The first thing that struck me about these DVDs is the quality of the production. Really good sound and video, professional editing and all notes overlaid on the screen, no panning across to a dog-eared flip chart. Many comments from participants are subtitled when their voices are not clear. Marc’s style keeps you buzzing all the time. A cross between Graham Norton on “E” and an excited Italian giving you road directions with his hands.

The program is based on a 2 day course which fits well into 8 one hour DVDs. The main focus is using influence techniques covertly. Some of it will be familiar if you have done a Prac course, heard Jamie Smart’s “Ethical Infuence” CD set, read Cialdini and persuasion engineering but the BIG difference is the way that Marc uses the stuff.

The thing that really amazed me about this program is the way Marc uses NLP and other techniques in a conversational way. Using Marc’s approach your could use many NLP techniques during a chat with a mate in the pub. All the artificial stuff about “think of a time when ….., make it brighter and bigger” disappears and Marc shows you how to weave it onto a conversation in a flowing natural way. Timelines are covered by body position and movement of the hands, none of the Johnny Cash “I walk the line” stuff, he makes it look so easy. Anchoring by adjusting your tie and shaking packets of sugar.

There are lots of techniques that will be useful in sales (which is why I bought the set in the first place) or for attracting the man/woman of your dreams but the I think it is the natural way that he uses them that marks Marc out as something special. I bet his Prac course will be interesting.

It is possible that he used Stealth techniques in the program to get me to write this review, but if he did, I wasn’t aware of it.