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Buy now : creative marketing that gets customers to respond to you and your product
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Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011
Physical Description:
xiv, 224 p. ; 24 cm.
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9780470888018
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Includes index
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"Learn the secrets of direct response marketing with the man who created the George Foreman Grill campaign In today's highly competitive, global marketplace, businesses have to do more than just advertise their products. By taking advantage of the accountable advertising model that direct response has to offer, you can improve your bottom line, build brands, and develop lasting relationships with legions of satisfied customers. In Buy Now!, Rick Cesari reveals twenty-five years' worth of insights and methods, enabling you to make the most of direct response marketing in your business toolkit. Whether you're a business owner, executive, inventor, or marketer, Buy Now! gives you the secrets behind the successful campaigns that catapulted products into millions of homes. Find out how to use direct response to create a "self-funding "marketing campaign Learn the techniques to building offers that will get people to respond to your products Use "high touch" direct response marketing to build brand equity and drive sales at retail Find out why large companies like Johnson & Johnson and Valvoline are using these concepts for their consumer brands Cesari has put more companies on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies than anyone else Buy Now! to launch your products and campaigns to new heights-and connect with customers as never before-with Cesari's market-leading insights."-- Provided by publisher.

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Learn the secrets of direct response marketing with the man who created the George Foreman Grill campaign

In today's highly competitive, global marketplace, businesses have to do more than just advertise their products. By taking advantage of the accountable advertising model that direct response has to offer, you can improve your bottom line, build brands, and develop lasting relationships with legions of satisfied customers.

In Buy Now! , Rick Cesari reveals twenty-five years' worth of insights and methods, enabling you to make the most of direct response marketing in your business toolkit. Whether you're a business owner, executive, inventor, or marketer, Buy Now! gives you the secrets behind the successful campaigns that catapulted products into millions of homes.

Find out how to use direct response to create a "self-funding "marketing campaign Learn the techniques to building offers that will get people to respond to your products Use "high touch" direct response marketing to build brand equity and drive sales at retail Find out why large companies like Johnson & Johnson and Valvoline are using these concepts for their consumer brands Cesari has put more companies on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies than anyone else

Buy Now! to launch your products and campaigns to new heights-and connect with customers as never before-with Cesari's market-leading insights.


Author Notes

RICK CESARI was the first person to use an infomercial to build a national brand name (Juiceman®) and then apply the same strategy to launch a number of other products and brands into the stratosphere: The Sonicare Toothbrush, the George Foreman Grill, OxiClean, and Orange Glo®, as well as Fortune 500 clients Microsoft and Clorox®. He is the founder and CEO of Cesari Direct, a full-service direct-response marketing agency that provides production, media buying, interactive, and campaign management services.

RON LYNCH has been the creative mind behind many successful direct-response campaigns including BackJoy® Orthotics, the Total Trolley, Light Relief®, the FlavorWave Oven®, and more. He has worked with Rick Cesari since 2001 and is currently partner and Creative Director of Cesari Direct. He specializes in strategic category creation, brand creation, and direct media messaging. Learn more at CesariDirect.com.


Table of Contents

Prologue: The Secret to Our Successp. xi
Chapter 1 Why "Buy Now"?p. 1
The Direct Response Solutionp. 4
Carnival Beginningsp. 6
Why Direct Response?p. 7
Liar, Liar, Pants on Firep. 10
Chapter 2 The Geeks Inherit the Earthp. 17
Why Is Direct Response a Great Value?p. 22
Why Doesn't Everyone Try Direct Response?p. 24
What Is a Brand and Why Do I Need One?p. 27
Chapter 3 They Don't Teach This in College: Rick's Storyp. 33
The Pitchp. 36
My Storyp. 37
From Real Estate to Infomercialsp. 38
How to Make a Millionp. 43
Chapter 4 Juicing for Dollarsp. 49
The Power of PRp. 54
Live Seminarsp. 56
Chapter 5 Building the Juiceman" Brandp. 61
Explosive Growthp. 65
Retail Strategyp. 66
Chapter 6 Expanding the Brand: The Breadman"p. 71
Validating "the Model"p. 75
Selling the Businessp. 77
Chapter 7 Sonicare": The $150 Toothbrushp. 79
Problem/Solutionp. 82
Credibility: The Key to a Successful Infomercialp. 84
Rolling Out a Campaignp. 86
Chapter 8 The Biggest Knockout in Historyp. 91
How a Champion Boxer and a Failed Taco Maker Created Sizzling Successp. 93
The Price of Celebrityp. 102
Grilling Up Some Big Numbersp. 105
Chapter 9 OxiClean": "Powered by the Air You Breathe, Activated by the Water You Drink"p. 107
The Ubiquitous Billy Maysp. 111
The Rise of OxiCleanp. 117
Unique Packaging Strategyp. 118
Chapter 10 The Customer Is No Dummyp. 123
Positioning Your Product: The Next Nichep. 129
Get to Your Unique Selling Propositionp. 132
Chapter 11 Channel Explosion: The Next Paradigm Shiftp. 139
Direct Demographic Media Messagingp. 143
Messaging versus Demographicp. 145
What Are You Going to Grow Today?p. 148
The Intersection of the Internetp. 149
Chapter 12 Free Advertising?p. 153
Is My Idea Direct-Response Worthy?p. 156
Why Are the COGs So Important?p. 159
Long Form or Short Form? That Is the Questionp. 162
Chapter 13 Anatomy of an Infomercialp. 165
Show Styles or Formatsp. 168
Long-Form Elementsp. 171
Show Outlinep. 175
Chapter 14 Offer Is Kingp. 179
Why is Everything Priced at $19.95 and $39.95?p. 183
How Do Long Form and Short Form Work Together?p. 185
Chapter 15 Beyond Television: Integrating Radio, Web Advertising, and Morep. 189
Online Marketing Is Direct Responsep. 195
The Backend of Direct Responsep. 198
Chapter 16 Conclusionp. 205
Brass Tacks: What Does This Cost?p. 207
Indexp. 211
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