Social Media Marketing: A Practitioner Guide (Opresnik Management Guides #14)

Ranked among the best marketing/advertisement books in the world by Bookauthority

Here comes the 4^th edition of the global bestseller 'Social Media Marketing' by marketing guru Philip Kotler, Svend Hollensen and Marc Opresnik.

 

Marketing communication is undergoing a digital revolution. The increasing popularity of blogging, podcasting, and social networks enables world customers to broadcast their views about a product or service to a potential audience of billions. Traditional advertising does not work as well as it has in the past.

 

This completely revised and extended fourth edition of this guide, chosen by Bookauthority as one of the best marketing/advertising books in the world, leads readers through the maze of communities, platforms, and social media tools so that they can better decide which tools to use, and how to use them most effectively. For beginners overwhelmed by too many choices as well as experienced professionals eager to improve their game, this comprehensive book is full of tactics that have been proven to work in the real marketing world. This book will take you beyond the jargon to social media marketing mastery.

 

Reviews

‘This book is an indispensable guidance for 21^st century professional marketers, who seek to leverage social media to win in consumer communication.’

Kohzoh Takaoka, President & CEO, Nestlé Japan Ltd.

 

‘This is the book that will help you master social media, the indispensable element in every marketing program.’

Al Ries, Chairman, Ries & Ries

 

‘This book is a comprehensive treatment of social media marketing where the principles and strategies laid out for the executives could result in a significant profitable growth for many firms.’

V Kumar, Ph.D., Richard and Susan Lenny Distinguished Chair, & Regents’ Professor of Marketing, Georgia State University, USA

 

‘This guide provides a solid, succinct overview of social media, practical tips which marketers can feed into their social media strategies and which researchers can use to further understand the phenomena they study in the social media context.’

Dr. Violetta Wilk, Ph.D., Researcher and Lecturer in Marketing, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

 

The authors

Philip Kotler is the S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and one of the world’s leading authorities on marketing. His writing has defined marketing around the world for the past decades. Philip Kotler is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees and is widely considered as the ‘Father of Modern Marketing’.

 

Svend Hollensen is an Associate Professor of International Marketing at the University of Southern Denmark. He is the author of globally published textbooks and several articles in well-recognised journals. Svend Hollensen has also worked as a consultant for several multinational companies, as well as global organizations like the World Bank.

 

Marc Opresnik is a Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the Technische Hochschule Lübeck and Member of the Board of Directors at SGMI Management Institute St. Gallen. He is Chief Research Officer at Kotler Impact Inc. and a global co-author of marketing legend Philip Kotler. With his many years of international experience, Marc Opresnik is one of the world’s most renowned marketing, management and negotiation experts.