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From the shuttered factories of the rust belt to the look-alike strip malls of the sun belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive yet little examined obsession is arguably the most powerful and devastating market force of our time-the engine of globalization, outsourcing, planned obsolescence, and economic instability in an increasingly unsettled world.Low price is so...
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©2013
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viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Wharton professor Jonah Berger draws on his research to explain the six steps that make products or ideas contagious.
What makes things popular? If you said advertising, think again. People don't listen to advertisements, they listen to their peers. But why do people talk about certain products and ideas more than others? Why are some stories and rumors more infectious? And what makes online content go viral? Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger...
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2019.
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viii, 277 pages ; 24 cm
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"As we become a more digital society, the gains that have been made for the environment by moving toward a paperless world with more and more efficient devices will soon be or already have been offset by the number of devices in our lives that are always using energy. But many don't think about the impact on the environment of the "Internet of things." Whether it's a microwave connected to the internet, use of Netflix, or online shopping, these technological...
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[2020]
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xvii, 284 pages ; 22 cm
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"Fandom isn't just for actors, athletes, musicians, and authors anymore. It can be rocket fuel for any business or nonprofit that chooses to focus on inspiring and nurturing true fans. The most powerful marketing force in the world isn't social media, email blasts, search ads, or even those 15 second commercials before a YouTube video. It's fandom. David Meerman Scott and his daughter Reiko are very different - one is a baby boomer business strategist,...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Jonah Berger's Contagious by Instaread Preview: Contagious: Why Things Catch On is a playbook for marketing in the internet age, when products and ideas live or die based on whether or not they can go viral. Author Jonah Berger describes six principles that, when applied together, can often predict whether an idea or product will spread. Any product or idea can go viral. It doesn't take a big advertising budget or a celebrity...
6) Affiliate Marketing : Secrets - The Simple Formula To Making $10,000+ Per Month In Passive Income
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Online Business Opportunities Are Knocking On The Door...Whether you will take advantage of these opportunities to help you escape the nine-to-five trap is entirely up to you. Affiliate marketing has become one of the most attractive business opportunities for people looking to get started with an online business model. This opportunity presents itself as one of the easiest and most affordable to get started with. All you need is access to the internet...
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From Facebook to Talking Points Memo to the New York Times, often what looks like fact-based journalism is not. It’s advertising. Not only are ads indistinguishable from reporting, the Internet we rely on for news, opinions and even impartial sales content is now the ultimate corporate tool. Reader beware: content without a corporate sponsor lurking behind it is rare indeed. Black Ops Advertising dissects this rapid rise of “sponsored content,”...
8) De Compras con Él y Ella: Técnicas de Mercadeo para Entender Cómo Venderles al Hombre y a la Mujer
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Venda más y mejor conociendo a su cliente. La ciencia es muy clara: los hombres y las mujeres usandiferentes partes de su cerebro y por lo tanto se comportan de manera distintaen muchísimas situaciones, incluyendo la manera en que vamos de compras, compramos y consumimos productos y servicios. Como profesional de ventas, publicidad o mercadeo, entender estas diferencias es la clave de nuestro éxito. Paraaumentar las ventas, usted debe comprender...
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This introduction to one of the key areas of behavioural economics – social preferences – explains in clear, nontechnical language how particular groups of experiments have been used by behavioural economists to shed light on the processes of economic decision making. These include bargaining games, trust games and public good games. The significance of determinants such as punishment, sanctioning, emotion, cooperation, reciprocity, leadership,...
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This is an inside chronicle by a former Kodak Purchasing Manager of why Kodak failed. With words direct from Kodak Chairman and CEO, Antonio Perez, learn how he tried so desperately to save the iconic company amidst a down economy, corporate chaos, and misguided focus. Did Antonio Perez, make the appropriate decisions around leadership roles at Kodak? How detrimental was the internal disorder and unscrupulous behavior exhibited by management? Did...
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Summary of Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely | Includes Analysis Preview: Predictably Irrational provides a data-driven window into the ways in which the human mind fails to make rational choices time and time again. While some of these irrational decisions are humorous or trivial, in many cases, these behaviors can have far-ranging implications for governments and health care systems. However, understanding that we, as humans, are predisposed...
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A Deeper Truth explains why 9 out of 10 new products fail, the neuroscience behind human choice, and how disruptive successes leverage the fundamental nature of human decision-making.
Backed by research across a dozen disciplines, A Deeper Truth explains how genetics and neurology impact perception, behavior, and choice. It also succeeds in providing a comprehensive explanation for disruption even in the arenas where Clayton Christensen himself acknowledges...
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The world is poised on the threshold of economic changes that will reduce the income gap between the rich and poor on a global scale while reshaping patterns of consumption. Rapid economic growth in emerging-market economies is projected to enable consumers worldwide to spend proportionately less on food and more on transportation, goods, and services, which will in turn strain the global infrastructure and accelerate climate change. The largest gains...
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Here are some of the testimonials from people who used the advice from the book:
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"Very enjoyable and an easy read. I love that this provides clear direction that everyone can use to write a letter when you have a bad experience with a business. Wish I had this a few years ago when our hotel room was double-booked and another couple came into our room around midnight! I knew there should have been some type of compensation...
15) The Product Mindset: Succeed in the Digital Economy by Changing the Way Your Organization Thinks
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In the digital economy, businesses need to adapt quickly to satisfy customers' constant demands for new and updated products. But too many organizations are held back by antiquated IT mindsets that separate developmental groups from the rest of the team. To stay ahead of the competition, you need to embrace enterprise-wide thinking that gets everyone-from engineering to the C-suite-on the same page and speaking the same language.
The Product Mindset...
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As a customer success leader, whose insight do you rely on for success?
Your field is still maturing, yet your profession is one of the fastest growing in the world. There are tons of books and blogs written by success professionals sharing their experiences and strategies, but how do you know what will work for your specific situation? Whose advice is the expertise you can trust?
Wayne McCulloch has more than 25 years of experience in the software...
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Summary of Hooked by Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover | Includes Analysis Preview: Hooked is a textbook for developers and designers who wish to build a product or app that will repeatedly engage its users. Today, more than ever, a product needs to be self-sustaining in its ability to keep its users loyal and active. In the past, companies could rely on advertising to remind users to purchase or interact with their product. Today, however, the most successful...
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A retail specialist recounts the state of the industry and brings attention to the changes impacting retailers everywhere. The influence of technology in changing behavior and lifestyles is examined and the role of the consumer as "king" is explored. The author forecasts how we will engage in commerce in the future and proposes a roadmap to follow in order to achieve customer engagement and success in tomorrow's retail arena.
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Environmental impacts in consequence of human activities mainly lead back to consumption. The overall research aim of this study is to estimate how sustainable consumption can be increased through sustainable innovation by mainly considering pro-environmental aspects. Relating to this, several objectives are pursued as the following examples show. For instants, the study aims to regard efficiency, consistency, and sufficiency as three strategic principles;...
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Sometimes we need to take a step back and re-evaluate just why do we do the strange things that we do in business, why do people behave the way they do. "How To Survive" is about taking a fresh look, in a sometimes confrontational, sarcastic, ironic, insightful, and absolutely true way, at the we we handle our work situations. The articles are superbly funny, a unique insight, and cross both local and international views in their appeal.
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