Aug
16
Welcome to the August 16, 2008 edition of business books.
Rich Maltzman, PMP presents Have a little look-see. posted at Scope crêpe.
Anya Portnik presents My favourite personal development books posted at Gavin Ingham.
Dividend Growth Investor presents Book Review: Stop Working posted at Create Rising Passive Income From Dividend Paying Stocks.
Richard Elmes presents In the Shoes of the Customer « The Sales Dating Guy posted at The Sales Dating Guy, saying, “In the shoes of the Customer by George Olds reviewed by Richard Elmes, The Sales Dating Guy”
Yancey Grantham presents Review of Problogger Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income posted at Top Color Blogs.
mgopi presents FREE Download BestSelling Book: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari posted at BookFundas.com, saying, “An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy. This inspiring tale is based on the author’s own search for life’s true purpose, providing a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance and joy.
Anna Farmery presents Show #178 How to add personality to your brand posted at The Engaging Brand.
Cameron Price presents Leadership Gold, The Effective Executive, The Learning Organisation, Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, Primal Leadership, and Total Leadership posted at Leaders’ Log.
Ian Brodie presents Topgrading for Sales: A Review posted at Sales Excellence, saying, “A review of the recently published “Topgrading for Sales” on recruiting “A Player” sales staff.”
I interviewed Bob Livingston about his new customer service book How You Do What You Do and Scott Anthony’s book Innovator’s Guide to Growth.
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.