The Non-Obvious Guide to Marketing & Branding (Without a Big Budget)
An all new updated 2021 edition of the popular original guide to marketing and branding featuring actionable advice that will help you tell a better story, win more customers, earn more loyalty and make more money.

Being good at marketing might seem like a dark art. All those in-your-face ads, annoying pop-ups and desperate $497 online training courses make most people hate marketing. But the truth is, every business leader and entrepreneur needs to understand how marketing really works.

In this candid guide, bestselling author and award-winning marketing expert Rohit Bhargava offers the ultimate guide to every part of marketing – from writing a tagline to building a simple one-page marketing strategy. In this guide, you’ll learn:

  • How to get an unlimited marketing budget by doing things that work.
  • The key to creating unstoppable word of mouth for your idea or product.
  • Why it is a mistake to try and be on every social media platform.
  • The secret to buying advertising at a fraction of the “sticker price.”
  • How to create a tagline that people remember for your business.
  • Fit your entire marketing strategy on one page and maintain your focus.

Inspired by real life conversations and experiences with hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs, as well as the author’s 15+ year career leading marketing for some of the most successful brands in the world, this is the rare guide that will skip all the useless definitions, avoid the fluff and cut right to the point to give you the real-life advice you need to hear with an irreverent "non-obvious" perspective you deserve.

From downloadable one page guides to real life stories and examples, this guide will give you the inspiration and tools to put together a winning marketing strategy to grow your business - no matter how much you know about marketing already.

1138407464
The Non-Obvious Guide to Marketing & Branding (Without a Big Budget)
An all new updated 2021 edition of the popular original guide to marketing and branding featuring actionable advice that will help you tell a better story, win more customers, earn more loyalty and make more money.

Being good at marketing might seem like a dark art. All those in-your-face ads, annoying pop-ups and desperate $497 online training courses make most people hate marketing. But the truth is, every business leader and entrepreneur needs to understand how marketing really works.

In this candid guide, bestselling author and award-winning marketing expert Rohit Bhargava offers the ultimate guide to every part of marketing – from writing a tagline to building a simple one-page marketing strategy. In this guide, you’ll learn:

  • How to get an unlimited marketing budget by doing things that work.
  • The key to creating unstoppable word of mouth for your idea or product.
  • Why it is a mistake to try and be on every social media platform.
  • The secret to buying advertising at a fraction of the “sticker price.”
  • How to create a tagline that people remember for your business.
  • Fit your entire marketing strategy on one page and maintain your focus.

Inspired by real life conversations and experiences with hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs, as well as the author’s 15+ year career leading marketing for some of the most successful brands in the world, this is the rare guide that will skip all the useless definitions, avoid the fluff and cut right to the point to give you the real-life advice you need to hear with an irreverent "non-obvious" perspective you deserve.

From downloadable one page guides to real life stories and examples, this guide will give you the inspiration and tools to put together a winning marketing strategy to grow your business - no matter how much you know about marketing already.

17.95 In Stock
The Non-Obvious Guide to Marketing & Branding (Without a Big Budget)

The Non-Obvious Guide to Marketing & Branding (Without a Big Budget)

by Rohit Bhargava
The Non-Obvious Guide to Marketing & Branding (Without a Big Budget)

The Non-Obvious Guide to Marketing & Branding (Without a Big Budget)

by Rohit Bhargava

Paperback

$17.95 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

An all new updated 2021 edition of the popular original guide to marketing and branding featuring actionable advice that will help you tell a better story, win more customers, earn more loyalty and make more money.

Being good at marketing might seem like a dark art. All those in-your-face ads, annoying pop-ups and desperate $497 online training courses make most people hate marketing. But the truth is, every business leader and entrepreneur needs to understand how marketing really works.

In this candid guide, bestselling author and award-winning marketing expert Rohit Bhargava offers the ultimate guide to every part of marketing – from writing a tagline to building a simple one-page marketing strategy. In this guide, you’ll learn:

  • How to get an unlimited marketing budget by doing things that work.
  • The key to creating unstoppable word of mouth for your idea or product.
  • Why it is a mistake to try and be on every social media platform.
  • The secret to buying advertising at a fraction of the “sticker price.”
  • How to create a tagline that people remember for your business.
  • Fit your entire marketing strategy on one page and maintain your focus.

Inspired by real life conversations and experiences with hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs, as well as the author’s 15+ year career leading marketing for some of the most successful brands in the world, this is the rare guide that will skip all the useless definitions, avoid the fluff and cut right to the point to give you the real-life advice you need to hear with an irreverent "non-obvious" perspective you deserve.

From downloadable one page guides to real life stories and examples, this guide will give you the inspiration and tools to put together a winning marketing strategy to grow your business - no matter how much you know about marketing already.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781646870455
Publisher: Ideapress Publishing
Publication date: 05/11/2021
Series: Non-Obvious Guides
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rohit Bhargava is the founder of the Non-Obvious Company and entrepreneur having started three successful companies. He is widely considered one of the most entertaining and original thinkers and speakers on marketing disruption and innovation in the world. He is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of five books and teaches marketing and storytelling at Georgetown Universityin Washington DC.

Table of Contents

PART I – The Plan
Ch 1 – 5 Myths Of Small Business Marketing: What do most people believe or do that is totally wrong and why?
Ch 2 – What To Do First: If you should do one thing to start, what would it be and why? This will be "quickstart style advice on how to get going and what it takes"
Ch 3 – The Non-Obvious Method : Introduce the method/approach/process and how it will help them

PART II – The Advice
Ch 4 - The Chicken Strategy - How to focus on the right things and think strategically
Ch 5 - How To Be Findable - The secret of getting found by customers who want what you sell.
Ch 6 - Going Old School - Should you use print advertising or direct mail and how?
Ch 7 - Social Media Influencers - How to separate "influencers" from freeloaders and work with them.
Ch 8 - Pay Per Click (Without Losing Your Shirt) - The truth about keyword marketing
Ch 9 - Reviews From Happy and Unhappy Customers - How to manage your online reviews with authenticity
Ch 10 - Content Marketing - Master techniques and how to use what you got
Ch 11 - Consultants - How to hire good marketing people without falling for the hype
Ch 12 - Tracking and Measurement - How to tell if your marketing is working
Ch 13 - Passive Loyalty - How to move your customers from being passively loyal to being actively loyal

PART III - The Resources
Ch 14: 5 Best Things I Ever Read: My picks for most valuable external pieces of advice
Ch 15: Resources – Media List : Books, videos or podcasts that you recommend

ENDNOTES
INDEX

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"I've had big, high-profile jobs, but I now know nothing's harder than running your own small business. Rohit's Non-Obvious Guide is the primer every ambitious owner needs for the most frustrating part of their work: marketing." —Sree Sreenivasan, social media consultant and former Chief Digital Officer, New York City, Columbia University and The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"In a crowded marketplace, it's hard for small businesses to stand out and get noticed. Consider this book your secret weapon. You'll learn tested strategies you can put to use today, to bring in new clients and new revenue." —Dorie Clark, adjunct professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and author, Entrepreneurial You and Stand Out

"Strategy before tactics is the secret ingredient to small business marketing success and this guide simply drips with the strategy recipe that will help your business soar." —John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine

"The Non-Obvious Guide to Small Business Marketing is a great primer for budding entrepreneurs. It is jam-packed with useful, actionable advice that is critical for all start-up founders to understand. Rohit’s stories and real-life examples make the content very relatable and help readers to envision the real-world implementations of the strategies. Starting a business? Start here." —Phil Nadel, Managing Director, Forefront Venture Partners

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews