12 Book You MUST Read if you’re a Female Entrepreneur
THROWBACK to every single book we featured in 2021 in the Aussie Biz Chic box!
These books are some of the best personal development books to help you with shifting your mindset, creating good habits and keeping you motivated to never give up.
Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller
CLARIFY YOUR MESSAGE AND CUSTOMERS WILL LISTEN!
Donald Miller will help you clarify your message by helping you understand….
The real reason customers make purchases.
How to simplify a brand message so people understand it.
How to create the most effective messaging for websites, brochures, and social media.
Donald Miller is an author, public speaker and business owner. He is the CEO of StoryBrand and Business Made Simple and has released several successful books.
How This Will Help Your Business:
Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller will allow you to better connect with your customers, allowing you to have the ultimate competitive advantage and transform the way you talk about who you are, what you do, and the unique value you bring to your customers.
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
SAYING YES CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
Shonda Rhimes, the woman behind iconic shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, details how a year of saving YES changed her life, and how it can change yours too.
This book will help you….
Step out of your comfort zone to gain more opportunities.
Take better care of yourself.
Be your own person.
Shonda Rhimes is a producer, screenwriter and author. She is TV’s highest paid showrunner and was recently featured on Time magazine.
How This Will Help Your Business:
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes will allow you to realise that saying Yes to things that scare you can lead to bigger and better opportunities for you and your business.
How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck by Steve Stockman
VIDEOS ARE EVERYWHERE…. AND MOST OF IT IS BAD!
This book by Steve Stockman will teach you how to make sure your video content doesn’t suck by….
Helping you think like a director.
Making sure you are entertaining your viewers by telling a story.
Helping you create intrigue on camera.
Educating you on framing, lighting, sound, editing and much more.
Steve Stockman is a producer, writer and director of over 200 commercials, web series, short films, music videos and TV shows. He is also a video marketing consultant.
How This Will Help Your Business:
How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck by Steve Stockman will allow you to create better video content for your Tik Tok, Youtube and other social media platforms. This will allow you to reach more potential customers and therefore grow your business.
Traffic Secrets by Russell Brunson
LEARN THE SECRET TO HUGE ONLINE SALES!
By reading this book by Russell Brunson, you will master the traffic to your website by….
Avoiding the trap of focusing on a singular means of traffic (like Facebook or Google Ads).
Get in touch with other people who have an audience that you want exposure to.
Learning the psychology of the ‘hook-story-offer’ technique.
Co-founding the software company ‘ClickFunnels’, Russel Brunson has built a following of over a million entrepreneurs. He is also a New York Times Bestselling Author of multiple books.
How This Will Help Your Business:
Traffic Secrets by Russell Brunson will help you learn how to drive traffic and sales through your various social media platforms, using multiple effective techniques, allowing you to gain more customers.
Sell Anything Online by Anaita Sarkar
GROW YOUR SALES USING DIGITAL MARKETING!
Market your products to the right audience and make sales more consistently with the help of Sell Anything Online by Anaita Sarkar.
You will learn how to sell anything by learning….
How to understand what you're really selling.
Why you're not making sales right now.
How to change your mindset for business.
The digital marketing formula that can be applied to any e-commerce business.
Actionable strategies to gain awareness, traffic and sales.
Digital marketing tips and hacks to grow your business.
Anaita started and grew two e-commerce businesses. She is passionate about teaching other small business owners her own marketing formula to help others reach success.
How This Will Help Your Business:
Sell Anything Online by Anaita Sarkar will teach you how to more effectively market your product online to grow your sales, as well as helping you increase brand awareness and website traffic.
Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield-Thomas
ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND BY BEING A CHILLPRENEUR!
Become the ultimate Chillpreneur by learning....
How to find your true calling instead of jumping on the first 'good idea?’ you get.
Why caring is such a huge part of being a successful (and happy) entrepreneur.
How to quit procrastinating and get stuff done.
How to let go of the guilt you have around money and accept that you deserve to be a kickass, successful businesswoman.
Denise Duffield-Thomas is a money mindset mentor, teaching the new wave of entrepreneurs how to have a better relationship with money so they can earn more, achieve their goals and live their best life.
How This Will Help Your Business:
Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield-Thomas will teach you how to have a better relationship with money through key concepts and strategies. These strategies will allow you to become a marketing pro and help you navigate awkward money situations.
Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus & Sharpen Your Creative Mind by Jocelyn K. Glei
STOP DOING BUSYWORK! START DOING YOUR BEST WORK!
Reading this book, you will learn....
How to stop feeling over-extended, over-distracted and overwhelmed.
How to change the way you work to adapt to how the world is changing.
How to tackle the challenges of a 24/7, always-on workplace.
Featuring contributions from: Dan Ariely, Leo Babauta, Scott Belsky, Lori Deschene, Aaron Dignan, Erin Rooney Doland, Seth Godin,Todd Henry, Christian Jarrett, Scott McDowell, Mark McGuinness, Cal Newport, Steven Pressfield, Gretchen Rubin, Stefan Sagmeister, Elizabeth G. Saunders, Tony Schwartz, Tiffany Shlain, Linda Stone, and James Victore. Plus, a foreword from Behance founder & CEO Scott Belsky.
How This Will Help Your Business:
Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus & Sharpen Your Creative Mind by Jocelyn K. Glei will help you become a more creative person and get those creative juices flowing when it comes to your business.
The Age of Influence by Neal Schaffer
HAVE YOUR BRAND SUCCEED, AND BE IN THE CONVERSATION BY UNDERSTANDING INFLUENCER MARKETING!
Neal Schaffer’s The Age of Influence will teach you to….
Identify, approach, and engage the right influencers for their brand or product.
Determine what resources to put behind influencer campaigns.
Manage the business side of influencer marketing, including tools that will help measure ROI.
Develop their brand’s social media voice to become an influencer in its own right.
Neal Schaffer is a social media marketing expert. He helps businesses and professionals in a variety of ways so that they market their brand on social media effectively. He has spoken at hundreds of events, has global experience and is a recognised industry authority.
How This Will Help Your Business:
The Age of Influence by Neal Schaffer will help you learn multiple influencer marketing strategies to grow your business, as well as allow you to grow familiar with today’s digital climate, allowing you to successfully spread your message in the age of social media.
The Success Experiment by Lillian Ahenkan
CHANGE YOUR LIFE BY SETTING GOALS THAT ACTUALLY FUFILL YOU, INSTEAD OF WHAT FEELS EASY AND ACHIEVABLE!
This book will teach you how to get what you really want by....
Creating a unique formula for your own personal success.
Not focusing on what you can’t change, but instead on what you can - yourself.
Combining what you know about yourself and what you know about society.
Lillian Ahenkan describes herself as a ‘professional opinion haver’, and takes pride in being unapologetically herself. Lillian is a podcaster, TV presenter, semi-retired DJ, best selling author and CEO of multiple companies.
How This Will Help Your Business:
The Success Experiment by Lillian Ahenkan will help you figure out who you are and how you should go about achieving your goals through your own unique formula, instead of just following the outdated one-size-fits-all approach.
The New Hustle by Emma Isaacs
WORK BETTER, NOT HARDER!
We’re big fans of Emma Isaacs here at Aussie Biz Chic so we were ecstatic to have her newest release as one of our featured books.
In this book, you’ll learn how to....
Slash your hours, take shortcuts and still get work done - without feeling depleted.
Rewrite the old work rules, and reinvigorate your life.
Saying no to the things that don’t matter, so you can say yes to the things that do.
Emma Isaacs is founder and global CEO of Business Chicks. She dropped out of college after 6 months, and started her own business at 18. She was then able to build Business Chicks into what it is now, and is dedicated to helping woman achieve their goals.
How This Will Help Your Business:
The New Hustle by Emma Isaacs will teach you Emma’s 77 anti-rules for maximum dip-in-and-out efficiency. The traditional way of working is outdated and inefficient, and learning these new tactics will not only better your business but also your personal well-being.
Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
LIVE A HAPPIER, HEALTHY LIFE BY STARTING SMALL!
This book will teach you to incorporate healthier habits into your life by....
Incorporating a small, easy change into your life, rather than completely changing your routine all at once.
Rewarding yourself for even the tiniest of successes.
Taking your new good tiny habit, and allowing it to grow.
BJ Fogg has researched human behaviour for over 20 years at Stanford University. This research is what led him to writing Tiny Habits, teaching his readers how to tap into the power of changing your environment and how taking baby steps can lead to a happier, healthier life.
How This Will Help Your Business:
Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg will allow you to create better habits in your personal life, but also in your business so that you can have more productive work days and transform your life and business for the better.
Play Big, Brand Bold by Suzanne Chadwick
READY TO STEP UP, SHOW UP & STAND OUT!?
This book is your guide to....
Building a stand-out brand.
Getting out of your own way.
How to stop playing small & start doing bigger things.
Suzanne Chadwick is a small business coach. She works with woman and helps them become bold and powerful, helping them create profitable businesses that fit their lifestyle!
How This Will Help Your Business:
Play Big, Brand Bold by Suzanne Chadwick will help you become motivated to step-up your business in 2022. You will learn how to let go of your fears and be bold, allowing you and your business to grow to its fullest potential.
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