Customer Review(s)
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Excellent resource
Comment: Why, if I like the book, did I give it four stars? Simple. It was a bit disorganized. For example, there was material about using a blog in the front of the book and then, to read more, you had to go to the back of the book. I would have preferred all the information to be consecutive.
But, the content and the information was absolutely invaluable. I am a professional ad person and I discovered some ideas that I implemented instantly. Moreover, I now recommend them to clients.
Some of the material is pretty well known and easily available. But, there's a lot in here that is unique and that you're probably not aware of.
I highly recommend the book to you.
- Susanna K. Hutcheson
Customer Rating: Summary: Well-thumbed Biz Book Favorite
Comment: Do you have a favorite business book that's streaked with highlights, scribbled with margin notes, has a broken spine, and dog-eared post-its? The New Rules of Marketing and PR, by David Meerman Scott, holds that honor on my business reference bookshelf. Subtitled How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing & Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly, this book seemed to shout at me from the shelf during one of my regular forays into Amazon's business section.
As a B2B marketing professional, I try to keep up with communications trends, so I was already familiar with some of the information in Scott's book. I'd purchased it specifically for the news releases and blogging sections, but, goaded by the author's light and enthusiastic tone I found myself learning about new (to me) online activities to support B2B marketing efforts.
New Rules gave me insight into some new tasks that have become SOP in my regular work at our Atlanta ad agency. As a result of the Buyer Personas section, we maintain and plan around the personas of our clients' customers as well as our own.
Overall I enjoyed this book, and regularly peruse my highlighted and tabbed sections. Fortunately, David is understandable as well as enlightening. Just like his blog, www.webinknow.com, the book has a conversational, engaging writing style and is thoroughly worth the space on any business reference shelf.
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