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Balls!: 6 Rules for Winning Today's Business Game

Balls!: 6 Rules for Winning Today's Business Game
Publisher
 John Wiley & Sons
Published
 January 2005
ISBN
 0471712728
$19.95 List Price
$13.57 OUR PRICE
Sales Rank: 146,260
AVAILABILITY:
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Brave, Authentic, Loud, Lovable, and Spunky! The keys to sustained business growth and success

America's small and midsized businesses face unique challenges as they struggle to reach the kind of long-term business goals achieved by larger companies. Balls! shows that successful firms follow certain rules and display six essential traits-they are brave, authentic, loud, lovable, and spunky. Add an exclamation mark for "Do It Right Now Before Someone Else Does!" and that spells Balls!-something all growing businesses need in order to truly succeed. Written by a young executive at one of America's fastest growing small businesses, Balls! looks at business success from a decidedly exuberant and creative perspective, bringing fresh ideas and tactics that any business leader, in any industry, will find immediately useful.

Alexi Venneri (Seattle, WA) is Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Who's Calling, one of the fastest growing companies in America. She joined the firm as employee number 13 and has witnessed it grow to over 300 employees. She is also the former director for the Seattle Mariners who managed all ballpark marketing and fan relations for the team. Her professional career also includes sales management, event planning, training, and marketing for companies in both the U.S. and Canada.

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Average rating: 4.8
building buzz without big bucks Rating
February 18, 2005 Rating: 4.0 stars

I met Alexi recently at a convention in New Orleans, and couldn't remember the last time I saw someone with such energy and enthusiasm. She gave me a copy of Balls! and I read it through on the plane home.

I think she's somehow managed to package her personality to a great extent in this quick read, and I was forcefully impressed with one message: to get your enterprise noticed ahead of the pack, you need a positive, pro-customer attitude, but also some temerity and you have to give yourself permission to be a little outragious. Just that single lesson, which for me translated into creating attention without spending tons on advertising, was worth it.

So I've ordered a few more for my friends in the same business (but not for my competitors!)

T. R.

building buzz without big bucks Rating
February 18, 2005 Rating: 4.0 stars

I met Alexi recently at a convention in New Orleans, and couldn't remember the last time I saw someone with such energy and enthusiasm. She gave me a copy of Balls! and I read it through on the plane home.

I think she's somehow managed to package her personality to a great extent in this quick read, and I was forcefully impressed with one message: to get your enterprise noticed ahead of the pack, you need a positive, pro-customer attitude, but also some temerity and you have to give yourself permission to be a little outragious. Just that single lesson, which for me translated into creating attention without spending tons on advertising, was worth it.

So I've ordered a few more for my friends in the same business (but not for my competitors!)

T. R.

Very Practical AND Entertaining Rating
February 14, 2005 Rating: 5.0 stars

I love case studies, so I was predisposed to like this, but I loved the blend of practical information and case studies. Its the kind of read that is quick, but sticks with you. I thought that it pulled together the concept of CRM for sales and account management in a way that was very helpful.

Very Practical AND Entertaining Rating
February 14, 2005 Rating: 5.0 stars

I love case studies, so I was predisposed to like this, but I loved the blend of practical information and case studies. Its the kind of read that is quick, but sticks with you. I thought that it pulled together the concept of CRM for sales and account management in a way that was very helpful.

BALLS! - Great Book, Inspiring Stories Rating
February 10, 2005 Rating: 5.0 stars

This is a terrific book about marketing. It's also an inspiring book about passionate, creative risk taking. The stories & case studies provide insight into some of today's great success stories.
I also found some very handy tips for creating committed customers and managing those realtionships. Tips like, Always deliver gifts in person, remind us that people, not products or even companies, make us successful human beings.
I highly recommend this book to ANYONE who ever has to meet with a client.

A great read that's practical and fun! Rating
February 10, 2005 Rating: 5.0 stars

Balls! was not only a fun read but also intelligent and witty! Alexi did an amazing job of making the stories practical and still very enticing. I loved the snag the ideas section, and I can't wait to apply some of them to my new job!

Balls by Alexi Rating
February 10, 2005 Rating: 5.0 stars

This book is a fast read with a lot of energy. I picked up a lot of ideas for a new business.

BALLS! - Great Book, Inspiring Stories Rating
February 10, 2005 Rating: 5.0 stars

This is a terrific book about marketing. It's also an inspiring book about passionate, creative risk taking. The stories & case studies provide insight into some of today's great success stories.
I also found some very handy tips for creating committed customers and managing those realtionships. Tips like, Always deliver gifts in person, remind us that people, not products or even companies, make us successful human beings.
I highly recommend this book to ANYONE who ever has to meet with a client.

A great read that's practical and fun! Rating
February 10, 2005 Rating: 5.0 stars

Balls! was not only a fun read but also intelligent and witty! Alexi did an amazing job of making the stories practical and still very enticing. I loved the snag the ideas section, and I can't wait to apply some of them to my new job!

Balls by Alexi Rating
February 10, 2005 Rating: 5.0 stars

This book is a fast read with a lot of energy. I picked up a lot of ideas for a new business.

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