Business Charisma: The Magnetism of Personality, Presence, and Customer Engagement


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How Great Organizations Engage and Win the Customers Again and Again With today's choices, Customer Service is not enough to even get into the game! Business needs a weapon to take leadership, sales, marketing, and the customer relationship to new levels that blow away the competition. Business Charisma is based cutting edge research that identifies charismatic businesses. It asks the question, "Why? What is it about these organizations that make you, the customer want to be engaged in the relationship . . . again, and again?" Discover the elements that make Disney, Apple Computer, Trader Joe's, Starbucks, Victoria Secret, Starbucks, Dyson, and Harley-Davidson magnetic to customers. Discover what these, and other businesses, do to become magnetic with customers. * Lower marketing costs with customers who want to tell others about your organization. * Improve your Leadership skills. * Watch morale skyrocket as your stakeholders discover your customers having fun. * Add personal skills that will make you more warm, persuasive, a considerable presence, and a charismatic personality. In addition, you will find skills and behaviors that can be used by you and your employees for a more powerful presence, personality warmth, and personal charisma. Business Charisma will help you sell more, increase the value of your business, improve your profitability, make your leadership team more effective and a host of other benefits. Read this book to get your own magical influence. Build a mystique that engages customers with your own "fairy dust" of influence.




Brand Equity & Advertising


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The tenth annual Advertising and Consumer Psychology Conference held in San Francisco focused on branding -- a subject generating intense interest both in academia and in the "real world." The principle theory behind these conferences is that much can be gained by joining advertising and marketing professionals with academic researchers in advertising. Professionals can gain insight into the new theories, measurement tools and empirical findings that are emerging, while academics are stimulated by the insights and experience that professionals describe and the research questions that they pose. This book consists of papers delivered by experts from academia and industry discussing issues regarding the role of advertising in the establishment and maintenance of brand equity -- making this volume of interest to advertising and marketing specialists, as well as consumer and social psychologists.








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The American Economic Review


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Includes annual List of doctoral dissertations in political economy in progress in American universities and colleges; and the Hand book of the American Economic Association.




Routledge International Handbook of Charisma


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The Routledge International Handbook of Charisma provides an unprecedented multidimensional and multidisciplinary comparative analysis of the phenomenon of charisma – first defined by Max Weber as the irrational bond between deified leader and submissive follower. It includes broad overviews of foundational theories and experiences of charisma and of associated key issues and themes. Contributors include 45 influential international scholars who approach the topic from different disciplinary perspectives and utilize examples from an array of historical and cultural settings. The Handbook presents up-to-date, concise, thought-provoking, innovative, and informative perspectives on charisma as it has been expressed in the past and as it continues to be manifested in the contemporary world by leaders ranging from shamans to presidents. It is designed to be essential reading for all students, researchers, and general readers interested in achieving a comprehensive understanding of the power and potential of charismatic authority in all its varieties, subtleties, dynamics, and current and potential directions.




Hedonism, Utilitarianism, and Consumer Behavior


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This book investigates the effects of utilitarian and hedonic shopping behavior, drawing on original empirical research. Consumers have been shown to shop in one of two ways: they are either mainly driven by fun, escapism, and variety, or by need and efficiency. While previous literature has focused on the drivers of hedonic or utilitarian shopping, this book explores the consequences of these styles of shopping and addresses their impact on perceived value, money spent, and willingness to return to the store in future. The author synthesizes theories from previous studies, applying them to two key retailing contexts – intensive distribution and selective distribution. Ultimately, this book highlights the need for retailers to adopt a more consumer-based perspective to improve shopping experiences. It will prove useful for academics who want to gain a better understanding of hedonic and utilitarian behavior, and also offers practitioners with useful insights on how to target different customer segments.