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Reference Material

Please find a suggested reading list of books I have read or plan to read soon as they are in my library. These are great references and give a great deal of knowledge. Some of these are affiliate links that will take you to Amazon to purchase to help support my efforts. If you don’t use Amazon please find these books wherever you get books from.

Suggested Reading List:
The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be – Jack Canfield
Living the Success Principles – Jack Canfield
Homeless To Billionaire: The 18 Principles of Wealth Attraction And Creating Unlimited Opportunity – Andres Pira
The Billion Dollar Secret: 20 Principles of Billionaire Wealth and Success – Rafael Badziag
The Passion Test: The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose – Janet Attwood and Chris Attwood
Tapping Into Ultimate Success: How to Overcome Any Obstacle and Skyrocket Your Results – Jack Canfield
The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living – Nick Ortner
Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team – Simon Sinek
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action – Simon Sinek
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change – Stephen R. Covey
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t – Jim Collins
The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything – Stephen M. R. Covey
Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment – Todd Rose
Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time – Rory Vaden
Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success – Rory Vaden
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us – Daniel H Pink
Talk Triggers: The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word-of-Mouth – Jay Baer

Equipment Needed for Podcasting/Video:
Webcam – Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920
*Want something a little higher end? Check out the Mevo – The Live Event Camera
Microphone – Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB
Mixer – BEHRINGER Audio Interface
*Want something a little higher end? Check out the Behringer Xenyx Q802USB
Live Video Service – StreamYard.com (Used to be Belive.tv, so check that out too if you want options)
Podcast Editing – Editors Corp
Podcast Hosting – podcastermatrix.com
URL Purchasing – Name Silo
Wordpress/Website Hosting – Siteground

Here are some of my affiliate links to services I have used and recommend. If you have a need for any of these services I would appreciate it if you would use my link below to help support the education I want to bring to you.

Affiliate Links to Products and Services I use:
GenM – Get marketing from an apprentice as part of their training.
Belive.tv – Engage your Audience on Facebook and Twitch with Live Video
Fiverr – Freelance Services Marketplace for The Lean Entrepreneur
Crowdfire – Social Media Content App
Snappa – Online Design / Template Tool
Rocketbook – Reusable Notebook with Scanning App
Grammarly – Spelling and Grammar Checker
Siteground – Website Hosting with Awesome Customer service
Shift – All of Your Gmail Accounts in One Place
Freshdesk – Customer Support Software
Freshchat – Turn visitors into leads
Freshmarketer – All-In-One Conversion Optimization Suite
Freshsales – Your sales force needs a better CRM
Freshteam – Great recruiters know how to find great candidates
SquadCast – Easy Podcast recording
Order Time – Inventory Management
Quickbook Self Employed – Accounting Software
Trainual – Training and Process Documentation
Law of Attraction Planner – Planner using the Law of Attraction
Ubiquiti UniFi UAP AC Long Range Router – Best Wifi Router I have ever found
EWWW – Website Image Optimization Service
Jivochat – JivoChat is an all-in-one business messenger that teams use to talk to customers everywhere: live chat, phone, email, and social.
PixelMe – URL & UTM manager for savvy marketers
Repurposehouse.com – Turn Your Content Into Unlimited Video & Images
Logojoy – Make a logo you’ll be proud of.
Creative Market – Ready-to-use design assets
ShipStation – Import, manage and ship your orders
Streamyard – Live Video Hosting and Production Tool
NameSilo – Domain purchasing, management and hosting services.

Please find a list of reference material that is good information and supports what we talked about in the seminars. These details allow you to go deeper than the time we had together. Also, I would love it if you would head to the seminars page and signed up for my email and told me a little bit more about you. Plus on that page, you can download the slides and other items from all of my past seminars.

Customer-Centric Reference List

  • 5 customer-centric metrics to implement today
  • How to Measure Customer Centricity
  • The 4 Most Important Customer Experience Metrics
  • How to Create a Customer-Centric Strategy For Your Business
  • What is Customer-Centric?
  • How to Calculate Customer Lifetime Value

Business Plan Reference List

  • Simple Business Plan Templates for Entrepreneurs
  • Free Business Plan Templates for Startups
  • The Best Business Plan Software Of 2019
  • How to Write a One-Page Business Plan
  • Use These 5 Steps to Create a Marketing Plan
  • How to Start a Business: A Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs
  • Plan Your Business Plan
  • Set Goals and Objectives in your Business Plan
  • How to Start a Business: A Step-by-Step Guide
  • The Complete, 12-Step Guide to Starting a Business

Digital Marketing Reference List

  • Google Analytics Academy
  • The Best Time To Send Email
  • Top 5 Reasons Why Email Marketing Still Works
  • How Social Media Helps SEO
  • 5 Things You Need to Know About Social Media & SEO
  • Don’t build your house on rented land
  • Social Media Strategy in 8 Steps
  • The 7-Point Smart Solopreneuer Social Media Checklist
  • 7-Step Social Media Advertising Strategy
  • 10 Laws of Social Media Marketing
  • Facebook Ad Custom Audiences
  • How to Lower Your Facebook Ad Costs
  • Pinterest Ads: A Simple Guide to Set You Up For Success
  • How to Use Twitter Tailored Audiences
  • 7 Best Email Marketing Services for Small Business
  • Email marketing engagement
  • The Email List Building Nemesis: Churn Rate
  • 50 Proven Ways To Grow Your Email List
  • Stop Measuring These Vanity Metrics
  • 9 Actionable Metrics
  • 10 Metrics to Track for Social Media Success
  • SWOT Business Plan Template

My Favorite Podcasts:
2 Regular Guys Podcast – I co-host so I’m biased!
Marketing Over Coffee
Duck Tape Marketing
Art of Manliness – My wife listens with me so…

Interesting Services to check out:
Hotjar.com – Heatmaps, Visitor Recordings, Conversion Funnels, Form Analytics, Feedback Polls and Surveys in One Platform
Later.com – Instagram Scheduling App
Jotengine – Turn Audio into text transcripts
Question Analyzer – Great for coming up with content and performing market research
Burst – Free High Res Images
Ubersuggest – Keyword Research
Teal Blue – Virtual Assistant Service
Tall Tweets – Turn Google Slides into a GIF and Tweet it
Picular – Google for Colors
Remove.bg – Remove Backgrounds from Images
Rev.com – Speech to Text Transcription Services

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