**Received a 2016 Stonewall Book Award – Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Honor Book from the American Library AssociationSelected as one of “The Best of the Best from the University Presses: Books You Should Know About” at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference**Violence against lesbians and gay men has increasingly captured media and scholarly attention. But these reports tend to focus on one segment of the LGBT community—white, middle class men—and largely ignore that part of th...

2023 Honorable Mention for Outstanding Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsDespite rising attention to sexual assault and sexual violence, queer men have been largely excluded from the discussion. V**iolent Differences is the first book of its kind to focus specifically on queer male survivors and to devote particular attention to Black queer men. Whereas previous scholarship on male survivors has emphasized the role of masculinity,...

In his late twenties, Doug Meyer-Cuno decided to abandon his budding corporate career to found his own company.He would go on to grow Carolina Ingredients from a one-person operation into a multimillion-dollar manufacturing company with an international customer base, eventually selling the company to Mitsubishi. The pages within detail and examine the recipe Doug used for his own success to help others find their own, categorized into five main principles: Vision, Core Culture Valu...

To those that say small town retailers cannot compete with the internet, big box stores and big city ad blitzes, I say read this book! Gregg Connell, Executive Vice President Shenandoah Chamber and Industry AssociationWhen you build a successful small business, youll enjoy more than just monetary rewards.Youll also be helping your community, which is one of the things Doug Meyer has enjoyed the most in running his familys car dealerships in Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri....

This is not your typical book about money, wealth, real estate, and financial freedom. This book is meant to shift your thinking about how YOU can build generational wealth through real estate, take care of your immediate family and fund your retirement; even if you're an immigrant, have no savings and have bad credit.Many millionaires have become financially free by investing in real estate and no matter what your background is, this opportunity is available to you too. Inside thi...

Not every prospect joins right away.They have to think it over, review the material, or get another opinion. This is frustrating if we are afraid to follow up with prospects.What can we do to make our follow-up efforts effective and rejection-free? How do we maintain posture with skeptical prospects? What can we say to turn simple objections into easy decisions for our prospects?Procrastination stops and fear evaporates when we have the correct foll...

Start your network marketing prospecting and presentations with first sentences that work.Your network marketing prospects pre-judge you, so manage that judgment in your favor.For many distributors, the hardest part of prospecting and presenting is the first sentence. If the first sentence is good, the prospect becomes interested and engaged. If the first sentence is bad, it is hard to recover the prospect's interest and confidence.Do new distributors have proven first sent...

No one is a "natural-born leader."Babies aren't given a manual on how to be a leader. Leadership is learned from others.So how will we **teach** eager distributors to become leaders?By showing, participating, experiencing ... and of course, sharing stories.Yes, they could imitate us to become leaders, but not everyone is created the same, with the same set of skills or advantages. So there must be **common lessons** everyone can learn for le...

Where can you find great prospects for your network marketing business? Who are the best prospects? Where can you find groups of these prospects? And how can you attract these prospects to you and your multilevel marketing business? In this book, 51 Ways and Places To Sponsor New Distributors, you will learn the best places to find motivated people to build your team and your customer base. So instead of searching and wasting time, you...

This fun and friendly book looks at real-life PR stunts that will blow your mind and inspire you to develop innovative and creative ways to get your company noticed. PR guru Peter Shankman chronicles the most ridiculous, outrageous, and possibly crazy PR stunts of all time—explaining why some work and others don’t. This is a funny, insightful guide to winning the PR game.

Targets hybrid image as an upscale discount chain dates to its birth -- and that image fueled the runaway success that made it the countrys second-largest discounter. But as the recession turned fashionistas into frugalistas, the retailer had to find a way of convincing customers to resist the pull of Wal-Marts rock-bottom prices. In the end, Target avoided a full-blown identity crisis and looked back to its roots, forcing it to rely on a competitive weapon it had all along: the ability to...

Have you noticed that some people in infosec simply have more success than others, however they may define success?Some people are simply more listened too, more prominent, make more of a difference, have more flexibility with work, more freedom, choices of the best projects, and yes, make more money. They are not just lucky. They make their luck. The most successful are not necessarily the most technical, although technical or "geek" skills are essential. They are...