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Beyond Booked Solid: Your Business, Your Life, Your Way--It's All Inside [Hardcover]

Michael Port
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Book Description

April 18, 2008
In Beyond Booked Solid, Michael Port returns with new tactics for growing your business even bigger. Port's Book Yourself Solid was a huge hit among professional service providers and small business owners who learned to master the art of attracting clients and keeping them happy. In this book, he helps your business keep growing by taking the next step, beyond booked solid. That means maximizing your business while working less and earning more. This is the ultimate guide for your growing business.

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 18, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470174366
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470174364
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Michael Port's Book Yourself Solid was a huge hit among professional service providers and small business owners. With that book, thousands mastered the art of attracting tons of new clients and keeping them happy. But the tactics and strategies Port introduced in Book Yourself Solid worked too well! Today, many readers simply have more clients than they can handle.

But, with every new success comes a new challenge. Port solves this problem with a revolutionary plan for gracefully upping your business to the next stage of success—Beyond Booked Solid. That means growing and expanding your business from a small operation that takes all your time and energy just to stay afloat to a bigger, better business that pays you more while you work less.

You've worked so hard to build your business and earn the trust of your clients that you probably can't imagine letting go. But you can't truly grow your business if you're doing all the work yourself. How do you do it? Here you'll find innovative strategies for tweaking, designing, and arranging your business in ways that allow you to relax and work less while the business grows reliably and automatically.

If you're booked solid now, or on your way, here's how you can enter a new realm of consistent, predictable growth and profit. Inside, you'll discover the four criteria necessary for building a business that goes beyond booked solid—profitability, scalability, excellence, and leverage—and exactly how to develop those criteria. In addition, Beyond Booked Solid will show you how to:

  • Innovate for continuous growth with less work

  • Cultivate the right attitude for continued success

  • Double, triple, or even quadruple your sales

  • Find sources of easy passive and leveraged income

  • Systematize the business so it doesn't need you every day

  • Delegate administrative dirty work to others

  • Design your business so that it serves your ultimate lifestyle

Packed with fresh tips, strategies, techniques, and resources, this one-of-a-kind business guide lets you make the transition to the next stage of business development and growth. For professional service providers and small business owners, there's nothing like the feeling that comes with being booked solid. Now, you can take the next step to long-term prosperity with Beyond Booked Solid.

From the Back Cover

Praise for: Beyond Booked Solid

"If you want a four-hour work week, this book is required reading."—TIMOTHY FERRISS, bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek

"If you liked The E-Myth, you'll love Beyond Booked Solid. Port's new book is required reading for all entrepreneurs."
—Michael E. Gerber, author of The E-Myth

"Many business advice books are like certain kinds of Chinese food—you read them and an hour later you're hungry again. By contrast, Beyond Booked Solid is like soul food. You read it, you come back for seconds, and finish it satisfied and happy, looking forward to the day when Michael Port writes his next book."
—Ben Dattner, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Organizational Psychology, New York University

"In Beyond Booked Solid, Port offers you an opportunity to capitalize on one of the most underappreciated assets in business—leverage. And he shows you how to do it with authenticity."
—Keith Ferrazzi, bestselling coauthor of Never Eat Alone

"Michael Port has bridged the gap between professional and personal success. His book generously shares tips and techniques that will help you manage a successful life, much more difficult than it sounds. This is the perfect complement to Book Yourself Solid. If you wish you had more time and happiness in your business life, this book will make it come true."
—Tim Sanders, author of Love Is the Killer App

"Michael Port doesn't just talk about this stuff. He lives it!"
—Seth Godin, author of Meatball Sundae

"If you want bigger revenues and profits, then Beyond Booked Solid is the book to read when you're tired of thinking small. It's a masterpiece because you will never think about your business (or your life) in the same way again. I highly recommend it for those who want to understand how to go from doing it all themselves to running a highly successful enterprise with no limit on what is possible."
—Dr. Tony Alessandra, coauthor of The Platinum Rule

"Beyond Booked Solid takes you beyond perspiration to inspiration. It is an innovative guide to the power of leverage; the kind of leverage that will produce amazing results while providing you with more time for your life outside of work. Buy this book if you want to leave a financial and a personal legacy."
—Steve Lundin, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Fish!

"Whether you are just starting out in your business or you're already booked solid, Beyond Booked Solid offers the tools and the inspiration to significantly grow your business and maintain work-life balance. If you want to learn tried-and-true innovations that will catapult your business to the next level, turn the page."
—Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO, 1-800-Got-Junk?

"The ideas in Beyond Booked Solid show you how to create a sustainable, profitable business and live the life you want. Perhaps even more important, you develop a keen sense of mastery and self-actualization—showing yourself that you can continuously grow and innovate, and creating a true sense of personal success."
—Larina Kase, PsyD, MBA, business psychologist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Confident Speaker


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 18, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470174366
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470174364
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Port has been called "an uncommonly honest author" by the Boston Globe and a "marketing guru" by The Wall Street Journal.

He is the author of four bestselling books including Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid, The Contrarian Effect, and the New York Times Bestseller, The Think Big Manifesto.

Michael blogs for the Huffington Post and has written monthly columns on sales and marketing for Entrepreneur Magazine and American Express Open Forum, is a regular guest on MSNBC, and receives the highest overall speaker ratings at conferences around the world.

Free chapters from all of Michael's books can be found at http://www.MichaelPort.com

Customer Reviews

There were many things mentioned in the book that I know for a fact - work. Nikki Leigh  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
Michael Port's first book, Book Yourself Solid, was a terrific book. Dave Carpenter  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
As I turned the last page of the book, I did feel changed. Tara Kachaturoff  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the first September 11, 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm a Michael Port fan. Loved Book Yourself Solid, however this book did little to expand on the concept.

To summarize this book,
~Think positive
~Set goals
~Do what it takes to reach them
~Franchise yourself

I kept his first book, this book I'm selling after reading it.
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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Read. Think. Act. NOW April 7, 2008
Format:Hardcover
Beyond Booked Solid is the next step in the journey for entrepreneurs. This isn't your ordinary business book. In fact, it's much more. This work is about getting you to take a step back and really look at what's going on inside of you. It provides you with ideas and concepts that will help you to adopt the mindset you need to create a business that fits with your highest vision, your heart's dream, and your mission in life. Port presents many valuable principles that are necessary to embrace in order to take your business to the next level -- one that's integrated with your values and aspirations and scaled to whatever level you desire.

Michael writes, "What's it all for, all this right attitude, business architecture, and systems? What is your destiny, inside and outside your business? If you serve others, but don't serve your own destiny, things are going to fall apart." No truer words have ever been written. This book will help you to start thinking differently -- in a new direction. He'll present you with business growth models that are going to save you time, money, and energy, and most importantly, allow you to find your freedom while living your bliss. It's more about integration - of your higher self with your business -- your business being the delivery vehicle for fully expressing the former.

Beyond Book Solid will require more than one read. The concepts he presents are many, the ideas are big, and you'll need the time to allow them to sink in and take on a meaning that fits with who you are and what you want to accomplish in the world.

As I turned the last page of the book, I did feel changed. In fact, I sat down and outlined some plans to move my own business in a new, bigger, and bolder direction. This book will get you thinking.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great concepts, light on action steps December 29, 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Length: 2:38 Mins
I loved Book Yourself Solid and liked how practical it was. This book was still a very valuable read, but some of his terminology could have been used more clearly, and I wish that he's provided better take-aways as to specific actions readers can take right now after reading this book.

I'd recommend this book if you want to think about yourself and your business differently, but if you are in the mood to actually take some step by step actions right now, save this book for when you are in a contemplative or planning phase of your business.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Super Sequel April 20, 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Michael Port's first book, Book Yourself Solid, was a terrific book. His latest is even better.

There is so much to like about this book. It is refreshing to see an author stretch himself by writing a sequel that is a real extension to the predecessor. So many authors churn out books regurgitating that they have previously said. This book truly goes "beyond" his earlier book. Kudos, Michael Port, for being a true sequel writer.

A second strength is the very thoughtful order in which this new material is presented. The table of contents alone has great value as a checklist for business success. And, the case studies placed at the end to reinforce the learning points presented in the book was a great idea.

A third strength is the beautiful balance between sound business advice and worthwhile personal advice. As one that so believes the quality of one's business is a reflection of the quality of one's life, the author is to be congratulated for bridging the gap between business and personal attitude.

A fourth strength is the quality of the advice offered. Having spent 25+ years as a business consultant, I am frequently appalled at the quality of advice given in books aimed at the same market as this one. I found not one point that I would debate in the 200 pages. Not a single one.

I could go on and on. But, suffice it to say that I strongly recommend this book as a foundational philosophy for any entrepreneur, as well as for professionals in the large professional service organizations (e.g., law firms, accounting firms, etc.). Although the book was seemingly not targeted for the latter group, I believe that professionals in large firms could benefit by adopting Port's philosophies.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for taking my business to the next level May 14, 2008
Format:Hardcover
First, let me just say that I've implemented the information in Book Yourself Solid - Michael's first book - into my business over the past six months, and I'm still doing so everyday. The results have been phenomenal. So much so, that we're now much more selective with the types of clients we're working with and the type of work we're doing. That sort of focus and deliberateness just wasn't present in our business before discovering Michael's book and his coaching sessions.

Of course, I was wondering what to do as I started to get more work than I could handle. "Beyond Booked Solid" provides the answers. Continuing with the lessons from his first book, Michael teaches you in a well-written and easily accessible way how to build an architecture for your business and implement systems that truly do free you to think much bigger about your business. I can actually see - based on the work I'm doing from the exercises in the book - that it's OK to take me out of the equation of the day-to-day operations so that I can focus on the other aspects of my life that are important to me - most notably spending time with my wife and kids and doing the sort of things I love to do. In this day and age, there really is no excuse for an entrepreneur to spend 12 hours a day slaving away on jobs that others can do better and more efficiently. Michael teaches you to identify those areas, develop systems to handle those and encourages you to get a life.

In fact, I'm finding that while Booked Yourself Solid was sort of a nuts and bolts to marketing and growing your business in your own unique way, Beyond Booked Solid presents a more holistic approach to business as it relates to your life and quality of living.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Next Step.
Here's what I love about this book: it's the logical next step that you'd want to take after "booking yourself solid," as described in Michael's previous book, Book Yourself Solid:... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Susan Baroncini-Moe, Business in Blue Jeans
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE !!!!
Michael Port is an amazing BRAIN! He simplifies the path for you. If you simply follow what he says, you too will be BOOKED SOLID!!! AMAZING!!!!
Published on March 3, 2011 by Kale
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good read/drive time listening
This is very unique subject and presented in very effective way. Disc# 4 is especially full with wealth of information, needs to be listened well and re-listened time and again to... Read more
Published on February 3, 2011 by K. B. AMIN
5.0 out of 5 stars Promoting a balanced life for the entrepreneur...
This is one of the first books I've come across that acknowledges and promotes a balance between the personal and the professional life of an entrepreneur. Read more
Published on December 7, 2009 by Andrea A. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Ideas
The 80/20 rule. Being too busy doesn't free you to do higher end work that you want to get into. Beyond Booked Solid has great advice for those who have been in business a while... Read more
Published on September 22, 2009 by Donna C. Coulson
4.0 out of 5 stars More of Michael's Sound Sense
Like Michael Port's other books and coaching programs this is practical and common sense business and marketing for small business service professionals. Read more
Published on February 12, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Ideas for Creating Structure for your Business
There are two BIG things I like about this book. First, that it talks about ways in which you can create a sustainable business - how to go from exchanging your time for money, to... Read more
Published on December 6, 2008 by Paul Plamondon
3.0 out of 5 stars Higher Magnitudes
Implementing strategies and concepts found in Michael's first book as well as my own book, "The Expert's Edge," readers will surely build their businesses to higher magnitudes. Read more
Published on September 1, 2008 by Ken Lizotte
5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh gasp of air
This book was definitely worth "beyond" the money I paid for it. Important issue here, is that author concentrates a lot on... hmmm .... Read more
Published on August 31, 2008 by Rolands Petrevics
5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Booked Solid
M Port fills in the spaces from his first book "Book Yourself Solid" while adding numerous new comments and suggestions that really add value to the experience. Read more
Published on May 31, 2008 by Kim Foster
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