UnMarketing (eBook)

SCOTT STRATTEN and ALISON STRATTEN are cohosts of not only The UnPodcast, but five children, two dogs, and two cats. The original UnMarketing was the first of four bestselling books they've written together, which contain their thoughts on the changing world of business through their experiences of entrepreneurship, two degrees (Alison), not lasting long as an employee (both), and screaming at audiences around the world (Scott, Alison is more restrained). They were put on this earth to remind the world that not all Canadians are passively polite. Businesses like PepsiCo, Saks Fifth Avenue, IBM, Cirque du Soleil, Microsoft, and others have been brave enough to want their advice, to the point that Scott has been named one of the Top 5 Social Media Influencers in the world by Forbes.com. They now spend their time keynoting around the world and realize they rank 10th and 11th in order of importance in their home.

Introduction xi

1 Everything Has Changed and Nothing is Different 1

2 The Hierarchy of Buying 3

3 A Word on Experts 7

4 Trust Gap 11

5 ROD: Return on Donuts 15

6 Restaurant That Didn't Get It 19

7 Cold-Calling 23

8 Aiming Your Company at the Bottom of the Barrel 27

9 Pull and Stay 33

10 Reasons Why Companies Don't Use Social Media 37

11 Social Media (Social Currency as Well) 39

12 Twitter versus Facebook versus LinkedIn 43

13 Social Media Platforming 47

14 UnPodcasting 53

15 HARO 57

16 The Game Has Changed: Immediacy and Relevancy 59

17 Publicized Customer Service 63

18 Don't Bank on the Bold 69

19 Seven Deadly Social Media Sins 73

20 The Millennials Are Coming 81

21 How Twitter Changed Scott's Business 85

22 Tassimo 91

23 Domino's--Word of Mouth: Mouths Are Moving . . . 95

24 Naked Pizza 99

25 Don't Feed the Trolls 101

26 Social Media for Social Good 105

27 Your Website--Old School versus New School 113

28 Your Captcha is Craptcha 123

29 Experience Gap 127

30 Raising and Keeping the Bar High--Cirque 131

31 Stirring Coffee 135

32 Using "Stop Start Continue" 143

33 Zappos 147

34 Rockport 153

35 FreshBooks 155

36 Why You Can't Learn from Millionaires 159

37 Authenticity and Transparency 163

38 For Whom the Bell Mobility Tolls 167

39 Scott's Transparency on Twitter 175

40 Your Transparency 177

41 Affiliates 179

42 Testimonials 183

43 Best Sellers 187

44 Why Being a Work-at-Home Mom is Bad for Business 189

45 Hello? Walmart? 193

46 Idea Creation 197

47 Idea Delivery 201

48 Doing In-Person Seminars 207

49 Tele-Seminars (now Webinars) 213

50 Viral Marketing 217

51 Video 227

52 Be Prepared for Success 235

53 Undercover UnMarketing 241

54 Putting It into Practice 247

55 Lush 251

56 Trade Shows 253

57 Social Media at Trade Shows 261

58 UnNetworking: Why Networking Events Are Evil 265

59 The Awesomeness of Being a 2.0 Author 269

60 The UnTour 273

61 The UnEnd 277

Index 279