September 06, 2005

BBBT #10 - First in Thirst

Business Blog Tour #10

Author: Darren Rovell

Title: First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned The Science of Sweat into a Cultural Phenomenon

September 26th - Learned on Women
September 27th - Brand Autopsy
September 28th - Marketing Playbook
September 28th - Slacker Manager
September 29th - Personal MBA

April 11, 2005

BBBT #9 - All Marketers Are Liars

Business Blog Tour #9

Author: Seth Godin

Title: All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World

May 23rd - Brand Autopsy
May 24th - Hello_World
May 25th - Church of the Customer
May 26th - metacool
May 27th - Brand Mantra

March 07, 2005

Tour #8 - Naked in the Boardroom by Robin Wolaner

Business Blog Tour #8

Author: Robin Wolaner

Title: Naked in the Boardroom: A CEO Bares Her Secrets So That You Can Transform Your Career

March 14th - re:invention
March 15th - Businesspundit
March 16th - 800-CEO-READ
March 17th - WonderBranding
March 18th - Community Guy

February 14, 2005

Tour #7 - Starting Something by Wayne McVicker

Business Blog Tour #7

Author: Wayne McVicker

Title: Starting Something:An Entrepreneur's Tale of Control, Confrontation & Corporate Culture

  • Feb 21st - Businesspundit
  • January 05, 2005

    Tour #6 - Category Killers by Robert Spector

    Business Blog Book Tour #6

    Author: Robert Spector

    Title: Category Killers: The Retail Revolution and Its Impact on Consumer Culture

    Dates: January 24th - January 28th 2005

    To find out more about Robert and the book, you can visit his website.

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    October 06, 2004

    Tour #5 - The Origin of Brands by Al and Laura Ries

    Dates: October 11th - October 20th

    To find out more about the Ries and the book, you can visit their website.

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    July 01, 2004

    Tour #4 - The Startup Garden by Tom Ehrenfeld

    Business Blog Book Tour #4

    Author: Tom Ehrenfeld

    Title: The Startup Garden

    Dates: July 14th - July 22nd

    To find out more about Tom and the book, you can visit Tom's website.

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    March 28, 2004

    Tour #3 - Free Prize Inside by Seth Godin

    Business Blog Book Tour #3

    Author: Seth Godin

    Title: Free Prize Inside: The Next Big Marketing Idea

    Dates: May 3rd - May 14th

    To find out more about Seth and the book, you can visit Seth's website or his blog.

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    February 12, 2004

    Tour #2 - Creating Customer Evangelists by Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba

    Business Blog Book Tour #2

    Author: Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba

    Title: Creating Customer Evangelists: How Loyal Customers Become a Volunteer Sales Force

    Dates: March 15th - March 26th

    About McConnell and Huba

    About Ben and Jackie: "Creating Customer Evangelists" authors Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba have extensive experience in marketing, management and communications. They are founders and principals of Wabash & Lake, a customer evangelism experience firm that has trained dozens of companies and thousands of people on the six tenets of customer evangelism. They are columnists for MarketingProfs.com and speak frequently at industry conferences and company meeting kick-offs.

    Prior to Wabash & Lake, Ben McConnell was senior vice president and managing director for a marketing firm and worked with numerous Fortune 500 clients. Trained as a journalist, Ben also co-founded dallasnews.com, the online presence for The Dallas Morning News, the eighth-largest newspaper in the United States.

    Prior to Wabash & Lake, Jackie Huba was marketing chief for a marketing agency that worked with a variety of Fortune 500 clients, including Campbell Soup, P&G, Wyndham Hotels, and Eli Lilly. She also spent 12 years at IBM, where she was a marketing manager in its software division.

    To find out more about the Ben, Jackie, and the book, visit their website.

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    January 26, 2004

    Tour #1 - You Need to Be A Little Crazy by Barry Moltz

    Business Blog Book Tour #1

    Author: Barry Moltz

    Title: You Need to Be a Little Crazy : The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business

    Dates: February 2nd - February 9th

    Barry Moltz is a Chicago-based serial entrepreneur who has started three seperate businesses. His book "You Need to Be A Little Crazy" is as straight and honest as it gets when talking about starting and growing your own business. Being involved in small business, the book really struck a chord with me.

    Barry has been gracious enough to offer his time to the BBBT. To find out more about the Barry and the book, visit barrymoltz.com.

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