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Exponential: Transform Your Brand by Empowering Instead of Interrupting

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One of the world’s top advertising executives shows how iconic brands win new customers and build armies of evangelists.

Great brands stand for more than just cool products and clever advertisements. They inspire audiences. They enrich communities. They energize people. They move people’s lives forward. Most importantly, great brands don’t just they empower. And that empowerment leads to exponential growth.

Over the past 20 years, Jeff Rosenblum and his team at Questus have created content and campaigns for Apple, Capital One, Disney, The NFL, Samsung, Starbucks, Universal, Wyndham, Verizon and many more of the world’s most iconic brands. In Exponential, he turns that wealth of experience into a comprehensive program for modern advertising and business strategy.

The book makes a passionate case that business leaders need to shift away from interruptions and superficial messages to focus on empowerment, culture, values, leadership, and transparency. With engaging stories and revealing brand examples, Exponential shows how brands

Produce exponential growth by shifting from interruptions to empowermentCreate brand evangelists with content that informs and inspiresEmbrace transparency and culture to tell authentic brand storiesGenerate massive ROI throughout the purchase journey

Exponential is about storytelling done right, and the book practices what it preaches. It’s packed with colorful anecdotes from Rosenblum’s own career and clear examples of brands that grew exponentially. With a light touch, it unpacks heavy insights from neuroscience, market research, and big data, outlining what it takes for brands to truly be great and not merely say they are great.

241 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 7, 2021

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August 17, 2023
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Книга написана с целью прорекламировать самого себя и то место (компанию), где работает автор. Как я понимаю, автор работает в собственной маркетинговой компании, поэтому появление такой книги является вполне понятным и в каком-то смысле даже естественным. Сейчас многие CEO издают подобные книги с PR целью своих компаний. Читать такие книги, чтобы узнать что-то новое, довольно наивно. В таких книгах как эта, авторы часто пишут набившую оскомину истины и то, что уже и так давно всем известно из книг и учебников по маркетингу написанных ещё в XX веке. Справедливости ради стоит отметить, что автор для поддержания актуальности написанного добавил тему использования социальных сетей (правда, как обычно это бывает, автор не снабдил читателя доказательствами их эффективности).

В целом в этой книге присутствуют все темы, что стали популярными в бизнес-литературе и бизнес-журналах за последние 10-20 лет, начиная о роли психологии в поведении покупателей (автор коротко опишет о функционировании нашего мозга) и заканчивая культурой организации и лояльностью сотрудников. Однако всё что пишет автор, крайне поверхностно и скорее является кратким пересказом статей из журнала HBR и книг на тему маркетинга и менеджмента.

Автор рисует идеальную компанию с идеальным портфелем брендов, не говоря о том, что конкретно нужно сделать. Привычные средства коммуникации не работают? Тогда используйте социальные сети, в частности наймите фирму, которая занимается продвижением товаров и услуг в социальных сетях. Плохо продаётся товар? Значит, вам нужен сильный бренд, с которым у потребителей установятся эмоциональные связи. Если ничего из вышесказанного не помогло, то возможно проблема в ваших сотрудниках или организационной культуре в целом. Короче говоря, эта книга из серии «чтобы стать успешной компании вам нужен сильный бренд, хорошие сотрудники и лидерские навыки». За более подробной информацией нужно обращаться в компанию автора, что будет стоить намного больше, чем эта рекламная брошюра, которую можно вообще раздавать бесплатно. Как я сказал выше, все, что написано в этой книге, является типичной болтовнёй выполняющей роль наживки, чтобы прочитавший её человек заказал услуги у автора этой книги.

The book was written to promote himself and the place (company) where the author works. As I understand, the author works in his own marketing company, so the appearance of such a book is quite understandable and, in a sense, even natural. Nowadays many CEOs publish such books for the PR purpose of their companies. Reading such books to learn something new is naive. In such books as this one, authors often write the truths that are already well known from books and textbooks on marketing written back in the XX century. (To be fair), it should be noted that the author added the topic of using social networks to maintain the relevance of what was written (though, as is usually the case, the author did not provide the reader with evidence of their effectiveness).

In general, this book contains all the topics that have become popular in business literature and business magazines over the last 10-20 years, from the role of psychology in customer behavior (the author briefly describes the functioning of our brains) to organizational culture and employee loyalty. However, everything that the author writes is superficial and is more of a summary of articles from HBR magazine and books on the subject of marketing and management.

The author paints the perfect company with the perfect brand portfolio without saying what exactly needs to be done. The usual means of communication don't work? Then use social media, specifically hire a firm that promotes products and services on social media. Is the product not selling well? Then you need a strong brand that consumers will connect with emotionally. If none of the above has helped, then perhaps the problem lies with your employees or organizational culture as a whole. In short, this book is from the series of "to become a successful company you need a strong brand, good employees, and leadership skills." For more information, you should contact the author's company, which will cost a lot more than this promotional brochure, which can be given away for free. As I said above, everything that is written in this book is typical chatter that acts as bait to get the person who reads it to order services from the author of this book.
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December 27, 2021
A Lucid Revolutionary Book

Original ideas that really work are all too few.
Remarkably entertaining as well as candid, this book takes you on a fabulous journey.
I wish more advertising was founded on these principles. Who needs unwanted,intrusive, really stupid ads?
All CEO’s should read this book!
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February 15, 2023
A modern approach to building a company with a big focus on branding. The part on building content and sharing across social media, as well as hiring people in line with company philosophy are key points into building a successful brand.
A great read for anyone building or starting a company.
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