The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! [Hardcover]

Joe Vitale (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 11, 2003

What is the greatest money-making secret in history? How did one man use this ancient principle to make $1,500,000? How did yet another use this same secret to make his book a #1 best-seller in 1 day? If you're interested in attracting more money into your life, read this book. It's inspiring, empowering, and eye-opening. Written by best-selling author Joe Vitale.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Joe Vitale is the author of the #1 best-selling book "Spiritual Marketing," the best-selling e-book "Hypnotic Writing," and the best-selling Nightingale-Conant audio program, "The Power of Outrageous Marketing!" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: 1st Book Library (April 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141074115X
• ISBN-13: 978-1410741158
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,821,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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80 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just a marketing trick..., January 27, 2004

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Laitinen Sami - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (Paperback)

Generally speaking, I do appreciate Dr. Joe Vitale, but this time I have reached a conclusion that this book is merely a marketing trick. I think I know what I am speaking of, havinv read almost 200 books on this subject.

There is really no reason to buy this particular book. This is little bit like downloading a demo version of the full software product. You can test it, but very soon you will notice it has its limits..and all those functions you are really interested in are missing.

So instead of buying this particular book, go with Darel Rutherford's "Being The Solution" or Joe Vitale's other products.

Each chapter in the book does cover some interesting things, but after finishing reading this book I felt like "what's the purpose of old good Joe to write this book?" If he wanted to really help people, he would have dwelled in each subject more throughly, but this book leaves more questions than gives answers.

With all due respect, I think Joe Vitale has potential for writing AWESOME books. This man knows how to write, he has so much to say, but this time he blew it. If I were a book publisher -- I would have never published this particular item. If you are completely new to spiritual living, then you might catch few new ideas. Otherwise the book is repeating only what you already know by having read any spiritual book.

Anyway.. it is not that much.. Do buy it if you feel compelled.. or ask a friend who has bought the book because Dr. Vitale added a comment that the book may be shared with your friends...

103 of 113 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, Just Not Much Substance Here, January 19, 2004

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James Sadler (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (Paperback)

First, let's start by saying that the underlying principle of this book is an excellent one: If you give and do so in a giving spirit, you will, in turn, be given much more. Mr. Vitale posits that this principle is a universal one; in fact, he seems to claim it is a universal law. That being said, Mr. Vitale takes a decent idea that probably only merited an article and tries to stretch it into a book length work. And, unfortunately, not a very good one at that.

The chapters are all essentially short vignettes, and not all of them are even by Mr. Vitale. Many of them are repetitious and almost condescending in tone. For example, Mr. Vitale at one point addresses the problem of why someone who gives would not receive anything in return. Naturally the answer is: you didn't give in the right spirit so you received nothing in return.

Part of what bothers me here is that Mr. Vitale is taking a concept found in many religions and acting as if he has discovered some secret that no one else was previously aware of. As a Christian, I almost find his method of co-opting the concept of "it is better to give than receive," and turning it into a money-making proposition, insulting. But I don't wan to turn this into a religious argument, so let's move on.

I've had a curiosity about Mr. Vitale and his status as a marketing genius for several months. His name started turning up in my e-mail from some writing buddies of mine. He apparently now is "Dr. Vitale," (I guess he picked up a doctorate or something somewhere) and he has the nickname "Mr. Fire." I think it is a self-declared nickname, but even if so, it's not necessarily a name that has any real meaning. He also advocates "spiritual marketing" and "hypnotic writing."

Well, the writing in this book is pretty basic and if it is hypnotic in some way, I guess I'm just too dumb to be hypnotized (no doubt, if any of his fans reply to this review they'll jump on that statement). The spirituality is pretty loose and rootless (although one of the other authors of a chapter does at least give credit to God) and all of it seems to be aimed at one thing: making money. His message just seems disingenuous in that everything is built around gaining wealth.

Given the hype I had read about Mr. Vitale, particularly from a writer I know who swears by him, I had expected much, much more. I guess unless you are an adherent of Mr. Vitale, there's just not a whole lot of substance here. Sorry, Mr. Vitale, perhaps one of your other works will change my mind.

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing More Than A Money Making Vehicle & Commercial, September 29, 2005

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Manifesting Destiny (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (Paperback)

This "book" is a collection of short writings by Joe Vitale sprinkled with VERY short "essays" by other fellow internet marketers that are friends and associates of Joe Vitale. Most of these chapters by others are there so that they can plug themselves with their web address at the end.

As is typical of Joe Vitale books, they are simply ways to scratch the backs of other marketers. All of these people have mailing lists that they continually plug the works of other "experts." This is how they sell copies of their tomes.

There are much better sources of this type of information out there. Nothing new here--just a catchy title. But if you read anything by Mr. Vitale, you realize that he isn't about substance, really; rather "hypnotic" writing and catchy phrases and titles to get people's attention. Never mind if there isn't any substance once you stop to read the results.

By the way, the "Dr." in Dr. Vitale is a doctorate of Metaphysical Science.

I'm glad Joe Vitale considers himself one of the great marketers. I have read and studied him for awhile and I have grown more and more disgusted. I don't see a lot different in his techniques and those of a snake oil salesman.

Harsh...maybe. But people like him are making lots of money every day because they are counting on people like you to be persuaded to buy their works, the contents of which can be had for free from the library or internet or other books.

Save yourself from the hype. This is a rip off of a book.