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Marketing Aesthetics: The Strategic Management of Brands, Identity, and Image
by Bernd H. Schmitt Alex SimonsonThere is no way to mistake the ubiquitous trademarked Coca-Cola bottle, or the stylish ads for Absolut Vodka with any of their competitors. How have these companies created this irresistible appeal for their brands? How have they sustained a competitive edge through aesthetics? Bernd Schmitt and Alex Simonson, two leading experts in the emerging field of identity management, offer clear guidelines for harnessing a company's total aesthetic output -- its "look and feel" -- to provide a vital competitive advantage. Going beyond standard traditional approaches on branding, this fascinating book is the first to combine branding, identity, and image and to show how aesthetics can be managed through logos, brochures, packages, and advertisements, as well as sounds, scents, and lighting, to sell "the memorable experience." The authors explore what makes a corporate or brand identity irresistible, what styles and themes are crucial for different contexts, and what meanings certain visual symbols convey. Any person in any organization in any industry can benefit from employing the tools of "marketing aesthetics." Schmitt and Simonson describe how a firm can use these tools strategically to create a variety of sensory experiences that will (1) ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty; (2) sustain lasting customer impressions about a brand's or organization's special personality; (3) permit premium pricing; (4) provide legal "trade dress" protection from competitive attacks; (5) lower costs and raise productivity; and (6) most importantly, create irresistible appeal. The authors show how to manage identity globally and how to develop aesthetically pleasing retail spaces and environments. They also address the newly emergent topic of how to manage corporate and brand identity on the Internet. Supporting their thesis with numerous real-world success stories such as Absolut Vodka, Nike, the Gap, Cathay Pacific Airlines, Starbucks, the New Beetle Website, and Lego, the authors explain how actual companies have developed, refined, and maintained distinct corporate identities that set them apart from competitors.
Marketing Afiliado: Las Mejores Técnicas Probadas Para Ganar Dinero Extra Online
by Thomas AllenSi estás listo para comenzar en el mundo del marketing afiliado, te recomiendo este eBook, ya que podrás aprender mucho de él, sobre todo en cuanto al tráfico, la columna vertebral del marketing afiliado. Pruébalo y verás el resultado positivo. Este libro basado en resultados está orientado a ayudarte a alcanzar tu potencial y conseguir tus metas. Si eres nuevo en esto o has tenido dificultades para empezar antes, esta guía de marketing afiliado te ayudará a establecer un negocio online excepcional. El experto afiliado Connie Ragen Green te enseña el método paso a paso de la construcción de un negocio online mediante la recomendación de los productos y servicios que a él le encantan con el marketing afiliado.
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Breakeven Analysis
by Jill Avery Thomas SteenburghMarketing managers are often called upon to make recommendations for or against programs that cost money to implement. Before expenditures are made, managers want to be sure that they will be getting a return on their investment. One way of assessing this is by calculating the breakeven point. In this note, we introduce the concept of breakeven analysis and show how it is used to guide marketing decision making. This analysis helps students assess the feasibility of proposed fixed and variable marketing expenditures, the feasibility of permanent pricing changes, and the feasibility of a new product introduction. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing a marketing plan. The note is accompanied by a free Excel worksheet which contains sample problems, pre-built Excel models to calculate breakeven, and charts and graphs which help visualize the results.
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Customer Lifetime Value Analysis
by Jill Avery Thomas SteenburghCustomers are increasingly being viewed as assets that bring value to the firm. Customer lifetime value is a metric which allows managers to understand the overall value of their customer base and relate it to three customer strategies firms employ: asset acquisition - attracting new customers to the firm, asset maximization - maximizing the value the firm extracts from each customer, and asset retention - retaining existing customers for the long term. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing a marketing plan. The note is accompanied by a free Excel worksheet which contains sample problems, prebuilt Excel models to calculate customer lifetime value, and charts and graphs which help visualize the results.
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis
by Jill Avery Thomas SteenburghMarketers frequently need to estimate the size of their markets -- both for existing products so that sales forecasts can be developed, and for new products so that market opportunities can be assessed. This toolkit enables students to size a market and generate a sales forecast using a market build-up methodology. Students learn to measure market demand and company demand and calculate market and product penetration rates and market share. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing a marketing plan. The note is accompanied by a free Excel worksheet (available only to authorized faculty) which contains sample problems, pre-built Excel models to calculate market size, market penetration, and market share, and charts and graphs which help visualize the results.
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and Profitability Analysis
by Jill Avery Thomas SteenburghPricing is one of the most difficult decisions marketers make and the one with the most direct and immediate impact on the firm's financial position. This toolkit will introduce the fundamental terminology and calculations associated with pricing and profitability analysis. Users will learn how to produce and interpret demand curves and calculate the price elasticity of demand. The concepts of revenue, costs, and contribution margin, gross margin, and net income will be introduced to inform profitability analyses. Finally, retailer profitability metrics including retailer margin and penny profit are discussed. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing a marketing plan. The note is accompanied by a free Excel worksheet which contains sample problems, prebuilt Excel models to calculate demand curves, price elasticity, and profitability metrics for firms and their channel partners, and charts and graphs which help visualize the results.
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Situation Analysis
by Jill Avery Thomas SteenburghBefore managers can begin to formulate marketing strategies for their businesses, they must have a strong understanding of the internal and external marketing environments in which they are operating. In this note, we present three methods for collecting and analyzing information about the internal and external marketing environments firms face: 5 C's Analysis, Porter's Five Forces Industry Analysis, and SWOT Analysis. These analyses help students understand the analytical processes by which managers understand themselves, their consumers, and the marketplaces in which they compete. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing the situation analysis section of a marketing plan.
Marketing Analysis in Sport Business: Global Perspectives (World Association for Sport Management Series)
by Kevin K. ByonThis book explores sport marketing analytics, an essential and crucially important aspect of contemporary sport business. Successful sport marketing begins and ends with the consumer, so understanding the consumer experience is critical. Marketing Analysis in Sport Business demonstrates how rigorous analytical procedures are the key to developing effective, evidence-based marketing practices that reflect real consumer needs. Presenting cutting-edge case studies of sport marketing analytics in action, the book explores topics such as digital communications, social media, digital ticketing, event marketing, the economic impact of COVID-19, developing sport brands, and conducting research with athletes and event participants. Written by a team of authors from 15 countries, including Australia, China, France, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela, the book offers insight from a variety of cultural contexts and new perspectives on the global sport industry. Marketing Analysis in Sport Business is illuminating reading for any advanced student, researcher or professional working in sport business and management, sport development, marketing, strategic management, or international business.
Marketing Analytics
by Mike GrigsbyMarketing Analytics arms business analysts and marketers with the marketing science understanding and techniques they need to solve real-world marketing problems, from pulling a targeted list and segmenting data to testing campaign effectiveness and forecasting demand. Assuming no prior knowledge, this book outlines everything practitioners need to 'do' marketing science and demonstrate value to their organization. It introduces concepts relating to statistics, marketing strategy and consumer behaviour and then works through a series of marketing problems in a straightforward, jargon-free way. It demonstrates solutions for various data modelling scenarios and includes full workings and critical analyses to reinforce the key concepts. By starting with the marketing problem and then sharing a series of data modelling options on how to solve it, Marketing Analytics both makes marketing science accessible for beginners and aids the more seasoned practitioner in getting to grips with the trickier technical aspects of data analytics to refine their marketing skills and toolkit and compete more effectively in the marketplace. Online supporting resources for this book include a bank of test questions as well as data sets relating to a number of chapters. About the series: The Marketing Science series makes difficult topics accessible to marketing students and practitioners by grounding them in business reality. Each book is written by an expert in the field and includes case studies and illustrations enabling marketers to gain confidence in applying the tools and techniques and in commissioning external research.
Marketing Analytics Roadmap
by Jerry RackleyMany managers view marketing as a creative endeavor, not something that is measurable or manageable by numbers. But today s leaders in the C-suite demand greater accountability. They want to know that they are getting a return on their marketing investment. And to get that ROI number, you need analytics. This expectation is intimidating for the many sales and marketing managers who rely on marketing instincts, not metrics, to do their work. But Marketing Analytics Roadmap: Methods, Metrics, and Tools demonstrates that employing analytics isn't just a way to keep the CEO off your back. It improves marketing results and ensures marketers a seat at the table where big decisions get made. In this book, analytics expert Jerry Rackley shows you how to understand and implement a sound marketing analytics process that helps eliminate the guesswork about the results produced by your marketing efforts. The result? You will acquire and keep more customers. Even better, you'll find that an analytics process helps the entire organization make better decisions, and not just marketers. Marketing Analytics Roadmap explains: How to use analytics to create marketing and sales metrics that guide your actions and provide valuable feedback on your effortsHow to structure and use dashboards to report marketing resultsHow to put industry-leading analytics software and other tools to good useHow Big Data is shaping the marketing analytics landscape Sales and marketing teams that master marketing analytics will find them a powerful servant that enables agility, raises effectiveness, and creates confidence. Marketing Analytics Roadmap shows you how to build a well-planned and executed marketing analytics strategy that will enhance the credibility of your marketing team and help you not only get a seat at the big-decisions table, but keep it once there. "
Marketing Analytics Using Excel: A Beginner′s Guide
by Asha Thomas Rahul Pratap KauravMarketing Analytics Using Excel is the essential introduction to data-driven marketing, which simplifies complex concepts and offers practical, real-world applications. This comprehensive yet accessible guide encourages an in-depth understanding of marketing analytics, from fundamental topics and basic Excel functions to more advanced topics such as AI and predictive analytics. Packed with practical examples and easy-to-follow, fully worked problems which demonstrate how theoretical concepts are applied in real-world situations, this book also includes: • Industry case studies from leading companies like Zappos, Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify, providing insights into how marketing analytics is applied in various industries. • Exercises, activities and discussion questions to reinforce learning. • A focus on open access tools and career prospects which encourages readers to develop further. This no-nonsense guide minimises the intimidation factor of complex formulas and instead focuses on practical, real-world applications, making it essential reading for Marketing students and anyone looking to upskill. Dr Rahul Pratap Singh Kaurav is Associate Professor at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India. Dr Asha Thomas is an Assistant Professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST), Poland.
Marketing Analytics Using Excel: A Beginner′s Guide
by Asha Thomas Rahul Pratap KauravMarketing Analytics Using Excel is the essential introduction to data-driven marketing, which simplifies complex concepts and offers practical, real-world applications. This comprehensive yet accessible guide encourages an in-depth understanding of marketing analytics, from fundamental topics and basic Excel functions to more advanced topics such as AI and predictive analytics. Packed with practical examples and easy-to-follow, fully worked problems which demonstrate how theoretical concepts are applied in real-world situations, this book also includes: • Industry case studies from leading companies like Zappos, Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify, providing insights into how marketing analytics is applied in various industries. • Exercises, activities and discussion questions to reinforce learning. • A focus on open access tools and career prospects which encourages readers to develop further. This no-nonsense guide minimises the intimidation factor of complex formulas and instead focuses on practical, real-world applications, making it essential reading for Marketing students and anyone looking to upskill. Dr Rahul Pratap Singh Kaurav is Associate Professor at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India. Dr Asha Thomas is an Assistant Professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST), Poland.
Marketing Analytics: A Practical Guide to Improving Consumer Insights Using Data Techniques (Marketing Science Ser.)
by Mike GrigsbyWho is most likely to buy and what is the best way to target them? How can businesses improve strategy without identifying the key influencing factors? The second edition of Marketing Analytics enables marketers and business analysts to leverage predictive techniques to measure and improve performance. By exploring real-world marketing challenges, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations on how to apply different analytical models for each purpose. From targeted list creation and data segmentation, to testing campaign effectiveness, pricing structures and forecasting demand, this book offers a welcome handbook on how statistics, consumer analytics and modelling can be put to optimal use. The fully revised second edition of Marketing Analytics includes three new chapters on big data analytics, insights and panel regression, including how to collect, separate and analyze big data. All of the advanced tools and techniques for predictive analytics have been updated, translating models such as tobit analysis for customer lifetime value into everyday use. Whether an experienced practitioner or having no prior knowledge, methodologies are simplified to ensure the more complex aspects of data and analytics are fully accessible for any level of application. Complete with downloadable data sets and test bank resources, this book supplies a concrete foundation to optimize marketing analytics for day-to-day business advantage.
Marketing Analytics: A Practical Guide to Improving Consumer Insights Using Data Techniques (Marketing Science Ser.)
by Mike GrigsbyWho is most likely to buy and what is the best way to target them? How can I use both consumer analytics and modelling to improve the impact of marketing campaigns? Marketing Analytics takes you step-by-step through these areas and more. Marketing Analytics enables you to leverage predictive techniques to measure and improve marketing performance. By exploring real-world marketing challenges, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations on how to apply different analytical models for each purpose. From targeted list creation and data segmentation, to testing campaign effectiveness, pricing structures and forecasting demand, it offers a complete resource for how statistics, consumer analytics and modelling can be put to optimal use. This revised and updated third edition of Marketing Analytics contains new material on forecasting, customer touchpoints modelling, and a new focus on customer loyalty. With accessible language throughout, methodologies are simplified to ensure the more complex aspects of data and analytics are fully accessible for any level of application. Supported by a glossary of key terms and supporting resources consisting of datasets, presentation slides for each chapter and a test bank of self-test question, this book supplies a concrete foundation for optimizing marketing analytics for day-to-day business advantage.
Marketing Analytics: Essential Tools for Data-Driven Decisions (Darden Business Series)
by Paul W. Farris Rajkumar Venkatesan Ronald T. WilcoxThe authors of the pioneering Cutting-Edge Marketing Analytics return to the vital conversation of leveraging big data with Marketing Analytics: Essential Tools for Data-Driven Decisions, which updates and expands on the earlier book as we enter the 2020s. As they illustrate, big data analytics is the engine that drives marketing, providing a forward-looking, predictive perspective for marketing decision-making. The book presents actual cases and data, allowing readers invaluable real-world instruction. The cases show how to identify relevant data, choose the best analytics technique, and question the link between marketing plans and customer behavior. Dealing with actual scenarios sheds light on the most pressing marketing questions, such as setting the optimal price for one’s product or designing effective digital marketing campaigns. Big data is currently the most powerful resource to the marketing professional, and this book illustrates how to fully harness that power to effectively maximize marketing efforts.
Marketing Analytics: Perspektiven – Technologien – Anwendungsfelder
by Katharina Schüller Marion HalfmannAlgorithmen und Datenanalysen und damit die systematische Erhebung, Analyse und Visualisierung von Daten bilden immer öfter die Grundlage von Marketingentscheidungen. Die Potenziale des zahlengetriebenen Marketings sind vielversprechend, doch der professionelle Umgang mit Daten wirft in der Praxis viele Fragen auf. Technische Voraussetzungen, Datenschutzaspekte, aber vor allem die Wahl der richtigen Methoden stellen Unternehmen vor große Herausforderungen.Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick, welche Möglichkeiten und Grenzen die junge Disziplin des Marketing Analytics mit sich bringt. Perspektiven, technologische Aspekte und Anwendungsfelder werden erläutert und durch Autoren aus Wissenschaft, Industrie und Beratung praxisnah beleuchtet. Marketingentscheider erhalten auf diese Weise eine fundierte Darstellung der gegenwärtigen und künftigen Entwicklung des Marketing Analytics sowie eine wichtige Grundlagenlektüre
Marketing Analytics: Statistical Tools for Marketing and Consumer Behavior Using SPSS (Mastering Business Analytics)
by Erik Kostelijk José Marcos Carvalho de MesquitaMarketing Analytics provides guidelines in the application of statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics Software (SPSS) for students and professionals using quantitative methods in marketing and consumer behavior. With simple language and a practical, screenshot-led approach, the book presents 11 multivariate techniques and the steps required to perform analysis. Each chapter contains a brief description of the technique, followed by the possible marketing research applications. One of these applications is then used in detail to illustrate its applicability in a research context, including the needed SPSS commands and illustrations. Each chapter also includes practical exercises that require the readers to perform the technique and interpret the results, equipping students with the necessary skills to apply statistics by means of SPSS in marketing and consumer research. Finally, there is a list of articles employing the technique that can be used for further reading. This textbook provides introductory material for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying marketing and consumer analytics, teaching methods along with practical software-applied training using SPSS. Support material includes two real data sets to illustrate the techniques’ applications and PowerPoint slides providing a step-by-step guide to the analysis and commented outcomes. Professionals are invited to use the book to select and use the appropriate analytics for their specific context.
Marketing Analytics: Strategic Models And Metrics
by Stephan SorgerMarketing Analytics: Strategic Models and Metrics offers marketing students and professionals a practical guide to strategic decision models and marketing metrics. The tools described in the book will aid marketers in making intelligent decisions to drive revenue and results in their organizations. The book contains a wealth of information on marketing analytics.
Marketing Apocalypse: Eschatology, Escapology and the Illusion of the End (Routledge Interpretive Marketing Research)
by David Carson Stephen Brown Jim BellThe present volume of essays examines the extent to which the end of marketing is nigh. The authors explore the present state of marketing scholarship and put forward a variety of visions of marketing in the twenty first century. Ranging from narratology to feminism, these suggestions are always enlightening, often provocative and occasionally outrageous. Maketing Apocalypse is required reading for anyone interested in the future of marketing.
Marketing Arbeitsbuch
by Heribert Meffert Manfred Kirchgeorg Christoph BurmannDas Arbeitsbuch gibt Studenten die Möglichkeit, sich aktiv mit Marketing-Fragestellungen auseinanderzusetzen. Zu jeder Aufgabe bzw. Fallstudie wird eine ausführliche Musterlösung geliefert. Das Arbeitsbuch ist damit ein ideales Lernbuch zur Prüfungsvorbereitung: Studenten können das eigene Marketingwissen praxisorientiert vertiefen und kontrollieren. Für die 11. Auflage wurde das Buch an die Neuauflage des Marketing-Klassikers angepasst.
Marketing Artificial Intelligence: AI, Marketing, and the Future of Business
by Paul Roetzer Mike KaputArtificial intelligence is forecasted to have trillions of dollars of impact on businesses and the economy, yet many marketers struggle to understand what it is and how to apply it in their marketing efforts. The truth is, AI possesses the power to change everything. While AI-powered marketing technologies may never achieve the sci-fi vision of self-running, self-improving autonomous systems, a little bit of AI can go a long way toward dramatically increasing productivity, efficiency, and performance. Marketing AI Institute&’s Founder & CEO, Paul Roetzer, and Chief Content Officer, Mike Kaput, join forces to show marketers how to embrace AI and make it their competitive advantage. Marketing Artificial Intelligence draws on years of research and dozens of interviews with AI marketers, executives, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Roetzer and Kaput present the current potential of AI, as well as a glimpse into a near future in which marketers and machines work seamlessly to run personalized campaigns of unprecedented complexity with unimaginable simplicity. As the amount of data exponentially increases, marketers&’ abilities to filter through the noise and turn information into actionable intelligence remain limited. Roetzer and Kaput show you how to make breaking through that noise your superpower. So, come along on a journey of exploration and enlightenment. Marketing Artificial Intelligence is the blueprint for understanding and applying AI, giving you just the edge in your career you&’ve been waiting for.
Marketing Automation For Dummies
by Mathew SweezeyMultiply the effectiveness of your campaigns with marketing automationMarketing automation technology has been shown to dramatically increase lead conversions and average deal sizes as well as improving forecasting and customer segmentation. A subset of CRM, it focuses on defining, scheduling, segmenting, and tracking marketing campaigns. This friendly book demystifies marketing automation in straightforward terms, helping you leverage the tools and handle the processes that will enable a seamless integration with your CRM program. Learn to establish a buyer profile, assess your needs, select tools, create a lead scoring model, and much more. Marketing automation is a next-generation, CRM-related tool for increasing lead conversions and improving forecasting and customer segmentationThis book provides an easy-to-understand introduction to the tools and technology, helping you evaluate your current processes, choose the appropriate tools, and follow best practices in making the most of themWritten by Mathew Sweezey, Marketing Automation Evangelist at Pardot (ExactTarget), a leading provider of marketing automation solutionsCovers working with the marketing lifecycle, evaluating your assets, integrating marketing automation with CRM and with other processes, nurturing your leads, and using marketing automation to reach buyers via e-mail, social media, and moreMarketing Automation For Dummies is the ideal guide to get you up and running with marketing automation, putting your business on the cutting edge and enhancing your competitiveness.
Marketing Automation with Eloqua
by Ben GriffithThis book is a practical guide following a step by step approach to create, edit, customize and upload your marketing campaign using Eloqua.If you are a marketing professional or business analyst who wants to use Eloqua to manage demand generation, lead scoring, e-mail marketing, and build digital marketing campaigns, this book is ideal for you. No previous knowledge of Eloqua is required.
Marketing Automation with Mailchimp: Expert tips, techniques, and best practices for scaling marketing strategies and ROI for your business
by Margarita J. CaraballoSet up your first channel and effectively expand your outreach and customer base with Mailchimp to deliver scalable business outcomesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesLearn audience management strategies to make informed decisions for your marketing channelsEmploy practical use cases for your custom business needs to implement basic and pro Mailchimp featuresCustomize Mailchimp using powerful integrations to deliver top-notch user experienceBook DescriptionAre you looking for an all-in-one comprehensive guide to implementing Mailchimp channels and automation for your business? Then Marketing Automation with Mailchimp can be your go-to guide. You'll start by learning common terms used in the Mailchimp environment, as well as about account setup and audience management for businesses. After that, you'll find out how to set up channels, where you'll actively interact with your contacts and begin to add new ones. Additionally, you'll gain an understanding of how to set up a consistent marketing presence in the form of emails and websites and the benefits of determining a brand identity. You'll also explore advanced Mailchimp features to optimize platform utilization using analytics, reporting, A/B and multivariate testing, the customer journey builder, and the Mailchimp e-commerce store. Toward the end, you'll discover some important shopping, payment, and CRM integrations that can be connected to your Mailchimp platform for custom business needs. With this book, you'll gain insights into real-world use cases to implement a marketing strategy to extend your existing work. By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped to implement Mailchimp marketing automation seamlessly into your business to grow your customer base and revenue.What you will learnUnderstand specific account-level settings, their purpose, and account managementExplore strategies and tools for managing inactive contacts for target marketingIntegrate Mailchimp for easy customization with a low-code options for customizationEstablish a strong marketing presence with email and websites and leverage it for e-commerce and servicesDiscover advanced reporting and analytics by turning audience information into relevant growth metricsAutomate your marketing workflows using the Mailchimp customer journey builderWho this book is forThis book is for marketing professionals or small-to-midsize business entrepreneurs looking to start a marketing journey through powerful marketing automation. To get the best from this book, you must be familiar with using web apps and have an understanding of content design. This book will help anyone who is looking to start a marketing career and wants to take hands-on ownership of building marketing and outreach strategies for the business.
Marketing Big Oil: Brand Lessons from the World’s Largest Companies
by Mark L. Robinson"For the largest oil companies - referred to as Big Oil - branding and brand management are complex, due to the historical negativity surrounding the original Big Oil company - Standard Oil. Even though today's largest oil companies, Exxon Mobil, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, and Chevron, have spent millions on improving their corporate brand image and reputation, negativity continues to surround these firms. Marketing Big Oil begins with an historical perspective looking at how Big Oil came to be through a series of monumental acquisitions, first through the breakup of Standard Oil in the late 19th century and then with the large mergers and acquisitions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Robinson analyzes the marketing and corporate branding programs of these oil titans to demonstrate what does and doesn't work, and shows us how even the largest companies sometimes fail to get their message across. He explores the industry's use of social media, mobile e-commerce, advertising, app development, and more"--