The Small Business Book Awards, now in their 6th year, held a Virtual Awards Ceremony on June 4, 2014. This presentation of the Ceremony shares the winners in the two parts of the Awards: Community Choice and Judged Winners. See who won!
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About
Two Parts to the Awards
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Community Choice
Based 100% on the popular vote
Merit Winners
Judged by a panel of 24 judges
Judges
Anita
Campbell
Ivana Taylor Susan Payton Pierre DeBois Daria
Steigman
William
Bruce
Kimberly
Crossland
Scott G.
Wolfe
Carla Jenkins Robert Brady Melanie
Forman
Simon
Dunant
Judges
Brian Smith Steve Sipress Christina
Bouza
Shelley Webb Deborah
Carney
Dustin Luther
Martin
Lindeskog
Doc Kane Lisa Dilg Claire Boyles Dale Anne
Potter
Carla Holland
9 Community Choice
Winners
were chosen
This portion of the Awards is based on popular
voting by fans and the small business community.
● An opportunity to generate excitement among fans
● Increases conversation around the book or resource
● Gives online visibility and PR
Overall: Liber8 Your Business
Motivation: The X Factor Selling System
Economics: The Solution Revolution
Social Media: It’s Not About You, It’s About BACON!
Startup: You Couldn’t Have Told Me This Before I
Started My Business?
Technology: The Essential CIO
Management: Success Tools for CEO Coaches
Marketing: Valuable Content Marketing
Resources: The Definitive Guide to PR for Small
Businesses
16 Winners were chosen
by a panel of 24 Judges
This next portion of the Awards is based on merit.
The 3 main judging criteria were:
● Content - quality and quantity of content
● Usefulness - for small business owners and entrepreneurs
● Freshness - of subject matter or treatment of subject matter
Level of community support was also taken into account
Marketing
● Do It! Marketing
● 80/20 Sales and Marketing
Motivation
● Have Fun, Get Paid
● Die Empty
Startup
● Disrupt! Think Epic. Be Epic.
● The Conspiracy
Social Media
● It’s Not About You, It’s About Bacon
● Mobile Marketing
Management
● Culture Without Accountability
● Business Execution for Results
Economics
● Finerman’s Rules
● The Money Bubble
Technology
● !nnovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World
● Predictive Analytics
Resources
● The Book Marketing Challenge
● BookWorks