Small Business Success

What makes you unique, and how can you turn that into your greatest asset? In a world where visibility and value go hand in hand, building your personal brand is no longer optional—it’s essential. Your personal brand is more than a name or a logo; it’s the story you tell and the impact you make. But how do you craft a brand that communicates your value, draws people in, and sets you apart from the rest? This book is your step-by-step guide to productizing your skills, effectively communicating your worth, and becoming a magnet for opportunities. Drawing from proven strategies and ...

People are a company’s greatest asset, and the smaller the business, the more intimately connected employees are to the purpose. Yet small businesses are often ill-equipped at the process of hiring and training the new employees they need to function and grow. But with the right tools and information, hiring well is a skill you can learn. Laura Nelson breaks the hiring process down into clear, easy-to-follow steps that make finding and hiring talent a productive and enjoyable experience.

Many business audiobooks fuel unrealistic notions about what a good idea looks like, how fast a founder should attract investment, and how quickly growth will take off. The problem with this mythology is that it can sometimes end with entrepreneurs abandoning their dreams too soon if they don't see immediate results. In The Hockey Stick Principles, author Bobby Martin shifts his focus away from all the hype about rapid growth and the pursuit of funding and instead takes a look at the real process behind getting a good idea off the ground.

Coaching Up! is about inspiring those who matter to you to achieve peak performance. Whether you are a coach, a business leader, a civic activist, a teacher, a counselor, or a parent, this book will offer you a powerful, highly effective way to connect to the people you care about and move them forward toward their best selves. In sports, coaches have developed ways of connecting with their players quickly in the "heat of the battle", inspiring them to perform to their fullest potential and "leave it all on the field".

Have you ever been thrust into a surprising place of leadership? Are you looking for a mentor who has had similar experiences? Ebony S. Small is a young leader with a wealth of experience in both churches and organizations. She's got practical and biblical wisdom to offer whether you are just starting or are looking for a fresh start in your life and leadership. Every life experience - good, bad, or indifferent - is a distinct marker that God used to hardwire you for purpose and help you lead from an authentic and healthy place.

Growing your business sounds easy. But successful sales and marketing is hard. Is your business failing to realize its true potential? It might be that your sales and marketing are holding you back. Learn how to market more convincingly, sell more successfully, and manage more effectively. In Sticky Sales and Marketing, Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD breaks down sales and marketing strategies in a coherent story-driven process and highlights what works and what doesn’t. Through personal stories and eye-opening insights, he shares how businesses and organizations can promote their products and ...

It's a competitive world out there, and running your own small business is far more difficult than most people think. Pocket Guide to Small Business Success is aimed at anyone thinking of starting their own company, those who have recently started one, and the owners of established businesses that have stagnated and are feeling stuck in a rut.

Startup Success is written in a logical sequence that follows the general life cycle of planning and executing a successful fundraising campaign. Actionable tips, tricks, and aha realizations will have listeners rewinding and noting passages for future reference. The author’s own words tell it all: “I decided to write something different that best exploits the gray in my hair and the hard lessons I’ve learned.” Any startup founder, advisor, or angel investor - regardless of their experience level - will come away with improved skills and an increased knowledge base.

In Blueprint to Business Credit: Navigating Vendor Accounts and Revolving Credit to Propel Your Business Success, readers are taken on an instructive journey, exploring the realm of business credit. Written with the entrepreneur and small business owner in mind, this comprehensive guide demystifies the complex world of business credit, providing an actionable blueprint to establish business credit linked to the company's EIN, rather than the owner's SSN. As the business world becomes increasingly competitive, securing your own line of business credit has never been more critical. This book ...

Cheekys' founder Jessi Roberts reveals how she grew one small store hurdle-by-hurdle into a national clothing and accessories brand with a one-and-a-half-million-strong community. Best of all, she did it by standing tall for her values: Always be kind, lift up the next gal, and treat employees and customers like family. More than a business book, Backroads Boss Lady is about embracing your passion even when others don't see value in it - or you - and about putting food on the table and believing in yourself.

In Whatever Works, Thalma Lobel explores groundbreaking psychological research on job performance, satisfaction, and creativity. Did you know that just doodling in a certain way can increase your creativity? That looking at something green for forty seconds will improve your attention? That crossing your legs similarly to an interviewer could get you the job? That the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk can lessen your performance, even if it's turned off? These are the invisible factors that nudge our behavior on a daily basis.

Difficult questions can be thrown at you from your first job interview through to challenges you get when you've made it to the top. If you find yourself on the firing line on a regular or occasional basis, this is the perfect go-to guide to help you turn tough questions into positive opportunities. Great Answers to Tough Questions at Work promotes a confident "win-win-win" mind-set for questioner, answerer, and wider audiences beyond. Author Michael Dodd provides golden formulae and proven strategies for constructing inspirational answers.

A detailed blueprint of exactly what to change for the biggest impact, The Health Habit is a researched framework of 27 of the most important habits a human can ever have. It starts from the morning, to what you eat, how you think, how you plan, how you sleep, and everything else. Learn how to make it painless and sustainable, and it will follow you for the rest of your life.

The Smart Accelerated Success System (A.S.S.) for Your Business Strategy (B.S.) is a model to put nitrous into your success engine. This audiobook contains the tools of thought to move you past any blocks in your life and propel you into the greatness that has always been inside of you. Each time you listen to the audiobook, a new lesson will appear to you, unlocking the secret to your next level of your success!

Does the life of a consultant tempt you? Are you worried about leaving the security and stability of corporate life? Does the thought of going it alone excite and terrify you in equal measure? If you are going to make the leap, then this book will alleviate a lot of the risk. Instead of trying to work it out on your own and falling into classic traps, follow Matt’s path and set your consultancy business up for success. If you want the flexibility of being a consultant with the financial security of a profitable business, you’re ready to learn how to go from full-time to fulfilled.

Don't Bring It to Work explores what happens when patterns originally created to cope with family conflicts are unleashed in the workplace? This groundbreaking book draws on the success of Sylvia Lafair's PatternAware program Total Leadership Connections. Throughout the book she shows how to break the cycle of pattern repetition and offers the tools that can turn unhealthy family baggage into creative energy that will foster better workplace associations and career success.

Your brand is the stories people share about you when you're not in the room, and it's these brand stories that determine if people buy from you, employ you, work for you, or invest in you. When the stakes are that high, wouldn't you want to take control of it? In Magnetic Stories, business storytelling expert Gabrielle Dolan reveals how you, too, can create and share stories that stick.

You've done the work—your small business is a huge success and you're ready for the next step. But amplifying your business into a self-sustaining, exponentially profitable entity requires its own set of skills. With Grow Your Business, you'll learn the modern strategies for taking your burgeoning venture up a notch, all while avoiding the common pitfalls of expansion.

Sarah’s Cleaning Empire: The Sparkling Touch is an inspiring and practical step-by-step guide for anyone looking to start a successful cleaning business. Told through the fictional story of Sarah, a determined single mother who builds a thriving cleaning empire from scratch, this audiobook blends engaging narrative with actionable advice to empower aspiring entrepreneurs.

Are you ready to align your career with your true strengths and discover your profitable niche? Find Your Profitable Niche is your essential guide to uncovering the areas where your unique abilities meet market demand. This book offers actionable insights on identifying the paths of least resistance, allowing you to develop a fulfilling, long-term career that reflects your purpose. Have you ever wondered how to identify the opportunities that fit your personality? Are you curious about how to stand out and add value to your niche? This book answers these questions and more. Key chapters ...