Buzz: Real-life Lessons in Word-of-Mouth Marketing [Paperback]

Buzz. It's the reason people decide which car to buy, which book to read or which movie to see. Rosen's bestseller, rewritten and updated with more than fifty per cent new material, explains how to make buzz work for you.

Buzz is the most valuable marketing tool there is - and yet it's under-researched and overlooked as a method of reaching customers. The groundbreaking The Anatomy of Buzz told us why buzz matters: studies and real-life phenomena from the iMac to Cold Mountain prove that consumer recommendations are the best form of advertising or marketing. Now Rosen, who has spent years studying buzz, has added findings from cutting-edge research and 100 new interviews with field-leaders to show you how to create it. The result, with tips on subjects from seeding the market to accelerating natural contagion, is essential reading not only for marketers, but for anyone who wants to spread their message.

Emanuel Rosen became interested in buzz (and especially in how it can be accelerated) when he was responsible for marketing the EndNote software which spread to a large extent by word-of-mouth. He went on to write bestselling books about buzz which are available in thirteen languages. He lives in Menlo Park, California.