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The Book Has Launched: You can buy your copy now at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0071496661/.

Thank you very much for your support and help spreading the word about Zero to One Million!

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WILL WE REACH #1 ON AMAZON?

2pm Monday - 38,979
4pm Monday - 29,032
7pm Monday - 24,245
9pm Monday - 13,486
10pm Monday - 11,471
11pm Monday - 13,328
12am Tuesday - 4,273
1am Tuesday - 2,319
2am Tuesday - 1,893
3am Tuesday - 1,558
4am Tuesday - 760
5am Tuesday - 532
6am Tuesday - 486
8am Tuesday - 421
9am Tuesday - 353
11am Tuesday - 175
12pm Tuesday - 68
1pm Tuesday - 29
2pm Tuesday - 18
3pm Tuesday - 14
4pm Tuesday - 13
5pm Tuesday - 11
6pm Tuesday - 10
7pm Tuesday - 6
8pm Tuesday - 6
9pm Tuesday - 6
10pm Tuesday - 4
11pm Tuesday - 3
12am Wednesday - 3
1am Wednesday - 3
2am Wednesday 3
3am Wednesday 3
4am Wednesday 2
5am Wednesday 2
6am Wednesday 2

LOOKS LIKE WE TOPPED OFF AT #2... WOW still amazing.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support of the launch effort today of Zero to One Million!

We reached #1 in Business & Investing, #1 in Marketing, #1 in Entrepreneurship, #2 in Non-Fiction, and #2 overall on Amazon today, only bested by Oprah-backed Eckhart Tolle. We beat out The Appeal, Eat Pray Love, Good to Great, The Tipping Point, Blue Ocean Strategy, Ready, Fire, Aim, The Four Hour Workweek, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, Getting Things Done, The E-Myth Revisited, and well, every other book in the world other than Tolle's A New Earth.

The momentum we built today will spread a message of entrepreneurial possibility to tens of thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs across the United States and the world for many months to come. You've also helped with the beginnings of a lifetime effort to reduce poverty and hunger by increasing access to health care, education, and technology through The Humanity Campaign.

It's been an amazing day in so many ways. It is truly amazing what can be accomplished through word of mouth in the name of changing the world and spreading a message of entrepreneurial opportunity.

To have the #2 bestselling book in the nation on Amazon on launch day is an over-the-top successful book launch by any measure. Thank you very very much for making this possible!

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January 13, 2008, 10:26pm

Friends--I need your help:

Here's the story...

Five years ago I self-published a book called Zero to One Million. It was about how to build a company to $1 million in sales.

Eighteen months ago in July 2006, I wrote a letter to 110 business book agents sharing my desire to update the book and get it published by a REAL publisher so that I could get the book in bookstores and share my message with a wider audience.

Eleven agents replied. Ten said no and one said yes--so I went with him ;-). That awesome guy, Rick Broadhead from Toronto, got me a publishing contract with McGraw-Hill to update the book one year ago. Sweetness!

I wrote most weeknights and Saturdays at the Starbucks off of HW55 in Durham during April, May, and June of 2007 to fully update the book and tell the story of building iContact to $10 million in annual sales, 18,000 customers, and 80 team members. The book's about 70% new versus the self-published version in case you bought it in 2003 and were wondering.

Now, the book is done--all the disagreements with the publisher about the book cover are over--and it's ready to launch. The book launches technically on Jan 18, but we've set a sales push date of February 5th. Time to push!

The book is my effort to share my message of social change, help anyone (who believes they truly can be) become a multimillionaire entrepreneur, and make what I've learned the hard way about entrepreneurship, raising investment, venture capital, opportunity evaluation, product development, business planning, building a sales team, management, hiring and retaining superstars, organizational behavior, web 2.0, marketing, and scaling a business accessible to anyone.

Based on the commitments from my blogging friends and 'friends with big lists', I believe we have a realistic shot of making it to #1 on Amazon.com and onto the New York Times Bestseller List on February 5--but I need YOUR help to do SIX things:

You can help now by doing SIX things:

1. REVIEW THE BOOK: If you have received a copy of the book previously, would you go to http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Million-Built-Company/dp/0071496661/ and post a review?

2. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS: If you have not yet, would you go to the group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7159607369 and invite your friends interested in entrepreneurship and social change by clicking on the 'Invite People to Join' link.

3. CONNECT WITH INFLUENCERS: If you have any friends who have blogs or send email newsletters to an audience of entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, small business owners, or web marketers, would you connect me with them via email so that I can ask them for their support or forward information about the book to them? My email is ryan@icontact.com.

4. REACH OUT TO PROFESSORS: If you are in school and have professors of business or entrepreneurship, would you email them a link to the book and inquire if they'd like to receive a free copy of the book for their review for consideration for use in their classes. If they'd like to receive a free review copy of the book you or they can email me at ryan@icontact.com with the address to send it to

5. POST A RECOMMENDATION: If you have a blog or are part of any listservs, groups, or forums about entrepreneurship or business, would you post a recommendation? You can grab the cover of the book from http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object2/1898/84/n20476395300_593.jpg.

6. BUY IN BULK: If you are part of an organization that can buy copies in bulk for distribution to your members, please email me at ryan@icontact.com for details.

Anyone that buys the book on February 5 and emails their receipt to bonus@zeromillion.com will receive two exclusive video bonuses, "How to Raise $5 Million in Venture Capital: If I Did It At Age 22 So Can You!" and "How We Can Change the World Together: A Plan for The Next 50 Years." VERY N-I-C-E (in BORAT voice)!

So what's the dizzle about where the money's going? This book and promotional effort is not an effort to make any money whatsoever--it's an effort to spread a message of opportunity and social change and share what I've learned as an entrepreneur. All of the proceeds from the sale of the books are going to The Humanity Campaign--an international campaign to end hunger, war, genocide, and poverty and provide access to technology, healthcare, and education at home and across the world. I truly do hope to spend the rest of my life as a leader of our generation to help change our world together.

Really--sincerely and honestly--Mad props from my heart for your help in making "Zero to One Million" #1 on Amazon.com on February 5th and spreading a message of social change and entrepreneurial possibility!

The link to the new book is http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Million-Built-Company/dp/0071496661/.

Love. Hope. Peace. Prosperity...

Entrepreneurially Yours,
Ryan Allis
Chapel Hill, NC

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My new book, "Zero to One Million: How I Build a Company to $1 Million in Sales... And How You Can Too" is launching Tuesday, February 5.

WOULD YOU BUY THE BOOK FEBRUARY 5 ON AMAZON AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN THIS GROUP?

We are working to make the book #1 on Amazon and reach the New York Times Bestseller List--and have a real shot at doing it.

When you buy the book on February 5, email the receipt to bonus@zeromillion.com and you'll receive two exclusive video bonuses, "How to Raise $5 Million in Venture Capital: If I Did It At Age 22 So Can You!" and "How We Can Change the World Together: A Plan for The Next 50 Years."

The book is about how anyone can become a multimillionaire entrepreneur. It provides a ten step process for building a company from idea stage to over $1 million in annual sales based on my experience building iContact over the past five years to over $10 million in annual sales and 80 employees. It also talks about giving back, goal setting, and how our generation can change the world together.

Here are some advance testimonials:

Forgive Ryan Allis for being so young. Forgive him for imparting timeless wisdom based upon his own real-life experience as a entrepreneurial superstar. The kid just can't help it. He has made a million-dollar dream come true and he shares how he did it this roller-coaster-of-a-read book. Your banker will love you for reading it.

Jay Conrad Levinson
The Father of Guerrilla Marketing
Author, "Guerrilla Marketing" series of books

Ryan Allis shares and intriguing story of business success that has few parallels. I know of no other person so young who has demonstrated this level of achievement in business. Young people need individuals like Ryan to look up to and emulate as they work to accomplish their own personal and business goals.

David S. Chernow
President and CEO
Junior Achievement Worldwide (read less)

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The Book Has Launched: You can buy your copy now at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0071496661/.

Thank you very much for your support and help spreading the word about Zero to One Million!

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WILL WE REACH #1 ON AMAZON?

2pm Monday - 38,979
4pm Monday - 29,032
7pm Monday - 24,245
9pm Monday - 13,486
10pm Monday - 11,471
11pm Monday - 13,328
12am Tuesday - 4,273
1am Tuesday - 2,319
2am Tuesday - 1,893
3am Tuesday - 1,558
4am Tuesday - 760
5am Tuesday -... (read more)