Buy now : creative marketing that gets customers to respond to you and your product / Rick Cesari, Ron Lynch ; with Tom Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cesari, Rick, 1956-

Contributor:

Lynch, Ron, 1966-

Kelly, Tom, 1950 October 8-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Direct marketing.

Customer relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Buy now: Creative Marketing That Gets Customers to Respond to You and Your Product; Contents; Prologue: The Secret to Our Success; Chapter 1: Why ""Buy Now""?; The Direct Response Solution; Carnival Beginnings; Why Direct Response?; Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire; Chapter 2: The Geeks Inherit the Earth; Why Is Direct Response a Great Value?; Why Doesn't Everyone Try Direct Response?; What Is a Brand and Why Do I Need One?; Chapter 3: They Don't Teach This in College: Rick's Story; The Pitch; My Story; From Real Estate to Infomercials; How to Make a Million; Chapter 4: Juicing for Dollars

The Power of PRLive Seminars; Chapter 5: Building the Juiceman® Brand; Explosive Growth; Retail Strategy; Chapter 6: Expanding the Brand: The Breadman®; Validating ""the Model""; Selling the Business; Chapter 7: Sonicare®: The 150 Toothbrush; Problem/Solution; Credibility: The Key to a Successful Infomercial; Rolling Out a Campaign; Chapter 8: The Biggest Knockout in History; How a Champion Boxer and a Failed Taco Maker Created Sizzling Success; The Price of Celebrity; Grilling Up Some Big Numbers; Chapter 9: OxiClean®: ""Powered by the Air You Breathe, Activated by the Water You Drink""

The Ubiquitous Billy MaysThe Rise of OxiClean; Unique Packaging Strategy; Chapter 10: The Customer Is No Dummy; Positioning Your Product: The Next Niche; Get to Your Unique Selling Proposition; Chapter 11: Channel Explosion: The Next Paradigm Shift; Direct Demographic Media Messaging; Messaging versus Demographic; What Are You Going to Grow Today?; The Intersection of the Internet; Chapter 12: Free Advertising?; Is My Idea Direct-Response Worthy?; Why Are the COGs So Important?; Long Form or Short Form? That Is the Question; Chapter 13: Anatomy of an Infomercial; Show Styles or Formats

Long-Form ElementsShow Outline; Chapter 14: Offer Is King; Why Is Everything Priced at 19.95 and 39.95?; How Do Long Form and Short Form Work Together?; Chapter 15: Beyond Television: Integrating Radio, Web Advertising, and More; Online Marketing Is Direct Response; The Backend of Direct Response; Chapter 16: Conclusion; Brass Tacks: What Does This Cost?; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781118007891

1118007891

9781283940931

1283940930

9781118007877

1118007875

OCLC:

741566617