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In this landmark book, author Tony Caldwell takes you step-by-step through the thinking, mindset, skill sets, and checklists you need to launch and successfully operate an independent insurance agency. Utilizing his proven method, he not only challenges you to dream your vision so well you can articulate it, but he also provides the practical tools and expertise to help you grow while avoiding common pitfalls. Done the right way, your business will grow into a noble endeavor to benefit your community.

I am sure you have heard it said that wealth and abundance have nothing to do with your background, gender, or location. However, this undeniable nugget of wisdom is just the tip of the millionaire's iceberg. The harsh reality is there is a careful balance of wealth and poverty in the world. If you act in one way you will become rich and have everything you desire. Act another way and you will stay among the majority who struggle to cope with never quite having enough.

Beyond the Pale chronicles Ken Grossman's journey from hobbyist homebrewer to owner of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., one of the most successful craft breweries in the United States. From youthful adventures to pioneering craft brewer, Ken Grossman shares the trials and tribulations of building a brewery that produces more than 800,000 barrels of beer a year while maintaining its commitment to using the finest ingredients available.

How many times have you assumed that you knew somebody and what they were about, only to be completely blindsided when they behave in a way that contradicts everything you thought you knew? We often think we have a fair amount of ability in reading people until the moment when we’re proven wrong. Through a number of exercises and tutorial content, you'll find how to more effectively identify and interpret the behavior of others in order to more fully understand their motivations and intentions.

The Business of Real Estate Photography provides the blueprints to start your own real estate photography business by providing a detailed guide on developing a business strategy and marketing plan, in addition to valuable information on the financial and legal aspects of the business. It assists you in gaining a thorough understanding of the market and includes many useful tips and lessons learned from the author’s own experiences that can save you time and money when establishing and growing your own business.

Embrace financial independence and generate consistent income with this strategic guide for entrepreneurs and investors looking to level up. If you’ve already built a profitable business but you’re ready to free up your time without sacrificing growth, this book is for you. In Scaling Smart, Rich and Kathy Fettke distill more than twenty years of business strategy into the perfect guide for entrepreneurs ready to scale a successful enterprise.

In Launching & Building a Brand for Dummies, Amy Will covers everything from crafting a powerful brand identity and planning that all-important launch to being prepared to scale up as you begin to take off.

Have you got an itch to start your own business, go to the North Pole, retrain, lose weight, get promoted, learn to play the ukulele? Or do you just have a nagging sense that there must be more to life? If there is something you really want to do, but secretly fear you'll never do it, then you need this. This is your kick in the pants! To make your thing happen, you have to climb into the ring. You have to face your fears and move from talking to doing.

There are 20 million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement.

Welcome to affiliate marketing, a pathway to unlocking online business success and financial independence. Affiliate Marketing for Beginners is your comprehensive and captivating guide to mastering the art of affiliate marketing. Unravel the secrets of building a lucrative affiliate business from scratch as you absorb invaluable insights and strategies.

Todos los emprendedores y empresarios quieren ser los mejores del mercado, pero lo cierto es que para los consumidores conseguir el mejor producto no es suficiente. En cambio, quienes se distinguen de los demás competidores siempre ganan. Esta guía de marketing, como ya es costumbre en los libros de Mike Michalowicz, ofrece un método simple de tres pasos con los que podrás posicionar tu negocio, atraer prospectos y convertir las oportunidades en ventas.

Worried about presenting your business opportunity to prospects? Here is the solution. The two-minute story is the ultimate presentation to network marketing prospects. When our prospects see the big picture, they make decisions immediately. No more "I need to think it over" objections. In less than two minutes, our prospects will move forward, ready to join. This presentation requires no flipcharts, videos, research reports, testimonials, PowerPoint slides, or graphics. All it takes is a simple two-minute story that we customize for our prospects.

Six-Figure Pet Business is a business success book for dog trainers, dog and cat groomers, dog day care owners, and other pet service providers. Learn how to create the foundation for success, ensure business success from the very start, remove the roadblocks to let financial success in, hire the right staff members, and more!

Learn how today’s artists survive, exhibit, and earn money, without selling out! This book explains how to be a professional artist and new methods to define and realize what success means. Whether you’re a beginner, a student, or a career artist looking to be in the best museum shows, this book provides ways of advancing your plans on any level. Making It in the Art World is an invaluable resource for artists at every stage, offering readers a plethora of strategies and helpful tips to plan and execute a successful artistic career.

Having inspired generations of consultants and entrepreneurs around the world, the “Rock Star of Consulting” Alan Weiss returns with a revised and completely updated edition of his authoritative guide to consulting success.

Most Americans these days consider entrepreneurship to be a good career. More than half of all American adults will start at least one business during their working life. Due to the shutdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became a common practice that many Americans would like to see as a permanent work option. This means that if you’re like most Americans, you’ve either already started your own business or you’re seriously considering it. If so, you’ve definitely come to the right place.

This guide will walk you step by step through all the essential phases of starting a successful construction based business. To profit in a new construction business, you need to consider the following questions: What business am I in? What do I sell? Where is my market? Who will buy? Who is my competition? What is my sales strategy? How much money is needed to operate my firm? How will I get the work done? What management controls are needed? How can they be carried out? And many more. This guide will help you answer all these questions and more. Here's what’s in the book: ~ Things to ...

What good is “hustle” when you have to sell your soul to get what you want? Too many people mistake material riches for true wealth, grind themselves to a pulp, and still end up broke. As a former professional baseball player, Ryan Pineda has been there, too. He learned the hard way what the American dream can cost you when you think there’s only one way to live it.

Dental entrepreneurs often have only part of their vocation mastered: dentistry. Meanwhile, they overlook the accounting and finance principles necessary to thrive as a business leader. The business acumen of a dental entrepreneur is the difference between their success and failure in growing a group of dental practices or becoming a DSO. In DEO’s Financial Secrets to Grow Dental Organizations, Ken Kaufman teaches you the critical finance tools you didn’t learn about in dental school to up your entrepreneurial game.

What does it take to turn ideas into action? What are the elements of a perfect pitch? How do you win the war for talent? How do you establish a brand without bucks? These are some of the issues everyone faces when starting or revitalizing any undertaking, and Guy Kawasaki, former marketing maven of Apple Computer, provides the answers.