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Authors buy hundreds of thousands of books to hit bestseller lists
“I'm not sure I can give too many games away, but let's just say a lot of people pay to play, and I was amazed at how many people Actually have like hundreds of thousands of books sitting in that cupboard because they needed to get on a list.”
Steve Sims Feb 15, 2018 ▶ 14:12 936 He Made $8m Last Year Getting Ordinary People On Stage with Bon Jovi
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Sims rented Florence's Accademia Gallery and hired Andrea Bocelli
“I took over the Academia Museum in Florence because a client wanted an exclusive Italian restaurant, and then I had Andrea Bocelli come in and serenade him.”
Steve Sims Feb 15, 2018 ▶ 1:50 936 He Made $8m Last Year Getting Ordinary People On Stage with Bon Jovi
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Sims: The Bluefish generates $10M annually with just 12 employees
“2015 I had 11 people that worked for me. I have 12 this year. I've got just under 3000 clients worldwide. Turnovers knocking around about 10. It, you know, varies. But those are probably the hard and fast figures.”
Steve Sims Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 16:27 He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, And Grammy Winners, EP 269: Steve Sims
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Sims: 98% to 99.9% of Bluefish Clients Are Self-Made Entrepreneurs
“A high percentage, if not 98, maybe 99, maybe 99.9% of my clients are all self-made. They're all entrepreneurial. So there's no silver spoons, hand-me-downs, trust fund babies.”
Steve Sims Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 4:04 He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, And Grammy Winners, EP 269: Steve Sims
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