Friends--I wanted to send an update on how the February 5th Book Launch Effort is going for Zero to One Million.
One week in, we have 367 members of the Facebook Group and 7 reviews on Amazon. We have secured commitments from some very well known authors and online marketers like Keith Baxter, Carlos Garcia, and Cindy Turrietta to mail to their newsletter lists on February 5th, but I still need your help.
If you have a free moment, here are SIX things you can do to help right now:
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS: If you have not yet, would you go to the group at http://www.facebook.com/gr oup.php?gid=7159607369 and invite your friends interested in entrepreneurship and social change by clicking on the 'Invite People to Join' link.
CONNECT WITH INFLUENCERS: If you have any friends who have blogs or send email newsletters to an audience of entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, small business owners, or web marketers, would you connect me with them via email so that I can ask them for their support or forward information about the book to them? My email is ryan[at]icontact.com.
REACH OUT TO PROFESSORS: If you are in school and have professors of business or entrepreneurship, would you email them a link to the book and inquire if they'd like to receive a free copy of the book for their review for consideration for use in their classes. If they'd like to receive a free review copy of the book you or they can email me at ryan[at]icontact.com with the address to send it to
BUY IN BULK: If you are part of an organization that can buy copies in bulk for distribution to your members, please email me at ryan[at]icontact.com for details.
If you have any advice on anything else I can do to help promote the book launch on February 5th, please do email me.
Updated Book Tour Schedule
Also, I have an updated College Tour Schedule for the Spring Semester that I wanted to share. Many of these events are with the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour. Here are the schools I'll be speaking at in the next 90 days:
February 5 - Green River College, Kentucky February 12 - Ohio State University February 13 - St. Louis University February 25 - George Washington University February 26 - Fairmont State University, West Virginia March 13 - Metropolitan College of Denver March 26 - Northwest State Community College, Ohio March 27 - Iowa Western Community College April 2 - Oklahoma State University April 8 - University of Wisconsin Parkside April 9 - University of Nevada Las Vegas April 10 - Cochise University, Arizona April 11 - University of Texas El Paso April 17 - Columbus State University, Georgia April 18 - Michigan Technological University April 22 - York Technical College, South Carolina
I'm also in talks with Boston College, Juniata College, and Quinnipiac University to speak this semester or next and hope it will work out. If you'd like me to come to your school just send me an email and I'll reply with details.
Sincerely--thank you very much for your assistance. I want you to know that this effort is not about me--it's about a passionate desire to change the world, raise money to reduce poverty in developing nations by improving access to education, technology, and healthcare, and share what I've learned while building iContact about entrepreneurship, opportunity evaluation, raising investment, venture capital, web marketing, product development, business planning, finding partners, building a sales team, management, hiring and retaining superstars, organizational behavior, and scaling a business with anyone that wants to learn while spreading a message of entrepreneurial possibility.
I'll be in touch again next week. Mark your calendars to buy your copy on February 5th!
