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"Under the Radar: Talking to Today's Cynical Consumer is a valuable and important new tools for the advertisingindustry from two pros at one of the hottest shops in town. Jonathan Bond and Richard Kirshenbaum offer valuableinsights and creative solutions on how to break through the clutter to make sure the consumer gets the message."--O. Burtch Drake, President and CEOAmerican Association for Advertising Agencies

"This book is the next best thing to actually working with Bond and Kirshenbaum. They are good! They know whento listen and when to argue with a client. They're not just smart and creative, they are serious strategic thinkers."--Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO Fox News

"Any book that helps a company deal with our overcommunicated world is worth reading. Under the Radar is definitely one of those books."--Jack Trout, Trout and Partners Ltd.,Author of The New Positioning: The latest on the World's #1 Business Strategy

"If you want to understand how ad executives create smart, innovative advertising, Richard and Jon's book is a must read." --Valerie SalembierPublisher, Esquire magazine

"Kirshenbaum and Bond's genius is their capacity to cut through informational clutter and reach the grass roots. In the war to save New York'sdrinking water, Kirshenbaum and Bond showed us how to speak truth to power-and be heard!"--Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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They advertised soft drinks on fruit and underwear on sidewalks. They employed Ed Koch to bring Snapple to the American heartland. They even used Imelda Marcos to sell Kenneth Cole shoes. Advertising innovators Jon Bond and Richard Kirshenbaum have come up with more outrageously clever ways to get past consumers' detectors than anyone else in advertising today. And now, they're finally ready to reveal their methods.

In Under the Radar, Kirshenbaum and Bond chronicle their meteoric rise from a one-room, two-man Lower East Side stringer operation to Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, one of today's hottest agencies. They share the lessons they learned along the way and describe the evolution of their unique "under-the-radar" approach to grabbing and holding the attention of today's "been there, done that" consumers.

Under the Radar offers advertising and marketing professionals a deeply probing and instructive look at the nature of advertising and marketing in an age of information overload. Kirshenbaum and Bond provide a cogent analysis of how the world has changed since David Ogilvy laid down his ironclad rules for successful advertising. And, using in-depth critiques of many of today's best (and worst) ad campaigns, they describe what it takes to break through the defensive screens of a population bombarded by 1,500 ad messages each day.

You'll learn all about cutting-edge research techniques KB&P and other front-running agencies have developed for getting inside the heads and hearts of real people, and, just as important, how to use that knowledge to get ad-weary consumers to tune in rather than zone out. You'll also learn about the latest trends in integrated marketing, media planning, and guerrilla marketing, as well as new ways of structuring an agency in order to stimulate "under-the-radar" thinking.

Offering valuable lessons from the founders of one of today's most innovative and successful advertising firms, Under the Radar is essential reading for absolutely anyone involved in selling to consumers, from self-employed copywriters to marketing VPs at Fortune 500 companies.

"Under the Radar: Talking to Today's Cynical Consumer is a valuable and important new tool for the advertising industry from two pros at one of the hottest shops in town. Jonathan Bond and Richard Kirshenbaum offer valuable insights and creative solutions on how to break through the clutter to make sure the consumer gets the message." —O. Burtch Drake, President and CEO American Association of Advertising Agencies.

"Kirshenbaum and Bond's genius is their capacity to cut through informational clutter and reach the grass roots. In the war to save New York's drinking water, Kirshenbaum and Bond showed us how to speak truth to power—and be heard!" —Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

"This book is the next best thing to actually working with Bond and Kirshenbaum. They are good! They know when to listen and when to argue with a client. They're not just smart and creative, they are serious strategic thinkers." —Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, Fox News.

"If you want to understand how ad executives create smart, innovative advertising, Richard and Jon's book is a must read." —Valerie Salembier Publisher, Esquire magazine

"Any book that helps a company deal with our over-communicated world is worth reading. Under the Radar is definitely one of those books." —Jack Trout, Trout & Partners Ltd. author of The New Positioning: The Latest on the World's #1 Business Strategy.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 226 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley (November 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471174696
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471174691
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Ogilvy wrote ninety percent of this book years ago., October 6, 1999
By notaprofessional "notaprofessional" (san francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
  
There is some original content in this book, but very little. I'd heard this touted as "the new Ogilvy" and could not wait to get it, to see how someone might adapt Ogilvy's groundbreaking ideas to our cyber present. Rather than adapt, they regurgitated Ogilvy's book and threw in a reference or two to timelier material here and there. What little original stuff is in there is good, and it's a nice companion to Ogilvy, but it could more easily be an article or a preface than a whole book. Read Ogilvy first--he's more thorough and a better writer.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars More like a college term paper., April 1, 2000
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I originally bought the book based on the reviews here. The book is almost completely devoid of substance. I have read every single concept in much better books, except the one on self promotion, which basically says if you have nothing to offer, promote yourself and you might still succeed. It is interesting that the most positive reviews seem to be from people who know the authors. Don't make the same mistake I made looking only at the first few reviews. Be sure to read all of them, and don't bother with this book.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Uninformative., July 9, 1999
By Paul Martin (Waukesha, WI USA) - See all my reviews
To be fair, there are a couple of interesting tidbits of information in this book, but overall, there is very little to be learned.

The authors go on at length using their ad firm's (KB&P) previous successful campains as learning examples, or case studies, but there is nothing revealing or earth-shattering in their message.

Save your money, and instead, pick up books written by Al Ries & Jack Trout, Paco Underhill, Jay Conrad Levinson, or David Ogilvy.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written self promotion devoid of substance.
If I had to write a college paper to fill 200 pages about how smart I was this book is exactly what I would probably write. Read more
Published on September 9, 2007 by Ron

5.0 out of 5 stars It is a manifesto for the today's marketing communications
It is a great book. I really enjoyed it and I recommended it to some of my fellow co-workers.
Although one of the obvious reasons to be written is to self-promote their... Read more
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If the level of writing and thinking is any indicator of the brains behind this agency, they should close within six months. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good book for the consumer.
I borrowed this book from a friend in the ad business. It's pretty good in that it shows how 'they' try to influence 'our' buying decisions. Read more
Published on July 27, 2002 by Sgt. Rock

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I'm really not sure how I felt about this book. They did a great job of detailing the process of composing effective ads. Read more
Published on June 1, 2000 by Ahmad Jordan

5.0 out of 5 stars Come on now!
Dear Amazon customers:

Kirshenbaum and Bond know their stuff.

These guys are modern day pioneers of advertising. Read more

Published on May 17, 2000 by dmehraban

4.0 out of 5 stars Pop that Cristal.
Pretty good, not as good as Mr.Whipple though. Ogilvy is outdated, especially his 2 previous books. It's a new era, whole game REINVENTED. Me? I'm just getting Started. Read more
Published on February 7, 2000 by mrblaze

4.0 out of 5 stars Success Can be Learned
Though Ogilvy on Advertising is a useful book, even today, it fails to deal with critical issues in the mid and late 1990s. Read more
Published on October 8, 1999 by David Kiley

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
A fascinating inside look at the world of advertising today. My advertising radar detector has been recalibrated to be dramatically more cynical. Read more
Published on August 28, 1999 by kvnstein@aol.com

3.0 out of 5 stars i met the guy. he seems rich.
yeh. i met him. he is rich. he seems rich. i think he will get richer. i read his book. it says be different. try different things.

that is under the radar.

Published on August 14, 1999

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