David Meerman Scott is an internationally acclaimed
Marketing Strategist whose books and blog are must-reads for professionals seeking to generate attention in ways that grow their business.
A globalist with real world experience and an eye for the bigger marketplace, Mr. Scott moved to Tokyo at age 26 to establish the Japan office of a Wall Street Real-Time economic advisory firm. He worked for global Real-Time media companies in Tokyo for seven years and Hong Kong for two. Mr. Scott was Asia marketing director for Knight-Ridder in the mid-1990s before moving to the Boston area where he was marketing VP for two publicly-traded U.S. companies, most recently at NewsEdge until he was fired shortly after it was sold to Thomson, delivering to him the gift of reinvention as a strategist advising organizations on the new realities of agile, Real-Time business.
Author - Mr. Scott is author or co-author of ten books – three are international bestsellers.
The New Rules of Marketing & PR, now in its 6th edition, has been translated into 29 languages and is used as a text in hundreds of universities and business schools worldwide. It is a modern business classic with over 375,000 copies sold so far. Mr. Scott also authored
Real-Time Marketing & PR, a Wall Street Journal bestseller,
Newsjacking,
World Wide Rave, and the new hit book,
The New Rules of Sales & Service. He co-authored Marketing the Moon (now in production as a feature-length film) and Marketing Lessons from The Grateful Dead.
Advisory Work - Mr. Scott serves as an advisor to select emerging companies who are working to transform their industries by delivering disruptive products and services. His advisory clients include HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS), where he also serves as Marketer in Residence. He began working with HubSpot in 2007 when the company had a handful of customers and fewer than 10 employees, helping the HubSpot team with rapid sales and marketing strategies that have grown the company to more than 30,000 customers in 90 countries. His current portfolio of advisory clients also includes Mynd, Expertfile, YayPay, RISEcx, Set The Set, VisibleGains, SlapFive, and GutCheck as well as non-profits including the Grateful Dead Archive at University of California Santa Cruz and HeadCount.
allowfullscreen="1">2014 Convergence of Sales and Marketing - David Scott Meerman, Key Note Speaker
Speaking - Mr. Scott speaks on topics including Real-Time Marketing & PR Strategy, Agile Selling, Spreading Ideas, Generating Attention, Growing Business, New Communications Strategies, Entrepreneurism, and Social Media. Top firms and organizations have engaged him to present at conferences, expos and meetings, among them: Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Schlumberger, PwC, GenRe, SAP, Google, Microsoft, McCormick, Nestle Purina, Amdocs, Jackson Healthcare, Ford Motor Company, Century 21, NASDAQ Stock Market, the Government of Ontario, McKesson, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps Dow Jones, The Milken Institute, and many, many more.
Real Time Mindshift: Live In-Person Team Coaching - David Meerman Scott is available to coach your team to reimagine ways to reach audiences. He teaches clients how to take advantage of new real-time marketing and sales realities, then set organizations up to exceed goals by implementing new low cost (and no cost) strategies and tactics that are proven to grow business.
The live coaching session works because David tailors each one from the ground up for your specific needs. He’s conducted similar events at dozens of varied organizations around the world including Dow Jones, Microsoft, United States Marine Corps, NY Islanders, Century 21, Jackson Healthcare, National Geographic, and many more.
David Meerman Scott
When it comes to marketing, anything goes in the Digital Age, right? Well, not quite. While marketing and public relations tactics do seem to change overnight, every smart businessperson knows that it takes a lot more than the 'next big thing.' In this is an international bestseller, with more than 375,000 copies sold in twenty-nine languages, you'll get a step-by-step action plan for leveraging the power of the latest approaches to generating attention for your idea or your business. You'll learn how get the right information to the right people at the right time—at a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising.
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Sales and service are being radically redefined by the biggest communications revolution in human history. Today buyers are in charge! There is no more 'selling'—there is only buying. When potential customers have near perfect information on the web, it means salespeople must transform from authority to consultant, product narratives must tell a story, and businesses must be agile enough to respond before opportunity is lost. This book demystifies the new digital commercial landscape and shows you how to stay ahead of the pack. Companies large and small are revolutionizing the way business gets done, and this book takes you inside the new methods and strategies that are critical to success in the modern market.
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The rules have changed. The traditional PR model—sticking closely to a preset script and campaign timeline—no longer works the way it used to. Public discourse now moves so fast and so dynamically that all it takes is a single afternoon to blast the wheels off someone’s laboriously crafted narrative. This book offers a quick and punchy read that prepares you to launch your business ahead of the competition and attract the attention of highly-engaged audiences by taking advantage of breaking news.
David Meerman Scott
Gone are the days when you could plan out your marketing and public relations programs well in advance and release them on your timetable. "Real time" means news breaks over minutes, not days. It means companies develop (or refine) products or services instantly, based on feedback from customers or events in the marketplace. Find out how to act and react flexibly as events occur, position your brand in the always-on world of the Web, and avoid embarrassing mistakes and missteps.
David Meerman Scott
A World Wide Rave is when people around the world are talking about you, your company, and your products. It's when communities eagerly link to your stuff on the Web. It's when online buzz drives buyers to your virtual doorstep. It's when tons of fans visit your Web site and your blog because they genuinely want to be there. In this book, the author reveals the most exciting and powerful ways to build a giant audience from scratch.
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