Books

Books on Freelancing, Business Development, Navigating the Online Business world, Leadership – Business and Social.

Founder and Chief Wordsmith has been writing books on Freelancing and Business Development for quite some time. These books are available as an e-book as well as Printed books by Print on Demand .

• The Wordsmith Book of Business

  

  Business Autobiography of a Language Agency Owner telling the story of starting an Agency after being a linguist, a corporate manager for a decade. The Book narrates, in an intimate manner the the core issues and challenges encountered while founding, running and growing with an agency.In essence, the Book de-mystifies running an Agency. Author Pritam Bhattacharyya is the Founder and Chief Wordsmith of Wordsmith Communication - an Agency now five years old. He is a telecom engineer by training and holds his Masters in Telecom Management from Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow as a British Chevening Scholar. more....

• The Telecom Quartet

  

  An Indian Telecom Engineer reflects on the nostalgic past of Indian Telecom - The Roaring Nineties and the early 2000s.. The Book can be a recommended read for the veteran Telecom engineers to write their own book or fresh ones to read a senior professional's journey as well as get an idea what is the 'reality' inside Telecom in India now. more....

• Freelanconomics - A Practitioner's Primer

  

  The Primer is an introduction to the Freelance Economy. Written by a Freelancer for Freelancers. The Primer constitutes 5 separate modules on Pricing, Marketing, Project Managament, Leadership - leading to Founding and Managing an Agency, Negotiating Social Media toward's one's advantage Written as a Module form. more....

• Freelanconomics Primer - Pricing Module

  

  This Module introduces some aspect of Pricing and explains why Price can be considered your Business Signature. Explains various methods to price and communicate the price artfully but sincerely. Also advises why Pricing issue for Freelancers is critical in a market of high Information Assyemtry. more....

• Freelanconomics Primer - Social Media and Respect Module

  

  Introduces the Art of Shipping in context of Social Media and Web 2.0. An adjunct of Marketing and Leadership. The Module provides step by step guide to negotiate the jungle of social media in one’s own advantage. It explains how in the Attention Economy world, social respect and brand image can come through the practice of the Art of Shipping. more....

• Freelanconomics Primer - Leadership Module

  

  Targetted for those who want to start an Agency and in addition of Freelancing, want to taste what Business Leadership is. From Wage Earner to Life-Designer [Li-Der], this Module is Author’s own experience shared in an intimate manner. Advises step by step the role change needed to become a Li-Der more....

• Freelanconomics Primer - Project Management

  

  The Module advises how Project Management helps to make your clients happy and no less important, yourself happier. It provides a simple test called ProTEST which enables you to instantly find out whether the Project would bring you satisfaction, income and joy or dissatisfaction, loss of revenue and stress. The Module advises how to factor-in some rules and protocols to de-stress the project and yourself. more....

• Freelanconomics - Marketing Module

  

  This is one of the five modules of Freelanceonomics - A Practitioner's Primer. This module provides comprehensive Marketing Advisory for Freelancers and emphasizes on Email as a marketing tool. It looks email from human behaviour and provides some tested samples and templates for marketing. Anecdotal and real world methods are discussed. more....

• Wage Earner to Life Designer [Li-Der]

  

  A 10 page guide for first class people who are interested to be a Designer of their Own Life and Others [ Li-Der ] from being a mere wage earner. Authored by a First Class Person, who understood the fact after paying quite a heavy price in passing many years in soulcrushing cubicles, it contains 5 pages of theory and 5 pages of practical and do-able input. It celebrates the spirit of Freelancing and tells how and why, any first class person will finally, after many turns and twists will not only understand but will design. more....

• The Wordsmith Sutras

  

  A collection of 200 words essays on the essential themes of our Life and Times. more....