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Beverly Native Michael Alden Becomes National Bestseller with USA Today, WSJ and Amazon

It’s official. Acclaimed self-help guide, Ask More Get More, has become a national bestseller. Written by leading business guru and motivational speaker television host, Michael Alden, the book has reached number one in three Amazon categories: self-help, motivation and non-fiction.  In addition, Ask More Get More has achieved bestseller status in both USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.

Michael was born to humble beginnings in Beverly, MA where he is now President & CEO of Blue Vase Marketing in the Cummings Center. He is passionate about local community and active with helping charities such as the Greater Beverly YMCA and Beverly Bootstraps.

Since its publication in February, Ask More Get More has captivated readers with its powerful message of how to create new opportunities in life and business simply by taking charge. 

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“I’m very excited and delighted to know that Ask More Get More is reaching the very people I’ve been trying to help,” said Alden.  “Being able to encourage readers to change their lives is both gratifying and very humbling.  I just want everyone to know that if I can make it, they can, too.” 

Ask More Get More has captured the attention of business leaders, bestselling authors and television personalities for its honest and unique insights, including Nolan Bushnell (CEO Brainrush Inc., founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese), Kevin Harrington (Chairman of AsSeenOnTV.com and Original Shark from ABC’s Hit TV Show , Shark Tank) and Marilyn Tam (Bestselling Author of The Happiness Choice, Speaker, former CEO of Aveda, President of Reebok Apparel Products & Retail Group and VP of Nike).

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Betsy Myers, author of Take the Lead and the former Senior Adviser to Presidents Clinton & Obama, and Founding Director, Center for Women and Business, Bentley University, wrote:

"Ask More, Get More provides a roadmap to your personal dreams by asking the right questions and taking actionable steps. Michael Alden provides practical wisdom anchored by powerful personal stories. A must read –not just for business leaders --but for anyone who wants to live a more abundant life.”

Ask More Get More teaches readers a whole new way of thinking about what we want and how to get it. Whether a person lives in a cardboard box or a mansion in Beverly Hills, earned a PhD or barely graduated high school, this book will offer inspiration and motivation.

Alden’s easy-to-understand strategies and techniques can be used by anyone to get just about anything faster and more consistently. His sometimes humorous, often poignant, but always engrossing anecdotes resonate both in the heart and the head, and to make his fundamental principles seem brilliantly obvious.

Michael is the President and CEO of Blue Vase Marketing, LLC, a premier direct response marketing firm, where he employs close to one hundred and fifty people and is expanding his business internationally. Blue Vase was ranked by Inc. magazine as one of America’s fastest growing companies in its 500/5000 list for 2013. Michael is also the host of The Alden Report, which airs all across the globe, discussing the benefits of various products and services. Michael holds a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School.

More information on Ask More Get More is available at http://www.michael-alden.com/

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