Book Reviews: Business, Marketing & Persuasion Books

Reviews of business, marketing, and persuasion books with my personal recommendations on which ones to buy and which ones to avoid.

Book Review: One Simple Idea

by Ryan M. Healy on February 21, 2012

In 2011, I re-read The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. Except this time, I was intentional about taking action on some of the recommendations in the book. One of the recommendations was to buy and read One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work by Stephen Key. [...]



How to Break Through Writer's Block and Write Winning Ads
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New Book Explores the Hidden Power of Context

by Ryan M. Healy on January 11, 2012

If you enjoyed reading Cialdini’s Influence, Ariely’s Predictably Irrational, or Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner, then chances are you’ll enjoy the new behavioral psychology book Situations Matter by Sam Sommers. Situations Matter explores how our behavior is shaped by circumstance. For example: In one situation, we may be proactive; but in a similar situation with [...]



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