ProBlogger has a post about SparkplugU – Training for Work at Home Workers. It is about SparkplugU and their courses plus their newsletter and a free e-book.
Their courses are reasonably priced and there are some that interest me, like Introduction to Starting a Blog Network with Wendy Piersall & Easton Ellsworth.
The SparkplugU Internet Business Guide [...]
Bootstrapping means starting a business without external investors or debt finance. Seth Godin has written a book about this. Over at ChangeThis is a version available as ebook, The Bootstrapper’s Bible. I have re-read my copy and in the book is a great explanation of entrepreneur and freelancer.
A freelancer sells her talents. While she may [...]
Over at ChangeThis is a free eBook about The New Rules of Viral Marketing: How Word-of-Mouse Spreads Your Ideas for Free.
For decades, the only way to spread our ideas was to buy expensive advertising or beg the media to write (or broadcast) about our products and services. But now our organizations have a tremendous opportunity [...]
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations is written by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckström. It is a very interesting book that compare two different kind of organizations but also mentions a hybrid or combo version, best of both.
Spiders are centralized, command and control, organizations. Historical examples are the Spanish army, [...]
I have read and reviewed three books by Robin Sharma. Here is a short summary and links to my reviews.
The monk who sold his Ferrari is a great book that covers much of Eastern and Western wisdom around life and success. The book is well written and the concepts are nicely fitted into a frame, [...]
I found Questionating over at ChangeThis. This manifesto pushes the concept of QuestionBanks, using sets of question as tools in meetings, projects etc.
What’s your favorite question? Over the years we’ve found that the most popular answers to this question are ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘why not’ in that order. A trend we’ve also observed is that [...]
I have blogged about The Medici Effect which is a great book. Now the book is available as a free download at The Medici Effect website. In the associated blog it says:
On The The Pirate’s Dilemma blog Matt Mason describes how best-selling author Paolo Coelho boosted sales in Russia by uploading a pirate copy of [...]
The 26 page ebook, How I Built A Profitable Freelance Business for Under $50 (And How You Can Too!) explains the exact steps that Christine OKelly took to go from flat broke to earning $6,000 – $8,000 per month just by doing freelance writing. For anyone who loves writing this sounds like a dream come [...]
Jason Alba, author of I’m On LinkedIn – Now What???, teamed up with Jesse Stay to write I’m on Facebook — Now What???
The book summary says:
Facebook is one of the hottest websites in today’s world, and is having a major impact on career and business. This book explains the different parts of Facebook and helps [...]
The Life Coaching Handbook: Everything You Need to Be an Effective Life Coach is written by Curly Martin. The subtitle is a mouthful but I like the book and it really covers a lot. It is a book I will go back to for reference, to refresh my knowledge and to find new views on [...]
