2015 small business book awards winners

Announcing the 2015 Small Business Book Awards

Winners

Welcome to the 2015 Small Business Book Awards! “I’m Anita Campbell, CEO and Publisher of Small Business Trends. My company produces the Small Business Book Awards.”

“…And I’m Ivana Taylor, the Book Review Editor for Small Business Trends, and Manager of the 2015 Small Business Book Awards.”

Our 7th year! “Let me introduce you to our esteemed panel of expert judges and the staff that make it happen.”

2015 Judges

Ivana Taylor

Pierre DeBois Daria Steigman

William Bruce

Melanie Forman

Simon Dunant

Brian Smith

Martin Lindeskog

Christina Bouza

Prof. M.S. Rao

Staff

Anita Campbell

Ivana Taylor Pierre DeBois Leland McFarland

Let’s get to the winners!

2015 Judged Winners

The judged winners are selected by the expert panel of judges. In addition to overall quality and excellence, nominees were graded on: ● content ● freshness ● usefulness

Judging Standards

2015 Judged Winner

Economics Category

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"Accounting for the

Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business

Owners”

By Dawn Fotopulos

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"Nurture: The Team

Development Manual for First-Time Line Managers”

By John James Newton

2015 Judged Winner

Management Category

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"Kick Ass Social Commerce for E-Preneurs”

By John Lawson

with Debra Schepp

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Social Media Category

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"The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide”

By Bernd Schoner, PhD

2015 Judged Winner Startup Category

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"SEO Like I’m 5: The

Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine

Optimization”

By Matthew Capala

2015 Judged Winner

Technology Category

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"Brand Famous: How to

Get Everyone Talking About Your Business”

By Linzi Boyd

2015 Judged Winner

Marketing Category

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"Motivate Your Team in 30 Days”

By Bob Urichuck and Dave

Urichuck

2015 Judged Winner

Motivation Category

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"Two Sentence Business Plan”

By Devesh Dwivedi, MBA

2015 Judged Winner Resources Category

2015 Community Choice Winners

Community Choice Winners are those that received the overwhelming support of the community.

● Chosen by community voting. ● Voting was closely monitored by our Tech

Team to comply with quality standards.

How They Were Selected

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"SHINE: Stand Out, Get Noticed, Be Brilliant”

By Gerry Lewis

2015 Community Choice

Overall Winner

2015 Community Choice

Motivation Category

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"Ask More, Get More: How to Earn More, Save More and Live More... Just by

Asking”

By Michael Alden

2015 Community Choice

Economics Category

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"The End of Employer-

Provided Health Insurance”

By Paul Zane Pilzer and Rick

Lindquist

2015 Community Choice Social Media Category

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"The Little Big eBook on Social Media Audiences: Build Yours, Keep it, and

Win”

By Cendrine Marrouat

2015 Community Choice

Startup Category

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"Heavyweight Marketing:

Knockout Strategies for Building Champion

Brands”

By Nikolas Allen

2015 Community Choice

Technology Category

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"Digital Branding: A

Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Strategy, Tactics

and Measurement”

By Daniel Rowles

2015 Community Choice Management Category

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"Decide: Work Smarter, Reduce Your Stress and

Lead by Example”

By Steve McClatchy

2015 Community Choice

Marketing Category

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"How to Get Inside

Someone’s Mind and Stay There”

By Jacky Fitt

2015 Community Choice

Resources Category

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"Stephanie Barko - Get Booked. Be Heard.”

Literary Publicist

Congratulations!

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