Professional book cover needed for an ethical influence training company

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Book Cover Design Brief
We need a professional/sharp book cover for our new book, "Influence to Profit"
This book teaches business owners, marketers, sales professionals and leaders how to better their communication with their customers and team.
Our company teaches home study courses and also live events around the topic, and this book will be the first impression and representation of us to new potential clients.
We are undecided if we should use my face on the cover or not, we are open to ideas and suggestions
To see other books in a similar category, you can look at the business/money category on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=lp_283155_nr_n_2?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A283155%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cn%3A3&bbn=1000&ie=UTF8&qid=1473714830&rnid=1000
Target Market(s)
Small business owners, marketers, sales people
Industry/Entity Type
Business
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Requirements
Must have
- A professional, sharp feel.
- Colors to match the logo attached (which one of your designers created, thank you!)
- Website: www.InfluenceToProfit.com (this new book will most likely replace the book featured on the website)
- Please do not use the logo on the book though.
- We will need the book cover to be fully editable when the file is delivered, as well as the names of any fonts used.
- Number of Pages 100
- Book Size: 6 x 9
- Bleed Dimensions: 12.4752 x 9.25
- Trim Guides Horizontal: 0.125 and 12.3502
- Trim Guides Vertical: 0.125 and 9.125
- Safe Zone Guides Horizontal: 0.25 and 12.2252
- Safe Zone Guides Vertical: 0.25 and 9
- Spine Dimensions: 0.2252
- Spine Guides: 6.125 and 6.3502
- PDF template attached for reference
Nice to have
- We are undecided if we would like to use my face on the front book cover or not. It should be at least on the back page if not on the front.
Should not have
- Please do not use the logo on the book cover, but we would like the feel to match.
- Nothing that looks "cute" it is not a children's book
- Nothing that looks "soft" or feminine.