Marketing Essentials

It would be easy to notice a purple cow if we suddenly encountered one, of course. But how do you spot purple cows in the business world? To be a purple cow in the business world, Godin explains, “Stop advertising and start innovating.” Consumers are immune to most of the advertising that reaches them, but they are hungrier than ever for real solutions to real problems. The secret of successful Internet marketing is to create and drive word of mouth.

Admen, Mad Men, and How Advertising Really Works is written to be easily digestible by interns, CEOS, or anyone who has ever watched a television commercial or clicked on a banner ad. Irreverent, packed with useful information, and unflinchingly honest, it is a serious business book by a seriously funny man and a must for anyone who lives, works, or plays in today's commercial culture.

When you get a great offer on your home, you need to understand all the barriers between you and the ultimate goal - a successful sale that leaves both parties feeling that they've won. More than any other piece of the puzzle after the offer, the home inspection can disrupt your plans for a smooth sale.

Accelerate! is for anyone who wants to turbocharge their trades business. Whether your business is plumbing, electrical services, roofing, locksmithing, gardening, landscaping, painting and decorating, or kitchen fitting, this audiobook will help you get ahead and achieve real success.

Every business has customers, and employers are seeking to hire, retain, and reward employees who have the skills, the knowledge, and the motivation to provide a consistently superior level of service to every customer, every day. No longer is a bright smile and a friendly hello enough to satisfy customers and keep them coming back. Employers and customers want customer service professionals.

The publishing landscape can be a tricky one to navigate. There are so many aspects to authoring and publishing a book that it's easy for you to make critical mistakes that can set you off-course and significantly decrease your chances for success. How many of the 50 biggest mistakes authors make are you making? When you learn to avoid the biggest mistakes authors make, you can greatly enhance your chances for success in the publishing world.

Affiliate marketing offers advertisers the opportunity to reach millions of relevant consumers and only pay a marketing cost when a consumer makes a purchase. This audiobook explains how to create a successful affiliate marketing channel and can help almost any business that trades through the internet.

Thieves and scammers are on the prowl for easy targets who have significant exposed assets - and if you're a senior citizen who saved for retirement, you may be the perfect mark. Fran Tarkenton, the NFL Hall of Fame quarterback who became a successful entrepreneur, has partnered with certified public accountant and financial executive Rick Gossett to present this practical, up-to-date guide to scam-proofing your savings during your golden years.

The Dealmaker's Ten Commandments contains a practical, no-nonsense methodology for negotiating deals, managing your time, and handling crisis all at the highest level. Peppered with entertainment industry war stories, The Dealmaker's Ten Commandments has been forged in the white-hot crucible of brutal transactional combat.

As a public relations professional, your craft isn’t as straightforward as it may seem to those outside the PR industry. It’s a career in which strategizing and storytelling, making quick connections and forecasting the future are vital for success. Are you prepared for the real world of public relations? In Smart Talk, PR veteran and multicultural marketing expert Melissa Vela-Williamson shares how public relations really works. She provides experience-based insight that bridges the gap between classroom and career, showing you how to avoid detrimental mistakes and excel from Day One.

With virtually nonexistent oversight, the Internet can easily become the judge, jury, and executioner for anyone's reputation. Digital attacks and misinformation can cost you a job, a promotion, your marriage, even your business. Whether you've done something foolish yourself, are unfairly linked to another's misdeeds, or are simply the innocent victim of a third-party attack, most of us have no idea how to protect our online reputation.

Dive into the world of online advertising with 'Google AdWords—An Introduction: Your Essential Handbook for Understanding, Creating, and Optimizing Successful Online Advertising Campaigns with Google.' This audiobook is your comprehensive guide to unlocking the potential of Google's premier advertising platform, designed especially for those eager to explore the dynamic realm of digital marketing.

Do you want to learn about business intelligence but don't feel like reading a boring textbook? In the modern business world, the pace of action continues to quicken. Businesses need to be able to get actionable insights from their data in order to make the right decisions to act rapidly and effectively. In this audiobook, you will be introduced to the concept of business intelligence.

Social media selling secrets for coaches, consultants, service providers, and online store owners. The essential book to fill your social media channels, websites, and funnels with dream customers.

Of all the things that can make or break your business, the most critical is experience. Great experiences inspire customers and employees to advocate for you, while bad ones do the opposite. It sounds obvious, but so many companies fail because they don’t think this essential factor is important to their bottom line. It’s All About CEX! breaks experience down into its core components - success, ease, and connection - and shows you how to get the most mileage out of each one.

Social Media doesn’t need to be difficult or overwhelming. In fact, motivating your existing students, clients, and patients and reaching new ones takes less than ten minutes per day when you use the simple yet powerful tools in this audiobook. You will learn to quickly build your following on multiple platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Video content has been proven to be the most effective of the majority of other forms of online content. When watching a video, customers are more likely to remember the video than they are to remember written content or an image, for example. Because of this, marketing videos tend to have a much bigger impact on potential new customers as opposed to a marketing banner, for example. Video can be an extremely powerful medium when it comes to connecting with and communicating with your audience.

Peter Voogd, author of 6 Months to 6 Figures and founder of the prestigious Game Changers Academy, talks with the leaders of multimillion-dollar brands about the importance of disrupting the industry and finding what makes your brand unique compared to the competition. Learn about the importance of maintaining momentum and finding confidence in not only your brand, but yourself as well.

Influencers now are used as marketing tools to promote products and services and it has become a very lucrative career. This report will show you how you can become a top influencer. Now, being an influencer is a very profitable career. Influencers now are individuals who have the power to sway the purchasing decisions of other people because of their perceived authority, knowledge, position, and relationship with their target audience. The goal of every influencer is to appear genuine and honest so people will trust them and believe whatever recommendations they have.

Despite what the old adage says, the customer is not always right. Even companies that can seemingly do no wrong-like the coffeehouse giant Starbucks-have only recently started to figure this out.