ABSTRACT

Getting Attention: Leading-Edge Lessons for Publicity and Marketing is a savvy and innovative guide to getting your message heard in today's dynamic and noisy markets. It's an insider's look at what works and what doesn't in the fast-paced, high-tech world of communications. You'll learn to leverage a spectrum of new and often free technologies, not only the Internet, to distinguish your product or service and reach customers and influencers. Getting Attention reveals how to tailor a message for a specific or multiple media so that it has the best chance of reaching and informing your target market. And most importantly, the book features countless guerrilla tactics for achieving the publicity and marketing results you need without spending a lot of money.

You'll learn how to blend innovative and traditional promotional techniques and create programs that build customer relationships and bolster your bottom line. Gain the real-world success secrets from leading marketing visionaries from the non-profit, entertainment, government, and corporate high-tech fields. Whether you're a PTA volunteer, a manager at a start-up company, or the head of a Fortune 1,000 corporate communications department, Getting Attention can help you successfully position your product or service for success.

chapter Chapter 1|13 pages

The Twentieth Century-The Adventure Begins

chapter Chapter 3|15 pages

Effective Marketing on the Web

chapter Chapter 4|12 pages

Electronic Mail-Let's Communicate

chapter Chapter 5|11 pages

Push Technology

chapter Chapter 6|7 pages

Wirelesstechology-The "Anytime. Anywhere" Factor

chapter Chapter 7|14 pages

Influencing the General Public

chapter Chapter 8|14 pages

Approaching the News Media

chapter Chapter 9|18 pages

Marketing and Publicity on a Shoestring

chapter Chapter 10|12 pages

Mixing Technology with Tradition

chapter Chapter 11|18 pages

What's New? The Pros Talk about Today and Tomorrow

chapter Chapter 12|9 pages

Free Stuff and Other Resources