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1 comments about Mining Explained: Discovery, Extraction, Refining, Marketing, Investing.

1. This is much more than a geology book. The text has great info on evaluating mining management teams, drill results, and investment potential. Although I work in the financial industry, I found the book easy to read, yet with sufficient detail to convey essential material to help us tailor our precious metals investment portfolios.
   
   The first half of the book covers prospecting, drill results, processing ore, building a mine, and environmental issues. The remainder is dedicated to evaluating mining operators, the business of mining, feasibility studies and the metals market investing strategies.
   
   The book is filled with interesting pictures, diagrams, and charts. I searched far and wide and have not been able to find a text with similar breath and factual content. Even after the first reading many years ago I continue to refer back to it while researching new investment choices for my clients. I have given many copies away over the years and certainly will continue this tradition with the new updated 10th edition. 5 STARS

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4 comments about First 100 Days of Selling: A Practical Day by Day Guide to Excel in the Sales Profession.

1. Jim's guide to selling makes me feel like I could close any deal I pursue. No matter what your product is, I suspect each reader will take much away from Jim's lessons.
   
   Easy to read, yet filled with many valuable strategies, this is the perfect tome for the beginner sales rep or veteran business executive.



2. First 100 Days of Selling is a day by day guide to help new salespeople build their sales career. The book is structured as five work day lesson with 2 weekends "Mantra". The first two weeks begins by asking salespeople to "Know Yourself", and then "Know What You Have and Have to DO". The following 10 weeks teaches sales techniques from networking, prospecting, appointment and the psychology of selling. The last two weeks talk about proposal, closing, and referral.
   Although this book is written for salespeople to jump start their sales career, I think employers will benefit more by using this books to guide their new salespeople. Most day is a simple 1 to 2 page read and teach one single concept or technique of selling. I can see this book will help the employers/managers life a bit easier when they hire a new salespeople.



3. It doesn't matter if this is your first 100 days or you've been selling for years, Jim's lessons are a must for anyone who makes a living selling. After reading the First 100 Days of Selling myself, I ordered a copy for each member of my team. Great stuff.



4. 
   I liked this book. It brought back memories of the two years that I worked as a sales rep. Basically what I did for a living for those two years was written in this book. And I thought it was well written, too. If you are going to be a sales rep and be responsible for finding prospects, developing rapport with prospects, converting them into sales, and then repeating the process over and over, then I recommend you give this book a read. It has the following 10 chapters:
   
   1. Knowing yourself and influencing others
   2. Knowing what you have and have to do
   3. Networking
   4. Prospecting
   5. Appointments
   6. The psychology of selling face-to-face and over the phone
   7. Proposals
   8. Closing
   9. Referrals
   10. Next steps to success
   
   There is no rocket science involved in being a traditional HARD WORKING sales rep. I don't particularly recommend anyone earn a living doing that kind of work. It's generally not good for the wasteline nor particularly fulfulling, but it is a living.
   
   I think the chapter titles above tell you what the book actually covers. So I won't go into the specifics of the book. 4 stars!

1 comments about Six Sizzling Markets: How to Profit from Investing in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Korea, and Mexico.

1. Foreign investment in today's global economy is indeed tricky business. Though the opportunity for high profits exists--as evidenced by the billions of foreign direct investment per year--these same emerging markets are fraught with risk and uncertainty, of which investors many well-developed nations are virtually unaccustomed.
   
   In "Six Sizzling Markets: How to Profit From Investing in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Korea and Mexico" (Wiley 2008) finance and investment thoughtleader Pran Tiku explores six of the fastest growing markets in the global economy, in a book no savvy investor ought to be without. Incorporating deep historical analysis, contemporary trends and the "Eight Tenets of Growth" Tiku outlines the driving forces behind today's emerging economies--and shows investors of all levels how to reap the profits.
   
   Weighing demographics, economic performance, technology, open trade, infrastructure development, transparency legal systems, education, and financial policies, Tiku concludes each market analysis by examining the nation's most promising industries, as well as the individual companies that are poised to sustain long-term economic growth. With a host of exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and analysis of various indexes, "Six Sizzling Markets" blends the hard data of an economist with the insight and perspective of a historian--making it a balanced, informative, easy-to-read guide on investing in developing markets.
   
   Pran Tiku, Principal and founder of Peak Financial Management, Inc., in Waltham, Massachusetts, has been providing clients with expert investment analysis for over twenty-five years--the last four of which he was recognized by Worth magazine as one of the nation's top 100 financial advisers.
   
   A sought-out expert on a wide variety of financial topics, Pran is a frequent guest on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, NECN, Fox Business and CNNfn in addition to regularly publishing articles, essays and opinion pieces to the local and national press. His involvement with such associations as the Boston Society for the Institute of Financial Planners and the Boston Chapter for the International Association for Financial Planning, and the Financial Planning Practitioners-- in addition to hosting a variety of courses and seminars-- has helped him become one of the industry's most regarded experts.
   
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5 comments about Achieving Excellence Through Customer Service.

1. "It lays out a comprehensive customer service program that can be implemented with relative ease compared with the usual obscure reference textbook.



2. After attending a live 1 day seminar with the author as well as highlighting 570 great ideas in this book, it is no wonder Time and Success Magazine calls John "A Customer Service Guru" The ROI is tenfold!



3. I also had the privilege to attend a couple of years ago a full-day seminar with the author in Costa Rica. The seminar -sponsored by the Aymara Group-, was the best of the best. Using the ideas of this book (I strongly recommend chapter two: At The Beginning it Was... The Plan!) my firm has DOUBLED customer retention rates.

   Tschohl's approaches service as a proffit-making tool. Chapter one includes a powerful and pragmatic system to measure what poor service is costing you. You won't believe it.

   By all means, have your full executive team read this book.




4. I first read this great book in January 1999. Since then, I've made all colleagues across my organization go through it.

   The book is a fresh bath of common sense. It combines advanced strategic thinking on how to turn your customers into (as some author says) "raving fans". It also covers hundreds of tactical ideas, from planning to implementation, from hiring the right people to managing the creation of a true customer-centered culture.

   I'm not afraid to say this is the very best book on customer service I've read in my life. You can't go wrong with it. John Tschohl is, in fact, the customer service guru!

   Just 3 words for you: buy it now.




5. I love this book; It is easy to read, simple and contains valuable information and business development tools inside that REALLY helped me improve my business.

   John opened my eyes about an essential concept: How to satisfy my customers. In addition, I used the action plan (offered in the book) in my business, and it worked!

   This book is A SUCCESS!