Deal Domains - Personality Not Included: Why Companies Lose Their Authenticity And How Great Brands Get it Back, Foreword by Guy Kawasaki

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.827
EAN: 9780071545211
ISBN: 0071545212
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-03-31
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Studio: McGraw-Hill

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Summary: The Chicken Tells All
Comment: Rohit's book is a must read for businesses seeking to understand the new landscape of branding. It's equally good at explaining how an individual can benefit from standing out in a crowd, but as the primary reader of this book will be a business, let's stick to that. Simply put, the book delivers.

What Rohit Bhargava shares with us is that companies who dare to expose their human side are the ones who will keep our business. As I write this, the economic downturn is throwing financial ripples in all directions. Good service is one thing, but a human-feeling relationship with your customers is most certainly equally important.

Filled with examples and suggestions on how you can implement similar efforts, the book delivers lots of actionable value. There are worksheets, web-based extras, and lots of easter eggs included in PNI.

I'm a big fan, and recommend this highly to companies looking for advice from an industry leader.

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Summary: A Good Read and a Great Resource
Comment: I've known Rohit Bhargava to be a thoughtful speaker and blogger, but that doesn't necessarily translate into being a great author. In this case, he pulls the hat-trick.

Personality Not Included is first and foremost a strong primer and even a plea for why marketers need to develop brands' personalities in different ways, with a constant outpouring of examples to back up his case.

Then there are all the reference materials, which will make you want to keep the book on your desk to thumb through when you happen to be launching or invigorating a company or campaign. It's well organized, and it requires multiple reads to absorb.

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Summary: Well written, great examples
Comment: This book provides usefull insight into how brands gain that little special edge that is so often elusive to the rational marketer. Its has more than its fair share of examples and analysis, so any reader can use the book to provoke thought and ideas for his or her respective brand.

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Summary: Great Cover...Great Book!
Comment: As a new business owner (Goosie Cards), I am always interested in other ways to market my business. The cover of PNI is refreshing...its how I feel about myself, my brand and my company. Having built my company on my personality, it was exciting to celebrate that with Rohit. Part One of the book is wonderful because Rohit gives you a lot of examples of what to do and what not to do based on real life scenarios. You can quickly understand how a company can benefit from being true to their brand's personality. Part One gets you fired up and ready to take action in Part Two! In Part Two, Rohit shares his marketing techniques which helped me take my brand's personality to the next level. These techniques helped guide my creativity in the right direction for my brand's personality. I also gained insight to the power of social media which made the process easy to understand and apply to my business. I loved PNI...it's straight forward and a great tool for entrepreneurs!

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Summary: If you work in marketing communications or own a brad you should read what Rohit has to share
Comment: In my 13+ years of career as an advertising professional I've had the chance to read some of the greatest books in the field, from which I've learned important theories and concepts. Books written by famous thought leaders who are recognized world round, however because of that very reason, you cannot help to feel (if ever so slightly) that these concepts will remain a theory and will not completely be grounded in the real world.
That's why a book like Personality not included becomes so relevant to professionals today. Not only does it covers very important concepts, thoughts and lessons; all illustrated with real life, up to date examples that help you think about your brand in a more real way, you get inspired by the fact that these ideas and thoughts come from a thought leader that also happens to be a professional like you, who even in some cases, manages the same brands and clients that you do. And this can make all the difference. It's like having coffee with a colleague who can help you think about your company or brand in a new or different way.

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The age of the faceless corporation is over. In the new business era of the twenty first century, great brands and products must evoke a dynamic personality in order to attract passionate customers. Although many organizations hide their personality behind layers of packaged messaging and advertising, social media guru and influencer Rohit Bhargava counters that philosophy and illustrates how successful businesses have redefined themselves in the new customer universe.

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Personality Not Included is a powerhouse resource packed with bold new insights that show you how to shed the lifeless armor of your business and rediscover the soul of your brand. Sharing stories from the ethos of the world's weirdest city, to how Manga has taken the comic book industry by storm, to showcasing brands like Intel, Boeing, ING, and Dyson, Bhargava shows you why personality matters from the inside out.

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In Part One, you'll be introduced to the key components to building a personality and learn how to:

Recognize the greatest myth that most marketers blindly follow, and how to get past it.
Use the �UAT Filter� to understand the personality of your organization and products in order to develop a communication strategy that drives your marketing.
Create your company's �marketing backstory� using techniques pioneered by Hollywood screenwriters.
Harness the influence of �accidental spokespeople� and use it to your advantage.
Navigate the roadblocks of using personality that come from bosses, peers, investors, and lawyers, without getting fired or flamed.
Pinpoint and capitalize on the moments where personality can make a difference.

Part Two is packed with guides, tools, and techniques to help you flawlessly implement your plan. It features practical, step-by-step lessons that help you effectively move from theory to action, and includes a valuable collection of guides, checklists, question forms, printable resources, and more.

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Don't be another faceless company-learn the new rules for succeeding in the social media era with Personality Not Included.

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