Jun
18
Welcome to the June 17, 2008 edition of business books.
Flash Gordon is back, and presents The Secret to Becoming a Successful Manager: New Book Explains How in 15 Easy Steps posted at Great New Books that Are a Must Read.
The Queen of Social Media, Anna Farmery discusses The IT Value Stack with Show #168 - How IT Can Add Value and Engage Business posted at The Engaging Brand.
Karl Goldfield presents Book Review: Sales Scripts That Sell - A 1.0 sales book on how to sell poorly | startup sales mentor posted at Karl Goldfield.
Jim Ewan presents Persuasion, James Borg posted at Business and Personal Development.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of business books using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Jun
9
What keeps a Blog Carnival running?
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Starting a Blog Carnival is easy. As proof, I did. But I wondered what keeps them going? The short answer is the passion of the person who starts it. Blog Carnivals are heralded as a way to gain traffic for the host and the submitters. I queried the carnivals in the business category and found 63 of them had at least 1 issue in 2008 to see any patterns of success. Using that as a base:
- 40% of them have been discontinued.
- Those with 5 issues or less - 45% have been discontinued.
- Those with 20 or more - 33% have been discontinued.
The #1 carnival in terms of entries was the Carnival of the Capitalists ended as a “Blog Carnival” although there is some intention of keeping it going in some fashion.
Jun
4
Welcome to the June 4, 2008 edition of business books.
Author Interviews
Anna Farmery presents Show #165 - Liberating Passion in Business posted at The Engaging Brand.
I interviewed Michael Kanazawa about his book Big Ideas to Big Results posted at Daxle.net
Jun
1
Will Smith’s Key to Life
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Late last week I stumbled upon this clip of Will
I was thinking of tossing my sneakers in for my trip to BEA, and this ensured their place. However after the first day of walking all over the LA Convention Center, I might revise his thoughts to ‘Walking and Reading’ at least for the weekend. 
May
15
Welcome to the May 15, 2008 edition of business books.
Just in time to celebrate Mother’s Day, Peter Jones presents Marketing to Women: New Book Tells How to Market to Soccer Moms posted at Great New Books that Are a Must Read.
Lisa Spinelli presents Book Review: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (Deepak Chopra) posted at Greener Pastures: Personal Finance.
In the “No Unilever employees allowed” department, we have Adam Wilson presenting The Game-Changer by A.G. Lafley & Ram Charan posted at Letters on Pages.
Apr
30
Blog Carnival: Business Books - April 30, 2008
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Welcome to the April 30, 2008 edition of business books.
Chris Christensen presents “The 4-Hour Workweek” Review posted at Inside Chris’s Head.
Shamelle presents Work Well From Home (Book Review) posted at Enhance Life, saying, “An increasing number of people are deciding to work from home. Whether they are setting up their own business or trying to cut down on the amount of time they spend commuting, the idea of turning a space at home into and office is an appealing one.” Read more
Apr
15
Blog Carnival: Business Books - April 15, 2008
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Welcome to the April 15, 2008 edition of business books.
Anya Portnik presents Is this time management? A review of The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris posted at Gavin Ingham.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Rules: science and practice posted at SharpBrains. If you wanted to create a business environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a cubicle.
Mar
31
Blog Carnival: Business Books - March 31, 2008
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Welcome to the March 31, 2008 edition of business books.
Anya Portnik presents Motivational speaker Gavin Ingham interviews goal setting expert Andy Smith (Andy is the author of Achieve Your Goals: Strategies to Transform Your Life) posted at Gavin Ingham.
Elizabeth Harrin presents Book Review: Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers posted at A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects, saying, “This is a great book for a niche market.”
Mar
15
Blog Carnival: Business Books - March 15, 2008
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It’s the inaugural with lots of links to satisfy the book lover…
Business guru David Maister observed that so much business advice is like that given to fat smokers (which he used to be) - stop smoking, lose weight. Even the fat smoker knows it’s good advice. It’s obvious, and it’s not followed. Why? And what can we do to change that? Charles H. Green presents Aristotle, Maister, and the Fat Smoker posted at Trust Matters.
Feb
29
Blog Carnival: Business Books - Call for submissions
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I will be hosting the Business Books Carnival, on March 15th. If you’ve reviewed a book or interviewed an author send your articles for inclusion. A blog carnival is a regular collection of links to blog posts, on a particular theme or area of interest.
Submission Guidelines
- Deadline for submission is March 12.
- You are welcome and encouraged to submit blog posts by other people that you’d like to recommend as well as your own writing.
- Books should be available through online retailers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
- Submission form is here.