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Marketing Technology as a Service: Proven Techniques That Create Value [Hardcover]

Laurie Young , Bev Burgess
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (16 April 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0470748400
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470748404
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 517,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘…a giant of a book in every respect – dense with content, full of case studies and containing considerable wisdom…’. (BCS.org, August 2010).

‘…case studies from firms such as BT, Virgin Media and Xerox… I enjoy being granted access to previously unpublished information’.  (B2B Marketing, December 2010).

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Despite the fact that vast engineering networks are the foundations of modern society, the services that technology companies provide over them have been a relatively neglected area of study. As a result, marketing in some technology businesses has been depressingly tactical and inconsistent. Marketers with little experience, and even less professional training, run around presenting PowerPoint decks to each other, chasing after the latest fad and throwing erratic, changing activities at the market each quarter. Many work on the unchallenged assumption that markets are fast changing and that customers only want the lowest prices.

Yet this industry has liberated human imagination in the internet and convinced the world that they must have a PC and a mobile phone. Now, as a result of profound, relentless, global forces, some of the leading firms and greatest minds in it are at last turning their attention to service. With the advent of ‘cloud computing’ and radical changes in the engineering of some utilities, the marketing of services that are based on a technical infrastructure is about to become as important and sophisticated as in, say, consumer products. This book explores their story and experience.

“I really enjoyed the book From Products to Services by Mr Laurie Young. Encouraged by it, Haier accelerated its changeover from a traditional product–driven to a more customer–centric company. This new book Marketing Technology as a Service is another major contribution to technology companies for the cultivation of service needs worldwide.” – Mr Zhang Ruimin, CEO and Chairman, Haier Group, Beijing

“Young and Burgess describe a shift in mindset and pragmatic techniques that are quite doable – Rae Sedel, MD, Global Technology Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates.

“This book provides practical and insightful advice on how to use services to turn technology into value add solutions for real people – Rudy Provoost, CEO, Philips Lighting

“Business leaders in India have been remarkably successful at offering technology based services like outsourcing across the world. Currently worth $60 billion, they intend to reach $300 billion by 2020. To succeed, the Indian business community must offer new value propositions and adapt to emerging trends, like cloud computing. Burgess and Young have put together the first comprehensive and practical guide for business leaders to meet their challenges of exponential growth.” – Dr Mukesh Aghi, Chairman and CEO, Steria (India)


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This book replaces `Crossing the Chasm' as my pick as the most insightful book into marketing in the IT sector. With a healthy combination of theory, covering all aspects IT marketing and practical case studies this book is a very good summary of best practice IT Services Marketing.
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This book is a must 2 Oct 2011
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In my humble opinion, Marketing Technology as a Service should be mandatory reading for individuals wanting to develop or implement marketing technology as a service.
This book is superbly written and has given me an excellent overview of the proven techniques which create value for customers and your organisation. This book demonstrates the importance of what is now a major part of all economies and provides a clear guide to how this can be achieved. This book is very practical and easy to read, accompanied by interesting (old and new) case studies to back up well researched theory.
If you would like to understand the subject or looking to improve on your services business, this book is a must.

M Davison
Toshiba Medical Systems
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This is a valuable and important book. For many years I have experienced product companies attemting to develop services in order to offset commoditization of their product lines and, in some cases, to embellish their prodcts with services. This has been a western phenomenon and may spread to Asia. Young and Burgess have really investigated this subject in depth and help, through analysis, tools and case studies, to light the way for those companies comtemplating this journey, or those who may have stumbled on the way there. I also like their work on positioning service brands - which is a complex area - far more complex than product brand positioning. I like the fact that both the authors have real experience of doing it themselves and are not cloistered academics who have never done a marketing job themselves.
Charles Doyle
Chief Marketing and Communicaitons Officer,
Jones Lang LaSalle.
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