The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly [Kindle Edition]

David Meerman Scott (Author)

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Author David Meerman Scott

Forget What You Know About PR: The New Rules of Media Relations
If you’re still following the traditional PR methods, I'm sure you're finding that they are much less effective. To be much more successful, consider and use the new rules of media relations:


• Non-targeted, broadcast pitches are spam.
• News releases sent to reporters in subject areas they don't cover are spam.
• Reporters who don't know you yet are looking for organizations like yours and products like yours- make sure they will find you on sites like Google and Technorati.
• If you blog, reporters who cover the space will find you.
• Pitch bloggers, because being covered in important blogs will get you noticed by mainstream media.
• When was the last news release you sent? Make sure your organization is busy.
• Journalists want a great online media room.
• Include video and photos in your online media room.
• Some (but not all) reporters love RSS feeds.
• Personal relationships with reporters are important.
• Don't tell journalists what your product does. Tell them how you solve customer problems.
• Follow journalists on Twitter to learn what interests them.
• Does a reporter have a blog? Read it. Comment on it. Track back to it (send a message whenever you blog about a subject that the reporter blogged about first).
• Before you pitch, read (or listen to or watch) the publication (or radio or TV show) you'll be pitching to.
Once you know what a reporter is interested in, send them an individualized pitch crafted for their needs.

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Product Description

David Meerman Scotts marketing bible has become a modern day business classic.

This is the book every ambitious, forward-thinking, progressive marketer or publicist has at the front of their shelf. Business communication has changed over the recent years. Creative ad copy is no longer enough. The New Rules of Marketing and PR has brought thousands of marketers up to speed on the changing requirements of promoting products or services in the new digital age. This is a one-of-a-kind, pioneering guide, offering a step-by-step action plan for harnessing the power of the Internet to communicate with buyers directly, raise online visibility, and increase sales. Its about getting the right message to the right people at the right time - for a fraction of the cost of a big-budget advertising campaign. This new, updated edition includes:

• A new introduction discussing recent changes to the world of marketing and PR
• A brand new chapter on mobile marketing
• An additional chapter on real-time marketing and PR
• Updated information on how to measure the success of your campaigns
• A range of new tools
• Fresh case studies

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Product Details

• File Size: 1382 KB
• Print Length: 403 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1118026985
• Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (July 26, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005FMLI04
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,868 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Computers & Internet > Web Marketing
  • #5 in Books > Business & Investing > Marketing & Sales > Marketing > Direct
  • #8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Business & Investing > Marketing & Sales > Marketing

More About the Author

My book The New Rules of Marketing & PR opened people's eyes to the new realities of marketing and public relations on the Web. Six months on the BusinessWeek bestseller list and published in more than twenty languages, New Rules is now a modern business classic. My popular blog and hundreds of speaking engagements around the world give me a singular perspective on how businesses are implementing new strategies to reach buyers.

I'm the author of other popular books about marketing including Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History and World Wide Rave: Creating triggers that get millions of people to spread your ideas and share your stories.

I am a recovering VP of marketing for two publicly traded technology companies and was also Asia marketing director for Knight-Ridder, at the time one of the world's largest newspaper and electronic information companies. I've lived and worked in New York, Tokyo, Boston, and Hong Kong and has presented at industry conferences and events in over twenty countries on four continents.

Check out my blog at www.WebInkNow.com

Important note about my Amazon reviews: You may notice all my Amazon reviews are five or four stars. I read (and write) a lot. I'm too busy to read a book I don't like -- there's just so many great books waiting! If a book doesn't capture my interest within a few chapters, I put it down and don't finish. I won't review a book I don't finish, so all my reviews are of books I've enjoyed and get a lot of stars!