Life After the 30-Second Spot: Energize Your Brand With a Bold Mix of Alternatives to Traditional Advertising
The old media strategies advertisers used for decades no longer work. Here's what does!
Traditional advertising, in the form of print, radio, and most notably, television, is far less effective than it used to be. Advertising strategies using only these mediums no longer work. Life After the 30-Second Spot explains how savvy marketers and advertisers are responding with new marketing techniques to get their message out, get noticed, engage their audiences-and increase sales! Covering topics such as viral marketing, gaming, on-demand viewing, long-form content, interactive, and more, the book explains the new avenues marketers and advertisers must use to replace traditional print, TV, and radio advertising-and which strategies are most effective. This book is every marketer's road map to "new marketing."
From Booklist
Jaffe, marketing consultant and former advertising executive, issues a clarion call to abandon the old rules of marketing and wake up to new opportunites. He cites as a root problem the lack of imagination in big agencies (which may not endear him to former agency colleagues!). He offers several lists that help us understand his road map for change, such as major trends that should inspire smart marketers, including the need for 24/7/365 service to customers on their terms--and, through wireless, consumers are always connected and accessible, no matter where they are. The author presents 10 bold alternatives to traditional advertising, which include the Internet, video games that go beyond child's play, word-of-mouth advertising in which communities have the power to build brands, and reckoning with search engines, gatekeepers to online activity. In this excellent book, the author offers thought-provoking insight and advice on how to effectively serve the changing customer. Although not all readers will agree with Jaffe, they ignore him at their peril. Mary Whaley
Review
"…challenges proven thinking in a very digestible form" (Brand Strategy, 5th December 2005)
"…an excellent read, witty and enlightening. A must read, particularly for clients and those in the creative community." (Media Week, 20th September 2005)
"...a bold mix of alternatives to traditional advertising and a set of new, revolutionary concepts that advertisers and marketers can follow for years to come." (Customer Relationship Management, 1st September 2005)
- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 25, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0471718378
- ISBN-13: 978-0471718376
- Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1 x 9.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
