CITATION

Cohen, Marshal. BUY ME! New Ways to Get Customers to Choose Your Product and Ignore the Rest. US: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

BUY ME! New Ways to Get Customers to Choose Your Product and Ignore the Rest

Authors:

Published:  December 2009

eISBN: 9780071713566 0071713565 | ISBN: 9780071667838

Book description:

18 easy ways to ensure consumers choose your product over the competition’s

The world of consumer business is always hit hardest during a recession. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still drive sales and growth for your own organization. All it takes to come out on top, even in the toughest economies, is a keen understanding of consumer psychology and the right strategy.

Written by Marshal Cohen, a global leader in market research and consumer behavior, Buy Me! takes a close look at customer behavior in today’s economy and provides 18 simple techniques you can apply right away to make your products irresistible to customers, by

  • Adding new, must-have features through dramatic upgrades

  • Providing extra services to add value

  • Building upon a strong reputation and impressive brand heritage

  • Reevaluating every product to make your company lean and mean as possible

Cohen explains how to use these techniques to create a can’t-lose business strategy-—helping you turn adversity into opportunity and ultimately generating dramatic profits and growth.

Marshal Cohen is the chief industry analyst for the NPD Group, a world leader in market research and consumer behavior. He is the author of Why Customers Do What They Do.

Keywords: BOOK, GUIDE, HOW TO, SOCIAL MEDIA, BRAND, BRANDING, MARKETING STRATEGY, BUSINESS MESSAGE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATION, PROMOTION, MARKET RESEARCH, PRODUCT, ADVERTISING, ADVERTISE, TARGET MARKET, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, VALUE, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, ROI, MULTILEVEL, MULTI-LEVEL, FOUR PS, PS, FOUR P'S, P'S, SEO, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, CRM, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP, SOCIAL NETWORKING, FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, MY SPACE, CONSUMER BEHAVIOR, PUBLICITY, PUBLIC RELATIONS, PR, MEDIA RELATIONS, MESSAGING, GUERILLA, GUERRILLA, OPT IN, FOUR PILLARS OF PROFIT DRIVEN MARKETING, POSITIONING, MARKETING WARFARE, THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF MARKETING, REPOSITIONING, MARKETING DEMYSTIFIED, BOOK, CLICKS, CUSTOMERS, ONLINE TRAFFIC, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, SEO, ONLINE, WEBSITE, E-MAIL, SEARCH, ONLINE ADVERTISING, BEST PRACTICES, WEBINARS, TRADE SHOWS, VIDEO, EXPOSURE OUTLETS, DO-IT-YOURSELF, NETWORKS, ONLINE SEARCHES, ADVERTISING, BLOGGING, MICROMEDIA, MOBILE MARKETING, CELL PHONE, SMART PHONE, IPHONE, BOOKMARKING, EVENTS, MULTIMEDIA, REVIEWS, OPINION, VIDEO, SOCIAL, NETWORKING, NETWORK, SOCIAL NETWORK, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN, FLICKR, FOUR SQUARE, SQUARE, FOURSQUARE, IPHONE, DROID, IPAD, MOBILE, LIKE, FAN, ANALYTICS, ANALYZE, WEB, CPM, RATES, METRICS, AFFILIATE, PARTNER, PARTNERSHIP, CLICK-THROUGH, CLICK-THROUGH RATE (CTR), CONVERSION RATE, COST-PER-CLICK (CPC), COST-PER-ACTION (CPA), CPM, CUSTOMER ACQUISITION COSTS, HIT, HYBRID MODEL, IMPRESSIONS, PAGE VIEW, PAY PER CLICK (PPC), PAY PER LEAD (PPL), PAY PER SALE (PPS), SITE STICKINESS, SURROUND SESSION, UNIQUE VISITORS, WEB SITE TRAFFIC, BANNER AD, BEYOND THE BANNER, BUTTON AD, HTML BANNER, INTERSTITIALS, POP-UP AD, POP-UNDER AD, RECTANGLE AD, RICH MEDIA, SKYSCRAPER AD, TEXT AD, VERTICAL BANNER, AD BLOCKING, BANNER BLINDNESS, BUZZWORD, COOKIE, EMAIL SPAM, FFA, INCENTIVIZED TRAFFIC, MOUSETRAPPING, OPT-OUT, PAGEJACKING, SPAM, SEARCH ENGINE SPAM, TRICK BANNER, ADVERTISING NETWORK, CACHING, FREQUENCY CAP, HOUSE ADS, KEYWORD MARKETING, RATE CARD, REP FIRM, RUN-OF-SITE (ROS), RUN-OF-NETWORK (RON), SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING, SPONSORSHIP, UNDERDELIVERY, DESCRIPTION TAG, DOORWAY PAGE, DOORWAY DOMAIN, INVISIBLE WEB, KEYWORD, KEYWORD DENSITY, KEYWORD RESEARCH, KEYWORDS TAG, LINK POPULARITY, LINK TEXT, LOG FILE, MANUAL SUBMISSION, META TAG GENERATOR, META TAGS, PAY PER CLICK SEARCH ENGINE, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, SEARCH ENGINE SUBMISSION, SEARCH SPY, TITLE TAG, TOP, URL, VOLUNTEER DIRECTORY, DIGITAL, AGGREGATE, AGGREGATION, AGGREGATING, SELECT, SELECTION, SELECTING, PRESERVE, PRESERVING, PRESERVATION, CULL, GATHER, MAINTENANCE, MAINTAIN, ARCHIVE, ARCHIVING, ASSETS, DRUDGE, HUFFINGTON, RETRIEVE, RETRIEVAL, RESEARCH, EXPERT, SEARCH, SOCIAL MEDIA, BRAND, BRANDING, METADATA, DIGITAL CURATION CENTRE, SCARP, LIMS, LIFETIME VALUE, LTV, FREQUENCY, MONETARY ANALYSIS, RFM, SEGMENTATION, ANALYTICS, LOYALTY, TURN CLICKS INTO CUSTOMERS, SMM, BLOG, BLOGGING, MICROBLOG, MICROBLOGGING, SOCIAL NETWORK, SOCIAL NETWORKING, BOOKMARK, BOOKMARKING, CONTENT, CONTENT SHARING, AUDIO, VIDEO, YOUTUBE, EBOOK, SEMINAR, INDIRECT MARKETING, IM, DIRECT MARKETING, DM, BRAND, BRAND BUILDING, WORD OF MOUTH, VIRAL, POSITION, POSITIONING, PROMOTE, PROMOTION, GET RICH WITH TWITTER, HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR BLOG, HOW TO SELL ANYTHING ON EBAY . . . AND MAKE A FORTUNE!, MINUTE SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING, WAYS TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO BOOST YOUR MARKETING, DENTSU WAY, , THE POWER OF REAL-TIME SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING, MANAGER'S GUIDE TO SOCIAL MEDIA, CURATION NATION, SUCCESSFUL MARKETING PLAN, LIKEABLE SOCIAL MEDIA, THE OLD RULES OF MARKETING ARE DEAD, THE SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST, STRATEGIC DATABASE MARKETING, BRAND TURNAROUND