It's a fast-paced, thrill-packed journey through the back alleys of marketing... or, wait... maybe it's an uproarious romp across the treacherous landscape of today's advertising industry... or, hold on, maybe it's just a book I scraped together from this blog, articles I've written, talks I've given, and stuff I found lying around at Taco Bell. You decide.
The theme of the book is that the advertising and marketing industries are kinda screwed-up. Including...
- the gross misunderstanding of the role of brands
- the near destruction of the agency business
- the mistaking of gimmicks for trends
- the abandonment of the most powerful consumer group the world has ever seen
- the fantasy of social media marketing
- the fraud and corruption in digital advertising
- the silliness of putting pineapple on pizza
So if I were you (and you can be thankful I'm not) I'd click on over to Amazon right now and lay my five-and-a-quarter down.
Be the first in your therapy group to own a copy of Marketers Are From Mars, Consumers Are From New Jersey.
UPDATE: WOW. BOOK JUMPED TO #4 ON FIRST DAY. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT. PLEASE KEEP TRYING. THANKS, BH
10 comments:
Ha! Just ordered
a copy. Out of curiosity: What was the reason for dropping the title
"Advertising needs troublemakers"?
Also curious about that, it was a great title!
Any chance of a Kindle edition?
I changed the thrust of the book midstream and thought it needed a different title.
Yes, Kindle edition should be coming within a week or two. Takes a little time to format it.
Perfect, I'll definitely pick it up. Congratulations on finishing it.
Bob, I just tried, and it looks as if the book is not available on Amazon. Some kind of glitch perhaps? I've enjoyed your work for awhile now -- particularly the B.S. speech from last year. Keep being contrary; our industry needs more like you!
Sorry, Robert. It looks like they're temporarily sold out. I guess that's good.
No kindle version?
In spite of my affinity for pineapple on pizza, I can't wait to read the book, Bob.
Thanks Tom.
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