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    Against the Grain
    Against the Grain
    Against the Grain
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    Against the Grain

    By L. J. Martin

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    Against the Grain is one man's story of how he sold over $100,000,000.00 in product in one year. It's a how-to on sales, attitude, and success. If you're looking for a concise path to economic independence, this is simple, straight forward, and for everyone who deals with others on a day to day basis.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL. J. Martin
    Release dateSep 5, 2012
    ISBN9781885339591
    Against the Grain
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    L. J. Martin

    L. J. Martin is the author of four dozen published works. He lives in Montana with his wife, NYT best-selling romantic suspense and historical romance author Kat Martin. They enjoy travel, cooking, hunting, fishing, photography, and wintering in California. Learn more about L. J. at www.ljmartin.com, www.wolfpackranch.com, and more about Kat at www.katmartin.com. Or search facebook and other social media sites for L. J. Martin and Kat Martin.

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      Book preview

      Against the Grain - L. J. Martin

      Against

      the

      Grain

      How I sold over

      $100,000,000.00

      (yes, that’s one hundred million)

      in product in one year!

      by

      L. J. Martin

      Smashwords edition

      copyright 2012 L. J. Martin

      Printed in the U.S.A.

      No part of this book, other than a brief excerpt for reviews, may be reprinted without the express written consent of the publishers.

      Published by:

      Wolfpack Publishing

      Wolfpack Publishing

      PNB 414

      1001 E. Broadway, #2

      Missoula, Montana 59802

      Works by L. J. Martin in print and eBook:

      Shadow of the Mast

      Tenkiller

      Mojave Showdown

      El Lazo

      Against the 7th Flag

      The Devil’s Bounty

      The Benicia Belle

      Shadow of the Grizzly

      Rush to Destiny

      Windfall

      Condor Canyon

      Blood Mountain

      Stranahan

      McKeag’s Mountain

      McCreed’s Law

      O’Rourke’s Revenge

      Wolf Mountain

      Nemesis

      Venomous (Fourplay)

      Sounding Drum (Last Stand)

      From The Pea Patch

      Write Compelling Fiction

      Killing Cancer

      Internet Rich (with Mike Bray)

      Google+ (with Mike Bray)

      Tin Angel (with Kat Martin)

      Crimson Hit (with Bob Burton)

      Bullet Blues (with Bob Burton)

      Quiet Ops (with Bob Burton)

      Myrtle Mae (cartoons)

      Cooking Wild & Wonderful (cookbook)

      Mr. Pettigrew

      Unchained

      Short Story Collection & More

      Slopes of the Sierra (short stories)

      Who's The Boss?

      The Write Stuff

      Buckshot (formerly Tenkiller)

      Blood Mountain

      California Cocina

      Mojave Showdown

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Against the Grain

      Opportunity

      Taking Advantage

      Selling

      I Don’t Need To Sell

      Closing

      The Seventh Closing Question

      The Wagging Tongue

      Simple Selling

      So Against the Grain?

      Introduction

      Do you want to be more successful?

      Do you want to be a better provider for yourself and your family?

      Do you want to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, and proud of yourself?

      Do you want to be able to help your friends and family?

      Well, if so, you’ve got to help yourself first.

      It’s a given…starting from ground zero, you can’t help others until you help yourself.

      Luckily, if you’re an American, no matter how screwed up the economy, you still live in the go-to country in the world, and you still have the greatest opportunity to fulfill those dreams than that of any other human on this planet, outside of the good old U.S.A.

      Hi, I’m L. J. Martin, and yes, I sold over $100,000,000.00 in real estate product in 1985, and don’t know how many millions before that particularly exceptional year; and since, have written and sold, and helped my wife sell, many millions of books. And I assure you product is product, no matter if it’s shoes or Shetlands ponies or super high rise apartment buildings…it’s all the same.

      Why, because human nature is human nature, no matter how many zeros are involved.

      I was a California real estate broker for 35 years, a general contractor for 15 years, and an appraiser for 10 years before I tired of those vocations (and to be truthful never wanted to work that hard again) and became a full time writer. Not that writing’s not hard work, it’s as hard as you want it to be, much like selling. My wife was also a real estate broker for

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