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The NEW RULES of MARKETING & PR : HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE VIDEO, MOBILE APPLICATIONS, BLOGS, NEWS RELEASES, AND VIRAL MARKETING TO REACH BUYERS DIRECTLY
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xxi, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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9781119362418
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Includes index.
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The international bestseller now in a new edition When it comes to marketing, anything goes in the Digital Age, right? Well, not quite. While marketing and public relations tactics do seem to change overnight, every smart businessperson knows that it takes a lot more than the 'next big thing

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The international bestseller--now in a new edition

When it comes to marketing, anything goes in the Digital Age, right? Well, not quite. While marketing and public relations tactics do seem to change overnight, every smart businessperson knows that it takes a lot more than the 'next big thing.'

The New Rules of Marketing & PR is an international bestseller with more than 375,000 copies sold in twenty-nine languages. In the latest edition of this pioneering guide to the future of marketing, you'll get a step-by-step action plan for leveraging the power of the latest approaches to generating attention for your idea or your business. You'll learn how get the right information to the right people at the right time--at a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising.

The Internet continues to change the way people communicate and interact with each other, and if you're struggling to keep up with what's trending in social media, online videos, apps, blogs, or more, your product or service is bound to get lost in the ether. In The New Rules of Marketing & PR , you'll get access to the tried-and-true rules that will keep you ahead of the curve when using the latest and greatest digital spaces to their fullest PR, marketing, and customer-communications potential. Keeping in mind that your audience is savvy and crunched for time, this essential guide shows you how to cut through the online clutter to ensure that your message gets seen and heard.

Serves as the ideal resource for entrepreneurs, business owners, marketers, PR professionals, and non-profit managers Offers a wealth of compelling case studies and real-world examples Includes information on new platforms including Facebook Live and Snapchat Shows both small and large organizations how to best use Web-based communication

Finally, everything you need to speak directly to your audience and establish a personal link with those who make your business work is in one place.


Author Notes

DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT is the author of ten books including Real-Time Marketing & PR, The New Rules of Sales & Service , and Newsjacking . David's popular blog, advisory work with fast-growing companies, and speaking engagements around the world give him a singular perspective on how businesses are implementing new strategies to reach buyers directly and in real time.


Table of Contents

Robert Scoble
Forewordp. xix
Introductionp. 1
The New Rulesp. 4
Life with the New Rulesp. 6
What's Newp. 8
Writing Like on a Blog, But in a Bookp. 10
Showcasing Successp. 11
I How the Web Has Changed the Rule of Marketing and PRp. 13
The Old Rules of Marketing and PR Are Ineffective in an Online Worldp. 15
Advertising: A Money Pit of Wasted Resourcesp. 18
One-Way Interruption Marketing Is Yesterday's Messagep. 19
The Old Rules of Marketingp. 20
Public Relations Used to Be Exclusively about the Mediap. 21
Public Relations and Third-Party Inkp. 22
Yes, the Media Are Still Importantp. 22
Press Releases and the journalistic Black Holep. 23
The Old Rules of PRp. 24
Learn to Ignore the Old Rulesp. 25
The New Rules of Marketing and PRp. 27
The Most Important Communications Revolution in Human Historyp. 28
Open for Businessp. 29
The Long Tail of Marketingp. 32
Tell Me Something I Don't Know, Pleasep. 33
Bricks-and-Mortar Newsp. 34
The Long Tail of PRp. 35
The New Rules of Marketing and PRp. 36
The Convergence of Marketing and PR on the Webp. 37
3 Reaching Your Buyers Directlyp. 39
The Right Marketing in a Wired Worldp. 40
Let the World Know about Your Expertisep. 41
Develop Information Your Buyers Want to Consumep. 43
Big Birge Plumbing Company Crows Business in a Competitive Marketp. 44
Buyer Personas: The Basicsp. 45
Think Like a Publisherp. 49
Staying Connected with Members and the Communityp. 50
Know the Coals and Let Content Drive Actionp. 52
Real-Time Business at American Airlines Reaches Buyers Directlyp. 53
II Web-Based Communications to Reach Buyers Directlyp. 59
4 Social Media and Your Targeted Audiencep. 61
What Is Social Media, Anyway?p. 62
Social Media Is a Cocktail Partyp. 63
"Upgrade to Canada" Social Program Nabs Tourists from Other Countriesp. 64
Social Networking and Agilityp. 65
When Social Networking Doesn't Work: The Cannabis Business in Americap. 67
The New Rules of job Searchp. 70
How to Find a New Job via Social Mediap. 71
Social Networking Drives Adagio Teas' Successp. 73
5 Blogs: Tapping Millions of Evangelists to Tell Your Storyp. 77
Why You Still Need a Blog in the Age of Social Networkingp. 79
Blogs, Blagging, and Bloggersp. 80
A Blog (or Not a Blog)p. 81
California Lawyer Blogs to Build Authority and Drive More Businessp. 83
Understanding Blogs in the World of the Webp. 85
The Four Uses of Blogs for Marketing and PRp. 86
Monitor Blogs-Your Organization's Reputation Depends on Itp. 87
Comment on Blogs to Get Your Viewpoint Out Therep. 88
Bloggers Love Interesting Experiencesp. 90
How to Reach Bloggers around the Worldp. 90
Do You Allow Employees to Send Email? How about Letting Them Blog?p. 91
Not Another junky Blogp. 93
Get Started Todayp. 94
6 Audio and Video Drive Actionp. 95
Improv with the CIOp. 95
What University Should I Attend?p. 97
Building a Business One You Tube Video at a Timep. 97
Have Fun with Your Videosp. 100
Audio Content Delivery through Podcastingp. 102
Hack the Entrepreneur Podcast Delivers New Customers for Host's Businessp. 103
Grammar Girt Podcastp. 106
7 Going Viral: The Web Helps Audiences Catch the Feverp. 108
Minty-Fresh Explosive Marketingp. 109
Monitoring the Blogosphere for Viral Eruptionsp. 110
Creating a World Wide Ravep. 112
Rules of the Ravep. 113
Film Producer Creates a World Wide Rave by Making Soundtrack Free for Downloadp. 115
Using Creative Commons to Facilitate Mashups and Spread Your Ideasp. 116
Viral Buzz for Fun and Profitp. 117
The Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich and jerry Garcia's Toiletp. 118
Clip This Coupon for $1 Million Off Fast Myers, Florida, Homep. 118
When You Have Explosive News, Make It Go Viralp. 119
8 The Content-Rich Websitep. 123
Political Advocacy on the Webp. 124
Content: The Focus of Successful Websitesp. 126
Reaching a Global Marketplacep. 126
Make Your Site Mobile Friendlyp. 127
Putting It All Together with Content Great Websites: More Art Than Sciencep. 131
9 Marketing and PR in Real Timep. 134
Real-Time Marketing and PRp. 135
John Green Thumps Tom Cruisep. 137
Develop Your Real-Time Mind-Setp. 139
Real- Time Slog Post Drives $1 Million in New Businessp. 141
The Time Is Nowp. 144
Snapchat for Businessp. 149
Crowdsourced Supportp. 151
III Action Plan for Harnessing the Power of the New Rulesp. 157
10 You Are What You Publish: Building Your Marketing and PR Planp. 159
What Are Your Organization's Goals?p. 160
Buyer Personas and Your Organizationp. 162
The Buyer Persona Profilep. 163
How Beko Develops Products Global Consumers Are Eager to Buyp. 166
Reaching Senior Executivesp. 167
The Importance of Buyer Personas in Web Marketingp. 168
In Your Buyers' Own Wordsp. 169
What Do You Want Your Buyers to Believe?p. 171
Developing Content to Reach Buyersp. 173
Marketing Strategy Planning Templatep. 176
The New Rules of Measurementp. 180
Asking Your Buyer for a Datep. 181
Measuring the Power of Freep. 182
What You Should Measurep. 182
Stop Thinking of Content Creation as a Marketing Expensep. 183
In 2016 the Best Marketer Was Elected Presidentp. 185
Stick to Your Planp. 190
11 Growing Your Business: How Marketing and PR Drive Salesp. 191
It's Time for a Sales Transformationp. 191
How Web Content Influences the Buying Processp. 193
Tips for Creating a Buyer-Centric Websitep. 195
Step 1 Sales Begin with Informational Contentp. 200
Step 2 A Friendly Nudgep. 201
Step 3 Closing the Dealp. 201
An Open-Source Marketing Modelp. 202
Salespeople as Content Curatorsp. 203
Your Company's Salesperson-in-Chiefp. 205
Educating Your Salespeople about the New Buying Processp. 206
Registration or Not? Data from an E-Book Offerp. 207
Close the Sale-Continue the Conversationp. 209
Measure and Improvep. 209
How a Content Strategy Crew Business by 50 Percent in One Yearp. 210
12 Strategies for Creating Awesome Contentp. 215
Ways to Get Your Information Out Therep. 216
How to Create Thoughtful Contentp. 222
How Raytheon Uses journalists to Create Interesting Contentp. 222
Content Creation in Highly Regulated Industriesp. 225
Leveraging Thought Leaders Outside Your Organizationp. 228
Who Wrote That Awesome White Paper?p. 228
How Much Money Does Your Buyer Make?p. 229
13 How to Write for Your Buyersp. 231
An Analysis of Gobbledygookp. 232
Poor Writing: How Did We Get Here?p. 233
Effective Writing for Marketing and PRp. 235
The Power of Writing Feedback (from Your Blog)p. 236
Injecting Humor into Product Descriptionsp. 237
Brand journalism at Boeingp. 238
14 Social Networking as Marketingp. 240
Television's Eugene Mirman Is Very Nice and Likes Seafoodp. 241
Facebook: Not just for Studentsp. 242
How to Use Facebook to Market Your Product or Servicep. 243
Increase Engagements with Facebook Groups and Appsp. 245
Why Google Plus Is Important for Your Businessp. 248
Check Out My LinkedIn Profilep. 249
Tweet Your Thoughts to the Worldp. 252
Social Networking and Personal Brandingp. 253
The CIA joins Twitterp. 256
The Sharing More Than Selling Rulep. 257
Connecting with Fansp. 260
How Amanda Palmer Raised a Million Dollars via Social Networkingp. 261
Which Social Networking Site Is Right for You?p. 262
You Can't Go to Every Party, So Why Even Try?p. 264
Optimizing Social Networking Pagesp. 265
Integrate Social Media into an Offline Conference or Eventp. 266
Build a Passionate Fan Basep. 267
Social Networking and Crisis Communicationsp. 269
Why Participating in Social Media Is Like Exercisep. 272
15 Blogging to Reach Your Buyersp. 274
What Should You Blog About?p. 275
Blogging Ethics and Employee Slogging Guidelinesp. 276
Blogging Basics: What You Need to Know to Get Startedp. 278
Pimp Out Your Blogp. 281
Building an Audience for Your New Blogp. 282
Tag, and Your Buyer Is Itp. 283
Cities That Blogp. 283
Blogging outside North Americap. 285
What Are You Waiting For?p. 286
16 An Image Is Worth a Thousand Wordsp. 287
Photographs as Compelling Content Marketingp. 287
Images of Real People Work Better Than Inane Stock Photosp. 288
How to Market an Expensive Product with Original Photographsp. 291
Why I Love Instagramp. 292
Marketing Your Product with Photos on Instagramp. 293
Sharing with Pinterestp. 295
The Power of SlideShare for Showcasing Your Ideasp. 297
Infographicsp. 299
17 Video and Podcasting Made Easyp. 302
Video and Your Buyersp. 302
Business-Casual Videop. 303
Stop Obsessing over Video Release Formsp. 304
Your Smartphone Is All You Needp. 305
Facebook Live Is Great for Real-Time Content Marketingp. 306
Video to Showcase Your Expertisep. 307
Getting Started with Videop. 309
Video Created for Buyers Generates Sales Leadsp. 311
Podcasting 101p. 312
18 How to Use News Releases to Reach Buyers Directlyp. 315
News Releases in a Web Worldp. 317
The New Rules of News Releasesp. 317
If They Find You, They Will Comep. 318
Driving Buyers into the Sales Processp. 320
Developing Your News Release Strategyp. 321
Publishing News Releases through a Distribution Servicep. 322
Reach Even More Interested Buyers with RSS Feedsp. 323
Simultaneously Publish Your News Releases to Your Websitep. 323
The Importance of Links in Your News Releasesp. 324
Focus on the Keywords and Phrases Your Buyers Usep. 324
Include Appropriate Social Media Tagsp. 326
If It's Important Enough to Tell the Media, Tell Your Clients and Prospects, Too!p. 326
19 Your Newsroom: A Front Door for Much More Than the Mediap. 328
Your Newsroom as (Free) Search Engine Optimizationp. 329
Reaching Reporters and Editors and Telling Your Storyp. 330
Best Practices for Newsroomsp. 331
Ontario University Shines Spotlight on Faculty Researchersp. 339
A Newsroom to Reach journalists, Customers, and Bloggersp. 341
20 The New Rules for Reaching the Mediap. 343
"Re:," Nontargeted Pitches, and Other Sleazy Tacticsp. 344
The New Rules of Media Relationsp. 345
Blogs and Media Relationsp. 346
How Blog Mentions Drive Mainstream Media Storiesp. 347
Launching Ideas with the U.S. Air Forcep. 349
How to Pitch the Mediap. 351
21 Newsjacking Your Way into the Mediap. 355
Journalists Are Looking for What You Knowp. 356
Get Your Take on the News into the Marketplace of Ideasp. 357
How to Find News to jackp. 360
Twitter Is Your Newsjacking Toolp. 365
Beware: Newsjacking Can Damage Your Brandp. 365
Newsjacking for Fun and Profitp. 367
22 Search Engine Marketingp. 369
Making the First Page on Googlep. 371
Search Engine Optimizationp. 372
Own Your Marketing Assets Instead of Renting Themp. 373
The Long Tail of Searchp. 374
Carve Out Your Own Search Engine Real Estatep. 375
Web Landing Pages to Drive Actionp. 376
Optimizing the Pastp. 379
Search Engine Marketing in a Fragmented Businessp. 380
22 Make It Happenp. 382
Your Mind-Setp. 384
The journey from a Traditional Marketing Executive to a Modern CMOp. 384
Manage Your Fearp. 386
Getting the Help You Need (and Rejecting What You Don't)p. 386
Bringing It All Together; Brand journalism at Cleveland Metropolitan School Districtp. 391
Great for Any Organizationp. 394
Now It's Your Turnp. 396
Acknowledgments for the Sixth Editionp. 397
About the Authorp. 399
Indexp. 401
Master Newsjacking Coursep. 423
Have David Meerman Scott Speak at Your Next Event!p. 425