Jay Abraham
author and business executive
Jay Abraham is an American business executive, conference speaker, and author. He is known for developing strategies in the direct response marketing industry in the 1970s. In 2000, Forbes listed him as one of the top five executive coaches in the US. He is the founder and CEO of the Abraham Group, a marketing consulting firm for businesses.
Career
Abraham is the founder and CEO of The Abraham Group, which provides business consulting focusing on direct response marketing. His clientele has spanned from small entrepreneurial organizations to large international corporations. He has authored books that discuss economic strategies in the aftermath of the early 1990s recession and the 2008 recession. Additionally, he is a direct-response copywriter.
Board memberships
EFactor.com – Board of Advisors (2011–present)
Published works
Abraham, Jay (2000). Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got: 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition, Truman Talley Books, 384 pages. ISBN 978-0312204655
Abraham, Jay (2009).
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