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The most important document for any business is the business plan. It is the strategy for bringing your product or service to the market. So, your business plan outlines what you see as an opportunity and how you plan to take advantage of that opportunity. The best business plans are concise, clear, and easy to understand. If a business plan is too complicated, it will not be taken seriously. If it is too simple, it will not be helpful. This is a step-by-step guide on how to write a simple and successful business plan.

Some writers don’t want to think about the money side. The question of how to monetize as a writer, creator, and thought leader is a bit loaded—because it requires you to address a deeper question, first.

Are you still a struggling author who wants to sell more books? Perhaps you’re a brand-new self-published author and you’re wondering what to do now. You’ve worked very hard to become a published author. You deserve to have many book sales so that you can become a successful, best-selling author who enjoys the better things in life while helping others with your book. Would you like to know even more ways to sell more books? Of course, right?

What does it take to become a successful author in today’s publishing world? It’s not enough to write a powerful book - today’s author must understand and leverage the business side of writing. Authorpreneurship: The Business of Writing by Sharon Jenkins takes the aspiring writer from curiosity to career, combining both sides of publishing - author and entrepreneur - to empower writers with direction, publishing options, marketing solutions, and business savvy to grow their career.

Are you a struggling author who wants to sell more books? Perhaps, you’re a brand-new self-published author, and you’re wondering what to do now. You’ve worked very hard to become a published author. You deserve to have many book sales so you can become a successful best-selling author who enjoys the better things in life while helping others with your book.

Are you ready to be a content machine? The more you create, the more you make. That is the reality. Why are you holding yourself back from money and success, then? In this audiobook, you will learn how I write four books a month and run my successful online business and still have a life. Ready to take off? Fasten your seat belts now!

The World's Greatest Business Plan is the most simple, step-by-step business plan, designed for entrepreneurs who cannot afford to fail. It is written by best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Sean Castrina. This audiobook offers five bonus sections to help entrepreneurs start and grow a successful startup.

Understanding the networking game can help build your author fan base and your book sales. But where and how do you start building your author network? I’ll answer this burning question for you by sharing what I’ve experienced and observed. Though all authors will benefit from the audiobook, self published authors who are responsible for their book's marketing will find it especially helpful.

Authoring a book to differentiate oneself and one’s business has been an effective strategy for decades. However, in a time of ultra-short attention spans and time-strapped schedules, most people never finish reading a book they started. Specifically designed for the local business owner, Main Street Author presents a simple and effective alternative which aligns the power and prestige of being an author with today’s consumer reality.

You can be one of those super-successful people who not only have a successful career but also a successful business! We start with the key things any start-up needs, giving you insight into helpful things to consider as you start your business. Then, we take you back as far back in time as middle school. We then go through what kind of internships and educational choices you’ve made or are going to make.

Skip a Step is not another get rich quick guide from business moguls who amassed a fortune. It’s meant for a new generation who do not just want to get rich, but wish instead to find meaning and purpose in life. Each chapter contains a close interview with an entrepreneur or leader making a difference in the world and divulging the wisdom they received from slaying the dragons in their own lives to achieve success.

How many times in life do we feel like a pawn with no power and yet while we're not even looking...as we go through the checker board of life, day-by-day dodging and ducking - suddenly we get to a point in life where we can't go any further - we're at the end of the board and yet at that moment...with faith, anything can happen. In an instant...at the end of the road...circumstances can change and life gives us a promotion to the most powerful piece on the board! It appeared that the pawn was weak but the pawn actually was serving the kingdom. Suddenly - you're the leader.

In Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth (2005), author and entrepreneur T. Harv Eker argues that readers can substantially increase their net worth by studying the financial habits and attitudes that rich people commonly have. Although their personalities and temperaments vary greatly, the wealthy generally have similar fiscal ideas and practices.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? (2010) shows entrepreneurs and everyday workers alike how to become vital members of their professional fields. Author Seth Godin argues that the business world no longer profits by filling its rosters with cookie-cutter employees who meet minimum production levels…(Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

Ninja Future is an essential listen for businesses and individuals striving to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving world: Gary Shapiro, the president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, casts his eye toward the future, charting how the innovative technologies of today will transform not only the way business is done, but society itself.

In this amusing and multiple award-winning how-to guide for professors, seasoned instructor Mike Kowis shares 44 college teaching tips that will help any teacher. This brutally honest audiobook is based on the many lessons that Mike learned during his 15 years of teaching, and it's filled with dozens of hilarious - and often embarrassing - anecdotes. Engaging College Students: A Fun and Edgy Guide for Professors will help you fully engage your students in classroom discussions.

If I only had one thing to tell anyone out there who is either new to the job market or is graduating, that would be: "Jobs suck! Well, at least the old-fashioned version of a job where you have to do something you don't really like from 9-5...." I like calling this the 'sell your time' personal business model where you literally exchange your time for money. In other words, you sell your time to someone and they pay you for it. That's not right. If you've been there, and actually experienced what I'm talking about, you'll know that this personal business model actually sucks.

Just as your power bill continues to rise, the sun also rises. Why are we letting a renewable resource that beams down on us each day go to waste? Solar energy is no longer a distant dream of the future. It is a real, viable option for America’s power needs, and T.J. Kanczuzewski of Inovateus Solar is mapping out a path for energy independence for anyone looking for clean, renewable power.

The often hilarious and sometimes poignant story behind Dal LaMagna's attempts to create a successful business. By the time LaMagna graduated from the Harvard Business School, his numerous entrepreneurial activities - including operating discotheques in drive-in movie theaters, working with the 1960s musical teen sensations the Cowsills, and opening an ice cream parlor on the Venice Beach boardwalk - had landed him $150,000 in debt. Raising Eyebrows tells the story of how he finally succeeded. After years of failures and living pennilessly, LaMagna finally succeed with tweezers. He started Tweezerman, one of the world's most respected, innovative and successful beauty tool manufacturers with only $500. Not only was Tweezerman a financial success but is became a model of how to operate a company responsibly.

Not many people will tell you that they are motivated by their jobs. In fact, we would wager that most people would say they are not motivated by their jobs at all and that if they didn't need the money, they wouldn't be at their current jobs. In other words, they are not motivated. Dan Ariely, in his book, Payoff, discusses what really motivates people and surprisingly, it is not money. What motivates is an underlying sense of meaning. Here we will summarize and analyze Payoff.