Consumer Research

Fair trade, eco villaggi, transition towns, banche del tempo, slow fashion: è il vocabolario del consumo critico, in cui contano non solo il prezzo e la qualità dei prodotti ma anche il comportamento dei produttori e la sostenibilità ambientale e sociale della filiera produttiva. Una rivoluzione degli stili di vita, che può trasformare i processi decisionali promuovendo la capacità di creare nuovi legami di solidarietà dentro e fuori il mondo del lavoro.

Do you want to know exactly how to get the upper hand in conversations, debates, and negotiations? Do you desire the ability to persuade individuals as well as audiences? Persuasion is one of the most important skills to acquire and it is all around us. You are affected by it every day. Simple choices like the colors of a company logo influence the way you think. You may already practice persuasion without even realizing it.

It’s a new era of business and consumerism - and you play a role in defining it.

Today’s biggest trends - the mobile web, social media, real time - have produced a new consumer landscape. The End of Business As Usual explores this complex information revolution, how it has changed the future of business, media, and culture, and what you can do about it. This is the end of business as usual and the beginning of a new era of relevance.

In "Afrifluence," we embark on a transformative journey into the heart of African creativity, exploring its immense potential to reshape narratives, perceptions, and economies on a global scale. This book is more than just a guide, it's a manifesto for African influencers ready to harness the true power of their creative content and capitalize on the wealth of opportunities awaiting them.

It's undeniable - social media is not just a fleeting trend. It's here to stay. Right now, the opportunity is knocking at your door. The question is, when will you seize it? When will you start leveraging the power of social media, where posting content is not only free but can also become a lucrative venture?

Significant changes are necessary for the Black community. Implementing those changes requires new ways of thinking and new ways of doing. Those who choose to listen to this audiobook know that previous ways to solve the problems have not sufficed, despite a plethora of information, strategy, and education. We still prefer to dismiss them. Why? The Black Algorithm is a new way of thinking and doing. Utilize these strategies in your community and put them to work. There isn't time for excuses, drama, gossip, or time-wasting anymore.

If we could read minds, we would know what to do or say at the right time. We would never have to worry about how others perceive you, and we would not have to waste so much time on people who did not deserve it. If we could read minds, the world would be "sucker" free. Such ability would save so much time and trouble!

Persuasion: The Definitive Guide to Understanding Influence, Mind Control, and NLP is a comprehensive guide to unlocking the potential every person possesses to achieve any goal and overcome any obstacles in life.

Do you want to know exactly how to get the upper hand in conversations, debates, and negotiations? Do you desire the ability to persuade individuals as well as audiences? Persuasion often gets a bad rap; naysayers call it manipulative. However, persuasion is all around us. You are affected by it every day. Simple choices like the colors of a company logo influence the way you think. You may already practice persuasion without even realizing it.

Persuasion: The Complete Step by Step Guide on Persuasion, Mind Control and NLP is a simple, step-by-step guidebook that enables you to access your natural power of persuasive abilities. You possess a natural talent within you that allows you to guide others in your preferred direction and achieve your desired results. You have the power to attain anything you want in life, and to personally design the exact life you thought you would only lead in your dreams.

The most novel collection of unknown insights about Africa's consumer markets.

Are you ready to transform your brand into a powerful entity that resonates deeply with your audience? How to Cultivate Brand Worship provides a groundbreaking exploration of brand-building strategies, drawing intriguing parallels between the fervent devotion of cult followers and the loyalty of dedicated customers.

If I were to give any other title to this book, I would’ve called it "A guide to social media marketing for new businesses and entrepreneurs" or probably "Digital marketing, how to do it right!'. However, I had to settle for a catchier title for obvious marketing reasons. Strategy should dictate your competitive advantage and it is important to keep your strategy simple if you are a start-up, a new business, or a small business. As your business grows, your strategy will inevitably grow more complex over time.

Online shopping continues to grow at an astounding rate. In 2012 more than $1 trillion were spent in online retailers alone. The nature of shopping is drastically changing - but with so little information on how best to interact with online customers, how are businesses to succeed?

Coal, iron ore, and oil were the key productive assets that fueled the Industrial Revolution. Today data is the vital raw material of the information economy. The explosive abundance of this digital asset, more than doubling every two years, is creating a new world of opportunity and challenge. Data-ism is about this next phase, in which vast, Internet-scale data sets are used for discovery and prediction in virtually every field. It is a journey across this emerging world with people, illuminating narrative examples, and insights.

Laddering explains how to better understand your customers' core values. Learn to ask the right questions from your customers, use it to analyze your data, and unlock the true potential of your product or service. Use Laddering techniques to map your customer's DNA and understand why consumers buy from you; help you look at your customers in a new way and as a result maximize your profits and reduce your support costs; and provide a framework for evaluating what marketing messages, campaigns and experiences are appropriate.

In this up to the minute account of the current financial crisis, Dan Gross goes step by step through the timeline leading up to the October 2008 bail-out and explains what exactly happened. Using information and statistics only weeks old, he offers a thorough and enlightening analysis of where we all go from here.

The postmodern revolution requires marketers to revisit the walls they have erected over many years. That's not an easy thing to do. Conventional marketing strategies are built upon predictability, stability, and the comfort in knowing that we can understand our customer yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We love to put people into categories, and often into super-neat dichotomies, and call it a day. Those walls used to be solid, and marketers relied upon them to build a structure that formed the basis of their traditional strategic worldview.

Companies spend millions of dollars every year trying to court consumers. They invest in flashy advertising, celebrity endorsements, loyalty programs, websites ... you name it. And they spend millions more trying to build their businesses through elaborate "relationship management" software. The result? Most marketers still aren't emotionally connecting with consumers. Married to the Brand tells the story of what makes profitable brand relationships work - through the eyes of the consumer, not the marketer.

They say if you don’t know history, you cannot create it. It's important to appreciate the retail business and global internet trade to get a deeper perspective on how it all began. As the world gets more digital, it’s more important than ever to understand the fundamental shifts in thinking, global commerce, and human mental models to truly appreciate our evolution as humans to learn from the past and create an incredibly great future.