GYDA LIBRARY
RESOURCES, TOOLS + TEMPLATES
Tools to help agency leaders run a better business.
TOOLS FOR AGENCY LEADERS
Need help finding the tools to help you to run a better agency? Take a look here at our Templates, book reviews, worksheets and testimonials. Use the tag cloud to filter our collection.
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Report - The LinkedIn Experiment by Sleeping Giant Media
This report covers the findings from the experiment and will give you insight into your SSI Score, Posting Times, Hashtags, External Links, Likes, Comments and Shares, Content Types, Business pages plus loads more!
eBook - The Future of Digital Marketing eBook (2021 edition) - Hallam
This eBook will give you an insight into what the experts believe the future of digital marketing will look like.
Things that were groundbreaking just a couple of years ago are now old news.
Download this eBook from our friends at Hallam.
Book Review - Lost and Founder - The Mostly Awful, Sometimes Awesome Truth about Building a Tech Startup By Rand Fishkin
I like this book. A lot. Rand tells it how he sees it. He is clear that most business books portray the Silicon Valley dream that maybe .0001% of startups get to see. The reality is so vastly different from the glam and glitz.
Book Recommendations
We’ve been keeping a tally of the books that we recommend to our clients. It makes interesting reading. In no particular order…
Book Review - Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World By Fareed Zakaria
In this urgent and timely book, Fareed Zakaria, one of the 'top ten global thinkers of the last decade' (Foreign Policy), foresees the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological and economic consequences that may take years to unfold.
Book Review - ‘Who – The A Method For Hiring’ by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
Read Robert Craven's review of the awesome book 'Who - The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
Article - The Top 13 Reasons Not To Join A Mastermind Group
Ever wondered if a Mastermind Group is for you? Read the top 13 reasons not to join and you will have a clearer view.
Book Review - Small Giants - Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big
Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big. Read Robert Craven's review of this awesome book by Bo Burlingham
Book Review - They Ask, You Answer by Marcus Sheridan
Robert Craven reviews the book 'They Ask You Answer' by Marcus Sheridan
Book Review - The ONE Thing by Gary Keller
In The ONE Thing, you'll learn to:
cut through the clutter
achieve better results in less time
build momentum toward your goal
dial down the stress
overcome that overwhelmed feeling
revive your energy
stay on track
master what matters to you
Tom Peters Manifesto - Excellence 2020 - THE 27 “NUMBER ONES”
A 17 pager from the awesome Tom Peters Manifesto: Excellence 2020: THE 27 “NUMBER ONES”
Book Review - Connected Leadership by Andy Lopata
Robert Craven reviews Connected Leadership by Andy Lopata. Andy is the man to listen to when talking about what we used to call networking: meeting and connecting with people. I have known is for at least a decade!
Book Review - 80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall, 2013
Book Review - 80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall, 2013
Book Recommendations - Crisis-Relevant Business Books
We asked our community of agency owner/founder/directors, “What is your go-to book for our current crisis?”. A fascinating list, to say the least. We certainly have not read them all!
Book Review - Power Up - by Antoinette Dale-Henderson
Antoinette is clear that her aim in the book is “to create a new power paradigm which is no longer about one-dimensional win/lose power”.