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10 Social Media Books Every Small Business Owner Should Read from Ivana Taylor

  

Mark Anderson
Shredder Setting: Puree
Dominate and Diversify
Tasks and Multitasking
Parent Company Calls
Dedicated to Earnings
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Unconscious Decision Making
Are Smartphones Getting Too Smart?
Who’s The New Guy?
Office Copiers and Paper Jams
The Control-Alt-Delete Clause
Another Killer App
Take It Up With Management or Just Ignore It?
Business Model: Money Equals Happy
It’s Lonely at the Top
Scheduling Time To Stop And Smell The Roses
Landing An Account
Half A Dozen Online Personas
Fired And Seeing Other Companies
Small Business Repurposing
Help With Visual Learning
Caught Napping On The Job
Due To Recent Cutbacks
Curiosity Protection
Costs Are Skyrocketing
A Curious Case of Object Permanence
A Remedy To Office In And Out Bins
A Boost To Consumer Confidence
Always Read The Fine Print
Sticky Note Personal Computers
Sales: Looking Good For Some
Unleashing Bold Initiatives
The Savings Infrastructure
It’s A Deal
Make a Contract with Yourself for New Year’s Resolutions
Santa’s Naughty List
Copier Jam: Emergency Solution
A Remedy to Inbox Overflow
Ideas Lighting Up
Sales Are Off The Charts
Careers: Talking Turkey
The Deadly Internal Audit
Jumping Through Hoops of Red Tape
Business Acquisition: Didn’t You Hear?
Office Red Flag Warnings
A Disconnect in Meetings
My Very First Job
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
When Your Numbers are Questionable
Providing The Direction Needed
Beat Your High Score vs. Increase Profits
Calling In Sick
Do That Sales Thing: Sell More!
How to Be an Awful Manager
Development and Research
Demystifying Those Spreadsheets
Need to Add Some Tricks to Your Bag?
Silly Job Interview Questions Managers Ask
Business Merger: You Didn’t Hear?
Fall Business Forecast
Job Promotion: Is It Written All Over You?
Sinking Small Business Revenue
The Business of Intellectual Property
Pie Chart Mania
No Comment
Oh, Those Flashes of Money-Making Inspiration
On Paradigm Shifts and Other Business Buzz Words
Financial Doublespeak
Can We Change These Numbers?
When a Background Check Is Not Needed …
Wacky Resumes from Job Candidates
Finding Money to Acquire a Business
You Are Smart, a Hard Worker and …
Ah, Wish That Business Were So Easy!
Those Cautiously Optimistic Industry Insiders
Does Your Office Have a Know it All?
When Focus Groups Are Not, Well, Focused
Driving Co-Workers Nuts by Keeping Them in the Loop
Every Business Has Its Pitfalls
How a Layoff Inspires a New Business
Do You Have Spunk and Gumption?
When Business Goes South on You
Spin Your Bad News
So Much for Landing on Our Feet
Making the Best of Low Market Share
New Year’s Resolution Contracts
New Year’s Resolutions Are Good But …
Even Snowmen Read the Fine Print
Get That Report on My Desk by Three!
How NOT to Lay People Off
How to Confuse Co-workers
In This Economy Anything Can Happen
Why Those Gurus Don’t Have All The Answers
Do You Hate Name Tags, Too?
A Halloween Full Moon
More Fun with Charts – When Sales Decline
In This Economy Everything is Dropping
Going from Bad to Worse … and Back
Manager-Employee Miscommunication
It’s a Volatile Market
What, Me Obsessive About Checking Email?
Doing the Lateral Career Move
Instantly Improve Your Sales Numbers
Employee Motivation for Clock Watchers
Tim Berry, business planning guruTim Berry
Developing Strategy is Fun. Implementing It Is Work.
5 Warnings About So-called Corporate Culture
How to Rewrite Your Job Instead of Retiring
The Best Software I Don’t Use
Software Trend: Everywhere All the Time
Do You Know Your Time-is-Money Rate?
Performance Reviews Fall Out of Favor
Product Review: Google Docs For A Book Manuscript
10 Lessons Learned in 22 Years of Bootstrapping
Telling Truth With Lies in Stories
Accountability Part 5: 7 Critical Truths
Accountability Part 4: Crystal Ball and Chain
Accountability Part 3: Metrics and Management
Accountability Part 2: Both Sides Now
Accountability Part 1: War of the Worlds
Top 10 Software Publishing Trends for 2009
Paradox: Stay the Course or Bail
A Planner’s 3 Rules on Resolutions
Relationship Cluelessness Celebration Day
Pop Quiz: What is the Worst Thing to Cut Right Now?
If the Sky is Falling, Say So
Charity Add-on: Does it Work? Is It Real?
7 Business Planning Fundamentals
Productivity, Like Water, Finds its Level
Who is "Small Business Owners?"
Blogging: Business, Pleasure, Death Sentence?
Startup Culture Shock: Is Startup Life Life?
Writer Tip: Use Slide Deck for an Outline
Stop It: Dreaming Isn’t Working
A Tech Consumer Moment
6 Tips For Involving Your Kids in Your Business
5 Things I Like About My Tablet Computer
Are Your Employees’ Hours Quality Time or Quantity Time?
Don’t Let This Happen To Your Network
Being the Boss is Overrated
Big Brother in Small Business
Travels with Email
Name This Tune: Cash, Growth, and Profits
Economic Dark Clouds and Your Business
libava65.jpgJoel Libava
12 Seconds That Changed Everything
Will The Numbers Keep Adding Up for Senior Care Franchise Owners?
Buying A Franchise With A Well-Known Brand Doesn’t Guarantee Success
One on One with Mark Geyman of OhioBiz.com
Twitter’s New Advertising Will Be Franchise Friendly
Ohio Small Businesses: Get Local Customers Through Search Engines
Finding Money for That Franchise When Money is Tight
Attend The Small Biz Social Media Summit: Get a Scholarship
Is The US Economy Being Uncooperative With Your Small Business?
25 Franchise Business Folks You Should Follow On Twitter
Short (this week only) And Sweet (Sugartone) Blog Contest Offers Up Great Prizes!
5 Great Questions To Ask Franchise Company Executives Before Buying A Franchise
The Top Franchise Trends For 2010
The Burger King $1 Cheeseburger: How Much Does It Really Cost?
Franchise Owners Could Be Getting Some Love In 2010
Multi-Unit Franchising: What You Need To Know
Work-At-Home Franchises: Real Opportunities Or Scams?
Is Buying A Franchise Really Buying A Job?
The World Of Mobile Franchise Opportunities
Pet-Related Franchises; More Bark Than Bite?
It’s Franchise Social Media Time!
5 Fantastic Things About Franchising
Franchises Are Becoming More Transparent
Downsized? Franchise vs. Corporate Employment
24-Hour Fitness Franchises Still Growing; Is There Still Room For More?
The Top Franchise Trends For 2009
Will The Franchise Industry Need A Bailout?
How To Not Buy A Franchise
Rating The Franchise Directories
Franchise Shows Worth Your Time?
Does This Franchise Company Get It?
Franchising Convenience
Owning A Piece Of The Pie. Is a Food Franchise For You?
Franchise Industry Feeling The US Economic Slowdown — Part Of a Cycle
Small Business Tools From The SBA
Is Franchising a Viable Option For Veterans?
The R Word and Economic Woes — The World Will Go On
Often Overlooked Benefits Of Franchise Ownership
The Top Franchise Trends For 2008
Here’s To Your Health (Care)
Help For the Time Starved: Service Franchises
Scott Shane
Venture Capitalists are Favoring the Biomedical Sector (Again)
Do Small Businesses Matter in High Tech?
Entrepreneurial Brain Drain
Conflict Shouldn’t Surprise Franchisors and Franchisees
America Is Losing Its High Tech Entrepreneurial Edge
The Ideal Small Business Job Creation Numbers for Politicians
Patents Granted to Small Entities in Decline
Entrepreneurship, Taxes and Orange Spheres
The Typical Entrepreneur’s Sales Are Below Average
Trends in Venture Capital
People from Entrepreneurial Places
Contrary to What You May Have Read, the Recession Hasn’t Been Good for Entrepreneurs
Are Immigrants Really More Likely to Become High Tech Entrepreneurs?
Trends in Exits from VC-Backed Investments
Job Loss Depends More on Sector Than Firm Size
Should We Worry About Older Entrepreneurs?
The (Long Term) Jobs Trend is Better at Smaller Establishments
Are SBA Loans Really Growing Like Gangbusters?
Recent Trends in Self-Employment
Are Small Businesses Hiring Yet?
Start-ups Have Been Shrinking
Why Do People Become Social Entrepreneurs?
Financing Minority-Owned Start-ups
Self-Employment Since 2000
Entrepreneurial Job Creation Statistics are an Economic Rorschach Test
Assessing Small Business Owners’ Optimism
Expansion in the Small Business Sector?
Black Self-Employment Rose During the Recession
More of the Self Employed Incorporate
Small Business Cash Flow Problems Still Not Declining
A Million Startups that Offer Lasting Good Jobs
Understanding Data on Recessions and Start-ups
Entrepreneurial Pessimism or Worse News Coming on the Job Front?
Do VC Investments Made in a Bad Economy Perform Better?
Is the Job Loss Among Entrepreneurs Reversing Itself?
Exit Rate of Angel Group-Backed Companies
How Many Start-ups Hit Angels’ Growth Targets?
Top 5 Trends for Small Business Finance in 2009
Some New Data on Entrepreneurial Finance
The Funny Math of the Angel – Venture Capital Financing Gap
The Myth of the Active Investor
Dead Economists, the Auto Industry, and Entrepreneurship
Can Entrepreneurs Fix the Job Loss Problem?
Are There Recession-Proof Industries for Small Businesses?
What do Angel Investments Look Like?
Immigrant Entrepreneurship Puzzle
Managed versus Market Capitalism
The Size of Angel Investments
What do Business Angels Look Like?
Can Angels Make up for Declining Venture Capital?
What do You Want to Know About Entrepreneurship?
What can Entrepreneurs do to Deal with the Credit Crisis?
Will the Credit Crisis Hurt Venture Capital?
Credit Market Turmoil and Peer-to-Peer Lending
Which Entrepreneur Will Transform the Auto Industry?
Five Percent Certainty and the Performance of Biomedical Start-ups
If You Had $500 Million to Promote Entrepreneurship, How Would You Spend It?
A Missing Public Policy?
The Entrepreneurship Lottery
The Wrong Reasons to Support University Entrepreneurship Programs
Should Carly Fiorina Know the Stats About Women Entrepreneurs?
Are Criminals and Entrepreneurs Similar?
The Black Swan for Entrepreneurs
The Airlines Should Hire Behavioral Economists
Same Sex Marriage and Venture Capital
Behavioral Economics for Entrepreneurs
Gazelle Firms
Zero Capital Gains on Start-ups – A Not So Good Idea
The Mall Bathroom Test to Identify Entrepreneurs
Start Your Business in a Favorable Industry That You Know Well
Start-up Failure Rates Vary — Choosing the Right Industry Matters
Potemkin Village Ventures
Where Are All The Angel Group Investments?
How Do Entrepreneurs Come Up With New Business Ideas?
Startup Failure Rates — The REAL Numbers
Strategy in Networked Industries
What Should MBA Programs Teach Aspiring Entrepreneurs?
Enterpreneurs See Opportunity in Bad News
Our Genes and Desire for Sensation Seeking Might Influence Entrepreneurship
A Mistake That Policy Makers Make in Encouraging High Growth Start-ups
Peer-to-Peer Lending and Entrepreneurship
Four Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in a Recession
How the Presidential Candidates Would Help Entrepreneurs
Born Entrepreneurs?
Testosterone and Entrepreneurship
Why Investors Won’t Believe Your Projections
The Value of Failure
Fortunately, Americans are Becoming less likely to Start Businesses
Why is the Rate of Entrepreneurship Among African Americans so Low?
Five Myths about Financing Start-ups that Hurt Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs Finding it Harder to be Successful
Ivana Taylor
10 Social Media Books Every Small Business Owner Should Read
Competitive Selling: A Myth-Buster That Will Improve Your Performance
“Conquer the Chaos” Gives Entrepreneurs Inspiration and Insight
Make Time for “The 24-Hour Customer”
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World
“Flip the Funnel” is Flipping Fantastic
Why Amish Businesses Thrive
“The Language of Trust” Teaches Communications Lessons in a Skeptical World
The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself
Read “1% Windfall” and Build a Profitable Small Business
Is Your Business Smart or Stupid? Read Smart Business Stupid Business and Find Out
Book Review: Microsoft Office Live Small Business by Rahul Pitre
How “Built to Sell” Could Help You Become a Millionaire
Read “Found Money” and Improve Your Business and Your Life
SuperFreakonimics is a Fun Way to Challenge Your Assumptions
“Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market” Is a Smart Book
Review of Daniel Pink’s “Drive”
Review of Crush It!: Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion
Book Review: The Constant Contact Guide to Email Marketing
The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide
Why You Should Read “Awesomely Simple”
Greening Your Small Business: Book Review
Editor’s Choice Awards: 2009 Best Small Business Books
Talk Less, Say More
Self-Promotion for Introverts
Review of Viral Loop
Book Review: I Love You More Than My Dog
Take the “Leap” to a Richer, More Fulfilling Life and Career
Book Review: You Are What You Choose
15 Bedtime Stories that Keep Entrepreneurs Awake at Night
The Facebook Era: Tapping Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach New Audiences, and Sell More Stuff
Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst “Best” Practices of Business Today
Book Review: Stretching a Dollar to Save and Make Thousands
How Are Business Books Like Restaurants?
No Limits: How I Escaped the Clutches of Corporate America to Live the Self-Employed Life of My Dreams
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Social Media But Were Afraid to Ask
Book Review: Creating Competitive Advantage
Divas Doing Business is a Surprising Book
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life
Riches in Niches: A Book Review
The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited – A Review
Book Review: The Secret Code of Success
Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success
Review of Content Rich: Writing Your Way to Wealth on the Web
Book Review: My Biggest Mistake And How I Fixed It
Top Small Business Marketing Trends for 2009
Best Small Business Books
Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, A Book Review
Review of Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
A Digital Picture Frame with a Non-Digital Benefit
Review of The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom and Live an Extraordinary Life
Book Review: Entrepreneur Journeys
12 Low-Cost Marketing Ideas for the Ho-Ho-Ho-lidays!
No Excuse for No Marketing Plan: A Review of Marketing Plan Pro
Best Sites to Find Business and Marketing Templates
How You Use Document Templates – Survey Results
8 Pricing Strategies you can Implement Right Now
The Art of Pricing
A One Page Marketing Plan Anyone Can Use
Rub My Tummy and It’s a Deal – Book Review
Why Social Media Should Be a Key Ingredient in Your Marketing Mix
Want to Make Money While Sleeping? Read: Beyond Booked Solid
Book Review: 365 Personal Brand Marketing Thumb-Rules
Book Review: The 7 Triggers to Yes
Book Review — Workination: Are you Fascinated with Your Career?
How to Get and Keep Customers with a Marketing Kit
The Complexity Crisis — Why Keeping it Simple is Not Stupid
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