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The Irresistible Offer: How to Sell Your Product or Service in 3 Seconds or Less Hardcover – September 5, 2005
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Do you know what to say in those three seconds?
The marketing methods of the past are losing effectiveness as consumers are getting smarter and smarter and have less and less time. What is needed is a new way of doing business-a method that is simultaneously socially responsible and far more effective than "old" marketing. This new way is The Irresistible Offer.
"The Irresistible Offer is the missing link in many marketing books."
—Joe Sugarman, Chairman, BluBlocker Corporation
"The Irresistible Offer reveals secret after proven secret guaranteed to pump fresh power into your sales process."
—John Du Cane, CEO, Dragon Door Publications, Inc.
"As the world's fastest reader (Guinness Book certified) I've read just about every business and marketing book in existence. The Irresistible Offer by Mark Joyner is, by far, the easiest and most powerful. If you want to make a profitable business (any business small or large), The Irresistible Offer should be your starting point."
—Howard Berg, "The World's Fastest Reader"
"I've read every book on marketing printed in the last 150 years. This is the first breakthrough in over fifty years."
—Dr. Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor
"If I had to choose one modern marketing genius to learn from, it would be Mark Joyner. The Irresistible Offer belongs in the hands of everyone wanting to wildly succeed in business."
—Randy Gilbert, a.k.a. "Dr. Proactive" host of The Inside Success Show
- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWiley
- Publication dateSeptember 5, 2005
- Dimensions5.8 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
- ISBN-100471738948
- ISBN-13978-0471738947
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From the Inside Flap
Tic. Tock.
Tic. Tock.
Three seconds.
That's all you've really got to make the sale.
With consumers bombarded with thousands of marketing messages a day, they have to make purchasing decisions quickly, which means you have to make the sale just as quickly. There's simply no time for you to make any offer besides the one offer that will work and work quicklyThe Irresistible Offer.
But what is The Irresistible Offer? Simply put, it's the best (and maybe only) true alternative to the traditional form of selling with its sentimental manipulation, marketing trickery, and decreasing effectiveness. The Irresistible Offer is so good and so easy to understand that buying from you becomes a no-brainer for your customers. But it's not a one-time special or a "unique selling proposition." The Irresistible Offer is the offer that defines your business and becomes your raison d'¿tre.
Want an example? Domino's Pizza grew from a single store to a $4 billion chain in large part because they gave their customers an offer they couldn't refuse"thirty minutes or less" or the pizza was free. The success of that offer is obvious in retrospect. But how do you design The Irresistible Offer for your own business in your own industry? This book shows you how.
In The Irresistible Offer, author and New Marketing guru Mark Joyner defines and explains this revolutionary selling philosophy, uses real case studies to show it in effect, and helps you quickly and easily apply it to your own business. He examines the elements that make up The Irresistible Offer and presents a formula for creating one of your own. Plus, Joyner provides practical tools that allow you to estimate the effectiveness of your offer in advance so you can plan accordingly.
For too long, selling has been about manipulating a message and manipulating a consumer. The Irresistible Offer presents a new, effective, and ethical way to sell based on what you're selling, not how you're selling it. Rather than manipulate your customer (who may resent it, after all), Joyner shows you how to manipulate your offer insteadso that customers find it, and your company, truly irresistible.
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Do you know what to say in those three seconds?
The marketing methods of the past are losing effectiveness as consumers are getting smarter and smarter and have less and less time. What is needed is a new way of doing businessa method that is simultaneously socially responsible and far more effective than "old" marketing. This new way is The Irresistible Offer.
"The Irresistible Offer is the missing link in many marketing books."
Joe Sugarman, Chairman, BluBlocker Corporation
"The Irresistible Offer reveals secret after proven secret guaranteed to pump fresh power into your sales process."
John Du Cane, CEO, Dragon Door Publications, Inc.
"As the world's fastest reader (Guinness Book certified) I've read just about every business and marketing book in existence. The Irresistible Offer by Mark Joyner is, by far, the easiest and most powerful. If you want to make a profitable business (any business small or large), The Irresistible Offer should be your starting point."
Howard Berg, "The World's Fastest Reader"
"I've read every book on marketing printed in the last 150 years. This is the first breakthrough in over fifty years."
Dr. Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor
"If I had to choose one modern marketing genius to learn from, it would be Mark Joyner. The Irresistible Offer belongs in the hands of everyone wanting to wildly succeed in business."
Randy Gilbert, a.k.a. "Dr. Proactive" host of The Inside Success Show
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- Publisher : Wiley; 1st edition (September 5, 2005)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0471738948
- ISBN-13 : 978-0471738947
- Item Weight : 15.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.8 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #242,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #253 in Direct Marketing (Books)
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About the author

Mark is an author, inventor, and serial entrepreneur. He is currently serving as Founder and CEO at Simpleology, a web application that helps people and teams get more done faster. (www.simpleology.com)
Author of over a dozen books translated into 20+ languages. Several of which were #1 best-sellers. Including ...
The Irresistible Offer
Integration Marketing
The Worst Case Scenario Business Survival Guide
The Rise of the Author
The Great Formula
And more ...
Serial entrepreneur with 30+ startups under his belt. A few of the most noteworthy include ...
ROIbot (first-ever online ad tracking company, first-ever client-side SAAS)
SearchHound (the web's 2nd pay-per-click search engine)
StartBlaze (a goofy traffic building system that become the 36 most visited site in the world 6 weeks after its release)
Neurogizers (one-minute brain games)
And more ...
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This book delivers on neither of these criteria. It is written in a very chatty (amateurish) manner, which drove my professional brain crazy. I appreciate authors who take a logical well thought out approach-this book, for me, is too scattered and takes too many words/pages to say too little
I was surprised at how much of this I already knew... but that's not the fault of the author. I've been involved in marketing since forever. Solid principles are eternal. If you don't learn them early, you don't survive the marketplace.
On the other hand, I don't regret buying this book. Joyner is one of the top experts in this area of marketing. His book proves that, as he includes lots of insights I haven't seen anywhere else. Those extra tips were worth many times the cover price of this book.
If you're new to marketing, this is probably one of the first books you should read.
If you've been around the block a few times, and you're always looking for more insights, this is also worth buying & highlighting.
On the other hand, if you simply have a casual interest in marketing, or you've been in marketing since forever... check your public library to see if they own this book. If they don't, buy a copy yourself, and then -- after you've read it -- donate it to the library.
This is a classic that belongs within reach of anyone getting involved in marketing, for any reason. If you've been studying marketing and own lots of reports & other books, 90% of this may be "old news" for you. This book may not impress you.
However, that other 10% might be the make-or-break info you need, to get the most from your marketing efforts.
I didn't make a lot of notes in this book, but certainly learned more than I thought I would. I believe this is a book you will have to read more than once to fully absorb. The book also comes with free software and audio material that I have not yet downloaded, but if it is of the same or similar quality as the lessons of the book, I'm sure it will be invaluable.
One of my favorite parts of the book was the last chapter where Joyner talks about applying what we learn. I can't agree more with this. So many people believe all they have to do is read and learn. Without practical application (yeah, that means you've actually got to get off your toocus and change something about yourself), all the reading and learning is moot.
The last half of the book is geared towards internet marketing and some of it was difficult for me to follow. Another reason why I will definitely go back and reread this one. Joyner's writing style is, as expected, great. This is not a book I would recommend without a good understanding of sales and writing. If this were the first book you ever read in these categories you would probably come away thinking you knew a lot more than you actually do. Bone up on basics before you go for the gusto.
The Irresistible Offer is certainly that: honest. Even though it has its flaws--excessive examples, repetition, and at times, opaque theory--it is a book that truly displays the genius and great insight of its author. And you've got to believe (all you The Secret people) that if you seek the truth, the truth will seek you. Herein lies Joyner's gift.
I once read a sales letter of Joyner's that hit to the core, issues I had been having in acquiring all-things-marketing to get my business going. He mentioned how marketers are charging hundreds of dollars for a "box full of 'secrets' that is nothing more than some low-quality audio recordings and poorly edited transcripts?" And how important it is that "A transformation of spirit without a direction and a clear plan might bring you happiness for a while, but if that happiness is not reinforced by real change in the real world, it is always short lived"? Personally, I have chosen to avoid many schemes, internet marketers, and plans or bonus-encrusted list blasts because "quality and value is more important to" me, as Joyner states.
The book certainly has its more general philosophies, but it also gets into enough specifics on Word of Mouth and how to use it in your business to give the reader his money's worth . . . and then some. Great ROI, wouldn't you say Mark? Get it. It's worth every penny.
Top reviews from other countries
The advantages: it's a great idea (figure out your irresistible offer) and it's a short read.
But the book itself is all sizzle and no steak.
If you're genuinely interested in selling something you believe in, not just manipulating people, then read anything written by Robert Cialdini instead - he's got loads of science behind his thinking.










