This eBook is about sales and marketing for entrepreneurs. The author of this instant guide from Harriman House, Guy Rigby, has also written From Vision to Exit, which is a complete entrepreneurs' guide to setting up, running and passing on or selling a business.

An updated third edition of the most comprehensive guide to small business success Whether you're a novice entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, The Small Business Bible offers you everything you need to know to build and grow your dream business. It shows you what really works (and what doesn't!) and includes scores of tips, insider information, stories, and proven secrets of success. Even if you've run your own business for years, this handy guide keeps you up to date on the latest business and tech trends. This Third Edition includes entirely new chapters devoted to social media, mobility and apps, and new trends in online discounting and group buying that are vital to small business owners everywhere. New chapters include: How to use Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools to engage customers and potential stakeholders How to generate leads and win strategic partnerships with LinkedIn How to employ videos and YouTube to further your brand What you need to know about Groupon and group discount buying What mobile marketing can do for your business Give your small business its best shot by understanding the best and latest small business strategies, especially in this transformative and volatile period. The Small Business Bible offers every bit of information you'll need to know to succeed.

This timely and incisive Handbook provides critical contemporary insights into the theory and practice of entrepreneurship and marketing in the twenty-first century. Bringing together rich and varied contributions from prominent international researchers, it offers a reflective synthesis of scholarship at the interface between marketing and entrepreneurship.

In today’s competitive environment no business can afford to ignore marketing. The discipline, which was devised as a business adjunct in the 1950s but didn’t really start spreading until the 60s, now forms a crucial pillar of business management, planning and strategy. It is woven into the fabric of all business function, whether we realize it or not, and successful companies leverage its effect by applying the principles right throughout the business process. Some of it might be seen as commonsense (though commonsense is actually quite uncommon!) but the structure, concepts and systems required to make it happen in a coordinated and successful way can often be quite complex. Nobody could be expected to be expert in every single aspect of the discipline but it as well to know at least the rudiments of the different elements so that, when you make a decision you at least have some idea of its likely impact. This book will help you get to grips with those basics and set you on the road to being a marketing led – and hopefully more effective – business.