnight

----- Original Message ----From: James KcKnight

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:30 PM
This idea is truly an Abraham original. Miami-Dade Public schools has recently been forced to go
two days without pay to every teacher in the district. Needless to say it didn't go over well. The
teachers have unions that didn't wish to buckle and the administration said without the 2 days
major cuts would occur throughout the ranks.
Well, I market discount travel packages, which offers a tremendous value for the individual
because our $15,000 package retails for only $1295 dollars (of which we typically do thru credit
unions). So I contacted the school board and explained how they could attempt to give back
some of the monies taken from the teachers by partnering with our firm. Then went to the union
chief and explained to him by his teachers coming on board, I would be able to not only give the
teachers a discount, but I would be able to give the school some monies per each sold package,
and the more sold packages obviously the more the school district which meant the less cutting
the school would need to do since they still were over budget.
Well, the district itself consist of 50,000 members who all belong to there credit union which
means if they wish to participate and save some money they can, while getting a loan if need be
from there credit union who of course we've partnered with to show how to increase loan
portfolios while offering an excellent valued added benefit with zero cost.
The school district will receive a set amount per sold package, and the teachers will receive off
the original $1295. This is a multiple host/beneficiary relationship I got from Jay. When complete
(assuming I'm able to get 5% participation) this will give me the opportunity to move to South
Beach, the hottest 20 blocks in the United States, while at the same time helping the school
district and making me one of the creative thinkers in the area. Not to mention at 5% if my
projections are correct the school district would receive $125,000.00 dollars...
Thanks Jay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sincerely,
James McKnight/CEO
Brimm, Barrington, Bernard & Basil Inc.,
www.BBBBInc.com

372.

Jeff Busch

----- Original Message ----From: Jeff Busch

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Success stories
I hope it's not to late to submit.
I ran small display ads for my family law practice. The readers were directed to a 24 hour 800#
where they were offered a free report. Over a period of about 10 months, the ads generated about
$21,000+ in legal fees. Not a fortune, but the return was about $6.00 for every $1.00 spent on
marketing. Not to shabby.
Jeff Busch

373.

John Bishop

----- Original Message ----From: John Bishop

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:57 PM
Dear Jay,
I am a roofing estimator/salesman with a large commercial roofing
company. For the last several months I've been incorporating many of
your ideas and strategies into my work.
One of the most profound lessons I've learned from you is the "lifetime
value of a client". Although an initial service call may be for an
inexpensive leak repair, many of these clients are prospects for an
ungoing maintenance program and eventual reroofing, which could easily
require an investment of $50,000.00 or more.
I am now much more focused on establishing a good long term
relationship with new clients, even if it means a little less profit on
the front end.
It turns out this attitude is a good strategy for the short term as
well. I've already exceeded my sales volume from last year, and we
still have five months left in our fiscal year!
Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us.
John Bishop
Crowther Roofing
2501 Rockfill Road
Ft. Myers, FL 33916
(800) 741-3114

374.

John Davis

----- Original Message ----From: John Davis

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:35 PM
Abraham ideas and concepts that have worked for us:

Dream Clients
The Dream Client concept has been highly successful for us. We had done some of this in the past, but
without a system and never measured. After PEQ-I we began to systemize this concept.
Each of our 4 salespeople picked out their top 10 revenue-producing clients. They were instructed to
contact each client a minimum of once a month. This could be by phone, personal visit, or mail. We began
to, each week, record the interaction and results of such contacts. The results were astounding.
First measured week: more than $8,000 in additional sales to these clients!
Second measured week: more than $5,000 in additional sales to these clients!
The beat goes on
The turnaround for us was:
1)
2)
3)
4)

Weekly workshops to review

Critique each interaction
Role play each interaction for group
PEER PRESSURE each week

We will be adding additional Dream Clients in the near future.

Upsells
As with the Dream Client concept, we are continuing to develop our upsell system.
We have each salesperson log all contacts and upsell attempts. For example, if we prune your trees, upsell
Deep Root fertilization. If we fertilize your trees, we upsell tree pruning or other listed tree health items.
Even though this is still in the development stage, we are seeing tremendous results.
First measured week: approximately 10% increase in sales by upsells alone; approximately $4,500.
Second measured week: Approximately 8% sales increase; approximately $3,000
This is dollars increase on high profit items as we are developing our system. The increase is expected to
be at least 30% when we get this system perfected.
Again the difference for us was:
1. Weekly workshops on this subject
2. Critique each salesperson interaction
3. Role playing

4. Also peer pressure and sales competition

JDavis Tree Care Solutions
4206 Broadway Ave
Haltom City Texas 76117

375.

John Dunn

----- Original Message ----From: John Dunn

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:04 AM
Dear Jay,
I have been a student of your marketing mindset and have given
consulting to a business barter company to increase their sales and
profit.
I created an USP for them to make them stand out from competitors.
That was:
"Your Full Service Barter Company". This focused on their
excellent trade brokers and people, that they were not an internet
based "do it yourself" barter company.
Sincerely,
John Dunn,

Windsor, CT.

376.

John Gallagher

----- Original Message ----From: John Gallagher

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:24 AM
Hi, Jay,
I have been using your methods for years. I also was a student of Joe
Stumpf when the two of you worked together.
A simple program I used as a real estate agent was when working with a
buyer I would guarantee to sell their new home for free if they were
unhappy with their purchase for a period of six months after closing.
This strategy was useful and brought in business. I would present this
strategy to bankers and this brought in referrals from the bank's
clients.
Over the last few years I have moved into commercial real estate and
finance. I took your concept of educating the client to heart and have
come up with a reasonably successful product that I use to generate new
business.....
In the commercial leasing business the tenant is almost always under
represented or misrepresented especially the small business tenant. I
have a consulting business providing a full spectrum of services for
the commercial lease tenant. I have written a booket entitled {"Fight
Back: Winning the Leasing Game, 17 Common Mistakes Tenants Make
Renewing or Negotiating their Commercial Lease". I also had the book
endorsed by the co-founder of Canada's largest specialty coffee
franchise. This has positioned me as an authority and has been
reasonably successful.
I have been brokering large hotels and net leased investment properties
and my next project is to write a booklet on these experiences. Any
suggestions?
I look forward to reading your compilations of stories.
Thank-you for the education.
John Gallagher
905-529-5900 x240

377.

John Shea

----- Original Message ----From: John Shea

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:44 AM
My story relates to the use of a referral method to expand the sale of
consulting services within a major business. This financial services
client has 4 high-rises (soon to be 5) plus an office campus with five
4-story office buildings. The high rises and office campus are located
within 2 miles of each other.
While carrying out consulting assignments within one organization of
the client, I developed contacts within other organizations which led
to a constant flow of consulting engagements for over five years. Many
contacts were work-related as I naturally interacted with people in
other organizations on behalf of current clients. Others developed
from chance encounters like when you meet someone new while picking up
your computer printout. Others were consciously cultivated - it's easy
to invite someone to have coffee or lunch when you have access to them
almost daily.
A major advantage of marketing this way is that your presence on the
client site seems to qualify you for assignments where your skill set
may not be 100% 'spot-on'. You get assignments that you might not get
if the engagement is awarded primarily based on employment history and
thrown open to several candidates.
Because of your presence within the company, a new prospective client
knows (a) you've passed all the security and credit screens, (b) you're
deemed responsible and trustworthy and (c) you're reasonably competent.
I don't mean to imply that the client doesn't get his money's worth but
simply that you get a pass through some 'gates' that might otherwise
prove to be artificial obstacles. I still performed in an outstanding
manner on all the engagements.
John J. Shea
Phone: 650-941-7432
Fax: 650-618-1503
Cell: 650-619-1486

378.

John Skorczewski

----- Original Message ----From: John Skorczewski

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:19 PM
Hello,
My name is John Skorczewski and I'm CEO of Market-Tek Enterprises, Inc.
We mainly sell proprietary web promotion software; search engine
submission tools and like products all developed in house.
http://www.Submission-Spider.com
http://www.YipSubmit.com
http://www.LinkWizardPro.com
Are a few of our more popular sites.
It's hard to pinpoint just one thing that I've learned from Jay and
tell you exactly how much I've earned from it's use. A great deal of
our overall marketing philosophy comes from him.
Before I started studying Jay's work, I didn't even know terms like
bump, backend, or follow-up and now most of our revenue comes from
working these three areas.
As software sellers, we offer free trial downloads of our software.
Before Jay, I wasn't even collecting email addresses of customers and
following up after they had downloaded our stuff. I'd say roughly 90%
(at least) of our orders come from following up with past
downloaders... that's revenue we were completely missing before.
One specific case study I can share with you (because I started
documenting them after reading Jay's Stealth Marketing Book!) is my
Christmas promotion that I ran last Christmas.
I hate to let the cat out of the bag because I fully intend to run this
campaign every year during Christmas (as Jay says, don't stop using a
successful marketing strategy!).
Basically this is what happened. I wanted to earn a little extra
revenue to end the year on a high note (plus it was Christmas and I
wanted more cash to spend on gifts etc).
I rounded up a list of the 1,000 most recent downloaders of our
Submission-Spider software. I wanted the most recent batch of people
so I just took the last few weeks worth of downloaders.
I then created a simple email marketing campaign that consisted of a
simple one page letter, then a follow-up letter sent out two days
later.
I wanted to offer them the software as a special Christmas time bonus,
at a special (and substantial) discount. I've tested offers like these

before with only modest result. But this time I tested it using one of
Jay's tactics from Stealth Marketing. He says to tell the customers
WHY you are offering them the discount.
So I very frankly told them in my letter why I was offering them this
discount. Which was because it was Christmas and I wanted to go out
and blow a lot of money on gifts and the software is downloadable so it
doesn't really cost me anything to sell to them at such a discount.
I was amazed. The feedback I got was incredible. Not only did I get
more orders then from any other promotion I've ever run (82 orders
within 2 to 3 days out of 1,000 emails sent) but people kept emailing
me, telling me their stories, how they could relate as it does
sometimes "get tight around Christmas" etc.
82 orders out of 1,000 sent may not seem much, but that's front end.
I continue to sell to these people over and over via backend.
With their initial barrage of email I've been able to cultivate several
working relationships with some of these customers which to me is pure
gold. The more you get to know your customers the easier it is to sell
to them in the future.
I'm convinced it was the story more than the price discount that worked
so well. And that technique was straight from Jay.
Thanks Jay,
John Skorczewski
CEO Market-Tek Enterprises, Inc. http://www.Submission-Spider.com
http://www.Market-Tek.com

379.

John Williamson

----- Original Message ----From: John Williamson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:21 PM

My famous donut letter.

This outrageously successful case study the launch of a new fast food business revolves around a very
important marketing strategy and reveals a lesson which many business owners could easily profit from.
Establishing a business from scratch in the notoriously cut throat fast food industry clearly called for a
more imaginative approach that the usual method of stuffing us too menus and flyers through letterboxes.
I suggested
Find the centre of influence in each of the businesses youre targeting and recruit them to their cause
with an ethical bribe!
Every organisation has a centre of influence. Its the person who organises the office parties, retirement
whip rounds and lottery syndicate. If youre able to positively influence them (thats were the bribe comes
in!) they will actively promote your product or service; rolling out the red carpet for you at the front door,
whilst simultaneously ushering the competition out of the back door.
The letter on the following page was hand delivered to targeted businesses, with a curiosity generating
lunch tomorrow? handwritten on the envelope.
Often within minutes of being delivered the letter had found its way from reception to the centre of
influence, who immediately faxed it back.
Boxes of donuts (at just 50p, a cheap bribe!), menus and special offer vouchers were promptly dispatched
with a member of staff who was instructed to: 1) deliver the donuts only to the person who had requested
them and 2) confirm that having been paid off they were going to distribute the menus and special
offer vouchers.
Do you think that the centres of influence were able to resist telling EVERY ONE about their new find?
Now, take a look at the letter. Could you resist that headline if YOU were a centre of influence? There
was an incredible 38% response to the letter and more importantly almost every one became a customer
and on average they each influenced 33 people!
The Have Your Cake And Eat It Club was created (at a net cost of less than 25p per week) as a way of
stimulating customer loyalty (and YES it worked tremendously well!)
NOTICE HOW: the letter does not mention prices, choice, quality or fantastic service. Remember, the sole
purpose of this letter was to find and identify centres of influence. By using this strategy the lunchtime
eating habits of several hundred people were changed by sending out just a few dozen letters. Or to put it
another way thousands of pounds of weekly turnover were stolen right from under the noses of the
competition with a marketing budget of less than 100

When your box of FREE

jam donuts arrives - will you
share them or eat ... every ...
last ... one ... yourself?

[Photo of
business
owner]

Dear Customer,
To receive a box of FREE jam donuts you need only answer a couple
of simple questions ... and thankfully the question above isnt one
of them!
Announcing: A change from the boring lunchtime routine
With over 200 work day lunches to think about each year its
quite possible that, from time to time, you and your colleagues are
going to feel starved of lunchtime choice or maybe just hungry for
a change of routine.
Thats when everyone will be glad that YOU returned our little
questionnaire.
Because as soon as we receive it back well not only deliver a
box of FREE jam donuts - just in time for your next tea break - but
well also send copies of our latest FREE Delivery Service menu and
enough special offer vouchers for everyone to get a great deal on
tomorrows lunch.
And thats not all - there are FREE cream cakes on Friday too!
Introducing - the Have Your Cake & Eat It Club
Join our special club
boring meetings to attend, NO
funny handshakes to learn ...
buy your lunch from us on any

today there are NO membership fees, NO

rule books to memorise and definitely NO
just a FREE Cream Cake on Friday when you
three days in the same week.

So fill in the enclosed questionnaire and fax it back to us

straight away. And Once youve done that ... perhaps you should start
giving some thought to the question at the top of the page.
Yours sincerely

the business owner

PS

Membership of the Have Your Cake & Eat It Club is FREE BUT you
must join this week. So, if you want FREE cream cakes on Fridays
fax back the questionnaire NOW!

Logo etc

380.

Jon Davies

----- Original Message ----From: Jon Davies

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:22 AM
Jay
I work in the U.K. improving bottom line within the motor trade.
I read your book "Getting everything you can out of all you've got" and came up with the following
idea to improve the penetrations dealers were achieving in the products they offer when selling a
vehicle.
Most sales team were getting a customer to agree to a lease payment that fitted their budget,
they would then TRY and offer the assorted products that they sell eg "Mr Smith your happy
spending 100 per month on your car for 2 extra you can have an extended warranty," for 5
extra you can have alloy wheels and before the customer knew it he was now paying 130 per
month.
The upwards selling process is fine, however I found that some of the sales team did not believe
in some of the products so therefore they took it on themselves not to offer them to a customer.
The problem with upwards selling is that it can only get more expensive for the customer, they to
can look at the deal and decide that what you are selling is too expensive now for them to buy.
So my strategy to change the process was this, 100% of the products that we sell are now added
on top of the retail price, there is nothing else to offer it's all inclusive. I then totaled the figures
and presented them to a client in the form of 8 monthly lease payments ranging form 12 months
through to 60 months. The team simple say to a customer "Mr Smith, which one of these
payments suit's you best?"
The results is that 18% of all the cars sold are now full up list price and full up with all the
products we sell, if we needed to remove the products to make a deal work then we have found
that 25% of all vehicles are sold at Manufacturers list price, with the customer not asking us to
discount our vehicle list price.
I am now teaching this concept to other dealers, in most cases we are achieving 400 + in extra
profit per unit and finding a significant increase in product sales.
I look forward to reading about any other Cars Sales, Car Service ideas that you may have and
receiving your e-mail
Yours sincerely
Jon Davies

381.

Jonas Sunny Mayo

----- Original Message ----From: Jonas"Sonny" Mayo

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:05 AM
How do I start my story? I guess it still all started when I picked up the book
"Getting Everything You Can Out Of all You've Got". Let me tell you first what kind
of industry I'm involved in, I have a Martial Arts school here in Woodhaven, New
York. I have the school since 1992. There were some good years and also some bad
years like any other business. In the martial arts school industry the way we get
students in the door is by advertising like a FREE class or two or sometimes we run a
special like $19.95 for a week of class plus a free uniform. I get a decent amount of
response i would say about 10 to 15 info calls and the people who actually try the
class I would say 1 to 3 person will enroll in a regular 1 year program which is worth
about $3600 worth of contract in a year, this is the normal advertising in our
industry.
When I first got your book one chapter really got my attention, Chapter 7 titled
"Make 'Em An Offer They Can't Refuse". What I did instead of the regular 1 week
free trial lesson I gave them an offer they can't refuse, "ONE Month Free Plus A Free
Uniform With No Obligation to Join Or Continue". Nobody does this in my
neighborhood. You see there are five other martial arts school around me in a 5 mile
radius so competition is really high. After I stared using the "ONE Month Free Plus A
Free Uniform With No Obligation to Join Or Continue" on all my advertising my call
doubled and I have more people joining than ever before which resulted in double
the people joining in a month to 3-6 people with an increase of $7200 on my bottom
line. My friends thought I was crazy at first and said that people will take advantage
of me, but to the contrary people got more comfortable in joining in my program
because I'm the only one on my neighborhood willing to take the risk and let them
try it out for a whole month and not pressuring them to join.
Hopefully I will try out the other principles in the Book but for now this the best
Marketing Idea that I ever got from a Marketing Book that actually worked.
Thanks a lot!
Jonas Mayo
www.MayoAcademy.com
718.850.5500
PS: "My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors."

382.

Jonathan Bradshaw

----- Original Message ----From: Jonathan Bradshaw

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:02 AM
Dear Jay,
I dont normally take the time to sit down and write a lengthy reply or discourse about how some
information changed some process or system we use at our company, but I had to make an exception in this
case.
It might not be as long as some of your other studies, but Ill give it my best shot.
I came across your 6-CD set from Nightingale Covenant entitled The Mastermind Strategy. I listened to
that set for 2 straight weeks! I spend over 4 hours daily in my car driving to and from work. Your CDs
were given a workout as was my laptop, PDA, notepad, and mini cassette recorder!

Service Sector Social Services

Many of the examples used on the CDs seemed to focus on industries and business models who were
driven by product-sales rather than service-based industries, but there were enough points shared that I
gleaned over 27 pages of ideas and changes for our business. Our business falls into the Service Sector,
and more specifically, the Social Service arena. Our family owns and runs an Interpreter Referral Agency
located in St Louis, Missouri. We provide sign language interpreters for every conceivable venue and
purpose all over Western Illinois, the St Louis Metro Area, and also for much of Missouri.

Strategic Analysis
After listening to the CDs, I began scouring our computer system for numbers and facts and figures about
out business cycles and customers and average lifetime span and lifetime worth assessment, etc, etc, etc.
When that was done, I put together a 50 page PowerPoint Slide Show and took it into the office. It showed
where our business had begun, January 1, 1987, and where we had grown it to earlier this year (January
2002).

Old/New Business Strategy

Our initial business strategy allowed the company to follow the ebb and flow of the business cycle in our
area with little or no pre-planned action to adjust or go after the types of business that came our way. After
the CDs, we have moved that position to one of pre-emptive planning in order to more carefully choose
what types of business we are going to take on. In addition, we began thinking more in terms of
preeminence positioning in relationship to the other interpreting agencies in our area.

Old/New Business Structure

It showed how the company was utilizing the Diving Board paradigm, and we were utterly dependent on
providing interpreting services. I did a worst-case scenario of another company opening in this area, and
how it could potentially devastate our current operations. We later saw that scenario take place but it did
not impact us because we had taken some steps to prepare ourselves for just such an eventuality!
As Jay described the Diving Board, then gave the remedy, we developed a new paradigm and created a
Parthenon, then went to work adding in two additional layers under the first. Rather than depending on

ONE source of income, we went to work and began pulling in and utilizing resources that we had allowed
to sit idle for years. We now have in place three other ways to bring in income, spreading out our liability
and strengthening our financial stability base.

Old/New Advertising Strategy

Further business analysis showed that our business was maintaining its market share by word-of-mouth
advertising rather than with any type of formal system. We implemented a computer system to go in and
track our client database on a monthly basis in order to capture usage patterns and which business sectors
that were decreasing their usage of our services. With that information, we have now begun a targeted
marketing strategy to recoup and to bolster those segments back up.
Another item Jay mentioned was that of Trade Shows or Expos, and how they can impact your business in
a positive way. Taking those seeds of ideas, we have begun to plan for our annual conference attended by
over 1,000 specialists from several neighboring states. We are energized and excited about the up-coming
conference in October, and are looking forward to the leads and contacts we are going to make there
utilizing Jays ideas.

Attrition Reduction Plan

Again, our business had no system set up to track the number of clients we were losing each year and why.
Working with the database once again, we implemented a program to give us the contact information that
will allow us to make follow-up calls in an attempt to discover why they dropped off, no longer use us, or
to attempt to recover their business.

Old/New Customer Service

Previously, once a year, we pulled our employees in and went over the importance of customer service.
One of Jays suggestions was to get a tape-set of materials teaching customer service, or provide books for
them to read. We held another workshop dealing with customer service, but approached it from an entirely
different angle this go-round. Additionally, we have put in motion a plan to purchase over 100 books to
pass out and are developing a simple, one-page questionnaire for them to turn in after they are through
reading the book. They will receive a check for $50.00 when they turn that competed form in. We plan to
do this throughout each quarter of the year, instead of making this a one-time effort.

Old/New Recruiting
Previous to Jay, we had limited our recruiting efforts to several times a year, major pushes right before
colleges and universities re-opened in the Fall and Spring. With an agency like ours, the resources
(interpreters) are all a part of a pool of people who are available to the whole community. If you dont
snatch them up in time, they go to work for other agencies in the area, and are effectively out of the work
pool. Because we waited, we would sometimes find ourselves short when it came time to start the Fall and
Spring semesters.
After Jays CDs, we implemented a referral generating system utilizing printed materials, mailing lists,
targeted mailings, flyers, word-of-mouth, internet postings, newsgroups, message boards, and headhunting bonuses offered to our employees. We had an influx of interpreters that more than matched our
needs for this coming up semester.

Lessons Learned
Jay stressed the importance of looking internally and getting the highest and best use of all of the internal
resources, maximizing the use of all of the company assets, before ever going outside of the company and
looking to make improvements.

Jay stressed over and over again about Geometric Growth of your business. Taking this principle and
seeing how it has impacted our thought patterns has given us a renewed sense of purpose and vitality.
We have begun asking for and using endorsements from our long-term customers, and have had some very
positive feedback from those efforts. Additionally, we have begun to develop some strategic alliances with
other agencies in other parts of the Mid-West, as well as the East and West coast.
Near the end of one of his CDs, Jay posed a series of questions in order to spark the thought processes of
those listening. They sparked mine! One lesson I took away was that of on-going introspection, not just a
once-a-year process, but almost a daily questioning of self motivation, thought processing, quick-check
questioning.
Another lesson learned was that of traveling outside of your own industry, and getting rid of tunnelvision and replacing it with funnel-vision. Tunnel-vision sees only what is around it and looks to others
in your particular field or business sector for examples of how they do their thing. Funnel-vision
broadens that scope and looks to see how other businesses, in un-related fields do their thing, and then
emulating their successes.
A few slides of the PowerPoint focused on the almost militaristic approach and view of businesses and
companies in comparison to ours. Jay used the term force multiplier effect to tie in to how businesses
could utilize not just one of the principles, but by implementing several of them at once, could hammer
the competition and bring about an engineered breakthrough.

Closing
In closing, these are just a few of the ideas and 27-some pages of material all condensed down into several
pages. Suffice to say that Jays materials and the ideas that it subsequently sparked have enabled us to take
control of a business that was feeling the pinches from both the economic slowdown and the after-effects of
September 11, 2001. We have seen our business resurge and there is a new vitality and sense of movement
that was not present before the implementation of these ideas and action plans.
We have recouped many times over the initial cost of the set of CDs from Nightingale Covenant in net
worth of ideas and strategies that will continue to impact our business for many years to come! Thank you
Jay!!!
Sincerely
Jonathan Bradshaw
Business Manager Marketing Director

383.

Jose Boesch

----- Original Message ----From: Jose Boesch

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:21 PM
Alternative Dmv Services, "avoiding lines at the dmv" is what we do.
Our markets are wholesale (high and low volume) and retail.
I owe just about everything I've learned from Jay Abraham and his
tapes. The two most powerful concepts that have made me successful are
the Free trial and spending marketing dollar based on the Marginal Net
worth of the client. Until you understand these to profound concepts
and their meaning to your customer you cannot compete in the market
place.
By taking all the risk, the law of reciprocation is triggered giving a
voice in the customer self talk.
By knowing what the marginal network of a client is you can design a
budget to solicit them.
Moral: Don't expect the customer to try you product unless your willing
to giving a sample "for free or at a discount".
My company went from the verge of bankruptcy to a positive cash flow
and over 50,000 in net profits in three year.
The only thing that scares me is a Jay Abraham trained competitor with
commodity thinking.
Jose Boesch, President
ABC Notary & Auto Title, Inc.
2500 Lapalco Blve. #5
Harvey, La 70058
504-366-7674

384.

Kean Wong

----- Original Message ----From: Kean Wong

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:49 AM

The Secrets of the Fastest Growing Education and Investment

Property Consultancy company in Australia!
$0 100 million in less than 3 years

The inside story of how one man almost single handedly

transformed the education and investment property sector in
less than half a business cycle.
In the beginning.
Jason D. was a young entrepreneur who had made a small fortune in the early 90s retailing computers.
From the age of 19, starting with a meager $250, he built his very first business from the TV room in his
parents house into a $47m tour-de-force spanning 3 continents in less than 5 years. Between the ages
of 25-29, he had become semi-retired, dabbling in various investments that didnt require the headaches of
running a multi-million dollar retail business. His focus then had turned to acting - the glamour world of
Hollywood. But one day, sometime around 1998/99 while in LA, he received a call from his lawyer who
told him that his passive investment in a property development venture was about to bankrupt him. He
had put full faith in his property development partners not realizing what trouble he had gotten himself
into
Flying back to Australia, his entrepreneurial instincts kicked in. To save his situation, he spent the next 6
months speaking to over 300 expertsin the field of propertyfrom agents, to developers, to investment
property marketers, to property traders. It was a plea for help I would really appreciate just 1 hour of
your time,Im in real strife, your one hour of advice could save my business from collapsing.
As it turned out, after accumulating massive amounts of insiders knowledge about the industry, not only
was he able to salvage his investment but he had discovered a system that he felt could transform the
property market. At this stage it was around the end of 1999, near the peak of the stock market and when
the property market over the past 2-3 years had risen 50-75% in some prime areas of Melbourne and
Sydney in Australia. Jason was only just 30, but was ready to build his next empire. This time, it would be
the education and investment property market.
It was around this time that Jason had come across a motivational speaker by the name of Peter L., also a
young entrepreneur who before the age of 26 was already a millionaire. Peter was the young Anthony
Robbins of Australia, and Jason felt he could partner with him to develop Australias premier investment
education institute. Earlier that year, Jason had in fact attended a live Jay Abraham event and was eager to
implement some of the joint venture strategies he had learnt.

The JV:
Peter and Jason quickly joined forces to create a 3 and half day seminar covering motivation, success
strategies, health and financial success through investment property. Leveraging off Peters database of
clients, what they discovered was that at the time, with the property market booming, people were more
interested in learning about investment property rather than health, or feel good strategies. So instead of

having 1 day on investment property, they rearranged the course to be half a day of success/motivational
strategies and 3 days of investment property education. They had discovered and tested the market to find
the right formulae.

The Sales & Marketing Approach:

Initially, the marketing strategy was distributing tickets/complimentary entry vouchers (with a perceived
value of $75) to a 4 hour introductory seminar on Unlimited Wealth you can retire a multi-millionaire in
less than 5 years etc. Even though there appeared to be considerable hype, the free aspect would prove to
alluring to pass up on. Who wouldnt like to hear the Real Life experience of a self-made multi-millionaire
investor and business man who had amassed over 200 investment properties in less than 12 months? And it
was all during a time when stocks were still rising (though near the peak), the property market had reawakend after a considerable bear market in the early-mid 90s and the Robert Kiyosaki phenomenon had
people wondering how you could in fact ever retire from a job alone
Initially, the sales force was sourced from past attendees/resellers of Peters seminars. They were invited
to a special seminar where they were pitched the Vision and before long there was an active distribution
network to promote the seminars.
What they developed was very powerful Ad copy. Some tickets were given for free, while others were sold
through large Ads in local and national newspapers. They followed all the scientific rules for perfect Ad
copy. from the newspaper column style Ads, the lure of hearing from a real guru, to the call to actions
from quotes such as 75% seats booked already! (the free tickets given away), 2 nights only!, the
fantastic testimonials, the 25 page $350 bonus investment report, all for Only $59.better than
money back guaranteed, no questions asked etc etc
Thousands of people turned up to these intro seminars (they ranged from about 100 initially to up to 800+
on some evenings after large Ads were placed in national newspapers at considerable cost their first ad
campaign would cost close to $100,000. A powerful referral system was also set up where earlier attendees
were given free tickets to give out to their friends). These intro seminars were a combination of Peters
motivational story (the psychology of success), Jasons strategies for financial success as well as live
testimonials of individuals who had successfully implemented Jasons investment property strategies in the
past. Eventually, the intro seminars became so popular that they were video taped and displayed on big
screen almost twice a week to attendees in the hundreds.
Despite Jasons lack of public speaking experience and his European accent, his passion and intellect
wowed the audience. This was a guy who would later demonstrate how he could speak 15 hours straight, 4
days in a row and at a speaking rate which was simply phenomenal. Jason knew his stuff back to front and
he was just awesome. Partially, it was this display of incredible knowledge and Jasons ability to set the
buying criteria not just for investment property but for investment property seminars (Learn from those
who have the results) that converted a significant percentage of people to the 4 day investment property
seminars.
The deal for the 4 day seminar was simple: only $400 down, and if at lunch time on day 3 you didnt feel
the seminar was worth it, not only would you get your $400 back, but you would get an additional $400 for
your time wasted. Along with the most professionally made 10 page glossy brochures on the market you
had ever seen (packed with promises of what you would learn and real testimonials), it was hard not to say
yes. Of course if you completed the course, you would be up for a total sum of $4000 paid off weekly over
about a 2 year period. (You would be given an option later to pay only about 90% of the amount upfront.
Jason and Peter would also off load payment risk to a finance company for a discount).
But the sales process didnt end at the intro night. Only a small percentage of people converted on the
night, but all attendees were given a form to fill out free 1 hour investment consultation valued at
$250. This database was where the qualified leads had to be worked.

Drawing from Peters previous client base, a select group were screened to become the investment
consultants. Jason and Peter needed to convert the leads and needed a lot of help to do it. The incentive
for these consultants who were only paid on performance was a cut of the seminar fees, insiders access to
prime investment property and the potential upside of listing the company. The selection process was of
course grueling and only the most committed were chosen. Intensive 4 day training seminars were
implemented and eventually a team was set up who would master the tactical close Results speak the
Truth do you have any results at the moment? If not, what have you got to lose by attending this risk free
seminar?.
The very first 4 day seminar had about 200 attendees (there was about a 25% conversion ratio for those
who went along to the 1 hour free consultations). Interestingly, only about 15 wanted their money back
that first 4 day seminar.
But the amazing thing was, just near the end of this seminar almost half the attendees signed up for a
$20,000 seminar a Property developers 7 day Bootcamp. Once again it was a similar formulae, small
upfront payment, and better than money back guarantee risk reversal offer. Jasons ability to sell was
simply incredible.
This occurred not just in one city, but was replicated in 2 other major cities in Australia, and around 3-4
times a year at each venue.
But the sales process didnt end therebeing overloaded with all that knowledge and specific strategies
(the course came with a folder 2 inches thick) it was clear that most people wouldnt be able to implement
what they had learnt. Even with all the contracts spelt out and the perfect scripts written out, very few
people had the time, confidence and experience to negotiate the discounts with developers or develop and
present professional business plan like valuations to get the 110% financing from bankers etc (this is
despite interest rates being at historic low, and an environment of easy money.)
They had already been sold the why and what and now the how was made simple for them - just
come along to another free personal consultation and well see whether we can save you the hassles and
provide you with the perfect investment property for your individual circumstances. After all, they had
spent 4 days telling you the truth in very specific detail about what it really takes to get the ideal property
deal and as we know if you educate, educate and educatehalf the job of selling is already done.
The thing was, even though attendees knew that there probably was a 5% margin on the properties sold to
them, they didnt care because they still felt they were given a good deal on boutique property that had
considerable perceived value added on to it. In the process, a $300,000 town house would yield another
$15,000 profit from each attendee who signed up for these off the plan boutique investment properties
the waiting list was growing each week (around 1 in 3 signed upin most cases just the 1 property).
Traditionally, agents would sell, or investment property marketers would run free seminars to sell their
properties. Here was a situation where people were not only willing to pay thousands of dollars to develop
the knowledge of what and how to buy but then in most cases would end up buying from the guru who
taught them in the first place. The fact is most people would prefer to pay other people to do things for
them. Its really no different from the IT consulting industry that charges thousands of dollars of
consulting fees before reaping more from selling other peoples solutions and charging implementation fees
on top of it(eg Accenture selling Siebel CRM software solutions)
But it didnt end thereit was clear there was only so much quality properties Jason could source from
developers and it wasnt long before prices had become too high. His next goal was to teach people the
sales/marketing and investment banking secrets (listing companies etc) he had accumulated over the years.
He was simply teaching people what he had implemented over the years. By now, these business
development bootcamps that were coupled with 12 month coaching programs were sold for $15,000 (About
$7,500 US).

It was more than just information though he was creating a networking forum that facilitated businesses
with similar mindsets to create effective joint venture partnershipsa real B 2 B forum. Through this
forum, Jason was able to tap into attendees database of clients so he could continue marketing his
information seminars to an almost unlimited market. To date, according to his own statistics, over 30,000
people have attended his seminars from the $59 intro nights, all the way up to the $20,000 7 day boot
camps. Adult education is truly the number one fastest growing industry by far. People are hungry for
knowledge and are willing to pay for it.

Behind the scenes

Initially, there were many teething problems not many could keep up with Jasons drive and
intensity he is truly a unique individual to say the least. Eventually even Peter found himself
with different goals and the two went their separate ways. For a while, the organization had
grown too quickly, had often promised too much to employees and clients alike, and had suffered
from the Greed psychology of a booming property market.
Addressing sustainability (developing a product which offers more tangible behavioral changes
for individuals and businesses), replicating Jasons abilities, setting the systems up to develop a
professional and ethical organization rather than one filled with rogues sales people were some of
the challenges the company has faced and still faces. Jasons ultimate goal of listing this
education company to capitalize on the high earnings multiples of listed companies will demand
this, especially in todays environment. Nevertheless, his organization has no doubt become one
of the fastest growing education companies today with some interesting joint ventures with the
super heavy weights of the industry yet to come.

Please Note:
For the purposes of this case study, names have been modified and figures are personal estimates only
drawn from publicly available information as well as from inside sources.

385.

Keith Green

----- Original Message ----From: Keith Green

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:31 PM
Hello, Jay and collegues
This is a quick and simple idea I tried after listening to a set of
Jay's tapes.
Three or four times a year, I write a very short, quick to read letter
to my existing customers, eight to ten weeks before Christmas, Easter
and other holiday times.
Simply telling them that I am busy with the holiday coming up and that
if they require any work to book in early so as to avoid any
disappointment.
This has been one of the most profitable thinks that I have tried. It
brings in around eight to ten times the cost of sending out the
letters.
It also keeps the customer thinking about the benefits that I can
provide for them. Build's their trust in me and increases the amount
of recommendations that I receive.
Best of all, the calls start coming in within a day or two of sending
out the letters (providing you have previously done a good job!).
Apex Elite
Carpet and Upholstery cleaning
Size: Just Me!
Hot Water Extraction Cleaning (Steam Cleaning)

386.

Kelvin Parker

----- Original Message ----From: "Kelvin Parker"

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:10 PM
Host/beneficiary deal dreamed up at 4:00am covers payroll
This is a simple example of how easy it really is to profit from a host/beneficiary deal. The setting was as
follows: I had just gone solo as a marketing consultant. Myself and my assistant went to New York, where
I was speaking at a marketing conference essentially to generate client leads. After getting beyond the
hotel check-in desk (which was not easy, and quite embarrassing as 3 credit cards were declined, while a
business colleague watched on) at 3:00am I was on the phone attempting to squeeze a few more dollars
out of my credit cards to pay my assistants monthly pay.
By 4:00am, unable to sleep due to my desperate financial-straits, I decided I better figure a way to generate
some fast cash. This is how I utilized the Abraham-concept of host/beneficiary deals.
Direct Mail Publishing Company: My previous employer published books which were sold by direct mail
in the US, and over 200 countries worldwide. As they saturated their customer base with their own product
range, and started to see back-end profits slide, they got into licensing other peoples products, and writing
fantastic copy for them. The product that most stood out was a memory course, originally sold in major
quantities through infomercials. The DM Publishing companys direct mail piece took the product to
markets all throughout the world that had not been captured by infomercials, and was very successful.
Major Newsletter Publisher: Some good friends of mine in the business worked for a US-based newsletter
publisher. They sold financial, health, start-your-own-business, and retirement location hot-spot
newsletters. Each newsletter pushed the back-end, selling between 5 7 products per issue. The business
turned over around $120 million a year.
The disparity between the two companies was this: The DM Publishing company had some excellent
copywriters who knew how to hone in on a single product and sell it to the max. But their customer base
was limited. Actives customers that would respond to the offer was under 40,000. The Newsletter
company also had a supreme copywriter at the helm, whose excellence catapulted the company to its
strong position. Their customer base was far larger though, numbering over 600,000. However, back-end
promotions within the newsletters were not so strong. There was not a singular focus on a product, with a
white-hot laser focus on moving that product into the clients hands.

387.

Ken Farley

----- Original Message ----From: Ken Farley

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 12:04 AM
Jay:
A year ago I was given a copy of your book "Getting Everything You Can
Out Of All You've Got". I thumbed through a few chapters initially but
didn't pick it back up until I was laid off from my job about five
months ago. It was then that I realized I had the chance to turn what
many would say was unfortunate circumstances, into a great opportunity
to follow after my own dreams.
The past sixteen years of my life have been spent in the Christian
music industry. Fourteen of them as a Program Director at KOKF-91FM, a
radio station in Oklahoma City, and two years as the Promotions
Director at ForeFront Records, one of the major Christian music labels.
I decided to accept an offer to work for the label because I felt like
it was time for me to step out of my comfort zone and do something
different. During my time at the label I learned alot, developed some
great relationships and did my part to contribute to the vision and
mission of the company. But you know what?
Even though I was working with a great group of people, and challenged
to be the best I could be every day, there was still something not
quite right. What was it? Simply the opportunity to follow after my
dreams and desires to work for myself and do some things on my own.
When ForeFront did some restructuring and I was let go, at first I
pursued following up with all of my contacts within the industry
looking for that next opportunity to work in a corporate environment.
As more time went by I also realized that my real passion was working
in radio, so I narrowed my job search to radio stations, which did lead
to some great offers, however they all entailed moving out of state,
which I had decided was not going to be the right move for my family.
I didn't want to relocate, yet it was obvious that there were radio
stations out there who could benefit from my expertise.... and It was
then that I had what you called a breakthrough. Why not offer my
services on a consulting basis, take a very "hands on" approach to
helping program these stations, and simply make on-site visits as
necessary? This would be my unique selling point. I presented the
idea to the station manager, Steve Young, at WCFL in Chicago, who was
intrigued by the concept and said he would give it some more thought.
We continued to stay in touch and eventually I was invited to meet with
Steve and his boss to discuss what I could provide for them.
In preparing my written proposal and thinking about what I wanted to
discuss with them, I applied your principal of The Strategy of
Preeminence, and evaluated what their needs were and how I could meet
those needs and put them first. Steve needed more time to focus on
certain areas and I could give him the opportunity to have that time to

do so. Also, the station had certain budget restraints but needed to
increase the hours of some of their part-time staff. So I structured
my agreement with them in such a way that I would be paid well for my
time on a part-time basis, yet leave them with additional financial
resources to share with other staff members. It would be a win-win
situation for all parties involved.
Needless to say a few weeks after the meeting I was notified that my
proposal looked good and they were ready to sign on board as a client.
That was a month ago, and I'm now on my way to fulfilling my dreams and
goals of doing something I love and believe in, and have the
opportunity to work for myself.
I totally believe that God has opened these doors for me to walk
through and that applying your principals will get me down that path
much more effectively and efficiently than I could do otherwise.
Thanks!
Ken Farley
Farley Communications
2052 Upland Drive
Franklin, TN 37067
(615) 791-9813

388.

Ken Lochner

----- Original Message ----From: Ken Lochner

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 4:56 PM

"From $426 to $12,000 Plus in 3 Months"

My story is a simple and successful one. In the field I have been in
people don't make a lot of money. I was a massage therapist. I
operated out of a meager 250 square foot office with a rent of $300 a
month. I was plowing along for 6 years rather unsuccessfully when I
received a letter from Jays company. I was skeptical. Yet I had
nothing to lose. I tried only changing the way I did copy and how often
I corresponded with my "prospects".
I did what Jays materials said to do and the previous year I made
$26,000 total. Within the next year 1998 I made that much in the
first 3 months.
I was gearing up to do it again when I was sidelined by sickness.
I have never forgotten those lessons.
What I changed was this:
1. Advertising (Unique Selling Position)
2. Changed the Headline
3. Made them an offer they couldn't refuse
4. Followed ups were done once every 3 weeks
5. This followed up my beliefs that the whole of my organization
had to change. I brought in a partner and then things took off.
We stopped due to my illness which had gotten worse till now.
I will be returning to these powerful strategies as soon as my new
business gets started.
Sincerely,
Mr Kenneth Lochner

389.

Keny

----- Original Message ----From: Keny

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:43 PM
Dear Jay
It's a great pleasure for me to send you a testimonial regarding my way
of using the risk reversal principle in my Business. As you supposedly
know, in the Health field, there is no guarantee that a treatment or
Health program will provide the results expected and paid for.
For that reason the doctor are easily assimilated with crooks and
blamed for being not ethical. I decided to apply the risk reversal
approach in the submission of my Health package to my clients. No
matter what their condition can be, I offer them to give them their
money back within a reasonable length of time if they are not satisfied
with their results.
Case Study:
Dawn came to see me with a friend who insisted that she came to see me
for help. Dawn is an accountant. She has been suffering for more than
six ears with a chronic gastric ulcer that kept her depressed and
desperate. She spent a lot of money in trying all kind of treatment.
When she came to see me, I could easily anticipate after listening to
her medical ordeal that she had no intention to spend a dime for my
program.
Since, I already knew about risk reversal, I spontaneously took the
initiative to make an offer that was easy to accept. I made a complete
free assessment of her condition and then suggested and delivered to
her a customized Health package with a value of $2500.00. We agreed
that she would use the Health package the first month free of charge.
It's only during the following month, after experiencing some positive
changes that she would consider paying the full amount of $2500.00,
with always the possibility to get a full refund if the gastric
disorders did completely subside. I got paid the $2500.00. Two months
later, Dawn brought me her sister, Cynthia, with a bone marrow disease.
For 5 years she could not bring down within range her white blood cells
count. I suggested to her a Health package for $2100.00 with the
possibility of full refund if the WBC did not get back to normal within
the next three months. One week after following the program, Cynthia
went back to her oncologist for a routine check.
Best regards,
Keny

390.

Kevin Berryman

----- Original Message ----From: Kevin Berryman

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:24 AM
Dear Jay,
First & foremost, I don't have a tangible success story as yet, there are two reasons for this. One
is I only discovered your techniques about a three weeks ago, & two is Im only just starting up
my business as I write this. I'm only 22 & this is my first business venture.
But I do have my own version of a success story to share with you. Over the past three weeks I
have been madly absorbing any information I can get my greedy little eyes & ears on that you
have put out there. I've dumped so much stuff in & repeated the lessons that my head now
physically hurts! And it has totally transformed the way I look at business, human interactions &
life in general. I feel like Ive been lost in the woods & I have finally come out into the clearing &
can see exactly where I want to go now & how to get there. The amount of times I got the "ahah"
effect when going over your stuff people started thinking I was going mental saying it all the time!
My next course of action is to go out & implement all this stuff, & boy am I glad I have discovered
it. The best part about it is that I know I have only just begun to scratch the surface, I have alot
more learning & ideas to uncover. I have so much more of a sense of understanding now that I
know I would never have got in a million years without you, so I thank you for opening my eyes to
a way of doing business that I know will enrich not only my clients life, but mine as well.
I see alot of mistakes I was on the road to making until I got a hold of your stuff, so in effect, you
have actually saved me alot of money! And by using your techniques, I feel pretty confident of
making money as well!
Honestly, I didn't just write this to get the book thing, I'm not expecting to receive it because I
haven't got a "tangible success" that I can physically show you. But if you could look inside &
take a x-ray of my mind three weeks ago & take one again today, you would see a success that is
so gigantic you would think that its a different brain! I just wanted to express my gratitude for
sharing your wisdom & what it has done for me, I feel like I have learnt an entirely new language,
a language of amazing business strategies. So a world of thanks goes to you for helping me & my
business be all it can be!
Warmest possible regards.
Kevin Berryman

391.

Mark Lopez

----- Original Message ----From: Mark Lopez

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:28 PM
Hola!
This one is short but sweet and can be done by virtually any business,
especially those that would benefit from being in the phonebook.
I own a Catering business, and in this very
always looking for new ways to "NOT PAY FOR
something we have found to be an incredible
"making it happen". When we get a lead for

competitive market I am
ADVERTISING." This is
tool in closing sales and
a catering job we:

First qualify the prospect, meaning we make sure we have

something that would be of value to them and that we can provide
it in the best possible way.

Second, we immediately get them all if not more information than

they were asking.

Third, we ask them if we could just drop off "some more

information."

Fourth, we show up just before lunch time and surprise them with
enough food to feed 5% of the total number of guests the had
originally asked about.

Fifth, we bring pictures showing other clients with similar

needs, at their own catered function (picnic, Holliday party,
etc).

Sixth, our catering sales person stays and has lunch with the 5%
group to help answer questions as well as pointing out the value
in what we offer.

Seventh, we are currently getting these customers 90% of the

time.

Eighth, those clients who have experienced our "surprise lunch"

become loyal repeat customers 90% of the time.

Ninth, of the 90% about 20% of these clients make up 50% or more
of our yearly sales.

I hope this helps!

Mark Lopez

392.

Matt Thomas

----- Original Message ----From: Matt Thomas

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:18 PM
Dear Jay,
I am writing to you in response to your emails of 25 and 31 July 2002, in which you requested
success stories and testimonials from those who have made use of your strategies, methods, and
mindset to produce more customers/clients, sales increases, windfalls, improved results,
increased tangible results, bottom-line performance, comparative advantage, et cetera. You
specifically requested detailed e-mails in "case study" instructional form. Having owned your
Secret Wealth tape series and the Money-Making Secrets of Marketing Genius Jay Abraham
and Other Marketing Wizards: A No-Nonsense Guide to Great Wealth and a Personal Fortune
book by Mr. X (whose volumes you confiscated and whose ears you boxed) for some time, I am
happy to try to oblige.
My wife and I are the prime movers behind the WhoWins.com web site. This site is geared
toward sports fans in general, and fans of Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball
Association (NBA), and the National Hockey League (NHL) in particular. Right now, by design,
the site is of greatest interest twice a year: In the spring, during the NHL and NBA championship
playoff runs; in the fall, during the MLB championship playoff run. The site contains historical
victory probability and other information for best-of-7-format series during these playoffs. Fans of
sports teams (as opposed to individual players) are the primary intended audience for the site,
although gambling sites have also linked to the site, and we wouldnt be adverse to using the site
to teach basic probability. We have an extensive database that provides content for the site; in
due course, we hope to prepare and sell books using that database (and, of course, promote and
sell the books through the site). While the site generates no income weve rejected all
advertising offers, pop-up ads, pop-under ads, and the like it likewise generates no great
expenses for us, either, so we are free to progress at our own pace.
In April 1999, when we first brought the site on-line, we asked a wide number of sports radio
stations throughout North America to crosslink their web sites with ours. A few did, and while we
were grateful that they helped us increase our number of visitors during the spring and fall playoff
runs, we felt that we reached only some of the fans in the cities of those few stations that were
willing to crosslink. During the spring 2000 playoff run, we bought six 1-minute ads during games
of the NBA Finals, in a midwestern citys all-sports station carrying the syndicated broadcast of
those games. The result: For six commercials costing a total of $450, the increase in visitors was
negligible at best. We had learned our first lesson in the need to test ads.
In April 2001, the Google search engine was rapidly climbing the ranks of search engine usage.
We liked Google because more visits to WhoWins.com already resulted from Google searches
than from the searches of any other search engine. Also: Many keywords and keyword phrases
which failed to return a single WhoWins.com citation from other search engines often returned a
top five WhoWins.com citation from Google. So, when Google introduced an advertising program,
we were eager to try it. Given our subject matter, we designed ads for display in response to
searches for NHL playoffs and NBA playoffs in the spring, and for MLB playoffs and World
Series in the fall. We paid a CPM of $15 ($15 per thousand ad impressions). Our results: We
spent $117.46 on the 2001 NBA campaign for 7860 ad impressions to generate 75 click-throughs
(a 0.95% click-through rate or CTR), and $114.76 on the 2001 NHL campaign for 7743 ad
impressions to generate 88 click-throughs (a 1.14% CTR). In the fall of 2001, we spent $500 on

the 2001 MLB campaign for 37,554 ad impressions to generate 597 click-throughs (a 1.59%
CTR).
Well, its not hard to see that roughly half the cost generated a significant increase in visits for us
from virtually nothing to a few hundred from spring 2000 to spring 2001. And if you do the
math, you also see that doubling the spending from spring 2001 to fall 2001 both trebled the
number of click-throughs and increased the CTR by roughly 50%. Of course, we did more than
simply double our spending from spring 2001 to fall 2001: In fall 2001, we took a close look at
what sort of ads were competing against ours on Google search engine results pages. Almost all
were for gambling sites or ticket-broker sites. They SCREAMED at readers with capital letters.
They were rife with !!!exclamation marks!!! Finally and most importantly their text never, ever
changed, from the beginning of the playoff run to the end. During the 2001 World Series, it
dawned on us that we could update our ad text from Historical victory probabilities in best-of-7
playoff series to How teams down 2-0 do in Game 3 at home (and recall that the 2001 New
York Yankees faced just that situation after two games of the 2001 World Series). Guess what?
Even though Google limits you to 25 characters in the headline and 35 characters/line in a twoline ad, you still have plenty of space to craft an updated message based on the evolving state of
your subject matter. With no limit on the number of updates, we updated our ad early and often.
Now, in 2001 World Series Game 6, in which Arizona blew out the Yankees in the early innings
en route to a double-digit victory, ad response was sluggish. But in Games 4 and 5, in which the
Yankees overcame two-run deficits with two out in the bottom of the ninth en route to dramatic
comeback victories, our ads proclaiming the Yankee comebacks drew CTRs nearing 10%.
Better yet was yet to come, and it came in spring 2002. Jay, youve talked about paying for
results instead of paying for advertising. Google must have been listening, because they
introduced an advertising program called Select. With Select, ads had to meet tighter content
standards, and had to maintain a CTR of 0.5% or greater. But, instead of $15 per thousand
impressions, we now paid a certain amount per click-through. That amount fell between $0.05
and whatever maximum we set (usually, $0.50). Since April 2002, we have used the Select
program to run a 2002 NBA campaign and a 2002 NHL campaign. Unlike spring 2001, weve
kept these campaigns going after the spring 2002 playoff runs ended simply because the
campaigns still do well enough to warrant their continuance. From mid-April 2002 through July
2002, weve spent a total of $450 on these campaigns (the actual amount is very close to that
which we spent two years ago on the six 1-minute radio ads). Results? For the 2002 NHL
campaign, we have through July spent $219.26 for 187,909 ad impressions to generate 1564
click-throughs (a 0.8% CTR) and for the 2002 NBA campaign, we have through July spent
$232.11 for 58,086 ad impressions to generate 1280 click-throughs (a 2.2% CTR). The NHL
numbers are lower because we did a lot of experimenting within the 2002 NHL campaign, using
generic keyword phrases such as best of that generated a ton of impressions but very few clickthroughs, given simply the too-broad nature of such a keyword phrase. The 2002 NBA
campaign, however, had a CTR that was 1/3 higher than that of the 2001 MLB campaign, and
double that of the corresponding 2001 NBA campaign. Jay, I know that youre a bigger fan of
direct-response ads than of branding ads, and that makes sense. Still: For double the money on
each campaign, paying for results instead of just for advertising netted us not double but 15 times
(15,603 245,995) the number of WhoWins.com impressions, and not double but 17 times (163
2844) the number of click-throughs. In a sense, those 245,995 2844 = 243,151 ad
impressions in 2002 that failed to produce a click-through are much greater than the 15,603 163
= 15,440 in 2001, but for only double the price Ill console myself with the orders-of-magnitudegreater branding advertising, thanks very much.
Let me end with how well we did during the last game of the 2002 NBA Finals. Basketball fans
may recall that the Los Angeles Lakers dominated the New Jersey Nets during this series,
sweeping the Nets 4-games-nil. Thus, in Game 4, one might have expected a general apathy
toward the game. On 12 June 2002 (the date of the game), our Google NBA ad had produced 22
click-throughs on 543 impressions (4.0% CTR) up to game time. Periodically during Game 4, we
updated our ad on Google to reflect the state (score, period, time left) of the game, while

checking within the Google Select system for updated ad performance results. From the
beginning through the end of 2002 NBA Finals Game 4, here is how the WhoWins.com ad
performed for the keyword phrases NBA playoffs and Lakers Nets:
Click-Throughs
Impressions
(start game) 22
543
23
558
28
588
31
612
34
649
41
701
43
767
(end game) 50
825
(overall)
50-22=28825-543=282

Instant CTR
baseline
+06.67%[=100%(23-22)/(558-543)]
+16.67%[=100%(28-23)/(588-558)]
+12.50%[=100%(31-28)/(612-588)]
+08.11%[=100%(34-31)/(649-612)]
+13.46%[=100%(41-34)/(701-649)]
+03.03%[=100%(43-41)/(767-701)]
+12.07%[=100%(50-43)/(825-767)]
+09.93%[=100%(50-22)/(825-543)]

Now, admittedly, these leaps in Instant CTR took place only during the game itself, for at the end
of 12 June 2002, we had a one-day total of 61 click-throughs from 1435 impressions for a 4.2%
CTR. Nevertheless: Note that pp. 33-34 of the March 2002 Online Advertising Update: A Review
of Research Data Measuring the Growth and Effectiveness of Online Advertising in the US by
New York-based eMarketer (www.emarketer.com) says that Today, most industry experts agree
that less than 1% of all web ads get clicked on. eMarketer places the current click-through rate at
0.3% . Reference is made to a Nielsen//NetRatings June 2001 study citing top banner CTRs of
only 0.22% at home and 0.14% at work. It is later conceded that consumer and businessdirected online campaigns, particularly highly targeted ones, have garnered click-through rates in
the range of 1% - 3%, or even higher. Indeed: With that sorry news, how can we not be happy
with our wonderful results in general, and with the 12 June 2002 results in particular?
Jay, I believe that we brought your mindset to bear in enacting this advertising strategy. You say
that we make the rules we live by; you teach the importance of having a U.S.P.; you emphasize
the importance of testing ads and their headlines; you note how important it is to enrich and
ethically bribe the customer (which we have done through our free web site content). And yet, I
believe that we have much more room for implementing your strategies and methods. With the
information-rich Google Select data at our disposal, we still need to undertake a rigorous testing
procedure in the vein of that supported by W. Edwards Deming (and complemented by the
orthogonal arrays of Genichi Taguchi, so as to optimize the testing process itself). We still need
to formulate an ideal strategy for partnering with sports radio in North America. And we ultimately
need to extend these efforts to producing and selling an actual product. It is with hope and
optimism that we approach these tasks following your leads, we are (if youll forgive the pun)
Who Wins. The information contained herein is truthful and verifiable, and if it is of use to your
promotional and marketing endeavors, then you certainly have our permission to use it in support
of such endeavors.
Most sincerely,
Matt Thomas
WhoWins

393.

Mike Brassil

----- Original Message ----From: Mike Brassil

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:21 AM

Dear Mr. Abraham:

I am happy to have this opportunity to tell my story about the positive effect your
principles have had for me. However, judging by your comments about the other
submissions, I am afraid my accomplishments are quite modest, but here goes.
I had just sold two businesses I had successfully operated for the last twenty years. I had
no desire to retire but neither did I want to spend the next few years logging 60 hours or
more a week to get a new business up and running.
I didnt think I had many options open to me.
I could go gently into the good night or get back into sales, but I wasnt all that keen at
competing with the vim, vigor and vitality of the kids just getting out of school.
Or, I could certainly stock shelves at Home Depot, (I know my wife would appreciate
having me out of her hair for a few hours each day).
Anyway, while re-reading some of your material, one aspect of your principles literally
jumped off the page at me. It was your approach to how best to exploit ones own
marketable skills.
I realized I did have some marketable skills! I know what it takes to start-up and run a
successful business. I also have a talent for business writing.
The problem is there are thousands of individuals who know business backwards and
forwards. What would be unique about my venture?
My BFO, (Blinding Flash of the Obvious), was the realization that even though there are
many individuals who are experts in the field of E-commerce, I havent been able to find
anyone who is effectively using this awesome tool to promote good business start-up
material.
As a result, I have developed my Ultimate New Business Start-up Guide, that covers
every aspect of 21st century marketing. I wrote in such a way as to take up where the old
Start Your Own Business manuals leave off.
The real key is an E-marketing plan that combines a host of extraordinary new tools such
as: Affiliations, Opt-in Email, Associations, Ezines, Anchor tags, Banners, Bulletin

boards, Chat rooms, News groups, Cookies, Search engines, Crawlers, Electronic data
interchange and much more.
Beta tests have been very encouraging.
If you are interested in seeing first hand how one of your disciples has put several of your
principles to good use, I would be happy to send you copies of The Ultimate Guide and
my E-marketing plan.
Best wishes,
Michael Brassil
1140 Chavaniac
St. Louis, MO 63011
(636) 391 1118

394.

Mike Wilkie

----- Original Message ----From: Mike Wilkie

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:14 PM
Dear Jay,
I'm pleased to respond to your request. Let me first say that the
change in my mindset is and has been the most overwhelmingly impacted
result of working with you. Since we were first introduced in Los
Angeles many years ago, I have been involved with multiple companies
and projects, but my constant position throughout that time frame has
been as Vice President of Marketing for RS&I, Inc. Our mainstay
business is the distribution of Home Use Satellite TV equipment to
retailers across the country. The testimonial I would like to provide
concerns one of the very first projects I worked on following your
course.
Early in the evolution of the satellite TV business, RS&I was involved
in some commercial applications, which involved the purchase of
commercial satellite TV descramblers. Shortly after ordering 3
truckloads of brand new units, that part of the business dried up due
to technological integration. We found ourselves with thousands of
units we could not sell, each with a cost in excess of $500. Total
capital tied up...nearly 1.5 million dollars!
At the time we considered many options and settled on attempting to
sell the inventory to cable operators. We knew they were in need of
the equipment, but as we had never done business with them previously,
we had no relationship to build on. Having been classically trained in
marketing and advertising, I proceeded with the standard processes. I
purchased a list of all the cable companies, filtered it down to the
purchasing agents, I designed a beautiful brochure, included our 800
number, offered the units at a drastically discounted price, had the
brochure printed, and we mailed to the entire list. Total
cost...$25,000.
Well I don't have to tell you what happened...do I Jay? We didn't get
a single call... not one! Of course this just happened to be a few
weeks prior to meeting you and being introduced to my first ever dose
of REAL results based marketing strategies.
Upon my return from "Enlightenment", I wrote my first Jay Abraham style
letter. I read every single letter of yours and Gary Halberts that I
could dig up, and I mimicked your style to the best of my limited
ability. In it I simply told these very same purchasing agents the
truth. No hype, no color, no flash...just the facts. I told them how
we were stuck with these units, that our busiest time of year was
coming up, and we didn't have the warehouse space to store them. I
humbly offered them a discount equivalent to what I would have to pay
to rent warehouse space anyway, and asked them to call "Greg" on our
dime, if they had any interest whatsoever. It was a four page letter,

after the P.S., and P.P.S. Of course, we used the same mailing list,
but only mailed to 1,000 locations. Total cost...about $500.
I was much younger then, and the President, C.E.O., and Vice President
of Sales were all typically skeptical. In fact, our C.E.O. at the
time, laughed at the letter and proclaimed it would be a flop.
Forty seven calls in the first two days! That's right, we sold nearly
200 units the first day the letter hit. Over the next 30 days, we
mailed the entire list, and within two months, we were sold out of our
commercial descramblers... anxiously awaiting another truckload for our
newfound business opportunity. We averaged an 11% response rate on the
letter, and an unheard of 32% close rate on those calls. Incredibly,
one in ten of the callers, said they just had to talk to Greg because
they had never receive such an honest and straightforward presentation.
As you might guess, no one was laughing then!
This is simply the most vibrant example I can give. But what I have
learned from the Jay Abraham lessons, books, reports, and
teleconferences, has affected me and the companies I have worked with
immeasurably. Why is it immeasurable? Because you can't put a dollar
figure on a mindset change. You can't measure the money you save by
averting major marketing mistakes before they happen. You can't attach
a value to the opportunities you earn via the respect success affords
you. Sure, I've had failures over the years, as has Jay, but the
successes have far outweighed them.
No matter how you slice it, Jay Abraham knows more about teaching
results than any single person I've ever met. Why? Because Jay
delivers results...time and time again!
Best of luck Jay...although I know from experience luck won't have much
to do with your results.
Mike Wilkie
Vice President of Marketing
RS&I, Inc.
P.S. Jay, my statements are true and provable and you have my
permission to use my testimonial in your promotional and marketing
endeavors.

395.

Millard Grubb

----- Original Message ----From: Millard W. Grubb

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 4:24 AM
OK, Jay! Here's my testimonial:
I had been out of the professional performing arena for a couple of
years (I am a professional magician) and needed to book shows quickly
in a new area.
During the last week of March, I mailed 112 letters with a better-thanrisk-free offer for a special series of programs the following month of
May. As a result, I booked 26 schools!
Next, I asked one of the directors for a testimonial letter...Not just
any testimonial letter, but one directed to other directors within her
network of schools around the area. I then asked for envelopes from
her school and mailed the letters.
What happened was more than just getting a letter from a performer, all
directors got a letter from a colleague explaining how a performance
from Millard Grubb would benefit their school. The results were better
than any other mailing I had done before. As a result of mailing an
additional 57 letters, I booked 28 schools!
These shows only show the tip of the iceberg.
I was able to book other shows throughout the year so that the marginal
net worth of each school was far more than the first show!
Each school booked me a MINIMUM of 3 more times and referred me to AT
LEAST two other schools. Moreover, I have expanded my markets using
the same "Cookie-cutter" concept and am doing shows over four states.
The most exciting result of all these shows is that I am teaching other
magicians around the country to do the same thing through lectures,
lecture notes, conference calls, and convention speeches; thus, setting
up another income stream.
The most positive thing you have helped with is to show me the way to
think two or three steps ahead and make massive sales by giving clients
a reason to do business with me.
Thanks Jay!
Millard W. Grubb

396.

Paul Grimm

----- Original Message ----From: Paul Grimm

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 5:07 AM
Hi Jay,

Springvale Star Performers - OUR SUCCESS STORY

When I first started investing in Jay Abraham products several years ago the concept that
intrigued me most was the 'Three Ways to Grow a Business', (more customers, larger
average sale and more frequency of purchase).
We have combined this concept with the idea of 'risk reversal' to develop Springvale Star
Performers a marketing program for nursery stock. This has continued to grow after five
years since the first version of the program was introduced to our marketplace.
Our business in its generic sense, is the production and marketing of nursery stock for the
wholesale market, primarily within the Atlantic Provinces of Canada but recently
reaching into New England. Our client base includes independent and chain store garden
centers, landscape contractors, cities, golf courses etc.
A few years ago we decided to develop a program which would encourage our
independent retail garden centers customers to:
(1) Purchase more frequently.
(2) Purchase larger orders.
In addition, through the implementation of this program we could ultimately gain more
clients, growing our business in all three ways.
Traditionally, most garden centers in our market will stock one or two large purchases for
early Spring delivery and then try their best to sell this product during the season,
carrying as little inventory as possible over into the next year. If they did order extra
stock during the season it was usually in small quantities to avoid getting stuck with carry
over product. We knew from experience that if they ordered five of an item during its
peak bloom they would probably sell four, on the other hand, if they ordered and
displayed fifty, they would likely sell forty-five. We also knew that every plant will sell
best when it is in bloom.
These observations led to the development of Springvale Star Performers- A Success
Selling System for our clients.
Here's how the program in it's current evolution works.

(1) Each Thursday during the garden center season (May - October) we send out
Springvale Star Performers Members our weekly "Hotlist" of the 8 - 12 best items for
that week. This is done by fax or E-mail. The client reviews the list and faxes back an
order by Monday noon which is processed and delivered that week, stocking their stores
with great product before the weekend..
(2) Our Members are provided with retail pricing, point of sale materials, product display
modules and a telephone hotline for product and marketing support.
(3) All product is sold to our Members at landed pricing (giving our clients a competitive
advantage).
(4) All product is provided on a guaranteed sale basis, if it doesn't sell we will take it
back at our cost (minimal risk to our clients).
This has allowed our clients to order with confidence, have the best possible stock
available throughout the season and to increase both sales and profits!
The program is marketed through a series of sales letters, phone follow-up and through a
number of other venues including trade shows and direct sales. After attending the PEQ
program this past winter we recently engaged a new 'Sales Superstar" and have been
marketing the program directly to our 'Dream 100' list with dramatic results. So far this
year we have increased our sales through the program by 55% and have increased total
Star Performers members by 78%! This is pretty exceptional considering that we were
almost into the season before hiring our Sales Superstar.
As of this date we are already selling the program for 2003 and have set our sights on
doubling our sales and numbers of clients on the program next year. Based on this
season's results we are pretty convinced that this is quite achievable. This has been our
most successful "Abraham Driven" initiative with continued potential for future growth.
As an added bonus we are giving away a Caribbean Vacation for two to our top achieving
Springvale Star Performers Member!
Prepared by Paul H. Grimm, President
Springvale Nurseries
Box 157 Berwick, N.S, Canada B0P 1E0
Phone 902-537-7542
Fax 902-538-3448

397.

Phil LaHaye

----- Original Message ----From: Phil LaHaye

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:12 AM
Dear Jay,
I want to share this small success story with you. I have purchased several programs from you and have
attended the Internet program a couple years ago. I have been a "one man army" far too long, but I am
beginning to climb out of that, thanks in large part to using your methods. I always feel somewhat
overwhelmed by all the new techniques and methods that I learn from you and your fabulous associates.
One method--straight out of one of your earlier programs--that I have always managed to make money on
is a ridiculously obvious method-stay in touch with your clients. You use this one so well, constantly
keeping me updated on your latest methods of helping us build our businesses and prosper. I truly
appreciate that, even though I cannot usually take advantage of most of what you offer. So.... thank you!
Back to the story....... We are in the water softening and filtration business. I have been in this business in
Central Florida for more than 21 years. I've had some ups and downs! Who hasn't? But now we are on a
steady upward trend in this business and a second business which is a small manufacturing operation. We
mail a card to our customers every month with some sort of special for them. Our customers ARE special!
I feel certain that there are no other water treatment businesses that do what we do. Our customers LOVE
us and they certainly appreciate that we regularly stay in touch with them. I know this is simple and
obvious. But the point is we did not do this until you pointed it out to us. Just this one simple method has
mad us thousands and thousands of dollars over the past few years. About 6 months ago I realized that we
weren't doing this regularly. We hired a part timer to make these mailings. Since then, we have been able
to cover nearly all our overhead with the service and repair business generated off these customer contacts.
This has been an increase of nearly 40% gross profits in just 5 months! We are about to offer our clients
upgrades on their equipment in the next couple months and we anticipate this will also be highly
successful.
So, we're an itty bitty company using a blatantly obvious way to generate business. And we are delighted!
Thank you for helping us out, Jay.
Phil LaHaye
407-782-1196
Florida Pure Water of Altamonte, LLC

398.

Ray ODonnell

----- Original Message ----From: Ray O'Donnell

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:28 PM
Dear Jay I would like to share a business success we had while implementing one
of Jay's techniques, specifically what I learned with the PEQ I series.

The technique we used was the Host Parasite or strategic partnership

technique.
Our firm provides web and paper based HR (Human Resource) retention and
recruitment products and services to small and medium size companies.
We have had some success using a referral method type partnership for
gaining new business by offering our services to health insurance
brokers who then made these services available to their clients as
value added services. This was mildly successful, but never brought us
more than 1 or 2 new clients for each broker we worked with and in some
cases no new clients.
Realizing that we needed much more bang for our effort, I decided to
implement a much more solid strategic partnership arrangement. Since
the Internet has really begun to impact the exchange or information and
in our industry specifically HR information, we decided to find a
partner in the HR/benefit website business, who had the type of clients
and future clients whom we wanted to avail our services.
After researching the marketplace, we settled on a firm out of NY (our
company is in CA) who also was working through health insurance brokers
and had at the time close to 2,000 clients.
After rehearsing my lines learned in the PEQ, I approached the NY
company and laid out how our personalized web based HR communication
products were a perfect compliment to their product. In addition, if
they availed their clients and partner brokers of our services, the
commission we would pay them would be enough to pay for their marketing
efforts moving forward.
This intrigued them since, as a early stage start up, they were not yet
profitable and could use additional funds for marketing. They were
concerned as to whether we could fulfill on our promises so I suggested
(as per Jay) that we try a test to a small group of clients/brokers
first.
They agreed, so we 'branded' our products to their product for a
consistent Internet user experience and presented it to this small
group. The feedback was overwhelming. Not only did our partner forget
about the test, they moved full steam ahead in introducing it to their
clients and broker partners.
We went from one full time regional salesperson, to 9 full time country
wide salespeople with our new strategic partnership. In addition, by
sharing the commissions we paid our partner with their sales staff,
they received a great retention tool while their company strove for
profitability.
Mind you, this whole process took close to 8 months to complete and I
may have given up in the past had it not been for Jay's teachings.
Bottom line, we increased our sales close to 100% with our new
strategic partnership and as a by product of our relationship, now have
access to brokers throughout the country that we never would have
contacted with our 'regional' mindset.

Thanks for the ideas and instructions Jay.

1st year success next year exponentially!

We look to duplicate our

Yours truly,
Ray O'Donnell
President
BCG Interactive, Inc.
3017 Douglas Blvd., Suite 300
Roseville, CA 95661
(916) 788-7205
www.bcginteractive.com
P.S. Please feel free to publish my story in any of your marketing and
client materials.

399.

Raymond Imaican

----- Original Message ----From: Raymond Imaican

To: Jay Am
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:09 PM
Our company, NoFearInternetMarketing.com, is a 3 person team small
company. We are involved with e-commerce and also share what we
learned about Internet Marketing with our subscribers.
Recently, we were considering few products to see whether we want to
include them for our online marketing. We decided first to test them
on one of the most competitive market place -- eBay.
First we ran a simple and quick research on ebay and found the
appropriate categories for our products. We also studied our
competitors a little bit. Then we listed our products for sale.
Over the course of about a month, here's what we find out about our
test and also about ebay.
eBay provides ready and established traffic and potential buyers.
However, eBay also provide a near perfect information for the sellers'
products. With just a few click, using keywords, any buyer can view
all of the sellers who are selling the same products. Your
competitors, by just typing in the products' name, can instantly check
on your advertisement, your title, your pictures, your product's price
and how much your products were sold for the last 30 days.
Unless you are selling one of the kind product, your product will be
forced to become just a commodity.
Price competition is fierce among competitors. However, we do not want
to compete on price. So we tried different title, mixing different
keywords, benefits, and we are always selling a few more than our
competitors when a new good title was released. But very soon, our
title was copied by our competitors, and it leveled our advantage
again. At one time we were using a keyword so successful, not only
were we selling about 60% more than our leading competitor, we also get
12.77% more in selling price than our competitor.
But in about 2 1/2 weeks, finally some of them figured out our secret,
and the fields is leveled once again. On another product, we were
always undercut by 2 dollars by our competitors. Whenever we lower our
price a little bit, within 12 hours, their price were lowered too -always 2 dollars lower than our.
So after one month, we decided to implement some of the strategies
taught by Jay Abraham. We agree that Jay's methods works well when
someone needs to take time to study few of the sellers before they
decide which one to buy from. But will the strategies and method works
on the near perfect information provided by ebay? This is where we
decided to test.

The first method that we used was to tell the 5 points process that we
used to ensure the buyer get their quality product.
In one of our slightly used air purifier product, we decided to change
our advertising. The idea was borrowed from the scientific of
advertising, where the small beer company told how their beer was made.
We told our potential customers that they are buying a slightly used
air purifier. We removed most of the features of the products since
most of the buyer reading our advertisement probably had read three or
more of other similar ads, The products' pictures were retained.
Actually we were the only one who put up lots of pictures taken from
different angles, that showed the use of the products. Since we
reduced the picture resolution, we were able to have 4 to 6 pictures in
our pages without slowing down the speed.
To come out with the process, we took 100 of the purifier we received
and put them into our quality control test. First we told the buyer
that when we received our products, we will do a visual inspection on
them. We look for excessive wear and tear, damage parts, and the
overall cleanliness. We reject all that appears as excessive used and
returned them to the manufacturer. Our rejection rate is 8% during
this process.
Then we put all that had passed the visual inspection to our 72-hours
burn-in test. We showed the picture of our purifiers lined up and
under the 72 hour endurance test. We explained to them that usually if
the electronic parts were to fail, they usually fail within these 72
continuous burn-in time. At the end of our endurance test, we sent
back the failure units to the manufacturer. So out of the remaindering
92 units, 8 failed. So this process eliminated another 11.96%.
Then we told the buyer that we brushed clean the grills and housing of
the purifiers, thoroughly cleaned the cleaning rods, let dried before
put them in the original product box. Then we told them that
instruction manuals were checked at this time. Missing manual were
replaced at this stage, making sure customer will get manual with their
product.
Then we told them that we put their product (with its color box) into
another shipping box with packing material before they are shipped to
the customer, so that the color box is clean when they received it,
with no shipping label, return address and the dirt that picked up
during shipping, which is excellent to present as gift.
On top of that, we also told them that although the products were
inspected to our highest standard, cleaned and burn-in for 72 hours, we
still allow them for an exchange if the product is not working due to
the shipping damage.
Then we ask them to make their decision.
Do they want to buy a unit that had not been visually inspected, passed
the 72-hour endurance test, thoroughly cleaned, replaced manual if
missing, shipped in an additional shipping box for extra protection,
and an exchange policy in case the product were damaged during
shipping? Do they want to buy from us which have a high quality

control process that rejected the 19.96% failure rate or do they want
to take their chance to buy from other and be the victim of the 19.96%?
As a result of pointing out the failure rate, (which is nearly 20%)
they might be buying from, and the 30 days exchange warranty we
offered, we took a two weeks period to calculate the finding. The
result is that our sales had increased for about 28%. We considered
this an achievement viewing that we don't sell the lowest price, and we
were number one seller of this product in term of product turnover for
that period of time. (At that time, there were one or two other seller
said they have a 24-hour and 48-hour burn-in period and one of them is
offering 30-days exchange policy)
Another strategy we used was "setting the buying criteria and educating
buyer": We have another brand new product under testing which we have
difficulty selling them because other people are selling used unit and
claimed as brand new, and sell at about 22.94% discount from ours.
Every auction that we do not sell cost us listing fees, and they added
up quickly.
So we decided to tell the buyer by educating them how to tell a real
brand new from a fake brand new. Since the unit is large and do not
have shrink wrap on it, it really can't tell much between the two.
Initially we used brand new in title and it was copied almost
immediately by competitor who offered not brand new item. Then we
carefully go through the product and try to find the different between
the used and New.
After careful study, we noticed 5 main differences. So we changed our
title and copy. We pointed out to them that whether they buy from us
or not, these are the 5 points they must ask the seller to be sure they
are buying a genuine brand new unit and not used unit claimed as brand
new.
We took the 5 pictures that showed the product must have to qualify as
brand new. Within 2 days, one of the competitor took 75% of their
listing that sell as brand new down and stopped selling the brand new
products. Sales picked up immediately. We measured over a two weeks
period and find that we were number one in this product. We calculated
that we were losing money in term of listing fee to increased our sales
by about 35%.
Another funny thing happened. One or two seller changed their copy and
said something like these: "... our units have the same red seal on the
product and the red seal on the product bag, we also have complete
manual .....". We set the buying criterias and other seller started
using ours as a standard to compare with.
Not only that, we also received emails from both buyers and potential
buyers that thanks us for telling them how to buy brand new product and
not to be ripped off by used product claimed as brand new.
We at NoFearInternetMarketing.com hope that by sharing our little
experiences on how we use Jay's method to increase sale from ebay--a
place well-known for bargain hunters and fierce competition-- can help
some of our friends with applying or considering applying Jay's methods
in their business.

Company Name: NoFearInternetMarketing.com

Size: 3 person
Type: Web-base Marketing.
Contact Name: R. Wins Imaican

400.

Raymond Linton

----- Original Message ----From: Raymond Linton

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 7:32 AM
Most of my life I worked for large companies in their marketing
department.
I have a degree in marketing and always enjoyed the excitement of
looking at a marketing problem from a logical point of view and then
using my knowledge and training to find a solution.
I also enjoyed investing in property and over the years started to
build up a small property portfolio.
Then eventually I decided to start my own business. I was fed up being
told one day to use my initiative - and the next, not to make decisions
without getting authority. I decided to use the skills and knowledge
that I had and set up as an realtor specializing in selling investment
property..
I thought I was going to make my fortune overnight. All my business
plans, forecasts and projections showed me (and my bank manager) that I
was. But for some reason nothing seemed to work out in practice the
way it was supposed to on paper. There always seemed to be some reason
or problem that I hadn't allowed for or thought of.
Well at least I made a living. Some years I even earned more than I
spent.
Then, about four years ago, I came across Jay's tapes and books. I
listened to the tapes, and devoured the books, avidly. Now this was
the type of marketing I could use in my own business. Ideas and
concepts I could relate to. And how different it was to most of the
theoretical marketing I had learned at university.
The first thing I did was to find a way to work 'on' my business and
not 'in' it. I decided to spend every morning at home studying Jay's
materials and putting the ideas into practice. I told all my staff all three of them - that I could be reached at my home if anything
urgent came up, but otherwise I was not to be disturbed.
The first thing I decided to do was to write to everyone who had
answered our advertisements but had not become a client. Luckily I had
kept all the names and addresses. I used Jay's ideas on writing
headlines and wrote dozens of them. From the list I had written, I
picked out the four I decided were the best and that I would test.
I then wrote a sales letter. I made sure that it included everything
that Jay had said should be in it. First of all I worked out what my
USP was. What did we do that no- one else offered. Or that they also
did, but didn't tell anyone about it.

One of them was that we specialized only in selling residential

investment properties. Another was that we offered a 'packaged deal'.
All the properties we sold had already been professionally surveyed and
valued. They all had tenants in and were fully fitted and furnished.
This appealed to business people and professionals who had more money
than time. They wanted to invest in property but didn't have the time
to look for properties, repair and refurbish them, then buy and put in
furniture, carpets, drapes.
My letter also included risk reversal. I said that if any investor
bought a property through our office and then, during the first 12
months, decided that for any reason they were unhappy with it, we would
have it professionally valued at our expense and then market and sell
it without charging a fee.
My letter included testimonials. We did receive unsolicited letters of
thanks and praise from our clients, but I needed more. So I wrote and
asked them to simply complete a short questionnaire and return it to
us. It asked such questions as... What part of our service did you
find the most useful? Why did you come to us? Would you recommend us
to others?
I also offered a small gift to all those who replied as my appreciation
of their help.
We were inundated with replies. I picked the best comments and
included them in my sales letter.
My letter explained everything in detail. It gave the reasons why so
many people were now using property to provide a retirement fund. How
property investments worked. What pitfalls there were. What mistakes
to avoid. How we could help our clients make sure they only bought
good investments.
Eventually my letter was ready. It finished up 16 pages long.
Everyone told me that no-one would read such a long letter. But Jay
had taught me that people will read a long letter as long as it gives
information that they are interested in and will benefit them.
By now we had a mailing list of over 5,000 prospects.
mailed 1000 at first as a test.

But I only

The result was amazing. Over 23% said they were in the market to buy,
gave us details of what they were looking for and how much they had
available to invest. And many said how much they enjoyed reading the
letter!
In my letter I also asked if they knew of anyone who might also be
interested in retiring earlier and richer. I got another stream of
names to add to my mailing list.
Then I started offering back-end products such as title insurance and
buildings and contents insurance. I set up a mortgage brokerage.
So where am I now?

It's four years since Jay made me realize that I wasn't in the real
estate business, but in the business of marketing. And that there is a
totally different type of marketing for a small business that isn't
trying to create an image, but trying to get direct response.
We have investors from all over the world. From 27 countries at the
last count. We have a mailing list of more than 18,300.
My staff of three has grown to 27 with 34 planned by next year. Our
office building of 4,600 square feet (which I now own free and clear)
is far too small and I'm looking for 8,000 square feet.
The cash thrown up by my business has enabled me to buy 26 investment
properties.
And profits have grown by 1,785%.
Thank you, Jay.

Thank you.

"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors."
Raymond Linton
Cavendish Property Investments
Equity House, 376 Meanwood Road, Leeds, England.
Tel: + 44 113 228 4488

401.

Rechtsanwalt Harald U H Roth

----- Original Message ----From: Rechtsanwalt Harald U H Roth

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 4:27 AM
Dear Jay,
Here is how I instantly regained an already lost consulting contract which earned me over $100,000 net in
fees by using just a few of the thousands of tactics and strategies in your PEQ course.
This has been especially valuable for me since as a German lawyer I am not allowed to advertise for getting
concrete business and am basically restricted to receive new business either from existing clients or through
referral. And one such referral case is outlined below
Now, here is your story, and when I use "You" it shall mean to include Chet Holmes as well, and please
extend my thanks to him:
I am specialised in export control consulting for over 20 years and since I am a rare specialist I get some
new clients by referrals, like in this case also. It was a big company and they had an urgent problem so we
met the next day and hammered out an emergency plan, and I was asked to start immediately.
About a week later the General counsel asked me to stop immediately because they feared that my
activities would make the issue public and cause immediate problems for the multi million contract they
had received and which was essential for the company to adequately survive in this recession.
"There goes my surefire counseling contract down the drain again", I thought and my mind was busy to
find an instant remedy.
The fear argument immediately reminded me of Chet Holmes' strategy to use fear as a contracting
motivator: "Scare them to death!". Now it was not necessary for me to develop some odd argument as they
obviously were in the quandary of two existence threatening problems. But they were only aware of the
first one:
1. If the partial shipments under the awarded contract were not delivered as scheduled they would
immediately loose the contract to the competition. The competition did not need a license for their
product and my client was not sure about his product. Clarification with authorities or a license
application would definitely cause a huge shipment delay and was therefore unacceptable. This
was the reason why they stopped all my activities.
2. The 2nd problem was that if they were knowingly exporting without a necessary license all
exports would be stopped immediately and all board members and the directors involved would
face long court trials and be sentenced to imprisonment of at least two years without probation,
plus high fines, although it was perfectly clear that the export license would have been granted.
This was definitely not a scenario of nice alternatives and all I had to do to secure my business contract was
to clearly outline the 2nd problem to their counsel and propose to look into the matter to find a legal
solution (of which I had a vision already, since such precarious situations are rather common in my area of
work and I am presently trying to include them in my core story. And I took your advice to add the last
line to my email signature).
I also took great care to make my proposal as "risk free" as possible for them stating that the only
acceptable goal in this scenario should be for them to have all four essential benefits:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Be able to execute their contract

Within the tight timeframe (only 2 weeks)
With a legal assurance of strict compliance with existing export control regulations
Without sacrificing future business.

Three days later I received their go ahead for my proposal and we finalised the legally valid solution just
within the required schedule. Since then I have worked for them to finally solve this and other problems
and was able to add to my reputation and my bottom line quite substantially.
Naturally my specialised know how was necessary to solve the problem, but without the marketing skills
internalized through your PEQ course I would never have gotten the opportunity to help my client. And I
would have missed out on the many back end sales to them since then, and instead of having a prosperous
and riskless export business they would have been trapped in criminal investigations and my fees would
have been collected by other lawyers and in fines by authorities.
You will understand that as a lawyer I am not entitled to disclose as much of the case internals as other
professionals might be able to disclose. But rest assured that your invaluable and immediately applicable
marketing know how gave me the inspiration and the mental strength to convert a cancelled contract into a
prosperous ongoing business relationship. And you can bet that I will be the lawyer of choice if any
problem should arise with their affiliated companies.
I herewith declare that my statement above is true and provable and you have my permission to
use my testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors, together with my name below.
Yours sincerely and gratefully,

Rechtsanwalt Harald U. H. Roth

Kanzlei Roth Export Controlling
Heinrichstr. 1
65812 Bad Soden
Germany
phone ++49 6196 62026
fax ++49 6196 28393
email [email protected]

402.

Richard Cox

----- Original Message ----From: Richard Cox

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:04 AM
After reading "Get everything out of all you've got" I realized the absolute power of what Jay offers to
those that are willing to follow his techniques. I changed the way that I approached business, and I found
organizations willing to business with me. Actually they were so open to the ideas that I put forward, it
completely blew me away.
With being able to offer powerful new and different perspectives to other organizations (especially those
underutilized opportunities, just waiting to be exploited), opening the door to new contracts was an absolute
breeze. Being able to see and implement some of the strategies from Jay, has allowed me to have a vision,
and create it. From doing something that I thought I should be doing, I now do what I want to be doing.
Utilizing the power of the Joint Venture, I currently contract to an organization that pays me to learn how
to run my organization. I am being exposed to more areas, were the potential for development is enormous.
Without Jay, I would probably not be able to see the opportunities that I do now.
Regards,
Richard Cox
Owner - Entreprise
Empowering Entrepreners Globally
Sourcing, Joint Ventures & Automation.
www.entreprise.co.za
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors.

403.

Richard Marks

----- Original Message ----From: Richard Marks

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 2:55 PM
Since I recently started working with Jay's mindsets I have only been
working with the Host/Parasite idea. My first test of the
host/parasite follows.
I wanted to make my store front more enjoyable for my customers to
enter. The easiest way I knew to do this was to add some plants and
color. Being cheap I did not want to pay any money, so I contacted a
flower shop owner I had run some business cards for and offered him a
parasite opportunity. I told him I had a hundred customers coming in
and out of my store all day, if he would provide the plants for me I
would put signs explaining they were provided for me by him. He
accepted, I put the plants in and my customers had a better environment
they could work with me. At least half of them ask about the plants
and I tell them where they can get some for their shop.
Next I did not like the pots (just ugly plastic ones) he provided, so I
approached a pottery artist I know in the area and offered them the
same deal. Now I have some beautiful pots to go with the plants.
The second example Jay's mindset paying off is not of my own but of one
of my customers. He is a landscape architect. In one of our
discussions I mentioned Jay's ideas. The friend charges $2,000 for his
work, then hands the $100,000 job off to a landscaper. I asked him how
much sales commission they gave him. After he stopped laughing he
started to think about it, if he got a 5% commission that would be
$5,000. He is now in negotiations with the landscapers. I told him to
remind them of how much work he brings or could them in a year. Also,
I told him now to sale his services as a full service company.
Although what is at this time completed is just the flower, I think you
can see the power of these concepts. Everything I have said in this
letter is true and provable. And Mr. Abraham has my permission to us
it in any way he likes.
Richard Marks
Prints +, llc
340 Washington St.
Walterboro, SC 29488
(843) 542-9557

404.

Richard Petrie

----- Original Message ----From: Richard Petrie

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 7:51 PM
This is a pretty simple story but had a major impact on my life.
I was a struggling photocopiers commission only salesman for Blue Star Office Automation in
Wellington New Zealand. Month after month I would start the month with $0 on the board and
worry about how to reach my budget of $50k. Sick of this stress from month to month I found the
Abraham's system and tried to work out how to apply it.
Thinking that it did not apply to my type of business I was initially put off.
My problem I wanted solved was not enough leads and basically I hated cold calling.
How could I get my prospects significantly up without cold calling? (Advertising was a possibility
but risky as it would have to come out of my own pocket.)
Where were the people needing new copiers and how could I find out about them before anyone
else?
The answer lay in the simplest of places.
The people who really knew the oil on who was ready to buy was our team of technicians who
were out there constantly fixing machines. They knew the physiology state of the clients and the
mechanical state of the copiers. Occasionally they would pass on a lead but more often than not
they would say nothing, as the sales man made all the money and technicians generally did not
like the highly paid sales guys when they were on a modest salary.
I approached the technicians one by one and offered them $100 cash for every lead that turns
into a sale. They were delighted with the offer which did not have to through the tax system or for
their wife to see. Now they were looking for leads and I would be the only rep who received
them. It was like I had a team of spotters working for me (now that is leverage).
The sleeping giant had been awoken.
Previously I would get 10 prospects per month on average which equated to about $35,000 worth
of sales. With the 'informal referral system' in place I would receive a further 10 leads a month
however the technicians leads had a much better conversion rate and equated to $45,000 worth
of sales per month. That took my commission to over double, we received 10% on the sales
price.
The net result was that with the extra cash I was able to buy a property within 3 months with the
extra commission. By adding a few more Ab strings to my bow I became the top sales man in the
country that year which unbelievable previously. Being the number one in a large company
helped open so many doors since.
This story is pretty basic I know but the result was by no means basic to my life..
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in
your promotional and marketing endeavours.

Kind regards
Richard Petrie

Business Development
INTERGEN - Intelligent Business
Level 3, Advantage House, 44-52 The Terrace
PO Box 5428, Wellington, New Zealand
PHONE + 64 4 472 2021
FAX + 64 4 472 2027
MOBILE + 64 27 4 303030
WEB http://www.intergen.co.nz

405.

Richard Swannell

----- Original Message ----From: Richard Swannell

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:43 PM
Hello Jay
I have just returned back home to Australia after 3 weeks abroad, to
find a series of emails from you. Unfortunately, the deadline has
already expired, but I submit the following testimonial to you on the
off-chance of being able to be included.
I rang Carl today to register for the Friday afternoon conference call.
Looking forward to being involved.
For your information, I purchased all your available material when you
were in Australia in the mid 90's, after attending a seminar you did
down here.
I also have and use your material that Tony Robbins distributes. (My
wife and I are Robbins Platinum Partners)
We are about to launch our new forecasting service, and I am interested
in talking to you about it.
I produce market forecasts based on pattern recognition - a form of
technical analysis of the share market. Our technology can be accessed
via the internet, and also by using our software.
Over the past 8 years that we have been developing our systems, we have
used many of Jay's marketing methods. Just a few months ago, I wrote
an advertising piece promoting a new version of our software, and
peppered it with a number of Jay's marketing techniques. In
particular, I used the risk reversal, and the "time limited"
techniques, and sold a million dollars plus worth from a single
campaign to our existing email list.
Net profit: more than $950,000.
Thanks again, Jay.
Richard Swannell
Author, Principal
www.elliottwaveresearch.com

406.

Rick Wolslayer

----- Original Message ----From: Rick Wolslayer

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 8:53 PM
I'll title my message.... urgency.
A simple concept.
I own a martial arts school of about 120 students. About 8 years ago,
I had about 40 students. I operate the school by myself and teach many
of the classes (with a few assistants).
The main method for building my school, other than referrals, has been
a Lead-box promotion. I would assemble cardboard boxes and put
pictures of martial artists on the outside to gain people's attention.
The box had a back poster that stuck up from the box that said, "Win
FREE Aikido Lessons".... "Enter here!" People would put their name and
number on a slip of paper. (Basically, raising their hand saying that
they were a good prospect.) I would go around and collect the names.
I would enter their name into my database. Print out mailing labels.
Then I would staple the form that they had filled out onto the front of
a letter. I would place the entry form so that it could be seen
through the envelope. The envelope was a double-window envelope. The
fact that they could see their own hand-writing increased the
legitimacy of the letter and increased their motivation to open it.
The letter would explain that they had won a FREE week of lessons.
Although to claim their FREE lessons, they must call within 48 hours or
else their spot would be given to someone else.
People would call and say, "I hope I'm not too late" (much like I am
saying to you by doing this letter after the due date and hoping you
will still let me in on the deal).
The return on my investment:
When I just mailed the letters, I would get a 10% return. For every 10
letters out, I would get 1 person to call and come in without me having
to call them.
When I would do a follow up call and say, "I just wanted to make sure
you received you letter... and is this something you would be
interested in trying?"... then the return would increase to a whoppping
30-40%.
The expense of the marketing campaign was: The cardboard box, copies of
pictures to tape to the box, entry forms (1000 for $50.00), letters
$.06 per copy, envelope, postage. Specifically, about $.75 per letter.
The trial lessons brought about a 60-80% sign-up rate. Each student
would pay $74 to $130 to join.
An average student would stay for 1 to 2 years.

Conservatively, these are the numbers:

$.75 it costs per letter mailed out
20 letters would create 2 introductory lessons at a 50% closing ratio,
that would be one sign-up. One Sign-up pays $74.00 for a single family
member for one month of lessons. They stay for 2 years. That =
$1776.00 Gross.
I teach the classes, so the income- rent, utilities, etc. is mine.
I have supported myself for 10 years with my martial arts school, doing
what I enjoy.
Other added steps that would increase prospects and new people coming
into my school:
1)

I would offer the store owner a FREE membership to my

school for himself/herself, their family member, or an employee
for as long as the lead box is still in their store. Often, the
person that takes the free membership continues on at full price.

2)

When people would come in, I would "allow" them to bring

another family member or a friend so that they could do it
together.... doubling the membership.

Lessons:

When you find something that works, keep doing it.

A simple idea and a simple system can create the
result that you want.

money.

It doesn't take a lot of money to bring in a lot or

Just a good method.

Know exactly what you want and choose a method that

works to get you there.

Hard learned lessons:

Make sure your business is systemized so that as you can grow the
number of customers, you are in position to provide excellent
service at any size. (1 customer or 100,000 customers.)

Delegate.

It's better to earn 1% of 100 people, than 100% of your own.

I am now finally systemizing, training others, and growing my business

to a level 2-3 times of what it is currently at. The lead box program
will be an integral part to that.
Rick Wolslayer
Aikido School of Self Defense
222 Delaware Ave.
Delmar, NY 12054

(518) 439-7939
(518) 857-9272 Cell phone
Web sight: DelmarAikido.com

407.

Robert Clay

----- Original Message ----From: Robert Clay

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 4:11 PM
Hello Jay
I have many success stories to report, but there hasn't been enough time to put anything together, so here is
my humble offering.

Ten times the conversion rate ... at 3-5 times the price
A few years back I helped a consultancy to launch a coaching service aimed at small businesses in the UK.
Leads were generated mainly through host-beneficiary relationships with one of the UKs big four banks,
where the banks small business clients were invited to seminars which opened their eyes to their hidden
profit potential.
The company offered attendees a free telephone consultation, which was requested by about 15% of
attendees. Many leads were generated in this manner, and although there was considerable interest in the
companys coaching programme their conversion rate from lead to client was only around 5%, with a cost
of acquisition of some 500.
I was unimpressed by the companys conversion rate, and also by their arrogance. They thought they
already knew all the answers, and were not prepared to listen. I therefore persuaded them to let me set up
an independent consultancy, which I could operate in the manner I wanted, in return for a royalty on our
sales.
I started by redefining the companys business purpose in terms of a desirable outcome for the client. This
was done by discovering the clients fears and frustrations and determining their real needs.
A unique selling proposition was developed which had four objectives, to:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Attract attention
Set the business apart from its competitors
Fill a perceived industry gap
Motivate people to take action

As part of this we constructed a commitment statement, a behind the scenes journey to educate clients,
a risk reversal guarantee and a positioning statement to articulate the USP in a single sentence. These
became the building blocks for our marketing messages.
Awareness was created in the business community by writing articles every month in the business press.
The articles were designed to provide information of value and interest to the magazines readers, with the
specific objective of adding value to the publication. It wasnt long before they became the most avidly
read articles in the publication each month ... and in a very short time the business became one of the best
known in the area.
Leads were generated by these articles, and also from host-beneficiary arrangements with Chambers of
Commerce and other membership organisations who invited their members to educational seminars.

The seminar content was carefully constructed, based on client feedback, and again a free consultation was
offered to seminar attendees. Around 75-80% of such attendees requested this consultation, which we
decided to do face to face, rather than on the phone, in order to build a relationship, and as part of that, we
also decided to really pamper clients when they came in.
The consultation itself was also carefully constructed, with an emphasis on questioning the prospect and
gaining an understanding of their needs before offering any solutions as opposed to the original company
whose emphasis was on trying to close a deal as opposed to opening a relationship.
Since not every prospect was in a position to invest in a coaching programme immediately, or even for
some months, we also introduced a follow-up process which involved sending prospects an educational
newsletter each month and a follow up phone call every 84 days.
Within nine months using this strategy we were converting 50% of leads into clients ten times the
conversion rate of the original company meaning that we only needed 10% of the leads they required to
do the same amount of business. This in turn reduced our customer acquisition costs from 500 to 20!!
We went on to dramatically improve the standard of the on-going coaching programme, developing much
closer relationships with clients, always going the extra mile. As a result we helped clients to produce
significantly better results than the original company, which in turn helped us to develop a very good
reputation ... and that allowed us to charge 3-5 times what the original company was able to charge.
We also made it a condition of doing business that clients should refer other businesses to us ... which
resulted in some 80% of our business coming by referral.
This combination of strategies proved very fruitful. In contrast to the original consultancy which
swallowed up some 400,000 of capital and a 200,000 overdraft before it achieved a profit, the business
was established without any capital or overdraft, and was trading profitably from cash flow from its first
month.
Within 3-4 months it had generated significant cash surpluses and within 6 months it was outselling the
original company ... with one tenth of the staff!
Best wishes
Robert Clay
DSP Solutions UK Ltd
Midsummer Court
314 Midsummer Boulevard
Central Milton Keynes
MK9 2UB
Tel: 01908 357657
Fax: 01908 357658

408.

Robert Heessels

----- Original Message ----From: Robert Heessels

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:08 AM
Company name: Alphamega
Branche: Interent web hosting
Country: the Netherlands
Size: 4 employees
Established: June 2001
Have had several own businesses for the last 15 years; without much
success. Last year I discovered some marketing material that is based
on Jay Abraham's mindset. This got me very exited and I decided to
start a brand new company based on these new (to me) insights.
Although web hosting is a highly competitive market (with 1.000 hosting
companies in a small country like the Netherlands (15 million
citizens)) I have managed to grow to company in only one year to 700+
customers (hosting subscriptions!), 100.000 euro in sales and I now
have 4 employees. This is the difference Jay's mindset has made: this
new business was successful from day one; even though all my previous
businesses were not successful.
Two things I would have never thought of myself have made all the
difference:
1. Benefits instead of features: got us a steady stream of customers.
Most hosting business tell you all about their wonderful features. I
learned that people want benefits, not features, so I wrote all the
sales copy for the website and for the banners that we placed on some
sites. This worked out very well. Immediately people started clicking
on our banners and, after reading our sales copy, buying our hosting
products.
2. Testing the price: increased our profits by 60% overnight! Our
prices were quite low at the beginning. Not the lowest in the market,
but certainly not the highest. Then I read you must test everything;
even your prices. So four months ago we doubled (!) our prices as a
test. The first few days our sales dropped, but after that our number
of sales went back to normal. The average number of sales per week
over the three months prior to the price change was 9.5; over the four
months since it's... 9.5; exactly the same. BUT OUR PROFIT HAS
INCREASED BY OVER 60%!!! (not over 100% because now more people buy
cheaper products than before). What I expect is happening is that the
prospect that are looking for very cheap hosting now longer buy from us
(great; those are very demanding customers) but more serious prospect
didn't trust us before because we were to cheap now find our prices
more appropriate, trust us and buy. Soon we will try another increase
in prices to see if the profit can be increased even further.

I fully expect this business to grow beyond my wildest dream (no

really), based on the things Jay have told me and on the blessings I
expect from God.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
By the way: Jay: thank you very much for everything you have told me!
Although you don't know me you have really helped to make a difference
in my life. God bless you!!!
Warm regards,
Robert Heessels
Alphamega

409.

Robert Jahnke

----- Original Message ----From: Robert Jahnke

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:20 AM
My name is Robert Jahnke I received your breakthrough newsletter for 2
1/2 years and listen to your tapes. Here are a couple ways I have used
your teachings.
In 1996 I started an advertising company that did door to door fliers
for local businesses. I would use your first two things a business
needs as a way to get in the door. Number one, what is your USP and
two, what is a customer worth to you. Ninety five percent of the
businesses didn't know what I was talking about. Probably because the
businesses where all small.
I did this for two years and then I used your principles (I'll say I'm
a slow learner) to figure out I was only making under $3 an hour doing
this. I then went to the newspaper in Green Bay and sold the business
to them for $5,000.
Today I'm selling PrePaid Legal Services and I still use the first two
things a company need to do to help others and get my foot in the door
to sell my services.
Thanks Jay.
Sincerely,
Robert Jahnke
239 Libal St.
DePere WI, 54115
920-339-6178

410.

Robert Pearce

----- Original Message ----From: Robert Pearce

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 11:08 AM
Hi Jay
Here is the story you asked for. It relates to my small fish and chip shop in Sheffield UK and
demonstrates how I both used pr and positioning myself as an expert to increase my profits.
Whilst it worked brilliantly it turned out a little differently to what I'd expected!
Jay talks about leverage. It works even in tiny businesses. Id like to tell you how something I
heard on Jays tapes made me a 50% increase in profits in six months and would have doubled
them had my business not closed due to a fire.
I have a small fish and chip shop. In August 2000 I was experimenting with a new product.
In Sheffield where the shop is, we have a local product called a fishcake. Its not the same as the
fishcakes you would buy in the rest of the country. Its basically 2 slices of potato with fish
sandwiched in between them, then coated in batter and deep fried.
The fishcakes in the rest of the country are mashed potato and fish coated in breadcrumbs and
fried.
My dad used to claim that trading standards had said that in order to be called a fishcake legally it
must contain at least 33% fish. Since the Sheffield variety contained less than that we had to call
the fried fish filled potato sandwiches as that accurately described them. But we called them
fishcakes anyway.
I was experimenting putting different fillings between the potato, mincemeat, cheese etc.
Having heard Jay talk about the value of free pr, I wrote to the food critic at the local newspaper
and asked if his readers could come up with a name for them as they werent fishcakes because
there was no fish in them.
As an aside I mentioned that technically the fish filled ones couldnt be called fishcakes either.
The journalist chose to concentrate on this aspect and wrote an article entitled Let them eat cake
- thats fishcakes to you and me, but not to the powers that be
To my surprise, this got picked up by a national newspaper who thought that European
parliament over regulation was to blame, (a topic that was a concern at the time) and ran the
story with a photograph of me on page 3.
The next thing, Sky TV sent a film crew round to film me preparing the fishcakes and then
cooking them. This was shown on the mid morning news and repeated throughout the day!
The response in the shop was amazing.
People were coming in the shop saying theyd seen me on TV. Others would come in and say
they were on a beach on holiday and opened the newspaper to see me smiling at them!

In the 39 weeks prior to the publicity wed averaged 948 a week in turnover. Trade had ranged
from 700 to 1,000 a week. Wed managed 1100 just once, back in February.
After the publicity we did 1100 a week in 6 of the next 8 weeks.
But it got better.
Sky TV kept the film of me frying chips in their archives.
Every time there was a story about chips, potatoes or fish and chips, they showed the clip of me
cooking! I was always on TV.
This allowed me to position myself to my market as the expert on cooking fish and chips.
(something else Jay advocates).
In March of 2001 we unfortunately had a fire in the extractor system in the shop, forcing me to
close.
This forced me to temporarily abandon further Jay fuelled ideas.
The week before the fire, turnover had reached 1600 a week.
Because the overheads were covered by what we were previously taking, this increase was
coming at gross profit.
This was enough to add 50% profit to my bottom line in the six months following the publicity and
would have doubled it if wed continued trading at 1600 a week.
Robert Pearce
The Robin Hood Fish Bar
542 Attercliffe Rd
Sheffield S9 3QP
South Yorkshire
England
0114 2810564
Fish and Chip shop. 3 part time staff only.

411.

Robin Elliott

----- Original Message ----From: Robin J. Elliott

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 6:58 AM
Subject: Testimonial
Jay Abraham
I received Jay Abraham's Home Study course in South Africa and made an extra $10,000 in my business
within a month and a half. It revolutionized my thinking! Then I flew to Los Angeles and attended his
$5,000, three day Experience and the next day in Orange County sold a deal which made me $35,000
within two months. For the next two years, my business flew, all because of the Abraham mindset. I then
immigrated to Canada, and Jay's philosophy made me successful here. His book has recharged my
batteries again. Jay is definitely a marketing genius and if I could, I would attend every seminar and course
he presents. The most valuable aspect of Jay's teachings is the ability to think out of the box and to see
money flow and value. Jay really understands business and he is the world's new Ayn Rand, without a
doubt.
Sincerely,
Robin J. Elliott, President, Elliott Enterprises Inc.
www.dollarmakers.com
Suite 1106, 3071 Glen Drive, Coquitlam,
British Columbia, Canada V3B 7R1
Tel 604.945.5754
Fax 413.638.4034

412.

Robin Stammers

----- Original Message ----From: Robin Stamers

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:38 AM
Jay,
My name is Robin Stammers and I run a bar code label, tag, and ribbon
business called Mediamec.
We hold an exclusive contract with a US based global leader in the
development, manufacture, and integration of automated data collection
and mobile computing solutions. This contract allows us to resell
their media products in the UK.
I have utilised many Abraham strategies since I started the business in
1999, but here are the ones that have had the most impact:
Host Devices
In our first trading year (1999) our turnover was 550,000. By 2001
this had increased to 1,600,000. Our primary method of generating new
clients is through a host device we call 'The Reseller Scheme.'
Our strategic partner manufacturers industrial label printers and uses
an indirect channel of hardware dealers to market. Typically, these
dealers sell the printers but do not sell bespoke labels and ribbons as
they are seems too complicated and logistically demanding. As such,
they walk away from 'the back end,' leaving money on the table.
To give you an idea of the scale of the opportunity; our largest client
(an electronic components distributor) originally spent 20,000 on
printers from a hardware dealer. Their label and ribbon spend with us
is over 100,000 per annum!
The Reseller Scheme asks dealers to pass us details of printer sales
into their client base. We then offer to supply the media. In
exchange, we accrue 15% of the net invoice value and issue this in the
form of a quarterly cheque. Unlike 'finders fee' schemes, this
arrangement is in perpetuity. We have several hardware and systems
resellers who receive cheques from us worth 10,000 - 20,000 per
annum. This is of course profit straight to their bottom line, for
doing nothing more than introducing us to their clients.
This strategy accounts for approximately 25% of our business, or to put
it another way 400,000!
Unique Selling Proposition
Our unique selling proposition is that our strategic partner offers a
lifetime printhead warranty when their labels and ribbons are
exclusively used in their printers. This results in a saving of 350700 per printer (depending on model) per annum.

Although this guarantee was offered prior to our involvement, its

importance was not recognised and it was not proactively marketed.
Most clients were therefore completely unaware of it. We have found it
to be the most powerful sales tool we have, and almost every new
customer we generate (outside of those referred by dealers) is due to
this USP.
To quantify this, we have opened 61 new accounts in the first seven
months of this year, worth 160,000 in initial orders.
Perpetual Reselling
Jay's advice that 'if you have a consumable, repeat-sale product or
service, set up a regular monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual
contact strategy...' is right for our business.
Of our client base, over 50% are now on an annual order schedule.
has increased our average order value from 628 to 5110.

This

We then have an 'Automated Reorder Scheme.'

When a client has taken the first three shipments from their annual
schedule, we offer to automate future reorders. This entails us
generating a letter to the client every three months and simultaneously
adding a further three months to the end of their order schedule. In
effect, we have created a 'rolling' annual schedule.
This also provides a barrier against competitive threat as the client
is always committed for a further 12 months. Over 25% of our client
base are on this scheme, which means we start every month with
automated reorders of around 35,000, before we even lift a phone. The
all important benefit to the customer is that we guarantee that there
will be no price increase for the extended period. This guarantee is
backed by our strategic partner.
If you are a US based company selling complimentary products (e.g.
packaging, IT consumables, etc.) and are looking for a UK dealer with a
large blue chip account set please contact me via our web site:
www.mediamec.co.uk
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.

413.

Rod Mackenzie

----- Original Message ----From: Rod Mackenzie

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:21 PM
Hi Jay
OK here it is.
What we do.
My small private company provides small business training and
consultancy in northern NSW, Australia. Primarily we have been running
a Federal Government funded program that assists unemployed people start
their own new business. The program has two components:
1.
2.

A research program that gives clients 3 to 6 months to market

research their proposed business idea and,
A start up program that provides training, income support and
mentoring for 12 months whilst the business establishes. The aim
of this program is to get people off welfare payments.

Previously, our focus had primarily been on the second component of the
program. It gave a higher per outcome return (at about $1700 per sign
up) compared to the research program at $150 per outcome. However, the
start up program had a long lead time (up to six months) whilst the
research program was much quicker (1 to 2 weeks turnaround). Also the
research program had minimal expenses and follow up requirements.
I used your basic leverage strategy to upsell the research program to
all of our potential clients. We were initially marketing both programs
but with a major emphasis on the start up one. We mentioned the
research program but that was about all. Your mindset to take advantage
of all situations and to look at more creative and leveraged strategies
with existing and new customers provided the catalyst for me to look
closely at how we could improve our bottom line.
So all I did was to include in our mail out information kits a lot more
detail about the research program. Nobody knew much about including the
various government and private referral agencies who advised their
clients to contact us about going into business. We included a
headlined cover letter outlining the benefits of the program, details
about eligibility and an application form. We sent this to everyone who
inquired about the start up program and encouraged them to apply for the
research program.
My aim was to produce more customers/clients and this happened.
We also wanted to see a sales increase and this happened.
The windfall was essentially the increased applications, clients and
sales we achieved without increasing staffing levels. Each assessment
and recommendation for participants for the program took about one and

one half hours all up and because of the flexibility in setting

appointments it basically took up staff slack time. We also found that
clients who progressed from the research program to the start up program
had better outcomes and we received a higher level of success payments
for them.
Our results improved because of our proactive approach to our marketing.
We had increased tangible results. In the first two years we ran the
programs we did about 100 to 150 assessments. Since March 2000 we have
done in excess of 600. This equates to an additional $70,000 plus
dollars in revenue over that period.
This obviously impacted on our bottom-line performance with increased
profits and better cash flow.
Our comparative advantage was that we conducted and claimed the greatest
number of the research program assessment and claims in Australia out of
about 160 providers of the program nationally. In fact, our success
caused some modification in program guidelines by the policy makers.
The joy, happiness and stress release for those wanting to start their
own business was obvious. They had encouragement, advice and a low risk
opportunity to test the water, make a decision and then go forward to
establish it. The increase in self esteem, better business skills and
awareness of a great opportunity were evident in our clients time and
time again.
Since 1996 we have assisted over 1000 people start their own new
business. We are achieving a success rate of about 66% off benefits
three months after they stop receiving income support.
Our previous mindset was to go with the flow. Once we initiated a more
proactive and leveraged approach encouraged by you we saw the difference
in results for our clients and in our bottom line.
Best regards
Rod Mackenzie
Contact details
Rod Mackenzie
Managing Director
The Business College
PO Box 880
Coffs Harbour NSW 2456 Australia
Telephone 61 + 2 + 66518888
Fax 61 + 2 + 66518899
[email protected]

414.

Roddy Symcox

----- Original Message ----From: Roddy Symcox

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:40 AM
Dear Jay,
Here's my story. I work in the Children's Playground Industry here in
the UK.
Since listening to some of your great audio programmes and the
'101'report I have personally introduced some of your tactics in my
area of responsibility in the UK.
Initially using a lot of risk reversal with direct mailing to existing
and potential new clients. (via post & email!)
I have also optimized some of the dormant strengths in the business.
Mostly information based.
This information is now being used to satisfy my clients needs and add
value to our turn key service, to deliver better designed, better
thought out, better quality playgrounds or as we call it 'Unique
Playgrounds'.
In short my focus is trying to become the best resource for information
to my clients.
This tactic has proved very popular in developing a new flow of
valuable leads and in setting up Seminars and workshops for new and
existing clients. The last Seminar a week ago was oversubscribed - a
whopping 22% response rate to the mailing. A little market information
can go along way!
I have also taken this opportunity to TEST other headlines and ideas
for future workshops.
However, with the nature of the business and my research it took 3
months to develop any tangible sales (there is a long lead time to any
playground project!).
Since starting it has produced an additional 300,000 sterling (approx
$480,000) of sales in first 6 months of this year.
Company: KOMPAN Ltd (UK) - Danish owned subsidiary
T/o :
5 million
Business: Manufacturer and Design of Children's Playgrounds
Mobile +44 (0)7764 365 671
Phone +44 (0)1908 642466
Fax +44 (0)1908 270137
Thanks for your help and support Jay it's much appreciated.

Speak to you soon

Regards,
Roddy Symcox

415.

Roelof Kiers

----- Original Message ----From: Roelof Kiers

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:30 PM
Jay:
We've used the following promo a few times. The first time (recorded
below) was the most successful. The reason being our market, list and
prospect list is small and the purchase lasts a long time. The example
combines several techniques which produced a powerful result.
I look forward to reading your collection of case studies.
for the invitation to join in.

Thank you

Regards
Roelof Kiers
Kiers Communications Group
(514)334-6662
Title: Using e-mail, a targeted market and referrals to generate an
additional $127,000+ in sales.
Strategy: Send out an e-mail
of 250 people, including both
separate web page showing the
delivered, ask the client for

message at zero cost to a targeted market

clients and prospects. Link to a
offer. Once the completed projects are
a referral.

Implementation: The title of the email message was as follows: "Big

Savings you'll appreciate". The sender of the email as shown in the
recipient's browser was the account manager with a real name and email
address.
Opening the email message, the recipient read the following message: To
find out how you can save big on trade show booth graphics, click here.
On clicking the link, the email recipient was forwarded to a stand a
lone web page explaining the offer, contact info and deadline. The
deadline for ordering was three weeks from the initial email. A line
at the bottom, requested the reader to forward the email to friends or
colleagues who they thought might benefit from the special. This
single request resulted in three new clients responsible for purchasing
over $12,000 in sales from this promo.
A second and third email where sent in subsequent weeks with the same
offer to those that had not responded.
The Offer: Receive a 50% discount on trade show booth hardware when
purchasing a full set of full colour graphics and design. (The design
and graphics have a good profit margin, ensuring that every discounted
sale was profitable.

Initial sales from the offer: Initial sales from the offer brought in
over $35,000 in new work that we would not have realized without the
email special.
Subsequent (backend) work for new clients brought in an additional
$38,000 within 60 days of the offer.
Referrals: As each project was delivered personally by the account
manager, the client was asked for a referral(s). Referrals generated
another $42,000 in sales (sales with no discounts) tracked specifically
as a result of requesting referrals from this promotion.
Time Frame: Accumulated and recorded sales generated from this onetime zero cost promo took place over a period of 6 months. Additional
sales have been made to several of the clients since that time, but
would be hard to attribute to this promo.
Overall results:
Time to develop the promo and email: approx. 4 hours
Cost: zero
Each sale was profitable
3 new clients plus additional sales from existing clients
Total new sales: $127,000+
Suggestions:
Target your market to decision makers
Offer a valuable (exclusive if possible) and difficult to find
elsewhere special or discount
Put a time limit on your offer
Follow up immediately and professionally
Package your special with another profit centre
Request referrals
Name: Roelof Kiers
Company: Kiers Communications Group Inc.
Size: 8 employees
Type of business: Marketing and communication services
Phone: (514)334-6662
Cell: (514)707-6556

416.

Roger E Howson

----- Original Message ----From: Roger E Howson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:25 PM
I am a serial entrepreneur and business professional who has used the
Jay Abraham marketing magic for over ten years to generate remarkable
revenues in several different business ventures and marketing
campaigns.
Immediately after attending Jay's transformational 1992 (or was it
1993?) Guerrilla Marketing Boot Camp in Los Angeles, we came home to
Seattle where our Public Insurance Adjusting firm was plugging along on
several hundred dollars in revenues after twenty years of doing
business the way everyone else in our industry was for over one hundred
years.
Public Adjusting is a highly priced ($20,000-$50,000 fees)
consultational service wherein PA's represent insureds' claims to their
insurance companies after catastrophic property losses.
Public Adjusting is an ambulance-chasing type sales process, and
devastated insureds are preyed upon by hard-sell artists trying to
scare and/or intimidate them into signing a contract for contingency
services. Our company was always more ethical, sensitive, and less
intrusive. So it offended our sensibilities (and wounded our wallets)
when our competitors were able to coerce a buying decision from
victims... I mean prospects who were not yet prepared to make a
thoughtful choice.
Due to Jay's highly ethical and supremely effective marketing process
we were able to offer prospects a total, unmitigated risk-reversal that
enabled them to contract with our services without committing to pay us
until AFTER we had documented their claim and they were able to
ascertain whether or not they required our services.
In other words, we invited them to defer their buying decision until
AFTER we proved our capabilities, and they were in an emotional and
logistical situation more conducive to making a carefully thought out
choice of Public Adjusters.
Long story short, our close ratio went from ten percent to over fifty
percent. AND we were so busy that we only contracted with honest, high
caliber clients who had legitimate insurance claims that the insurance
companies were very willing to pay. Our sales volume went up by five
hundred percent, and the value of each contract more than doubled
because we no longer had to take a chance on flakes or frauds.
Our clients won out because they no longer felt pressured to make a
highly risky decision at a time when they were at their very worst.
We have several dozen more anecdotes and examples with all the
requisite empirical evidence that prove the genius of one Jay Abraham.

But my best example is the vast number of imitators who steal a single
idea of Jay's and try to turn it into a full-fledged marketing
consulting service. For example, Y2Marketing, a Marketing Consulting
company out of Dallas, Texas and Jack Chapman, a Career Marketing Guru,
are running successful businesses selling the Abraham methods.

417.

Ron Dumas

----- Original Message ----From: Ron Dumas

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:14 AM
This is in response to your email requesting stories about the
successful use of your marketing ideas. I have used your ideas as a
consultant for several years and have increased either/both profits,
sales and new clients.
Below is several ideas that I used for different clients and the
results.
Abraham technique used: Using referrals and personal endorsements.
Hired by a software company who had a superb product however their
sales had stagnated.
Customer Problem: After talking to the management and their software
engineers I concluded they were selling only the features of the
product and not mentioning how the software was solving the specific
problems of their customers. They only talked to their customers when
their were problems or questions from the customers.
Solution: I contacted many of their happy customers and discussed how
they used the software to solve their specific problems. And, I asked
each of them if they would be willing to participate in a video stating
exactly what they did, what the results were and that they would
recommend the software to new customers.
Results: The company's sales increased by over 100% per month in less
than 90 days and they continue to rise.
Abraham technique used:

Continue using programs that are successful.

Customer Problem: Client was very successful for several years.

However, even though success was in their grasp they decided to
entirely change their direct mail letters with a new approach
recommended by another marketing consultant.
Solution: I was hired to replace another marketing consultant since
their new program not only was not increasing their sales it had caused
the company's sales to retrace to a level they had not seen for several
years.
This turned out to be an easy assignment. I went into the firm and
reviewed where the company was and where they were before the previous
marketing company was hired. I found out that the previous marketing
company had convinced management that their successful direct program
was out of date and it needed to be 'brought up to date." Management
agreed because they personally had seen the same letters going out for
several years and were tired of them. They never came to the
conclusion that it was only "old" to them but new and exciting to their

potential customers. I pointed this out and tried a test case using
the old direct mail pieces.
Results: The company's return from the 'old' direct mail letters went
back to normal and profits/sales increased. I pointed out the major
mistake that was made was two fold: 1) They discarded a perfectly good
and successful program for a new program. 2) They failed to test a new
program on a small basis before spending a lot of money on an untried
idea.
Abraham technique used:

Using risk reversal

Customer Problem: New investment management firm having difficulty

getting clients to believe they would be successful with their advice.
The investment management company was relatively new in the management
business and had very few clients. Mainly the clients were relatives
and friends of the money managers. They needed new clients in order to
grow and they needed customers to refer their friends and relatives.
Solution: The money managers were asked how much they believed in
their recommendations. They indicated they had tested their advice
with their own money and referred their relatives to their company.
However, their fees were structured where they took a percentage of
their clients' account each month regardless of how much money they had
made or loss for their clients.
The money managers were sincerely convinced they methods would continue
to be successful. The recommendation was to change their fee schedule
to be on an incentive basis. That is, their fees would be totally
based on the success or profits they made for their clients.
Results: The fee schedule that was recommended was on that was a
progressive basis, i.e., the more profits made for the clients, the
larger the incentive fee. This worked so well that the new fee
schedule brought in more new clients and higher profits than the
original fee schedule. By showing their customers that they were
willing to take risk by managing the accounts for free if there were no
client profits and higher fees the more profits made for their clients.
Abraham technique used:

Using the 'hidden assets' of a company

Customer Problem: Company was over 30 years old with a large customer
base that was very seldom contacted. Sales remained constant for
several years, but costs and expenses continued to rise and profits
continued to decrease.
Company had tried many new ideas to increase sales and it appeared that
their sales continued, primarily with new customers because the
machinery made had a longevity of over 50 years. And, most customers
did not need many of their machines.
Solution: Since the company had been in business for over 30 years it
was obvious their products were well made and liked by their customers.
I contacted many of their customers and found out that they did not
know all of the services and other products offered by this company.
Since the machines continued to work their was little contact between
the manufacturer and the customer. We initiated a new program that

periodically informed all of the customers of the additional products

and services offered. In addition, we initiated a maintenance program
and educational program. This brought in additional revenue and
exposed the company's employees to their customers on a regular basis.
Also, the educational program showed the customer new and better ways
to use their already owned machines. The new uses in many cases
encouraged the customers to buy more machines since they now had a new
use for equipment they were happy with and familiar.
Results: The company's sales increased and they crested a new revenue
source, maintenance and education. They were able to charge $75 to
$150 per hour for their employees that serviced their customers. In
addition, the employees got the opportunity to get out and do some
travel that made their job more interesting. Bottom line, it was a
win-win situation for everyone involved.
These are some of the success stories from some of my clients. As a
consultant I have been able to use the different ideas I have learned
from the books and workshops I attended over the years.
Hopefully the above examples will help you in your quest for your new
'book'. I am looking forward to receiving your compilation of other
success stories.
Sincerely,
Ron Dumas

418.

Ron Hudson

----- Original Message ----From: Ron Hudson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:31 AM

How I Tripled A Company's Clientbase in Two And Half Months Using Jay
Abraham's Mindset.
Over the years I've learned numerous techniques to stimulate or motivate people to invest
in various products and services. Each and every one of the techniques is powerful--but
the one I used to triple the clientbase of AEG, Inc is simple. In fact it's so simple, I can
sum it up in one word...
Credibility.
Have you discovered the power of credibility to generate increased sales and profits?
Do you use testimonials, referrals, articles, reports, case studies, white papers, books, or
tapes to promote your products and services? If your answer is "yes" then you know the
power of credibility.
In the case of SAEG, I performed what I call "going backwards" to find the credibility
needed to achieve my outcome of getting more contracts from other IT staff training
companies.
You see, the President, Ben Greenwood had been conducting classes for Executrain in
Tulsa, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. To Mr. Greenwood's benefit, he
received rave reviews from the General Manager and Territory Manager.
So, I requested that the Territory Manager put his comments in writing for the sole
purpose of promoting Mr. Greenwood to other companies. I didn't approach the General
Manager with the same request because it wasn't necessary. You see, the Territory
Manager typed up a powerful testimonial on Executrain letterhead and e-mailed it to me
as an attached file the same day of my request.
Read it yourself.
"On behalf of Executrain of Tulsa, I would like to express my greatest appreciation for
the hard work and effort put forth by Mr. Benjamin Greenwood. Mr. Greenwood's
company SAEG, Inc. has delivered some of the finest quality technical training our
customers have experienced in the Tulsa market.
Mr. Greenwood has provided consultative support to my sales staff and delivered training
to our largest enterprise clients. SAEG has the ability to deliver MOC Development,
MOC SQL, MOC XML and customized curriculum with the
highest quality reviews from our customers.

I strongly recommend using Mr. Greenwood and the training staff of SAEG, Inc. to
increase your technical training market share in your city." Scott Weisberg, Territory
Manager
Powerful, right?
Thanks to Scott, I didn't have to work nearly as hard to get the other companies to give
SAEG a shot.
Well, you already know what happened from reading the headline--but what I haven't
told you is that nearly ten minutes after sending out my own e-mail that included Scott's
testimonial, the phone rang and Mr. Greenwood got his first new client that day.
In fact, he signed on two clients that day that paid him thousands of dollars to deliver
their course material. Of course I wasn't satisfied yet so within a couple of days
following the e-mail, I called my contacts at two other companies that also became
clients of SAEG.
What? You are saying to yourself, Ron that's only four clients, so what. Well my friend,
in the IT training industry when you are a freelance IT technical trainer it means a lot.
As a result of the new clients Mr. Greenwood conducted training in companies such as
FedEx, Goldman Sachs, Lands End, Bank of Oklahoma, and that is a really short list.
What's more, he stayed booked weeks ahead so that he no longer experienced weeks
without having classes to conduct.
Stated differently, he had a continuous flow of revenues. Isn't that what you want during
these tough economic times?
Call me directly at 918.296.3943 for similar or better results for your company. I
couldn't resist inviting you to explore the possibilities of having me impact your success
(or someone who you know) on a risk free basis.
Let's move on.
Another word that is synonymous with credibility is believability. Here's an example.
Recently I read a report detailing the fact that Crest Toothpaste actually reduces cavities
by over 200%. But because some marketing guy intuitively felt that people wouldn't
believe 200% but would believe 31%, millions use Crest today.
Which do you find more believable 31% or 200%?
Did you notice that I actually caused more than a tripling of SAEG's clientbase? Be
honest. Regardless of your knowledge of me being a God fearing man, would you have
doubted or believed me, if I had included the actual amount of the increase?
I actually wondered if putting "tripled" in the headline would be believable. Anyway, I'm
really curious to know your answer.

In closing, if you want to increase your sales and profits, use testimonials. If you want
people to believe your claims, consider whether or not it sounds or looks believable.
How can you use what I've shared with you in this e-mail to grow your revenues? What
are you going to do right now to implement this information into your marketing process?
That's all for now, Jay. Get in touch if you or others you know want to grow your
revenues exponentially. I'd love to hear from you!
Warmly,
Ron Hudson
BBGS, LLC
4530 S. Sheridan, Suite 214
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145
p: 918.296.3943
PS My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial
in your promotional and marketing endeavors. Additionally, you my permission to edit
out copy that you deem a hindrance for promoting you--because I want you to be the
greater beneficiary in this transaction. God bless you, Jay Abraham!

419.

Ron Robinson

----- Original Message ----From: Ron Robinson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:55 PM
Dear Jay,
You insights have helped our team build Young America's Foundation in many, many ways.
Whether you know it or not, together we saved the Reagan Ranch, President Reagan's Western
White House in Santa Barbara, and helped thousands of students. You weren't alone. We were
influenced by Brian Tracy and Jerold Panas as well as by one of your colleagues, Thomas
Phillips, who is a board member and mentor. But you have been decisive.
Let me be specific:
Before you instilled our thinking with the concept of aiming for exponential growth, we were happy
if our donors renewed their annual gift at the same or slightly elevate amounts. When we tested
your theory of seeking much greater support (not necessarily more frequently because that
sometimes was counter-productive), per existing supporter we had amazing results.
We had one supporter who consistently gave us $1,000, usually twice a year. When we elevated
our requests, coupled with positioning ourselves as her advisor, she increased her support to
$10,000. She became more active and funded a $50,000 proposal. As we established more of
an advisory role, we discovered she wanted to see other programs accomplished and she gave
gifts of $80,000, then $370,000, several for $100,000, and then one for $350,000. We only
received significant resistance when we proposed a $2 million gift. Instead of receiving several
thousands of dollars in gifts since 1997 (assuming she continued giving a thousand dollars at a
time), we received $1,483,000 and we may still receive an additional $2 million gift. Most
important, she is delighted to accomplish goals she never thought possible!
We now train our development team to partner with a supporter by testing much more generous
gifts rather than follow the more conventional linear model. We aim to give every supporter a
rewarding experience, but we challenge them to escalate their involvement and commitment
more aggressively than before.
Jay Abraham makes you aware of your supporters' perspective. We've learned that an
organization that sends one thank you letter isn't going to compete with an Abraham-taught team
which will send a thank you letter, make a thank you call, follow-up with a student thank you, and
offer the supporter an opportunity to have a site visit to see what his support is accomplishing or
an opportunity to support another, similar program.
Our receptionist now cheerfully indicates that the ad a caller responds to is, "generating a lot of
excitement" and often receives additional information about the caller's exact motivation. That
allows our development team to better serve a supporter.
Together these strategies transformed our annual support from $3 million to $9 million, with no
indication that we are reaching our full potential yet. We have retired the mortgage on the
Reagan Ranch, totally funded from voluntary gifts, and expanded our student programs. We
have added new funding options, especially planned giving options, so that we will receive

multiple streams of income now and in the years ahead. Our donors are delighted and we are
too!
Jay Abraham's insights created amazing breakthroughs for Young America's Foundation, our
supporters and students.
Ron Robinson
President,
Young America's Foundation

420.

Ron Vaimberg

----- Original Message ----From: Ron Vaimberg

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:27 PM

Dear Jay,
I am writing to you today to share some of my greatest successes that I have
achieved using the training that I have received from you over the years. I know
that the reason I am in business today is because of applying your teachings.
I am a sales trainer and personal growth consultant providing on-site training
programs to small and medium size companies throughout the U.S. My specialty
is the mortgage in which I am a seventeen year veteran.
When I started my consulting business I was not sure what the best way to build
my business would be. The first thing I did was utilize direct mail. I was on a
very limited budget and figured this would be the fastest most economical way to
get the word out. After studying your vast library of direct mail pieces, I
recognized that using a question as part of my headline would greatly enhance
my results. The headline read: Do You Want Your Loan Officers To Stop
Quoting Interest Rates and Start Increasing Your Profits?
The first benefit of using this headline is that it addressed one of the biggest
complaints stated by mortgage company managers and owners. I took your idea
of identifying what the biggest complaint is of my target audience, and created a
headline that specifically addressed their concern and identified the result that
they were seeking.
The second benefit of this marketing plan was that I also followed up with phone
calls within 1 to 2 weeks of the mailing. The headline allowed me to easily
remind them of what the mail piece contained. Because of the headline, many
people remembered receiving the mail piece therefore making it easier for me to
start a dialog with them.
Another tremendous tool I use in all of my marketing materials is Risk Reversal.
I got my first client because of using this strategy.
My client had been sent the marketing piece with the risk reversal on it. After
many tries, I finally got him on the phone. After doing a brief explanation of my
services on the phone I asked him if we could sit down and discuss it further, he
agreed and we scheduled a meeting. Just before we hung up, I reminded him
that I had a money back satisfaction guarantee.

When I met with him and his top managers, one of the first questions he asked
me was to tell him more about my satisfaction guarantee. My risk reversal
proposal was simple. I told him if he was not completely satisfied with my
training services upon completion of the program, simply return all of the
materials and he would owe nothing, period. He asked me if there was a catch, I
said what catch could there be, you are not going to pay me until after the
program was delivered. This program was a 6 day on-site training program for
$5,000. This was more than he ever spent on a trainer program before. I know
that the only reason I got the opportunity to sit in front of him was because I took
all of the risk away from him. I made it easy for him to say yes and by offering
the risk reversal, it also displayed confidence in my ability to deliver. The client
paid me in full half way through the program!
Today, as before, every brochure has the risk reversal. Every letter to past,
present and future clients contains the risk reversal as a PS or PPS at the
bottom of the letter. No other trainer in the mortgage field has this risk reversal
and I know I have gotten so many new clients because of this unique offer.
One more great success story for my business is how I used referral system
marketing to jump start my business and to continually grow it today. I
remembered your teachings that specifically directed me to look for people doing
business with my potential clients.
When I started my training business I did not know many mortgage company
owners that I could just walk into their office. What I did know were attorneys
that represented mortgage companies. I proceeded to meet with my attorney
friends and get them to not only give me the names and phone numbers of key
people at each of their mortgage company clients offices, I got them to pick up
the phone and call them. These phone calls gave me tremendous credibility and
opened doors for me faster than I ever could have imagined. Using someone
elses database and connections is a tremendous way to build credibility quickly
amongst your potential clients.
The second part of referral systems is the easiest one of all to implement.
Asking for referrals from your existing clients has been what moved me from
working just in my local market place, to developing clients throughout the United
States.
Upon getting hired by a new client, I advise them that part of our agreement is
that once they are satisfied with my services, I expect them to give me at least 2
qualified referrals to other clients that they feel can benefit from my training
services. In addition to the names, my client is expected to call the referrals and
introduce me. This system works like a charm and consistently provides me a
constant stream of new clients.

I live in New York and I got my first client on the west coast 2 years ago. They
are located in Portland Oregon. Asking for referrals as I indicated above has
enabled me to go from 1 to 5 clients on the west coast in a matter of months.
Although 5 clients may not sound like a lot, my training encompasses many visits
not just one. Managing these on-going training programs along with my clients
on the east coast allows me to consistently have my calendar booked two to
three months in advance. Having a full calendar gives you not only piece of
mind, but time to continue your referral marketing to keep a constant flow of new
clients coming to you. Also, as your demand increases, so do the fees you can
charge for your services.
SUMMARY:
Direct Mail:
2. Make sure your headline gets your audience to identify how it relates to
them.
3. Include Risk Reversal on every marketing piece
4. Follow-up with a phone call to your direct mail prospective clients, it will
greatly increase your return.
Risk Reversal:
1. Make sure that your clients are aware of it. Every piece of marketing
material must contain it. With every conversation you have with a
potential client, you must remind them of this guarantee.
2. You have to make sure that your service not only meet, but exceed your
clients expectations. Deliver more than expected and your clients will
never have reason to act on the risk reversal.
Referral Systems is my most enjoyable tool to use. It is so easy to implement
and it is the most inexpensive way to market your business. It is FREE!
To create your referral system you must let your prospects know what is
expected of them in the beginning of your relationship. You must also continually
remind them that referrals would be greatly appreciated. If your customers
understand the rules of engagement in the beginning, the likelihood of them
complying and giving you the referrals that you need to grow goes up
tremendously. Make sure you deliver more than is expected and the referrals will
never be a problem!
Make sure that you identify people that are doing business with your potential
clients. Ask for referrals and you will be surprised as how many people will help
you grow your business. Also, look for ways that you can help others build their
business. They will gladly reciprocate. Always look for the Win-Win scenario.

There are so many other tools of yours that I have used. These are just a few of
the ones that have had a profound impact on the start of my business and
continue the growth of my business daily.
Jay, because of your training, my business is growing. Anytime I am not sure of
what is the next step I need to take to grow my business, I simply pick one of
your tapes, books or seminar materials, and I know the next logical step.
Thank you for everything you have taught me.
Very truly yours,
Ron Vaimberg
President

421.

RPGDOLFAN

----- Original Message ----From: RPGDOLFAN

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:21 PM
Dear Jay,
Although I have used your previous newsletters and printed material in
a limited fashion, I have found your tips and ideas to be extremely
beneficial.
As the managing partner of a rather small CPA firm, I have been
restricted for many years concerning the types of solicitations.
For the past 6 years,
tax season to promote
miss results from the
I was told that was a
solicitation.

I have used a direct mail letter at the outset of

my services. The first three years, I got hit or
letters with responses ranging from 0.5 to 0.75%.
reasonable response for a direct mail uninvited

Then three years ago, I reread your manual on sales letters that sell.
I incorporated many of your recommendations into a new letter. Since
that time I have averaged 1% - 1.5% response to my mailings.
This has led to me increasing my revenues generated from these clients
from approximately $3,500 per year to approximately $8,500 per year.
I realize that these numbers are small, but to me they have been
significant.
For approximately 4 years I was severely limited as to my ability to
work due to numerous physical maladies. For the past three years, I
have been relatively healthy and my practice has been sustaining a
total growth of approximately 30%. I feel that the number of clients
generated from my letter as well as promoting referral services, which
I learned from other materials that I received from you, has been
instrumental in this growth.
Thanks for all of your assistance and valuable insights over the years.

422.

Scott Walters

----- Original Message ----From: Scott Walters

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:41 AM
Dear Jay,
The most successful method, the one that has opened more
cold calling is this: We are in the area doing a survey.
could, what would be the one thing you would change with
shipping company? What do you like the best? What do you
least? Thank you for your time. Then I leave and in 48
back.

doors when
"If you
your present
like the
hours call

I was in two days ago and took a survey. We have several "solutions" to
improve your present methods of shipping that will improve your bottom
line. When would be a good time to make an appointment tomorrow to
discuss these solutions, early morning or late afternoon?
This cold calling method has increased my "getting" the appointment by
75%.
Sincerely,
Scott Walters
704-409-1614

423.

Sean Conley

----- Original Message ----From: Sean Conley

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:20 PM
HERE IS MY STORY.
I RUN A PREMIUM LINE TELEPHONE INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
WHERE CUSTOMER RING FOR SPECIALISED INFORMATION.
IM AM A NOVICE IN BUSINESS YEARS AND IN FACT THIS IS MY FIRST PROPER
BUSINESS FROM A PURELY ENTREPRENEURIAL (IDENTIFY A NEED AND FILL IT)
STANDPOINT. BUT I RUN IT USING CERTAIN SPECIFIC JAY ADOPTED PRINCIPLES
AND PHILOSOPHIES.
I CONTINUALLY TEST DIFFERENT ADS. I TEST, TEST AND TEST, I KEY EVERY
SINGLE AD AND NOTE ALL STATISTICS, I TEST DIFFERENT HEADLINES AND HAVE
PULLED AS MUCH AS 400% JUST BY CHANGING THE HEADLINE.
I ALSO HAVE NOTICED IF I TAKE OUT CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE TERM
"RECORDED MESSAGE" MY RESULTS FALL BY 300%. WHICH I THINK IS BECAUSE
CUSTOMER FEAR TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN SOME INSTANCES.
I HAVE MANAGED FROM A VERY LIMITED CAPITAL TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS FROM NO EXPERIENCE JUST BY TESTING SMALL AND WAITING UNTIL I
HAVE PROFITABLE PUBLIC RESPONSE THEN I ROLL OUT NATIONALLY.
HUMAN NATURE BEING IMMUTABLE AND REPLICABLE. I CAN ALWAY GAUGE A
NATIONWIDE RESPONSE FROM MY SMALL LOCALISED TESTING OF AROUND 55/60%
NATIONALLY ON AVERAGE.
I FOUND THE QUICKER I TEST THE QUICKER I FIND THE KEY TO UNLOCKING MORE
PROFITS NATIONALLY.
IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE I HAVE GAIN 220 MORE PAYING CUSTOMERS, SIMPLY BY
TESTING AND NEVER HAVING THE GALL TO PREDICT WHAT THE PUBLIC WANT
WITHOUT THEM TELLING ME THEMSELVES THROUGH MY LOCAL TESTS.
KEYING EVERYTHING AND CHANGING ONLY ONE THING AT A TIME IS THE METHOD I
USE.
WITH THE PHILOSOPHY THAT CUSTOMERS ARE YOUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET. I
LOOK AT MY CUSTOMERS AS FRIENDS WHO I WANT TO GIVE 10 TIMES THE VALUE
THEY GIVE ME AND WHAT I GIVE OUT WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK MANYFOLD.
I BELIEVE BY BECOMING A EXPERT IN THE AREA OF TESTING ALONE. I CAN
GUARANTEE DUPLICITY OF RESULTS WITHOUT TAKING VIRTUALLY ANY RISKS WITH
MY CAPITAL.
ALL I CAN SAY, IS JAY AS TAUGHT ME, ONLY RESULTS COUNTS, THE COLD HARD
FACTS, NOT GUESSWORK AND IT HAS GIVEN ME A INNER CONFIDENCE THAT IM NOW
BREAKING THROUGH INTO MARKETS WHICH I HAD ABSOLUTLY NO EXPERIENCE IN.

EVEN WHEN I HAVE A WINNING AD I KEEP TESTING FOR A NEW CONTROL IN SMALL
AREAS UNTIL I PULL A BETTER RESPONSE THEN I JUST REPLACE THE OLD
CONTROL WITH THIS NEW CONTROL ADVERTISEMENT NATIONALLY.
I WRITE MY ADVERTISEMENTS ALWAY WITH A HEADLINE, I WRITE IF ADDRESSING
ONE SPECIFIC PERSON AND I NEVER TRY TO SELL ANYTHING, I ONLY TRY TO
POINT OUT THE MAIN BENEFITS AND IM NEVER PUSHY OR FLASH WITH LITTLE
HARDSALESMANSHIP PLOYS IT JUST DOESNT WORK.
I TRY TO APPEAL TO THE CUSTOMERS LOGICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY
WITH SINCERITY I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE WHAT WORK FOR ME BEST.
I HOPE MY STORY MAY ENCOURAGE SOME ENTREPRENUERS TO TEST MORE!
MR SEAN CONLEY
K M DIRECT
UNITED KINGDOM

424.

Shannon Zillmer

----- Original Message ----From: Shannon Zillmer

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:24 AM
Mr. Abraham,
The written word is not my craft, but here I go.
Shannon Zillmer / Senior Salesman
Mossy Nissan, Houston Tx. #1 Nissan Dealership in the City
8+ years as a salesman / Going on 3 years at this dealership
No college education
I discovered Jay on a Tony Robbins tape in which Tony was interviewing Jay. I had to listen to the tape
about 50 times, due to the fact that most of the information was new to me and that Jay talks so fast
(because it is so easy for him). I started with just the information from his tape and this is what I came up
with. Nissan has a new sports car that is coming out (the 350Z), and I decided to use the service
department for leads on this car. I had to first create a report (no easy matter due to the fact that no one had
ever tapped this resource before) of all the older Z car owners that have been through our service
department in the past 5 years. This resulted in 10 inquiries and 3 orders so far at an in pocket profit to me
of $3300 (and $10,000 for the dealership). I also did a bulk email to anyone that had done e-Mail
correspondence with me (2 orders, from 2 minutes work). As a result I have been able to capture 40% of
the Dealerships available 350Z car orders (the next closest has less than 7%). I am also looking to do a
press release to the local media on the delivery of the much-anticipated 350Z. I have been having a rough
time on this one, because no one at the dealership level has tried it before . My hope is to get at least on
type of media here when I am delivering the first vehicle and get my name in that media and thus create
contact via this.
The next thing that I have explored is the relationship that Nissan already has with some very large
companies in my area, which the companies were not aware of. As a result of putting forth the effort to let
these companies know that all of their employees have a discount that they do not know of on the purchase
of a new Nissan I have established 2 (working on the 3rd) large endorsements. The one company has 4000+
employees and the other has 5000+ employees, and I am listed as the primary contact for a Nissan by both
of these companies. The program that I offered to them already existed, it is just because they are not the
corporate headquarters they did not know of it and were grateful for the information, thus the endorsement.
By the way this program is good at any Nissan dealer in the state or country, but because of my effort (in
some cases a lot of effort reaching the correct person) they want to help me.
So now I find Jays book Getting Everything You Can Out Of All Youve Got, and the mind expanding
really starts. The first thought from the book is that I am just a salesman how can I use this stuff. After the
3rd reading lights start to go on. The sales letter is my first venture. I live in a county that has the property
tax information on a web site, so I go in and get all the names and addresses for every residence in my
neighborhood. I draft a letter stating whom I am (a neighbor) what I do (sell cars) and that I am an expert
in automotive industry. This letter just went out to 2600 neighbors (1 response so far). I will be adding
these people to my quarterly newsletter also. As for my (newsletter, that I did have in place before Jay) but
the changes that I am making to it are because of his information. I am creating some added value to the
newsletter. I have offered helpful information, but now I am adding yellow pages for my customers to be
able to advertise to my other customers (at no charge) and with a next issues circulation of 3500+ there has
been a good response to this value added service. Also I have talked the dealership into sponsoring a biyearly networking breakfast for my customers to meet and mingle.

Also I have been trying to embrace other industries methods. I intercepted a letter for a salesman that has
moved on and it was from one of his customers (clients), a real estate agent, and it had an interesting gift in
it. I called the sender and asked him about the gift, it was a corporate card for a local car wash that entitled
the recipient to a 20% discount on all carwashes for a year. I called the car wash company and wanted to
know how to sign up for it, and they said no problem how many do you need. So I have 3500 of these
credit card type cards coming with my information embossed on the card as follows
From Your Friend [email protected], and it is all for free. These will be going out with my next
newsletter along with the first issue of my Yellow pages.
This one may be a stretch because it happened as a bi-product of my other activities. I have a follow up
process in place for my sold customers which is the following, calls on the 1st day after sale, 7th day, and
then every 90 days and birthdays, also a post card with a positive statement every 45 days and the
newsletter every quarter (does not effect the 45 day cycle of the post card). Well on one of these calls to a
client I asked if he had received my latest newsletter and if he would be able to take advantage of the
Yellow pages part. He said that he did not catch that part and that led to a discussion of all the various
activities that I have going on, which led to him asking me to have another newsletter sent, he went on to
explain that he wanted to look at the possibility of doing all of my printing for me for free (with a line on
the bottom printed by). What a windfall for me if he does undertake this, because at this point I use the
computer at home to create all my mailings and the copier at work to print everything (quality is kind of
low).
The next idea or step has been the creating a report of customers that have purchased here and service here,
but their initial salesperson is no longer here and mailing these customers a letter of introduction the day
after they visit the service department. This one is still in the great mind hopper of upper management
(normal turn around on an idea submitted is 1-2 months).
Here is a list of the ideas that have not made it out of the great upper management hopper yet. These are
from the 93 Referral System that we purchased from Jay. A coffee mug with a company thank you printed
on it with a balloon attached sent to the customers work within a week of the vehicle purchase. The risk
reversal is hard one for them to embrace (free of loss), but they are considering some form of it.
I am sure that I have over looked something, but I actually got to a point that I have had to stop reading and
listening to Jay and his information, due to the fact that I would keep getting ideas and I wanted to get the
first ones in place first. Everything that I have mentioned is all within the last 6 months, and the car
business is not an instant results business. I do plan to continue all of these ideas, and I feel that the longterm effect will be tremendous. Also as you may have noticed the things that I have done are at little or no
cost to myself or the dealership (postage for the dealership). So any monies generated will be pure profit.
Now I am just a small cog in a larger wheel, but if I can this information anyone can.
Shannon Zillmer
Mossy Nissan
281-496-2200
713-256-0752 cell
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors."

425.

Shinji Tahara

----- Original Message ----From: Shinji Tahara

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:28 PM
Dear Jay Abraham,
I'm shinji tahara.
I've read your book "Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got"
in Japanese about two month ago and many articles of your website in
Resources section.
Here is my small success story.
In the first place, I have to apology my very bad English (especially,
lack of writing ability).
But this is another simple, small, true success story.
I manage the on-line shop (http://www.originalehon.com) that sell
customized picture books for kids. Average price is $30.
I tried your advice.
Risk free
I assured guest's satisfaction and announced that in the top page.
you do not satisfy my product, you do not have to pay"

"If

Before Risk Free, 1 out of every 164 visitors buy from me.
After Risk Free, 1 out of every 103 visitors buy from me.
That is big difference!
Sales Letter
I sent a Sales Letter to my 2,000 customers and "made an offer they
can't refuse". It worked. I got 12.3% of the responses by that letter,
I mean I sold 246.
I tried your two advice. ONLY two. This is just beginning, I hope. I
want to learn more from you and I want to improve my marketing skill.
Any way, thank you.
shinji tahara
P.S.

It took me one hour and a half to write this email!

426.

Shlomo Savyon

----- Original Message ----From: Shlomo Savyon

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:18 AM
Hello Jay,
The reason I am not writing to you is mainly because I simply don't have the time.
You got me going so fast, in so many directions, that I don't even have the time to look after the money I
am making wisely... to the point that loosing $75,000 in the market doesn't even stop me from going. I
probably should look for a stock broker I can trust to look after it, and advise me good.
I am not trying to brag to you, and I hope you don't take it that way. It is the reality.
Your methods changed my way of doing business forever. The main point I have learned from you, is take
care of the customer, my employee, my vendor, and track everything I do. Without them I have nothing.
Aside from spending lots of my time marketing my products on line, I am in control of customer, vendor
and employee satisfaction.
Four years ago to this date (I remember that clearly because on July 31st 1998 I was 50 years old) ... we
met for the 2nd time as part of the MURL two year program.
I am sure you remember that? I will never forget that.
Then in January 2000 the Internet summit you put together was a huge mile stone as well. Half of my
business comes from the web now. I love it.

427.

Simon Patrick

----- Original Message ----From: Simon Patrick

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 9:10 AM
Dear Jay
Two years ago I had no experience in marketing, today I am a successful
marketing consultant working for a small marketing business in England.
Quite frankly I am in love with marketing, where else do you get to
give people what they need, using all your creativity, and benefiting
both your client, their customers, and yourself!
In my initial months (known to my colleagues as 'Before Abraham') I
studied some heavy-weight marketing manuals, grappled with Boston
Boxes, Ansoff matrices and product lifecycles, all of which, while
useful, did not deliver the bottom line results that neither I, nor my
clients, were looking for.
Then I stumbled across an internet article that Jay had written and my
path to enlightenment had begun. I have devoured pretty much
everything I can get my hands on from Jay, and his concepts have turned
around the way I do business.
One of the more recent examples is a small family firm who are worldleaders in racing simulation technology - they build top-of-the-line
steering wheels and pedals for the growing online racing community, and
at the top-end they sell replica F1 car cockpits that are integrated
with computers so you can race in them - feedback steering, roaring
sound and smoke included! Really great products.
However, as is the way with many engineering firms, they were caught-up
with the product development, but fell down on the marketing. That's
where we came in. The priority was to generate sales, quickly, of the
new line of pedals they had just finished (they retail at about 400
(600 USD)). We immediately identified the past customers as a key
resource, wrote a compelling letter that offered them a special upgrade
deal, and sent it out. It got a 100% response!. Not all of these were
sales, but every person written to came back for more information and
to make contact.
Then we got them to reverse the risk. What these guys didn't realise
is that they were already supplying fantastic back-end support, they
would customize kit for clients, and take it back if at the end of the
day it did not work out. But they were not telling anyone about it!
So, we identified three types of guarantee that they could offer.
Firstly was the fairly ordinary warranty, nothing special there, all
the competition offered this. Beyond that we encouraged them to offer
a full satisfaction guarantee, and they could get hold of that. But we
pushed it even further - to give a performance guarantee - and this
took some convincing, but we got there if the equipment did not

improve the laptimes of the user (and this is everything to the online
racer) then that would be excuse enough to return it for a full refund.
The racing community loved it, we announced it through a
host/beneficiary relationship we set up with a key online racing
magazine. The guarantee got around past quality problems our client
had when they outsourced production a few years back, and it went so
much further than any of their competitors.
For the top-end F1 cockpit products we set up some arrangements with
the leading F1 racing magazines, and organised a competition to give
away an old cockpit that had been used for rental for a couple of
years. It's age was no problem as the magazine paid for it to be reliveried in their colours, along with the logos of the computer company
who provided free hardware in return for the exposure.
The magazine featured the competition on the front cover, and over a
hundred thousand readers discovered our client for the first time.
Coverage in other major publications has fallen out of this and sales
of cockpits are growing well. All for the price of a secondhand
cockpit that was sitting around unused.
All in all, our client is now being recognised and praised as the
world's leading manufacturer in this specialist field, their products
are now perceived as being at the cutting edge of developments and,
most importantly, they sold all of the stock they had of the new
pedals, and are now pushed to make more to meet demand. They are
pleased!
I hope that is useful for you
Many thanks for your wisdom and openness
Simon Patrick
Marketing Consultant
ABF Marketing
UK
t: 01494 868611
f: 01494 866313

428.

Simon Zutshi

----- Original Message ----From: Simon Zutshi

To: Jay abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:16 AM
Jay,
Here are details of how I have applied your principles to my business.
The three main principles are those of :
1. Testing Price sensitivity
2. Risk reversal
3. Recognising lifetime value of a customer.
I am involved with the business of nightclub promotion to university students. I hire clubs during
the week and fill them with university students who can not afford to go out at the weekend (when
the clubs charge full price for drinks and admission).
Several years ago I introduced a discount card called a Club Pass. This is essentially a loyalty
card which we sell to the new freshman students at the beginning of the academic year. This
card gives discounted entry to a number of the mid week student nights at various different
nightclubs in Birmingham, England.
Each time the student uses the card they save 1 off the normal student entry price. We normally
have at least 5 different student nights at which they can use the card, every week over the full
academic year. Thus over the full academic year the student could save quite a bit of money.
We first sold the card for 5 each and sold about 1000 in the first year we did it. I always saw this
as a small additional revenue stream. However applying some of Jay's techniques I was able to
dramatically increase the sales and profitability of this project.
First of all we tried increasing the price from 5 to 7 and found that, far from selling less we
actually sold more. We managed to increase the profitability on each card by 2 or approx 40%.
In addition we sold 1400 at the higher price, which was 400 sales more than the year before at
the lower price. This showed me the importance of testing price.
The following year we increased the price to 10 and also introduced a kind or risk reversal as
follows. When someone joined we would give then a complimentary ticket into each of the five
clubs featured on Club Pass. Entry to these five nightclub would normally cost 15. So by
purchasing a Club Pass for 10, the student could try five clubs for free and come out with a
saving of 5. This presents a great offer to the students who would probably want to try most of
the clubs anyway. Then every time they go back to the clubs they like they will save a further 1
every time. By using this policy we increased sales to 1900 in the third year.
In summary, over a three year period I have increase sales almost 100% and increased
profitability of the project by about 200% through testing price and introducing risk reversal.
You may be wondering how we were able to get the free tickets from the clubs? Well as I
mentioned before my main business is club promotion. Recognising the life time value of a
customer (which I learnt from Jay), I realised that it was worth allowing the students to come into
the club the first time for free as they would hopefully come back as long as they had a good time.

A student was worth approx 2 to me in terms of door admission each time they come back to
one of my club nights. Having been in for free the first time, they may not come back although
they could come back every week. On average, if a student came just once a month during
academic term time, they would be worth about 20 each to me every year. These are very
conservative estimates.
When giving something away I have learnt that you have to be careful not to devalue your
product. However, by giving these tickets away as part of a bonus risk reversal with a Club Pass
it has maintained the value whilst offering great value to the customer. For you information the
redemption rate on the free tickets averaged out at about 50%.
Over the last few years I have tried and tested several different promotional tactics and managed
to fight off several competitors. This year I am testing again. The price is still 10 as I fell this is
the ideal price point for students, but I am testing a few other tactics, continually testing and
developing the Abraham way!
Finally, and maybe needless to say, we collect all the personal details from everyone who joins
club pass and send then regular emails and SMS text messages direct to their mobile phones to
promote the nightclub events.
I hope this is as required
Kind regards,
Simon Zutshi
Abundance Promotions
Tel +44 121 472 4620

429.

Sinda Dianzumba

----- Original Message ----From: Sinda Dianzumba

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:44 AM
Hi Jay!
We are down to the wire. As a very busy Cardiologist, I do not have
much choice. Spare time is a luxury. I moved your request to top
priority on today's schedule to give it the value it truly deserves.
I certainly have befitted from your ideas and I am more than willing to
share these benefits with you and hopefully give something back.
I first met you in February1994 at Tony Robbins Financial Mastery. I
was very impressed with your ideas and decided to put some of them into
practice.
Prior to our meeting, I was a Co-Director of a Cardiac Diagnostic
Laboratory which was making a lot of money for the hospital. I had
gone to the head of the department and asked for a raise in 1987. He
told me that only my performance/merit could give me the raise I was
looking for. So each year I got my 4%, the maximum allowed by the
system.
Between 1987 and December 1992, I did get a one time 10% raise in my
salary, which was unheard of. That was for my outstanding performance.
But even with all that, I was still making less than 2% of what I was
generating.
Well, after I met you Jay, I decided to force the issue by making a few
changes. I surveyed our referring physicians informally to see how
information we provided them was impacting their practice. I firmed up
on upgrading the skills of all our technicians to the best level in the
industry. I tested two formats of our reporting system: one format
presented data in a table followed by a narrative in a letter format
with no summary of the finding at the end. The second kind of report
also started with the same table of data, followed by a descriptive,
concisive, single page text, followed by a summary of the findings.
I put myself in the shoes of a very busy partitioning referring a given
patient to a specialist for a specific problem with specific
question(s) I want answered. To achieve this objective, I encourage
all my referring physicians to include the reasons why they are
requesting a given diagnostic test for a given patient. Prior to this
time, you will be surprised how many times the secretary wrote down
"Doctor Ordered" under the "Reason For Request." So now the summary of
findings included not only the answer to the question, but all the most
important findings in order of importance (usually 2-5 items on the
average). It was constructed such that a very busy practitioner can
read the summary and absorb the information in a matter of seconds.
And if any practitioner's office called our office for a preliminary
report, the secretary was able to read the summary to the secretary of

the referring office (something which we could not do with the

narrative format).
News got around by word of mouth, and before we knew it, other
specialties that had been consulting cardiologists and internists
first, were ordering diagnostic tests on their own, utilizing our
report as an initial consultation. Our numbers grew by 40 %. Our
referral radius extended to 200+ miles into 3 adjoining states. We had
to hire two more cardiologists in a hurry to help us out.
This tremendous growth caught the attention of the President and CEO of
our Institution. So, three months After I met you and returned to my
job and implemented your ideas, I was called to the head of my
department's office to discuss changes in my pay structure that the CEO
had mandated, to be effective May first, 1993.
I was to be moved to the executive payroll which included only
department heads, for physicians, and selected senior vice-presidents.
My base salary was increased by 30% effective immediately and it was to
grow 4-5% annually. I was to receive an additional 33% annual increase
in the form of deferred pay which I could invest and cash out two years
later if I so desire.
As additional perk, my life insurance was increased from two times my
salary to six times my salary, paid for by the Institution. In
addition, my disability insurance, paid for by the Institution, was
made equal to my take home pay, was I to become disabled. My wife was
insured at nominal cost to me for $200,000.
I could go on, Jay, but time is running out. So will stop here. I hope
that this will be of value to your reading audience.
Respectfully yours,
Sinda Dianzumba, MD

430.

Spar Street

----- Original Message ----From: Spar Street

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:06 AM
I have only been applying Jay's insites to my work for a few weeks and already I am getting new
clients, defining myself in my market by recognizing what it is I do and how that benefits my
clients.
Jay is fabulous. I am enjoying the development of what I believe will be a long and mutually
beneficial friendship.
I look forward to giving detailed reports on all that we are doing together.
With Gratitude and Appreciation,
Spar Street
Artist

431.

Srikumar S. Rao

----- Original Message ----From: Srikumar S Rao

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:49 AM
Hi!
I have read Jay Abraham's material for many years and have been quite impressed by his
marketing savvy. Since I am not an entrepreneur I have no personal success stories to relate.
However, I am a professor and can testify to the reception his ideas receive at both graduate and
undergraduate levels.
I find that Jay's concepts - especially those that deal with testing different methodologies and
evaluating the results - immediately make students wide alert. This is particularly true of
executive education students many of whom have actual profit and loss responsibility. Many
students have told me that these sessions have been the most helpful and useful of their entire
educational career.
Srikumar S. Rao
Louis and Johanna Vorzimer Professor of Marketing
Long Island University
OK to use this as a testimonial.

432.

Stan Smith

----- Original Message ----From: Stan Smith

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:50 PM
Dear Jay,
Here's a small success story for you. In 1998 and 1999 my son and I
developed a very niche-specific software program for our own use as
well as for resale. We are healthcare reimbursement consultants
serving various types of Medicare certified providers of service,
including home health agencies. Our software program was a simple and
easy to use tool to calculate the Medicare reimbursement rates for a
home health agency. The rates were dependent on a wage index factor
and a fiscal period factor unique to each MSA in the USA. Upon
entering certain basic data, the program would calculate the unique
rates for any specific agency in the country and print out a report
showing the details of the computations as well as some pretty neat
looking graphs of the data. We used it ourselves in our consulting
practice and decided to package it and sell it to others for $159.95.
The product was called "98 Limits".
We actually sold about 75 copies with very little marketing effort.
There were no returns at all. The product is now obsolete since the
entire reimbursement methodology has changed. While this amount of
income can certainly not be considered any great financial success, we
were very pleased for the following reasons:
1.
2.
3.

The project proved the concept of being able to develop a

product from scratch and sell it multiple times.
By applying this concept to a broader market with a longer
shelf-life product, serious money could result.
Applying several "Abraham" marketing concepts proved
successful.

The "Abraham" tehniques tested and found effective were as follows:

RISK REVERSAL - We sold the product with a full money-back guarantee.
We even offered to ship the product based ONLY on the customer's
request with no upfront payment with an invoice enclosed.
JOINT VENTURE - We agreed to give a 50% commission to a large wellestablished company already marketing a line of non-competing products
to the target market. This company simply included a "Flyer" about our
product in each order they shipped out of their own products. The
beauty of this was that we got orders for virtually free advertising
and promotion.
With a marginal cost to produce one more product copy of less than
$5.00, there is still substantial profit in each sale obtained in this
manner.

NEW CUSTOMER VALUE - We recognized the potential long term value of

each new sale. We now have a database of satisfied customers from all
over the US.
This list will hopefully be very receptive to any new products we have
to offer in the future and our credibility for quality products is
already established.
AUTOMATED FOR CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE - We set up a special web page to
demo the product. It contained several ways for the customer to order
the product. They could order on our toll free 800 phone line, they
could place the order online, or they could print out an online order
form and snail-mail it. We accepted major credit cards or checks.
Most orders never required direct human contact. All orders shipped
within 24 hours.
I could probably think of more ways we benefited from the "Abraham"
techniques but in the interest of time and brevity I'll stop here. We
look forward to our next project and being able to build upon this
small successful venture into product development and marketing. The
greatest single benefit to us is that it proved the systems and
marketing methods actually work. This gives us the confidence to go on
to bigger and better projects.
Stan Smith
CFI Services, Inc.

433.

Stephen Pace

----- Original Message ----From: Stephen Pace

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:43 AM

Jay Abraham holds many keys to much success

SJS Solutions is a small Technical Solutions company based in the UK, we specialize in the creation of
tailor-made success enhancing software solutions, our mission is to become an indispensable part of our
clients success.
SJS Solutions was founded by 3 people in April 2001 and by using Jay Abraham marketing techniques not
only have we maintained profitability but we have a long term strategy to follow and the tactics to fuel our
profitability.
Later in this testimonial I will explain exactly what techniques I have applied and the financial results
generated, but first I wanted to stress that for a small company like ours the one thing that Jay gave us that
is and will continue to be priceless, is proven marketing techniques, direction and the motivation to ACT!
Without this I am convinced that SJS Solutions would have drifted between jobs and would not be in the
positive position we are in today. Thank You Jay! You are a truly genuine and unselfish member of our
planet.
Now lets talk specifics, after listening to Jays interview with another brilliant and unselfish man who has
also enriched my life in so many ways, Tony Robbins, I wanted to read more about Jays Marketing
techniques and mindset. Soon after hearing the tape I purchased his book Getting all you can out of what
you have got. This was the best 15 I have ever spent, not only did the book tell me exactly how to grow
our business, make the most of our resources and lots more, it provided proof of how effective Jay
techniques can be and was very thought provoking. At this point we, SJS Solutions, were looking for our
next job and the money we had made from our first project was running low. I had not even finished the
book but had just read the chapter on Bartering when I decided to I approached a local radio station who
were in need of a new website but who also wanted to make updates to the site themselves without waiting
and paying ongoing fees.
At this point I called the radio station and offered them a new website and Content Management System
totally free of charge and explained that all I wanted was some radio advertising in return.
Using Jays Headline and Sales Letter writing advice I followed the call up with a sales letter, the headline
read:

How would you like a new and vastly improved website that will delight
your listeners at absolutely No Cost to Kick FM.
Within a week I was in front of the MD of the Radio Station, I offered the MD of the radio station a simple
but attractive website www.kickfm.com plus a very easy to use Content Management System which would
solve all his website worries, save him money and cost nothing. The MD of KickFM agreed and we
swopped 12 months radio advertising, the mention of SJS Solutions every time the new website was
mentioned on-air plus referrals to KickFM clients.
The advertising was worth 1000 per month and at this point we were very happy with the deal and more
evidence to suggest that we must use Jays techniques as much as we possible can. But this is not the end.

The MD of KickFM has become a friend of SJS Solutions and by reducing the price of our Website and
Content Management System package and using his referrals we have sold another 4 more websites
producing revenue of 12,000. Future referral deals are being discussed.
At this point we started to build a network of partnerships as described in Jays book under Host beneficial
partnerships we contacted a Computer support and Networking company and offered them referral fees
and told them about how SJS Solutions could add value to their clients, they agreed and when we
completed a demonstration of our now improved Website and CMS package they immediately asked us to
tailor it slightly and give them a website asap www.foundation-it.com. We had only just started to work
together and SJS Solutions was 5,000 better off. A few months after this KickFM asked If we knew
anyone who could help them sort our their e-mails and Internet connectivity, of course we presented our
new partner Foundation-IT and work soon started. Foundation-IT were delighted and our relationship is
flourishing, we recently sold a similar tailor-made website and CMS solution to one of Foundation-ITs
clients for 8,000.
Although none of these jobs will make myself and the other SJS Solutions directors millionaires this year,
they have helped give us momentum, cash flow, taught us how to market and improved our profile all of
which are priceless.
We continue to follow Jays advice, study his website www.abraham.com and will soon be purchasing more
products, basically the man has the ability to condense years of testing various techniques and give you the
best of the bunch in a quick and easy to implement format. Why learn by your mistakes when you can
learn from others, its much quicker that way and costs very little.
Stay focused, and use your resources as effectively and passionately as possible.
With Jays help and your commitment any company of any size can experience the type of growth that you
never dared to dream of. I wish you all success!
Stephen Pace
Managing Director and Majority Share\Holder
SJS Solutions Ltd
www.sjssolutions.co.uk

434.

Steve Wieczorek

----- Original Message ----From: Steve Wieczorek

To: Jay abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:00 AM
Hi Jay
A number of years ago I didn't have a clue to what or how to drive our
internet marketing.
We purchased your internet marketing program & after the second tape
strenuously implemented to answering EVERY email with a minimum of two
question to the e-mailer.
Result 95% of people email you back with
This has allowed our minute tour company
(Approx. $A385,000.00 pa.) of ALL of our
That's up to 30% more money in my pocket
commissions.

an answer or more questions.

to now generate over 30%
bookings via the internet.
as I don't have to pay

Four years ago the Australian tourism industry said the internet would
never be used to make sales only generate information. Ha
This is only one of the huge amount of marketing skills that I have
learnt from your programs.
Many pocket felt thanks Jay.
Regards
STEVE Wieczorek
Lets Trek Australia
www.letstrek.com.au
Australian Adventure Tours

435.

Stuart Dawson

----- Original Message ----From: Stuart Dawson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:58 AM
Dear Jay
In response to your email, I want to thank you very much for the tips you have given me over the
past year and a half.
One of the most effective tips has been the observation that so much time is wasted by "got a
minute" management. It got me thinking about how I'd react to things when people asked me
something - by phone, email, or in person - without thinking about how important that interruption
actually was. So I'd get sidetracked from more important things into just reacting to a phone call,
looking up things then and there instead of putting it onto my things to do list and allocating it a
priority. I try now to put all "got a minute" requests into perspective, and deal with them when I
choose, not "on demand" as I used to. This has saved me a lot of time which would otherwise
have been wasted on less important tangents.
Another fantastic tip was the "Dream 100 sell" - Who specifically do I want as clients, who are my
"clients of choice", and How will I approach and keep pursuing them, and what will I do for them,
to try and secure them as ongoing clients who value what I can do. It's the thing about sending
ten letters, notices, etc., to one selected and targeted prospect instead of one letter to ten
prospects. Part of this approach has been to develop a free newsletter with useful information for
my general audience, to keep my name popping up on a regular basis (it's a bi-monthly). This
has resulted in people emailing back to ask what I can do, and has definitely increased my
credibility among the ones I have worked for.
One thing you keep harping on - continuous incremental improvement - has echoes of
Deming,but the way you developed it in the idea of workshopping an hour a week on different key
aspects is absolutely brilliant. Even though I'm a sole trader, it has made me rethink the ad hoc
way I'd do a lot of things, without giving myself a set of simple procedures to follow. T he idea of
developing written procedures has been a great timesaver, especially for things like my
newsletter, which utilises Acrobat (for PDF creation) only every other month. Writing a
"procedure page" for converting the text to PDF, and another page for Mailout Procedure, has
meant that I spend far less time on it, and make far less errors that have to be corrected. That
may sound basic to some people, but it's been a real boon to me as a sole operator.
So while most of the people who write in will probably talk about money, I want to thank you for
the time you have gained me by these ideas in particular. Badly spent time can't be replaced,
and you have certainly saved me at least a couple of hours every newsletter, a considerable
amount of time that would have been frittered on "got a minute" reactions, and gained me
increased recognition among some of my now more carefully targeted prospects.
This above is a true and accurate account of some of the key benefits of your ideas on my
business, and I am very happy for you to quote me in your marketing materials.
Stuart Dawson, Director
Pathways
11 Janice Grove, Dandenong VIC 3175
Australia

436.

Sunny Jamiel

----- Original Message ----From: Sunny Jamiel

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:14 PM
Dear Abraham Jay,
Well, I do not have any BIG successes to share with you as far as monetary
rewards are concerned but I do have a change in me to share with you and that is
A Major shift in the way I perceive my business now.
Okay here are the details in brief. I am Abubakar Jamil (Sunny) from Pakistan
and I came to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia a year ago to start my business as an
agent in Textile exports for Pakistan. I sell Pakistani textile stuff here in Malaysia
as an agent of 3 Pakistani textile exporters (only on commission basis). In
Pakistan while I was working in a Textile company, I wanted a change, so that I
may see the world and get a global experience.
I came to Malaysia and started marketing for my products but got a very bad
response to my marketing efforts and was really really dismayed. Then after 6
months I just happened to come across your site by chance and I was intrigued
and I downloaded all your documents available on the net.
I was so broke that I did not had the money to even go back to Pakistan or buy
your book, seriously. But thanks to you your information, it gave me a new mind
set to business and marketing and I felt a change in the way I perceive business,
that it is Adding Value to your Financial condition by helping others in
getting what they want and adding value to their lives. Although I still
have not been able to get much business because of lack of serious marketing
money but I do get good appointments now and hopefully I shall be getting good
orders soon.
I feel very obliged to you for providing me with the major shift in my perceptions
that will stay with me for a life time. I really really wish that I had so much
money to actually come and attend your seminars and workshops and buy your
cassettes etc. and not only that but I am sure that socializing with the people that
attend your seminars would have been of a great benefit to me as in finding great
business partners.
And now once again THANK YOU for the way you benefited me and please DO
KEEP ON THE EXCELLENT WORK.
YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
Regards and Love,
Abubakar Jamil
2062, Jalan Sentul Pasar
51000 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Cell: 60-19-6410323

P.S. I shall be asking a favour from you too. Please do refer to me anyone who
may want to import great textile items like fabrics, bed sheets, comforters, towels
etc from Pakistan at full risk reversal, excellent prices and quality. I shall be very
grateful.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors."

437.

Tim Holley

----- Original Message ----From: Tim Holley

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:00 PM
Hi,
My name is Tim Holley and I own a company called Leehol Enterprises.
I am hoping to become a rags to riches story. Before I started my business I had an income
barely $17,500 a year because I was employed as a garbage man and a janitor. I was going to
college at night and working full-time in those 2 jobs to make ends meet for my family of 4. Upon
graduation from college I left those 2 jobs and went to work at a church for double the money. My
wife got seriously ill with heart problems and we developed a lot of debt paying for her medical
care over the next few years. I started my company in 1999 as a way to make extra money to
pay off some of those bills. I had no idea I would be earning a full-time living from my internet
business when I left my job in early 2000. It was at that time I decided to make it on my own in
business.
I wouldn't call my story a great success story yet, but as I learn more from Jay Abraham, I am
excited about the future of my company. My company is becoming a more diverse company in
that I started out selling ink cartridges on ebay and now do Information Marketing, Financial
Counseling, College Text Books Sales and Printer Ink Cartridge Sales. My plans are to diversify
even more into other areas with the profits I bring in from my current avenues. I like Real Estate
and Restaurants.
I sold single cartridges to customers at a fairly competitive price. I shopped other ink sellers
prices on ebay and got as close to their price as possible while still allowing myself a profit on the
sale. My average sale was 4.95 for a product that cost me 2.25 to buy. I added 3.95 shipping
and handling to add a little more profit to the sale. To make more sales I had to list more auctions
and hope people would bid on them.
My profit was around 350.00 a month which was o.k. considering the fact that I was only trying to
earn a little extra money each month to pay off some bills.
It was about my second year in business when I began using some of Jay Abraham's Methods of
Adding Volume and Frequency Options & Upselling Customers. At the time I didn't realize he
was the great mind behind these principles because I was following some training materials I
purchased online and at seminars by what I latter found out to be some of Jay Abraham's
protgs.
His methods are ingenious when it comes to marketing anything.
Anyhow some of the methods I started using were: adding volume and frequency to sales along
with added incentives and follow-up strategies.
Here is what I did. I began offering Free shipping on 6 or more items ordered along with a
coupon for another Free cartridge when the customer purchased 6 or more on their next order. I
offered a Free cartridge for every New customer they referred to my company along with an
additional Free cartridge for the New customer when they bought 6 or more cartridges on their
first purchase. After the sale was made I didn't follow up as well as I should have and only about
25% of my customers returned for more cartridges. To help with the return orders I began

printing a coupon for a FREE cartridge on every invoice I sent out and included a neon sticker in
the package with our toll free number and websites on it. The sticker had a simple statement that
said, "Put on bottom of Keyboard". At least 30% of my return customers have told me that they
remembered me because they put that sticker on the bottom of their keyboard and when it was
time to reorder they knew right where to go. It was surprising to see how many customers used
those coupons for a FREE cartridge when they ordered six or more on the next order.
I also added additional statements to my adds I ran on e-bay. I added testimonials from happy
customers along with a 100% money back guarantee and an 18 month product warranty.
These methods increased my sales to over $5000.00 a month and gave me a net profit of around
$2400.00 a month.
My second year in business I did $245,000.00 in sales because I followed several of Jay's
methods. This gave me an annual income of around $75,000. Not bad for a former garbage
man! I can't wait to see what we will do once we start implementing more of Jay's methods and
ideas.
I am seriously studying Jay Abraham's methods and would love to get his Ultimate Protg
Mentor Program and learn as much as possible to help myself and other people become a
success in business.
My goals are to increase my business by diversifying into other areas and increasing sales results
from current customers and future customers. Learning all I can about getting the most out of
each customer I worked so hard to acquire.
Tim Holley
Leehol Enterprises
1-800-798-4384
leehol.com or netrepenuers.com
PS Jay if you ever decide to train people to do seminars for you, keep me in mind.
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors."*

438.

Tim Law

----- Original Message ----From: Tim Law

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 2:01 PM
Dear Jay,
As a long time teacher and coach in upstate N.Y., I moved to York, PA eight years ago and
learned about the ever growing Jay Abraham reputation from many people, including Tony
Robbins. As a protege of Robbins, I work with students on a local basis within around a 50 mile
radius of York, PA. teaching positive self-motivation techniques I have learned from him and
many other great coaches and teachers. It only made sense as I learned more about Jay and
how he works that I apply it to my business.
My business is known as Success Learning Systems and I work, not only with students but do
teacher inservice seminars as well. By applying Jay's techniques, I have been able to expand my
business at will to however busy and productive I want to be. It literally gives me an accelerator
to use whenever I need to generate more clients! His referral building system is incredible in
having satisfied clients refer more business to me! For every current client I have, Jay's
techniques have allowed me to speak with each client and have an excellent chance of picking up
more referrals of 2,3,4,5 or more per client! It gives me more business than I can handle if I am
not careful! This is a good problem to have!!!!!
I can truly say that Jay's techniques have allowed me to recently add to my program's abilities
because of working with a new start up magazine as the Education Editor. I am very excited
about the opportunity to write self-motivation articles to help parents with their kids but also put
together a column on "Students to Watch" which will feature high quality kids of character who
are also excellent role models. Since this will require companies and organizations as sponsors,
guess whose quality material I am going to draw from? That's right! Jay's!!!! His 93 referral
methods have been pure gold as well as his book, Getting All You Can Out of All You've Got.
These are just two of the several resources Jay has produced that have helped me enormously!
With all these techniques and an additional opportunity to apply them within the new Greater York
Magazine, I am looking forward to a very exciting future!!!
Thank you, Jay!
Tim Law
Success Learning Systems
Education Editor
Greater York Magazine
York, PA

439.

Tim OBrien

----- Original Message ----From: Tim OBrien

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 9:30 AM
Companies involved:
AlphaLam inc. (www.alphalam.com
Deck the Walls (franchise framing)
M. E. S. Group (Quebec Canada)
Lynese Octubre (custom prints)
Abraham Technique used: Joint Venture, symbiotic relationship.
I was a minor owner (15%) of a partnership between AlphaLam inc., a laminating company,
originally established in Clearwater Florida, now operating out of Orlando Florida, and the MES
Group of Quebec Canada. They are the biggest laminating company in Canada.
In late 1996, we began discussions with the "Deck the Walls," home office. I believe at the time
they had approximately 400 franchises in the USA. The Presidents of the 3 companies
(AlphaLam, MES, Deck the Walls) had discussions on how to get the AlphaLam "modern
framing" process into the Deck the Walls franchises as an additional profit center.
Time went by, nothing happened. Apparently they couldn't agree on just how to get us in as an
approved vendor.
AlphaLam had been doing products for Jerry Emmons of Lynese Octubre, based in Clearwater
Florida, whose specialty is small prints with very fancy matting. Jerry had begun testing some of
his unmatted prints using our "modern framing" laminating process. I (Tim O'Brien) asked him
who they were for. In passing he said for a "Deck the Walls" store in Tampa, very close by. I
asked if he was an "approved vendor." He said yes. I then asked if there was anyway for me to
piggyback on his approved status to get wider distribution through all the franchises. He said, "I
don't know but I'll call Jody Rice, at 'Deck the Walls' and find out."
Jerry called Jody, and Jody said we could be a "sub vendor" under Jerry's approved status. Jody
sent AlphaLam the paper work to sign up as a vendor, I filled it in, FAXED it back and received a
countersigned "approved vendor" letter back, on the same day, and actually during one of the
conference calls between the 3 Presidents who were trying to figure out how to make it work!
So I worked out with Jerry to pay half of his booth cost for the upcoming national "Deck the
Walls," annual convention in Cincinnati Ohio. We went to the convention, I had half the display
with "free with your first purchase," sample kits. Jerry only displayed his art that had been
"modern framed."
So we hit the ground running, signing up a significant number of franchises in Cincinnati and
many more after the convention. Jody put us on their mailing list of information for vendors. We
soon received the "national directory," with all names, numbers, addresses etc. We receive all
updates, additions and deletions.
Deck the Walls later bought out the "Up against the wall" master franchise and added another
200 stores to the list.

So what first began as a frustrating situation, quickly turned into access to hundreds of frame
shops, simply by asking a question and entering into a joint venture with another person with who
had access to those we wanted to sell to. We had a mutual, non competitive interest.
AlphaLam today, still serves many "Deck the Walls" franchises. There is no longer a partnership
with the MES Canadian group, and I own 5% now, but AlphaLam is still growing. Its major clients
are: Disney, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Dali Museum, Deck the Walls franchises.
Thank you,
Tim O'Brien

440.

Tim OKeefe

----- Original Message ----From: Tim O'Keefe

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:10 AM
JayI started my web traffic and design business about two years ago.
Having been from a pure sales background, I wanted to avoid building my
business via "cold calling".
Attempting to mimic your very deliberate way of thinking, I decided to
build my business in phases. Keeping my final goal in mind. That is to
run residual internet based web sites that build revenues for my
company.
This part is important to me as a one man - home based shop.
In order to grow I decided to leverage off of my existing network,
instead of cold calls.
So I picked important players in my target industries that sell very
well, and build good web sites, but they are horrible at bringing
traffic to their client web sites.
Thus, I am able to leverage off their distribution channels, thus
expanding my time.
Your ideas have made me think more creatively and develop "leveraging"
ideas that have allowed me to grow my business, level by level.
You have made me think outside of the box.
Just like this book you are putting together is really a reframe of a
testimonial book. But you are doing it better by making everyone point
out the techniques you have taught them.
There is a whole lot of psychology in what you do. Thus, this book
when finished will solidify your position in all who receive it, and
those who wrote the testimonials.
This kind of thinking is what can make a one man shop like mine,
explode exponentially.
Thank You,
Tim O'Keefe
Spider Juice Technology
Torrance, CA
310-371-2363

441.

Tim Renfro

----- Original Message ----From: Tim Renfro

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 3:38 PM
Dear Jay
Your Anthony Robbins interview and many of your promotional materials
gave me these excellent quotes for my personal quote book.
"The most self serving thing you can do is to learn to be selfless."
Jay Abraham.
"Discovery is the fuel of competitive advantage." Jay Abraham
"There is no downside risk to having your own business if you use the
right analytical tools." Jay Abraham
Jay Abraham's Five propositions in optimizing your life and your
business.
1. You owe it to yourself, your family, your employees and your
customers to get the highest and best use of every opportunity,
asset, effort, financial and human capital investments you make
now and in the future.
2. You can't be content to do anything that does not prove the
greatest results or returns possible from the effort or
expenditure.
3. Marketing sales and promotion is the ultimate low-risk, high
return business-builder leverage you have available. You should
be able to improve the bottom line results by multiples of 100
percent.
4. You are the one who is probably limiting and restricting the
number of people who could be buying from you - the size of the
purchase people could be making. A few simple shifts in the
approach you take and the attitude you adapt can make quantum
leap improvements in your results.
5. Fall in love with your customers and clients. Do only what's
good for them. Be their advocate. This will separate you from
virtually everyone else you compete against.
This is the success story I offer.
Regards
Tim

442.

Timothy Bost

----- Original Message ----From: Timothy L. Bost

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:06 AM

As a financial astrologer, I have had to chart my own course in

establishing a viable business in a field that is virtually devoid of successful
mentors, a field that is fraught with obstacles and misinformation. I was first
exposed to some of Jay Abrahams ideas about 15 years ago, just as I was
completing my business plan and as I was making a serious commitment to
acquiring and maintaining the highly specialized skills that are essential in my
profession.
I cant say that there was anything like a close correlation between the case
studies that Jay presented and the specific challenges that I confronted in my
efforts to market my knowledge of planetary cycles and their correlation to
specific stock market dynamics and to other types of business trends. Even so,
there were several of Jays core concepts that not only informed and inspired me,
but also brought me an awareness of latent opportunities and a well-considered
clarity of purpose. This not only significantly enhanced the results I was getting
from my business; I feel that it also ultimately helped save my life.
One of the most useful and universally applicable ideas that Ive gained from
studying Jays approach is the concept of Risk Reversal. It was an especially
appropriate notion for me to embrace because of the inherent perception of risk
that most people experience when they consider consulting an astrologer as a
source of serious guidance for business or investment decisions. As a result of
this understanding, I put together as one of my first marketing pieces a little
brochure with the title, Tim Bost Answers Your Questions About Astrology. In
this way, by becoming more proactive in addressing my prospects fears and
apprehensions about doing business with me, I was able to reduce the
perception of risk so that we could start a conversation about their specific
needs. Once we had the conversation going, I could then further reduce the
prospects perceived risk by offering customized consultation programs and
flexible payment options. This not only brought me new clients during the critical
start-up stages of my business; it kept those clients coming back for more!
During the last decade, as financial astrology has become more widely accepted
and as more new faces have started appearing in the field, I have become
increasingly aware of the role that Host-Beneficiary Relationships can play in
strengthening my business. Rather than viewing others in my profession as
potential competitors, I have systematically let them know that I consider them
valued colleagues and have taken specific steps to help them promote their
businesses. For example, when other financial astrologers give lectures, offer

seminars, or come out with new products or publications, I have publicized or

endorsed them in my own publications and marketing materials. I have also
written and published eminently fair but consistently flattering reviews of their
products and publications, and have then encouraged them to use those reviews
in their own marketing efforts. This approach has worked wonders for me when
(sometimes years later) I have turned around and have asked them to
reciprocate by providing endorsements and testimonials on my behalf. Even
more recently, I have used one of these relationships that I have carefully
nurtured to work out a deal with a software company that markets a research
program for financial astrologers and traders who want to use astrology in the
stock market. Every customer who purchases the software now gets a free twomonth trial subscription to my weekly e-mail letter, which reviews current trading
strategies based on financial astrology. This arrangement costs the software
company nothing, it provides added value to the product they are selling, and it
gives me fresh, pre-qualified names that I can market to.
Without any doubt, however, the most important lesson that Ive learned from Jay
Abraham is to value myself and my services appropriately. When I first heard of
Jay and learned that he charged his clients thousands of dollars for each hour of
his consulting time, I was of course a bit shocked. What could he possibly be
doing or saying that would be worth that much? But when I found out, a very
curious thing happened. I began to change inside. Instead of thinking, How
dare he charge that much! my thought became I could do that, too! After all,
Im worth that much!
That internal change has been extremely important to me. While I still dont bill
my clients at four figures an hour, Im very clear about the value of my time and
expertise. That has made a vital difference in the sustainability of my business,
of course, but during the past year it has also brought me an unexpected
bonusknowing what Im worth has literally helped me step away from deaths
door. About 14 months ago I unexpectedly contracted Guillain-Barre Syndrome,
a very rare disease that rapidly paralyzed me from head to toe and brought me
within inches of losing my life as it began to shut down my respiratory system.
After a stay in intensive care I was moved to a nursing home, where, still
paralyzed, I confronted the task of learning to use my body again as, little by
little, the damaged nerve tissue began to heal.
Thats a task that hasnt been completed yet, but I am now out of the nursing
home. Along the way, I have amazed my doctors with the rapid progress I have
made. Right now Im facing not only the remaining physical challenges, but also
the need to recover from a state of total financial devastation and the necessity of
rebuilding my business after a years absence. And yet because of the truly lifethreatening circumstances Ive been in, and because of my absolute clarity about
the genuine value I bring to others, Im completely confident that Im up to the
current challenges. In some way the inspiration and integrity that Jay Abraham
personifies have contributed to that awareness within me, and have helped

create in me the kind of insight and resilience that will make me even more
valuable in the years to come.
Thanks, Jay!
Tim Bost
Financial Cycles
2831 Ringling Boulevard
Suite B-108
Sarasota, Florida 34237
941-953-3545

443.

Timothy Ricke

----- Original Message ----From: Timothy M. Ricke

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:52 AM
Morning Jay,

I told this true story within a speech yesterday.

I was starting a new maid service. I have done this with great success before. However,
now I knew the way to market do to the education I received from Jay Abraham. (I tell
the gold is selling for $ an ounce story)
I have three rules I use in marketing.
1. 1 "Hit em' with a headline"
2. 2 Address a desire, fear or problem
3. 3 Make an offer
I applied these three rules to a one inch by column inch in the Orlando Sentinel small
business section.
Maid Service Half Price, We're Not Kidding!
From $25, Opening on Friday. FREE phone quote. 1st time savings
000-000-0000
Ok, let's examine this ad. The headline gets attention. How many of you would
continue to read? Ah-ha, all of you. Next we proved the price out by placing "from
$25." Next we know that everyone wants Friday. Free Phone quote is something that
makes it very easy for reader to call. 1st time saving tells them you gonna get a deal.
Granted I did not address the #2 in the ad but we did when the caller on the phone. We
then explained what we did. In this case it was this scripted statement, "We do the most
difficult cleaning, the kitchen and bathrooms only, for half the price of full service. We
can do full service for just a few dollars more.
Results: The ad ran 7 days a week for a totally monthly cost of $128.00. Our sales for the
month $6,000! Our retention rate or those that became repeat clients was 70%. The 70%
is where the income really comes from, of course.
Here's the cool part. How many of these clients do you think took the kitchen and
bathroom service only? One!!! and even that one, a few months later, became a regular
client.
When our yellow pages ad broke a few months later we used the same headline.

However, we disclosed the #2 since we had the room within the ad.
That's it Jay.
Never Follow, Always Lead,
Timothy M. Ricke
P.S. Say hello to my old boss when you see him again. His name is Tony Robbins!

444.

Tom St. Louis

----- Original Message ----From: Tom St. Louis

To: Jay abraham
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 11:30 AM

When I was first introduced to Jay Abraham's concepts, I was myself a struggling
marketing consultant. The thing that first hooked me to order a Jay product was a very
powerful guarantee. Basically, the sales letter (I don't remember exactly how it got into
my hands) said that if his material did not rock my world, I could have my money back
and even keep the bonuses.
So I bit. I ordered the information, devoured it and applied it. The most profound
breakthrough in that first year had to do with risk reversal. I "already knew" about
guarantees and always encouraged my clients to use them, but had not found a workable
application for myself.
My problem at that time was closing sales. I would be called in to meet new clients quite
regularly. They would like and instantly recognize that I cared, and that I knew a lot and
that I could help them. So they would ask for a proposal. I would go away and write a
great proposal and come back and "deliver it"whatever that means.
Sometimes I got a new client, but many times I did not. This frustrated me immensely.
I decided that I would try using risk reversal as a lever to eliminate free meetings and free
proposals. I created a simple incoming call script for myself and waited for the next call.
I didn't have to wait too long.
A couple of days after making my decision, a cleaning company called to ask me about
my services. Instead of offering to meet them for free, I asked them several questions
about their business. Then I recommended a Marketing Audit with a very powerful
guarantee. For only $500, I would meet with them, evaluate their marketing and make
several recommendations. If they did not feel that the strategies and distinctions I
presented did not create a huge multiple for them, I'd refund their fee.
The first person I offered it to immediately said yes. The exciting thing was that two
days later when I walked into their office, the receptionist handed me a check for $500 as
I walked in the door. Even before I met my new client, the first sale was already made.
To understand the profundity of that moment you must understand that for years I had
been content to do at least two free meetings and write a detailed proposal in the hopes of
getting hired. Now, all I had to do was read a script over the phone and well over half of
everyone who called me agreed to write me a check for $500just to visit them!!

This worked for me for yearsbig time. Over time, I changed the price point and
experimented with several variations. But the basic breakthrough was quite profound for
me. I used risk reversal to circumvent the problem of closing sales quickly, and perhaps
more importantly, I discovered that I could change the rules of how business is done.
Thanks, Jay

445.

Tor Kjolberg

----- Original Message ----From: Tor Kjlberg

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:37 AM
Dear Jay,
Thank you for your inquiry. I am proud to be among your chosen participants, sharing ideas for
your new document.
I have been working as a marketing consultant for more than 20 years, and have always
admired your knowledge.
Some years ago I found myself trapped in a situation where a big assignment was completed,
and I had once again a need for new clients, and had to market my services.
How should I best do it? What strategy should I choose? Who could I turn to for help?
Then I remembered a book I had purchased from you (the most expensive book I have ever
bought) (Money-Making Secrets of Marketing Genius Jay Abraham and Other Marketing
Wizards).
Since this book is, as you call it yourself, a non-nonsense guide to great wealth and personal
fortune, I took it off my bookshelves, and started rereading it.
Especially the chapter on USP caught my interest. Was I a marketing consultant like everybody
else, or did I really have niche?
From my own thoughts, your book and other communication I have received from you, a new
strategy started to evolve.
What is the problem every one of us have? Lack of information? No, too much information.
How does this affect every end user in today's market, that be an individual or a company?
Too many marketing messages (and marketing dollars) are thrown out in the marketplace with no
result. Your ideas about response marketing struck me.
What if I could put together a communication method that helped my customers to communicate
more effectively? I started a process, working on this idea, and after one year of research and
working with my own papers (many thousands), I had developed what I thought was a practical
process for most businesses. I even wrote a book about it.
The problem I encounter when clients come to me and ask for help with their marketing, is that
they actually is asking what kind of marketing mix they should use. But what they want to say and
to whom, they seldom know. What a pity. They have seldom done their homework.
My process takes them through 4 cornerstones, which are 1) Creating an identity, 2) Bring
emotion into the message, 3) Identifying perceived value, and finally 4) Creating a memory
trigger.
First then it's time to consider the marketing mix.

Most companies in Norway are small operations with small marketing budgets. Using my own
experience, and many good advices from you (e. g. on writing, direct mail and public relations), I
wanted to give my clients a system with different low cost communication means. My system
consists of 7 marketing channels, and I claim that if my clients consistently use 2 - 4 of these,
their sales (and profit) may increase from 25 to 250%.
A brave statement?
Certainly, but I am living proof. After implementing the method myself, writing articles, giving talks
and arranging workshops, incredible things have happened. One of the participants in one of my
workshops (an engineer) was so impressed that he called me afterwards and said he wanted to
introduce me to one of his clients, a division of the Norwegian Defence, which immediately led to
a new communication assignment worth thousands of dollars on an ongoing basis.
Since then my system (launched as late as November 2001), "Effective communication in an
overcommunicated world", has received attention in businesses I never have worked in before.
My sales statistics now show a monthly increase of 10 - 15%. But how can I handle all this?
Much of the new turnover is upselling to existing clients (I remember your ideas about the lifetime
value of a customer). Due to modern electronic communications means I am able to serve them
on an ongoing basis using minimum of time.
Summary: Your book and other communications on USP, focus, writing, public relations,
response marketing, upselling, the lifetime value of a customer and many other topics, have given
me the tools and inspiration for growing my little consultation business.
Thank you, Jay.
Yours sincerely
Tor Kjolberg, MBA
The Market Doctor
Nor-Consult - The Market Clinic
PO Box 11 - Holmenkollen, 0712 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +4722142565 Fax: +4722142523
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavours.

446.

Trevor Greenwood

----- Original Message ----From: Trevor Greenwood

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:56 AM
Dear Mr. Abraham,
I advertised in my Thomson local directory (distributed annually) last
year, and just managed to receive a return on my advert of 100%.
In this years directory the advert has only been out for 6 months and
already I have received a ROI of 500%.
I can only relate the significant improvement of my advert, to the
advice given by Jay Abraham on headlines, body copy, USP, MBG, etc.
which I subsequently applied.
I feel privileged to have learnt and profited from your materials all
the best.
Trevor Greenwood
T GREENWOOD A SONS BUILDERS
ASHGROVE
ECCLESHILL
BRADFORD
WEST
YORKSHIRE
ENGLAND
BD2
3ET
TEL 0044 01274 642 503 MON - FRI 9-5 UK TIME
SMALL BUSINESS (APPROX $100,000 TURNOVER)
P S IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT ME, PLEASE DONT HESITATE TO DO SO AS I WILL
BE FOREVER GRATEFULL FOR THE PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE I HAVE LEARNT AND
APPLIED.

447.

Trevor King

----- Original Message ----From: Trevor King

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 12:21 AM
Subject: Testimonial
Friendly Faces is a children's entertainment company in Northern Ireland with only two full time
employees, 55 casual staff and an annual turnover of $250,000. We manage a 40% profit on
turnover.
We sell services to shopping malls and local government bodies. Services such as puppet
shows, face painting, balloon modeling, cartoon characters and so on. Typically I can charge
$150 for services which actually cost me around $40. There are a lot of fixed costs, but the $40
is the additional cost each time I hire out an item.
We are positioned at the more expensive end of the market, and we provide a superior service in
that we are 100% reliable in a notoriously unreliable business. There are two main things which I
learned from Jay. The first is giving added value.
Because we are more expensive than some competitors we often lost out on quotes simply for
that reason. The bottom line is the only thing that matters to a lot of people. So we started
adding more value to our quotes. If someone wanted three items (we'll assume a $150 price per
item) we used to quote $450. Not any more. As I said earlier, the cost per item to me is around
$40. So we now told the client if they bought those three items from us at $450, we'd throw in a
bonus item of their choice for just $50. A $100 saving for them. But we actually made $10 extra
on the deal. This increased our success rate by about 40%, just by one simple change of mind
set.
The other thing that we learned from Jay was targeting where our success lay. When we started
out 8 years ago we did birthday parties at $90 a time, because we needed to. Six years later we
were still doing them. When I read Jay's advice to actually look at where your profit in the
business was coming from, we realised that parties made us almost nothing anymore and used a
lot of our time. We just stopped doing them. We now only do corporate work. And I've a lot
more time with my family and kids as a result. And the difference in our profit is negligible.
Trevor King
Owner
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your promotional
and marketing endeavors."

448.

Trevor Scott

----- Original Message ----From: Trevor Scott

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 8:16 PM

Good Morning Jay

Thank you for the opportunity to send a case study report of how our company has utilized Jay
Abrahams marketing concepts.
Brief Introduction - I first became exposed to Jay Abraham when he came to Australia in 1990
and conducted his Boot Camps in conjunction with The Results Corporation.
My present business is Light Weight Structures Advisory Service (LTWSAS). We are design
consultants, engineering consultants, and advisors to companies involved in the manufacture of
Shade Sails, Tension Membranes, and Shade Structures.
I was the General Manager of a Shade manufacturing company for 8 years and recently left
that position to start LTWSAS. I grew the previous company from 2 employees and $350,000.00
turnover, to 37 employees and $2.9 million turnover in the 8 years. Much of that growth can
be attributed to marketing concept I learnt for Jay.
Light Weight Structures Advisory Service
LTWSAS was established 8 months ago. To my knowledge I am the only consultant to the shade
industry. The company business model is based on 21st century business concepts, ie: global
economy, and communications via Phone, Fax, and Internet.
Initially to set up LTWSAS and promote its services I compiled a database of all potential clients
Australia wide. I wrote a 5 page letter introducing our company and our services. The first mail
out was to 2 % of the list.
10 days later I rang the recipients and more fully introduced LTWSAS and fully explained our
services.
From the initial mail out and phone calls I revised the mailing piece and sent to the next 2% of the
list.
Again with follow up phone calls. From the reaction and feed back I received from the follow up
phone calls of the initial test mailings I was finally able to confidently start to mail the entire list,
with a mailing piece which was written exactly to the target market, addressing the relevant
issues.
Concepts utilized - test mailings, follow up phone calls, target markets, listening to the issues
relevant to the market place and not assuming I knew what they required.
Very quickly it became evident that the market place had a major concern about certification of
their designs and structures they were manufacturing.

Not having the relevant qualifications to certify the structures I approached suitably qualified
companies and entered into a joint venture deals whereby I market, and promote the services, I
organize the information, I complete the drawings for submission to Government Bodies, they
check the information, and if okay they certify the documents.
The normal procedure to have a structure certified is to have them do all the work, and we would
be able to add 10% for our involvement. With our system, I have negotiated a fee structure where
I pay the certifying companies 10% and I make 90% on the deal. They are happy, because they
are making double their hourly fee rate for the little work they are involved with and LTWSAS is
ecstatic as this part of the business is accounting for 50% of turnover.
Concepts Utilized - Joint Ventures, Utilizing the services and qualifications of professional
companies who are working at under capacity.
Through my dealings with shade manufacturers Australia wide I found that many companies had
well designed and positioned web sites which were generating enquiries, which they could not
service. Some of the un-serviced enquiries were from within Australia and some from oversees.
I have convinced these companies to send the leads they can not service to LTWSAS and we will
follow them up. This system is bringing to LTWSAS an enormous quantity of leads free of
charge. When a lead converts into a sale, we send 5% of the sale price back to the source.
They are ecstatic, as this commission is now covering their web marketing costs.
Concepts Utilized - The internet can generate leads outside of a companies operating area. By
joint venturing, and passing on leads to competitors the wasted leads are now generating enough
income to cover web marketing costs and allowing the web marketing budget to be spent in areas
which will generate more leads the company can service, hence increasing turnover. A wasted
resource turned into a profit center.
I have approached manufacturers reps who market and sell product to LTWSASS potential
clients. The reps have the confidence of the shade companies as they have been supplying
product to them for a number of years.
I offer the reps the entire invoice amount from the first transaction LTWSAS has with a new
client who they have recommended LTWSAS to. Most reps do not understand how LTWSAS
can pay them 100% commission, because they do not understand Life Time Value of a
Customer. We predict that when we gain a new customer, we should be able to retain them as a
customer for 3-5 years minimum.
We have just signed a deal with a company who is about to start manufacturing shade products in
the USA. We would not have made this contact if it were not for a rep promoting LTWSAS.
It would be a huge expense for LTWSAS to employ sales people to travel and visit the companies
who we are trying to gain as clients. The manufacturers reps are doing the job for us free of
charge.
Concepts Utilized - Endorsement, Life Time Value of a Customer, sphere of influence, etc
LTWSAS works with smaller shade manufacturers, who from time to time generate an enquiry
for a shade structure or shade sail, which is beyond their normal design and manufacturing

capabilities. We joint venture with these companies on projects and they are able to turn what
was once a wasted lead, into a completed project.
LTWSAS completes the design work and aids with the full presentation, for a percentage of the
completed project.
The smaller shade manufacturer could not afford the services of LTWSAS on the off chance of
winning the project.
By joint venturing and sharing the profits, they are able to utilize the full services of LTWSAS
with out any risk.
The above strategies are only a few LTWSAS has implemented.
The success and growth rate of LTWSAS has far surpassed all initial projections. This is all due
to the brilliant business concepts we have learnt from Jay Abraham.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors.

449.

Trudy Van Buskirk

----- Original Message ----From: Trudy Van Buskirk

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:25 PM
In 1993, I attended one of your $5000 3 day workshops in Los Angeles
courtesy of Mark Victor Hansen. My presence was the result of Mark
putting your practices into play. You and he and Jack Canfield had
done endorsements to each others client databases. Mark had 10 seats
that you had "comp'd" him in the class. I was bringing Mark to Toronto
for a one day seminar that I was producing and he believed that I would
learn a lifetime worth of marketing knowledge that weekend. I did!
That was nearly 10 years ago. For the next 3 years, I taught
mentored new business startups in Canadian federal government
self-employment programs in the Metro Toronto area. I taught
planning, marketing and sales and the "marketing mindset" was
and all around everything I said to the participants.

and
sponsored
business
behind

Along with these programs and speaking engagements at trade shows and
conferences during that same time frame, I introduced you and the
"three ways to grow your business" to at least 5000 people.
But it was in 1994, when I had the opportunity to assist in creating a
business in San Francisco with a former colleague who had been one of
the first 30 employees at Apple Computer in Silicon Valley in the early
80s that I was really able to put the principles and systems into
action with measurable results.
The business was market development in the area of hand-held, mobile
and wireless technology - at that time "bleeding edge". Today people
say Palm Pilot and almost everyone knows what you mean. In 1994, when
we met with Donna Dubinsky, co-founder of Palm who had been an early
Apple employee as well, the market was getting negative press
constantly. Apple's Newton couldn't do handwriting "immediately" the
way everyone assumed it should and other manufacturers were looking at
closing down. Donna and her colleagues were among a small group in the
industry who believed things would change - dramatically.
We saw this as a real opportunity. We had both been there at the
beginning with microcomputers and Apple - I had co-owned one of the
first Apple dealerships in Canada, in Toronto through the 80s - so we
were both "early adopters" and knew what COULD be done.
We undertook to build a business that would educate the vendors and
clients in two vertical markets - utilities and healthcare - on this
new technology.
We built events that brought the two groups face to face in intimate
(300 person) forums where the customers spoke about their problems and
vendors listened. Then they discussed how to build the technology
solutions that were needed - together.

It was a radical approach to high tech conferences. Usually the vendor

stood up and told everyone what they had thought was "cool" and the
customer should buy. We turned the tables because we knew that was
what it would take to launch this industry.
The host-beneficiary relationship was one of the cornerstones of our
marketing approach. Since we were working only in two vertical
markets, we identified the publications who already had our clients as
their audience.
But .... the publications didn't yet know anything about the technology
and how field force automation was the next "big" thing. We identified
and approached these key publications with an offer they couldn't
refuse (and none did). We would introduce them to end users of this
new technology that they should be writing about who were willing to be
interviewed and have their stories written about. Also, their writer
could come to the event and we'd introduce them to even more users.
Some of these writers and editors also played the role of facilitator
for the panel discussions. That took care of the editorial side.
Then we told the advertising group that we would give them the list and
detailed contact information about all of our vendor exhibitors who
really needed to buy advertising space in their publication - and
someone from this group could also come to the event for free. We
would give them sponsor status and put their logo on all marketing
materials (and later the web site in 1997).
In return, we wanted free ad space - inserts in 3 issues prior to the
event and either 1/2 page or full page. Color depended on the
publication.
Rarely did anyone refuse. We would negotiate and the deal would be
done.
The most significant aspect of this is as follows.
WE NEVER PAID FOR PRINT AD SPACE IN THE 5 YEARS THAT I WAS WITH THE
COMPANY.
Our only costs were the minimal charge for a graphic designer to create
3 different ads for the 3 issues in a couple of sizes.
Advertising (before the internet) and salaries are the most expensive
line items in a budget for event production. Our budget was about
$1500 per event.
Unheard of!
AND our PR was free as well - by getting them to write the stories in
one issue prior to the event, THEY SOLD THEIR READERS ON WHY THEY
SHOULD ATTEND FOR US.
There are many more stories of how we did the same type of thing with
the speakers - not only did we not pay speakers anything, but panelists
paid half price to attend because of the value they received.

The results of this type of approach to business and marketing

translated to the bottom line - 45% profits in years 3, 4 and 5.
I absolutely believe that marketing is a mindset and that I am now a
"marketer". I truly can NOT think this way. Everyone I meet in my
current business where I consult with and train small business owners
and professionals on how to create marketing systems has the benefit of
this.
Jay, thanks for starting me on my way and "changing my mind".
Reconnecting with you and your systems is like coming home - I had
forgotten what I know and how simple you can make everything if you
just think - mindset and system!
"My story is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors."
Trudy Van Buskirk
PDA Inc. (1994 - 1998; startup to 10 employees)
San Francisco, CA
Market development and event production in mobile and wireless
technology.

450.

Valeriu Popescu

----- Original Message ----From: Valeriu Popescu

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:16 AM
Hi Jay,
This is Valeriu Popescu, the host of <www.freemarketingunion.com>. I
live in a country far away from you, Romania, and I hope everything
it's OK with you.
I receive your last email about testimonials, but I have to admit: I
cannot tell you that I made extraordinary deals and generate thousands
in profits. It's not the way I do right now.
Truth is Jay that I have a boring existents until someone redirect me
to your web site. After I read your articles, I look at the world with
different eyes. In a world of gray you bring me color.
From that day I start thinking about what I want do with my life and
how to improve it. Now I have my own web site and soon I will redesign
it for better sales.
You bring a purpose to my life. I believe it is far more important and
relevant to have the extraordinary power to change people mentality
rather then improves a marketing technique. Of course, those things are
also necessary, but there are only a few people who have the ability
and power to change other people lives with their thoughts.
And you Jay, are one of them. I will never have the chance to "Thank
You!" in a proper way. Changing life's it is harder rather then adding
an extra $100,000 in profits!
I try to start my own online home business and I have a lot to learn. I
look at your books and dream that one day I will have the financial
power to buy it.
Until then I'm proud to say: "Jay Abraham change my life in a better
way!" This is the truth Jay. I'm sorry I cannot tell you that I made
big bucks until now.
God Bless you Jay!
Thanks,
Valeriu Popescu

451.

VEEVERSD

----- Original Message ----From: VEEVERSD

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:57 AM
Subject: testimonials

HI JAY,
It will be a pleasure and a privilege to do this for you!
Since your marketing material landed on my desk in the summer of 1997
incorporating risk reversal in the package it has RUINED my business!, what
do I mean?
I currently provide coaching and consultancy on a freelance basis to SME
and individuals in the areas of business growth/individual performance.
One of my contracts is an optical retailer in the UK working the individual
opticians throughout the north of England, there are 405 franchised
outlets the UK largest of it's kind in the UK, they have a full time ltd
company set up to cater for the needs of the stores in all areas of business
growth!.
CASE study 1 birkenhead, liverpool t/o 1.5million 26 full-time staff,
successfully sold, organised and implemented a Risk Reversal programme
on their product lines e.g.: anti scratch coatings, higher priced frames and
associated products.
Before this was introduced growth in this area was expected, however
after a training matrix was taught explosive results were seen to improve
the take up of 500% increase in personal productivity using R/R!
Together with a new bonus incentive programne, the stores bottom line
increased by 26% in a 8 week programme... Fantastic!
The directors that i have worked with now DEMAND more from themselves
and their joint venture partners in all areas of their lives and business,
OPTIMIZING and SYSTEMATISATION have now increased their enjoyment of
their enterprise and when they spend the time investigating the Abraham
mind set they can understand what they have not been receiving from
there marketing department [ruffled a few feathers here jay!] over the
years!.

Case study 2 - Local health club/clothing store.

Jay, when your example of the above was explained to me on YOUR
SECRET WEALTH I put together 2 interested parties for the transaction
(Abraham brilliance) the club are still using this method for lead
generation and to date they say 125 new memberships have been sold at
a value of6000, the clothing store has increased its t/o as a result approx
10%-15% in the corresponding period, I have pocketed 2k to date in
commissions from this project!.
Jay, I put handles on your how to get to were you want to be for easy
carrying along with a type of strong box to protect it (I unveil it like an old
archeological find) its contents are that important in the right hands!
There are more examples available jay if you need them, I am working
along side PETER THOMSON International PLC selling Peters materials to
the marketplace along with all of yours, we are looking to run workshops
and seminars where your concepts will be introduced to a non-suspecting
audience in the SME marketplace.
Jay, personally your mind set has changed my way of doing my life! The
more you look the more you SEE!! I feel like an old preacher showing
them their error of their ways! Why would they not demand more from
themselves ...they dont know they can! We will show them, it's now my
life's work.
THANKYOU JAY, you are an inspiration to many!
This is a true and accurate reflection of the business dealing s when
applying the jay Abraham principles to my own and clients enterprises
since 1997.

452.

Vic Cherikoff

----- Original Message ----From: Vic Cherikoff

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:36 PM
Subject: Testimonial case study
Dear Jay,
I have studied marketing from dozens of those people who got rich selling gold mining equipment
to the goldminers rather than mining gold themselves. Then I discovered Jay's approach. What a
difference!
On the one hand there were tactics - things to do, tasks to prioritise, ads to test, systems to
establish, assets to manage and so on. Compare this to the Abrahams' method which added the
'why'. It redefined business as strategic thinking - the tactics were very much secondary and
always governed by the strategic outcome established before any tactic was initiated.
Others promoted soft focus on sales methods (often outdated) or promised results from time
management or effective management or persistently never giving in means you have to
succeed. By comparison, you stress that leveraging time, effort, systems or resources delivers
exponential results rather than deliberately and repeatedly shuffling the deck chairs on the
Titanic.
There're stories about USPs and targeted goal setting as company focus sharpens while you
suggest that the widest possible view of activities can give the best bang for bucks.
I could go on to fill the requested 3 pages but let me get down to details in my own case study.
Briefly, I could be categorised as one of those unfortunate souls who create or pioneer a whole
new industry. I took traditional foods once only the sustenance of Australian Aborigines and
selected out a range of unique ingredients. I then went about educating my suppliers as to my
required quality standards, my distributors over my packaging and range, my customers and their
customers in turn about how to use my new foods and flavors. A very costly exercise in personal,
financial and life resources. However, from a lonely start and zero capital, Australia now has a
native food industry with several real businesses and the potential about to be realised on a world
stage. It has taken 20 years and soon I expect I will be considered an over-night success.
But it could have all fallen apart many times.
By not knowing enough about working on my business, I worked in it so much that a partner of 5
years helped himself to more than double his annual salary. To add insult to injury, I still had to
pay him and his wife (a part-time employee) their employee entitlements to see them go. My
business had gone from US$80,000 to US$650,000 annual turnover in four years then shrank to
half over the next 12 months. I was working harder and longer but still seemed to be going
backwards and on repeated requests from my business partner that he wanted to sell up and
move on, I should have sussed to the situation. The message here, is for entrepreneurs who love
the creative part of business and who sell equity to their ideal business investor - the numbers
partner - it is imperative that you also learn to love the numbers. Know what's going on or you
are asking for trouble. Trust has to be earned so don't expect it.
My next partners knew business, or so I thought. They injected US$350,000 then proceeded to
bog the business down with inappropriate systems and staffers who sucked the profits out and

kept me in the business. I was again buried in details, their demands for weekly meetings took
me out of action for nearly a full day each week and their focus as non-executive directors was for
me to be sure to meet monthly overheads as the only raison d'etre. Cost cutting and falling sales
through the wrong strategies soon lead to my working for free for half a year, before I eventually
had to walk away.
And this brings me to one year ago. I looked back at 20 years of my life and realised I was
standing at a cross road, deciding whether to throw it all in and go to work for someone else or
realise the truth in the cliche that if you always do what you've always done, you'll end up back
where you are now. I chose to start my business all over again but to do things differently.
I kept the vision (in fact cemented it further with mental plans and written desired outcomes),
attracted my trustworthy, experienced staff, approached my loyal suppliers and distributors and
paid more attention to my end customers. I strategised that I was building an asset which needed
to be able to operate without me in the system day in, day out. I am still leveraging the systems
and will be for as long as I have the asset.
But one thing really hit home while listening to an Abrahams' tape in the car on the way home.
This was to take the widest possible view of my business.
Now I didn't want to expand my inventory to sell non-native ingredients to my existing market. I
didn't want to employ a host of salesmen to grow sales to only cover their wages, cars, expenses
and other on-costs. I knew that I did not have the cashflow to rapidly grow my business as I
wanted and I certainly did not want to sell any equity in the brand new entity I now owned 100%.
But how could I get into a position to begin to grow exponentially using other people's skills,
investments, ideas and effort and still hold on to or even become known for what I do best?
My widest possible view was to recognise that what I did best was promoting my passion in
native Australian foods. I had already written, photographed, designed, laid out and selfpublished two books on Australian foods which have promoted my cause well and returned over
US$250,000 in profit over 5 years. I was nearly at a stage where my new business could run with
little supervision, so I joint ventured the production of a television series on Australian food,
expanded the concept to cover the functional use of my ingredients to include their use in
beverages, cosmetic and pharmaceuticals and offered it around the world at the Cannes Flim
Festival via an agent. This has brought in offers totaling US$100,100 in value and more
broadcasters are still to respond.
This was a quarter of a million dollar exercise at a time when the economic effects of September
11 were still being felt. Perhaps it was a foolish move, considering the time but it promised to be
a vehicle to kick the whole industry up a notch or three and put the industry pioneer back out in
front after the aforementioned business problems shrank the enterprise to a fifth of its once
booming position. It seemed so much the right thing to do, I could taste it.
Setting up a new business is usually exciting. Setting up a business from scratch when you have
been running it for 15 years is a hard pill to swallow when it comes to new leases on building and
vehicles, painting walls, procuring furniture and fittings and setting up computer systems and
paper work of procedures, replacing specialised equipment and plant and also rebuilding a client
base. A whole new website had to be re-created but bigger and better as it is the main
educational and marketing vehicle of the business, working 24/7 at minimal cost. It all had to be
done again just to get back to where I started. However, growth was strong with 10 to 25% jumps
on monthly turnover from this small base. Fed from cashflow, relationships with distributors and
manufacturing customers had to be strengthened and payment terms tightened. Suppliers were
stretched on terms but communication maintained so that they also knew what the future
promised and shared the dream.

There were too many things to do to worry about perfecting every step using the benefit of
hindsight. An Abrahams' attitude of get the most out of every necessary step was the philosophy
while minor issues were prioritised to never-never land.
Meanwhile, the search for sponsors for the television series, for companies which offer Australian
products and services related to food, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals still goes on as
I write this. Over US$100,000 worth has been realised and more is being negotiated. But
grabbing the widest possible view and drilling down, Abrahams-style, to bring on associated
products at a positive cash contribution is delivering results. Sponsors offering goods in kind took
us into the barbeque business briefly raising US$40,000. Some cookware went to same way.
We have holiday packages to sell or give away as contra or as thanks for still other sponsors who
offer cash.
The means to differentiate product on the basis of "As seen on Dining Downunder" provides a
huge barrier to entry for competitors, defines the buying criteria for consumers and makes
associated products stand out on the shelves of retail outlets in the same way as a gold medal on
a wine bottle. Tapping into global markets means rolling out the same plans over and over with
adaptations for cultural differences but still with a lot of efficiencies of practice.
This whole project was pure business leveraging. Here was an opportunity to offer cost-effective,
branded promotions to new and existing clients, network with contacts for referrals in and outside
my core industry, add value to offerings of native Australian flavored products with related foods
and condiment, cookware and barbeques, wine and beer and other beverages, health foods and
supplements, natural medicines and cosmetics, conventional distribution and direct marketing,
the list goes on. I am still exploring the potential and will continue to do so for several years, no
doubt. All this, and the show will only air at the end of 2002 but watch out for Dining Downunder
on cable.
My challenge now is to build businesses around the opportunities uncovered by the show since I
envision a global distribution network with local partners servicing the markets for their needs in
merchandising, supply and attracting new sponsors. Markets will become micro-markets as local
businesses promote their wares regionally and we bundle products and services to value add the
offer. Trade shows, consumer shows, a book or two on the series and a CD on the music of the
show are all part of the plan and all a result of Abrahams thinking.
I could have pulled out of the industry I created and become another statistic of pioneers who
never made it themselves. I could have eecked out a small company turning a reasonable profit
and created a job for myself. But I have chosen to put it all on the line again and trust my vision.
You will undoubtedly discover my success or otherwise soon.
Vic Cherikoff
Managing Director
Innovative Australian ingredients for creative chefs, manufacturers and foodies from the pioneer
of the Australian native food industry.
Watch out for Dining Downunder - a new television series with Vic Cherikoff and screening in 10
countries, late 2002.
Vic Cherikoff Food Services Pty Ltd
rear 167 Kingsgrove Rd, Kingsgrove NSW 2208 Australia
phone: 61 2 9554 9477
fax: 61 2 9554 9633
www.cherikoff.net
Still only 4 staff. Turnover for 2001/2 <US$0.5m. Predicted turnover for 2002/3 ~US$1.5m

453.

Vladimir Drkulec

----- Original Message ----From: Vladimir Drkulec

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:59 PM
I was a software specialist for a leading local vendor of factory
automation software and hardware. My job was to help the company's
sales people to sell factory automation software and to service our
customers when they purchased the software. I had purchased several of
Jay's programs and publications and been deeply impressed by the
quality of the material.
The obvious complementary product to automation software is computers
and we developed a significant business in both industrial computers
and the laptop computers which were used to program PLCs (programmable
logic controllers). We did this by offering a turn-key solution.
These computers required special cards and cables which acted as a
bridge between the computer and the PLC. Configuration of the cards,
computers and software could be a nightmare even for the intelligent
and well trained engineers that we tended to sell to. This difficulty
of configuration was probably at least partially responsible for slow
software sales. In short our software was difficult and cumbersome for
the customer to configure and we decided to make it easier for the
customer to buy. We decided to package our software and computers as a
total solution and offer quick and free support for these computers.
We settled on a line of ruggedized laptop computers which cost more
than double the price of a typical laptop which could not stand up to
the environment of the factory floor and began promoting a total
solution to the customers' problem with the laptops delivered in a case
with all hardware cards configured and all software installed, all
cables available to handle any hardware that the customer had
available. Each laptop without software cost between six and eight
thousand dollars. The software boosted the price by as much as ten
thousand dollars or more per laptop depending on what packages the
customer required.
Because we were going through distribution and not direct with the
manufacturer in purchasing the laptops our price on the first order of
laptops worth about $30,000 to $40,000 was lost to the local office of
a national computer store chain sales organization. The customer built
assembly lines for automotive customers and the laptops were to be used
by their service people. The engineers who we had been talking to and
quoting had been over-ruled by one of the company's IT people who found
the computer company could supply the laptops for approximately $200
less per unit for a total savings of $1000. They bought the computers
from our competitor. We tried to salvage the sale by pointing out that
our price included installation of all the software and configuration
of all the cards and computers but the IT guy was a bit disparaging
about the difficulty of configuring the software and hardware and said
that he could do it. I was a bit dubious as the configuration can be
very involved and takes specialized knowledge but he could not be
persuaded. It was not a total loss because the company still purchased

the software from us but the IT person that had overruled the engineers
and forced us to break up our bundled quote set to work getting the
five laptops working. Fortunately we didn't give up on them as we were
well aware of the lifetime value of this customer which was well into
the millions of dollars.
Five days later the IT guy was still trying to get the laptops working
and had involved his boss the head of IT for the company (who I knew
personally through previous business dealings and business
relationships with some of my family members) who had spent two days
trying to get the software to work and the electrical engineers and the
service technicians (who were having a good time ribbing the IT people
about their $1000 "savings") and it was getting to the point where the
delays were putting the engineers and technicians behind in their work
involving shipping assembly lines worth millions of dollars. I got a
frantic call from one of the engineers at the end of their shift on a
Friday afternoon which led to my coming into their plant on a Saturday
(which I normally didn't work) and configuring one of their laptops
(which took me all of a few minutes) so that they could get their work
done and do the programming of the programmable logic controllers and
get the hardware shipped on time.
They asked me to return on the Monday and get the rest of the first
batch of laptops working. The head of IT for the company who had spent
several days trying to get the laptops working (after his subordinate
who had made the decision not to buy from us had failed to configure
them after working on them for about a week) watched as I quickly
worked my way through the steps necessary to configure the software and
hardware and had two more of the laptops working in about half an hour
and all four of the remainder in about an hour. He turned to the
person that had made the decision to go with the other supplier and
told him that he never wanted to see one of those laptops again unless
it came from our company and had been configured by me.
We sold that company about fifty similar laptops over the next three
years. We dealt directly with the manufacturer for the next order so
that our competitor no longer could undercut us on price and we began
to charge a premium for the no hassle total turnkey solution. When the
technicians messed up the computer configuration we would go to the
customer's location and fix the configuration very quickly (usually
offering almost instant turnaround). If the laptop went bad for some
reason, we would handle the warranty return and stay on top of it with
the manufacturer so that the customer never had to involve themselves
with it other than handing the laptop off to either myself or one of
our sales reps. We became the number one reseller of the ruggedized
notebooks in Canada for a period of time and the manufacturer changed
the whole focus of their marketing to imitate what we were doing to
sell their computers across the country. Our computer manufacturer
sales rep got a promotion in part due to our total solution approach.
Even the supplier of our software got into the act by offering the same
computers and configurations that we were doing in Canada direct to
customers in the U.S.
Interesting enough over the course of the relationship with the
original customer described in the story above I became a fixture
visiting their facilities on an average of twice a week to help them

get their computers reconfigured or to recover from computer crashes

brought on by viruses or installing games that interfered with the
programming software. The customer cited the technical support that we
provided as one reason why they made us a preferred supplier pushing
out some of our major competitors in the process. This customer
increased their purchases of our offerings from the range of several
hundred thousand dollars to several million dollars at the peak which
amounted to a ten fold increase in the business that they did with our
company in about three years.
We also made very effective use of the puppy dog close in order to sell
a new line of Windows based programming software. The objection that
we heard from management at some of the manufacturers that we sold to
was that the workers could not adapt to the new software because they
were used to the old DOS software that everyone was using.
We got around this by putting the software into the hands of the end
users and getting them used to the advantages of the Windows based
software until it got to the point that they didn't want to give it up
and go back to the DOS versions.
We used this technique at least a dozen times and found that the
customers kept the software and paid for it at the end of the trial
period.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
The name of the company that I worked for was Electrozad Supply Company
Ltd. in Windsor, Ontario, Canada an electrical distributor and supplier
of factory automation had yearly sales of approximately $40 million
Canadian and is the dominant local electrical and automation
distributor. Software sales more than doubled in the four years that I
was involved and we were able to greatly increase the value of the
complementary products of laptops, industrial computers and software
services using several ideas that Jay had promoted in several of his
offerings.
My current company is Perceptive Internetworking which is a computer
consulting start-up in which I will be applying Jay Abraham principles
of marketing. We have no sales to date (still setting up and involved
in a training program) but expect to launch full time with a direct
marketing campaign in approximately two and a half weeks.
I can be reached at:

(519) 735-8192.

Vladimir Drkulec
Perceptive InterNetWorking

454.

William Eisenberg

----- Original Message ----From: William Eisenberg

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:54 PM
In looking over all the concepts I have used of Jay's over the years,
the one I find the most amazing in my own life and business is
licensing your own ideas and knowledge.
For the past 17 years I have been in the upholstery business working
mainly to sell my own labor. That is, I am a one man shop where I do
everything.
But little did I realize just how Jay's ideas are applicable to even a
one man upholstery shop and the possibilities for growth they can
create.
One day a gentleman came to my door
for him. But before showing me his
not to steal his patented ideas, he
that was far superior to any on the

asking me to sew up some "pillows"

project he had me sign an agreement
then showed me a paint roller cover
market.

He explained that he was a painting contractor and had an idea for a

roller that could paint corners easily and effortlessly and save hours
in labor. He researched, tested, innovated and finally patented his
idea and was now ready to take it to market and needed contractors to
sew up thousands and hopefully millions of his rollers.
After telling me his story, he then asked me to give him a bid on
sewing up the cover he had made. He gave me the needed supplies to do
the job, and I began the process of figuring a price based on time to
cut, assemble, and box the covers.
As I worked on the project, I realized just how difficult the cover was
to make and that the pattern could be made much more simply then the
man realized. After all he was a painting contractor not a sewer or
patternmaker.
So over the next few days I finished his estimate, and told him, based
on time, it would cost at best $2.00 to cut and sew each cover.
I also told him that the pattern was very difficult to sew and required
a high end sewing machine, and that he would have a hard time finding
people who would or could sew it. He agreed and said that he only had
found one other company who was even willing to try to sew them up but
was only limited in their success. (After some time I found that the
other company was sewing them up for $2.50 per cover)
So I offered to make him a deal. I told him I will make him a pattern
that almost anyone can sew on almost any sewing machine and produce
more per hour per sewer then his pattern. All I ask in return is for
1/3 of the saving over your cover that my cover creates. That is for

every dime I save you, you give me 3.33 cents.

cents.

And you keep 6.66

He eagerly jumped at the offer, so we wrote up and signed a deal that

he would pay me for every cover made using my pattern no mater who or
where they were made. So I began working on my cover.
Well, my cover went so well that I cut the time by over 300%.
I increased production at least 3 times.

That is

Wow, was I shocked at the difference. So I made a new bid based on my

pattern at 90 cents per cover, figuring that was a low enough drop in
price. This made a savings of $1.10 per cover. Which would give me 36
cents per cover. I felt this was amazing for doing basically nothing.
So I then offered to lower my compensation to $.33 and added a yearly
production bench marks that lower it even still.
We then signed another agreement. I no longer do any of the sewing for
this project. I only handle sub-contractors who now do the sewing.
While I make money from my licensing and also still working in my
upholstery business.
In a nutshell, I sold my skill and knowledge as assets that I created
over the past 17 years. I always once thought all I could sell was my
labor. Here, I sold my experience. This still amazes me almost 2
years later.
And after 2 years I wish I could tell you, "I lived profitably ever
after" but the truth is you take the bad with the good.
Although the company is still in business, and they are in
approximately 500 stores, financing has been hard to get for the
company. The owner has sold off 49% of his 100% equity in the company
to keep it going. And he has given much of the control to others in
the company. The new "management team" seems to have forgotten what I
have done for them and looks only at cutting costs and as far as I can
tell would love to get rid of me.
But all in all, I see this as a great experience, and I did profit but
most of my profit came from seeing what you can do even with a little
one man upholstery shop.
Did I make a great windfall income? No. But I did gain an insight
into possibilities and how when one is ready with knowledge and
understanding, like those taught by Jay, profitable and successful
opportunities are made much more possible and visible even when you
don't see how or when they will come your way.
So I would say, the main lesson here is that once you gain the right
knowledge and insight, success becomes more abundant in every situation
and endeavor.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
Owner Bill Eisenberg
Name of Business Eisenberg Upholstery

Type of Business Furniture Upholstery

Size of Business Owner operator. I,E. one man shop.

455.

Winfield Jones Jr.

----- Original Message ----From: Winfield G. Jones Jr.

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:06 PM

When I first learned of Jay Abraham I was within a few weeks of closing my business. I
had been having a horrible Spring and my business was off 65% from the previous year,
and frankly the previous year was nothing to brag about.
I ordered a book, the Money Making Secrets of Marketing Genius Jay Abraham and
other Marketing Wizards. It arrived during the last week of April and I took it with me
on a camping trip. I fully intended to return the book as I "must have been insane to pay
that much for some stupid book!"
I started reading the book Saturday morning while waiting for my kayaking buddies to
show up. Later about 5 P.M. I started reading it again waiting for people to start the
campfire and fully expecting to spend the evening at the campfire drinking beer and
feeling sorry for myself.
About 2 A.M. the batteries in my camper died and I had to quit reading and plug the
camper into the truck as it gets cold in April in Idaho and the heater would not work
without the battery either.
I did not get to leave the campground the next day until 6:00 P.M. which had me arriving
at home at 10 P.M. that night. By 3 A.M. Monday morning the first newsletter I ever
wrote was ready and it was taken to the printer and in the mail by Wednesday. By Friday
the phone was ringing and the business was saved. By the end of the year I had not only
recovered the 65% that I was down, but I had a net increase of 24% over the year before.
I recently reread the newsletter that I sent out. It was pathetic, but VERY effective and
only the first of several things that I employed from within that book.
I then took some of Jay's live seminars and this idea came to me during one of them that
has been instrumental in the growth of my business.
I am a small jeweler working out of an office in Boise, Idaho and I was never very good
at traditional advertising. Many of my clients would tell me that they had told Bob and
Jill about me or Dick and Suzy, but Bob and Jill and Dick and Suzy were not showing up
at my office.
At the first weekend of Jay's Ultimate Live Marketing Research Laboratory I heard
something that struck a spark. I was already giving client's a $50 gift certificate as a
thank you for sending in a referral, but so many of them were not showing up. Someone
said something that electrified me as I thought about how I could modify it to what my
problem was. I wish I remembered what it was they said, as it was actually about an
entirely different topic.

I decided to give all of my clients two $100 gift certificates to give to their friends that
would be good for their first purchase, with no minimum purchase! That was scary and
probably the reason that I made such a silly mistake to only give them two coupons. In
the five or six years that I have been doing this, only three people have come in and spent
only $100 or less with me. In fact my average sale went from around $2,000 to over
$3,000 a great unintended consequence of my marketing effort.
My business grew for several straight years, some years 20-30 % some years more than
40%. One year, finally, my business was $85,000 less than the year before. I was
disconsolate. I was using all of the same magic "tricks" that I knew worked, and trying
new ones all the time. Woe was me. I was still at well over 300% up from where I
started, but I was miserable with worry and a vague sense of loss.
Then I got the report from my accountant. Yes, business was down $85,000, but net
profits were up by over 5%. Let's see, margins and profits up in a down year. By the
way, my profits have continued to go up, as Jay taught me it was a good thing to ask a
fair price so that I could be here to assist my clients next year. I still deliver Heirloom
quality jewelry for a fraction of what you would pay a traditional retailer, but now I feed
my wife and children as well as producing a tremendous value for my clients.
Respectfully submitted
Wink Jones
Winfield's
102 S. 17th St. #302
Boise, Idaho 83702
P.S. Now each client is asked how many sheets of three of the enclosed certificates that
they would like to have so that they can give out as many of these gift certificates as they
would like. I still give them a $50 gift certificate for them to use for every client that
comes in, and it works very well!
P.P.S. Jay, my statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
P.P.P.S. Jay, I am happy to send you hard copy of the certificate if you like.

456.

Bill OConnell

----- Original Message ----From: Bill O'Connell

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:40 AM
Dear Mr. Abraham,
I am writing to let you know how your ideas inspired me to start a very profitable business for
twenty-five cents.
After reading your book, Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got, I decided to make an
attempt at turning some of my ideas into money. The results have been surprisingly good.
Here's my story:
A friend told me how he had purchased a few items of sports memorabilia on an internet auction
site. I was rather dubious of the whole thing, but went to the site and did a search on a hobby of
mine: hypnosis. I saw many items for sale on the site, including items that I had purchased over
the years (mainly audio and video tape sets) which were sitting in my garage, collecting dust.
After seeing the prices that some of the video and audio tapes sold for, I list one of the programs
that I owned, and it sold for a price higher than I expected. Then I listed another, and it too sold
for a good price. After a few weeks, I had sold all of my "garage sale" inventory. Now I had a
dilemma: a great marketing avenue, but no more products.
So I began thinking about developing my own products. I went through what I believe many
"would be" entrepreneurs go through-self-doubt. "Do I really have the knowledge, the expertise
to teach others?" "Would anyone really pay money for a product that I created?" And then I
remembered what you said in your program, Your Secret Wealth, that we all have a gold mine of
knowledge and ability that we could profit from-if only we decided to. So I decided to take a
chance, and break-through my self doubt.
Having been a student of hypnosis for many years, and securing certification by a major and
respected hypnosis organization, I had a lot of good ideas about how a course on hypnosis
should be structured. I decided to take a shot at creating my own instructional video on a specific
area of hypnosis. First, I created an outline of what the course would include. Next, I reviewed
and rehearsed the material. Finally, I set up my tripod and video camera and recorded the tape.
The total expense to create and list my very first product on the auction site-and start what would
become a delightful and steady stream of extra income-was twenty five cents. That was the
"listing fee" to start the auction and let the world know that I had a new product to offer. My listing
included many of the concepts you have taught me, most importantly a unique selling proposition.
The results?
That very first product of mine, created solely from my ideas and the inspiration to take a chance,
sold for $225.00! Over the next twelve months, I sold dozens and dozens of that same tape, plus
hundreds of other tapes that I developed in my spare time. I now have customers all over the
world. This extra stream of highly profitable revenue, generated during a few hours at night and
on the weekends, allowed me to purchase a beautiful brand new home for my family, while
keeping my cash flow even. In other words, my ideas are paying for the difference between my
old mortgage and the new one! I now gross between $2,000 and $4,000 in extra money each

and every month, working about 5 hours a week. What a fantastic source of extra income-doing
something I love!
I have proven to myself that I can turn my ideas into money, and profit from my hobby. All of the
money that I haven invested in my hobby over the years has come back to me 1,000% plus. And
this is only the beginning. Most importantly, I now know that I can take any idea and turn it into a
product, test it, and see if there is a market for it.
You have been a very important inspiration to me, and a source of immeasurable knowledge
about marketing and entrepreneurship. You are a genius. I am so grateful for having come
across your brilliant work.
This story has just begun, and I will write again with details of my new successes as they unfold.
Sincerely,
Bill O'Connell, President
Hypnosis Secrets, Inc.
P.O. Box 3544
St. Charles, IL 60174

457.

Dr. Hannes Cornelius

----- Original Message ----From: Hannes Cornelius

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:46 PM
Hi Jay,
I have been reading and following you for a long time now.
Somewhere I have learnt to be a little outrageous in your advertising.
I am a dentist and bought a new practice in a suburb.
The previous practice refused to give my forwarding telephone numbers to existing patients - for
obvious reasons.
I had to advertise, but got very bored with straight text advertising.
I really scratched my head very hard and very long ... how could I as dentist be a bit outrageous
in my advertising ..
TO cut a long story short, I realised people are driving past the practice which is the main road in
the suburb without realising there is a dentist at that premises.
I then got the bright idea to build a HUGE (2 meter high) BRUSH WAVING TOOTHMAN and
erect it just inside my fence wall so all could see there is a dentist there.
It worked ... cost me only R1500 ($150) ... and attracted the photographer of the local FREE
NEWS PAPER to do a half page article (the heading was very appropriately THE WHOLE
TOOTH) on how this new landmark in the suburb came to birth ... lots of nice free publicity ..
where we are not allowed to advertise directly ..
Well ... KIDS LOVE IT ... and so do I ... we are attracting lots of talk .. and I am getting lots of
NEW patients due to the fact that every one now knows about the practice ..
Just shows you .. it helps to be a bit outrageous ... even if you are a dentist .. and not allowed to
advertise ..
Kind regards
Dr Hannes Cornelius
Dentist
South Africa
Tel Home: +27-43-72-111-70
Tel Work: +27-43-748-3269
Cellular: +27-83-442-5817
Web Site: www.icanhostu.com

458.

Dr. Jack Pollard

----- Original Message ----From: Dr. Jack Pollard

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:57 PM
Dear Jay;
A few years ago I looked over one of your newsletters and took an idea out of it and used it to
build my chiropractic business....
I had little extra cash so I went out to my neighborhood meeting my neighbors. First the
neighbors to introduce myself to them and see if I could be of service to them. I went on my
lunch breaks and for an hour after work. I did this for about three weeks until I felt comfortable
enough to approach the local businesses and offer my services to them. I sent brief thank you
notes and some literature about chiropractic if they mentioned a particular ailment that I thought I
could help.
Shortly, some of the folks I met starting referring their family members and friends to my office so
that I might help them. I did this three years ago for about 4 months and I am still receiving
referrals! Not bad for literally no out of pocket expense and probably 40 total hours of canvasing
the neighborhood. Worth approximately $100,000 and still counting!!
Dr. Jack Pollard
Chattanooga, TN

459.

Dr. Joe Bavonese

----- Original Message ----From: Joe Bavonese, PhD

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:48 PM
We have an outpatient psychological clinic specializing in relationship issues. We do
psychotherapy and workshops for singles and couples who want to create healthy relationships.
We have gotten great success from application of many Abraham concepts, but none more than
utilizing the Lifetime Value of a Referral. We had been in business for about 7 years when we
made a detailed analysis of the Lifetime Value of a Referral. At first I calculated it by taking the
number of clients who paid for a service and dividing it by total revenue. The number came out
lower than I expected, so I did some further analyses.
I suddenly noticed that the lifetime value of a referral varied tremendously depending on which
service new clients entered our business on. We have seven different services that people can
enter our system on, with varying degrees of price and commitment of time. Our workshops were
very well known in our community and we thought they were generating a great deal of therapy
referrals. However when we analyzed it closely, we found that people who entered our system
through workshops first had the lowest lifetime value to our business. Those that started with
individual or couples therapy, however, had the highest lifetime value - almost triple that of the
workshop people - because they were much more likely to use numerous additional services in
the future.
Unfortunately, we realized that we had been devoting about 90% of our marketing time and
money to our workshops and only 10% to our therapy, because the educational component of our
business was a core part of our USP.
Moreover, we found that therapy clients divided themselves into 2 groups: those that came 1 or 2
times and those that came 3 or more times. Those that came 3 or more times as their points of
entry into our business had the highest lifetime value of all.
So we made 2 major changes based on this analysis: we started a new referral system, where we
rewarded existing clients with a gift certificate or a free session, if someone they referred to us
attended at least 3 sessions. This alone generated many more referrals for therapy. Secondly,
we shifted our marketing focus, especially with display ads and direct mail, to our therapy
services. Again, our referrals for therapy increased significantly and by cross-selling and upselling the therapy clients, our workshop income increased as well, despite less marketing
devoted to them.
Bottom line is that we are now spending 30% less on marketing than we were and have
increased referrals by 31% and income by 42% over the previous year.
Lessons:
1. Be sure to have many points of entry to your business
2. Analyze Lifetime Value of Referral for EACH point of entry separately
3. Focus marketing efforts on the point(s) of entry which have the highest Lifetime Value
4. Develop a strategic method to upsell/cross-sell these clients once they are in your system,
since they will give you the biggest bang for the buck.
Joe Bavonese, PhD

(248) 546-0407 voice

(248) 548-1925 fax
www.relationship-institute.com

460.

Edward Dec

----- Original Message ----To: Jay Abraham

Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 10:03 AM
Mr.Jay Abraham;
I apologize for the tardiness of this letter. Though it is past the
deadline you imposed, I thought this might be of some use. This is not
a how-I-made-a-million-dollars-overnight type letter. It is far
simpler than the glowing stories you are accustomed to hearing about.
This is more about keeping customers, their goodwill, and loyalty.
I'll explain how we used a simple business card to vastly expand our
business, increase our bottom line, and why we canceled almost all our
yellow page advertising saving us thousands of dollars yearly.
We are a basic service/retail locksmith company going into our 23rd
year. We sell, service, and install CCTV, safes, vaults, electric
locks, Hi security key systems of all types, etc., etc. We also do
service work on cars where the owners have locked their keys inside.
It was here that we discovered a way to increase our customer base, and
their loyalty. Though this was not the original intent.
After opening an auto, I took a business card and wrote on the back,
'two keys paid for,' and handed it to my customer with instructions to
come in and get the freebies, (almost everyone we give a card to comes
in for their free keys). Once in the store they would usually begin to
look around and see what we have to offer, and then ask questions. We
expected to make a few additional sales, but we never expected so vast
an expansion of our customer base, the tremendous amount of good will
generated by word of mouth advertising, and the near tripling of our
bottom line in one year! Many of these people would engage us to do
security work at their homes and businesses. Two large early accounts
were hotels that were serviced by a competitor. They and a number of
others are still with us. And it started with a lowly business card
with an offer on the back.
That an inexpensive business card could do so much was a bit over
whelming.
When new customers came our way we would inquire how they came to hear
about us. Invariably the answer was, "so-and-so recommended you".
They didn't see our yellow page adds, nor mention the radio ads we had
from time to time, nor the coupons from the newspapers. Our next
question was, "why are we wasting all this money advertising when
nobody is reading it?" We promptly cancelled or let lapse all but a
few essential one liners; no more 1/8 or1/4 page two color stuff. The
result was a savings of nearly $10,000.00 a year!
The following may have some of you say, "but that's so old-fashioned",
but after I've have done work for someone, I'll send a hand written
thank you card addressed to the person that called. (This is not done
each time we do work for the same people, but twice a year seems about

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right). The card creates a pleasant and lasting impression on the

person receiving it, and others that it might be shown to in the
office.
There are a few rules regarding the cards. Note the words, 'hand
written'. This is important. Taking the time to hand write the note
leaves a more profound impression then a printed one.
We do not send mass produced cookie cutter cards... ever.
We do not use the company name on the face of the envelope, it is
located on the sealing flap. The face of the envelope is reserved for
the addressee only.
To me, the company name displayed on the face of the envelope, or used
in the message, is selfserving, cheap, and carries no import. Cards of
this nature are not 'social oriented' but 'business oriented'. Read
promotional. I don't begrudge anyone advertising in this manner, it
just doesn't seem right. (We all know about the cookie cutter cards
that are mailed around the holidays-thanx for supporting us and being
our friend here at xxxx).
The wording is simple. i.e.
Carol;

Thank you for calling us.

It was a pleasure to be of service.
Sign your name

I'm not plugging any particular paper company, but I prefer Crane &
Co., Triple embossed Correspondence Cards, Ecru White Kid Finish,
#CC3196. The cost is about $8.00 per 10 cards. (This is one expense I
gladly suffer).
We have not kept records regarding customer retention, but we estimate
that 75-80% are still with us. We find that, well, remarkable.
Regards,
Edward Dec

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461.

Gary Parker

----- Original Message ----From: Gary Parker

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 4:49 AM

Hi Jay,
This is my opportunity to say thanks for sharing your truly amazing marketing skills with
us ordinary people who struggle to make a go of it. Your ability to demonstrate how your
suggestions adapt to real world situations is the magic.
I ran an independant paralegal firm in the Toronto area. Competition was stiff. I used
your idea of playing around with the heading of my newspaper ad. By changing
"Guranteed results" which was the industry standard, to "No Win - No Pay" I became the
industry leader.
Keep up the good work.
Gary Parker
Canadian Court Consultants

462.

Gaston Cartznes

----- Original Message ----From: Gaston Cartznes

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:24 AM
Hello Jay and Staff,
Well here's my story:
A few years ago before I really got into the Internet, my mine job was
Desktop Publishing (DTP) for a large utility. After reading your 93
referral techniques, I thought I would try a technique. I would
incorporate my skill into local Post Office box rental companies that
was not offering that service. So I went to them and said: Offer this
DTP services to your customers, received the work and call me to pick
it up. When it is completed, I'll return it to you and you would
contact your customers.
Keep 25% of the price and forward the 75% to me. We were doing mostly
resumes and PowerPoint presentations -- a few manuals and calendar
training posters. It worked out great for both of us. I did not have
to look for business and they did not have to initially invest in
additional equipment or knowledge.
Side note: Jay, remember when Jordan was doing a fund raiser campaign
earlier this year? My daughter did one for her school a few months
after Jordan's. Your email technique inspired me to model on a much
smaller level. I sent a mailing to my friends and colleagues and ask
them to participate. In exchange, I would send them a report on how to
use business card CDs to increase their business. We came in second
place (by 9 dollars) -- only because I got started so late. And, I got
a couple of custom business card CD order from that email. So the
school benefited, me friends received so good information, my daughter
won a color T.V. and I got a couple of jobs out of it.
Thanks Jay for the wealth of information you given to me,
Gaston

463.

GBW

----- Original Message ----From: GBW

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:49 PM
I started my own newsletter and sent out one mailing on solo ad and
received 275 sign ups and 20 orders for the e-book that I just included
as a 3 liner at the end. I am now doing targeted ads and receiving
orders and sign ups every time, figure that my ads are paying between 3
and 4 dollars for every dollar spent on the ads.
I now have over 1200 subscribers to my news letter in less than a year.
My sales are making my car payment.

464.

Greg Sharpe

----- Original Message ----From: Greg Sharpe

To: Jay abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:56 AM
Sharpe Images used one technique from Jay's materials for partnering that has brought in
$702,000 of additional revenue over the last 9 years. Our main office is in a small market and
most of our clients are local. We wanted to expand our work in the photographic department and
saw airports as an opportunity to expand outside our existing market.
Airports generally contract out to third parties the advertising contract for light boxes in the
concourses. The advertising company has reps that sell the advertising. The reps sell
advertising but not the production of the graphics. That work they leave up to the client to handle
and may give them a vendor recommendation. Since the majority of advertisers don't know where
to go to get that work done they rely heavily on the rep's recommendation. I approached the reps
of 2-3 companies in different markets to refer the production to us and we would send them a
referral fee for every job we got for their airports. They made a nice supplement to their income
and always gave an enthusiastic endorsement of our work to the client. We always went out of
our way to resolve any disputes in the client's favor, which gave the rep a lot of confidence in
referring us to his clients. At one time we were doing work in over 60 airports.
The program worked so well that hundreds of copycats started popping up making it more difficult
to expand, plus the technology changed the way the graphics are produced, but we still get
$50,000+ a year from a few local airports plus work from clients who use us for their work not in
the airports (trade show graphics).
This was just one idea we got from Jay that required very little effort on our part. Word of mouth
circulated between reps or when they switched companies to use Sharpe Images, because of the
quality of work we do and the integrity we demonstrated in our accounting and sending checks
out promptly.
I look forward to my ongoing education with Jay and Chet in the PEQ programs.
Greg Sharpe - President

465.

Greg Tucker

----- Original Message ----From: Greg Tucker

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:59 AM
Here it is.....
Bay Cities set out to increase its sales from 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 per year in on year. We
had just dumped 5,000,000 into the manufacturing facility and we needed to fill it up with
profitable business.
We attended one of Jay's grueling URL seminars and we dragged our weary bones back to the
office and brain stormed what was the biggest strategic thing we could implement right now to get
the results of 5,000,000 in sales within a year.
This idea was basically utilization of a referral plan from existing Customers, employees, friends
and even Prospects. What we did is if we were given a referral that resulted into a sale we would
give that person a gift certificate to Nordstrom. Once a Prospect gave us a chance to perform its
all over. They become Customers for a very long time.
Well the program worked very well. We can attribute close to 3,000,000 in new sales due to the
program.
What is very interesting in this process and this could very well be the best lesson, is that we
have forgotten about the program and almost abandoned it. The lesson I would like to bring
forward is "Follow Up, Follow Up, Follow Up" and don't stop something that works. We are all
about continuous improvement. We can no longer forget about the word continuous. What
seems to happen is that we let up after we realize a success. Keep it going!

466.

H Elliott

----- Original Message ----From: H Elliott

To: Jay Abraham.com
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 9:36 AM
Dear Jay,
Thank you for this opportunity to share all of the invaluable
information that you have given to me as my mentor.
For the last 12 plus years, I have been deeply involved in the senior
healthcare industry. In fact, over the last 12 plus years, I have
worked with over 6,000 seniors from Santa Barbara to San Diego with
goal being to change the mindset of seniors, professionals who work
with seniors and the Hugh industry where a majority of these seniors
reside. It has been a massive undertaking because of the mindset of
seniors, professionals and industry is very hard to change. Have
created over a 100 trainings for seniors alone on how to maintain their
highest level of health, function, independence and life fulfilling
ways. Each step of the way I did the #1 Abaham Strategy I learned,
TEST-TEST-TEST. Every time I introduced a new training, I tested out
the info with the end users, the seniors, to see if the training had
value, benefit, tangible result for them. Would then go back to my
office make the necessary changes and then go back to the seniors and
again TEST for RESULTS from behind their eyes. For that is the only
place that matters for the purpose of my work. This ongoing process
has created incredible results for the seniors.
My bigger challenge lies with helping to change the mindset of the
industry owners to show them that these type trainings make an
incredible difference in the seniors life's. I do an incredible amount
of education ongoing, I have a book I put together on what seniors say
about the value and importance of the trainings to them, Idol free
community presentations to industry leaders whenever I have the
opportunity. I expect my book to be completed later on this fall on one
of the # 1 senior concerns, mind and memory and what you can do about
it. The industry is hard to change their ways, they often say we have
our own way of doing things and are not often open to doing it
differently even with proof positive shown to them.
My goal here is to take these programs national and have them in every
retirement community, nursing home and other senior centers that I can
possibly get them into. My passion for the work is unending and I know
that endorsement is the key to getting into the industry giants.
Continue to promote, educate, do risk free trainings by presenting to
the seniors so that they become my voice to the owners.
Presently to tell the truth, Thought that my programs would have gone
national by now, well tested, proof positive, trial and error programs
that really work. But I have found to turn an industry around takes
allot more then I thought. Now know that I will have to continue to
take these programs on my own until I meet the right professional with
the right mindset to take these trainings to the next level.

On my own using the Jay A Way, I have able to accomplish half this
state so far, with the goal of taking these programs throughout all of
California and then spreading them across the country. My continued
work with the industry to recognize these trainings will be for them to
have the perceived priceless value of these trainings and then realize
that they cannot do without them. This will give me the leverage I need
to make these highly ethical programs available to all seniors.
My statement is true and provable and you have my permission tousle my
testimonial in your promotional and marketing endeavors.
H Elliott Fives Training Center
448 21st Place
M.B. Calif. 90266
310-546-6255
www. spt3.com

467.

Hal Goldstein

----- Original Message ----From: Hal Goldstein

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:04 AM

OK, Jay.
This may not be exactly what you want, not really a case study, but I wanted to send you
something, since I have enjoyed your services for many years even though I haven't
directly participated with you as a client.
I became acquainted with you through Edward Goldfinger, who worked with you about
10 years ago before he suddenly passed away. I was a good friend as well as a client. To
help her widow out, I purchased a lot of Edward's office furniture as well as his library.
The library contained a ton of tapes, newsletters, and articles from your seminars.

How I've Benefited From Jay Abraham's Work for 15 Years

without Paying Him a Nickel
Through the years I've read many of your direct mail pieces, your email, and from time to
time I'd read a bit from material a friend had.
I can't say I truly "get" all that you have been teaching. I have desired to participate in
one of your programs. However, having run my niche mobile computing publishing and
catalog company for 17 years, I have never managed to carve out the time that I believe
required to properly follow up on your ideas.
However, here is some of what I appreciate in your work and some of the principles that I
have gleamed.

1. The more you tell the more you sell.

For years I have marketed software, accessories, knowledge products, upgrades, and
refurbished devices for the mobile market. My company, Thaddeus Computing, has been
on the cutting edge, serving first laptop customers when HP introduced the first DOS
laptop, then palmtop customers, when HP introduced the first DOS palmtop. We now
support Microsoft-based Pocket PC customers with our widely distributed Pocket PC
magazine -- last print run 150K. (I am a former HP engineer who moved to small-town
Fairfield, Iowa to participate in the world peace project connect with Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi's Transcendental Meditation. http://www.tm.org/, http://www.mum.edu/.)
I love your long copy advertising, and have often tried to emulate it in our catalogs and
marketing pieces. (My graphic designer hates it -- "where's the white space".) I like the

way you draw the reader in, tell your story, use evocative compelling words. I feel like
you have been speaking to me, directly, all these years. I like your sincerity and how
much your writing communicates that you believe what you say. I like the personal
nature of your communication, and I have on and off been able to set up a similar
relationship with my readers and catalog buyers. When folks see me at trade shows, they
feel they know me. I also like your choice of fonts, bold, caps, headlines, etc to bring the
reader in. I try to emulate that -- but it is hit and miss.

2. No risk for client

Like you, I try to take the risk for the client in our offers. Since through the years we
have refurbished and resold mobile equipment, assuming all the risk is a key USP. The
customer doesn't have to worry -- we'll give money back, we have generous
warranty/repair policy. Our core magazine product also comes with standard no-risk
offer.

3. Generosity
We always try to give more than promised, and give free unadvertised extras. This
certainly is the case with your work, or I wouldn't even know about you.

4. High Perceived Value and Bonuses

We always try to come up with high perceived value and bonuses. Although the
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5. USP
This is one of the first concepts I got from your work. Identify and champion what makes
us unique.

6. Leverage
Find where a little effort will produce bigger results. (See my conclusion about what we
will be doing in the future).

7. High Margin
I've long realized that operations wasn't what I enjoyed (I have great people to clean up
my entrepreneurial messes). I look to market high margin, low cost, low volume, high
perceived value products rather than low margin, high volume products. I've done this
through knowledge products, huge software collections, used mobile equipment, repair,
and upgrades.

8. Testing
I get a grade F on this. I get how important it is. However, I've never had the volume in
mailing and the internal expertise or discipline to test properly. However, thanks to
email, testing has become cheaper and easier. We have launched some new email
subscription and renewal initiatives that we are now testing.

Our company and status:

Since 1985 we have had three major publications each almost an order of a magnitude
wider distribution then the previous publication. For the first two publications, most of
the profit was made AFTER the product we were writing about was discontinued, and
then again after we stopped printing the magazine!!!
Currently, our profit comes from the remains of our "HP Palmtop Paper" audience
(published 1991-99), www.PalmtopPaper.com and www.200lx.com. (Unfortunately, all
my long copy ads still in our catalog, went away from our web site due to an ISP going
out of business. However, now we make most of our money off repair and reselling these
hard to find HP DOS 200LX Palmtops, which solve certain problems for a few
businesses).
What still loses money (although we are close to break even) is our five year publication,
Pocket PC magazine, www.PocketPCmag.com. We have been very successful building
up circulation (by the end of the year you will find the magazine not only in Barnes and
Noble, but in airports, grocery stores, and Wal*Mart!). Unfortunately, we have been able
to apply few of Jay's principles described above. Pocket PC magazine is a low margin,
high volume product. Our hope was to make money in the traditional way selling
advertising. Given the state of high tech and the economy, this has been a struggle.
We are now ready to launch new initiatives and flex our marketing muscle (high
credibility, strong reputation, and 90K readers -- 75K paying customers -- and growing).

Now, I look forward to applying Abraham philosophy and techniques as we start buying
and selling used Pocket PCs, offering great software bundles, and providing proprietary
hardware upgrades working with a long term partner.

Thank you, Jay!

Hal Goldstein
Exec Editor/Publisher/CEO, Thaddeus Computing, www.thaddeus.com
Pocket PC magazine, www.PocketPCmag.com
641-472-6330, fax: 641-472-8409

468.

Harry Aldrich

----- Original Message ----From: Harry Aldrich

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:40 AM

Its Not Just A Piece of Wood

Harry Aldrich
President, Founder Oregon Cedar Grill
In 1997 I founded the Oregon Cedar Grill. The Oregon Cedar Grill (OCG) is a manufacturing and
marketing company of cedar planks used primarily on the outdoor barbeque. Oregon Cedar Grill markets
to individuals via the internet and grocery, seafood, specialty and gourmet stores. Most importantly in
marketing three pieces of wood, which is not an easy task, was Jay Abrahams concept of providing
extraordinary value, helping the other party to sell their product & residual marketing.
Background:
The Oregon Cedar Grill was founded after lying in bed watching the cooking channel and a chef was
cooking a trout on a cedar plank. I sat up in bed and announced at that moment to my wife that I was going
to start a company and sell cedar planks. She immediately told me go to bed, enough of your crazy ideas.
Five years later I am in over 600 grocery stores around the country and have a sizable web business,
Outdoorgourmet.com.
I had little idea how I was going to package my idea, however I trusted my intuition completely. I knew I
was looking through a window of opportunity. In Oregon and Washington each May a very special salmon
is brought to market; Copper River Salmon, and during that time chefs at the leading restaurants create
special dinners; Cedar Planked Salmon. It was like a big secret. Reveal the secret was my plan.
I started working with various types of cedar and found the best for grilling. I then went to Costco and
measured the largest filets. I then measured a medium sized Weber grill. Guess what, they were exactly
the same size. That became the length and width of the plank. Numerous cooking of salmon filets
provided the thickness. Now I needed packaging. It had to have super commercial appeal, including
simple recipes. I went to a friend who was an executive in an ad agency. He laughed me out of the office.
No Way will I sell three pieces of wood, no matter what the packaging.
The short version of this background is the same executive became a complete believer, traded his high
caliber design for stock. I begged another friend with upscale grocery stores to allow me to perform
cooking demos in front of his stores. He also laughed, and exclaimed if you believe you can sell three
pieces of wood for $12-15.00, please let me watch. As I said above I am in over 600 grocery stores across
the country.

Market Strategy
No one is going to pay $15.00 for three pieces of wood. That is what I heard all day long. I had to believe,
and I needed a strategy . I listened to Jay. I listened to Jay and Tony Robins speak on a phone interview
regarding branding yourself. You know what I did? I branded the boards. I made the product even more
unique. I branded myself.
As Jay said, I needed a unique selling proposal/proposition.
OK, so I thought through what I had, three pieces of wood. How could I turn the stupidity of three pieces
of wood around so as to be a unique selling proposition.. It clearly produced a delicious salmon dinner. My

packaging made it appear gourmet, as did the results. Results, I sold the results, not the three pieces of
wood. The results were fabulous. Cedar planks were turning outdoor burgers and brats into gourmet
dinner parties. People were creating dinner parties around the cedar plank results.
Next, I wanted a big local grocery chain, over 150 stores. I called, they laughed and turned me down. I
waited a couple months. I thought it through, what more can I do to make 3 pieces of wood more unique,
especially to the big grocery chain. Thinking like Jay, I came up with it. Seafood. I was approaching the
wrong guy, I thought grocery, I needed seafood. I made a call to the seafood guy, he laughed, but I begged
him for 12 minutes of his time. You know how.. I asked him what HIS job was?
I went into the meeting with the seafood manager and asked again what is his goal. To sell seafood.
Exactly. I had a product that was going to help HIM sell MORE seafood. He got it. I had a non-perishable
product, with little labor that would bring people back to buy more seafood. With my colorful package,
simple and delicious recipes, we were going to educate people on how to better prepare salmon, with great
results, and in turn they would have to return to buy more seafood. He sells more fish. He looks good.
I told him, this has nothing to do with me or my product it all has to do about you, Mr. Seafood Buyer,
how to do your job better, Sell More Seafood.

Market Strategy #2
Selling three pieces of wood was still a task. I had to listen again to Jay. I picked up on residual marketing.
Jay inspired me to trust that providing seafood buyers in smaller grocery stores with planks, individually
packaged, to give to their better salmon customers, the results would be positive, and people would again
buy more salmon.
Second, with individuals I proposed cooking for charity events, I give the product away to better chefs in
distant cities for cooking events. I mail press releases to food editors including a plank, all of these well
thought out strategies have had tremendous residual effect . I know if I cross merchandise with other
purveyors of like products, the residual effect is profitable. I am willing to loose, or break even to
introduce the 3 pieces of wood because I know the long term results are in my favor.
I am getting everything I can out of all Ive got! For those of you who do not own a book by that title, I
recommend you purchase it. I am always thinking measurable results. What more can I do for the other
person, that makes them look better, feel better and will think only of my product when comes time for
purchase.
I do not sell the steak, I sell the sizzle. Its not the ball game, its the ball park.
I sell a theme dinner party to Mrs. Jones. I do cooking demos every weekend in specific locations. I
target my markets. I work that market until I have strong penetration. I sell results. This WILL work.
In conclusion: Keep Thinking. Jay keeps me thinking. Think upside down. Think of the other person.
Whats in it for the other person. How can I create a long sustainable relationship with the least amount of
pressure. What more can I do for you to maximize your results. You have to fall in love with the customer.
Over time you will earnestly stand head and shoulders above the competition.

469.

Hayden Smith

----- Original Message ----From: Hayden Smith

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:07 PM
Dear Jay,
Your strategy works - three emails for me to respond! I have recently
re-listened to your tapes and have changed the way I promote my Network
Marketing business.
I have had so many positive experiences since joining USANA almost five
years ago but went about promoting the business with the same old well
worn phrases that everyone has heard over and over - business
opportunity, residual income, home based business, time and financial
freedom etc. etc. Now I say - How to Turn Your Life Around - Age53,
Sick, Tired, Broke & Disillusioned - Age 58, Healthy, Energetic,
Prosperous & Optimistic! I Did it and I Can Show You How!
This is working
rather than the
benefits - even
benefits we are
necks.

much better and I am developing a seminar to follow up

traditional presentation full of features rather than
though Network Marketers are taught to talk about
usually guilty of ramming features down our prospect's

Any way I am making progress so thanks for your inspiration and I hope
this brief testimonial helps your project.
Best Wishes, Tony

470.

Henry Neff

----- Original Message ----From: Henry Neff

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:27 PM
I will try to keep this brief, but first you need some background. Our company develops, markets, sells,
and supports a complete banking system. The product is usually delivered as an in-house or out-source
solution. When sold as an in-house solution the revenue for the software is recognized immediately and the
revenue for the services is recognized as they are used. When sold as an out-source solution the revenue
from services is recognized as they are used and the processing revenue is recognized monthly based on
account volumes for information processing.
Here is the Abraham way of increasing the revenue per customer. Often a bank will ask for some type of
license fee protection should they decide to move from an out-source to an in-house solution. Historically
we have not done this since our license fees for in-house are based on the asset size of the bank at the time
the license is signed and no one can predict what that may be at some future date.
Here is what we did to create a win-win solution. The bank agreed to pay for a full in-house license at the
time they executed the agreement (they won price protection). At the same time they executed an outsource agreement to have our company do their information processing (we win on the up-tick for the
license fee), while retaining the monthly processing fees on a 5-year agreement. The result was an increase
of $1,600,000 in immediately recognized revenue.
This was the first contract of this type we had ever executed. Now it is a standard pricing model and in fact
has helped close another multi-million dollar account.
Another benefit that our company obtained is a virtual lock on this customer (given we continue to provide
quality service). Even if they execute their option to take the system in-house we have an annual
maintenance contract that is 20% of the license fee. This fee is subject to change based on the asset size of
the bank based on an annual review of their financial statements.
In this case we were able to utilize all three Abraham principles:
1.
2.
3.

Increased the number customers

Increased the revenue per customer
Increased the frequency of revenue per customer

Thanks Jay for your ideas. Once you really grasp the simplicity of the 3-ways to increase revenue and
apply a little creative thinking you truly can adapt them to any sales situation.
Henry Neff
3309 Chace Lake Fairway
Hoover, AL 35244
Phone 205-402-7366
Fax 205-982-0977

471.

Ivone Kirkpatrick

----- Original Message ----From: Ivone Kirkpatrick

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:26 AM
Dear Jay
Thanks, mate. Feel free to use this testimonial if you wish. I have absolutely found all the Newsletters
over the years, your website, and a talk that you gave, to have been fantastically useful. And the repetition
has meant the principles have got in deep.
I am a one man business, (a Corporate Trainer in Leadership Skills and Life Coach, and a superb
"technician" at facilitating change. Now I have become confident about and reasonably competent at doing
business as well. I have changed from, pretty well, an ignoramus about marketing and sales into someone
knowledgeable, with a real understanding.
One benefit has been the ability to pass on some of the wisdom to my clients. It has added credibility to
how I am perceived. Not just a nice guy and expert at relationships training, but with a good head for
business too.
Turning my new knowledge into skill has been slower, being a one man band. However I have had a
superb breakthrough. After I lost my ONLY client (a big corporate that was swallowed up in a take over they had given me an annual income for 12 years) I then struggled for three years, trying, pretty
unsuccessfully, to get people to buy me.
Then, following your advice, I went back to a former client. I had had nothing to do with them for 15
years. Guess what? I now have a strategic alliance that is totally transforming my business. And it is
leading to other alliances as well. I love it. Do you know what it cost me? An investment of two hours of
time, and petrol (gas) money to drive 6 miles to their office. Plus, I guess, slogging through your material
over and over again!!! But I would not have gone there without your two ideas - approach former clients create strategic alliances. Next steps, widen the client base, create a passive income.
Thanks mate.
Ivone Kirkpatrick.
Ivone E Kirkpatrick & Associates
Leadership Training and Team Building, Life Coaching
PO Box 181, Kent Town, South Australia, Australia 5071
Telephone (08) 8298 9745
International Telephone +61882989745

472.

Jaime Lerdo de Tejada

----- Original Message ----From: Jaime Lerdo de Tejada

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 3:59 PM
I recently began to make a change into my estimates, always including a
bonus or a couple bonus that appeal nice to my customers. Actually I
do all kind of printing stuff like business cards, letterheads,
brochures, etc.
But I started to use an estimate that offers two bonus that includes
the following:
Bonus 1: 400 extra business cards for 4 different people, and the
second one includes 800 blank cards only to fulfill sellers name, all
business data included. And the estimate offers 2000 business cards
with two inks on them, logo included. This simple estimate is working
like hell, from 20 I already delivered I am winning on 16. The price
is simple Abraham technology, I found that a good price approach was
this price:
2000 business cards with 2 inks on them logo included for $2,595.00
pesos which there is like $259.00 only. I designed this estimate on my
letterhead and I try to close my customers 5 times within it, again
simple Abraham Technology.
Actually I am shifting my business to a Marketing Consultant, here it
is not common to see this kind of business. I am starting this with
some clients I already have from my Printing shop business. Again with
simple Abraham technology and a couple of dollars I am acquiring some
books recommended by you, and by the way all of them Ultra nutritious
and interesting.
I am starting to plan an advertising method, and figuring out some
details which I still need to become a Marketing Consultant. I just
started a small job for a client of mine that makes plastic sweaters
for sport people, and this was already a client of mine, and I already
did some brochures and labels for his products.
Right now I am changing everything but I can not tell you the results
until next week. One of this products sells in retail big stores and
as I told you I changed everything including large copy.
They thought
I was joking.
But I convinced them and as I told you before, the
results will be known next week or possibly the week after the next
one, I will know the results since I am a good supplier again thanks to
simple Abraham Tech. For the moment this is all I can tell.
Jaime

473.

James Buch

----- Original Message ----From: James Buch

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:59 AM
I FIRED MY NIECE, THANKS TO JAY ABRAMS, AND SAVED MY STARTUP BUSINESS
Jay Abraham's work has helped me face a serious business blunder I
made. Let me explain.
I invited my niece Cathy into my startup business. For some reason, she
had formed a strong bond with me from when she was a pre-teen. And,
she was there as I reached a point where I was looking for help, and an
eventual business "Second in Command" for when I might become
incapacitated.
Cathy had run a small day care center that more or less limped along
approaching the vanishing point. Like most members of my family, she
led from the ideas in her head, not the ideas she could read with her
eyes.
She would pay for lots of cable TV and videos, but she wouldn't pay for
knowledge.
Things weren't jelling well.
Over time, I had acquired numerous books on various aspects of running
a business. I eventually made two piles. The largest pile was what I
call "almost worthless information" or at least information with a
bloated claim for usefulness.
This large pile of near-worthlessness is typical of information about
most fields. There are more people skilled in writing books, reports
and tapes than there are people skilled in writing meaningful, useful
books and tapes. Sometimes, those who can't do will write instead.
Or, if they write, what they write isn't really what they do or use in
being successful.
Jay, of course, is in my small pile of meaningful and useful works.
Gerber, G H Lewis, Cialdini, Caples, Sugarman, Kennedy, Hodgson and
several more constitute the bulk of my useful pile.
So, I began to try to train my niece from my useful pile.
The first materials I gave her were perhaps used a little. Cialdini on
"Influence" to build a background of why people do things and buy
things.
I was building to Abraham where I was going to use, as centerpieces,
"Getting Everything You Can From What You've Got" and the tape/book set
"How to Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be". "Stealth
Marketing" was planned as a step too.

I showed her this batch of material.

She replied - more or less - to the effect... "Why should I have to
read and listen to all that stuff? This is just a little business - we
don't need all of that. We'll just learn as we go along. It will be
more fun that way."
So, I fired her. And haven't looked back.
I really made an expensive mistake in deciding to bring her into the
business. But, I finally knew that getting her out of the business was
my number one need.
If it hadn't been for seeing her simplistic rejection of a hard won
collection of good teaching material, I may have slipped further along
to oblivion and been swallowed by the well meant intent to deal with
"Family".
So, thanks Jay. There is nothing like watching someone shy away from
the best advice you have found. That wakes you up and tells you maybe
there is a deep problem of proper match.
Sincerely,
James D Buch
PS: You emphasize positive outlooks in a lot of your materials. There
are times when in order to be positive, you have to make seemingly
negative decisions. Maybe, in these letters from your "fans and
followers", there will be enough examples of similar situations to
provide a list of common mistakes or common steps into bear traps, that
may or may not be sprung. We can learn positive lessons from negative
situations.

474.

James Lunney

----- Original Message ----From: James Lunney

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:07 AM
Dear Jay,
As you know from our previous discussions, I came to a workshop to determine the best way to make a
major transition in my business. In my case, I was in the process of moving from a major brokerage firm or
wire house, to being an independent Investment Advisor.
At the time, I was leaving a very well-known national company to be associated with a small, independent
advisor, which none of my clients had ever heard of. During the course of the conference, I was able to
determine some of the key ingredients needed to make this effort a successful transition. This process
would require that I move a large number of people without having to speak to each and every one of them,
which would be very time consuming. I needed to explain to them what I was doing, why I was doing it,
how they would advantage themselves by moving with me, etc. At the time I attended the workshop, I
wasnt sure how to approach that. Should the contact be through individual contact, email or a written
letter?
Through some of the work I did with Jay, I decided that the right approach would be to contact each client
with a letter at the time of my transfer. I learned from those meetings that if I used a longer letter with
intricate details, I could explain how each client would be advantaged, both in product availability, as well
as in service. One of the things that I was missing in my letter was one of Jay Abrahams key ingredients: a
powerful headline.
In a brief conversation with Jay, the headline came to me. Through his normal questioning process, he
asked, Why would somebody work with you? The answer is; generally as an Investment Advisor, they
trust you. One of the reasons I was looking to go independent was to deepen that trust by being able to
associate with a firm that had no proprietary products, but instead had independent, unbiased, no-stringsattached financial advice. To me, that meant there was more financial responsibility in that I could
promise my clients product choices from any source, as long as it was legal and ethical.
Once conversation lead to the headline for that letter, What does financial responsibility look like? That
is the headline I used. It turned out that with that headline, I was able to put together a 15-page letter in
which I explained exactly what financial responsibility wasnt, i.e., in working with certain vendors, I was
not able to use their products because my large, nationally known firm was not willing to let me
recommend those products since they didnt get paid enough money. Instead, by making this transition, I
would be able to show them anything that fit their unique circumstances for time, risk and volatility, as
long as they were willing to transfer with me. I then explained my definition of financial responsibility and
the strongly held beliefs behind that. I also explained through different methods of Jays writing using
underlining, block letters, capital letters, etc. the reasons for deciding to be an Independent Advisor and
what the Investment Advising Industry looked like in the past, how it had changed to the point of this being
a critical decision and how the financial services industry might look going into the future.
I talked a little bit about how they would be advantaged if they were to move with me, what they could
expect in service, all the way down to exact detail of their own unique circumstances in their individual
account. I was also able to explain in great depth how the financial responsibility issue drifted down
through the independent brokerage firm I picked to associate with versus all other available choices. I was
also able to talk to a few clients to get their biggest lingering questions and put these into a question-andanswer portion of the letter that took about seven pages and referenced the logistics of the transfer process
including how long, what they would receive, etc. I wrapped it up with not only those questions but a

summary of how they would be advantaged from both a cost standpoint, a potential return standpoint and a
supply standpoint.
As it turns out, that one 15-page letter, with what I considered to be a very unique, headline, What does
financial responsibility look like? enabled me to transfer approximately 92% of my clients within a three
week period. The other 8% were not invited to join us. Consequently, I basically had a 100% response rate
from that letter. Through the course of the next few years by being able to offer these additional services
and fulfill the promises I made, my business quadrupled to well over $2,000,000 per year in revenue. I
consider this to be a very successful and rewarding experience. At this point, I have continued to use and
build on those basic Abraham principals to grow and expand my business.
Jay, thank you very much for all of the help you have given me over the years. If, in the future, I can be of
any assistance to you please dont hesitate to call. My direct line is #1-800-800-6364.
Sincerely,
James O. Lunney
P.S. If anyone who reads this letter would like to obtain a copy of my 15 page What does financial
responsibility look like? letter, simply call or email me at the above referenced numbers.

475.

James Malone

----- Original Message ----From: James Malone

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:32 PM
Dear Jay, here is my success story.
The Jay Abraham techniques have thought me to concentrate on the Top
customers, the ones who pay on time and order up big. Jay Abraham has
also thought me how to concentrate on strategic alliances for win/win
situations.
Our profitability is up and our machines and operators are happy as
they can run big jobs with few changeovers.
I recommend the Jay Abraham techniques to anyone as they really do
help.
Best Regards
James Malone
Managing Director
Label Power Pty Ltd
PO Box 3363
South Brisbane
QLD 4101, Australia
Ph
+61 7 3844 0099
Fax +61 7 3255 1558
www.labelpower.com.au

476.

James Scott

----- Original Message ----From: James Scott

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:28 AM
Hi Jay,
Here's my personal success story of using your marketing techniques.
I first read about you when I was in high school (12 years ago) in an
issue of Entrepreneur magazine. There was a large 16 page insert with
testimonials from dozens of business owners and regular people telling
how you changed their life. I read the ad 3 times and I was convinced.
But, there was a slight problem... How was a 16-year old kid going to
afford to spend $2000 on your home study materials? Not to be denied, I
saved up the money over a period of 10 months ($200 per month) and
finally purchased your course. After receiving the course and
listening to all of the material and reading all of the books, I felt
as if another world had been opened up to me.
Sadly, like most people, I did nothing with the material after I
learned your techniques. For some reason, it just pleased me to know
that I knew marketing techniques that most of the people on the planet
will never know. But, knowing without action, is just like not knowing
at all.
All of that changed a couple of years ago when I was going through a
divorce. At the time, I was working as a customer service rep making
$10 an hour and not going anywhere. When things started going bad with
my then wife, I was in a situation where I had to make my regular house
payment and the rent payment for the apartment that I moved into.
Desperate and not knowing what to do, I dove back into your courses.
Particularly, your video set, "My Life In Marketing" where you talk
about all of the ups and downs (and marriages :), that you went
through. This inspired me to stop feeling sorry for myself and to take
action. First thing that I recognized is that I needed to generate
immediate money. I saw the one place that I could do that was Ebay,
since I've had a little luck with that before. So, I gathered up a few
items and listed them to create some immediate income. But, the one
thing that I did differently than most people who put items up for
sale, is that I wrote long, powerful, benefit-packed, copy for each of
the items I listed. Just like you teach. I started noticing something
strange. Even though, in many cases, I was selling the same items as
other people, I started getting higher prices for the items. Sometimes
as much as 3 times as other people.
Guess what?

This stuff works!

Other people started noticing my ads and contacted me to write ads for
them. This started another stream of income. The last sales letter I
wrote for someone, I was paid $5000. From $10 an hour as a customer
service rep to earning $5000 for writing a simple ad. Amazing!

To make a long story short, that first week I went on to sell over
$4000 worth of items online. I quit my job 6 weeks after that and I've
been working from my home ever since. It's all because of the
techniques that you teach and finally putting them to action.
Here's a long overdue thanks and I hope this story inspires other
people to "Just Do It"!
Thanks again, Jay.
Sincerely,
James Scott
P.S. - You have permission to use my testimonial anyway you want.

477.

James Wilson

----- Original Message ----From: James Wilson

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:25 PM
Creative Emulation
The two main ideas I used from your invaluable Stealth Marketing book, is utilizing the power of creative
emulation and win-win joint ventures. Ive gone the route of studying and observing effective business
building techniques that companies outside of my marketing sphere are using, and then adapting variations
of these concepts in my business.
Heres what I did. One evening, just sitting in my home office reading an article on how one business
owner received thousands of dollars in free publicity for his petition drive that produced over 50,000
signatures.
I quickly thought how I could apply this entrepreneurs concept to my own petition drive efforts.
The article highlighted that one of the keys to the business owner receiving so much free press, is the fact
that the petition drive piggybacked off a hot issue within the local media.
I then proceeded to search for articles in the print media that talked about petition drives and the hot button
issues that prompted the media to write about each petition initiative.
Later that evening, I prepared a one-page press release using the petition articles I found as a model of
success. A few days after I sent out my press release to the local media, I received a call from a reporter
who wanted to run a story about my petition drive. The results of that one interview produced over
$10,000 in free publicity and thousands of new signatures for our online petition drive.
By taking your advice, and developing an attitude of emulating the successful concepts other companies
use will save me a lot of wasteful time and increase my business markedly.
#2 My Joint Venture Success Story
By applying the techniques Ive learned from you regarding joint ventures, I was able to orchestrate a deal
with a syndicated talk radio host, which resulted in thousands of new signatures for my petition drive.
My approach was simple. I knew that since my petition drive is focused on the importance of a happy,
healthy and committed marriage, the joint venture offer I made to the syndicated talk radio host would be
well received.
I simply sent the host a copy of my story that appeared in my local newspaper along with a short pitch letter
describing my joint venture proposal. My offer was to place a link on my Web sites home page to the
authors best-selling book in return for an announcement about my petition drive on the authors radio
program and Web site.
Once again, by using the techniques I learned from you in presenting win-win joint venture proposals to
prospective partners, I was able to show the host my media plans and how the more media coverage my site
received, the more sales she would make for her book. A win-win situation for both parties!

Special note: "My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial in your
promotional and marketing endeavors."

478.

Jay La Rocca

----- Original Message ----From: Jay La Rocca

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:59 AM

My success story came in real estate, and really came from the 'technique' of
'from the heart'.
One of the biggest problems in Open House was to capture a name and phone
number for followup. Prospects wanted to run in and out, with no relationship
building.
I placed a receptionist at the door to take name, address and phone number on a
sign in sheet. Admittance was by invitation (from past open houses) or by sign
in only. This provided not only a signal of serious intent, but additional
security for the seller's home. No one was allowed through the home without
an escort by a licensed agent.
Needless to say, many people refused to sign and left. Only those who never
would have become my clients self-selected out. I was able to be with those
people whose trust and approachability was high. This allowed me to ask for
an appointment and phone number (again). It was amazing how many told me:
"Use this number instead of the one I signed in...." which told me that winning
trust was the key.
I also found that by NOT struggling with people, and playing the games, I was
left with only those who wanted to do business, rather than a lot of insincere
prospects. The secret was letting them self-select out at the door. Better to
leave the problems outside the door, and only deal with the serious prospects!
The best side note is that listings SOARED because the neighbors who came to
the open house remembered the extra security, and professionalism, and wanted
that for themselves. Plus, I now had a list of fairly serious buyer prospects who
were looking in that neighborhood, so even if they were working with another
broker, I used that list as a listing tool (who else had such buyer control?).
Thanks JAY!
(another) Jay La Rocca
Unique Concepts in Real Estate

479.

Jeff Kolego

----- Original Message ----From: Jeff Kolego

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:52 AM
This case study actually consists of two separate, but related incidents. It deals with our sales activities.
We are a video and multimedia production company. We had developed a niche market for realtors.
Thats actually part of the case study as well. Good old fashioned innovation. Instead of just approaching
realtors and saying letting them know what kind of services we offer, we innovated, and we developed a
specific service based on our research, then we produced some samples so they could truly see what exactly
they would be getting. The service we developed was producing business card sized cd-roms which
realtors could use to market themselves. However, during our research, we discovered an overwhelming
response to this service for realtors that dealt with relocation. They saw as a great way to connect with
potential clients in another state, and let them experience the state they would be moving to.
Once we narrowed down our particular target market, it became much easier to sell our services. However,
that was not the only way we innovated to achieve greater results. We also did it in our cold calling
process, and just about doubled the percentage of appointments we set from the calls we made. This is
where Jay talks about leveraging our processes. Our cold call success rate with realtors was by far the
lowest we had ever experienced. We were getting results between 35% and 40%, as far as the percentage
of decision makers we reached on the phone that we were able to set an appointment with. BUT, if we
could leverage this process into getting a much higher percentage for the same number of calls made, we
could drastically increase our results. The other part of this equation is that we worked hard on our USP,
our Unique Selling Proposition. One major things we had going in our favor, as Jay teaches, is that we
could dynamically address an obvious void in the marketplace that we could honestly fill. Our USP was
that we were the only company in the state producing marketing cd-roms for realtors working with
relocation clients. Custom produced specifically for your real estate business. After putting these factors
in place, our success ratio cold calling doubled to 70%.
The next part of the case study deals with another aspect of our services. These events happened recently,
as of the writing of this case study, and the results are even more dramatic than before. We had been
working on developing our services for companies in our state in the technology industry. We felt there
was an unfilled need for small to medium sized technology companies to have access to powerful
marketing tools which they may have thought they couldnt afford. By innovating some internal processes,
we discovered how we could offer some truly dynamic production services such as high-end animation and
special effects, for the cost of typical video production. So, that was our USP, we wanted our clients to be
able to make very impressive marketing presentations, and we wanted them to be able to do it for a much
lower price than these services would cost elsewhere. The first round of sales results for these new services
have blown everything weve ever done out of the water. On an initial series of cold calls, our success ratio
was 5 out of 5, 100%!!. The first three meetings that weve gone to as of the writing of this case study, we
closed sales and got contracts signed on 3 out of 3 meetings. Once again, 100%!! Our previous sales ratio
for non real estate clients was about 60% cold call success, and 75% sales close success. Clearly, weve
drastically increased those numbers. The only problem, is that theres no room for improvement from
there. You cant beat 100%. Our main challenge will be to maintain those numbers as close to 100% as we
can over a much greater volume of sales activity.
Jeff Kolego
Velocity Media
7975 Marshall Cir.
Arvada, CO 80003
(303) 410-1770

By the way, Jay, your teachings have been incredibly valuable since Ive discovered them. Thanks for all
the resources youve put on your web site. They are truly a blessing!!!

480.

Jeremy Radovcic

----- Original Message ----From: Jeremy Radovcic

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 5:05 AM
Hi Jay
In working as an account manager and following through on some routine quotes for a particular
account. I had received an order for about $15,000 to replace and update some audio visual
equipment in one of the meeting rooms of this client.
This particular client is a large telco here in Australia and as such has some pretty regimented
decision making protocols to follow in raising purchase orders for equipment. Now, although they
had placed the order with me (which is now a legally binding contract) at the last minute someone
in that department had gotten wind that the company was considering the option of centralising all
the purchasing of their A/V requirements. So this department wanted to cancel the order and wait
for the central budget to fund the purchase.
Now, not wanting to lose a $15,000 to then have to wait for another order to come in from this
mysterious central decision maker (which could take who knows how long, and who could
guarantee he wasn't going to buy from someone else) I went into investigation mode.
I found out why exactly they wanted to cancel the order, what was there understanding of the new
buying criteria and who would know who would be making those decisions.
I found out that:
1) They wanted to free up their funds to buy other pieces of equipment since they thought
the central decision makers were going to fund the A/V requirements.
2) That all A/V requirements would be sourced centrally.
3) They put me in touch with the department manager (keep in mind that the department
manager almost never speak to suppliers or account managers).
After speaking to the account manager I found out who was head up the central procurements
department. After a discussion with that individual I found out that a) it would be at least 12-18
months before they would even projectors decide if central purchasing was the way to go and b) it
would only cover the procurement of A/V equipment in fixed ocations and not the requirement for
portable data/video.
From those discussions I then put two things into place,
1) I formed a relationship with the person heading up the evaluation of central purchasing.
2) I discussed the above information with the department that had placed the $15,000 order.
After those discussions, they were still adamant that they wanted to wait for the money to come
from the central budget ( even thought there was no guarantee that that would happen and even
thought it would be at least another 12 months before anything would happen). I then
remembered that they had mentioned that they were also considering the purchase of a couple of
portable projectors in a couple of months. So I submitted a proposal to the department stating
that we had a binding contract from them to purchase equipment and my company expected it to
be honoured, but I had proposed an alternative purchase, in place of the installation upgrade, we
supply two ultra potable projectors at a discounted rate. This new order would total $16,500. The
department accepted my proposal. They received two new projectors and I still got my order.

Meanwhile (two years later) we are in the short list to be selected as the national preferred
supplier for this company. A win/win on all counts.
More importantly, from this experience we now have a systematised probing exercise that each
account manager must conduct whenever they receive a customer complaint or order
cancellation. This has resulted in a 43% reduction in order cancellations and generally results in
a bigger order.
Regards,
Jeremy Radovcic

481.

Jesse June

----- Original Message ----From: Jesse June

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:27 AM
Jay,
Want to, what I learned from you about risk reversal. client service.
First Hi-Techs Investigative is engaged in Drug testing, and the sale
of pre-employment paper and pencil screening. First, we decided that
if we would offer a money back guarantee, and the purchase of 25
screening test, that the client might be more inclined to buy. Exactly
what we did was tell the customer that if they bought 25 test, and were
less that satisfied, we would refund the total price of the 25 tests.
This represents a potential loss of $500.00 to Hi-tech, We also told
the client, that if they only used a few, and didn't want to continue,
I would buy back what they did not use. This increased sales by about
25%. There was one client that had made the purchase, and after about
6 months they hadn't used any of the test, and I contacted the client
about buying back the 25 tests, and he refused saying, that he might
want to use them later. To date there has been no use and no
complaints. The second thing that we did when selling an
investigation, was to tell the potential client, that WE Would make no
guarantees, however, we would PROMISE our best efforts. This has been
very successful, in selling investigations, as the client realized that
when it comes to surveillance there is never any assurance, that the
surveillance will be successful A 3rd note, a recent client was told
that I would have to bill him about $100.00 to $150.00 for a failed
investigation, he replied, that our attention to customer service was
so exceptional, that he insisted that I charge $300.00 to his credit
card, instead of the $100.00 to $150.00 that I had expected to bill. I
am not sure exactly where this fits into the Abraham mind set, but
having listed to the PEQ. I got the idea and it has been very
profitable.
Cordially yours.
Jesse M. June

482.

Jim Fairbaim

----- Original Message ----From: Jim Fairbairn

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:18 PM
Clyde Bergemann Limited is a Glasgow, United Kingdom based mechanical engineering company
involved in the design, manufacture and installation of sootblowing systems and solutions which provide
on-load cleaning of all types of heat exchanger plant fired by the traditional fossil fuels, coal and oil. The
range of applications for our systems is extremely diverse. For example, we install equipment on the waste
heat boilers fitted to diesel engine powered ships such as the Queen Elizabeth 2; oil fired process heaters in
petrochemical refineries and 600 MW coal fired boilers producing steam to drive the turbines in major
power stations. As no combustion process is 100% efficient, it is the responsibility of the sootblowing
system to prevent the build up of unburned carbon deposits on the heat transfer surfaces. This will ensure
that the heat exchanger operates close to its' design parameters and the overall efficiency levels of the plant
are maintained.
The last few years has seen depressed markets (e.g. low oil price and economic slowdowns) and from a
management's point of view, new ideas and innovations had to be brought in and used by the company to
allow it to remain and indeed exceed targeted growth. Some of these are listed below
1.

2.

3.

4.

Windows of opportunity - From our customer database we saw that we had around 700 customers,
but only dealt with, in any single year, around 250. We saw this as a fantastic opportunity to use
the 'Window's of Opportunity' concept where we looked at every customer on a one to one basis
and marked them off against the services we sold - this gave us opportunities. Additionally, we
then went through all our customers and looked at 'What extra services that we don't provide at
present, which we could if time and money was no object' The upshot of all of this was that we
sold around an additional 0.5M pounds worth of goods and services and came up with 2 new
ideas for services to offer to our client base.
Risk reversal - This is a new idea for our company where we go into a plant - e.g. a power plant
and offer to fix their sootblowers and only pay when they are satisfied with our service. We are in
the process of deciding our best way to proceed on this one (i.e. to maximise return), but the
overall concept is clear - we provide a service which will eventually exceed all of the customers
requirements and hence they pay for it. We find that you can make more money overall because
you have taken the risk and saved far more money for the end user than they will be spent on the
service - so it's a win-win situation. In addition, you build a special relationship with that
customer and he will turn to automatically from then on. This can be an advantage when perhaps
services are required which are beyond what you currently offer - the customer will turn to you for
advice - he becomes a partner and will proved an income stream for as long as you proved service
which is higher than he expects.
Testimonials - this really follows on from Point 2 where sister power plants have told each other
about the 'risk reversal' strategy adopted by us and have asked us to come and see them. I guess
the lesson here is that people talk to each other and pass good (and bad) information onto each
other. I know we have asked people for contacts in sister companies so that we can speak to them
and also for testimonials so that we can pass their good words onto prospective customers.
Quality of service - This is a very important point - give people more than they expect and they
will always come back.

Hopefully the above can show that some of the strategies I have learned over the years apply to any
business, not just for example, the direct marketing to consumers businesses. My company is an
engineering company, but it has customers - just the same as any other business. How you manage the
process of dealing with your customers is key to your business success.

Kind regards
Jim Fairbairn
Managing Director
Clyde Bergemann Limited
47 Broad Street
GLASGOW
G40 2QR
UK
Please visit our website http://www.clydebergemann.co.uk

483.

Jim Penrose

----- Original Message ----From: Jim Penrose

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:43 PM
Jay, here's what happened in my biz using one of your techniques:
We are a video production company and have not just survived, but
thrived over the years applying the back-end and strategic relationship
principles that we learned from Jay Abraham.
We do complete video productions for our corporate and industrial
clients. Since we have our business near Silicon Valley, we get lots of
our business from there, but in addition to high tech firms, our
clients include supermarket chains, hotels, temporary personnel
services and so on.
These complete productions can be quite expensive for the client. To
hire true professionals and use broadcast quality video and audio gear
is not cheap, so clients pay good money for our services, which range
from concept development and scriptwriting, through the shooting and
editing of the completed master. With actors, crew, editors,
scriptwriters, etc. we might have 20 or 30 people as part of the
process.
But when we first started, that was the end of the line for that job.
The client would go to a duplication facility to have video copies made
for distribution to clients, employees, or whomever. This might range
from a dozen to thousands of video copies. We realized that we'd like
a piece of that pie -- a large piece. We approached a friendly and
honest (VERY important, as some folks will try to steal the very
customers you send to them!) video duplication (only) facility and
bargained for their lowest prices on mass duplication. After that, we
were able to offer duplication as a back-end feature, and what a backend it has been! Over the last 10 years we've averaged an increase of
28% in revenue due to the duplication, and with the duplicator handling
all the work, (we just pick up from the duplicator and deliver to our
client), fully half of this has been profit that went straight to the
bottom line!
Thanks for the inspiration, Jay!
Jim Penrose
Penrose Productions
video. multimedia. results.
Since 1981 - Celebrating our 20th year!
1674 North Shoreline Blvd, #130
Mountain View, CA 94043
650-969-8273
www.penroseproductions.com

484.

Joan Jones

----- Original Message ----From: Joan Jones

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:55 AM
Type of Business: Speciality Contracting
Years in business: 21
Size of business: Seasonal - 8 to 30 employess, 1.7 M gross sales per year.
PROBLEM: I was frustrated with getting policy and procedures implemented. I am good at
seeing what needs to be done, but when I handed out the formatted paperwork to solve the
problem (along with brief instructions) - it would only get used once or twice, and then we would
be back to square one. For example, our office staff would not know the project manager hired a
new employee until his name showed up on payday! This would happen even though I told the
field people our office people needed notification - not to mention, mandatory papers needed
filled out by the employee.
SOLUTION: When I began having regular training meetings, the field and office personnel felt
more unified and started performing like a team. As a woman President working in a man's field,
I often have to be more strategic and organized to command respect.
The strategy of having training sessions enhanced my position as the leader, as well as creating
greater cohesion among our staff. And to share a very candid insight, it helped me to overcome
feelings of helplessness about improving our company. because now I had a vehicle for creating
change.

485.

Joe Pickering

----- Original Message ----From: Jo Pickering

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:38 AM
Hi Jay, Success story for The Retreat Company so far as a direct result
from PEQ and other Jay Abraham methods.
I was first introduced to your marketing methods by a dear friend,
Alvin, who had attended a December weekend seminar in London some 5
years ago. I listened to some of his tapes and he had told me some of
the vast benefits and ideas gained from the week- end. I then
purchased "Mastermind Marketing Program". tapes and books. There was
mixed results from these tapes. The positive, was listening to them
gave me a frame work of ideas that I would share or run past Alvin, who
understood your mindset, having attended the weekend. However there
was inner frustration of too little time to implement these marketing
tools, which led to a feeling that I had may have wasted money on the
tapes. They were put on the shelf to deal with later.
Over Xmas 01 We had reached a cross road with our business. Bearing in
mind we had started up two years ago with vast experience in
alternative health but little business knowledge and no capitol. As
Michael Gerber would say we were having an "entrepreneur's seizure".
Asking the universe to help, I unexpectedly received a tape from Jay's
Office via Carl Turner about the home study course- PEQ. Its timing
and content were heaven sent.
Listening to the tapes, I was relieved to hear that other business
leaders, who had received the Mastermind Tapes, had also not known how
to implement the methods and systems to effectively use Jay's ideas. I
had up till now assumed everyone else was much more organised knowing
more about business than I did, and were up and running gaining big
bucks from the concepts and I hadn't really seen any benefits because I
had not been organised enough or lack funds prevented us from putting
them into action.
I ordered the PEQ tapes and that has given The Retreat Company a guide
line, projects and systems for the next year. I feel this has helped
produce a solid business plan for future investors to the company. Now
every Tuesday evening my husband and I meet up with Alvin and his
partner to work though the videos. We discuss what we have learnt from
the lesson and the have an action plan for the week. We gain insight
from each other and from time to time, if one of us has a big decision
to make or want to review methodology and system, that person takes the
"hot seat" and we all brain storm the challenge together. The
collective mind set is so powerful. Even though we are in different
lines of business we have learnt to share concepts learn from Jay's
marketing tools. We are currently searching for a researcher to create
our core story. The biggest idea from the PEQ for us so far has been
what does the customer need before, during and after the product and
services we provide.

This has opened up a whole new set of advertisers to target both in our
magazine and our web-site. We are about to launch an on-line shop for
visitors to the Retreat Company web-site as a result of this concept
alone.
Thanks Jay and Chet. One day we will be a fine example of a UK success
story growing massively using your concepts.
Kind Regards
Jo Pickering
-The Retreat CompanyA complete service for taking "timeout" to enhance personal growth and
wellbeing.
Visit our website at: www.retreat-co.co.uk

486.

Joel Frandel

----- Original Message ----From: Joel Frankel

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:58 PM
To the Abraham Folks: Thanks for everything. My business partner and
I, both Abraham protgs, have published 2 tips booklets.
I am a member of the 3% Club and just got back from their summit in
Scottsdale, Arizona. We sold several hundred dollars worth of booklets
and that was reasonably satisfactory. The potential is incredible.
Our success is writing and publishing them. I never saw myself as a
writer, now I've done it. After Peter Thompson from the UK lectured
about tips booklets in the Toronto 3% Club Summit in March, I went
ahead and helped to write 2 of them.
See www.3percentclub.com for more information about this club.
recommended this to me last year.
Warm Regards,
Joel Frankel
Abraham Protege
650-328-2749

Jay

487.

John Bogs

----- Original Message ----From: John Bogs

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:02 AM
Hi Jay:
We used your host parasite relationship. These days I believe people
are calling it joint venture. We hooked up with other web sites that
had the same or similar visitors.
In this instance we used www.mommytips.com since our final customer
(the tween) still shops with Mom and helps spend the $'s. Based on a
mailing to their list with endorsement, we generated over a 24%
membership/subscriber request and a 15% order result. Unfortunately
the list was only 6,000 but the results were incredible.
We are currently considering a similar approach with a site that has
similar final consumer demographics (its a teen music site) that has a
list of 10 million!
I'm sure we will do a small test before we pull the trigger on the
whole list. I can let you know how it goes.
Keep bubblinnn...
John
I look forward to your case studies
www.mybubblebag.com

488.

John Butler

----- Original Message ----From: John Butler

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 2:11 PM
Dear Jay,
In December of 1999, I deposited $500 in the bank and opened up my new
company called AnySystem.com.
I purchased checks from the bank on the same day for $31, so the ending
balance of my new business bank account was $469 at the end of my first
month of operation.
The first full year in operation we sold 1.1 million dollars of product
at 24% margins, the second year $2.6 million dollars of product sold at
26% margins and this year we are on track to sell over 5 million
dollars of product at 30% margins.
Jay's concepts of:
1) The life time value of a customer and
2) Upsell and cross sell
have allow us to grow at the rate that we have over the past 2 1/2
years.
Thank you Jay!!!
Sincerely,
John Butler
President
Anysystem.com
175 Rock Road
Suite 200
Glen Rock, New Jersey
Voice:(201)444-6110
Fax:(201)447-4321
www.anysystem.com

07452

489.

John Kaminski

----- Original Message ----From: John R. Kaminski

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:16 PM
Dear Jay,
As per your request, because our chosen careers take on similar
objectives, which is "serve the customer," and to teach them look at
problems as opportunities for great learning, that with a positive
approach every challenge has an answer - it depends entirely on how we
direct our thinking.
My success comes from being involved with the concepts and methods
which are taught by Jay Abraham. All too often it is easy to lose
focus and become overwhelmed by the problems and challenges which
confronts business every day.
This is also true for anyone who interacts with those major decision
makers of any market or industry. My personal obligation to the
corporate business world is that I have to have my head on straight, I
can only do this if my thinking processes are grounded by the correct
foundation information and recrystallized and refocused on a daily
basis with reinforcement from a resource of information that I know
will work.
The benefit that I receive from Jay's material it is that I always know
he is shining the light at the end of the tunnel for me. As I continue
to learn, to put one "can do" positive thought after another I also
will be successful in assisting my clients with solving their problems
or pressing issues. My goal is to learn to hold the light at the end
of the tunnel and to be a product of your teachings. After 17 years in
the client service field each day brings with it a new challenge and
opportunity for greater learning.
It's great when you don't have an answer, then you can really enjoy the
journey of fresh learning.
Everyone who has ever reached the extreme pinnacles of success in their
chosen career have been coached, mentored, or taught by someone who
continues to be the catalyst for them to excel. Somebody pushes them
to be better than they think they can be. Because I have not yet
reached that pinnacle of success that tells me I still have more to
learn. Thanks for being one of my teachers.
The greatest complement I can give is that in my own business I will be
able to perform as trustworthy, knowledgeable, caring, and professional
as you have set the example for me to learn from. There are two phases
of life every on goes thru, and these phases keep flip-flopping, they
are: to PUSH, or Be PUSHED. Sometimes the pusher needs to be pushed
just to see things differently, or to get out of "the comfort zone"
that sneaks its way into our daily activities.

Your teachings are a constant reminder to move out beyond "my zone," to
pursue what I do not know, because that is where the FUN is.
Thanks
John R. Kaminski
P.S. Remember the Mousetrap? It has a new teammate, BUSTER.
be amazed at what BUSTER can do.

You would

490.

John Preston

----- Original Message ----From: JOHN PRESTON

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:06 AM
Jay,
There are a number of things that I have learned from your materials,
but the most powerful was offering the client something free which has
great value to them but is relatively inexpensive to you. Based on
that concept I offered free Wills to anyone who would attend one of my
Estate Planning seminars. The results were overwhelming, attendance
was standing room only.
The funny thing was very few people wanted the
the seminar because the Trust agreement was so
ended up doing about 10 Wills a month for free
estate plans with trust per month. To say the
gold mine.

will once they attended

much more superior. We
and about a hundred
least this idea was a

John Preston Attorney at Law

P.S. You need to have your Estate Plan done. If you call my office
when we can discuss it, I'll even throw in a free will if you'd like.

491.

Joseph Jones

----- Original Message ----From: Joseph Jones

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:15 AM
Jay:
A few years ago, as manager of a statewide consumer market services
group, I taught two of your concepts to my team of 15 reps for their
use with heating and cooling contractors with whom we worked in a
consulting arrangement.
First, using your advice of analyzing sales data to discover
opportunities, I taught the team to gather the contractor's sales
figures and to look for (1) overall sales peaks and valleys, (2)
product and service combination opportunities, and (3) non-competing
product offerings that the contractor could make available to their
clients. By understanding the overall sales curve, our team was able
to help the contractors tweak their sales and advertising strategies to
fill in the valleys on the curve and better utilize service and
installation crews. Our reps came up with product and service
combinations, such as twice yearly service check and duct cleaning at a
discount package price, that increased total sales for some contractors
by as much as 25%. Additionally, these combinations enabled the
contractors to fill in some of the valley sales periods, thereby
increasing the value of their labor investment. Non-competing product
offerings were a little tougher to do in the hvac business, but one
contractor who had been doing a few other contracting related types of
jobs, ended up creating separate profit centers as a result of our
suggestion to offer non-competing products.
Second, I taught our team about back-ending and host-beneficiary
relationships. True, in the hvac business you don't sell a new system
to an existing client on a frequent basis. A good system should last
15 to 20 years. So, how to back end? Most of the contractors we dealt
with did service work, but did it on a reactive basis. Our reps showed
them how to sell service contracts to their existing clients. This
gave the contractor a new revenue stream, additional opportunities to
enlarge the relationship with their clients, ask for referrals and,
potentially, offer non-competing products and services through hostbeneficiary relationships.
Approximately 20 - 30% of our contractors really worked on this concept
and while I don't have statistics to publish, I can say that their
revenues increased dramatically (as reported by them to us). Further,
these ideas increased our value to the contractors and their sales of
the products we promoted increased overall by over 16% in the first
year. That's dramatic because we measured sales in numbers of units
and our 15 person team went from 3600 units to 4200 in that year.
These sales were typically one unit at a time and only a couple hundred
were in the multiple sales category.

Thanks, Jay, for your marketing wisdom and for sharing other people's
success with us.
Joe
H. Joseph Jones
Manager, Community Services
American Electric Power
P.O. Box 1986
Charleston, WV 25327-1986
Phone: (304)348-4741
Fax: (304)348-4750

492.

K S Lim

----- Original Message ----From: K S Lim

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:59 AM
Case Study using J Abrahams technique of Risk Reversal
Prepared by K S Lim , Marketing Director , Swanmet Engineering Pte Ltd , Singapore on 12 Aug 2002.

Our company produce parts & component for a wide range of Rock Crushing Equipments. Our turnover is
US$10,000,000 per annum. We are reasonably busy but business is not fantastic.
When I first heard of the Risk Reversal Technique, I discussed it with my sales team. There were many
skeptics & some members fear that our clients will take advantage of our offer & rip us off. Our margin is
only 15% to 20% and our product quality is on par with the original parts or close to it. As we are only
selling to the secondary markets, our selling price is already very competitive. We feel we are giving good
value to our customers already & if we give 100% replacement to all customers, we may suffer losses due
to customers making unreasonable claims.
After much discussions, we decide to take the risk & we offer verbally to all existing 150 active customers
that if our product fail prematurely, we will give 100% replacement without any question asked. We kept
our fingers crossed. As it turned out, during a 3 month period, only 3 out of the 150 customers made a
claims against us. These were for mainly smaller items and they are mostly reasonably claims. The total
cost to us is less than US$ 15,000. This is against a turnover of US$2,500,000 or less than 1%. During this
period, our sales actually went up by 35%. Overall, we are mush better of with Risk Reversal.
More important, the has raised the image of our company. People now view our company as a good
progressive organization as we stand behind our product quality.

493.

Kirk Jones

----- Original Message ----From: Kirk Jones

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:12 AM
Jay,
I don't know if this will qualify as a "big enough" success story?
I was consulting for a friend that had a sandwich shop in Hermosa Beach. He was struggling to get enough
business to make a profit. I suggested he needed to "partner" with the businesses in the near area that had
"captive" audiences. So we started with all the hair salons in walking distance. We got agreements with
four shops. The shops would hand out discount coupons to all of their customers for a "special" combo
plate at the sandwich shop. The special was discounted but it allowed my friend to sell a complete meal
(sandwich, salad, drink, etc) for a "larger" sale with more profit margin. All the money is made off the
drinks and potato chips. :-)
Also, my friend would deliver the food to the salons for free.

494.

Leo Cuciz

----- Original Message ----From: Leo Cuciz

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:13 AM
Dear Jay,
I am in the web design, multimedia, programming business. I must say,
that although I feel our small company does have excellent technical
(both pre and post sale) customer support, excellent service, and
products, it seemed difficult to differentiate ourselves amongst some
of the bigger players. We knew that when a customer dealt with us,
he/she actually spoke to the actual person(s) working on their project.
I guess you could equate that to the local mechanic vs. the dealership.
Anyway, much of our business had come from client referrals, but we
could not offer the immense product lines and services a large firm had
to offer. We had to differentiate ourselves some other way. Well,
after picking up the book, 'Getting everything you can out of all
you've got', some interesting things happened.
We wanted to differentiate ourselves with tangible USP principles, so
we actually researched what our competitors were doing. The thinking
was, some of the principles in your book seem pretty basic and obvious,
so our competitors must be doing them. Boy, were we amazed! Many of
our competitors had good products and services, but they were the same
as everybody else's! There was nothing unique or differentiated about
them. For example, after reading 'Getting everything you can out of
all you've got', I realized that saying satisfaction guaranteed is not
enough. What does that mean to a customer? We adopted the adage, 'We
guarantee 100% of our work to meet the original desired goal. If you
feel unsatisfied with the result, we will change the product/service
until it meets 100% of your satisfaction - at no extra cost to you.'
In other words, we were going to make sure that client was satisfied
even if it cost us valuable programming time. Why would we do this?
Well, first of all, we felt it was good practice to make sure the
client was satisfied, even if it meant our profit margin went down.
This will hopefully guarantee a back end - another point the book
explains. Guaranteeing a back does two things: it creates a client for
many years to come, and helps to eliminate client attrition rate due to
competition. There are also many other strategies we will implement
from the book such as 'add on' or post sale services. 'Would you like
those fries super sized' is a common example McDonalds uses as an addon sale. We'll implement options like 'Would you also like a multimedia
video on your website for $X. dollars', or 'Can we create a compatible
CD-Rom to go with that web initiative that can be automatically sent to
prospective clients?' Add-ons that help your client succeed, but also
boost your bottom line.
There are so many things we learned from the book. We are hoping to
implement and apply most of them! In fact, after reading and using Jay
Abraham Materials, we have developed a whole new outlook on business.

We now call customers clients, and realize we are in the business we

are in because firstly we enjoy it, but also because we realize that
our clients' success is our success. A wonderful reciprocal business
loop to be in.
Sincerely,
Leo Cuciz
Micromax Design & Consulting
Phone: 780-604-7805
Fax: 780-401-5282
www.micromaxdesign.com
P.O. Box 152
St. Albert, Alberta
T8N 1N3

495.

Mani Padisetti

----- Original Message ----From: Mani Padisetti

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 4:40 AM
Dear Jay
We are, Mani and Maria, writing this email together:
We never met you and we never engaged you as a consultant but we learned a lot from your material.
You've had big impact on our business lives.

Mani's story:
I had several careers including Accountant and Lecturer in Marketing.
When I taught, published (my academic research) and got compliments about my marketing knowledge I
used to think I know (almost) enough about marketing. When I got introduced to Jay's material, I felt
embarrassed that I did not teach most of the simple yet powerful ideas Jay teaches.
One of the great things I liked is being honest with the customer. I never advocated otherwise but I learned
from Jay how being honest rewards.
I've written a couple of ebooks. In all the ventures (most of them are on the Internet), I seek testimonials
from a few before I start selling anything - be it the book or the consulting service.
I learned on how to write sales letters better, from people like Jay. I've never asked to be a "copywriter"
but I wrote the sales copy for my sites. Nowadays, I get requests from people who visit my sites if I can
write a sales copy for them. I was very pleased when few professional writers sent me emails on how much
they liked my sales copy on the site, when they happened to come to my site. I learned from Jay NOT to be
pushy, to share my reasons (eg. reasons for writing the book), explain in simple language (and where
relevant in $ terms), how my book or service will truly help them etc. This simplicity combined with
honesty, I was told, makes my copy interesting. I've now started to get paid for copywriting now.
I did not ask to be a Consultant either. When my subscribers and some friends on the Internet asked me for
my opinion on specific business development issues or a pricing issues, I advised them. Now, I get more
and more people asking me for advise. One of things I do in the analysis is to go to the very basic values
that I'd want to see a vendor exhibiting to me. Then make sure the solution reflects those values. I have
not made a lot of money yet but what I learned from Jay influenced my thinking and am going in the right
way to make better life for my customers and money - both financially and otherwise.

Maria's Story
My husband, Mani, and I started the IT services business this year. We specialize in computer networking
- Building and maintaing LANs, WANs etc. and we focus on SMEs.
Risk Reversal (100% money back guarantee) :
There are a lot of computer technicians in Sydney, Australia. Several of them have their own "computer
repair business" for the SME market. They also offer to look after the Network. I found that they don't
really look after their customers.

In the early stages, we applied one of the principles I learnt from Jay "adapt what you can from other
industries". Typically, larger IT service providers offer Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for the
Corporate customers. The SLAs usually, from my experience, was "we will respond [typically with a
phone call] to a fault in 4 hours and attend to it in 48 hours". We offered to attend to the fault in 3-hours
and (like Dominos) if we don't then we offered to fix the problem for free. We started using this guarantee
as one of our selling points.
But this was not right. One day, our Engineer was at a customer site. He found more than one problem
with one of their computers that broke down. He mentioned that to the Manager there, they asked the
Engineer if we could it take it, fix it and bring it back later. This was a computer a staff in the customer site
was using. Obviously not having a computer for a day or so was not such a handicap for that customer, as
we thought. We got that confirmed during our informal research with other customers.
Then we realised that the guarantee we were giving was unimportant to the customer in this market.
We needed something unusual and special. After doing a some research, we found out that typically the IT
service providers seek annual maintenance contracts. With the annual contracts, the customers are "locked
in" for one year. Based on "risk reversal" idea, we started offering annual contracts "that can be cancelled
any time". If the customer cancels the contract for any reason, we offered not only to pay the customer
back for the unused period but also an additional amount as a penalty for not keeping them happy. This
guarantee works very well. If nothing else, it brings such a high credibility to our offer and to us as a
company. Thank you Jay.
We realise there is a risk of customer canceling the contract any time. We give them more value than what
they pay for. For instance, we do free audits, we give them extra discounts, we put them in touch with
some of the suppliers that we use for office products etc. etc. As we start giving more and more value for
the money they pay, they have no reason to leave us. Of course, we started this business only in the
beginning of this year, so I don't have the story to tell for one full year contract.
However I can say that this is the reason why we are in the process of pursuing an account that is worth
around A$400,000 per annum. Since we are a new player in the market large companies (like this
particular prospective client) hesitate to give us business. This risk-reversal technique along with monthly
payments instead of an upfront payment for our annual IT support contract eliminates any risk and makes it
easier for the customer to buy from us.

Testimonial Marketing:

I have collected testimonials from almost all our clients to date. Some
I have asked for and others gave it to us without asking. I use them
in sales presentations and in all my proposals.
I also include phone numbers in the testimonials so that a prospective client can do a reference check if
they like.

This has worked like magic!! My conversion rate has been soo good!!
I guess this is also because we come highly recommended in the first
place.
Back-end sales: One of the products that we have started selling to existing customers and new is a Contact
Management System by the name of GoldMine. This product aligns well with our vision to help
businesses manage their information efficiently and effectively. It has worked well so far. This has nice
margin. So, we use this for back end sales.

Test, test, and test: Even though we have not done any marketing other than word of mouth as yet, I test
and measure everything else that I do. Example, what works in a proposal, what testimonials are most
effective etc.
To sum things up, the revenue has gone from nothing to approx. $100,000 in 4 months.

496.

Nicholas Paulus

----- Original Message ----From: Nicholas Paulus

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 10:16 AM
Hi,
I'm Nicholas Paulus of Catapult Network, based in the Channel Islands,
UK.
I attended an Abraham seminar in Birmingham 5 years ago. Out of the
long series of recommendations, there was one about pricing. What is
the maximum price you can charge a customer?
I'm in the consulting business, after 25 years of successful
turnarounds. I'm now consulting and coaching business unit managers
and their teams to increase their global performance, and more
specifically boost profitable growth.
I was charging them 3 years ago something like USD 1,500 a day, which
is a very reasonable fee for the measurable quality they were getting.
The year after, as they were excited about my input, methodology and
impact on their results, I increased my fee to USD 2,000 per day. This
year, I am charging USS 2,500, and no one has ever asked me to reduce
my fee or get any kind of discount whatsoever.
The maximum price you can charge a customer for a product or a service
is the maximum price he is ready to pay, meaning that your added value
has to be clearly identified and measured.
Nick

497.

Phill Coxon

-----Original Message----From: Phill Coxon

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:38 PM
Anyone who operates a commercial website has learned the cold hard
truth of online marketing - it is not the instant gold mine that many
believe.
In fact, online success relies just as much on successful marketing
strategies as any "brick and mortar" store.
Our company owns a number of websites selling consumer health products.
With an initial turnover of approximately $50,000, we began to apply
Jay Abraham marketing principals in a scientific and consistent manner.
Over a twelve month period Jay's marketing techniques boosted our sales
to over $750,000 with hundreds of new websites competing against us.
This success is largely due to the literal translation of Jay's "realworld" marketing strategies and techniques into the online world. For
example - focusing on the three ways to grow a business - increasing
the number of customers, increasing the average sale value and
increasing the frequency of purchase.
One of the key factors in our huge growth lay in Jay's process of
continuous testing and measuring. We regularly changed elements on our
websites - for example; a new headline, improved copy, or better a
offer - and then closely monitor sales over the following days to
measure impact. By doing this we soon discovered what our target
marketplace wanted and identified what worked best. And the more we
tested changes, the more our sales increased accordingly.
Often the smallest changes can yield very surprising and significant
results and without a scientific testing process it would be impossible
to determine what caused the increase or decrease in sales. At one
point we changed a headline and orders from that website instantly
increased by 20%.
Other Jay strategies successfully applied to our websites included:
Risk reversal - our customers could buy knowing that they were
protected by a risk free guarantee. If, within 7 days of purchasing
from our website, they found the same product at a cheaper price, we
would refund them twice the difference. And if the product failed to
give the desired results after 3 months, we would refund every cent.
Over thousands and thousands of orders, only 3 customers ever took us
up on our guarantee and sales went up.
Cross selling strategies. When customers purchased from our websites,
they immediately receive an email thanking them and offering a special
offer on products from our other websites. This boosted sales on one
website by 50%.

Applying Jay Abraham's marketing strategies to our websites resulted in

massive growth and has kept us well ahead of our competitors.
We absolutely recommend that any business, online or offline, apply
Jay's strategies to boost sales massively, develop massive customer
loyalty and enjoy increased profitability.
Thanks Jay!
Phill Coxon
Performance Based Marketing Ltd
Christchurch, New Zealand.
You have full permission to use this testimonial any way you want.

498.

Platinum Edge

----- Original Message ----From: Platinum Edge

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 11:25 PM
I own a business called Platinum Edge. It's a business consulting company with a staff size of three. My
target market consists of small and medium sized businesses mainly in the retail and service industries with
an annual turnover of between $1million and $10million.
I used to get the bulk of my business from direct-mailing and referrals. Learning from Jay that it's crucial
to build my business on multiple pillars, I started to promote my business recently in the newspapers.
Knowing the importance of testing and measuring, I put an ad for a free seminar in the classifieds that cost
me $50 per insertion. The ad ran for about eight times. On average, it generated about 3 enquiries each
time. However, they were not qualified leads. I did not get any business from it. Therefore, I deduced
from the test that classifieds did not work for my business.
Last week, I decided to test a display ad in the main section of the paper. I wrote it as an advertorial.
Instead of putting "FREE SEMINAR" in the headline, I changed it to "It's Easy To Grow Your Business
Now".
Within the first three days of its publication, I received 37 calls. Best of all, I got two sales so far from this
exercise. The ad cost me $700 but my revenue was $54,960. In other words, my ROI is a spectacular
7,851%. Just testing the position and the headline of the ad, my business enjoys an incredible leverage.
Jay's idea of testing and measuring is in fact an insurance policy that we can get for our business. If we
lose, we lose small. But when we win, we win it big.
"My statement is true and provable and you have my permission to use my testimonial
in your promotion and marketing endeavours."

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499.

Roger Fung

----- Original Message ----From: Fung, Roger

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:35 PM
Hi Jay,
Here is one idea I got from you a few years back. I was a restaurant manager then at a small Chinese
restaurant in the Northwest. We are located in a small town, where "everybody" knows your name. Over
60% of our business came from repeat customers. However, we've never captured any of the customers'
contact information. Well, a good way to get people's info is to invite them to a party.
Instead of spending a lot of cash, I looked at what I have in abundance, namely food. So, for a month, I
had my waitresses asking all the regulars who come in to add their name to the mailing list to be included
in the party. Since we are inviting them to a party, they are more than happy to give us all the contact info
we needed. We then audited the list and made sure we had most of the regulars we remembered.
I then when to all the merchants near the restaurant. I asked them if they would like some free advertising
to 300 of my best customers. The best thing for them is that I didn't charge these merchants any fees for
this advertising. The only requirement is one or two gifts from their shop (like excess inventory) that they
are willing to give away. Big or small, high or low value, it didn't matter.
Then on the day of the party, which is free for all the customers and these merchants, we auctioned off all
these excess inventories we collected. All the proceeds went to two local nursing homes.
After all said and done, what happened?
For the customers, they got a free party. They got a flavor of all the downtown merchants at once. If they
"bought" anything, the money when to charity. Since we could only fit 300 people in the restaurant, we
had to turn some people away. Those who came felt honored to be the "special" people.
For the merchants, they got free advertising in front of good paying customers. Some of the donated items
are gift certificates, meaning they might have made money by upselling when the customers redeemed the
gifts. They got credit for donating to charity, with stuffs that they couldn't sell (no additional cash outflow)
anyway. Most of them brought middle to high end stuff, because they didn't want to look bad in front of
other merchants.
For us, we didn't have to pay a dime for all the gifts. We became the "movers and shakers" of the
community in networking the town. We got tons of kudos for donating all proceeds to the nursing home.
Oh, we also kept the wet bar open that night, which meant drinkers had to pay for their alcohol. The profit
from the bar was more than enough to cover all the food cost. In fact, we had a profit from that night.
We had some of the favorite dishes people loved. We also experimented with a few new dishes that we
were considering adding to the menu. So, we got a free market research night, by seeing which dishes had
left over and which didn't. Our local merchants and my own suppliers were asking to do it again, because it
was a fun and non-cash advertising for them. We had created such a buzz that those who were turned away
or had other engagements came in a week later to sign up for the next party. The party was held before
Christmas, 6 months after the party, customer were still talking about the party. In the February following
the party, we had the first profitable February. In most restaurants, we lose money in the winter months
and hope to make enough in the summer months to come out in the black, with February as one of the
worst month. In the year following the party, we were profitable every month.

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All these only cost me time and efforts to pull it off. What we did was leveraged off what other people had,
let them win, expanded the pie together instead of fighting for the same-sized pie. I was more than willing
to pay for the food cost, but in the end, I didn't have to pay for anything.
We didn't create a million dollar venture, but just a small win for a small business. Hope this helps.
Roger

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500.

Sean Conley

----- Original Message ----From: Sean Conley

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:20 PM
HERE IS MY STORY.
I RUN A PREMIUM LINE TELEPHONE INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
WHERE CUSTOMER RING FOR SPECIALISED INFORMATION.
IM AM A NOVICE IN BUSINESS YEARS AND IN FACT THIS IS MY FIRST PROPER
BUSINESS FROM A PURELY ENTREPRENEURIAL (IDENTIFY A NEED AND FILL IT)
STANDPOINT. BUT I RUN IT USING CERTAIN SPECIFIC JAY ADOPTED PRINCIPLES
AND PHILOSOPHIES.
I CONTINUALLY TEST DIFFERENT ADS. I TEST, TEST AND TEST, I KEY EVERY
SINGLE AD AND NOTE ALL STATISTICS, I TEST DIFFERENT HEADLINES AND HAVE
PULLED AS MUCH AS 400% JUST BY CHANGING THE HEADLINE.
I ALSO HAVE NOTICED IF I TAKE OUT CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE TERM
"RECORDED MESSAGE" MY RESULTS FALL BY 300%. WHICH I THINK IS BECAUSE
CUSTOMER FEAR TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN SOME INSTANCES.
I HAVE MANAGED FROM A VERY LIMITED CAPITAL TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS FROM NO EXPERIENCE JUST BY TESTING SMALL AND WAITING UNTIL I
HAVE PROFITABLE PUBLIC RESPONSE THEN I ROLL OUT NATIONALLY.
HUMAN NATURE BEING IMMUTABLE AND REPLICABLE. I CAN ALWAY GAUGE A
NATIONWIDE RESPONSE FROM MY SMALL LOCALISED TESTING OF AROUND 55/60%
NATIONALLY ON AVERAGE.
I FOUND THE QUICKER I TEST THE QUICKER I FIND THE KEY TO UNLOCKING MORE
PROFITS NATIONALLY.
IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE I HAVE GAIN 220 MORE PAYING CUSTOMERS, SIMPLY BY
TESTING AND NEVER HAVING THE GALL TO PREDICT WHAT THE PUBLIC WANT
WITHOUT THEM TELLING ME THEMSELVES THROUGH MY LOCAL TESTS.
KEYING EVERYTHING AND CHANGING ONLY ONE THING AT A TIME IS THE METHOD I
USE.
WITH THE PHILOSOPHY THAT CUSTOMERS ARE YOUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET. I
LOOK AT MY CUSTOMERS AS FRIENDS WHO I WANT TO GIVE 10 TIMES THE VALUE
THEY GIVE ME AND WHAT I GIVE OUT WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK MANYFOLD.
I BELIEVE BY BECOMING A EXPERT IN THE AREA OF TESTING ALONE. I CAN
GUARANTEE DUPLICITY OF RESULTS WITHOUT TAKING VIRTUALLY ANY RISKS WITH
MY CAPITAL.
ALL I CAN SAY, IS JAY AS TAUGHT ME, ONLY RESULTS COUNTS, THE COLD HARD
FACTS, NOT GUESSWORK AND IT HAS GIVEN ME A INNER CONFIDENCE THAT IM NOW
BREAKING THROUGH INTO MARKETS WHICH I HAD ABSOLUTLY NO EXPERIENCE IN.

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EVEN WHEN I HAVE A WINNING AD I KEEP TESTING FOR A NEW CONTROL IN SMALL
AREAS UNTIL I PULL A BETTER RESPONSE THEN I JUST REPLACE THE OLD
CONTROL WITH THIS NEW CONTROL ADVERTISEMENT NATIONALLY.
I WRITE MY ADVERTISEMENTS ALWAY WITH A HEADLINE, I WRITE IF ADDRESSING
ONE SPECIFIC PERSON AND I NEVER TRY TO SELL ANYTHING, I ONLY TRY TO
POINT OUT THE MAIN BENEFITS AND IM NEVER PUSHY OR FLASH WITH LITTLE
HARDSALESMANSHIP PLOYS IT JUST DOESNT WORK.
I TRY TO APPEAL TO THE CUSTOMERS LOGICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY
WITH SINCERITY I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE WHAT WORK FOR ME BEST.
I HOPE MY STORY MAY ENCOURAGE SOME ENTREPRENUERS TO TEST MORE!
MR SEAN CONLEY
K M DIRECT
UNITED KINGDOM

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501.

J. Moore

JM Electronic Engineering, Inc.

P.O. Box 397
Round Rock, TX 78680
Phone: 512-244-1313
Fax: 512-244-1524
Website: jmee.com
August 15, 2002
Jay L. Abraham
27520 Hawthorne Blvd, 2nd Floor
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
Dear Mr. Abraham;
Jay, I have been following you so long I dont even remember. I have followed your
excellent and brilliant suggestions for years.
I have a collection of your Newsletters (great information in each) most of all I remember
the USP. Works great. Then the tapes, twelve of them I believe. The great ten business
multipliers, then comes the Abraham 101. I am sure I have missed several in between.
But last and not least is : Ultimate Market Domination Report and the Workshops.
We began our Workshop #1 on October9, 2001 (I just realized that was a few weeks after
9/11). We have just competed our Workshop #32. They have done wonders for our
company.
We began with five of our key people (Directors we call them). We are meeting at a
nearby hotel meeting room for lunch each week on Monday. This allows privacy and no
interruptions. At our first workshop we ask for each director to list his goals in writing
and we set up our Action Plan of Twelve Competencies and Eight Drivers.
We had setup a separate installatin department for our Fire Protection business and set
our goal to book $500,000 in business in this new department in the first six months. I
am pleased to say that in May 2002 (6 months) we broke that barrier. This puts our total
business on the road for 2 to 3 Million this year.
There is no question, our workshops have contributed greatly to our success. We
carefully planned each meeting with a detailed agenda. We started with Time
Management, then Planning, Policies a& Procedures, then Strategies & Tactics and right
on down the line until we had covered all twelve categories.

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Then we did a review of what each director thought we had accomplished. We all felt it
had been very very successful. So, we started over, as recommended. We tried to
implement new ideas this go around. We inserted some other successful approaches,
such as having manufacturers reps at our meetings to demonstrate and describe new and
existing products. This has worked well and allowed us to expand into new areas of our
business, such as Access Control and CCTV.
One very useful procedure we added to our meetings was to have a current update in
writing (spreadsheet) on all installation jobs that were booked. This allowed us to see the
progress and planned schedule and to discuss same.
Success of our programs was such that we have had to add in the last nine month to our
original number of twelve technical people as follows:

Four new installation technicians

One new CAD drawing operator
One new installation foreman
One new quote & layout man

During this time we have expanded our service and inspection business into two new
areas of operation and added area managers for those areas. In the meantime our
company has become U.L. Listed (one of only tow UL companies in the Austin, Texas
area).

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Frank Oppedisano

----- Original Message ----From: Frank Oppedisano

To: Jay Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:49 PM

Dear Mr. Abraham:

Many thanks for inviting us in your recent e-mail regarding the overwhelming response
to the invitation you gave your many fans and readers on how they applied your methods
in marketing and attracting new business.
In marketing our product if there is any difficulty in meeting with a professional client,
we would offer to pay their hourly rate to meet with us. And we would only stay 14
minutes. (We dont pick 13 minutes because some people may be superstitious to that
number, we dont want to create any negative feelings. And we dont pick 15 because
everybody says 15 minutes. Its important to be as different as you possibly can to
separate yourself from the rest.
We enter their office with polite talk, set our watch for 14 minutes. During those 14
minutes we offer several good ideas on how our services can help them. At precisely the
14 minute mark we would thank them for their time, start collecting our presentation
material and in a friendly unassuming way say, If you would like to tell me a little about
yourself and your business, and how you got started, or if you have any questions, I can
stay a little longer if you would like. Who doesnt like to talk about themselves? What
started as a 14 minute meeting, has very often become an hour or more. This low
pressure approach has won many clients. It shows that we respect their time and that we
are a serious businesss. It has also allowed us to become consultants and not sales
people. And when we offered to pay their hourly rate, no one has ever taken the check.
I hope my contribution can help someone. A world of thanks for being our mentor and
generous offer of your 867 page collection of case studies.
Respectfully your,
Frank Oppedisano
3740 98th Street
Corona, NY 11368185

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