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"This Business has Legs": How I Used Infomercial Marketing to Create the $100,000,000 Thighmaster Craze: An Entrepreneurial Adventure Story
ISBN: 978-0-471-14749-7
Paperback
206 pages
May 1996
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"Only in America could a would-be monk convince a faded television star to pitch a rehabilitation device designed for Scandinavian skiers and create a nationwide sensation. The marketing strategy alone is worth the price of admission."
—Paul B. Brown Special Correspondent for the Business News Network (BNN) and coauthor of Customers for Life

"This is the first time the person behind a fad lays out the whole marketing strategy he used. Even I learned a lot."
—Bob Rice Pet Rock Promoter

"Within a matter of months, Peter Bieler created a $100,000,000 industry out of nothing. This fascinating book chronicles step-by-step how he did it."
—Steve Dworman Publisher, Infomercial Marketing Report

"As a jack, in an emergency, if you have a very small car … As a rack to dry homemade pasta … Prop it on its side and presto! Twin picture frames … Have it bronzed and claim it’s a very early Henry Moore …"
—Diane White columnist for The Boston Globe on alternate uses for the ThighMaster See Inside for Exciting Contest Details!