6 Scott Belsky : Making Ideas Happen
Our fifth post in a series counting down the 10 most influential books I’ve read this year – 2011. Scott Belsky, Making Ideas Happen, Portfolio by Penguin, London, 2010. Buy Making Ideas Happen on Amazon Some books you read strengthen your strengths, whilst others minimise your weaknesses. For me, this book is the latter. It’s […]
Make Your Ideas Happen
Coming up with ideas is relatively easy compared to making them happen. And that’s the premise behind Scott Belsky’s book Making Ideas Happen. Buy Making Ideas Happen on Amazon In this slideshow from our Book Rapper webinar we explored simple strategies for filling the gap between your future vision and your current reality. Including: The […]
A Business Revolution: Free or Fee
Here’s the slides from our Book Rapper webinar derived from Chris Anderson’s Free. He’s the author of The Long Tail which we rapped in our first ever issue as Make Money From Niches. His book Free, is a few years old now. And, from chatting with clients and colleagues, it’s clear many have not incorporated […]
7 Ann Handley and CC Chapman: Content Rules
Our fourth post in a series counting down the 10 most influential books I’ve read this year – 2011. Ann Handley and CC Chapman: Content Rules: How to create killer blogs, podcasts, videos, ebooks, webinars (and more) that engage customers and ignite your business (Book Website) Buy Content Rules on Amazon We previously reviewed this […]
8 Nancy Duarte: Resonate
Our third post in a series counting down the 10 most influential books I’ve read this year – 2011. Nancy Duarte, Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, 2010. In movies, the sequel rarely surpasses the original in quality and adoration. With books and authors, often the latter books […]
Twit Rapper: Obama Online
Twit Rapper was created as a spin-off from my Book Rapper book summaries. Book Rapper summaries take a leading business book and redesign it so you can read it in about 30 minutes. Twit Rapper takes these summaries and redesigns for you to read in FIVE minutes. They’re a series of 26 tweets in a […]
9 Gihan Perera: Webinar Smarts
Our second post in a series counting down the 10 most influential books I’ve read this year – 2011. Gihan Perera; Webinar Smarts: Power Secrets of Engaging, Profitable Webinars I made more money because I read this book Every year I aim to read 50 books. That’s one a week. I just love books… And, […]
10 Peter Fitzsimons: Kokoda
Our first post in a series of the 10 most influential books I’ve read this year – 2011. Peter Fitzsimons, Kokoda: The masterful and gripping account of Australia’s legendary Kokoda triumph – our most important battle; Hachette Australia; Sydney; 2004. Buy Kokoda on Amazon I don’t read too many books that aren’t related to business. […]
How to Inspire Your Customers To Buy
In our recent Book Rapper webinar we explored the key ideas in Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why. In particular we looked at: 1. How to re-ignite your passion, energy and drive for your business 2. How to use your business to fulfil your purpose in life 3. How to attract your ideal customers more […]
How to Inspire Your Customers To Buy
The Apple iPod was one of the most expensive MP3 players on the market and typically had fewer features. Yet it had over 60% market share. What was the secret to Apple’s success? And, how did they inspire thousands of customers worldwide to queue overnight to purchase their iPhones and iPads? In our next Book […]