Audiobooks by David Meerman Scott

The New Rules of Marketing and PR, 8th Edition: How to Use Content Marketing, Podcasting, Social Med

The eighth edition of the pioneering guide to generating attention for your idea or business, jam-packed with new and updated techniques The latest edition of The New Rules of Marketing and PR has been completely revised and updated to present the most innovative methods and cost-effective strategies. The most comprehensive update yet shows you details about the pros and cons of AI and machine learning to automate routine tasks. Your life is already AI-assisted. Your marketing should be too, but there are challenges to be aware of. The definitive guide on the future of marketing, this must-have resource will help you: incorporate the new rules that will keep you ahead of the digital marketing curve; make your marketing and public relations real-time by incorporating techniques like newsjacking to generate instant attention when your audience is eager to hear from you; and gain valuable insights through compelling case studies and real-world examples. The eighth edition of The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Content Marketing, Podcasting, Social Media, AI, Live Video, and Newsjacking to Reach Buyers Directly is the ideal resource for entrepreneurs, business owners, marketers, PR professionals, and managers in organizations of all types and sizes.

David Meerman Scott (Author), David Meerman Scott, Stephen Bowlby (Narrator)

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The New Rules of Sales and Service: How to Use Agile Selling, Real-Time Customer Engagement, Big Dat

People and companies are now researching products and organizations they might do business with directly, rather than relying on traditional B2B and B2C salespeople and processes. Just as online content is the primary driver for successful marketing and public relations today, online content is quickly becoming a dominant driver for sales and service as well. Most organizations, however, are still using traditional selling and service models that were developed decades ago for a different time. The New Rules of Sales and Service details the sales and service strategies and tools that people within any organization can use to grow their business. Topics include The Old Rules of Sales and Service Dont Apply in an Always-On World The New Sales Cycle How Web Content Influences the Buying Process Reaching Your Buyers One at a Time with Content Gamification Makes Buying Fun The Content-Rich Website Sales and Support in Real Time Your Sales and Service Plan KEY DIFFERENCE FROM NEW RULES OF MARKETING & PR: The main difference lies in the strategies presented in both books: Marketing and public relations use online content to reach many buyers at once. Sales and service use online content to reach buyers one at a time. The book tailors its tips and tools to reflect this difference.

David Meerman Scott (Author), David Meerman Scott (Narrator)

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Social Media Metrics: How to Measure and Optimize Your Marketing Investment

Whether you are selling online, through a direct sales force, or via distribution channels, what customers are saying about you online is now more important than your advertising. Social media is no longer a curiosity on the horizon but a significant part of your marketing mix. A shift in philosophy, a modification in strategy, and brand new metrics are the keys to marketing success in this interconnected world. While other books explain why social media is critical and how to go about participating, this book focuses on measuring the success of your social media marketing efforts. Success metrics in business are based on business goals where fame does not always equate to fortune. Having more Twitter followers or Facebook friends than the competition might not result in value. Read this book to determine which social media efforts are working for you, where to allocate more social media resources, and how to convince those who are afraid of new things that social media is a valuable business tool and not just a toy for the overly-wired. Knowing what works and what doesn't is terrific, but only in a constant and unchanging world. Social Media Metrics is loaded with specific examples of specific metrics you can use to guide your social media marketing efforts as new means of communication.

David Meerman Scott, Jim Sterne (Author), Dan John Miller (Narrator)

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Beyond Viral: How to Attract Customers, Promote Your Brand, and Make Money with Online Video

Kevin Nalty, the only career marketer who is also one of the most-viewed YouTube comedians, provides proven, practical ways to promote your product or service using the most visceral form of social media--online video. Learn how to create cost-effective videos, engage your customers, compel them to measurable behaviors (awareness, intent, and purchase), and sustain your brand online. Case studies of how leading brands have leveraged online video to entertain while delivering their brand messages to customers include Microsoft, MTV, Mentos, Holiday Inn, and Fox Broadcasting. Learn also from the pitfalls and mistakes many top companies and startups are making.

David Meerman Scott, Kevin Nalty (Author), J. D. Cullum (Narrator)

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Fanocracy: Turning Fans Into Customers and Customers Into Fans

From the bestselling author of New Rules of Marketing & PR, a bold guide to converting customer passion into marketing power. How do some brands attract word-of-mouth buzz and radical devotion around products as everyday as car insurance, b2b software, and underwear? They embody the most powerful marketing force in the world: die-hard fans. In this essential book, leading business growth strategist David Meerman Scott and fandom expert Reiko Scott explore the neuroscience of fandom and interview young entrepreneurs, veteran business owners, startup founders, nonprofits, and companies big and small to pinpoint which practices separate organizations that flourish from those stuck in stagnation. They lay out a road map for converting customers' ardor into buying power, pulling one-of-a-kind examples from a wide range of organizations, including: · MeUndies, the subscription company that's revolutionizing underwear · HeadCount, the nonprofit that registers voters at music concerts · Grain Surfboards, the board-building studio that willingly reveals its trade secrets with customers · Hagerty, the classic-car insurance provider with over 600,000 premier club members · HubSpot, the software company that draws 25,000 attendees to its annual conference For anyone who seeks to harness the force of fandom to revolutionize his or her business, Fanocracy shows the way.

David Meerman Scott, Reiko Scott (Author), Byron Wagner, David Meerman Scott, Reiko Scott (Narrator)

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The New Rules of Marketing and PR, Fourth Edition: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile App

The benchmark guide to marketing and PR, updated with the latest social media and marketing trends, tools, and real-world examples of success The New Rules of Marketing & PR, 4th Edition is the pioneering guide to the future of marketing, an international bestseller with more than 300,000 copies sold in over 25 languages. It offers a step-by-step action plan for harnessing the power of modern marketing and PR to communicate with buyers directly, raise visibility, and increase sales. It shows how large and small companies, nonprofits, and other organizations can leverage Web-based content to get the right information to the right people at the right time for a fraction of the cost of big-budget campaigns. Including a wealth of compelling case studies and real-world examples of content marketing and inbound marketing success, this is a practical guide to the new reality of reaching buyers when they're eager to hear from you. Includes updated information, examples, and case studies plus an examination of newly popular tools such as Infographics, photo-sharing using Pinterest and Instagram, as well as expanded information on social media such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. David Meerman Scott is a marketing strategist, bestselling author of eight books including three international bestsellers, advisor to emerging companies including HubSpot, and a professional speaker on topics including marketing, leadership, and social media. Prior to starting his own business, he was marketing VP for two U.S. publicly traded companies and was Asia marketing director for Knight-Ridder, at the time one of the world's largest information companies. The New Rules of Marketing & PR offers the single resource for entrepreneurs, business owners, nonprofit managers as well as those working in marketing or publicity departments to build a marketing and PR strategy to grow any business.

David Meerman Scott (Author), David Meerman Scott, Sean Pratt (Narrator)

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Real Time Marketing and PR: How to Earn Attention in Today's Hyper-Fast World

Wake up, it's revolution time! Gone are the days when you could plan out your marketing and public relations programs well in advance and release them on your timetable. It's a real-time world now, and if you're not engaged, then you're on your way to marketplace irrelevance. "Real time" means news breaks over minutes, not days. It means ideas percolate, then suddenly and unpredictably go viral to a global audience. It's when companies develop (or refine) products or services instantly, based on feedback from customers or events in the marketplace. And it's when businesses see an opportunity and are the first to act on it. Caught up in old, time-consuming processes, too many companies leave themselves fatally exposed by flying blind through this new media environment. You don't have to be amongthem. Discover Real-Time Marketing and PR and get a clear path to navigate and succeed in the changed business landscape. In this eye-opening follow-up to The New Rules of Marketing and PR, a BusinessWeek bestseller,David Meerman Scott reveals the proven, practical steps to take your business into the real-time era. Find out how to act and react flexibly as events occur, position your brand in the always-on world of the Web, and avoid embarrassing mistakes and missteps. Real-Time Marketing and PR will also enable you to: Develop a business culture that encourages speed over sloth Read buying signals as people interact with your online information Crowdsource product development, naming, and even marketing materials such as online videos Engage reporters to shape stories as they are being written Command premium prices by delivering products at speed Deploy technology to listen in on millions of online discussions and instantly engage with customers and buyers Scale and media buying power are no longer a decisive advantage. What counts today is speed and agility. While your competitors scramble to adjust, you can seize the initiative, open new channels, and grow your brand. Master Real-Time Marketing and PR today and become the first to act, the first to respond, and the first to win!

David Meerman Scott (Author), David Meerman Scott (Narrator)

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Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in

THE GRATEFUL DEAD-Rock Legends, Marketing Pioneers The Grateful Dead broke almost every rule in the music industry book. They encouraged their fans to record shows and trade tapes; they built a mailing list and sold concert tickets directly to fans; and they built a their business model on live concerts, not album sales. By cultivating a dedicated, active community, collaborating with their audience to co-create the Deadhead lifestyle, and giving away "freemium" content, the Dead pioneered many social media and inbound marketing concepts successfully used by businesses across all industries today. Written by marketing gurus and lifelong Deadheads David Meerman Scott and Brian Halligan, Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead gives you key innovations from the Dead's approach you can apply to your business. Find out how to make your fans equal partners in your journey, "lose control" to win, create passionate loyalty, and experience the kind of marketing gains that will not fade away!

Bill Walton, Brian Halligan, David Meerman Scott (Author), Bill Walton, Brian Halligan, David Meerman Scott (Narrator)

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The New Rules of Marketing & PR 2.0: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing an

The Internet has profoundly changed the way people communicate and interact with each other. It has also changed the way businesses communicate with current and potential customers. In the old days, marketers could only communicate through the filter of expensive advertising or media ink placed by a PR firm. Today, the rules have changed entirely. The New Rules of Marketing and PR shows you how to leverage the potential that Web-based communication offers large and small companies, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, political organizations, consultants, even rock bands and churches. Finally, you can speak directly to customers and buyers, establishing a personal link with those who make your business work. You can reach niche buyers with targeted messages that cost a fraction of your big-budget advertising campaign. Rather than bombard them with advertising they'll likely ignore, you can focus on getting the right message to the right people at the right time. When people visit your company's Web site, they aren't there to hear your slogan or see your logo again. They want information, interaction, and choice-and you'd be a fool not to give it to them. This one-of-a-kind guide to the future of marketing includes a step-by-step action plan for harnessing the power of the Internet, showing you how to identify audiences, create compelling messages, get those messages to the right people, and lead consumers into the buying process. Including a wealth of compelling case studies and real-world examples, this is a practical guide to the new reality of PR and marketing. Smart marketers who want to communicate with buyers directly, raise online visibility, and increase sales will discover everything they need to put the new rules to work. This audio book will show you how to stay ahead of the curve-and your competitors-by using the Internet to its full PR, marketing, and customer-communications potential. If you want your business to succeed, forget tradition and adopt The New Rules of Marketing and PR.

David Meerman Scott (Author), Sean Pratt (Narrator)

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World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your S

What do Blendtec, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Barack Obama have in common? They all created huge amounts of buzz and generated millions of dollars in sales and campaign contributions by using the principles found in this enlightening audio book. A World Wide Rave is when people around the world are talking about you, your company, and your products Whether you're located in San Francisco, Dubai, or Reykjavik, it's when global communities eagerly link to your stuff on the Web. It's when online buzz drives buyers to your virtual doorstep. And it's when tons of fans visit your Website and your blog because they genuinely want to be there. Millions of people try to create something on the Web that will catch on and become a hit on YouTube, blogs, Facebook, and other online media. But you can't generate buzz without something to buzz about. Now bestselling author, David Meerman Scott explains how to produce engaging online content that people will WANT to share, triggering a "world wide rave" for your product or service.

David Meerman Scott (Author), Walter Dixon (Narrator)

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The Little Book That Saves Your Assets: What the Rich Do to Stay Wealthy in Up and Down Markets

Next in the Little Book, Big Profit series, The Little Book of Big Return,s shows the listener how to profit like the rich from a powerful, proven investment strategy. It was written by the leading thinker in asset allocation, David Darst. With somewhat of a dry reputation, the topic of asset allocation has been seen as a concern only to professionals and academics disputing research papers and academic theory. However the reality of the rich and their use of asset allocation tell a different story. Asset allocation is the ultimate determinant of returns and can make the difference between matching the market or beating the market (or not losing in the market). How assets are allocated (stocks, bonds, cash, other mix) does make a substantial difference to the average portfolio, and the wealthy have long used asset allocation strategies to increase their wealth -- substantially. Now these same strategies can be understood and used by anyone.

David Darst, David Meerman Scott (Author), Sean Pratt (Narrator)

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Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs

Product and service sensations like the iPod, Starbucks, or FedEx were seemingly successful overnight. But, it wasn't luck, creativity, or clever marketing that led to their breakthroughs. Anyone can create hits that resonate if they stop guessing what people need and start spending their time building real and deep connections to what their buyers value most. A proven strategy for dominating markets developed over 15 years, Tuned In reveals the "secrets" that separate market leaders from followers and failures. It shows you how to stop wasting time and money trying to be innovative and start creating "resonators" - great products or services that people buy without thinking because they solve the problems they have and make their lives better. Using a simple six-step process, Tuned In teaches you how to discover real and meaningful insights into any market. You'll learn how to identify unresolved problems, understand what buyers really want, create breakthrough experiences, and establish strong, sustainable connections to your market. Through dozens of real-life examples across a wide variety of industries, you'll learn how leaders create products and services that resonate - and the traps many others fall into when they don't. Anyone can use Tuned In to replicate the model for success. It works for well-known companies like Ford, Apple, and GE and those not-so-famous like GoPro and Zipcar. It works for realtors, doctors, ministers and even rock stars. Tuned In teaches you how to transform your everyday activities into those which create the kind of culture that builds market leaders. If you want to win in today's marketplace, stop pushing products your buyers don't want with expensive, meaningless advertising. Instead, listen to Tuned In and discover how to connect to what people really want, and most importantly how you can become an organization they trust.

Craig Stull, David Meerman Scott, Phil Myers (Author), Sean Pratt (Narrator)

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