Unmarketing : Stop Marketing - Start Engaging

For generations, marketing has been hypocritical. We've been taught to market to others the way we hate being marketed to (cold-calling, flyers, ads); yet we're all aware that no one likes to be marketed to. Potential and current customers want to be listened to, validated, and have a platform to be heard -- especially online. This book shows people how to create a mindset and systems that perpetually attract the right customers. Instead of teaching the tired method of Push & Pray method (pushing out marketing messages, and praying people buy), UnMarketing focuses on the Pull & Stay technique (pulling your market towards you and staying/engaging with them, so when they have the need for your product/service, you're the logical choice). This revised edition has the following updates: Addition of two new chapters: "Awesomeness of Being an Author 2.0" and "UnBook Tour" New information on targeted Google and Facebook ads and how, even with these targeted ads, relationships are still important Updates to the chapter on Twitter versus Facebook versus Linked In Updates to/additions of any new terms (i.e. Twitter lists, Facebook chat, Google+) Updates to the chapter on Tweetathon, as more has been done on this project Updates to Chapter 28, "Stirring Coffee"

Scott Straiten is the President of UnMarketing.com and is an expert in the types of viral, social, and authentic marketing that he calls "Un-Marketing." His clients' viral marketing videos have been viewed over 60 million times and have generated major returns. Stratten has recently appeared on sites like Mashable.com and CNN.com, as well as in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Fast Company. He speaks and consults globally on how businesses can engage better (or at all!) with their current and potential customer base using social media, viral marketing -and just plain old good conversation. Visit UnMarketing.com