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Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing
Harry Beckwith Manufacturer: Texere ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1587990660 |
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The transformation from a manufacturing-based economy to one that's all about service has been well documented. Today it's estimated that nearly 75 percent of Americans work in the service sector. Instead of producing tangibles--automobiles, clothes, and tools--more and more of us are in the business of providing intangibles--health care, entertainment, tourism, legal services, and so on. However, according to Harry Beckwith, most of these intangibles are still being marketed like products were 20 years ago.In Selling the Invisible, Beckwith argues that what consumers are primarily interested in today are not features, but relationships. Even companies who think that they sell only tangible products should rethink their approach to product development and marketing and sales. For example, when a customer buys a Saturn automobile, what they're really buying is not the car, but the way that Saturn does business. Beckwith provides an excellent forum for thinking differently about the nature of services and how they can be effectively marketed. If you're at all involved in marketing or sales, then Selling the Invisible is definitely worth a look.
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(NOT FOR SALE IN US AND CANADA) The essential guide to marketing services, that has become a business classic. Many companies who claim to be selling products are really selling services. What used to be a product-driven economy is now replete with services. But unlike products, you can?t touch services, hear or see them. Services are mainly just promises that somebody will do something. They are invisible. So how do you sell, develop and make them grow? This international bestseller, now in paperback, answers that question with insights on how the markets for services work and how customers think and behave towards your offering. When it comes to marketing and selling, the difference between products and services can be enormous. A treasury of bite-sized, practical and intelligent strategies, based upon the author?s extensive experience, Selling the Invisible will open your eyes to new ideas that will enhance the value and profitability of any company in today?s service market. The book begins with the core problem of services marketing: service quality. It then suggests how to learn what you must improve, with examples of what works. It then moves on to services marketing fundamentals: defining what business you really are in and what people really are buying; positioning your service; understanding customers and buying behaviour; and communicating your service.Download Description
You can't touch, hear, or see your company's most important products. . . . So how do you sell, develop, make them grow? That's the problem with services.This "phenomenal" book, as one reviewer called it, answers that question with insights on how markets work and how prospects think. A treasury of hundreds of quick, practical, and easy-to-read strategies, Selling the Invisible will open your eyes to new ideas in this crucial branch of marketing, including:
*Why focus groups, value-price positioning, discount pricing, and being the best usually fail
*The vital role of vividness, focus, "anchors," and stereotypes
*The importance of Halo, Cocktail Party, and Lake Wobegon effects
*Marketing lessons from black holes, grocery lists, the Hearsay Rule, and the fame of the Matterhorn
*Dozens of proven yet consistently overlooked ideas for research, presentations, publicity, advertising, and client retention . . . and much more.
Based on the author's twenty-five years of experience with thousands of business professionals, this book delivers its wisdom with unforgettable and often surprising examples--from Federal Express, Citicorp, and a growing Greek travel agency to an ingenious baby-sitter, Fran Lebowitz, and the colors of oranges and lemons.
The first guide of its kind and a book already causing a sensation in the business community, Selling the Invisible will help anyone marketing a service, a product, or a career. Read it, and you almost certainly will understand why two advance readers call it the best book on business ever written.
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If you sell a non-tangible product or service, buy this book.......2007-08-06
Short and Easy to Read.......2007-05-17
Not your typical book on selling........2007-03-07
Can't go wrong reading this one!.......2006-12-27
Selling the Invisible: The Art of War.......2006-09-05
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The Invisible Touch: The Four Keys to Modern Marketing
Harry Beckwith Manufacturer: Texere Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1587990679 |
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The beauty of marketing is that it happens when we're looking but not noticing. Before you know it, we're using Yahoo! as a search engine, even though serious researchers will tell you that Alta Vista and Dogpile are better. We're buying products that cost more and perform worse, simply because the marketing and branding of those products tells us there's a value there, even if objective analysis tells us otherwise. In The Invisible Touch, Harry Beckwith tells us the obvious--what was right in front of our faces. But because of the blinders we wear, because of the way we've been educated, socialized, or just plain bamboozled, we can't see it as clearly as he can. Thus, in each of his "four keys to modern marketing"--price, branding, packaging, relationships--he offers counterintuitive information that could make or break a business plan. For example, he explains in great detail why a higher price is better than a lower one; why every business, from Apple Computer to the U.S. Army, is a brand-name to be cherished and nurtured; why the orangest orange sells better than the least orange orange, even if both pieces of fruit taste exactly the same; and why the best service providers always remember your name and what you like to drink. This is a business book, but one that everyone who works for a living should read. Pick any page, and you'll find insights that could make you a better teacher, a better salesperson, a better employee in any trade. Beckwith drives home the idea that we're all in the business of marketing ourselves, and we're in that business every waking hour. --Lou SchulerBook Description
The beauty of marketing is that it happens when we're looking but not noticing. Before you know it, we're using Yahoo! as a search engine, even though serious researchers will tell you that Alta Vista and Dogpile are better. We're buying products that cost more and perform worse, simply because the marketing and branding of those products tells us there's a value there, even if objective analysis tells us otherwise. In The Invisible Touch, Harry Beckwith tells us the obvious--what was right in front of our faces. But because of the blinders we wear, because of the way we've been educated, socialized, or just plain bamboozled, we can't see it as clearly as he can. Thus, in each of his "four keys to modern marketing"--price, branding, packaging, relationships--he offers counterintuitive information that could make or break a business plan. For example, he explains in great detail why a higher price is better than a lower one; why every business, from Apple Computer to the U.S. Army, is a brand-name to be cherished and nurtured; why the orangest orange sells better than the least orange orange, even if both pieces of fruit taste exactly the same; and why the best service providers always remember your name and what you like to drink. This is a business book, but one that everyone who works for a living should read. Pick any page, and you'll find insights that could make you a better teacher, a better salesperson, a better employee in any trade. Beckwith drives home the idea that we're all in the business of marketing ourselves, and we're in that business every waking hour. --Lou SchulerDownload Description
Service businesses sell something that cannot be seen or heard. They offer an experience--and to make that experience truly exceptional they must first understand people and how to satisfy them. In this indispensable volume, Harry Beckwith provides a treasury of quick, practical, and entertaining strategies. Applying the study of human nature to the real world of business, 'The Invisible Touch' will open your eyes to this crucial branch of marketing with four key concepts: *Price: Its seductive power--from Uma Thurman's Five-Dollar Milk Shake to the Mansion at Turtle Creek *Brand: The triumph of Red Pepper, Opium, Yahoo!, and the inscrutable A-AI AC Delco Jani Express Cleaning Service 500 *Packaging: Looking at the pretty mousetraps of Disneyland, the ugly Butterfly Effect, and a tale of oranges and heelsCustomer Reviews:
The Invisible Touch "Can't Touch This" Selling The Invisible.......2006-02-19
First, see what may have been "invisible" previously...........2005-07-20
Focus on Customer Satisification and not Price Discounting.......2005-02-19
Common Sense and Great Examples: Overall, a Great Book!.......2003-08-15
Michael
Exposes Assumptions.......2003-07-05
What's the deal with the Carter-Reagan comparison? That wasn't even intelligent?!?!?!
The greatest insight, I thought, was the discovery that people first make decisions and then seek to justify them. I can see how understanding that concept can be useful. Find out what they've decided first, and then support it or try to change it... Absolutely Brilliant!!!!! I'm soooo guilty of that one.
Thanks Harry for another great treasure of insights. Didn't care for the repeat stuff from "What Clients Love", but you knocked a few out of the park. I'll pay to see that any time!
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The Invisible Customer
Brian Clegg Manufacturer: Kogan Page ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 074943144X |
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In this in-depth look at the customer care element of e-business, Brian Clegg offers an innovative, hands-on guide to an oddly neglected but crucial topic. In today's digital Wonderland - where companies deal with customers they cannot see and less contact time is better - the old rules and skills no longer apply.
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The Invisible Customer
Cobus van Graan , and Chris Crozier Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1425122507 |
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Most businesses don't know how to identify the customers that are most important to them, they confuse quantity with quality, and don't properly understand where their future growth is going to come from. The classic idea that last year's top customers must be your most important customers is simply wrong: at best, it's a stay-where-you-are strategy. Understanding how to strategically target the right customers for the business's objectives and to build the right relationships with them leads to spectacular growth and long-term predictable business instead of the boom and bust cycles all too familiar to Sales Directors.
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Invisible Profits: The Power of Exceptional Customer Service
Robert Moment Manufacturer: The Moment Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0979998212 |
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Who will benefit from this customer service book "Invisible Profits: The Power of Exceptional Customer Service". Everyone who has any interaction with potential customers and clients and existing customers and clients will benefit from this valuable customer service book. In this complete guide to exceptional customer service you will learn: (a) How to know exactly what your customer expects - and how to give it to them every time. (b) How exceptional customer service generates exceptional profits- and how to train this concept to your customer service team (c) How to create a positive work environment that benefits customers and employees and generates profits (d) How to manage stressful situations more effectively- you'll even learn how to deal with difficult coworkers ! (e) How to recognize customers' signs and behaviors so that you can meet their needs before they even know what they are. (f) Key tactics that will instantly calm emotional customers so you can solve their problems productively. Customers leave happy and become lifelong , loyal purchasers. Here are just some employment positions within corporations and small businesses that will benefit from this book: customer service representatives, billing specialists, call centers, service professionals, service professional firms, retail stores, field service representatives, account managers, sales professionals, small business owners, technical and support personnel and managers who want customer service training in order to reinforce their skills and train their staff.
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Make More Money and Find New Customers on the Other Internet: The Invisible One
Kay, Michael, Sheryl Benidt Manufacturer: audible.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Download ASIN: B000SAGZIS |
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Promiscuous Customers: Invisible Brand
Michael Bayler , and David Stoughton Manufacturer: Capstone ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1841121592 |
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What's wrong with the Internet? Customers on today's "Commoditised Internet" expect unprecedented levels of service: they are fickle and promiscuous.
Traditional branding makes matters worse, in a trading environment that is unsentimental and unforgiving.
If the interaction between customer and brand is unsatisfactory, the problems for business are far worse: the transparency of the market commoditises everything. These are the causes of the near-collapse of business on the Internet.
The question of value
How can we bring together value for the on-line customer with value for the enterprise, to create the profitable, sustainable business models of tomorrow?
The new radical paradigm
Bayler and Stoughton deliver a sophisticated new paradigm, the Marketspace, and a practical methodology, Modal Analysis, designed to help businesses build their future roles on a foundation of clear customer value.
They turn today's philosophy of failure on its head, with critical new insights such as:
"Stickiness" and "compelling content" are red herrings; meaning and trust are the true building blocks for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Content is anything but King - the book rediscovers and defines the true value of information in digital trade.
Online brands, far from being controllable corporate assets, are out-of-control, and invisible.
The old mantras of channel, device and bandwidth make way for the new value enablers: P2P, XML, mobile, always-on and automation.
"Mind share" is redundant; automated digital services deliver the new Unconscious Loyalty.
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The Supernova Advisor: Crossing The Invisible Bridge to Exceptional Client Service and Consistent Growth
Robert D. Knapp Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0470249277 |
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For decades, financial advisors and other professionals in advisory roles were told to fatten their book of business. A beefier Rolodex, it was preached, was the way to a bigger piece of the pie. This has proven to be untrue.In The Invisible Bridge, author Rob Knapp exposes the existing link to better served clients and a more fulfilling career. By following his Supernova model of client service, readers will learn how to keep a leaner (and more profitable) business book. Implemented by Merrill Lynch and approved by MIT and Harvard School of Business, Knapp's Supernova model has been proven to deliver measurable income growth, client satisfaction, and a sense of fulfillment for financial advisors.
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International Capital Markets, 1993: Developments and Prospects 1993. Pt 1 : Exchange Rate Management and International Capital Flows (International Capital ... Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Manufacturer: Intl Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557752907 |
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International Capital Markets: Developments and Prospects (International Capital Markets Development, Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557752184 |
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International Capital Markets: Developments and Prospects (International Capital Markets Development, Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0939934590 |
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International Capital Markets: Developments and Prospects, April 1989 (International Capital Markets Development, Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557751153 |
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International Capital Markets: Developments and Prospects, April 1990 (International Capital Markets Development, Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557751374 |
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Manufacturer: Intl Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557750076 |
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International Capital Markets: Developments and Prospects/December 1986 (International Capital Markets Development, Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0939934809 |
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International Capital Markets: Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy Issues (International Capital Markets Development, Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Takatoshi Ito Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557756864 |
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This title ceased publication in August 2001. Both the Report and the Emerging Market Financing quarterly (published 2000-2001) have been replaced by a new quarterly, The Global Financial Stability Report. The new report was created to provide timely and comprehensive coverage of both mature and emerging financial markets as part of the IMF's stepped up tracking of financial markets.
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International Capital Markets: Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy Issues (International Capital Markets Development, Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Manufacturer: Intl Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557757704 |
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This title ceased publication in August 2001. Both the Report and the Emerging Market Financing quarterly (published 2000-2001) have been replaced by a new quarterly, The Global Financial Stability Report. The new report was created to provide timely and comprehensive coverage of both mature and emerging financial markets as part of the IMF's stepped up tracking of financial markets.
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International Capital Markets: Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy Issues, 2000 (International Capital Markets Development, Prospects and Key Policy Issues)
Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557759499 |
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This title ceased publication in August 2001. Both the Report and the Emerging Market Financing quarterly (published 2000-2001) have been replaced by a new quarterly, The Global Financial Stability Report. The new report was created to provide timely and comprehensive coverage of both mature and emerging financial markets as part of the IMF's stepped up tracking of financial markets.Books:
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