From Library Journal
Levinson, the author of over 25 titles, including a dozen in the guerrilla marketing series, has taken his 20-plus years of experience as a consultant and distilled them into his most comprehensive guide yet. He begins by listing what he considers the 11 most critical areas of marketing--planning, weaponry, media, online marketing, direct response, people, attitudes, technology, economizing, creativity, and action--which then become the book's section headings. Each of these sections includes approximately ten two-page chapters. The book is quickly consumed but contains a great deal of valuable information that, one hopes, will be more readily accessible with the addition of an index. A promotional claim that this is "the ultimate one-stop source to guerrilla marketing" describes Levinson's effort very well. This book fills a need for small or emerging business people and should be on the shelf of any public or university library supporting them.
-Littleton M. Maxwell, Business Information Ctr., Univ. of Richmond, VA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Levinson's book makes its own best case for his style of marketing. With 12 other books devoted to "guerrilla" tactics, he has successfully "branded" his marketing strategy. He promises profits. He offers simplicity. He has a reasonably priced product. And he has effectively and regularly repackaged it, touting its new features each time. Levinson has also continuously adapted his techniques to take advantage of new and changing technology. Clearly, he practices what he preaches. Originally, guerrilla marketing was a strategy targeted to small businesses with little or no money to conduct any sort of marketing campaign. Now it is as much about style and attitude, as Levinson has broadened his seminar audiences to include the likes of IBM and Microsoft. This time he presents 100 insights into "marketing's eleven most critical areas": planning, weaponry, media, online, direct response, people, attitudes, technology, economizing, creativity, and action.
David Rouse
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