World Wide Rave, David Meerman Scott
World Wide Rave, David Meerman Scott
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World Wide Rave
Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories

Author: David Meerman Scott

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 4 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 02/23/2009


Synopsis

What do Blendtec, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Barack Obama have in common? They all created huge amounts of buzz and generated millions of dollars in sales and campaign contributions by using the principles found in this enlightening audio book.

A World Wide Rave is when people around the world are talking about you, your company, and your products Whether you’re located in San Francisco, Dubai, or Reykjavik, it’s when global communities eagerly link to your stuff on the Web. It’s when online buzz drives buyers to your virtual doorstep. And it’s when tons of fans visit your Website and your blog because they genuinely want to be there.

Millions of people try to create something on the Web that will catch on and become a hit on YouTube, blogs, Facebook, and other online media. But you can't generate buzz without something to buzz about. Now bestselling author, David Meerman Scott explains how to produce engaging online content that people will WANT to share, triggering a “world wide rave” for your product or service.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sofia on December 16, 2011

What to take from this book: build an online presence so people can find you, engage with your audience, create interesting content, share it for free, and you too could create a World Wide Rave. If you want some inspiration, google "viral marketing success stories" or something of the sort, and che......more

Goodreads review by Chip on August 02, 2018

2009, but not out of date ideas about marketing in the mobile communication era.......more

Goodreads review by Jaime on February 23, 2010

This book is easily digestible and is great for someone looking for a social media pep talk. I do think, however, that he oversimplifies the issues and takes the 'anyone can and should be doing this' argument too far. I also disagree with his argument that musicians would have been better served by......more

Goodreads review by Victor on March 23, 2009

If you're at all familiar with social media and the marketing concept, it's unlikely you'll find anything new in World Wide Rave. However, if you're a businessperson who's just getting started, this book might be just the ticket; it's easy to understand and it's filled with interesting, real-life ex......more

Goodreads review by Dana Lynn on April 23, 2011

Scott does a great job of story telling in this book, relating a number of examples of how companies are using the viral power of the Internet to create a following for their products and services. Most of the examples are of big company strategy, which as an entrepreneur I found a little hard to re......more