Laurence Minsky

“Hey Google, how can you help me reach more customers and strengthen my brand?”Voice-enabled technologies are an integral part of our lives, and they present vast opportunities for marketers who are up to the challenge. With Voice Marketing: Harnessing the Power of Conversational AI to Drive Customer Engagement, marketers learn key strategies and tactics of the voice world while following a clear roadmap for developing and executing a voice marketing program. How should marketers best approach voice and conversational AI to ensure an optimal return on their investments? Since voice can both activate consumer behavior and help build the brand image, what is the right media mix for a marketer? How does voice fit with a marketer’s other channels, particularly online and mobile? What is appropriate content for this new channel and how can a marketer best go about creating that content? What are the legal and ethical issues that marketers need to address? What makes for a good development partner to implement voice initiatives? And what metrics should marketers use to judge the success of their voice efforts?Filled with real-world examples and behind-the-scenes stories, Voice Marketing is grounded in research-based theory and decades of experience. Case studies from the Allstate, Butterball, Coca-Cola, Dominos, Lucky Charms, Mercedes, Nike, Sony, Tide, and more combine with guest perspectives from the worlds of conversational AI, voice technology, academia, and marketing to deliver a ready-to-implement plan for success in the voice environment.

“Hey Google, how can you help me reach more customers and strengthen my brand?”Voice-enabled technologies are an integral part of our lives, and they present vast opportunities for marketers who are up to the challenge. With Voice Marketing: Harnessing the Power of Conversational AI to Drive Customer Engagement, marketers learn key strategies and tactics of the voice world while following a clear roadmap for developing and executing a voice marketing program. How should marketers best approach voice and conversational AI to ensure an optimal return on their investments? Since voice can both activate consumer behavior and help build the brand image, what is the right media mix for a marketer? How does voice fit with a marketer’s other channels, particularly online and mobile? What is appropriate content for this new channel and how can a marketer best go about creating that content? What are the legal and ethical issues that marketers need to address? What makes for a good development partner to implement voice initiatives? And what metrics should marketers use to judge the success of their voice efforts?Filled with real-world examples and behind-the-scenes stories, Voice Marketing is grounded in research-based theory and decades of experience. Case studies from the Allstate, Butterball, Coca-Cola, Dominos, Lucky Charms, Mercedes, Nike, Sony, Tide, and more combine with guest perspectives from the worlds of conversational AI, voice technology, academia, and marketing to deliver a ready-to-implement plan for success in the voice environment.

In today's hyper-connected world, any brand with a website or digital presence is 'global' by its very definition; yet in practice it takes an enormous amount of strategic planning and adaptability to successfully manage an international brand. Global Brand Management explores the increasingly universal scope of brand management. In an era when many brand managers will find themselves working for large multinationals operating across varied territories, categories and consumer groups, developing an understanding of both the opportunities and risks of multinational brands is truly essential. Meticulously researched, Global Brand Management shows readers how to manage an existing global brand, while simultaneously equipping them with the skills to build one from scratch. The text uses fascinating case studies including Oreo, Harley Davidson and Xiaomi to demonstrate the challenges of maintaining a stable brand identity when operating across territories with different languages, cultural values and logistics. With helpful pedagogy throughout and built-in features to enhance classroom learning, Global Brand Management is the perfect springboard for students to appreciate, enjoy and embrace the nuances and complexities of brand management on an international scale.

In today's hyper-connected world, any brand with a website or digital presence is 'global' by its very definition; yet in practice it takes an enormous amount of strategic planning and adaptability to successfully manage an international brand. Global Brand Management explores the increasingly universal scope of brand management. In an era when many brand managers will find themselves working for large multinationals operating across varied territories, categories and consumer groups, developing an understanding of both the opportunities and risks of multinational brands is truly essential. Meticulously researched, Global Brand Management shows readers how to manage an existing global brand, while simultaneously equipping them with the skills to build one from scratch. The text uses fascinating case studies including Oreo, Harley Davidson and Xiaomi to demonstrate the challenges of maintaining a stable brand identity when operating across territories with different languages, cultural values and logistics. With helpful pedagogy throughout and built-in features to enhance classroom learning, Global Brand Management is the perfect springboard for students to appreciate, enjoy and embrace the nuances and complexities of brand management on an international scale.

Welcome to the world of advertising, something that has been part of your life as long as you can remember. In this little book, you're going to learn about this fascinating business. You'll meet some of the key players in the industry and the innovations that brought them success. You'll also learn some of the key strategies and process for creating advertising. Advertising Under One Hour begins with a quick review of some of advertising's interesting history. We'll then show you the steps for creating effective advertising as well as analyzing the results. Throughout, it also covers the roles and responsibilities of the various professionals who work in the industry. As a final bonus, you will discover recommendations and resources at the end for those who want to learn more. Advertising Under One Hour is perfect for: Those interested in joining the field - this overview should give you a basis for figuring where you fit and what you need to do to get started; Marketers who wants to work with an agency - the following pages should give you a foundation for understanding how they work and how you can get more out of them; Small business owners - this should give you a process for creating your own ads and give you a basis for judging them and their effectiveness; and Everyone who wants to better understand how advertisers are working to influence consumer beliefs and behavior. Whatever your goal, Advertising Under One Hour will prove to be an enjoyable hour of discovery. Enjoy it today Editorial Reviews "Years of experience by a seasoned advertising guru that you can grasp in the time it takes to do a business lunch." (Thomas McManus, Associate Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology) "An insightful read from Laurence Minsky, welcoming those new to the advertising field and also inspiring those long entrenched in it." (Tracy Arrington, Author (with Matthew Fredrick), 101 Things I Learned in Advertising School & Lecturer, Stan Richards School of Advertising and PR at the University of Texas at Austin) "Advertising in Under One Hour lives up to its title, offering a fast-paced, and utterly readable trip through the life and history of advertising. By knowing what advertising was and once meant, we can imagine what advertising will always mean, and how it will be used in the future. Because of the book's clear and comprehensive content, Advertising in Under One Hour would be a suitable textbook for an advertising or marketing communications course or a supplement for courses on principles or branding." (David Aron, Professor of Marketing, Brennan School of Business, Dominican University) "A good reminder of all the things I assume everyone in the industry knows that most probably don't." (Thomas Kemeny, copywriter, author of Junior: Writing Your Way Ahead in Advertising, Spring 2019 from powerHouse Books) "It takes one hour for Mr. Minsky to clearly define the main ingredients necessary in creating award-winning advertising. Also, a great read for someone just entering the field." (Alan Rado, MFA, Professor-College of DuPage & Owner & Creative Director, Adrado)

How can marketers navigate the growing array of marketing specialties, media options, and data sources? How can they provide consumers with seamless experiences of value across channels that overcome behavioral barriers and actually deliver results? In The Activation Imperative, William Rosen and Laurence Minsky provide a straightforward guide for marketers to move beyond building brands to activating them—from simply projecting what a brand is to optimizing what it does—to move people closer to transaction. Drawing on years of research and experience with the world’s most sophisticated brands, Rosen and Minsky share a unifying cross-discipline marketing approach designed to impact critical behaviors and more effectively drive business results. With actionable advice and best-in-class examples, Rosen and Minsky offer marketers a road map to manage today’s increasingly fragmented marketing landscape to more efficiently build their brands and their business.

Audio Branding is a concise, practical guide on the influential world of audio branding - what it is, why it's important, and how it can be used to enhance a brand. Consider the familiar tune of a branded ringtone, the bubbly sounds of Skype, and even the chosen sound bite for a branded car unlocking as the driver presses the key. How do these choices tie into a wider brand identity? Which emotions do they spark, and most importantly, how do these choices enhance brand association with the consumer? Audio Branding delivers fascinating insights into this area of marketing, underpinned by practical step-by-step guidance and cutting-edge research to enhance brand loyalty through user experience. Written by authors who have contributed directly to the development of this field, the book contains an enlightening set of case studies, including companies such as Renault (a surprisingly emotional audio brand) Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (a warm, energetic audio brand), and Michelin (a globally coherent audio brand). Covering issues such as the dominance of audio-enabled devices and the phenomenon of continuous partial attention, Audio Branding demonstrates how brands can infuse sound into so many different aspects of their identity, building in a subtle longevity of brand presence through daily user experience.

How can marketers navigate the growing array of marketing specialties, multiplying media options and data sources, and increasing content saturation to improve effectiveness and return on investment? How can they provide consumers with seamless experiences of value across channels that overcome behavioral barriers and actually deliver results? In The Activation Imperative, William Rosen and Laurence Minsky provide a straightforward guide for marketers to move beyond building brands to activating them—from simply projecting what a brand is to optimizing what it does—to move people closer to transaction. Drawing on years of research and experience with the world’s most sophisticated brands, Rosen and Minsky share a unifying cross-discipline marketing approach designed to impact critical behaviors and more effectively drive business results. They reveal how today’s more personalized and trackable communications illuminate tremendous diversity in paths-to-purchase and explain how to leverage this data to develop more effective strategies and creative targeted to individual inflection points. With actionable advice and best-in-class examples, Rosen and Minsky offer marketers a road map to manage today’s increasingly fragmented marketing landscape to more effectively and efficiently build brands and business.