The Ripple Effect
The Ripple Effect
Maximizing the Power
of Relationships for
Your Life and Business
"If you want to attract better connections to your network, develop better relationships in your life and learn to leverage the power of Rippling for your personal and professional success, you need to buy this book right now!"
- Christina Jones, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist

“Your ability to connect and engage with other people is the one key to success no one talks about…until now.”
Steve Harper, author

In this newly revised and expanded edition of the classic hit, The Ripple Effect: Maximizing the Power of Relationships for Your Life and Business, relationship expert and connection guru Steve Harper unlocks more secrets and shares even more strategies to put the power of the Ripple to work for you.
You’ll discover how to make pivotal connections and create mutually-beneficial relationships in both your professional and personal life. In this latest edition, you’ll learn how to:
- Create deeper, more meaningful relationships
- Leverage social media to expand and grow your own network
- Avoid common networking mistakes, both online and in person
- Grow customer loyalty, increase client referrals and improve employee retention
- Use your network to create opportunities, even during a global pandemic
- Establish connection lifelines that can help you when things get really tough
- Build the personal and professional network you’ve dreamed of
There’s never been a better time take your Ripples to the next level.
So, what are you waiting for? Ripple On!!!
What Readers Have Said
Expanded third edition includes:
More tips for using social media to build your network
All-new stories about the Ripple Effect in action
Thoughts on what it means to Ripple in the age of COVID-19
What People Are Saying
The Ripple Effect is a must-read for anyone – introvert or extrovert — seeing a more human, more genuine, more enjoyable, more energizing, and infinitely, more sustainable and rewarding approach to seeking, creating and building solid business relationships.
– Patti DeNucci
Almost every success I have had I can ultimately trace back to a great connection I’ve made. Steve Harper will help you be more deliberate about your connections and more effective at maintaining them. Learn how to help yourself while you help others.
– Lorie Marrero
The Ripple Effect is not just a book, it’s a movement. Reading the book is the first step in changing your outlook not only about your work, but also about your life. Traditional networking is about exposure for your business. Ripples are about growing relationships and helping people. Of which would you rather be a part? Read this book. You won’t be sorry.
– Maura Thomas
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About Steve Harper

Steve Harper has become one of the most sought after speakers and business strategists on the power of deepening and strengthening the power of connections through a process he calls “Rippling.” Steve’s unique and refreshing approach to how and why individuals, organizations and even our society can and must reach outside the box to connect, is literally changing lives and impacting corporate bottom line dollars.
A serial entrepreneur, professional speaker, author and leading business strategist, Steve has successfully uncovered the secret to creating powerful long-lasting connections and their impact on one’s personal and professional life. Steve has transitioned his years of business experience and unyielding customer focus into a successful consulting practice appropriately named The Ripple Effect after his successful first book by the same title.
Steve has always maintained a unique focus on developing strong, long-lasting relationships with his clients, prospects and employees. By building a strong network of referrals and repeat customers, Steve has honed his ability to foster client relationships into a leveraged system for achieving solid business success. That system is represented in his book The Ripple Effect and through his speaking engagements and customized speaking and workshop programs.
The Ripple Effect makes genuine connections happen, benefiting your relationships in ways you would never think possible.
– Dan Naden
Not only a superb book, but an essential read for any business leader who wants to grow more successful relationships with their team and clients. I highly recommend The Ripple Effect – In Fact I give this book and its invaluable lessons to my own clients.
– John Voyles
The tips and techniques offered in The Ripple Effect transcend the traditional ways of connecting and communicating and show you how to take that relationship building to the next level.
– Ann Miller