In this video, he describes how we aren’t capitalizing on our resources. Made me think.. are we persuading as well as we could?

This video asks the question “Can you go corporate without losing your soul?” It explores some of the advertising and influence industry’s giants through the lens of the greatest persuader of them all; P.T. Barnum. As it turns out he never said, “There is a sucker born every minute”. Hear why you think he did, hear how Joan Jett’s career was launched by the man who launched it, hear from the creator of the Marlboro man and from the greatest pitchman alive today as well as one of the greatest Texas hold’em players to sit at the poker table. These men have been in the business for decades and have learned valuable things about creating perceptions to turn a profit

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Yea!!! Go team!

Thanks to eveyone reading this blog who participated in our viral campaign to promote the book

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Cialdini is a scientist, and works in academia and our paths were not likely to cross.

So it was a pleasent surprise to hear my freind Donna Fox talk about Cialdini, an interview, and his new book.

I jumped at the chance to be the videoographer (I held a small camera) and be present for the interview.

From that, Donna connected me with the publisher of YES! and we set up http://Yes50book.com

Here’s a link to the video interview from Donna Fox

Dr. Cialdini and I will be taking your questions and discussing his latest book Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

Today, we use the net to promote books and authors, and increase the speed at which we can spread a meme or new idea. I’d like to show you exactly what we do, and give you a chance to see how easy it is to increase your own online reputation and results

Step 1 was this site. As soon as I heard that Cialdini had a new book coming out, I registerd a name and started telling some friends. At first, we were just going to have 4 people share a one day event with their mailing lists, but soon, others started asking about the book and the project.. wanting in on the action.

Thats where we decided to take a better approach. As students of Influence, and the Law of Reciprocity, we know that genuine gifts work far better than a one time bribe for building a relationship. So I put the requirement on anyone offering a FREE GIFT that it had to be for everyone that visits this site.. not just book buyers.

Sometimes, and author is so anxious to meet sales goals that they forget why they wrote the book in the first place. No Dr. Cialdini. He’s in this field for the long haul, and agreed to let us promote this book without any forced buying of this book.

Of course, it helps that the book is one that you will want to buy and read.

Our teleseminar/webcast will be open to anyone that wants to learn more about the book. Once you register, we send you the codes and let you submit any questions you have about persuasion, influence, selling online and offline, marketing and the book. You can attend the program live via your computer or any phone, plus there will be a recorded replay available after the event.

There’s no tricks here. Yes, we do ask for your email address, but have restricted the mailing list. You won’t be seeing a lot of offers, just an occasional update about this site, and you are welcome to opt out if you dn’t want to hear from us (there is a one click link in the email we send)

You will be eligible to receive Dr. Cialdini’s “Influence at Work” newsletter with more of the kind of articles that make up the 50 chapters of the book. You’ll get a notice and invitation from his office with a FREE report.

You can promote yourself, your business, or your book

This is the first of several posts about how we do things. Next up will be a summary of our Facebook program, how we spread a new idea using Twitter and social media and blogs. I suggest you subscribe to your RSS feed or return here over the next few days to watch. Each step will take a few minutes, and you can do this yourself for your own business.

One more way to build your reputation is with comments. Just click on the comment button at the end of this post (or any post your read) and let us know what you think. No need to write an essay, but do reference the post, your experience with Incluence and how you use these princples.

Almost like magic, a buzz starts around the net when you participate in blogs and comment. The blogosphere (all the blogs) is filled with community minded folks, they watch the comments on their blogs, visit your web site or blog and share what you have with their readers.

This is real influence with thought leaders, so be careful not to come off as SPAM. Post your real opinions. Write a fresh sentence or two, DO NOT cut and paste comments.

Go aheads, try it now. 93% percent of readers miss this opportunity.. so you will be noticed.

When he heard about the problems we had getting Dr. Cialdini on for Wednesday night, he offered to post the call for us.

We are confirming a time in early July to talk with Dr. Cialdini and answer your questions, in the mean time, enjoy this recording, and watch for more influence and persuasion training resources here.Technorati Tags: cialdini interview, influence and persusion, mitch axelrod, new game

Dr. Cialdini Reveals “Three Lost Distinctions” of Influence

My friend Mitch Axelrod is the author of the game-changing book,

The NEW Game of Business. He is a powerful speaker and athought leader who makes distinctions
that will rock your world.

In this conversation, Mitch asks Dr. Cialdini to reveal the

“Three Lost Distinctions” from his work Instant Influence. 

He also shares a dozen different ways to be more persuasive 

and influence with integrity from his new book,

YES! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be More Persuasive

Listne to Dr. Cialdini and read Mitch’s eye-opening white paper,

“Real Influence is S.C.A.R.C.E.What’s Your I.Q. [Influence Quotient]?”

at  Mitch’s Blog 

You don’t want to miss this conversation.

We will reschedule, and post here shortly

We regret any inconvenience

Be sure to fill in the form to the right to get priority announcments

UPDATE: The call is on for July 9th

Dr. Cialdini has agreed to take questions from our readers.

Since there will be hundreds of people live on the call, we need to have your questions posted in writing.

What do you want to know for the leading expert on Influence?

Do you have a question about the new book? Those will get preferential treatment, but we hope to answer them all.

You can post a comment here, or use the live interface when you sign up using the form to the right.

Sign up now to get the private URL and dial in instructions by email.

The call is FREE, but you have to register to attend and get access to the recording.

Many other less successful marketers say they’ve studied the principles, but when you look at their approach, you find they just steal a few ideas a “tricks”

While the “tricks” may work in the short run, the long term effects “faking it” will be a bad reputation and financial loss.

Joe Lavery and Corey Lewis did a program aimed at showing how to use the principles right when selling on the Internet. Their program is called
Instant Internet Influence and sells for $37.

When they saw the new YES book, they approached me to sell you the course. It took one word for me to explain why I said NO. “Reciprocity”

Our goal here is to provide real gifts or training for people serious about studying influence, so I told them that they need to practice what they preach and give you the full course free.

Smart guys.. they said YES!

You can download the complete course at http://instantinternetinfluence.com/vol2_dl.html That page will have a headline “Congraulations on your purchase” but don’t worry.. you aren’t buying it. You can scroll past the signups (unless you’d like to make money with them) and download two files plus some bonus materials.

Our FREE GIFT to you.

Here’s what’s included in the 82 minute audio course:

• How to use instant internet influence tactics to build your list durring Giveaway events.
• How a ONE-TIME-Offer can exponentially incrase your bottom line profits and turn losing campaigns to instant winners
• How easy it is to turn “freebie seeking tire kickers” into a passive montly income
• How you (as an affiliate) can piggy-back on other people’s credibility and drastically increase your comissions on every product you decide to promote.
• How to get your New subscribers to instantly love you and stay subscribed forever.
• How to use recorded phone calls to build rapport and loyalty with your new subscribers.
• The #1 Golden Rule of Joint Venturing, and how to make sure you always have success promoting your Joint Venture partners
• The #1 conversion tactic found by Joe Lavery: conversion expert.
• How to recognize trends, and position yourself to reap massive profits.
• How to survey your users for an endless supply of questions to answer and never bust your brain trying to think of what to write in your newsletter.
• Using voice broadcasts to drive massive traffic to any website you want and instantly see HUGE conversion rates.
• Tthe single most persuasive method of communicating with your subscribers.
• How to identify influence tactics when they are being used on you.
• How sharing “cool stuff” with your list can make you an easy monthly income.
• Secrets to getting your customers to fund your targeted direct mail campaigns…and love you in the process.
• Making BIG BIG PROFITS by making your offers relevant and congruent.
• Using Dime Sale Tactics & recurring paypal billing to build a reliable monthly income.
• How to set up a positive frame of reference for your users to view you in.
• How to get your New subscribers to instantly love you and stay subscribed forever.
• How to apply one simple test to make sure you get high conversion rates each time someone subscribes to your list, or registers for a bonus
• Using Other people’s credibily to increase your Front end and Back end Conversion rates and
• How to build a rapport with your email subscribers using basic (even ugly) online video.
• 2 books you SHOULD read (if you don’t you’re silly).
• quick copy tricks that increase credibility.
• And many more money making secrets like these…

We are posting FREE GIFTS here from friends and fans of Dr. Robert Cialdini. There is no cost or obligation to get this material.

We are following the Law or Reciprocity as described in Dr. Cialdini’s book Influence and giving freely with no strings attached, knowing that we may never hear from you again.

We hope you will consider the training, products and services offered by our partners. We are all in business and are motivated to do good work. We know that those that want to become clients will find out about us.

We know the principles taught by Cialdini and others work. We have used them ourselves and encourage you to get the new book with 50 usable ideas.. ways you can be more persuasive.

The book is on sale at Amazon now