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This book, written by a senior marketer with over thirty yearsexperience of using marketing techniques and concepts, sets out todescribe, contextualize and rate them. Its prime emphasis is onunderstanding their status so that they can be used to direct theuse of shareholder funds effectively. Its conclusion is thatseasoned professionals must use their judgement about when and howto use them, but they also need to understand them in depth if theyare going to make well-rounded, effective investment decisions. Above all it asks: „how useful and relevant is this concept? Will it improve decision making? Does the damn thing have anycredibility and does it work?“
„This book combines a rigorous review of a wide range ofmarketing concepts with many practical examples and case studies. It can be read or dipped into both by seasoned professionals and bythose just embarking on their marketing career.“
Sir Paul Judge, President, Chartered Institute ofMarketing
„Laurie Young casts an experienced and skeptical eye on manycherished marketing concepts and techniques. He provides anantidote to the tendency to adopt them without understanding theirlimitations and possibilities.“
Professor George Day, The Wharton School, Chairman of theAmerican Marketing Association
„Laurie Young has produced nothing less than the A-Z ofmarketing. He has journeyed far and wide mapping out hundreds ofbusiness, marketing and communications models to produce anextremely useful industry atlas. Certainly it will find awell-thumbed home on my bookshelf.“
Hamish Pringle, Director General, Institute ofPractitioners in Advertising
"This book is much needed by marketing. Its value is inchallenging concepts, some of which have been the accepted norm fora long time. But as this book shows, some of these may no longer berelevant and appropriate for marketers in today's consumerenvironment.„
Mike Johnston, CEO, Dairy Council of Northern Ireland andformer Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
“Senior marketers, like those who make up the membership ofthe Marketing Society, hone the methods and techniques they favouras their career develops. Laurie Young clearly did that and anexperienced voice shines through this critique. It is heartening tofind that so many concepts have a long history of producing realvalue for businesses but alarming to find so many of thetheorists' favourites to be so groundless."
Hugh Burkitt, CEO, The Marketing Society
„This book combines a rigorous review of a wide range ofmarketing concepts with many practical examples and case studies. It can be read or dipped into both by seasoned professionals and bythose just embarking on their marketing career.“
Sir Paul Judge, President, Chartered Institute ofMarketing
„Laurie Young casts an experienced and skeptical eye on manycherished marketing concepts and techniques. He provides anantidote to the tendency to adopt them without understanding theirlimitations and possibilities.“
Professor George Day, The Wharton School, Chairman of theAmerican Marketing Association
„Laurie Young has produced nothing less than the A-Z ofmarketing. He has journeyed far and wide mapping out hundreds ofbusiness, marketing and communications models to produce anextremely useful industry atlas. Certainly it will find awell-thumbed home on my bookshelf.“
Hamish Pringle, Director General, Institute ofPractitioners in Advertising
"This book is much needed by marketing. Its value is inchallenging concepts, some of which have been the accepted norm fora long time. But as this book shows, some of these may no longer berelevant and appropriate for marketers in today's consumerenvironment.„
Mike Johnston, CEO, Dairy Council of Northern Ireland andformer Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
“Senior marketers, like those who make up the membership ofthe Marketing Society, hone the methods and techniques they favouras their career develops. Laurie Young clearly did that and anexperienced voice shines through this critique. It is heartening tofind that so many concepts have a long history of producing realvalue for businesses but alarming to find so many of thetheorists' favourites to be so groundless."
Hugh Burkitt, CEO, The Marketing Society
