In this episode Sujan Patel takes a deep dive into his book, 100 Days of Growth, where he shares over 100 online marketing strategies that are used by top performing companies.In his book Patel provides actionable techniques his company has used to help other businesses grow and teaches you step-by-step how to implement these growth strategies into your own business. The goal of the book is to help you improve your search engine optimization efforts, increase your lead generation results, eliminate ineffective digital marketing tactics, and much more.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who own an online business and are looking for an all-in-one guide for effective digital marketing tactics that will take their results from good to excellent.About Sujan Patel:“I’ve been doing digital marketing for 12 years now and worked with hundreds of clients helping them grow their traffic and revenue. Over the years I’ve worked on a lot of different ideas that have failed and a handful of things that have worked. My concept for the book is to put together my learnings and successes in a repeatable fashion.I wanted to make something where people can follow along. Every tip and tactic is something you can do and ideally if you did one thing a day for the next 100 days you’re going to see some exponential growth. My inspiration was to take all my learnings of how to grow a business and make it useful, tactical, and actionable.” – Sujan PatelFor a detailed summary of 100 Days of Growth according to Sujan Patel CLICK HERERelated Books:The Predictable Profits Playbook by Charles GaudetDo It! Marketing by David NewmanDigital Bacon by Alex RodriguezFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.

In this episode, award-winning journalist, Ben Parr shares his book, Captivology. Parr shares the latest scientific research on attention, and how the masses respond and are captivate products, ideas, and projects. Captivology helps us understand why attention matters and how we could influence and enthrall people toward our business. This is an excellent book for entrepreneurs who want to take control and gain attention.

In this episode Charles Archer takes a deep dive into his book, Everybody Paddles, where he reveals an effective leader’s blueprint for creating a unified team.In his book Archer provides a leadership roadmap with problem-solving tools that are designed to remedy the consequences and issues that come with dysfunctional organizations. The goal of the book is to help you develop an organization based on camaraderie, increase engagement between employees, and improve your facilitation skills as a manager.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who run a business with 5 or more employees where team work is essential to the business and need a strategic framework that produces highly effective teams.About Charles Archer:“I’m an attorney by license, I have a masters, I’m a writer, and an advocate for people with developmental disabilities. Twenty years ago I started a nonprofit to help people with disabilities live a productive, fantastic, and fulfilling life. Over the last 20 years we’ve been able to touch people throughout New York City and New Jersey.Everybody Paddles came out of my ability working in business and all of the things I’ve seen as an attorney and entrepreneur. The one thing that inspired me was that there were people who didn’t want to add value at work. There were people who came to work and because of whatever number of reasons the culture became hostile and wasn’t motivating. I really was inspired to create something unique based on teamwork and team building that really got people understanding that every day at work you must add value.” – Charles ArcherFor a detailed summary of Everybody Paddles according to Charles Archer CLICK HERERelated Books:The Hidden Leader by Scott EdingerThe Culture Engine by S. Chris EdmondsThe Discomfort Zone by Marcia ReynoldsFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.

In this episode Honoree Corder takes a deep dive into her book, Business Dating where she discusses how to apply relationship rules to business and master the art of business networking.In her book Corder provides a roadmap where she personally coaches you on the best, practical ways to build business to business relationships using her special 12 x 12 matrix. The goal of the book is to help you not only become a master at networking but also overcome the fear of meeting people, know when networking opportunities are greatest, and fully leverage the relationships you build.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who frequent networking events and have a hard time creating professional relationships that yield a solid return on investment.About Honoree Corder:“I am an executive coach, speaker, and author. I work with professionals to help them double their income and triple their time off.It’s not what the inspiration was; it’s more who the inspiration was. My clients were the inspiration. It’s a networking book and my take on how you can develop relationships in business using correlations between person dating and business dating.” – Honoree CorderFor a detailed summary of Business Dating according to Honoree Corder CLICK HERERelated Books:Top Dog: Influence and Impress Everyone You Meet by Andy Bounds and Richard RuttleWhat More Can I Say? by Dianna BooherHow The World Sees You by Sally HogsheadFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.

In this episode Doug Sandler gives a full preview of his book, Nice Guys Finish First, where he discusses how a great experience can make someone a customer for life.In his book Sandler shares a very original consultative approach to putting the “human” back into client relationships in order to build trust that results in exceptional customer service. The goal of the book is to show you how to advise customers on making good decisions, build a longer lasting relationship with them, and develop a stronger sense of personal character.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are having a hard time keeping customers and need a practical way to overcome the challenge of taking their business from good to extraordinary.About Doug Sandler:“I spent 48 years running an entertainment business as a DJ. About two years ago I turned a switch and decided that I could teach people to do what I have done which is build a business.A few years ago I made a call to a credit card company and I was asked to enter my sixteen digit number followed by the pound sign. As I went through this phone call I kept thinking that there has got to be a better way than this. I figured that there had to be a way that I could teach what I’ve done over the last 30 years to those that are just getting started now so that they can avoid the mistakes that I made.” – Doug SandlerFor a detailed summary of Nice Guys Finish First according to Doug Sandler CLICK HERERelated Books:Customer Experience 3.0 by John A GoodmanThe Trusted Advisor by Robert GalfordAdvisor Selling by Mark HunterFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.

In this special episode of The Entrepreneurs Library serial entrepreneur and CEO of VoterSnap, Patrick Stevens, guest interviews Wade Danielson on his entrepreneurial journey and this show. Since the launch of The Entrepreneurs Library, Wade has been asked so many questions that relates to his entrepreneurial life and the driving force behind his idea for this unique resource. The goal of this episode is to give you a more personal look into the life of Wade, the failures and successes along his journey, what led him to creating a book centric resource for entrepreneurs, and how his first company got listed #786 on Inc’s Fortune 5000. AFTER YOU LISTEN: Whether you’re a subscriber to the show or a brand new listener it would be very humbling if you left your feedback about this show by leaving a review on iTunes.Interview Questions:Will you give those that don’t know you a bird’s eye view of yourself? (6:30)If Mark Cuban or Donald Trump were to introduce you, what would they say? (11:50)What was one of the first main defining moments in your life and reasons that made you make a decision to become an entrepreneur? (13:45)What was your mindset in taking the leap from working for a company fulltime to actually starting a company where you have all the responsibilities to think about? (18:30)You’re coming up on your five year anniversary at GNS and knowing that around 90% of businesses don’t even make it to the five year mark, let alone be as successful as it is. So what from your perspective are the reasons why Guardian Network Solutions has been so successful and made it this far? (24:50)Being a podcaster and in this specific niche within personal development, what’s the primary content that you’re seeing most successful entrepreneurs are consuming right now? And how do you see that changing over the next five years? (27:42)When did you realize self-education was the way to real and lasting success for you? (31:30)How did you come across podcasting? (37:00)What sparked the idea of The Entrepreneurs Library? (38:06)What separates other book review sites from The EL podcast? (43:00)What’s the “Why” behind The Entrepreneurs Library? (45:23)What’s next for The Entrepreneurs Library? (48:30)If you could write the perfect book for entrepreneurs, what would you title it? (51:00)What is the one thing that you’ve implemented personally in your life that was an absolute game changer that you believe would add a lot of value to others? (51:36)Do you have a morning routine? (56:15)What is one habit you wish you had? (1:00:07)If you could go back and redo anything in your entrepreneurial life, what would you change? (1:02:20)What is the best advice you’ve ever taken from a book? (1:03:25)If you were stranded on an island with only one book what would it be? (1:04:50)For a detailed summary of The Untold Story of Wade Danielson according to Wade himself CLICK HEREFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.

In this episode Tom Trush takes a deep dive into his book, Escape the Expected, where he shares the secret psychology of selling to today’s skeptical consumers.In his book Trush provides a step-by-step guide that teaches you marketing secrets you may have never heard of like what prospects don’t trust you, what pollutes the marketing world, and how to establish yourself as an authority in so much cluttered advertising. The goal of the book is to help you spend less time working, leverage your marketing better, and adapt to the constant changes in marketing.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are spending more than half their time marketing a business or have no idea where to start when it comes to marketing.About Tom Trush:“I am a direct-response copywriter and I think sometimes you give that career name out there and people don’t necessarily understand what it is. The way I like to explain it is that I write marketing materials designed to generate response. One of the big things that I love about my job is figuring out why a marketing piece is poor or isn’t generating the response that people want.Usually the way that I write is I stumble on marketing topics that interest me and then I’ll weave them into a theme. I wanted to give people some ideas for establishing trust in the marketing materials that you send out to attract leads and generate sales.” – Tom TrushFor a detailed summary of Escape The Expected according to Tom Trush CLICK HERERelated Books:Do It! Marketing by David NewmanPocket Man by Scott JordanMoving Targets by Gabriel AluisyFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.

In this episode Elizabeth Thornton takes a deep dive into her book, The Objective Leader, where she shows you how to leverage the power of seeing things as they are.In her book Thornton reveals years of research on the concept of objectivity and how it will open your world to new cultures, new markets, and new opportunities. The goal of the book is to help you improve your management skills, make decisions faster than normal, avoid bad decision making, and eliminate the fear of failure when it comes to life and business.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who typically overreact to negative situations, judge people too quickly, and let their insecurities get the best of them.About Elizabeth Thornton:“I have been with Babson College as the professor of entrepreneurship since 2006.I lost a million dollars in an international fruit juice business and it taught me so much. Getting back on my feet I realized it wasn’t the business decision I was making along the way, it was how I framed my world and my inability to see things as they were. As a result of that I started studying psychology, neuroscience, and entrepreneurship and just trying to put it all together. I started learning about objectivity and developed a course around it that I wanted to share with others.” – Elizabeth ThorntonFor a detailed summary of The Objective Leader according to Elizabeth Thornton CLICK HERERelated Books:Seeing What Others Don’t by Gary KleinAnticipate by Rob-Jan de JongFairness is Overrated by Tim StevensFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.

In this episode Jamie Smart reveals all his insights on The Little Book of Clarity where he provides you with a quick guide to focus and declutter your mind.In his book Smart expands on his original book Clarity and provides you with new, powerful ways to improve your productivity, eliminate stress, and master the art of innate thinking. The goal of the book is to help you create more relationships, meet personal goals, pinpoint negative goals, and train your brain to start prioritizing your day-to-day life more clearly.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who are constantly bombarded with an extensive to-do list and need an effective manual that will clear their head in order to get things done efficiently.About Jamie Smart:“I’m an entrepreneur and my fascination is with how people think, how people motivate themselves, and how people get results. Very specifically what I’ve find is how the mind works is a huge area of fascination and I’ve been exploring that for years.When I found myself having all the trappings of success but none of the feelings of success I went back to the drawing board and found that there was a fundamental misunderstanding behind how I thought life worked. As I cleared up that misunderstanding for myself and started clearing it up for my clients not only did I become more productive, more clear minded, more comfortable in my own skin, I also became more successful. It turns out we are designed for reality and do really well in it but we don’t do so well when we are caught up in our muddle thinking.” – Jamie SmartFor a detailed summary of The Little Book of Clarity according to Jamie Smart CLICK HERERelated Books:Work Simply by Carson TateOverwhelmed by Brigit SchulteHow to Be A Productivity Ninja by Graham AllcottFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.

In this episode Gary Klein reveals all his insights on his book, Seeing What Others Don’t, where he reveals when, why, and how insights are formed and what blocks them.In his book Klein shares stories involving his years of cognitive learning research that uncover the origins of creativity and how many successful innovators were able to create their marvelous ideas. The goal of the book is to help you train your brain to be more creative, effectively solve more problems, avoid disruptive idea blockers, and think faster than the average person.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who work in a stressful, fast-paced environment and want to learn how to improve their cognitive thinking skill in order to make fast, intelligent decisions.About Gary Klein:“I was trained in experimental psychology and over the years I got interested in seeing how people actually work outside of laboratories and specifically how people make life and death decisions under extreme time pressure. So we’ve studied firefighters, nurses, physicians and so forth to see what they actually do.I would make presentations on my work on decision making to audiences and there was a slide that I would use that had an up arrow and a down arrow. The down arrow was ways to improve performance by reduction and the up arrow was about what to increase in order to improve performance. What you wanted to increase was insights and so I would tell groups that and they resonated to it. They kept asking me questions about the up arrow that I didn’t have answers to. Finally I decided I need to do some research and study the up arrow which is what led me to writing this book.” – Gary KleinFor a detailed summary of Seeing What Others Don’t according to Gary Klein CLICK HERERelated Books:The Innovative Entrepreneur by Daniel SpluberAnticipate by Rob-Jan de JongThe Myths of Creativity by David BurkusFor more advice, tips, and stories on entrepreneurship, join our community on Facebook and Twitter.