I've been running an online business since 1999, and I got into it knowing virtually nothing However, I've always turned to books for help, ad this list contains some of my faves, both old and new. Some of these were published before the advent of eb...
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Business Marketing
Business Structure
Business Finance
Business Mindset
Business Startup
Business Marketing
One of the most important roles you have is getting the word out about your business. The books offer some great tips and strategies to do just that.
Great strategies for getting yourself booked solid, every time.
Book Yourself Solid: Get More Clients Fast
Outlines 28-day marketing plan to get more client
Get Clients Now! 28-Day Marketing Program
How to create an effective marketing plan on one sheet of paper.
The 1-Page Marketing Plan (Lean Marketing)
Why it's smart to create a niche in your business.
Nichecraft: Focus Your Business & Attract Customers
How to be your own best PR agent in your business
Hype Yourself: PR Toolkit for Small Biz
Outlines the best ways to become famous in your field
Get Slightly Famous: Attract Business Easily
How to stand out – be unique or the purple cow - in your field
PURPLE COW Transform Your Business
Best book on web design, and all types of marketing, for that matter.
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited (3rd Edition)
Outlines the importance of content creation and distribution in your marketing process.
Content Inc.: Updated 2nd Edition
Excellent primer on business marketing
Duct Tape Marketing: Practical Small Business Guide
Excellent primer on referral markeing for businesses
The Referral Engine: Market Your Business
Great how-to guide for building a business aroud one idea
Stand Out: Find Your Breakthrough Idea
Business Structure
How will you setup your business? How will it grow? Use these books to help you create a roadmap for the long-term growth of your business.
Great quick business launch tips
Million Dollar Weekend: Launch a 7-Figure Biz
How to effectively remain a small yet highly profitable business
The Million-Dollar One-Person Business
Outlines why small is the new big in today's business climate
Company Of One: Staying Small in Business
Get more done in 12 weeks than you do all year
The 12 Week Year: Achieve More in 12 Weeks
Business Finance
It almost always comes down to money, right? Here's how to manage it to keep you in business.
Best tip-- pay yourself first!
Profit First: Transform Your Business
Money wisdom not commonly taught by our parents
Rich Dad Poor Dad: Money Lessons for Kids
Outlines how to create financial freedom in your life
CASHFLOW Quadrant: Guide to Financial Freedom
Business Mindset
How to focus on one thing and make that profitable in your busiess
The ONE Thing: Simple Truth About Results
Great tips for how to outsource most of your life and business tasks
The 4-Hour Workweek: Expanded & Updated
The jjoy of being a multi-hyphenate entrepreneur
Refuse to Choose!: Create Your Dream Life
Great examples of how you can find more support that you ever thought possible
Never Eat Alone: Secrets to Success
How to become the best freelancer--even as an introvert
The Freelance Introvert: Work Your Way
Great for helping you shift from working for someone else to working for yourself
Free Agent Nation: Transforming Work in America
Business Startup
This is the book that propelled me into self-employment. Lots of great tips!
Making a Living Without a Job, Revised Ed.
Short and concise strategy for getting your business started
The $100 Startup: Reinvent Your Career
How to stay lean as your start your business
The Lean Startup: Continuous Innovation Guide
Here's how to dabble in a business as you decide whether or not your want to take it to full-time
