Marketing Lessons from the Grateful D..., David Meerman Scott
Marketing Lessons from the Grateful D..., David Meerman Scott
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Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead
What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History

Author: David Meerman Scott, Brian Halligan, Bill Walton

Narrator: David Meerman Scott, Brian Halligan, Bill Walton

Unabridged: 3 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/18/2010


Synopsis

THE GRATEFUL DEAD—Rock Legends, Marketing Pioneers

The Grateful Dead broke almost every rule in the music industry book. They encouraged their fans to record shows and trade tapes; they built a mailing list and sold concert tickets directly to fans; and they built a their business model on live concerts, not album sales. By cultivating a dedicated, active community, collaborating with their audience to co-create the Deadhead lifestyle, and giving away “freemium” content, the Dead pioneered many social media and inbound marketing concepts successfully used by businesses across all industries today.

Written by marketing gurus and lifelong Deadheads David Meerman Scott and Brian Halligan, Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead gives you key innovations from the Dead’s approach you can apply to your business. Find out how to make your fans equal partners in your journey, “lose control” to win, create passionate loyalty, and experience the kind of marketing gains that will not fade away!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on December 27, 2014

Confession: I didn't finish this one. It's kitchy, for sure, but unless you know nothing about marketing this book isn't going to be that helpful. It's interesting background on the Dead and it's mildly amusing to see what parallels David Meerman Scott draws between the band and brilliant marketing......more

Goodreads review by David on February 08, 2014

This is a fun read that truly shows the genius of this 60's band when it comes to being in the forefront with marketing and branding.......more

Goodreads review by Yukari on March 01, 2012

Of course I give 5 stars! Co-authored by my husband and translated into Japanese by MEEEEE.......more

Goodreads review by Enrique on July 19, 2023

Voy a intentar ser lo más justo posible con este libro. El otro día escuché una charla entre Rick Rubin y Brian Eno. En un momento de la conversación Brian Eno apuntaba como uno de los factores de un potencial éxito el pensar que podrías haber hecho tú eso mismo, pero sin embargo no lo hiciste. Este......more

Goodreads review by Bernie on March 18, 2022

I read this because not was on Seth Godin's 10 books to read list. While it was fine -- it is very dated. Most of the practical examples of the principles are applicable to the early days of Web 2.0. Most of us have heard this before. Sure the Grateful Dead did a lot of what we do in modern marketin......more