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The digital landscape has changed buyers’ habits. Sales professionals now need to develop relationships with decision-makers through social networks to reach them early in the decision making process. Social Selling provides a practical, step-by-step outline for harnessing the skills and techniques necessary to achieve this, including developing a high quality community, building trust, developing authority and influence, and connecting with changemakers. It also discusses enterprise implementation of a social selling strategy and much more.

In the age of social media as personal television, it's not about being the best at what you do, it's about being the best at getting the right people to see it. Guru, Inc. reveals how to position yourself as the go-to authority in your niche and build a personal media company that turns attention into influence, trust, and revenue.

Today, when the average American spends around 4.5 hours a day on their phones—including 2.5 hours scrolling social media—it is undeniable that a well-crafted social media platform is a powerful lever when it comes to credibility, visibility, and opportunity in any professional field. But how do you create a lasting platform that can thrive in a swamp of competing content?

Your reputation defines how people see you and what they will do for you. It determines whether your bank will lend you money to buy a house or car; whether your landlord will accept you as a tenant; which employers will hire you and how much they will pay you. It can even affect your marriage prospects.

Whether it's Kim Kardashian uploading picture after picture to Instagram or your roommate posting a mid-vacation shot to Facebook, selfies receive mixed reactions. But are selfies more than, as many critics lament, a symptom of a self-absorbed generation? Digital native Alicia Eler's The Selfie Generation is the first book to delve fully into this ubiquitous and much-maligned part of social media, including why people take them in the first place and the ways they can change how we see ourselves.

For better or for worse, Google and social media - “Big Tech”, collectively - have become the new public square. Unfortunately, this public square has a watchful referee standing behind them, ready and waiting to blow the whistle if they veer too far from the preferred narrative. Americans have given these companies enormous power to select the information they read, share and discuss with their neighbors and friends.

Strategic Business Influencers may not be as famous as mainstream celebrities, but they are converting the intangible benefits of influence into significant impact on their revenue and profits. In an increasingly skeptical environment, these leaders build trust and credibility previously reserved for big-name CEOs and target precisely the right audience to build strong, scalable relationships with their customers, investors, employees, and partners.