I’m giving away one copy of this fantastic book by Michael Port “Book Yourself Solid”. This is a great book with tons of useful and easily applied information.

You can win it simply by leaving a comment below.

Front of the book states:

The fastest, easiest and most reliable system for getting more clients than you can handle even if you hate marketing and sellling.

How to enter the giveaway

Simply leave a comment below (and make sure you click subscribe to comments so you’re notified of the winner). I’m leaving it open for five days. On Monday 1st Feb (Australian time) I’ll use Random.org to select the winner.

I’m more than happy to post the book anywhere in the world, so leave a comment and Good luck!

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Update: The winner is #5, Sue Bruce.  Congratulations Sue!

I’m giving away one copy of this fantastic book by C.J. Hayden ‘Get Clients Now!’.  It was originally recommended to me by a friend who has a very successful business and I’m now following the recipe in this book – it’s amazingly effective and it works.

This book is an essential in any Work at Home Moms library and you can win it simply by leaving a comment below.

From the back cover:

If you’re ready to dramatically increase your client base, this brand new edition of Get Clients Now! is the one book you need.  Completely revised and featuring scores of tactics, tools and foolproof strategies customisable for any professional service business, this powerhouse book gives you a unique and proven 28-day program for locating, landing, and keeping new clients in greater numbers than you’ve ever dreamed possible.

You’ll learn: how to choose the right marketing tactics for your situation and personality; a foolproof method for diagnosing exactly what’s missing in your marketing and how to fix it; how to use Internet marketing techniques, including e-zines, SEO and blogging; hands-on approaches for replacing unproductive cold-calling with the power of relationship marketing; and much much more.

Please note that this book is for Service businesses rather than retail.

How to enter

Simply leave a comment below and tell me what you like most about SuperWAHM (or WAHM Biz Builder as we were).  The competition runs for four days.  On Saturday 16th I’ll draw a random number for the winner and post in the comments as well as email the winner.

I’m more than happy to post anywhere in the world, so Good luck!

And the winner is….. Stephanie, from Scratchpad Secretaries, comment #16

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During the first week of each month we give away a business book to a reader of this blog. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. At the end of the week I’ll use www.random.org to select a comment number and the lucky winner will be announced here. I’ll post the book anywhere in the world, so the giveaway is open to everyone!

This month we’re giving away Paco Underhills’s “Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping–Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond”.

This book is slightly outside the ordinary for these giveaways in that it discusses the psychology behind why people buy rather than being a strictly business ‘how to’ type of book.  If you sell anything (and that’s all of us in business) then you need to read this book.

From the back cover:

Revolutionary retail guru Paco Underhill is back with a  completely revised edition of his classic, bestselling book on our ever-evolving consumer culture…  Includes:

-    The latest trends in online retail – what retailers are doing right and what they’re doing wrong – and how nearly every Internet retailer from iTunes to Amazon can drastically improve how it serves it’s customers.

-    A guided tour of the most innovative stores, malls and retail environments around the world – almost all of which are springing up in coutries where prosperity is new….

The new Why We Buy is an essential guide – it offers advice on how to keep your changing customers and entice new and eager ones. [end back cover]

In my not so humble opinion, everyone needs to read this book.  If you don’t win it, then buy it.  Truly, if you are selling products, particularly physical products, you need to understand why and how people buy.  This book will go a long way to helping you understand more about your customers.

I’ll be drawing this month’s winner on Monday 6th  July.  So leave a comment and at the end of the week we’ll find out who the lucky winner is!

Winners Update

This month’s winner, selected by www.random.org is:

No 1 – Sally – Snappy Sentences

Stop Press!! The lovely Tina Forsyth has offered to give away a second copy of “Becoming an Online Business Manager”!  So this month we have TWO COPIES to give away.  Thank you Tina!

During the first week of each month we give away a business book to a reader of this blog. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. At the end of the week I’ll draw a name from the comments (or my daughter will!) and the lucky winner will be announced here. I’ll post the book anywhere in the world, so the giveaway is open to everyone!

This month we’re giving away “Becoming an Online Business Manager” by Tina Forsyth.

From the website:

Calling all Virtual Assistants and online support professionals

Business Owners Are Lining Up to Hire a New Level of Management Support – Will You Be Ready When They Come Knocking?

If You Have Ever Wanted More From Your Virtually Based Support Business, Now is the Time

Are you ready to step-it-up and play a bigger game with your clients?

Online businesses are growing at an alarming rate, and many online business owners find themselves ‘tapped out’. They simply can’t do it all themselves anymore and are desperately seeking someone to help them grow and manage their business – they are looking to hire an Online Business Manager (OBM).

Read inside to discover:

•    What clients are asking for and why they want to hire an OBM
•    If you are a potential OBM (take the Online Business Manager Aptitude and Attitude Assessment)
•    The 2 key OBM characteristics that will make you stand out from the crowd!
•    How you will serve your clients as an OBM (roles and responsibilities)
•    How to work for fewer clients and still make an excellent income (escape the time for money trap!)
•    The good, the bad and the (not so) ugly – real life as an OBM
•    How to know if a business owner is ready to work with an OBM (not everyone is ready, even if they think they are)
•    The best way to get started with new OBM clients

If you run an online business – this book is for you.  If you use a VA – this book is for you.  If you are a VA – this book is for you.  It’s a great read, full of interesting and highly applicable and effective ideas for managing your online business, or your clients online businesses.

I’ll be drawing this month’s winner on Saturday 6th  June.  So leave a comment and at the end of the week we’ll find out who the lucky winner is!

Winners Update

This month’s winners, selected by www.random.org are:

No 8 – Cassie and No 11 – Emma

During the first week of each month we give away a business book to a reader of this blog. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. At the end of the week I’ll select a comment using Random Number Generator and the lucky winner will be announced here. I’ll post the book anywhere in the world, so the giveaway is open to everyone!

This month we’re giving away another of Seth Godin’s books, his latest and best seller “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us“.

From the back cover:

“Without leaders, there are no followers.  You’re a leader.  We need you.

In this fascinating book, Seth Godin argues that today everyone has an opportunity to start a movement – to bring together a tribe of like-minded people and do amazing things.  And yet too many people ignore the opportunity to lead because they are ‘sheepwalking’ their way through their lives and work, too afraid to question wheter their compliance is doing them – or their company – any good.

Tribes is for those who don’t want to be sheep and instead have a desire to do fresh and exciting work.  If you have a passion for what you want to do and the drive to make it happen, there is a tribe of fellow employees, or customers, or investors, or readers, just waiting for you to connect them with each other and lead them where they want to go.”

I’ll be drawing this month’s winner on Saturday 9th May.  So leave a comment and at the end of the week we’ll find out who the lucky winner is!

Winner Update

This month’s winner, selected by www.random.org, is Maree, the very first commenter!

During the first week of each month we give away a business book to a reader of this blog. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. At the end of the week I’ll draw a name from the comments (or my daughter will!) and the lucky winner will be announced here. I’ll post the book anywhere in the world, so the giveaway is open to everyone!

This month we’re giving away two books.  Why two?  Because I couldn’t choose between them and they complement each other so well!  They are Seth Godin’s “Purple Cow” and “The Dip”.

Purple Cow is about making your business remarkable, standing out in a crowded marketplace.  From the back cover “In Purple Cow, marketing guru Seth Godin urges everyone involved in creating, designing or selling to think in new ways about their market.  By adopting alternative approaches to your business, you and your company will survive to innovate another day.”

The Dip discusses when it’s better to give up, or when to push through obstacles, and most importantly how to know the difference.  From the back cover “Every new project (or career or relationship) starts out exciting and fun.  Then it gets harder and less fun, until it hits a low point – really hard, really not fun.  At this point you might be in a Dip, which will get better if you keep pushing, or a Cul-de-Sac, which will never get better no matter how hard you try.  The hard part is knowing the difference and acting on it.”

Note on The Dip, the one I am giving away is the softcover version, so it looks different to this picture which is the hardcover edition.  Same great content.

I’ll be drawing this month’s winner next Friday 10th April (yes, I know that’s Easter).  So leave a comment and at the end of the week we’ll find out who the lucky winner is!

During the first week of each month we’re giving away a business book to a reader of this blog. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. At the end of the week I’ll draw a name from the comments (or my daughter will!) and the lucky winner will be announced here. I’ll post the book anywhere in the world, so the giveaway is open to everyone!

This month’s we’re giving away a personally signed copy of “Win in Business” by Peter Irvine. Peter has over 30 years experience in advertising and marketing, including several years as Managing Director of DDB Needham, the second largest advertising agency in Sydney. He and his business partner established Gloria Jean’s coffee in Australia, and now own the international Master Franchise brand and supply and roasting rights for all countries.

In this book, the man who helped guide the phenomenal success of Gloria Jean’s Coffees in Australia unearths 20 priceless keys to catapult you towards your vision. Peter Irvine reveals behind-the-counter stories about the amazing success of this award-winning coffee franchise… as well as other brands, like McDonald’s, which he helped to build through his advertising career in Australia.

If you would like to create a remarkable, stand-out business, then WIN in BUSINESS provides the essential framework to thrust you to the front of the line. This book provides comprehensive, step-by-step guides to activate your vision, help you overcome the challenges along your journey, and squeeze the most out of your vast potential.

I was at a Business Seminar with Peter last week and have already finished reading my copy of the book (don’t worry, the copy I’m giving away is brand new!). It’s a great book, I’ve taken a lot of new information and new ways to do things I’m already doing from it. Peter’s ‘voice’ is very easy to read and he presents his information in a way that is very easy to understand and apply.

So leave a comment and at the end of the week we’ll find out who the lucky winner is!