Rob Walling

Co-founder of MicroConf and bestselling author of Start Small, Stay Small

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I read The Personal MBA cover to cover when it was first released and it had a major impact on how I view business. It’s incredible how Josh was able to distill hundreds of books and hundreds of years of business knowledge into this succinct and elegant tome. (from Amazon)

Getting an MBA is an expensive choice-one almost impossible to justify regardless of the state of the economy. Even the elite schools like Harvard and Wharton offer outdated, assembly-line programs that teach you more about PowerPoint presentations and unnecessary financial models than what it takes to run a real business. You can get better results (and save hundreds of thousands of dollars) by skipping B-school altogether. Josh Kaufman founded PersonalMBA.com as an alternative to the business school boondoggle. His blog has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to the best business books and most powerful business concepts of all time. Now, he shares the essentials of entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, negotiation, operations, productivity, systems design, and much more, in one comprehensive volume. The Personal MBA distills the most valuable business lessons into simple, memorable mental models that can be applied to real-world challenges. The Personal MBA explains concepts such as: * The Iron Law of the Market: Why every business is limited by the size and quality of the market it attempts to serve-and how to find large, hungry markets. * The 12 Forms of Value: Products and services are only two of the twelve ways you can create value for your customers. * The Pricing Uncertainty Principle: All prices are malleable. Raising your prices is the best way to dramatically increase profitability-if you know how to support the price you're asking. * 4 Methods to Increase Revenue: There are only four ways a business can bring in more money. Do you know what they are? True leaders aren't made by business schools-they make themselves, seeking out the knowledge, skills, and experience they need to succeed. Read this book and you will learn the principles it takes most business professionals a lifetime of trial and error to master.

Recommended by Rob Walling

Matthew has already walked the walk with email marketing, and now he's committed his knowledge to paper. Recommended. (from Amazon)

While many have decried that email is dead, a handful of digital marketers have quietly been using little-known email marketing techniques to generate massive results. In Email Marketing Demystified, digital marketing expert Matthew Paulson reveals the strategies and techniques that top email marketers are currently using to build large mailing lists, write compelling copy that converts and generate millions in revenue using their email lists. Inside the book, you'll learn how to:Build a massive mailing list using 15 different proven list building techniques.Write compelling copy that engages your readers and drives them to take action.Optimize every step of your email marketing funnel to skyrocket your sales.Grow a highly-engaged and hungry fan-base that will devour your content.Create six new revenue streams for your business using email marketing.Keep your messages out of the spam folder by following our best practices. Matthew Paulson has organically grown an email list of more than 3 million investors and generates more than $25 million per year in revenue through his business MarketBeat using the strategies outlined in Email Marketing Demystified. Regardless of what kind of business you are building, email marketing can serve as the rocket fuel that that will skyrocket your business. Released in 2022, the new third edition of Email Marketing Demystified includes the latest strategies and tactics that advanced digital marketers are using to maximize their email game. Plus, learn how to adapt to new privacy initiatives like the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) and Apple's Mail Privacy Protection (MPP) Want to become an email marketing master? Download Email Marketing Demystified and begin growing your business today through the power of email marketing. Scroll to the top of the page and click on the buy button. "Email Marketing Demystified is a really great primer for anyone that doesn't understand the mechanics of the process of email marketing."- Perry Belcher, Co-Founder, DigitalMarketer