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Top 10 Marketing Books I Wish Someone Would Write

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A friend of mine was telling me about his idea for a ‘new’ marketing book he’s writing.  I pointed out that there are already more than 600 books on social media alone according to the impromptu search I did on Amazon whilst talking with him.  His book, apparently, would be different because it was from the client’s point-of-view.  Ah.

So I got to thinking about how very different the world looks from the agency-side.  I wondered what I might write about if I were so inclined.   Here’s my Top 10 list of marketing books that I wish someone would write (because I don’t have the time):

1. Cajones: Fortune 500 Marketing for the New Millennium

2. Beyond Boobs, Babies and Bulldogs: 1001 Memorable Visual Cues for New Media

3. In Search of ROI…

4. You Found The Silver Bullet: Will It Blend?

5. It Cost HOW MUCH? A Collection of the Most Expensive, Worst-Performing Campaigns Ever (vol. 1 of 20)

6. Mediocrity: A Guide for the Defiantly Stupid

7. The 70-Hour Work Week: Welcome to Reality, Dude

8. Panicked People: Interviews with Baby Boomer CMO’s

9. 1001 Ways to Convince Your Client Their Campaign is Amazing

10. The ABC’s of Marketing Leadership: Always Be Clueless

So, what would your title be?  Post your comment below.

Written by Lori Laurent Smith

March 28, 2008 at 2:37 pm

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  1. I love #5!

    Joe Minock

    April 1, 2008 at 8:09 pm


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