Alex Mandossian

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name =Alex Mandossian
birth_date = March 9 1964
birth_place = U.S.
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occupation = Author, Trainer, Motivational Speaker
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website = [http://www.alexmandossian.com Official Website]
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Alex Mandossian (born March 9, 1964) is an American motivational speaker, author and trainer (business).

He owns one of the largest personal marketing libraries ever assembled, with over 1800 rare books and volumes dating back to the 1800s.

Mandossian is considered one of the top ten freelance direct marketers in America today and has generated over $203 million in sales via direct response marketing such as TV infomercials on QVC and Home Shopping Network, and from in-print ads in periodicals such as Parade Magazine and USA Weekend.

He has also personally consulted notable companies such as Dale Carnegie Training, TrimSpa, and NYU.

Mandossian has co-authored a book titled "The Business Podcasting Bible: Wherever My Market Is... I Am", ISBN 1-93359-637-6, released September 2, 2006 [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1933596376] . He also teaches many business courses and trainings such as Teleseminar Secrets, Virtual Book Tour Secrets and Podcast Secrets.

He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children.

Teleseminars

Teleseminars utilize the telephone, and a bridgeline system through the local phone company. Typically, up to 1000 people can call in at a specific date and time.

This approach allows a trainer to train “one on many”, vs. “one on one”. Students of a teleseminar call have the benefit of learning from home, or anywhere they have a phone connection. This saves the time, expense and hassle of traveling to live seminars.

While Mandossian didn't invent teleseminars, he certainly is one of the most high profile teleseminar trainers.

Mandossian has done teleseminars with many of the world’s top thought leaders and authors such as Stephen Covey, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen co-creators of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, Les Brown, Brian Tracy, Harvey Mackay, Robert Cialdini, Joe Vitale, and many others.

He has trained over 11,300 teleseminar students since 2002.

Virtual book tours

Mandossian coined the phrase "virtual book tour" using his expertise in teleseminars. Rather than an author go to a physical book store like Barnes and Noble for a live book signing, the author can do it "virtually".

On July 28, 2007, Mandossian did a Virtual Book Tour with best selling author Timothy Ferriss, best seller of "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich" [http://www.timferrissbooktour.com] .

Ask Methodology

Alex Mandossian created a method he calls the Ask Methodology and is the founder and co-creator of the Ask Database. He adapted this from the teachings of Socrates, the Greek philosopher.

"Just Ask" is the main principle. Ask Database was created to allow marketers to implement the Ask Methodology by asking their customers or clients what they want.

Live seminars, training, and speaking

Mandossian is a featured speaker and trainer at seminars and live events each year.

He is a prominent speaker and Emcee of Mark Victor Hansen’s book marketing seminars [http://www.markvictorhansen.com/gallery.php?view=138] , [http://www.markvictorhansen.com/gallery.php?view=37] , [http://www.markvictorhansen.com/gallery.php?view=59] . Also at Idea Incubator [http://i2seminar.myideaguy.com/i2_2007A.htm] , plus many others.

The NSA (National Speakers Association) has Mandossian speaking at their National Conference in July 2007 [http://www.nsaspeaker.org/sandiego/schedule.shtml#Thursday,%20July%2012,%202007]

References

* National Speakers Association [http://www.nsaspeaker.org/sandiego/schedule.shtml#Thursday,%20July%2012,%202007]
* "The Business Podcasting Bible" ISBN 1-93359-637-6 [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1933596376]
* Idea Incubator Seminar [http://i2seminar.myideaguy.com/i2_2007A.htm]
* Timothy Ferriss Book Tour [http://www.timferrissbooktour.com]
* Just Ask Harvey Mackay [http://www.justaskharvey.com]
* Just Ask Les Brown [http://www.asklesbrown.com/testimonial]
* Just Ask Stephen Covey [http://www.askstephencovey.com]

External links

* [http://www.alexmandossian.com Official Website]
* [http://www.askdatabase.com Ask Database]