Our Amazon.com Ranking!
With your help, we were able to achieve #111 (Sales Ranking) out of the 4,000,000 or so books at Amazon.com. And, we accomplished our goals on the careers list too. We were the number one bestselling job hunting book today, 5 on the general careers list, and 19 in the business and investing category. And, with all that action, we topped at 11 on the Amazon movers and shakers list. Not a bad day!
Did you know that only 5% of the 185,000 books released each year sell more than 5,000 copies? Getting a book published with major publisher like Wiley is an awesome way to build your personal brand, but it is major undertaking (that may be putting in mildly). We're in it for the long haul, so thanks again for buying Career Distinction today and for your continued support in helping us spread the word.
We'll be celebrating in Boston tomorrow!
I'm happy for you and Bill, but not surprised. I get my copy this weekend. I'll be reading it during my fathers day bbq :)
Posted by: Dan Schawbel | June 12, 2007 at 10:38 PM
Congrats!
Posted by: Rob Humphrey | June 13, 2007 at 04:09 PM
Impressive and a well deserved accomplishment! This is a great book!
Posted by: Walter Akana | June 13, 2007 at 11:27 PM
Career Distinction is really the bible of career branding for today's increasingly portable worker. I love the focus on proactivity -- and the step-by-step instructions on how to build a brand presence in one's niche (and how to niche!). Understanding and leveraging personal branding and value is going to be the difference between panic and power in today's job market -- where stability is gone and we're more likely to become serial freelancers than long-term hires. And heck, it lets us have more fun at work because the clarity of branding gives us a great shot at getting hired to do what we love to do, with people we love to do it with. Not bad!
Posted by: Deb Dib | June 23, 2007 at 07:43 AM
Congratulations on your book's success. It is well deserved. I received my copy over a week ago and I'm really enjoying it as I go through your Online Identity Certification course at the same time. By the way your Reach Branding club is fantastic as well.
Posted by: Tara Kachaturoff | July 03, 2007 at 08:35 PM