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Self-Promotion for Introverts: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead [Paperback]

Nancy Ancowitz
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Sep 22 2009

"Filled with tips ... The author’s tone is supportive and she does not argue that introverts should become live wires."
--The New York Times

"Best Books 2009"
--Publishers Weekly

"Whatever's behind your reluctance to speak out for yourself, [Self-Promotion for Introverts®] is the first book I've seen with serious research on the topic that leads to a new game plan; it may help you promote yourself without bragging."
--Los Angeles Times

"Best Book Gifts"
--ABC News

"Best New Career Books"
--The Star-Ledger

"Must-read Fall Books for IT Execs"
--CIO Insight

"Self-Promotion for Introverts® is excellent and a wonderful gift to the understanding of introverts. Much too often they have been considered neurotic! This book should help in changing that opinion and supporting the confidence of introverts."
--Katharine Myers, Coguardian and Trustee, Myers-Briggs Trust

"Offers a solid dose of practical advice - alongside humorous anecdotes - for introverts to assert themselves by using their inherent tendencies in the most effective ways ... Written in a practical, precise, and smart way, Ancowitz shows introverts how to take advantage of the unique qualities and strengths they can offer, but also how to network, build visibility, have a memorable impact on others, speak publicly, interview effectively, own their own strengths, and much more ... One important thing to note is that the book is not about teaching an introvert to become an extrovert. The aim of the book is not to change people to be something they are not, but rather to refine them into the strongest versions of what they already are."
--Positive Psychology News Daily

"Written by an introvert for introverts ... If you're not an introvert, but have introverted customers or employees - this could be your lucky day. At first I thought this book was just for introverted people, until I realized how powerful my messages could be if I organized them in a way that my introverted audiences could appreciate and feel comfortable around."
--Small Business Trends

"Self-Promotion for Introverts® is a primer on doing just that - helping 'quiet sorts' assert themselves by using their inherent tendencies in the most effective ways."
--Fort Myers Florida Weekly

"There is great value in this book, whether you are promoting your own business or consulting practice, or just want to be sure your talents are recognized within your larger organization. I loved the examples of networking e-mails and conversation starters; these will be great to use so that I don't have to start with a blank page."
--The Independent Consultant (a newsletter of the Society of Actuaries, Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section)

"Make Nancy's book your bible for crafting a plan to get the recognition you deserve."
--Liz Lynch, author of Smart Networking

"Ancowitz's book is not only a valuable resource for introverts who want to raise their profile in business and career, it also provides some effective behavioral insights for those who might consider themselves more on the extrovert side of the spectrum."
--The Business Source

Get noticed . . . and get ahead!

All too often, introverts get passed over for job offers and promotions while their more extroverted colleagues get all of the recognition. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

In Self-Promotion for Introverts®, business communication coach and intrepid introvert Nancy Ancowitz helps introverts tap into their quiet strengths, articulate their accomplishments, and launch an action plan for gaining career advancement. You will learn how to:

  • Promote yourself without bragging— when networking, on job interviews, and at work
  • Use your quiet gifts (writing, researching, and listening) to your advantage
  • Be a commanding presenter, despite your quieter nature
  • Formulate your best plans, set goals, take action— and even find a better job

Featuring exclusive advice from Warren Buffett, Bill Clinton, Hearst Magazines president Cathie Black, and marketing guru Seth Godin, Self-Promotion for Introverts® helps you progress inward, outward, and onward.


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About the Author

Nancy Ancowitz is the creator of the popular Self-Promotion for Introverts® workshop, which she offers at New York University. Her coaching clients range from CEOs to emerging leaders in the business and creative worlds. Ancowitz lives in New York City.

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Introverts can step up to the plate. April 4 2010
Format:Paperback
As an extraverted career counselor, I bought this book to discover more about the Introvert's tactics to promote themselves so I could be more helpful to my clients. I was pleased to see that the author, Nancy Ancowitz, had gone to the trouble of gathering success stories from Introverts and sharing their thoughts on the subject. Even as an Extravert, I felt encouraged to become more proactive in my own self-promotion and that surprised me. So, I have no trouble believing that the wisdom expressed in this book will work for anyone - introverted or extraverted.

It would be too simple to suggest to people that all they need to do is "get out there" and Nancy understands that. Her accumulated success stories, some with a stream of consciousness that ring true, make a point of how difficult it can be.

I think this book would help anyone, including shy Extraverts, to be more assertive.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed Jun 9 2010
By Ghoti - Published on Amazon.com
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I bought this book based on the good reviews in Amazon but I was very disappointed.

I think that if you are an introvert that has no experience with extroverts that this book may have some value. Contrary to the introduction, I felt that it was primarily focused on utilising principles that extroverts use. This was re-enforced by the continual quoting of famous extroverts advice on how to self-promote. This is not what I was looking for. I know how extroverts function, I just also know that a lot of their strategies don't work nearly as well for me as they do for them.

The other disappointment was that a lot of the text was on what I would consider business-promotion, rather than self-promotion. The section on `Self-Promoting activities' listed (in order); Web sites, Advertising, blogging, podcasts, online-groups, classified ads, flyers, brochures... Sorry, but this is not self-promotion as I understand it.

In summary, this is a very entry level book. It may be a good introduction, but I found it very light and not very on-target.
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Quite disappointed with this one May 27 2012
By Eric - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
As an introvert, I feel that this book missed the mark. It is filled with clichés, including that annoying corporate America "common sense" networking wisdom, such as "don't be too hard on yourself." I got really irritated after the third or fourth sports metaphor, and correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't sports more of an extraverted endeavor? The most disappointing aspect of this book is that it borders on condescension, mocking introverts for wishing our talents would be noticed more, and proclaiming that we listen to "U-Suck" radio. I will agree that it's depressingly hard to compete in a business world ruled by extroverts, but Ms. Ancowitz has oversimplified this dilemma. For one, many of the exercises are of a get-out-there-and-do-it kind of style, which is a huge turn off.

I think the book would have been better if the exercises encouraged more introspection and creativity with regard to our understanding and marketing of ourselves. I agree with one of the reviewers who said that most of the advice is standard cookie cutter career advice which might as well have been written by an extravert. I'm even surprised that the author calls herself an introvert. But I'm not surprised that a couple of the five-star reviews here were written by extraverts in the corporate world. Who doesn't like to toot their own horn?

For what it's worth, the book does an OK job of explaining why we have a tough time getting noticed, but its advice on how to change that is marginally helpful at best, and patronizing at worst.
40 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Crucial Resource for the Not So Bold in Today's Job Market Nov 3 2009
By A. Prudhomme-Cox - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Where do I begin with my rave for this wonderful book? If we were all uber- confident, smooth self promoters with plenty of job openings before us, well, then the advice would be redundant. Yet, back in the real world where talent is often times trumped by "shmoozability", and "shyness" is often more a sign of emotional intelligence and brilliance than a sign of social inadequacy, this excellent guide hits the mark. Ms. Ancowitz teaches instead of preaches, and accepts the reader for whom she or he is, that feature in itself makes it worth getting this book! I have been searching (until now, in vain) for a pragmatic guide to self- promotion that actually values my intrinsic self without the "guilt trip" for being an introvert, and this IS THE ONE! Thank you!!! Ms. Ancowitz offers a concise, informative, step by step game plan that quite simply works. I feel like I have an actual career coach right by my side in this book and I'm very happy to report that I'm beginning to reap the benefits of Ms. Ancowitz's advice. This is an amazing book and if you are an uneasy self-promoter, BUY THIS BOOK! You will be glad that you did!
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