To build your own successful business today, you need to be social media savvy. How can you get there? Stop pitching and start connecting! In this comprehensive guide, Alex Theis, a veteran of the network marketing industry since 1997, will teach you proven strategies for using social media to grow your network and develop your personal brand. He combines his expertise in direct sales and social networking with proven tips and secrets from over 20 business and social media leaders. In this book you will learn: * Tips, secrets, and advice from over 20 of today's business and social media leaders * Proven strategies to expand your warm market and personal brand * How to choose social media channels and tools that work best for you, including strategies for using Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube * How to greatly increase your 'referability' - get referred like never before * New ideas to extend your reach and find like-minded people * How to use social media, blogging, and infoproducts to grow your credibility Alex wants you to feel confident using social media to help grow your business and live the life of your dreams!

How do I know if my idea will work? How do I decide on the business model? How do I find my audience? Your digital business start-up journey begins here. From the bestselling author of The Small Business Start-up Workbook, Cheryl Rickman brings you a thoroughly practical guide to starting up a digital business, covering the full journey from idea to exit, with easy-to-implement strategies to make your online venture an ongoing success. With a combination of tips, exercises, checklists, anecdotes, case studies and lessons learned by business leaders, this workbook will guide you through each step of digital business. Learn how to: • Assess whether your business idea will work online/digitally • Choose the right business model for your proposition and avoid wasting time • Assess demand, viability and uncover untapped needs and gaps in the market • Build a usable, engaging website and mobile app • Create a buzz using social networking • Drive high quality traffic to your site and convert visitors into paying customers • Use search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing (SEM) tools effectively • Raise finance and protect your business • Build and maintain a strong brand • Recruit and retain a strong team • Sell the business or find a suitable successor. Reviews for the book: “If you want advice on starting your own internet business, don’t ask me, read this book instead. It is more up-to-date and costs far less than a good lunch.” Nick Jenkins, Founder of Moonpig.com “This book excels in providing practical guidance on how to create a successful digital business which exceeds customer expectations and keeps customers happy each step of the way.” Scott Weavers-Wright, CEO of Kiddicare.com, and MD of Morrison.com (non-food) “If you read just one book on digital business, make it this one... It is inspirational, informative and interactive in equal measure. Highly recommended!” Rowan Gormley, Founder and CEO of NakedWines.com “Interspersed with inspiring and useful stories from successful entrepreneurs, this book can help aspiring business owners through a step-by-step process of refining their start-up ideas and building a solid business.” Elizabeth Varley, Founder and CEO of TechHub

Create a flow of your ideal clients - who have credit card in hand and are ready to buy! In this step-by-step networking guide, Biba Pedron, The Connection Queen, shares her proven strategies to effectively turn your contacts into clients - without chasing them. Learn how to maximize your networking results, leverage your contacts, and develop a solid network to boost your business. Even if you hate networking, Biba shares simple and effective strategies that are proven to work. Business coach, marketing expert, best-selling author speaker, radio host, and award winner, Biba Pedron has helped countless small business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals connect the dots of marketing, social media, networking, and branding to grow their business. She teaches simple but effective marketing strategies that really work. Recognized as someone who powerfully connects with people, professionally and socially, Biba brings her successful networking techniques to both sides of the Atlantic.

"From Pitch to Close" is for CEOs and founders looking to raise investor led funding of any sort. This award winning book contains a step-by-step guide for securing investment for startups or businesses. Written by an award-winning serial entrepreneur, inventor, speaker, and startup mentor, the book draws from the author's decades of personal experience of raising millions of dollars globally. The book provides tips and strategies on preparing for investor meetings and how to maximize your business valuation. It answers critical questions about investors and what they look for in founders and their businesses. The author Chris Folayan answers key questions such as - How can I improve my business valuation before approaching investors? What do investors want in a founder and company? How do I create a compelling pitch story and deck? How can I determine if I have the right investor? What should I do if an investor asks me a question that I don't know the answer to? At the end of the book you will possess a exclusive understanding of what you can do before you speak to investors to better equip yourself with the knowledge you need to get the best valuation, and investor possible.