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Table of ContentsA. Ziel und Aufbau der Arbeit.- B. Grundlagen der Nonverbalen Kommunikation.- 1. Begriffliche Grundlagen.- 1.1. Interaktion — Kommunikation.- 1.2. Verbale Kommunikation — Nonverbale Kommunikation.- 1.3. Kodierung kommunikativer Zeichen.- 1.4. Klassifikation kommunikativer Zeichen.- 2. Funktionen des nonverbalen Verhaltens.- 2.1. Kommunikation von Emotionen.- 2.1.1. Erklärung von Emotionen.- 2.1.2. Messung von Emotionen.- 2.1.2.1. Psychobiologische Indikatoren.- 2.1.2.2. Messung des subjektiven Erlebens.- 2.1.2.3. Beobachtung des Ausdrucksverhaltens.- 2.1.3. Die Bedeutung von Emotionen im Verkaufsgespräch.- 2.2. Kommunikation von Einstellungen.- 2.2.1. Erklärung von Einstellungen.- 2.2.2. Messung von Einstellungen.- 2.2.3. Die Bedeutung von Einstellungen im Verkaufsgespräch.- 2.2.3.1. Produktbezogene Einstellungen.- 2.2.3.2. Interpersonale Einstellungen.- 3. Nonverbale Kommunikationselemente im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.1. Die Gesichtssprache.- 3.1.1. Die Mimik als Kommunikator von Emotionen.- 3.1.1.1. Dekodierungsstudien.- 3.1.1.2. Enkodierungsstudien.- 3.1.1.3. Die Bedeutung der Mimik im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.1.2. Das Blickverhalten zur Beeinflussung des Kommunikationsablaufes.- 3.1.2.1. Das visuelle Verhalten als Informationssuche.- 3.1.2.2. Der Einfluß des visuellen Verhaltens auf die Interaktion.- 3.1.2.3. Visuelles Verhalten als Grundlage für Attributionen.- 3.1.2.4. Die Bedeutung des Blickverhaltens im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.2. Die Körpersprache.- 3.2.1. Die Gestik als Ausdruck der Intensität von Emotionen.- 3.2.1.1. Handbewegungen.- 3.2.1.2. Körperkontakt.- 3.2.1.3. Die Bedeutung der Gestik im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.2.2. Die Körperhaltung, -orientierung und -bewegung als Ausdruck von interpersonalen Einstellungen.- 3.2.2.1. Die emotionale Komponente der Körpersprache.- 3.2.2.2. Die Einstellungskomponente der Körpersprache.- 3.2.2.3. Distanzverhalten.- 3.2.2.4. Lokalisation.- 3.2.2.5. Die Bedeutung der Körperhaltung, -orientierung und -bewegung im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.3. Die vokale Kommunikation.- 3.3.1. Die vokale Kommunikation von Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen.- 3.3.2. Die vokale Kommunikation von Emotionen.- 3.3.3. Die Bedeutung der vokalen Kommunikation im Verkaufsgespräch.- 3.4. Die Objektkommunikation.- 3.4.1. Die äußere Erscheinung.- 3.4.2. Objekte des persönlichen Gebrauches.- 3.4.3. Die Umwelt.- 3.4.4. Die Bedeutung der Objektkommunikation im Verkaufsgespräch.- C. Die Erfassung der Gesichts- und Körpersprache.- 1. Das Facial Action Coding System zur Erfassung der Gesichtssprache.- 1.1. Der Aufbau des Systems.- 1.2. Die Zuordnung von Emotionen zu Action Units.- 1.3. Auswertungs- und Berechnungsmöglichkeiten.- 2. Eine empirische Studie zur Validierung des Systems.- 2.1. Zielsetzung und Aufbau des Experimentes.- 2.2. Der Dekodierungsansatz.- 2.2.1. Herkunft des Datenmaterials.- 2.2.2. Der Versuchsablauf.- 2.2.3. Die Kodierung der Selbsteinschätzung.- 2.2.4. Analyse der Daten.- 2.3. Der Enkodierungsansatz.- 2.3.1. Die Kodierung der Fremdeinschätzung.- 2.3.2. Die Kodierung mit FACS.- 2.4. Analyse der Daten.- 2.4.1. Hypothese 1.- 2.4.2. Hypothese 2.- 2.4.3. Hypothese 3.- 2.4.4. Güte der Daten.- 2.5. Zusammenfassung und Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- 2.6. Folgerungen für die Marketingpraxis.- 2.6.1. Beurteilung des Meßansatzes.- 2.6.2. Entwicklung von EmFACS.- 2.7. Die Bedeutung des Facial Action Coding Systems für Verkaufsgespräche.- 3. Das Berner System zur Erfassung der Körpersprache.- 3.1. Die Positions-Zeitreihen-Notation als Basis der Transkriptionsanalyse.- 3.2. Auswertungs- und Berechnungsmöglichkeiten.- 3.2.1. Die Auswertung der Datenmatrix.- 3.2.2. Die Auswertung der Zeitreihen.- 4. Eine empirische Studie.- 4.1. Zielsetzung und Aufbau des Experimentes.- 4.2. Graphische Datenanalyse.- 4.3. Quantitative Datenanalyse.- 4.4. Zusammenfassung und Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- 4.5. Die Bedeutung des Berner Systems für Verkaufsgepräche.- D. Kommunikationswissenschaftliche Grundlagen.- 1. Der Verkaufsvorgang als sozialer Prozeß.- 1.1. Die Aktivierungstheorie.- 1.1.1. Grundlagen der Aktivierungstheorie.- 1.1.2. Die Bedeutung der Aktivierungstheorie für Verkaufsgespräche.- 1.2. Die Interaktionstheorie.- 1.2.1. Grundlagen der Interaktionstheorie.- 1.2.2. Die Bedeutung der Interaktionstheorie für Verkaufsgespräche.- 1.3. Theorien der beeinflussenden Kommunikation.- 2. Die Phasen des Verkaufsgespräches.- 2.1. Die Eröffnungsphase.- 2.2. Die Verhandlungsphase.- 2.3. Die Abschlußphase.- E. Exploration des Verkäuferverhaltens.- 1. Zielsetzung der Studie.- 2. Erhebung der Daten.- 2.1. Auswahl der relevanten Produktgruppe und des Verkaufspersonals.- 2.2. Die Beobachtung der Verkäufer.- 2.3. Die Erfassung des verbalen Verhaltens.- 2.4. Die Befragung der Kunden.- 3. Analyse der Daten.- 3.1. Die Ergebnisse der Kundenbefragung.- 3.2. Die Ergebnisse der Verhaltensbeobachtung.- 3.3. Die Ergebnisse des verbalen Verhaltens.- 3.4. Güte der Daten.- 4. Zusammenfassung und Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- 5. Folgerungen für die Verkaufspraxis.- F. Ableitung Erfolgreicher Kommunikations Trategien.- 1. Der Zusammenhang zwischen verbaler und onverbaler Kommunikation.- 1.1. Vermeidung von Reaktanz.- 1.2. Ansprache sozialer Motive.- 1.3. Die zweiseitige Argumentation.- 2. Ziele im Verkaufgespräch.- 2.1. Die Eröffnungsphase.- 2.2. Die Verhandlungsphase.- 2.3. Die Abschlußphase.- 3. Sympathie und Vertrauen als Basis einer effizienten Bedarfsanalyse.- 3.1. Kontakt mit dem Kunden herstellen.- 3.2. Informationen über den Kunden und seinen Bedarf sammeln.- 4. Die Entwicklung eines bedarfsgerechten Angebotes.- 4.1. Motivansprache durch nutzenorientierte Information und Argumentation.- 4.2. Die Produktdemonstration.- 4.3. Das Preisgespräch.- 5. Der erfolgreiche Abschluß.- 5.1. Herbeiführen der Kaufentscheidung.- 5.2. Die Verabschiedung.- 6. Verbale und nonverbale Strategien zur Konflikbewältigung und Einwandbehandlung.- 7. Zusammenfassende Schlußbetrachtung.- G. Literaturverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisAuch kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen können mit geringem Budget erfolgreiche Kampagnen starten. Wie das geht? Mit Mundpropaganda oder modern ausgedrückt "Viral Marketing". Dieses Buch erläutert anschaulich, was virales Marketing ausmacht, was bei der Planung und Umsetzung von viralen Aktionen bedacht werden muss und wie eine praxisnahe Erfolgskontrolle aussieht. Die 3. Auflage wurde ergänzt um neue spannende Fallstudien von Burger King, Wrigley und dem Telefonstreichportal Marcophono.Trade ReviewPressestimmen zur 3. Auflage: "Der Autor, Experte für Internet-Marketing, erläutert ebenso anschaulich wie kompetent, was virales Marketing ausmacht, wie man eine virale Kampagne professionell plant respektive umsetzt und worauf man bei der Erfolgskontrolle achten sollte." ProFirma - Das Magazin für den innovativen Unternehmer, 5-2011 "Sehr empfehlenswertes Standardwerk zum Thema Mundpropaganda [...]." SBZ - Sanitär.Heizung.Klima, 20-2009 Pressestimmen zur 2. Auflage: "Von Beginn weg vermag es der Autor, den geneigten Leser durch persönliche Anrede und vor allem persönlichen Fragestellungen auf die Reise des viralen Marketing mitzunehmen. Die Lesetipps ermöglichen es, das Buch in die betriebliche Alltagspraxis zu integrieren. Der Aufbau, die Systematik sind logisch strukturiert sowie sachtlich sehr gut geordnet. [...] Der Autor hat eine Message! Was braucht ein Buch eigentlich mehr, um lesenswert zu sein?" www.mbrpoints.com, 03.03.2008 "Dieses Fachbuch enthält viele interessante und wieder verwendbare Informationen - sowohl für Unternehmen, als auch für Agenturen. Tipps und Tricks, sowie zahlreiche Beispiele, wie Mundpropaganda entfacht werden kann und wie sehr es wirklich kann. Sehr zu empfehlen für alle Interessierten!" www.alphafrauen.org, 03.02.2008 "[...] anschaulicher, informativer, kompetenter Praxisratgeber - Marketing-Pflichtlektüre." SBZ - Sanitär-, Heizungs-, Klima- und Klempnertechnik, 23/2007 Pressestimmen zur 1. Auflage: "[...] seriöser, gut fundierter Einstieg für jeden, der sich intensiv mit dem immer wichtiger werdenden Viral Marketing auseinandersetzen will." Index - Management mit gesundem Menschenverstand, 03/2006 "Das Buch 'Viral Marketing' liest sich - obwohl es sich um ein Sachbuch handelt - spannend wie ein Roman." www.therapie-online.de, 23.08.2006 "Für jeden, der an aktuellen PR- und Marketingthemen interessiert ist, ist Sascha Langners Buch [...] ein Muss und für innovativ arbeitende PR- und MarketingabteilungTable of ContentsWas ist virales Marketing? Grundlagen: Memetik, soziale Netzwerke und Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda Kernelemente eines Marketingvirus Planung und Umsetzung von viralen Kampagnen Erfolgsmessung und -auswertung Fallbeispiele und Case Studies aus der Praxis - erfolgreiche (und nicht erfolgreiche) Kampagnen aus Deutschland, Großbritannien und den USA Viral Marketing einmal anders: Gerüchte und Negativmeldungen Virale Taktiken, die jedes Unternehmen sofort einsetzen kann

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Book SynopsisSarah Antwerpes analysiert die Erfolgsfaktoren der Markenführung und leitet die Anwendbarkeit des „Obama-Phänomens“ für Unternehmen ab: Sie zeigt, wie es Obamas Team in wenigen Monaten gegen eine etablierte Konkurrenz gelungen ist, eine der wertvollsten Marken der Welt zu kreieren.Table of ContentsTragweite professioneller Markenführung im Kontext des Unternehmenserfolgs; Strategische Erfolgsfaktoren der Markenführung; US-amerikanisches Wahlkampfmanagement als traditioneller Vorreiter im Marketing; Die „Marke Obama“ - Vorbild für das moderne Markenmanagement; Bedeutung der „Marke Obama“ im Kontext des Unternehmenserfolgs

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Book Synopsis​Mit dem Angebot produktbegleitender Dienstleistungen können sich Unternehmen von ihren Wettbewerbern differenzieren; allerdings ist das Pricing hierbei eine zentrale Herausforderung. Dem Marketing stellt sich die Frage, ob eine produktbegleitende Dienstleistung integral mit oder separat zur Kernleistung bepreist und angeboten werden sollte. Björn Rentner analysiert die Akzeptanz der beiden Angebots- und Pricingformen sowie die Einflussfaktoren, die zu Akzeptanzunterschieden führen können. Auf seinen Ergebnissen basierend leitet er Handlungsimplikationen für das Preis-Management bei produktbegleitenden Dienstleistungen ab.Table of Contents​​​​​​​​Produktbegleitende Dienstleistungen​.- Die Wahl der Angebotsform und ihre Durchsetzung in Märkten.- Theoretisch-konzeptionelle Analyse der Akzeptanz unterschiedlicher Angebotsformen.- Empirische Analyse der Akzeptanz unterschiedlicher Angebotsformen.

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Book SynopsisThe Digital Metrics Field Guide is the definitive reference for brands of any size that advertise, market or engage with their customers and prospects through email, the Web, mobile or social. Every brand gets performance reports through their providers, which furnish a stunning array of metrics on just about anything that happens on or through the platforms they measure. Yet many brands are unsure about their measurement and want to become more confident. They want to know what metrics are available, what is known about them, how to select them, and how to analyze and report them in ways that help them understand the impact of their digital initiatives. The Digital Metrics Field Guide published in association with the American Advertising Research Foundation, does just that. This unique, comprehensive resource was intended for those of us who use metrics and need straightforward, authoritative, non-technical guidance. To produce the book the author reduced a list of about 350 metrics to 197 and backed these up by referring to almost 150 studies, which illustrates the claim that online is the most measurable medium. To make things easier he has organized the information in three ways, Alphabetical, Category, and Marketing Stage- to deal with different tastes and preferences. Stephen Rappaport coined the term Humetrics to describe the big shift from the media industry’s ageold preoccupation with measurement to understanding people by gauging and interpreting their digital lives. Because digital measurement captures what people are saying, doing and feeling, metrics become a way to understand people as people living their lives. Measures are no longer impersonal counts or percentages, but insights into human beings. Twelve experts contributed essays to this book on measurement today and how to take it forward in the Humetrics era.

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Book SynopsisCustomer EXperience (CEX) is hot! Nowadays, it’s getting increasingly hard for companies to be distinctive through the products they offer. So it is key for them to stand out by means of the services they offer in addition to these product. A focus on the customer experience is needed. Many companies realize this, but only few manage to be successful. They understand the theory and the process to get there, but what they lack are concrete tools to bring the theory into practice. CEX SELLS is the inspiration book for companies that want to deliver distinctive customer experiences in order to achieve their business objectives. The authors discuss the various ingredients needed to deliver perfect customer experiences. Ingredients to define and design the optimal experience, but they also offer a description of what is needed in the organization for them to be able to deliver and manage that desired experience. They show how front runners worldwide have optimized their customer experience, and what other companies could learn from that. A book that will definitively inspire you to improve your own customer experience!Trade ReviewA must read. It has the right balance between theory, practice and inspiration for everyone who wants to improve the customer experience -Platform for Innovative Marketing" "A must read. It has the right balance between theory, practice and inspiration for everyone who wants to improve the customer experience."-Platform for Innovative Marketing -A must read. It has the right balance between theory, practice and inspiration for everyone who wants to improve the customer experience.--Platform for Innovative Marketing

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Book SynopsisAfter years of industry experience and academic positions lecturing to students about creativity and branding, Joris van Dooren and Coen Luijten both began to notice some strange behaviour. Both their student and the starting entrepreneurs they were working for in their Building Better Brands course, had started to act irrationally when it came to their brands, putting in all their financial resources, discussing them non-stop, and staying up late into the night to work on them. It almost looked a little like parenthood. Newborn brands are just like babies to us. With the right guidance, we can raise them into something spectacular. That said, when things go wrong, we can just as easily f*ck them up. Within these pages, we trace the development of your brand from its baby stages right up to adulthood. Just like how it takes 18 years to raise a child, we've broken down the process into 18 steps. With interactive examples and tasks to help bring your brand to life, you'll be able to watch your brand grow as you move from step to step. It takes a village to raise a child and you'll need to juggle different tasks when starting up. But, when it comes to branding and creativity, we'll be your support system. After helping launch over 75 startups, we've refined the process to perfection. Let' s start creating your brand, it will be big fun! By the end of these 18 steps, your brand will have a personality, a style, a story - it'll be a fully formed brand. But, before we arrive there, we have to take care of our baby brand. Are you ready for parenthood? It's one hell of a ride. Let's try not to f*ck it up.

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Book SynopsisEvery year, about 25,000 new products are introduced in the United States. Most of these products fail - at considerable expense to the companies that produce them. This book brings the insights of marketing and organizational behavior to bear on the attitudes and behaviors of the remaining 80 percent who resist innovation.Trade Review"A fascinating read. The real-world examples are supported by a review of a diverse range of scientific research, making this an interesting and useful read for entrepreneurs, product managers, researchers, and people who are generally interested in understanding the behavior of the majority of consumers." (Mel Fugate, Southern Methodist University)

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Book SynopsisThe ins and outs of the marketing of foodTrade Review"Read this book! You will not be able to put it down. You will find yourself nodding in agreement and having countless 'ah-ha' moments when you realize how much you wish this book had been available and required reading for your first nutrition counseling class. . . . This book is a must for everyone wanting to help people be healthier. It should be required reading for all dietetics students and practicing nutrition specialists."--Today's Dietitian"Highly recommended."--Choice"While this book does not target chefs, per se, any chef interested in nutrition and how consumers build their eating patterns and determine their food choices will be educated by the anecdotes and informational studies."--National Culinary Review

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface 1. Strategy About This Chapter After Studying This Chapter Strategic Planning in Small Businesses Role of Strategic Planner Small Business Strategic Planning Strategies Porter’s Competitive Strategies Growth Strategies Sustainability and Exit Strategies Tools for Strategic Analysis Porter’s Five Forces Core Competency Value Chain SWOT Analysis PESTLE Analysis The Business Model Case Study 1 / Readapt Systems Strategy for Exponential Growth Discussion 2. Consulting, Teaming, and Project Management About This Chapter After Studying This Chapter Nature of Emerging Business Consulting Entry Business Case Contracting Data Collection and Analysis Data Collection Integration/Synthesis Inferences/Relationships Business Decisions and Actions Metrics Follow-Up Evaluation Teaming High-Performance Teams Team Development Forming Stage Storming Stage Norming Stage Team Roles Cultural Considerations in Teaming Divergent Thinking Performing Stage Teaming Postscript Project Management Project Mission Project Goals and Objectives Project Scope Project Team Knowledge Management Project Plan Project Management and Control Dealing with Problems Project Close Mentoring Creating the Action Plan Focus on Key Issues Prioritize Findings and Analysis Compile the Action Plan Describe Action Steps Follow Up Discussion 3. Multicultural Markets About this Chapter After Studying This Chapter Multicultural Markets Multicultural Marketing Context of Multicultural Markets Multicultural Population Growth Multicultural Purchasing Power African Americans Demographics Geographics Other Factors Purchasing Power Media Hispanic Americans Demographics Immigration Geographics Other Factors Purchasing Power Media Asian Americans Demographics Immigration Geographics Other Factors Purchasing Power Case Study 2 / Northwest Asian Weekly Media American Indians and Alaska Natives Demographics Geographics Other Factors Purchasing Power Media Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Multiple Race Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgeder (LGBT) Culture and Markets Discussion 4. Multicultural Entrepreneurship About This Chapter After Studying This Chapter Minority Businesses, Other Small Enterprises, and Nonprofits Most Small Businesses Want to Stay Small Businesses with No Employees Employer Firms Gazelles, or High-Impact Firms Sources of Capital African American Businesses Case Study 3 / Retail Lockbox Hispanic Businesses Asian Businesses American Indian and Alaska Native Businesses Women-Owned Business Enterprises Veteran-Owned Businesses Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses Nonprofit Organizations Discussion 5. Marketing Analysis and Strategy About This Chapter After Studying This Chapter Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning Market Segmentation Targeting and Positioning Consumer Decision-Making Process Using the Marketing Mix Product Pricing Place/Distribution Promotion Customer Relationship Management Customer Value Proposition Customer Share Customer Lifetime Value Social Customer Relationship Management, Online Marketing, and Social Media Creating a Web Presence Case Study 4 / Bunky Boutique Search Engine Optimization Social Media Maintaining the Website Marketing Discussion 6. Research and Data Gathering About This Chapter After Studying This Chapter Research Process Does the Research Meet the Objective? What Information Is Needed? Are Secondary Data Available? What Methods Will Be Used to Collect Data? What Are the Breadth and Accuracy Required? Who Are the Users of the Research? What Are the Costs and Benefits of the Research? What is the Value Added? Secondary Research Budgeting Time Using the Library Effectively Evaluating Research Consumer Data Competitive Information Small Business Industry or Trade Associations Social Media Primary Research Preliminary Research Refine the Purpose Who Is to Be Surveyed? What Do You Need to Know? Type of Survey Formulating the Questions Ordering the Questions Pretest the Survey Evaluate the Research Process Service Firm Surveys Checklist for Conducting a Survey Qualitative Research Focus Groups One-on-One In-Depth Interviews Case Study 5 / Explorer West Middle School Ethnographic Studies Observational Studies Discussion 7. Business Processes About This Chapter Relationships Between the Balanced Scorecard and Business Process Analysis After Studying This Chapter The Balanced Scorecard Small Business Adoption of Technology Business Process Management Who Are the Customers and What Do They Value? Target the Critical Processes Who Owns the Process? Case Study 6 / Soul Carrier Other Methods of Business Process Analysis Service Blueprint Discussion Case Study 7 / Flowers on 15th 8. Accounting and Financial Analysis About This Chapter After Studying This Chapter Accounting Analysis Setting Up Accounting Systems Order Processing and Fulfillment Purchasing Disbursement Cycle Financial Analysis Income Statement Analysis Balance Sheet Analysis Cash Flow Analysis Accounting and Financial Metrics Financial Projections Case Study 8 / Green Cleaning Seattle Payback Period Net Present Value Return on Investment Internal Rate of Return Sensitivity Analysis Financial Plan for a New Business Opportunity Breakeven Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis Benchmarking Discussion Epilogue | The Final Client Oral Presentation and Written Report About This Epilogue After Studying This Epilogue Preparing for the Final Presentation and Report Developing Effective Findings and Recommendations Prioritizing Recommendations The Action Plan Measuring Results Communicating Results The Presentation The Final Report Display of Data Suggested Elements of the Final Report Style, Layout, and Presentation Discussion Index

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Book SynopsisYour voice as biometric data, and how marketers are using it to manipulate youTrade Review“[Dr. Turow ] is encouraging policymakers and the public to do something I wish we did more often: Be careful and considerate about how we use a powerful technology before it might be used for consequential decisions.”—Shira Ovide, New York Times“If you think your voice belongs to you, think again. Joseph Turow performs a critical public service, exposing in all its slimy detail this latest frontier of exploitation, where our voices are plundered for analysis, prediction, behavioral manipulation, and profit.”—Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism“A ground-breaking exploration of the new frontier of surveillance—the voice. With clarity and nuance, Joseph Turow reveals the stakes for democracies and liberty.”—Danielle Citron, author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace“In this forward-thinking and original book, Joseph Turow explores how our voices are the next frontier for technology companies and marketers, connecting the dots in a way that no one else yet has.”—Mara Einstein, author of Black Ops Advertising: Native Ads, Content Marketing and the Covert World of the Digital Sell“In this well-researched call to action, Joseph Turow explains why we need to protect the human voice to shield our thoughts and emotions.”—Chris Jay Hoofnagle, University of California, Berkeley“The Voice Catchers is compelling, thoroughly researched, and filled with jaw-dropping revelations. It gives readers a fascinating peek under the hood of the companies exploiting our voices, as well as reasons to hold them accountable.”—Woodrow Hartzog, Northeastern University

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Book SynopsisPraise for EMAIL MARKETING by the NUM8ERS At last-a book that marketers can use to gain real respect from CFOs and CEOs who care about the bottom line. Baggott, author of the award-winning blog ''Email Marketing Best Practices,'' clearly explains how to make your campaigns perform measurably better. The secret''s in your test results. Anne Holland, President, MarketingSherpa Despite its proven power, email marketing receives a fraction of the attention given to other, fancier media. This week you''ll probably hear far more about mobile videocasting (or some such fashion) than you will about email marketing. You can help correct this imbalance by reading this book. Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Group, London, UK Baggott''s wonderful new direct marketing book is loaded with practical advice and recommendations from some of the best minds in the industry. Email Marketing by the Numbers should be read by everyone in the industry who wantTrade Review"I would challenge anyone...not to gain something from reading this book." (Marketing Direct, January 2008)Table of ContentsIntro By the numbers: what’s it all about? 1. What is marketing's goal? 2. Is email the perfect marketing tool? 3. What's wrong with email? 4. Subscriber engagement: what matters? 5. Building a killer database. 6. Segmenting for relevance. 7. Finding or creating relevant content. 8. The role of email in viral & word of mouth marketing. 9. Analytics that matter. 10. Testing against your goals. 11. Using surveys, forms, & other feedback tools. 12. Triggers, transactions, and integration. 13. Are you a spammer?

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Book SynopsisThis book is focused on marketing and promoting an interior design practice. Client relations tips are described, as well as the process and importance of branding an interior design practice.Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi PART 1 Effective Marketing Strategies 1 1 Positioning Your Firm 3 2 The Marketing Plan 13 3 Objectives 19 4 Company Profile/Internal 23 5 The Marketplace 41 6 Current Issues Influencing Our Market 53 7 Market Research 61 8 Targeting the Right Clients 67 9 Partnering with Technology 73 10 Techniques That Develop and Nurture Relationships 81 11 Who Will Lead? 103 12 Preparing Marketing Materials 107 13 Becoming a Major Force in Interior Design 117 PART 2 Selling as Communication 121 14 An Introduction to Selling 123 15 The Client Comes First 131 16 Rapport 137 17 Organization 143 18 The Art of the Interview 151 19 Your Brand 159 20 Preselling 175 21 The Presentation 183 22 Qualifying the Client 191 23 Defining a Project 207 24 Customer Service 215 25 How to Handle Complaints 221 26 Contracts and Letters of Agreement 225 27 Charging for Your Services 231 28 The Installation 249 29 Learning 257 Suggested Reading List 261 Index 263

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Book SynopsisIn 1988, on Stephen King's retirement JWT published 'The King Papers' a small collection of Stephen King's published writings spanning 1967-1985. They remain timelessly potentially valuable but are an almost unexploited gold mine.Trade Review"Every planner needs this book - and the brave ones will give it to their clients, too." (Admap, November 2007) "A valuable reference book for today's practitioners, as well as a unique source of sophisticated, contemporary thinking." (Retail & Leisure International, December 2007) "...a good book to keep beside your desk...it will help to clear the mind as an ongoing mental workout." (Market Leader, Winter 2007)Table of ContentsIntroduction xi About the Book: How it Happened xv Acknowledgements xvii About the Contributors xix Part I Planning: Role and Structure 1 1 Who Do You Think You Are? 3 Malcolm White 1.1 The Anatomy of Account Planning (Stephen King) 7 1.2 The Origins of Account Planning (John Treasure) 13 1.3 How I Started Account Planning in Agencies (Stanley Pollitt) 19 2 How Brands and the Skills of Branding have Flowered 23 Rita Clifton 2.1 What is a Brand? (Stephen King) 27 3 The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance 41 Rory Sutherland 3.1 Advertising: Art and Science (Stephen King) 45 4 The Market’s Evolved, Why Hasn’t Planning? 59 Merry Baskin 4.1 Strategic Development of Brands (Stephen King) 63 5 Learning and Improvement, Not Proof and Magic Solutions 69 William Eccleshare 5.1 Improving Advertising Decisions (Stephen King) 73 6 The Media Planner’s Revenge 87 Marco Rimini 6.1 Inter-media Decisions: Implications for Agency Structure (Stephen King) 91 Part II Planning: Craft Skills 105 7 A Revolutionary Challenge to Conventional Wisdom 107 Paul Feldwick 7.1 What Can Pre-testing Do? (Stephen King) 111 8 Four of the Wisest Principles You Will Ever Read 119 Simon Clemmow 8.1 Practical Progress from a Theory of Advertisements (Stephen King) 123 9 JWT’s Debt to Stephen King 139 Guy Murphy 9.1 In Pursuit of an Intense Response (Rosemarie Ryan and Ty Montague) 141 9.2 Advertising Idea (Stephen King – from JWT Toolkit) 145 9.3 JWT Engagement Planning in China: The Art of Idea Management (Tom Doctoroff) 153 10 Short-Term Effects may be Easier to Measure but Long-Term Effects are More Important 159 Tim Broadbent 10.1 Setting Advertising Budgets for Lasting Effects (Stephen King) 163 Part III Market Research 173 11 A Theory that Built a Company 175 Mike Hall 11.1 Can Research Evaluate the Creative Content of Advertising? (Stephen King) 179 12 The Great Bridge Builder: Searching for Order out of Chaos 195 Creenagh Lodge 12.1 Advertising Research for New Brands (Stephen King) 199 13 You Can’t Make Sense of Facts until you’ve Had an Idea 209 Kevin McLean 13.1 Applying Research to Decision Making (Stephen King) 213 14 Measuring Public Opinion in an Individualistic World 227 Chris Forrest 14.1 Conflicts in Democracy: The Need for More Opinion Research (Stephen King) 231 15 The Perfect Role Model for Researchers Today 237 David Smith 15.1 Tomorrow’s Research (Stephen King) 241 Part IV Marketing – General 253 16 Old Brands Never Die. They Just get Sold for a Huge Profit 255 Martin Deboo 16.1 What Makes New Brands Succeed? (Stephen King) 259 17 The Retail Revolution gets Underway 279 Andrew Seth 17.1 What’s New about the New Advertisers? (Stephen King) 283 18 A Robust Defence of what Brand Advertising is For 295 Stephen Carter 18.1 New Brands: Barriers to Entry? (Stephen King) 299 19 The Train to Strawberry Hill (1744) 307 Hugh Burkitt 19.1 Has Marketing Failed, or was it Never Really Tried? (Stephen King) 311 20 A Challenge to Change Behaviour 327 Neil Cassie 20.1 Brand Building in the 1990s (Stephen King) 331 Resumé of Stephen King’s life 341 Index 345

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Book SynopsisIn the current economic climate, nonprofits need to focus on ways to stand out from the crowd, win charitable dollars, and survive the downturn. Effective, mission-focused communications can help organizations build strong identities, heightened reputations, and increased fundraising capability. Brandraising outlines a mission-driven approach to communications and marketing, specifically designed to boost fundraising efforts. This book provides tools and guidance for nonprofits seeking to transform their communications and marketing through smart positioning, branding, campaigns, and materials that leverage solid strategy and great creative, with a unique focus on the intersection of communications and fundraising.Trade Review"Sarah Durham, author of 2009's Brandraising, founded communications firm Big Duck in 1994 to help nonprofits raise money, gain visibility, and make effective use of social media. After 16 years, Big Duck continues to assist organizations from the Cancer Research Institute to the Women's Sports Foundation in building strong relationships with key constituents both online and off." (Fast Company, March 23, 2010)Table of Contents1 Brandraising 1 What “Brandraising” Means 3 Measuring the Value of Communications 5 In Summary 7 2 Principles of Effective Communications 9 Seeing the Long View 10 Communicating on Their Terms, Not Yours 19 Doing More with Less 25 In Summary 29 3 Overview of Brandraising 31 The Organizational Level 31 The Identity Level 32 The Experiential Level 33 Leadership Involvement in Each Level 34 Measuring and Assessing Brandraising’s Impact 35 Quantitative and Qualitative Metrics 37 In Summary 39 4 Brandraising at the Organizational Level 41 What Comes First: Strategic Planning or Brandraising? 42 Vision 42 Mission 44 Values 49 Objectives 52 Audiences 55 Positioning 59 Personality 62 A Foundation for Everyday Activities 66 In Summary 70 5 Brandraising at the Identity Level 73 The Visual Identity 75 The Messaging Platform 88 Sub-Brands 103 Integrating the Identity 104 In Summary 109 6 Brandraising at the Experiential Level 111 Selecting Audience-Centric Channels 112 Online 120 In Print 132 In Person 137 On Air 143 By Mobile 145 In Summary 148 7 Implementing Brandraising 151 When You Can’t Do It All 152 Relaunching Your Nonprofit’s Identity 153 Brandraising After Relaunch 157 Integrating Brandraising into Daily Communications 165 In Summary 169 In Conclusion 170 Acknowledgments 171 About the Author 173 References 175 Index 177

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Book SynopsisThe first book devoted entirely to B2B social marketing B2B markets are fundamentally different from consumer markets. Decisions are made on value, not impulse. Buying cycles are complex, often with many stakeholders involved. Relationships and support are critical. Bet-the-business decisions demand discipline, knowledge, and lots of information. This hands-on guide covers topics unique to this segment, including cost justification, prospecting and lead generation, matching tools to the sales funnel, building, B2B search engine optimization, social media monitoring, social media policy development, long-term client relationships, gaining stakeholder support, building a more transparent organization, and what''s coming next. Features plentiful examples, case studies, and best practices Focuses on the channels that are most effective for B2B marketers Builds on the authors'' more than 30 years of combined experience in the new media/social media Table of ContentsForeword. Acknowledgments. How to Use This Book. Preface. Part One: Setting the Table. Chapter One The Changing Rules Of B2B Marketing. Chapter Two Seven Ways You Can Use Social Media. Chapter Three Winning Buy-In and Resources. Chapter Four Creating a Social Organization. Chapter Five Creating & Enforcing Social Media Policies. Part Two: Tools and Tactics Chapter Six Learning by Listening. Chapter Seven Understanding Search. Chapter Eight Choosing Platforms. Chapter Nine A Non-Techie's Guide to Choosing Platforms. Part Three: Going to Market. Chapter Ten Social Platforms in Use. Chapter Eleven Pick Your Spots: Planning Social Marketing Campaigns. Chapter Twelve Lead Generation. Chapter Thirteen Profiting From Communities. Chapter Fourteen Return On Investment. Chapter Fifteen What's Next For B2B Social Media? Appendix Elements of a Social Media Policy. Notes. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisUsing a practical analytical approach, this timely work presents information and insights on the daily challenges brand managers face. Divided into two sections, the first emphasizes the need to understand customers and the current brand's assets before proceeding to refashion the brand's positioning and personality.Table of ContentsBUILDING BRAND IDENTITY. The Brand Identity Strategy. Evaluating the Brand Reality. Indivisualizing the Customer. Prompting a Power Positioning. Humanizing the Identity. IDENTITY BUILDING IN THE REAL WORLD. Managing Identity Contacts in the Real World. Cases I: A Shoe, a Mouse, Brands Around the House. Cases II: One Old, One New, One Blue. Creating the Interactive Identity. Minding the Brand Identity. Chapter Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisFrom the source you trust most-everything you need to start up,grow, and prosper in international trade... If you''re excited by the opportunities you see in internationaltrade but nervous about facing a world of problems you don''tunderstand, you''ve come to the right place. In Starting anImport/Export Business, the experts at Entrepreneur Magazine helpyou break into this fast-growing field and thrive. You''ll find thewhole story on the import/export business in this easy-to-useguide--clear concise information that demystifies the foreign tradeprocess and explains precisely what clients expect fromimport/export services. In addition to all the basics you need to start your own business,this book is loaded with helpful statistics on international tradewith 17 countries, sample documents, and resource listings. You''lllearn about trade regulations, how to deal with customs services,and the best ways to protect trademarks and copyrights. You''lldiscover the best places Table of ContentsUnderstanding the World Market. Forming Your Import/Export Service. Understanding Import/Export Regulations. Setting Up Your Import/Export Office. Managing Your Finances. Maintaining Records. Marketing Your Import/Export Service. Managing Your Own Import/Export Service. Appendices. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisThousands of products that are successfully developed and marketed domestically never realize the potential they have in the foreign market. The information provided in this guide enables business people to gain access to previously unreachable foreign markets.Table of ContentsUnderstanding the World Market. Forming Your Import/Export Service. Understanding Import/Export Regulations. Setting Up Your Import/Export Office. Managing Your Finances. Maintaining Records. Marketing Your Import/Export Service. Managing Your Own Import/Export Service. Appendices. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisBusiness essentials and marketing strategies to help your firmsurvive and thrive . . . As a design professional running your own small firm, you expect towear many hats--designer, office manager, project manager--all in aday''s work. But strategic marketer? No one prepared you for that!Marketing Basics for Designers is a long overdue resource fordesigners who need to become expert marketers fast. It providessolid practical advice on how to market your services, build yourclient base, and keep your customers coming back for more. You''ll learn how to establish your design niche and develop yourown marketing plan to reach potential clients. You''ll findtechniques for networking and using your contacts with otherprofessionals. And you''ll find inside tips from 30 leadingdesigners who have had to develop their own marketing methods tosurvive. Positively packed with all the details you need, MarketingBasics for Designers helps you ensure your firm''s future successand showTable of ContentsFinding Your Niche in the Market. Mapping Your Marketing Goals. Setting Your Fees. Building Relationships and Referrals. Breaking the Ice with Your Prospective Clients. Building a Relationship with Prospective Clients. Selling Design Services. Keeping Clients for Future Business and Referrals. Forty Marketing Ideas to Get You Started. Appendices. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis updated revision explains how to design, implement and manage a cutting-edge distribution system based on quick response/continuous replenishment concepts. Practical guidelines demonstrate how to dramatically improve the accuracy of product deliveries, reduce levels of inventory, lower operating costs and refine productivity.Table of ContentsTotal Marketing Channel Integration: The Last Frontier. Quick Response/Continuous Replenishment: New Thinking. Typical Problems in Logistics: Symptoms and Causes. The DRP Management Process: The ABCs of DRP. DRP in Nonmanufacturing Environments: Retailers, Wholesalers, and Distributors. DRP in a Manufacturing Environment: Using DRP with Sales and Operations Planning and Master Production Scheduling. Tools of the Trade: Getting the Most of a DRP System. Forecasting: The DRP Connection. Solving Logistics Problems: Common Approaches. Transportation Planning: Taking Advantage of Cost-Saving Opportunities. Financial Planning and Budgeting Simulation: Beyond Traditional Accounting. Management Issues: Problems on the Road to Successful DRP. Appendices. Index.

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Book SynopsisPraise for Wide Angle Vision In this book, Wayne Burkan shows us that the vantage points from which we view and act can earn us critical advantages if we are willing to stretch our thoughts and practices beyond the edge of conventional thinking. - Robert W. Galvin Chairman of the Executive Committee and former CEO of Motorola Wayne Burkan''s Wide-Angle Vision is a very pragmatic and useful guide to dealing with and implementing change. His concept of ''edge'' as it relates to customers, employees, and competitors should help many organizations struggling with the rapidly changing marketplace and the endless panaceas being promoted. - David R. Stamper Vice President and General Manager, Hitachi Data Systems, Latin American Division At Southwest Airlines, we redefined air transportation by utilizing ''edge thinking.'' Wayne Burkan is offering a ''flight plan'' that if studied, understood, and followed, will improve your bottom line for the long term. If you reaTable of Contents1 Diamonds Beneath Your Feet 1 A Force within Reach 3 Introducing the Edge 5 Forklifts Fall Flat 5 The Curse of Success 7 Protecting the Crown Jewels 8 Finding Your Achilles’ Heel 9 Help Comes Knocking 10 2 Why Those on Top don’t Stay There 14 Invisibility 16 Impossibility 17 Transferability 21 3 Disgruntled Customers 25 The Five Percent Winner’s Circles 25 The Nature of the Edge 27 Meet Your Customers on the Edge 28 Invisible Customers 29 Complaining Customers 32 Lost Customers 35 Listening to Your Edge Customers 37 Case Study: Customers on the Edge 40 Expanding Market Share through Disgruntled Customers 44 4 Fringe Competitors 48 Looking at the Wrong Competitors 49 Creating Your Competition 51 Competitors at the Gates 52 5 Rogue Employees 59 Case Study: Miles Apart from the Rest 60 Java – The One That Almost Got Away 62 Case Study: Dissidents within Professional Organizations 64 Case Study: The Wiz That Woz 66 Suppliers on the Edge 67 Knowing Who to Listen To 67 6 Avoiding Crisis, Reducing Surprise 71 The See, or Not to See . . . 72 The End of Forecasting 74 Selecting Your Target 76 Breaking the Pattern 76 Learning from the Future 77 Four Powerful Anticipation Skills 78 Searching the Future 80 Why Don’t You Hear about Anticipation? 87 7 What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You 90 Signals from the Future 90 Identifying People working on Your Hardest Problems 91 Evaluating the Rule Breakers 94 Recognizing Your Diminishing Return 101 Looking for the Bandwagon 103 Learning from the Language We Use 104 Tracking Historical Patterns 105 8 Creating Sizzling Teams 110 The Benefits of Brain Damage 110 Teams That Blast through Problems 111 How Do Edge Teams Differ? 116 The Disbelief of Teams 118 Your Working Team 119 9 The World at Your Fingertips 121 Virtual Reality at Work 122 Creating an Ideal Team 123 Investing in Change 128 Designing Your Own Ideal Team 130 Creative Solutions with Your Ideal Team 132 Uses for Your Ideal Team 135 10 working with Those on the Edge 138 Plugging Your Innovation Leak: Employees on the Edge 138 How to Attract the Edge 142 My Most Painful Lesson 143 Altering Patterns 145 Benign Neglect 147 Predicting Resistance to Change 148 Take Me to Your Leader 150 11 Truly Delighting Your Customer 152 Why Focus Groups and Survey Fail 154 Be Careful Where You Walk 155 Your Customers’ Customers 157 The Bleeding Edge 158 12 Breakthroughs for Your Toughest Problems 161 The Art of the Impossible 161 Knowl-edge for the Asking 162 Finding Your Savior on the Edge 164 The Consolation Prize 171 Simulating Saviors 173 13 Why Organizational Change Is So Hard 176 Beyond Leadership 177 Ford Follies 178 The Secret to Organizational Inertia 181 Training’s Fatal Flaw 182 The Limitation of Leadership 183 14 Change – Fast and Efficient 186 The Ford Solution 187 Top-Down or Bottom-Up Change 189 Government in Revolt 190 15 Beyond Reengineering 192 The Illusion of Reengineering 193 What Is Right with Reengineering? 194 What Is Wrong with Reengineering? 195 Blistering Fast Reengineering 200 A Powerful Alternative to Traditional Reengineering 200 The Seven Steps to Streamline Reengineering 201 16 Dealing with Your Ever-Present Detractors 207 “There Are a Lot of Crazy Ideas Out There” 207 “We Don’t Have Enough Resources or Time” 212 “Salespeople Should Not Take Their Eyes Off the Ball” 213 17 Leading on the Edge 215 Falling through the Cracks 215 Your Organization’s Business Theory 216 Disaster Plucked from the Jaws of Success 217 Planning: Back to the Future 218 How I Destroyed Two Companies 219 Planning on the Edge 225 Core Competency or Core Deficiency 227 Examining Business Theory 233 Executive Information Delivery 233 18 Surefire Ways to Reduce Resistance 236 Predicting Resistance 236 Time: The Double-Edged Sword 237 Becoming Superman 239 Proaction and Reaction 245 The Change Agent’s Fatal Flaw 247 The Perfect Change Agent 252 Breaking Down the Walls 253 The Insult of Change 258 Notes 262 Index 268

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Book SynopsisBuild an empire step by step Don''t risk a small fortune trying to make a big one. Let acclaimedconsultant Don Debelak show you how to get your exciting newproduct off the drawing board and into the marketplace--withoutlosing your shirt! In this book, you''ll learn what every inventorand entrepreneur needs to know about manufacturing techniques,product design, distribution channels, patents, licensing, and cashflow. You''ll also discover how to handle some very tricky issuesthat are crucial to your success, including * Knowing when your product is market ready * Creating a step-by-step product-to-market strategy * Adjusting your strategy to changing market conditions * Finding financial help from investors, manufacturers, anddistributors * Having manufacturers pay development costs prior tolicensing Also available from the Entrepreneur Magazine library: * The Entrepreneur Magazine Small Business Advisor * The Entrepreneur Magazine Small BusTable of ContentsGETTING STARTED. Facing Realities: Hard Work Lies Ahead. Financing: Forget the Myths--Here's the Truth. Drop Your Paranoia: Talk about Your Product Idea! Professionalism: Know What You're Doing. Licensing: The Preliminary Work. THE GO/NO-GO DECISIONS. Distribution: Nothing Is More Important. Product Appeal: Will Customers Buy? Manufacturing Costs: Can Your Product Make a Profit? Inside Help: Everyone Needs Key Contacts. Reworking Your Product: How to Adjust and Pass the Go/No-GoDecisions. SELLING YOUR PRODUCT. The First Sales Period: Proving a Product Will Sell. Evaluating Initial Sales Results--Before You Spend BigMoney. Licensing: Now Is the Ideal Time. The Transitional Period: Growing Your Business. Checklists for a Smooth-Running Company. The Business Plan: Turning into an Operating Company. Financing the Growing Business. Conclusion: Exhilarating Times: You Too Can Be Successful. Appendix. Glossary. Helpful Sources. Index.

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Book SynopsisSmall Store Survival should challenge retailers'' views of smallstore retailing by questioning key areas of business. What is thevision for the store in 10 years? How have the customers changedover the past few years? How current are the managers about whatcustomers genuinely like and dislike? What is being done toattract, educate, and motivate the best retail talent in the area?How effective is the merchandising strategy? What plans exist forsuccession? The real lesson of this study is that the best retailers neverstop learning. They never stop growing. They never lose theirenthusiasm for the customers and the business. And they never ceaseto revel in change and the chance to deal with it. --from theExecutive Summary of Small Store Survival Small Store Survival Over the past decade, thousands of small retail stores have fallenvictim to overwhelming competition from huge discount chainsdetermined to take in every retail dollar in sight. But noteveryone succumTable of ContentsEconomic and Retail Trends. Customers and Marketing. Merchandising. Store Operations. Management. Human Resources. Finance. Case Studies. Management Tools. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisMary Schaeffer is considered an industry expert and writes a newsletter that focuses on credit, collections, and accounts receivable. Provides an overview of the credit, collections, and accounts receivable functions for senior level managers. Provides tips and techniques as well as case studies.Table of ContentsThe First Step: Approving the Credit. The Second Step: Billing. The Third Step: Collecting the Money. Accounts Receivable Issues. Handling Deduction Issues. Interacting with Sales and Marketing. Customer Relations and Customer Visits. Letters of Credit and Other Security Instruments. Legal Considerations Surrounding Credit. Bankruptcy. Technology in the Credit and Collections Department. International Credit. Professionalism and the Future of Credit.

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Book Synopsis* Provides practical easy-to-implement advice on how to comply with the latest rules and regulations. * Shows how to recoup money spent on duty drawbacks. * Shows how to get around trade barriers in foreign countries. * Shows how to use the internet and other technologies to reduce the cost of exporting.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. The Whole Export. Export Control. The Product. Export Channels. Export Marketing. Export Pricing. Terms of Sale. Insurance. Sales Contracts, Proforma Invoices, and Purchase Orders. Transportation. Documentation. Export Credit. Keeping Current. Index.

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Book SynopsisCrucial Help for Getting the Most from Today''s Information Systems Technology Deciding what type of information systems your company will need to stay competitive into the twenty-first century is a highly complex and risky exercise. SAP: An Executive''s Comprehensive Guide provides the information you need to assess your options realistically and make the most informed decisions possible. Written by a team of business, financial, and information systems professionals who have extensive experience with SAP system implementations at Fortune 500 companies, this book: * Explores the strategic role of client/server enterprise computing now and in the next century * Helps you to evaluate your company''s long-term IS requirements * Offers an impartial look at SAP R/3 strengths and weaknesses * Outlines the costs and benefits involved in implementing SAP R/3 * Helps you decide whether SAP R/3 is right for your organization * Shows you how to make SAP R/3 anTable of ContentsPartial table of contents: THE EXECUTIVE VIEW. Who Is SAP, and What Is R/3? What Is the Business Case for Implementing SAP Software? Are We Ready to Implement SAP/R3? What Do I Need to Know About SAP R/3 Functionality? Competitors to SAP. THE IMPLEMENTOR'S VIEW: TOOLS AND ISSUES. Methodologies. Tools. Process Redesign. Risk Management. Change Management. THE IMPLEMENTOR'S VIEW: TOOLS AND ISSUES. Methodologies. Tools. Process Redesign. Risk Management. Change Management. THE IMPLEMENTOR'S VIEW: THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS. Initiation and Planning. Getting SAP in Place. Deployment Options. SAP Tools. Third-Party Tools. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisDiscover how Web services can improve cost-savings and make your organization more competitive. You'll get summaries of developing standards, current vendor positions (Microsoft, Novell, IBM, Oracle, Sun), and industry examples of Web services solutions and benefits. Order your copy today!.Table of ContentsPreface. CHAPTER 1: A Day in the Life of a CIO. A Brief Recap: The Past 10 Years. Business Value from Web Services. Web Services Adoption Model. Summary. CHAPTER 2: Standards, Concepts, and Terminology. Real-Life Web Services. Web Services Defined. Adoption of Standards. Standards Framework. Web Services Stack. Standards Governance and Interoperability. Summary. Endnotes. CHAPTER 3: Web Services Adoption. Adoption Model. Phase One: Integration. Phase Two: Collaboration. Phase Three: Innovation. Phase Four: Domination. Obstacles to Adoption. Summary. Endnotes. CHAPTER 4: Strategic Implications of Web Services. A Business Perspective. Value Chain Analysis. Summary. Endnotes. CHAPTER 5: Vertical Market Implications of Web Services. Vertical Market Adoption and Deployment. Manufacturing Verticals. Financial Services Verticals. Additional Business Scenarios. Summary. Endnotes. CHAPTER 6: Where to Begin? Reality versus Hype. Three Steps to Successful Web Services. Where-to-Begin Checklist. Summary. Endnotes. CHAPTER 7: Architecting for Competitive Advantage. Evolution of Computer Systems. The Enterprise Architecture. The Service-Oriented Architecture. The Future of Enterprise Architectures. Platform Implementation Considerations. Summary. Endnotes. CHAPTER 8: The Web Services Vendor Landscape. Vendor Categories. Summary. Endnote. CHAPTER 9: The End Is Only the Beginning. Epilogue (One Year Later). Index.

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