It’s early Saturday and I’ve already received two condolence calls about my book.
I asked everyone on my Success Hotline (973.743.4690) and this blog to buy my book (How To Have Fun Without Failing Out: 430 Tips from a College Professor) in the hopes that it would get to #1 on Amazon.Com.
It didn’t get to #1.
It didn’t even come close.
Here’s my book’s rating history on Amazon . . .
April 23: #717,197
Wednesday: #414,514
Thursday: #92,763
Friday: (at 7:26 PM): #726
Eventually the book got to 665.
Oh, the condolence calls . . . they wanted to know if I was upset.
UPSET???
I’m elated!!! No, I’m ELATED!!!
Here I am with no advertising budget, no public relations agency, no ads in the media, no book reviews yet, etc. . . .
All I had was my phone and my computer.
Wait a second . . . I don’t want your pity.
But that’s not ALL I had . . .
I had the most important thing anyone can have: A NETWORK OF FRIENDS!
In other words, I had YOU. And you helped me. THANK YOU.
Please reread yesterday’s blog about Joe Girard’s “Law of 250.”
You have this hidden power too: your friends, your family, your professional colleagues, your relatives, etc. . . .
With your network, you have a great deal more power than you realize.
I don’t know how Amazon.Com works. I’m only beginning to learn how to sell my book.
All I know is that in Amazon rating #717,197 is not great and 665 is totally remarkable!
#665 is a lot closer to #1 than it is to #717,197!
So I didn’t get to #1. WRONG!
I didn’t get to #1 yet!
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you’ll be among the stars.”
Thank you,
Rob Gilbert
P.S. Remember: I’m one of your 250!
