I wish titles like this were the exception rather than the rule, but this is exactly the type of grammar I regularly see in emails and other business correspondence, especially, I’m sorry to say, from salespeople. Take this line from a recent email I received:

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I just released my first book - The 40 Best Sales Techniques Ever - on Amazon (http://a.co/0huTehH), and man, did I learn a couple of things about myself, my network, the publishing world, and the art of self-promotion.

If you’re considering taking this plunge - or...

A question every salesperson asks. Experian did a study of email marketing in 2012, and came up with some interesting gems:

Users are active at night with almost 22% open rates between 8-12pm and 18% from 12-4am (must be more insomniacs than we thought!)

Saturday and Sun...

Together, The 40 Best reached #3 in Business Sales on Friday! Coming in just behind Jed Blount and Neil Rackham (SPIN Selling), that's pretty exalted company. The word is really starting to get out, and our reviews on Amazon have been very positive. Thanks to everyone...

I'm very pleased to say that my book is now available on Amazon - http://a.co/0huTehH. I know my fellow sales professionals will love this book and get quite a bit of benefit out of it, and can't wait to hear how The 40 Best have helped people to improve in their caree...

The book is being proofed, and should be available in a week or less! Very exciting! Visit www.the40best.com and subscribe to my mailing list to be notified when it's out!

Here's a new excerpt from the book - Three New Ideas - that discusses how you can add more excitem...