Marketing Communications

What's Wrong with China is the widely anticipated follow-up to Paul Midler's Poorly Made in China, an expose of China manufacturing practices. Applying a wider lens in this account, he reveals many of the deep problems affecting Chinese society as a whole. Once again, Midler delivers the goods by rejecting commonly held notions, breaking down old myths, and providing fresh explanations of lesser-understood cultural phenomena.

Proven customer engagement approaches for winning in the most important moments driving profitability and growth - customer retention and expansion.

What if you discovered a blueprint that could grow your brand’s reputation and loyalty, dramatically reduce customer-service issues, produce content and technology, and cement a powerful, lasting relationship between you and your customers? Harness the power of communities, both inside and outside of your organization, to drive value and revenue, activate your employees’ and customers’ talents, and create a highly engaged, loyal customer base.

If you are serious about boosting the selling power of your ads, emails, social media posts, and personal presentations, you need to get this revolutionary marketing audiobook. It reveals a secret so profound, it will change the way you market and sell forever.

Using techniques developed by politicians, advertisers, crooks, and other masters of their own universe, when being applied, can help you to analyze anyone around you or in your life. This can be done so that you can have a profound influence on the way they think and getting exactly what you want from them. This practical guide is filled with examples of how to modify the results based on the desired goal and will teach you how to know what makes your target tick.

In this engaging and easy-to-follow audiobook, veteran real estate coach and consultant Brian Icenhower shares what he has discovered about the crucial relationship between human behavior and every facet of the real estate business. From basic beginnings to a deep-dive into the DISC behavior model, this exhaustive book provides invaluable insights into the nature of behavior and how to apply it to everything you do in real estate.

It sounds so simple: Tell stories from your life, and people will remember your message. But when you get down to crafting one, there's nothing easy about it. Material for stories surrounds us. Yet few people are skilled at sharing personal anecdotes and even fewer know how to link them to professional goals. Whether you want to stand out in the interview process, add punch to a presentation, or make a compelling case for a new initiative, Let the Story Do the Work shows you how to mine your experience for simple narratives that convey who you are.

In an impatient world of infobesity, people don't want more information - they want to be intrigued and they want to be intrigued fast. After all, goldfish have longer attention spans than humans - nine seconds to our eight. So, right now, people want to know, "How is this relevant and useful to me? Why are you worth my valuable time, mind, and dime?" Bestselling author and ace communication strategist Sam Horn reveals her "secret sauce" for truly connecting with people - whether it's one or one million.

In our increasingly complicated and data-driven world, many new developments are so complex that only experts comprehend their nuances. But what they don't grasp is how to tell the world about them. Communicating technical content to nontechnical listeners has fast become a critical 21st-century skill. Explaining what you do and why it's important drives funding, policy decisions, media exposure, public awareness, and customer adoption.

Discover how to use proven spy techniques to bolster your business strategies - from self-advocation to selling to interviewing - and ultimately make more money with this unique guide.

In The Referral of a Lifetime, author Tim Templeton frames a powerful plan for cultivating clients and customers in a fable about businesswoman Susie McCumber, who feels increasingly like a failure. A friend refers her to the mysterious Mr. Highground, who introduces her to four successful people. They show her how they transformed their businesses and their lives by determining how others view them and how they view themselves.

Would you like to instantly catch people’s thoughts, emotions, motivations, and intentions through mere observation? If yes, you’re in the right place! 10-Minute Social Psychology is a unique audiobook that takes a deeper look into social conflicts: What causes them, what keeps them alive, and most importantly - what you can do about them. The audiobook presents how social awareness is built, and takes you step-by-step through the various mindset shifts and action items.

Personal presence is difficult to define but easy to recognize. People with presence carry themselves in a way that turns heads. When they talk, people listen. When they ask, people answer. When they lead, people follow. Personal presence can help you get a date, a mate, a job, or a sale. It can help you lead a meeting, a movement, or an organization. Presence is not something you're born with - anyone can learn these skills, habits, and traits.

As serial entrepreneurs and cofounders of the largest social network for entrepreneurs in the world, EFactor.com, Adrie Reinders and Marion Freijsen know about the challenges facing new entrepreneurs in the current business environment. Their site - with a community of one million-plus and growing rapidly - is a virtual marketplace for entrepreneurs to make business connections, negotiate deals, exchange information, and advertise their products and services

The days of being excited and celebrating “social media” has run its course. Over the past decade plus, social media came into its own as the leading way to communicate for sales, customers service, transactional, spam, and for personal connection. Over the past three years, social media has become less and less effective as a communication tool. Using digital tools today has become much more complicated than ever before. Just having a Facebook page, a profile on LinkedIn, or sending out a few tweets no longer cuts it.

Since the start of the advertising industry in the 19th century, it has been about telling. Now, thanks to the social media and digital revolution, everyone has a voice. Welcome to the decade of do - a new era for marketing and communications. It’s a time when people, brands, and organizations are taking on the world’s problems and trying to solve them. This book looks at why this is happening, the pioneers who are driving it forward, and what this means for the rest of us.

What's the Big Idea? lays out 28 optional approaches for creating the high concept that can be the center point of all marketing decisions a business needs to make. By using one of these concepts, entrepreneurs can make the appropriate decisions to invest and use the numerous tactical marketing and advertising options available and, more importantly, avoid wasting money on fad, over-hyped tactics that may be suitable for some, but may not be suitable for everyone.

Do product managers have super powers? Probably not, but there are some product managers who seem to be more successful than others. These "super" product managers seem to be able to make things happen almost effortlessly. What's their secret?

This easy-listen audiobook will teach you all the essentials of copywriting, from understanding products, audiences, and benefits to closing the sale. It’s packed with real-life examples that will show you exactly how the ideas work in the real world. Plus there's a whole chapter of handy tips on writing ads, websites, broadcast media, direct mail, social media, and print.

Whether you are just starting or established your business 10 years ago, you will be able to grow your business with Facebook. If you haven’t created your Facebook business page, this is your first step. From there, you can create advertisements following your schedule and budget. By paying attention to your customers’ needs and wants, you will be able to develop some of the most engaging advertisements for your target audience.