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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating look at how consumers perceive logos, ads, commercials, brands, and products.”—TimeHow much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today’s message-cluttered world? In Buyology, Martin Lindstrom presents the astonishing findings from his groundbreaking three-year, seven-million-dollar neuromarketing study—a cutting-edge experiment that peered inside the brains of 2,000 volunteers from all around the world as they encountered various ads, logos, commercials, brands, and products. His startling results shatter much of what we have long believed about what captures our interest—and drives us to buy. Among the questions he explores:• Does sex actually sell? • Does subliminal advertising still surround us? • Can “cool” brands trigger our mating instincts? • Can our other senses—smell, touch, and sound—be aroused when we see a product? Buyology is a fascinating and shocking journey into the mind of today's consumer that will captivate anyone who's been seduced—or turned off—by marketers' relentless attempts to win our loyalty, our money, and our minds.

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Book SynopsisKenneth E. Clow held the rank of Emeritus Professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He previously served at that institution as the Biedenharn Endowed Chair of Business and Dean of the College of Business. Before that time he had been the Dean of the College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and the MBA Director at Pittsburg State University. Clow received his PhD from the University of Arkansas. During his career he published 12 additional textbooks, including several with Don Baack, and more than 200 academic journal and conference proceedings articles. Prior to that time he owned and operated a commercial cleaning service in Joplin, Missouri and Fayetteville, Arkansas, which had become one of the largest cleaning services in Southwest Arkansas. Clow passed away in late 2018. Donald Baack is a University Professor at Pittsburg (Kansas) State University and has been on the faculty since 1988. He

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Book SynopsisBeautifully illustrated with over 1000 colour images, the 30th edition of the Epica Book includes a flashback to some of the most remarkable winners from the past 30 years. In addition it showcases more than 850 creative projects honoured in the 2016 Epica Awards - including fascinating background stories on all the latest Epica Grand Prix winners. Featuring work from communication agencies, film production companies, media consultancies, photographers and design studios, the Epica Book is a unique source of information and inspiration for all those interested in contemporary worldwide advertising trends.Trade ReviewThe Epica Awards are a celebration of curiosity. Judged by journalists; the people whose very profession demands them to be relentlessly curious. -- Matt Eastwood, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter ThompsonWork that extended beyond advertising and became part of the cultural conversation. -- Eric Alt, Editor, Fast Company CoCreateThe Epica Awards have shown that advertisements and art can actually belong together. -- EuronewsThe value of publications like this is enormous. The Epica Book helps us remember what was great and why it was great. -- Josef Miguel Sokoloff, President of the Lowe Global Creative Council Chief Creative Officer, Lowe/SSP3, Bogota[Sets] standards for new thinking, for intelligent problem solving and for refreshing insights... Enjoy! -- Amir Kassaei, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Group, GermanyThis is the closest you'll get to a 'how to' book on creative advertising. -- John Pallant, Regional Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, MEA great journalist is unbiased and a great journalist cares deeply. What better group of people to judge an advertising show? -- Tor Myhren, Vice-President of Marketing Communications * Apple Inc. *When a number of other awards shows are done and dusted, a palpable excitement still hangs in the air as we seek something stellar: that's the Epica Awards -- Masako Okamura, Executive Creative Director * Dentsu, Vietnam *Work that points the way to the advertising of tomorrow -- Olivier Altmann * Altmann + Pacreau, Paris *Table of ContentsIntroduction Foreword 2016 Winners The Jury Awards Ceremony Annual Report Food & Drink Consumer Services Household Products and Services Public Interest Health and Beauty Automotive Media and Entertainment Business to Business and Corporate Radio Direct Marketing Media Usage Branded Content PR and Promotions Craft and Imagery Design Interactive Integrated

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a fresh, updated and comprehensive book on the phenomenon of fashion scandals, which has gained media and consumer attention in recent years. The reader will find both rich case studies and an analysis of how fashion scandals deal with broader processes such as mediatization and cultural appropriation. -- Dr Marco Pedroni, University of Ferrara, ItalyA thought-provoking read looking at an important dynamic within the contemporary fashion and advertising worlds. The authors not only interrogate a variety of scandals, but offer an important framework for understanding contemporary fashion communication. -- Dr. Myles Ethan Lascity, Southern Methodist University, USAThis is a smart, rich and engaging analysis of fashion scandals as engines of media attention and as sites of everyday politics. Recommended reading for everyone interested in how fashion matters in the making of identities, cross-cultural connections and sustainable futures. -- Susanna Paasonen, Professor of Media Studies, University of Turku, FinlandA timely and original introduction to the complex politics of the "fashion scandal," investigated as a brand strategy in the age of global communication and social media. -- Hazel Clark, Professor of Design Studies and Fashion Studies, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, USATable of ContentsIntroduction The Two Types of Fashion Scandals Scandal as Politicization of Fashion Decolonizing Fashion Positioning Ourselves Epistemic Positionings Structure of the Book PART ONE THE FASHION SCANDAL—PAST AND PRESENT 1. Framing the Fashion Scandal: The Platformization of Fashion Visualization of Fashion Mediatization of Fashion Social Media and the Platformization of Fashion The Instagramification of Fashion 2. Fashion Brands Negotiating Identity Politics Cultural Approach to Brands and Branding Negotiating Identity Politics 3. Changing Strategies of Fashion Brands: From Shock to Scandal A Short History of the Fashion Scandal: Deliberate Shock Contemporary Shock: The Unintentional Scandal Social Media and New Identity Politics Dismantling White Privilege and Introducing Intersectionality to Fashion 4. Emotional Effects of Social Media on Fashion: Calling-out and Canceling Emotional Branding Emotional Reactions and Canceling New Cultural Intermediaries and the Creation of the Unintentional Scandal Consumers Empowered to Speak Up What if a Brand is Canceled? PART TWO CASE STUDIES 5. Russia Love is (Not Just) Love Feminist Resistance in a Conservative World Race Across Time and Space 6. Finland Maternity Clothes for 12-Year-Old African Girls Flirting with Fascists 7. Global Scandals Whose Identity? The Problem with “Cultural Appropriation” Casual Racism: “Eating with Chopsticks” Blackface and Structural Racism in the Fashion Industry “Mental Health is not Fashion” PART THREE THE RESPONSE TO FASHION SCANDALS 8. Just Don’t Do It! Corporate World Response, Part One: Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate World Response, Part Two: Brands as Political Actors Corporate World Response, Part Three: Diversity Officers Academic Response, Part One: The Danger of “Diversity Washing” Academic Response, Part Two: the “Glossification of Diversity” Academic Response, Part Three: Reimagining the Fashion Curriculum Political Response, Part One: Supply Chains and Human Rights Political Response, Part Two: Advocacy Groups Benchmarking Business Conclusion: A Call for Cultural and Social Sustainability PART FOUR EPILOG 9. The Counter Narrative Heidi Karjalainen, Finland Ervin Latimer, Finland Jahnkoy, USA Claudia Lepik, Estonia Muslin Brothers, Belgium Kristian David, Sweden Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUnderstand mobile marketing fast, without cutting cornersAn understanding of mobile marketing is essential for anyone who wants to reach the growing market of on-the-go consumers. In this short, accessible book, Nick Smith shares a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom and practical advice, giving you, in straightforward language, all the mobile marketing expertise you need to run successful mobile campaigns. The ''in a week'' structure explains the essentials of mobile marketing over just 7 days:Sunday: Why the future is mobileMonday: Basic mobile traffic getting tacticsTuesday: Social mobile marketingWednesday: Mobile pay per click (PPC) marketingThursday: Mobile apps for SMEsFriday: SMS marketingSaturday: Building the ultimate mobile marketing systemAt the end there are questions to ensure you have taken it all in and cartoons, diagrams and visual aids throughout help make Mobile Marketing In A Week an enjoyable and effective lea

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Book Synopsis Social Media Marketing In A Week is a simple and straightforward guide to mastering the basics, giving you everything you need to know in just seven short chapters. From making the right first impression and having a unified message and strategy, to knowing where your audience is, engaging them and managing your reputation, you''ll discover how to build a relationship with your customers on sites like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest, without selling to them. This book shows you how to get started with social media giving you the ability and best practice to interact confidently with your fans and subscribers. Whether you choose to read it in a week or in a single sitting, Social Media In A Week is your fastest route to success:- Monday: Gain insight with cases studies of companies that have achieved positive results from social media- Tuesday: Get started with key strategies and tactics and learn how to find and engage with your audienceTable of Contents : Sunday: What is social media marketing? : Monday: Successful case studies : Tuesday: Getting started with social media marketing : Wednesday: Blogging, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn : Thursday: YouTube, Google, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, and ones to watch : Friday: Becoming a personal authority in the marketplace : Saturday: Managing, metrics and scaling up

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Book SynopsisAdvertising has always been a uniquely influential social force. It affects what we buy, what we believe, who we elect, and so much more. We tend to know histories of other massive social forces, but even people working in advertising often have a tenuous grasp of their field's background. This book slices advertising's history into a smörgåsbord of specific topics like advertising to children, political advertising, people's names as advertisements, 3D advertising, programmatic buying, and so much more, offering a synopsis of how each developed and the role it played in this discipline. In doing so, many firsts are identified, such as the first full-page color magazine advertisement, and the first point-of-purchase advertisement. This book also reaches back farther in search of the earliest advertisements, and it tells the story of the variety of techniques used by our ancestors to promote their products and ideas.Part textbook, part reference, the book is an advertising museum in portable form suitable for all levels of students, scholars, and arm-chair enthusiasts.Trade ReviewRichards creates a “portable museum of advertising,” arranged chronologically and designed to encourage browsing. Readers can dip in and out, encouraged by hundreds of illustrations, primarily of advertisements past and present. Chapters 8 and 16 on social implications, ads, and culture relate interesting facts on how advertising both influences and reflects its time. Delivers a broad look from ancient times (there is evidence of Roman shops signs in BCE 776) to modern promotional products (Livestrong bracelets; MAGA caps). Well-documented and scholarly with crossover appeal for general audiences. * Library Journal *Marketers describe advertising as a paid form of nonpersonal communication meant to persuade. Researchers have found examples of advertising dating back to ancient times, including a hanging tag used to identify a bottle of oil in 3000 BCE. Richards puts together the whole story of this fascinating, critical component of marketing. Students and practitioners of advertising and history will find the evolution of advertising from basic names, signs, and labels to the sophisticated electronic media of today a remarkable journey…. Richards' book is packed with examples and a timeline that threads together each advertising development, resulting in a surprising, fascinating historical narrative. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * Choice Reviews *Most people practicing advertising today care little about what came before. They only care about today. Yet, to quote Soren Kierkegaard “Life can only be understood looking backwards: but it must be lived forward”. So do yourself a favor, take a long backward look with Jef and become better prepared for today, and tomorrow. -- Rick Boyko, retired, Co-President, CCO, Oglivy North America and Director/Professor VCU BrandcenterA fascinating read that educates, informs and enlightens. I know of no other publication that gives such a deep dive into the History of Advertising from ancient times through COVID times. One great takeaway was "The 10 commandments of Advertising" written in 1911 but still holds true today. Enjoy the read. -- Kevin Swanepoel, CEO of The One Club For CreativityA History of Advertising: The First 300,000 Years by Jef Richards is in a league of its own. This wildly original and fast-paced examination carries us through the world of advertising from its earliest beginnings to the modern-day. Unlike any other book, this one takes us from the very beginnings, through the highs and lows of advertising, posing provocative questions along the way and offering fascinating points of view on how branding, advertising and PR evolved in lock step with human existence. Jef is an enormously gifted author and his writing – fast paced, insightful and slam-bang full of remarkable details – is an indulgence and rewards readers (including this jaded ad agency CEO) with a new and completely unique portal into our shared past and gives us an intuitively connected view to how advertising transformed and shaped the world into what we see today. For marketers to history buffs, Richards has created a story that will keep you turning the pages and might even help connect a few dots of intriguing facts that you never knew existed in the first place. -- John Minnec, former CEO FCB London and Havas ChicagoIn addition to the extensive timelines, great selection of illustrations, and snappy prose, Richards has compiled impressive lists of advertising institutions, trade characters, jingles, and slogans over time. Arranged in chronological order from date of the earliest creation, these collections should be of great interest to most readers who have lived through some of this history. * Journal of Macromarketing *

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Book SynopsisA timely manifesto for change and success in today's rapidly evolving advertising industry.

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Book SynopsisHypothesen zum Einsatz von Außenwerbung zur Mitgliedergewinnung.- Fitnessstudios in Deutschland.- Außenwerbung.- Forschungsmethoden.- Umsetzung der qualitativen Forschung.- Diskussion: Bewertung von Außenwerbekampagnen aus Sicht der Studios.- Handlungsempfehlungen für Fitnessstudios.- Fazit.

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Book SynopsisFinally, a book that describes the neurological differences between the male and female brain and how this is implemented in advertising! The book describes how men and women think, the origin of their emotions, and why they make certain decisions. Find out why women like shopping so much, why humorous ads appeal to men, or why women make better decisions. 80% of all purchases worldwide are made or influenced by women. Why is advertising so often aimed at men? Find the answer to the life-long question about differences in purchasing motivation between men and women, and learn to implement this in advertising. Learn the do’s and don’ts for effective communication for both men and women. Although this book is written from a scientific perspective, thanks to the numerous interesting examples and tips, it is easy to implement and useful for advertising campaigns. In short, a must-have for all marketers, strategists, creatives, students, or anyone working with brands. Marketers and strategists will benefit from an enlarged body of knowledge, while creatives will learn how to develop more effective ad campaigns.

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Book SynopsisThe world is busier than ever. One of the major challenges for brands is how to stand out from the competition: brands competing for market share, new brands that are being introduced, and indeed politicians fighting for attention in a crowded arena. The answer is certainly not to create more and more messages. Instead, brand managers should be able to craft ‘polar’ brand associations. This book shows how brands catch the eye by creating polarity. This goes further than just being different. It’s a sophisticated technique to set brands apart from all other competitors in a radical way. This can be done by creating brand associations that radically split a competitive field into absolute opposites or are able to reconcile these in unexpected ways. Lightheartedly and with a wealth of examples, the book describes unique ways of guaranteeing that brands create a break through. Contrarian Branding is a must for brands eager to stand out from the crowd.

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Book SynopsisFrom the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more to sell goods and establish brand identities. This book tells the history of music used in advertising in the United States and is an original contribution to this little-studied part of our cultural history.Trade Review"As Taylor shows in The Sounds of Capitalism, the links between American popular music and advertising are longstanding. While he briefly covers the 'prehistory' of the phenomenon in the cries of 13th-century street hawkers recorded in the Montpellier Codex, Taylor's real starting place is radio, which, he argues, is where the marriage between music and advertising was first truly consummated." (n+1)"

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Book SynopsisThis analysis of advocacy - from commercials to public service ads to government propaganda - and its roots in advertising and public relations, uses the story of two organizations, the Committee on Public Information and the Advertising Council to clarify the quandaries it generates.

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Book SynopsisSpanning a century, Pushing Cool reveals how the twin deceptions of health and Black affinity for menthol were crafted—and how the industry’s disturbingly powerful narrative has endured to this day.Trade Review"In Pushing Cool, Dr. Keith Wailoo presents a sixty-year history of menthol cigarettes becoming a racialized product. . . . Wailoo's powerful text reminds us that business and medical ethics do not exist outside of histories of racial exploitation and oppression." * Nursing Clio *“Wailoo examines how the tobacco industry framed Black people as a niche market and the industry’s evolution — its secrets, practices, and power. . . . [His] diligent research leaves little room for conjecture, making a coherent and engaging story out of a century of conversations, advertising, and activism for and against smoking. . . . Wailoo stands firmly on the side of the people, aiming to educate for the health and well-being of all.” * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Wailoo mines press reports through the decades, along with posters, billboards and troves of internal industry documentation that cigarette companies were forced to make public after a spate of lawsuits that ended in 1998. With deadly repetition, menthols have been silent players on the stage of US history, witnesses to epic flashpoints at which health and politics collide. The case is stronger for the specificity and rich detail that Wailoo weaves into it." * Nature *“Wailoo draws on collections of internal tobacco industry documents made public through litigation, along with other historical sources, to peer into the hidden world of tobacco marketing. . . . Demonstrate[s] how tobacco companies have long designed and reimagined their products to attract new customers.” * Science *"The saga of menthol tobacco is documented in Wailoo’s book Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette. This work neatly crystallises his position as a historian whose career has addressed issues of race, ethnicity, and identity, and how they intersect with health and health policy." * The Lancet *"Engrossing. . . [A] history of the evolution of targeted tobacco marketing and how the industry strategically created a demand and then peddled their product to Black America." * Salon *"Tracking the evolution of a century’s worth of targeted marketing, this history documents the sinister engineering of a Black consumer preference for menthol cigarettes. Wailoo details how Big Tobacco placed billboards in inner-city neighborhoods, strategically funded Black enterprises, and marshalled a vast network of influencers—from Ebony to the N.A.A.C.P.—to yoke ideas of Black authenticity to smoking menthols." * New Yorker *"Wailoo brings together COVID-19, police choke-holds, and a corner store—'the best place in town to find menthol cigarettes'—as the trifecta that ended George Floyd’s life, tragically symbolized by his famous last words: 'I can’t breathe'. . . Highly recommended." * Choice *“For decades, cigarette makers have used menthol to target Black Americans. Wailoo does an excellent job showing how Big Tobacco has used both its marketing muscle and political power to get mentholated smoke into African American lungs—with deadly consequences. An indispensable text for anyone who recognizes that Black lungs matter.” * Robert N. Proctor, Stanford University *“Pushing Cool unpacks the tobacco industry’s brilliant, deceptive, and diabolically successful strategy to hook African Americans on menthol cigarettes. Utilizing remarkable research and analysis, Wailoo demonstrates how the industry established a commercial choke hold on Black America, wantonly disregarding the devastating trail of disease and death that their product generated. If ever there was a case for banning menthol cigarettes, this is it.” * Allan M. Brandt, Harvard University *“With nuance and flare, Wailoo illuminates how a complex and deeply unsettling fabric of racial capitalism created a Black inner-city market for the most dangerous chemical flavor in the history of smoking. This is essential reading for historians, policy makers, ethicists, and social justice advocates reckoning with profound disparities as part of a tobacco end game.” * Amy L. Fairchild, The Ohio State University *“As Wailoo reveals in this astute and stunning work, menthol cigarettes are an acquired taste: an appetite deliberately cultivated by marketers, the media, and other influencers. Demographically targeted and racially exploitative marketing was unleashed as a strategy to captivate consumers in the face of growing public awareness of the health dangers of smoking. Pushing Cool is a brilliant, unsparing, and powerful rendering of Big Tobacco’s deadly racial predation.” * Alondra Nelson, Institute for Advanced Study *“This captivating, comprehensive book contains something to intrigue everyone—from lawyers to psychologists, marketers to historians. Pushing Cool is a unique and important work that deserves to be read widely.” * Andrea Freeman, University of Hawai’i at Manoa *“In Pushing Cool, Wailoo tells the fascinating story of how tobacco companies and advertising firms marketed menthol cigarettes, especially to African Americans. Diving deep into this untold history, he also brings essential insight into how the construction of pleasure-enhancing products and processes of racialization have enjoyed mutually informing histories well into the twentieth century.” * Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr., Columbia University *"Keith Wailoo tells the intricate and poignant story of menthol cigarettes for the first time. He pulls back the curtain to reveal the hidden persuaders who shaped menthol buying habits and racial markets across America: the world of tobacco marketers, consultants, psychologists, and social scientists, as well as Black lawmakers and civic groups including the NAACP. Today most Black smokers buy menthols, and calls to prohibit their circulation hinge on a history of the industry’s targeted racial marketing. In 2009, when Congress banned flavored cigarettes as criminal enticements to encourage youth smoking, menthol cigarettes were also slated to be banned. Through a detailed study of internal tobacco industry documents, Wailoo exposes why they weren’t and how they remain so popular with Black smokers." * New Books Network *"Pushing Cool is a timely history of how tobacco companies aggressively shaped the contours of Black consumerism through exploitative marketing practices." * Isis *"[an] excellent book that succeeds in telling not only the history of the marketing of menthol cigarettes in the United States but also how the tobacco industry shaped and exploited African American consumer culture." -- Daniel O’Neill * The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs *Table of ContentsPrologue: Pushers in the City of My Youth vii Introduction The Crooked Man: Influence, Exploitation, and Menthol’s Expanding Web 1 Selling the Menthol Sensation 2 For People Susceptible to Cancer Anxiety 3 Building a Black Franchise 4 Urban Hustles and Suburban Dreams 5 Uptown’s Aftertaste Conclusion Deception by Design: The Long Road to “I Can’t Breathe” Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA study of target marketing, this text exposes the advertising industry's strategies for homing in on American consumers. Combining analysis of contemporary practices with an historical perspective, it examines the mid-1970s when mass marketing was dropped in favour of aggressive target marketing.

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Book SynopsisThe advertising industry's rise to power, in war and peaceTrade Review"Terrific new study of the advertising industry's role in silencing capitalism's most outspoken critics."--Consumption, Markets & Culture"Can spark an interesting debate about advertising's role in society and its relationship to consumer demand and desire. . . . well written, highly readable."--Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"Inger L. Stole provides a well-researched study of the advertising industry's political maneuvers during World War II and their implications for the postwar era. Stole's study is the most detailed account to date of the wartime advertising industry as a whole."--The Journal of American History"Stole weaves a thought-provoking tale of corporate power and government collusion drawn from the archives of the Ad Council, the Consumer's Union, the Federal Trade Commission, the Offices of War Programs and Information, and numerous federal officials and corporate big-wigs. The result is a lucid, top-down discussion."--Journal of American Culture"An excellent case study of a business during the war. . . . Stole shows us that the advertising industry was carefully and craftily navigating the potentially hazardous waters of the war economy, and thus laying the groundwork for its postwar efflorescence."Journal of American Studies"Well conceived and judiciously argued, Advertising at War shows how the World War II years were critical to solidifying advertising's place as one of the basic institutions of American society and economy. Stole provides insight into the advertising industry's campaign to defend itself and free enterprise as well as the wartime consumer movement."-- Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, author of Waves of Opposition: Labor and the Struggle for Democratic RadioTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vi Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1. Prelude to War 17 Chapter 2. Advertising Navigates the Defense Economy 35 Chapter 3. The Initial Year of the Advertising Council 56 Chapter 4. The Consumer Movement's Return 71 Chapter 5. Advertising, Washington, and the Renamed War Advertising Council 94 Chapter 6. The Increasing Role of the War Advertising Council 121 Chapter 7. Peace and the Reconversion of the Advertising Council 153 Epilogue 176 Notes 189 Index 255

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Book SynopsisLand of Bright Promise is a fascinating exploration of the multitude of land promotions and types of advertising that attracted more than 175,000 settlers to the Panhandle–South Plains area of Texas from the late years of the nineteenth century to the early years of the twentieth.Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Boosters 3. The Railroads 4. The Ranchers 5. Land Agents and Colonizers 6. The Settlers 7. Conclusion Appendix A. Population Statistics Appendix B. Acreage Statistics Appendix C. Booster Songs and Poetry Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJay Chiat, founder of the prestigious Chiat/Day advertising agency (which created campaigns for the Energizer Bunny and Fruitopia) called it "The best new-business tool ever invented.Table of ContentsNo Room for the Mouse: The Failure to Involve Consumers in Advertising Communication. Silent Partners: Account Planning and the New Consumer Alliance. The Blind Leading the Bland: Advertising Follows Research...in the Wrong Direction. Peeling the Onion: Uncovering the Truth and Stimulating Creative Ideas through Research. The Fisherman's Guide: The Importance of Creative Briefing. Ten Housewives in Des Moines: The Perils of Researching Rough Creative Ideas. Serendipity: "Got Milk?" Acknowledgments. Bibliography. Index. Credits. About the Author.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Provides insight into [Japan's] artistic and commercial roots by illustrating the history of these street signs, how they were created, and some of the business and trades that used them.--MetropolisTable of ContentsForeword-Rob Sidner 7 Introduction 9 The Neon Scramble Kanban: Signs of the Times 1 Fingerprints of the Artisan 19 Visual Records Scenes in and around the Capital Woodblock Prints 2 The Kanban of Nihonbashi 37 3 The Way of the Merchant 47 4 Kanban and Kabuki: Product Placement and the Edo Stage 55 5 Collectors and Collections 61 The Sugiura Collection The Peabody Essex Museum Collection The Showa Neon Takamura Kanban Museum Collection 6 Categorizing Kanban: The Catalogue 69 Medicine Tobacco Shops Mokei Kanban: Shop Signs as Sculpture Yoki Kanban: Container Shop Signs Consumer Goods: Kanban and Daily Necessities Kanban and Specialty Trades Kanban and Pastimes Notes 161 Glossary 165 Bibliography 168 Index 174

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Book SynopsisMark Tungate is a journalist specializing in media, marketing and communication and the author of the bestselling Fashion Brands, Adland and Media Monoliths. Based in Paris, he writes regularly about advertising, and has appeared in The Times, The Independent and The Telegraph. He is also the co-author of The Epica Book, an annual review of the best European advertising.Trade Review"Tungate dissects the social trends that have been shaping the male consumer across a variety of sectors in recent years... Provides insights on how brands can tackle the business of engaging men in a relevant way - and the influential role that the women in their lives play." Carisa Bianchi, President, TBWA / Chiat / Day, Los Angeles "Finally a book that uses humour, examples and clever storytelling to shed a new light on male trends. Helps us approach male consumers as human beings and not simply as marketing targets." Roberto Passariello, Marketing Director, Eurosport International "Ideas, advice and insights that will help anyone aiming to get messages across to men." David Wilkins, Special Projects Officer, Men's Health Forum 'Mark Tungate's excellent book explores whether advertisers should try to appeal to traditional masculinity or this new "evolved" form of manliness...both an enjoyable and enlightening insight into the life of today's male consumer.' The Marketer '...a useful introduction to the subject.' Marketing 'Marketing and advertising are Tungate's specialities and the chapters are packed with facts, figures and expert comment. But he is a branded male like the rest of us, and his ability to comment on the industry while recognising his place in it makes him all the more readable. Insightful, Branded Male offers an interesting theory of how the modern male has been formed.' Velocity "Using a combination of facts, statistics and humorous anecdotes, Tungate discusses the most popular and effective ways of branding products and services to this consumer audience." GDR Creative Intelligence, Spring 2008 "Insightful, Branded Male offers an interesting theory of how the modern male has been formed." Velocity, April 2008Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Skin; Chapter - 02: Cloth; Chapter - 03: Diet; Chapter - 04: Home; Chapter - 05: Wheels; Chapter - 06: Travel; Chapter - 07: Words; Chapter - 08: Gadgets; Chapter - 09: Hotels; Chapter - 10: Pictures; Chapter - 11: Body; Chapter - 12: Alcohol; Chapter - 13: Restaurants; Chapter - 14: Sex

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Book SynopsisFons Van Dyck is a recognized expert and strategic advisor in the field of brand positioning and communication strategies for both consumer and corporate brands and is the founder of Think BBDO, a division of the international communications group BBDO located in Brussels, specializing in brand consultancy. He teaches Strategic Brand Management and Marketing Communications Management at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and is a renowned lecturer at business schools such as the Stockholm School of Economics. He is also a regular columnist for De Standaard on marketing trends and has previously been elected 'Master Marketeer' by the Belgian marketing association Stichting.Trade Review"In today's fragmented environment, building brand awareness is more important than ever to win a share of the hearts and wallets of fickle consumers. Communication guru Fons van Dyck cracks the codes of effective ad campaigns, combining conventional wisdom, new research insights and current best-practice illustrations." * Joeri Van den Bergh, author, How Cool Brands Stay Hot and Founder, InSites Consulting *"A strong combination of scientific research and real-life case studies. Fons van Dyck effortlessly combines these two worlds and adds his vast experience to provide compelling insights. A refreshing book for every communications professional." * Nils van Dam, Country Manager, Unilever Belguim and Luxembourg *"Advertising still works in these digital times. Yet, advertising has to adapt to new technologies and new consumer habits. Fons van Dyck guides us in an accessible way on a well-documented journey through the world of advertising in the 21st century. A must-read for everyone in the marketing industry." * Steven Van Belleghem, author, The Conversation Manager *"A sensible, lucid and timely guide to a radically disrupted advertising landscape." * Mark Tungate, author, Adland: A Global History of Advertising *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction: The era of major transition; Section - ONE: The essence of advertising today; Chapter - 01: What is effective advertising?; Chapter - 02: The advertising ecosystem; Chapter - 03: Creativity is king; Chapter - 04: Consumers as advertising creatives; Section - TWO: Hybrid marketing; Chapter - 05: USP or ESP?; Chapter - 06: Global or local?; Chapter - 07: Conscience or cash?; Chapter - 08: Old or new?; Section - THREE: The reckoning; Chapter - 09: Advertising and ROI; Chapter - 10: The new capitalism

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Book SynopsisNick Kendall is an award-winning brand and advertising specialist with over 25 years' experience. He has worked on famous global accounts such as Johnnie Walker and Unilever's 'Dirt is Good' laundry brand, and is a founding partner of Bro-Ken and member of The Garage, helping start-ups build brands. He designed and created the IPA Excellence Diploma, which is described as 'the MBA of brands' for the advertising industry, and received the IPA President's Medal for his services to the industry.Table of Contents Section - 00: Introduction: How to read this book and some observations – Nick Kendall; Section - ONE: What is a brand?; Chapter - 01: I believe brand is a word that has outlived its usefulness – Nick Docherty; Chapter - 02: I believe in the Darwinian evolution of brands – Ian Edwards; Chapter - 03: We believe the people should control the means of branding – David Bonney; Chapter - 04: I believe in gaming your brand – Tim Jones; Chapter - 05: I believe in a brand new religion – Graeme Douglas; Chapter - 06: I believe communities are the future of brand communications – John V Willshire; Chapter - 07: I believe brands should go supergnova – James Borrodell Brown; Section - TWO: What is a brand idea?; Chapter - 08: I believe the children are our future – Faris Yakob; Chapter - 09: I believe in the power of the self-fulfilling prophecy – David Young; Chapter - 10: I believe in the age of osmosis – Alex Dunsdon; Chapter - 11: I believe it’s what brands don’t say that matters – Pete Buckley; Chapter - 12: I believe brands must be superhuman – Emily Fairhead-Keen; Chapter - 13: I believe that brands should embrace the dark side – Simon Robertson; Chapter - 14: Hey, what’s the long idea? I believe it’s time the big idea had a counterpart – Sarah Morning; Section - THREE: How should we organize to deliver?; Chapter - 15: I believe that the future of brands depends on confronting complexity – Gethin James; Chapter - 16: Data is our future: Welcome to the age of infomagination – Matt Sadler; Chapter - 17: I believe brands need to adopt an outside-in brand management approach – Sam D’Amato; Chapter - 18: I believe we must manage brand ideas from the bottom up – Tom Roach; Chapter - 19: I believe it’s time for a new system for leading beliefs – Ross Farquhar; Chapter - 20: I believe brands must shift from vanity to value – Matthew Philip

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Book SynopsisFons Van Dyck is a recognized expert and strategic advisor in the field of brand positioning and communication strategies for both consumer and corporate brands and is the founder of Think BBDO, a division of the international communications group BBDO located in Brussels, specializing in brand consultancy. He teaches Strategic Brand Management and Marketing Communications Management at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and is a renowned lecturer at business schools such as the Stockholm School of Economics. He is also a regular columnist for De Standaard on marketing trends and has previously been elected 'Master Marketeer' by the Belgian marketing association Stichting.Trade Review"In today's fragmented environment, building brand awareness is more important than ever to win a share of the hearts and wallets of fickle consumers. Communication guru Fons van Dyck cracks the codes of effective ad campaigns, combining conventional wisdom, new research insights and current best-practice illustrations." * Joeri Van den Bergh, author, How Cool Brands Stay Hot and Founder, InSites Consulting *"A strong combination of scientific research and real-life case studies. Fons van Dyck effortlessly combines these two worlds and adds his vast experience to provide compelling insights. A refreshing book for every communications professional." * Nils van Dam, Country Manager, Unilever Belguim and Luxembourg *"Advertising still works in these digital times. Yet, advertising has to adapt to new technologies and new consumer habits. Fons van Dyck guides us in an accessible way on a well-documented journey through the world of advertising in the 21st century. A must-read for everyone in the marketing industry." * Steven Van Belleghem, author, The Conversation Manager *"A sensible, lucid and timely guide to a radically disrupted advertising landscape." * Mark Tungate, author, Adland: A Global History of Advertising *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction: The era of major transition; Section - ONE: The essence of advertising today; Chapter - 01: What is effective advertising?; Chapter - 02: The advertising ecosystem; Chapter - 03: Creativity is king; Chapter - 04: Consumers as advertising creatives; Section - TWO: Hybrid marketing; Chapter - 05: USP or ESP?; Chapter - 06: Global or local?; Chapter - 07: Conscience or cash?; Chapter - 08: Old or new?; Section - THREE: The reckoning; Chapter - 09: Advertising and ROI; Chapter - 10: The new capitalism

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Book SynopsisLaurence Minsky is Associate Professor, School of Media Arts, Columbia College Chicago, and author of many leading books on advertising, branding, and marketing. He is also an award-winning marketing strategist, creative director, and copywriter focused on creating innovative and effective branding and cross-discipline marketing solutions. His consulting practice serves a broad range of B2C and B2B clients from the emerging to global leaders.Colleen Fahey is US Managing Director of Sixième Son, the world's leading audio branding and sound design agency. Throughout her career, Colleen has worked for major marketing organizations on some of the leading brands in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia.Trade Review"Audio Branding: Using sound to build your brand expertly combines the theory and practice of sensory branding in a guide that will be essential to every marketer. I highly recommend this book for your library." * Martin Lindstrom, New York Times bestselling author of Small Data and Buyology *"This book rings true. Written by marketers, not musicians, the authors make it clear why a brand needs its own tailor-made musical vocabulary to thrive. Full of stories and tips, supported by academic studies, and illustrated with cases, it's a great read. A must for anyone who is building or defending a brand today." * Angela Johnson, EVP, Worldwide Managing Director, Ogilvy *"If you can conjure up Intel's audio logo, you can start to understand the power of distinctive proprietary sounds... Just as a visual identity creates coherence across trans-media touchpoints, so does an audio identity. Minsky and Fahey deliver a comprehensive guide to conceiving and designing audio branding in the digital age. This book will help you design with sound." * Robin Landa, Distinguished Professor, Michael Graves College at Kean University, author of Graphic Design Solutions, Designing Brand Experiences, and Advertising by Design *"We've created scores of audio branding concepts in our ideation sessions, but it never occurred to me - nor did I have the tools- to create an audio branding strategy for our clients. The heavens have opened up and the trumpets have sounded, now that I understand the how and why of Audio Branding!" * Bryan Mattimore, author of 21 Days to a Big Idea, and Cofounder & Chief Idea Guy, The Growth Engine Co, An Innovation Agency *"Audio Branding is the piece of marketing we have been missing for years. And no one until now has explained audio as branding in such a strategic way. Minsky and Fahey provide a detailed roadmap and process to get others to hear your brand as well as they see it." * Keith Quesenberry, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Messiah College & Author, Social Media Strategy: Marketing and Advertising in the Consumer Revolution *"Fahey and Minsky not only introduce the concept of audio branding and the steps that marketers need to take, but also teach readers how to be active listeners; an essential skill for anyone trying to make 'sound' decisions (both meanings intended). The authors' cheerful enthusiasm for the subject and well-placed guest essays make it a fun and informative read." * Sam Fishkin, Audio Mixer and Executive Producer, Mix Kitchen *"The research summary of results on driving purchase intent, building brand authenticity, emotional connection and message delivery is compelling. Beyond advertising, and less expected, are the B2B applications at meetings and trade shows, digital applications and retail environment applications. I hadn't thought about these opportunities, or of the research linking food or beverage taste experience and the music being played. Until reading the book, I was not aware of the range of applications and results from audio branding." * Michal Clements, Managing Principal, Insight to Action *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Wake up to the Power of Audio Branding; Chapter - 02: Audio Branding in the Digital Age; Chapter - 03: It’s Time We Came to our Sensory Marketing; Chapter - 04: Welcome to the World of Audio Branding; Chapter - 05: The Search for your Sound; Chapter - 06: What Gets Measured; Chapter - 07: The Audio Branding Process; Chapter - 08: How to Launch your Audio Brand; Chapter - 09: Maintaining and Evolving your Audio Brand; Chapter - 10: Music and Sound Design in Environments; Chapter - 11: Glossary

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Book SynopsisAndy Maslen is Managing Director of Sunfish, a writing agency specializing in corporate communications, direct marketing and digital content, and CEO of the Andy Maslen Copywriting Academy. A lifetime fellow of the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing, Maslen works globally with clients such as the NHS, Prudential, The Economist, BBC Worldwide, Hamleys, London Stock Exchange, RSPB, The New York Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is co-founder of the Copy Cabana conference and a bestselling author of numerous fiction and non-fiction books.Trade Review"If you're someone who likes rules but likes breaking them more, this book is for you. Andy provides a balance of discussion, guidance and coaching, delivered with enough wit to make you spontaneously snort-laugh your way to great copywriting." * Elle Graham-Dixon, Head of Planning Global Ford, BBDO New York *"Persuasive Copywriting will give your writing charisma. It refines your words so they hold your reader's gaze, drawing on lessons from Ancient Greece to fMRI technology. It's about more than how your copy can persuade and sell, though. Your writing will inspire, charm and comfort too." * Joe Fattorini, journalist and presenter of The Wine Show *"I rated Andy 10/10 as a speaker. I rate Persuasive Copywriting even higher. It has smashed into the essential reading list on our curriculum, for art directors as well as copywriters." * Marc Lewis, Dean, School of Communication Arts *"There is a crying need for good copy today because of the internet. Yet there is a dire shortage. If you wish to succeed, read this book at least three times. And if you have to judge copy, read it too. All good stuff, blessedly free of jargon." * Drayton Bird, the godfather of direct marketing *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Copywriting in context; Chapter - 01: Creativity – A genuinely marketable skill?; Chapter - 02: The right and wrong way to judge copy; Chapter - 03: The impact of new channels – From mobile to social; Chapter - 04: Blood brothers or ugly sisters – How do copy and content fit together?; Section - TWO: Motivation versus reason – Tapping into your customer's deepest drives; Chapter - 05: Harnessing the power of emotional copywriting to persuade your prospects; Chapter - 06: Three big ideas you should use for copy before highlighting the "benefits"; Chapter - 07: A powerful process for developing customer empathy through copy; Chapter - 08: Copywriting hacks – Flattery will get you everywhere; Chapter - 09: The ancient Greek secret of emotionally engaging copy; Chapter - 10: Copywriting and connecting on social media; Chapter - 11: Creating calls to action – Top tips to bring home the bacon; Section - THREE: The pleasure principle – Making your writing more enjoyable and compelling; Chapter - 12: Balancing pleasure and profit – Five techniques to write fantastic copy; Chapter - 13: How to engage your imagination and free your creativity; Chapter - 14: Tone and technique in copy – Finding your voice (and that of others); Chapter - 15: The definitive guide to when grammar matters in copywriting; Chapter - 16: Injecting life into your sales pitch – An age-old method

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Book SynopsisPR Smith is a marketing consultant, bestselling business author and inspirational speaker. He has helped hundreds of businesses, from innovative start-ups to established blue-chip companies. He is founder of SOSTAC Planning framework, voted in the Top 3 Business Models worldwide by the Chartered Institute of Marketing's Centenary Poll, and created the Great Sportsmanship Programme. Ze Zook is an integrated marketing author, lecturer, producer and consultant specializing in helping the creative industries fulfil both their missions and business goals. He is a visiting academic at Regent's University London and consults on digital marketing for private-sector disruptive start-ups.Trade Review"The authors have the uncommon knack of taking the complex and explaining it in a clear, compelling way. The latest edition of Marketing Communications is filled with examples to inspire you, and I recommend it if you want to learn the principles of strategic communications and get structured suggestions to create better campaigns." * Dave Chaffey, Co-founder and Content Director, Smart Insights *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Communications background and theories; Chapter - 01: New integrated marketing communications; Chapter - 02: Branding; Chapter - 03: Customer relationship management; Chapter - 04: Buyer behaviour; Chapter - 05: Communications theory; Chapter - 06: Marketing communications research; Chapter - 07: Marketing communications agencies; Chapter - 08: International marketing communications; Chapter - 09: The marketing communications plan; Chapter - 10: The changing communications environment; Section - TWO: Communications tools; Chapter - 11: Selling, social selling, marketing automation and martech; Chapter - 12: Advertising; Chapter - 13: Publicity and public relations; Chapter - 14: Sponsorship; Chapter - 15: Content marketing and other sales promotion; Chapter - 16: Direct mail, email, messaging and chatbots; Chapter - 17: Exhibitions, events and experiential marketing; Chapter - 18: Merchandizing and point of sale; Chapter - 19: Packaging; Chapter - 20: Owned media – websites and social media; Chapter - 21: Index

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Book SynopsisYugoslavia was unique among the communist countries of the Cold War era in its openness to mixing cultural elements from both socialism and capitalism. Unlike their counterparts in the nations of the Soviet bloc, ordinary Yugoslavs enjoyed access to a wide range of consumer goods and services, from clothes and appliances to travel agencies and discotheques. From the mid-1950s onward the political climate in Yugoslavia permitted, and at times encouraged, a consumerist lifestyle of shopping, spending, acquiring, and enjoying that engaged the public on a day-to-day basis through modern advertising and sales techniques. In Bought and Sold, Patrick Hyder Patterson reveals the extent to which socialist Yugoslavia embraced a consumer culture usually associated with capitalism and explores the role of consumerism in the federation''s collapse into civil war in 1991. Based on extraordinary research and featuring remarkable examples of Yugoslav print advertising and mass culture, this Trade ReviewBought and Sold is a splendid historical achievement that uncovers the lost realities of a lost country, and makes clearly visible a large part of what Yugoslavia was. Beautifully written and produced expertly by Cornell University Press, the book is bound to radically change and improve not just our understanding of the former Yugoslavia's consumer culture, but also our appreciation of the multi-dimensional reality of that vanished country. -- Gordana P. Crnkovic * Slavic and East European Journal *In this sophisticated yet readable analysis, Patterson argues that a culture of consumption was utterly central to the socialist experiment in Yugoslavia.... In a nation whose peoples held varied ethnic and religious identities, these consumer-driven aspirations constituted an integral element of cohesion in a society vulnerable to disaggregation.... Having addressed how consumer culture was crucial to the success of the Yugoslav sociopolitical experiment, Patterson ultimately demonstrates the centrality of consumer culture to that state in another way: its demise, when declining economic prospects convinced many Yugoslavs that their 'dream' was no longer attainable. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Patterson captures the scale and shape of the buying, the power of advertising, and the effect of Yugoslav guest workers returning from capitalist consumer societies. He also chronicles the misgivings about consumer culture felt in some parts of society and their efforts to tame and then fight the values that came with the goods. Nonetheless, consuming held the country together. When the economic crisis hit in the 1980s, the good life dissipated, and Patterson maintains that the loss of that source of legitimacy did as much to sunder the country as the rise of ethnonationalism. -- Robert Legvold * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsPrologue. The Good Life and the Yugoslav DreamIntroduction. Getting It: Making Sense of Socialist Consumer Culture 1. Living It: Yugoslavia's Economic Miracle 2. Making It: Building a Socialist Brand of Market Culture 3. Selling It: Legitimizing the Appeal of Market Culture 4. Fearing It: The Values of Marxism and the Contradictions of Consumerism 5. Taming It: The Party-State Establishment and the Perils of Pleasure 6. Fighting It: New Left Attacks on the Consumerist Establishment and the Yugoslav Dream 7. Loving It: Ordinary People, Everyday Life, and the Power of Consumption 8. Needing It: The Eclipse of the Dream, the Collapse of Socialism, and the Death of YugoslaviaEpilogue. Missing It: Yugo-Nostalgia and the Good Life LostSelected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSebeok, and others.Trade ReviewBlonsky has grouped numerous original and newly translated works by those who have been highly visible forces in semiotic circles... His book functions as a unified voice proclaiming the power of semiotics to reveal the hidden practices and secrets of modern society. Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsPrefaceFriendsIntroduction. The Agony of SemioticsPart I. Seeing SignsPart II. Understanding the Meaning of SignsPart III. Signs of LifeEndword. Americans on the MoveNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIndex

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Book SynopsisExamines the connection between baseball and advertising, as both constructors and reflectors of culture. Roberta Newman considers the simultaneous development of both industries, paying particular attention to the ways in which advertising spread the gospel of baseball and baseball helped develop consumers ready for advertising.Trade Review"Whether you have an interest in baseball, advertising, history in general or pop culture Newman’s Here’s the Pitch: The Amazing, True, New, and Improved Story of Baseball and Advertising is both an informative and entertaining read."—Mark McGee, NINE"An excellent piece of historical research and sophisticated analysis."—Richard C. Crepeau, Aethlon"[Here's the Pitch] makes for entertaining reading for the serious fan interested in the nexus of the history of advertising and the national pastime."—Bob Komoroski, Inside Game"Advertising can be subliminal, but its underlying influence among consumers is as strong today as it was when Cobb and Ruth urged fans to buy the products they were endorsing."—Bob D'Angelo, Sport in American History“Here’s the Pitch is a delight on every page. Dr. Newman offers a fascinating mosaic of American culture through the frame of the ‘nearly conjoined twins’ of baseball and advertising. . . . Readers will learn, reminisce, and laugh. Fans of baseball, American history, or advertising will find this an accessible book to add to their libraries, but only after loaning it and recommending it to their friends and associates. . . . Highly recommended.”—Robert Bellamy, professor of media and sports at Duquesne University"Newman considers the role of product endorsements in the creation of the culture of celebrity, and of celebrity baseball players in particular, as well as the ways in which new technologies have impacted the intersection of the two industries."—Jason Schott, Brooklyn Fans"Nine out of ten doctors recommend that you don't leave home without Here's the Pitch. . . . Newman tells how these two industries were ideal mates in impacting the USA's collective consciousness."—John Vorperian, SABR Lajoie Chapter newsletter"Here’s the Pitch should be referenced in any study of the relationship between the grand old game and the world of consumer product promotion. It is a serious review of two industries that grew up together and remain important to each other."—Dennis Snelling, New York Journal of Books“Studying the history of baseball without studying the history of its advertising partnership is like trying to learn rocketry without understanding rocket fuel. Newman offers an insightful history of baseball’s alliance with advertising that is both entertaining and accessible. Her authoritative analysis is the go-to source on the symbiotic bond between two American obsessions.”—James R. Walker, author of Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio"You've got what's likely the definitive project dedicated to hardball and hawking, where "Mad Men" meet yesterday's Max Muncies."—Tom Hoffarth, fartheroffthewall.comTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Here’s the Pitch! 1. Hustlers, Hucksters, and Snake-Oil Salesmen: Two Industries Emerge 2. “It Pays to Be Personal”: Baseball and Endorsement Advertising in the First Golden Age 3. Breakfast of Champions: Tales of Depression-Era Baseball and Advertising 4. Pitching in Black and White: Baseball, Advertising, and the Color Line 5. Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet . . . and Beer, Cigarettes, Cat Food, and Margarine: Tales of Television Advertising 6. “Let’s Just Say It Works for Me”: Major League Baseball, Viagra, and the Business of Pharmaceutical Advertising 7. Four Things We Love: Advertising, Identity, Big Papi, and the Image of the Afro-Latino Ballplayer 8. “Driven” to “RE2PECT”: Derek Jeter and the (Re)Branding of “All-American” Epilogue: Pitching in the Future Game Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUsing documentary evidence in the form of numerous advertisements of the time, From Submarines to Suburbs is a fascinating analysis of the way corporations made the successful switch from supporting the war effort to building on the peacetime prosperity by re-tooling the patriotic fervor of the home front.Trade ReviewThis is a rich and sophisticated elaboration of the history of corporate restoration and should be widely read. * Journal of American History *Not since Roland Marchand’s work on interwar advertising and public relations has there been such a sophisticated historical analysis of corporate rhetoric, whether verbal or visual.... From Submarines to Suburbs is a major work. * Technology and Culture *Henthorn’s well-written and extensively illustrated book about "American commercial propaganda" from 1939-1959 fills an important gap in the emerging historical narrative.... Drawing on a wealth of sources, including an impressive number of institutional advertisements, Henthorn explores how corporations promoted a strong consumer ethos during the war and beyond. * The Historian *A substantial and thoroughly researched book.... Henthorn also includes sixty-nine well-chosen illustrations from newspaper and magazine advertisements and industrial sources...making the work more rewarding and accessible to a variety of readers. * Journalism History *Readers will appreciate the numerous illustrations as well as Henthorn’s deft analysis of advertising copy and imagery. A skillful synthesis that yields new insights, From Submarines to Suburbs is a valuable contribution to both business and cultural history. * Business History Review *

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