Dave Fleet

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Book Review: Social Marketing to the Business Customer

Dave Fleet

So, when I heard about Social Marketing to the Business Customer (by Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman) , I picked-up a copy straight away — because I think the marketplace is desperately in need of solid B2B books offering practical social marketing advice. It’s written for the average B2B marketer.

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Book Review – UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.

Dave Fleet

I’ve known him for a while and, while I always enjoy sparring with him , I consider him a friend so readily agreed to take a look at his new book – UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. UnMarketing veers sharply back and forth between different marketing-focused topics, which is both a good thing and a challenge as you work your way through it.

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Book Review: The Social Customer

Dave Fleet

The Social Customer is one of the best books I’ve read on practical uses and implementations of social media marketing. Section Two walks through 23 use cases of social CRM (based on Altimeter’s 18 social CRM use cases , with a few extras thrown in), dividing them into six groups: Social Marketing. Social Sales.

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Book Review: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Dave Fleet

I read a lot of business books – you know, the kind focused on how to market, or plan, or manage better. So, when I started to read Robin Sharma’s “ The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari ,&# I wasn’t sure what to expect.

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(Social Media) Strategy: Lessons from the Trenches

Dave Fleet

When Bill Doern asked if I would participate once again this year I readily said yes, and on a Friday afternoon this Spring I listened and provided feedback on social media strategy presentations by 10 teams of aspiring digital marketing professionals. It’s much harder to make difficult decisions about what you should do.

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(Social Media) Strategy: Lessons from the Trenches

Dave Fleet

When Bill Doern asked if I would participate once again this year I readily said yes, and on a Friday afternoon this Spring I listened and provided feedback on social media strategy presentations by 10 teams of aspiring digital marketing professionals. It’s much harder to make difficult decisions about what you should do.

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My 2012 Reading Challenge: 36 Books

Dave Fleet

Non-Fiction: Workarounds That Work ( here’s my review ). Game-Based Marketing. Manager’s Guide to Crisis Management (review coming soon). Brand Turnaround: How Brands Gone Bad Returned to Glory and the 7 Game Changers that Made the Difference (review coming soon). Content Rules ( here’s my review ).