Entrepreneurs: Help make Zero to One Million #1 on Amazon.com for February 5th.

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Young entrepreneur Ryan Allis, founder of iContact, is looking for the help from entrepreneurs and professionals to make the second edition of Zero to One Million #1 on Amazon.com for it’s release date: February 5th. All proceeds go 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.” He created this Facebook group to spread his message. For those not on Facebook, I’ll copy his text at the end of this post.

I own a copy of the original Zero to One Million (Ryan graciously traded me for a copy of my own book, Virtual LEGO) and it’s been a great reference to me (in fact, I’ve recently picked it up again and have been reading bits and pieces over the last week). It was based on his experience as an entrepreneur building his company (then called IntelliContact Pro) to $1M in annual sales. Now, he’s updated the book with practical lessons learned from bringing iContact to $10MM in annual sales.

I’ve followed Ryan since we met at the C.E.O. conference in Chicago late 2004. He’s a passionate entrepreneur and change agent with a strong conviction to empower people through entrepreneurship and eliminate poverty around the world. When you get to know what he’s about, you can’t help but be impressed.

Worthier causes exist, but they are few. Please take a minute to learn more about Ryan and join me in buying his book on February 5th. So you don’t forget, add the book to your calendar with an alert for the AM of Feb 5th.

Text from Ryan’s Facebook group:

Friends–I need your help fo rizzle this tizzle…

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 business, venture capital, product development, business planning, building a sales team, opportunity evaluation, management, hiring and retaining superstars, organizational behavior, web 2.0, and marketing 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 THREE things:

1) Would you INVITE all of your friends who care about entrepreneurship, business, marketing, web marketing, social entrepreneurship, or changing the world to join this group right now? (Just click ‘Invite People to Join’ on the right)
2) Would you yourself BUY the book on February 5th on Amazon.com? It’s $12.71. I’ll definitely owe you a drink next time I see you.
3) Would you EMAIL your list of personal or business connections on FEBRUARY 4TH to ask them buy a copy of the book on Amazon FEBRUARY 5TH.

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