{"id":5187,"date":"2019-11-22T11:08:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T00:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strategiesforinfluence.com\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2019-11-24T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T01:13:40","slug":"jay-conrad-levinson-guerrilla-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategiesforinfluence.com\/jay-conrad-levinson-guerrilla-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Conrad Levinson – Guerrilla Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Jay Conrad Levinson (1933 \u2013 2013) was a business writer, famous as the author of the 1984 bestselling book, “Guerrilla Marketing.”<\/em> Levinson popularized the use of the term “Guerrilla Marketing”<\/em> to describe unconventional marketing tools and techniques that could be used when financial resources are limited. Guerrilla Marketing is one of the best-known marketing brands in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The “Guerrilla Marketing.” book was named by Time magazine as one of the top 25 best business books, with over 21 million sold. Jay Conrad Levinson’s “Big Idea”<\/em> of the “Guerrilla” concepts have influenced marketing so much that his books appear in 62 languages and are recommended reading in many Marketing MBA programs worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guerrilla marketing is a strategy in which a company uses surprise and unconventional interactions to promote a product or service. The term was popularized by Jay Conrad Levinson’s 1984 book “Guerrilla Marketing.”<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Guerrilla marketing uses multiple techniques to establish direct contact with customers. One of the goals of this interaction is to cause an emotional reaction in the clients. Guerrilla campaigns don’t need to spend large amounts; they need to have imagination, energy, and time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The purpose of Guerrilla marketing is to get people to remember products or brands in a different way. The book “Guerrilla Marketing” describes hundreds of “guerrilla marketing weapons” in use at the time. Guerrilla marketers need to be creative in devising unconventional methods of promotion to maintain the public’s interest in a product or service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As traditional advertising media channels lose popularity, marketers have to find new strategies to get their messages to the consumer. Guerrilla marketing focuses on taking the consumer by surprise to make a big impression. The objective is to create a buzz about the product being marketed and to increase consumer engagement. Ideally, gorilla marketing creates a memorable experience, that increases word of mouth and reaches more people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAn employer\u2019s decision-making process is less rational than you might think.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere are two great days in a person\u2019s life\u2014the day we were born and the day we discover why.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnswers of less than 30 seconds are generally insufficient, but answers over three minutes are too long.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJob hunting is a do-it-yourself activity. There is just no way around it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCandidates who reach out to recruiters through LinkedIn are much more likely to break through the clutter and get recruiters\u2019 attention than are people who simply send in a resume and\/or leave a voice mail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Newspapers and job boards (passive mediums) are rapidly being replaced by Boolean search strings (keywords) on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA focused resume is a powerful resume. A resume that tries to be all things to all people ends up being nothing at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKnow what message (strengths\/accomplishments) you want to get across during the interview. Answer questions in two parts\u2014what they want to know and what you want them to know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMore than 95% of jobs are not advertised anymore because employers are ill-equipped to deal with the avalanche of resumes, each one of which has to be filed, tracked, and replied to for Equal Opportunity Employer reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo get at these opportunities, you need to relearn how to search for opportunities and articulate your value to employers in terms they can understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAvoid discussing salary\u2014he who gives a number first loses negotiating power. If backed into a corner, give a salary range rather than a finite number. Base your range on competitive data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe brain uses images to help the conscious mind understand.\u201d<\/p>– Jay Conrad Levinson<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n “The brain uses images to help the conscious mind understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cConsistency breeds familiarity, familiarity breeds confidence, and confidence breeds sales.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA business that can’t make the commitment to three entries a week doesn’t need and shouldn’t have a blog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Your website is the window of your business. Keep it fresh, keep it exciting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cResearch has shown that 63 percent of Americans will pay as much as 36 percent more to patronize a business that is environmentally friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don’t have to give away free things in order to be generous. You can prove your generosity by your ability to listen and see things from your customer’s point of view. You can prove it by your willingness to share information, by the inside tips you give to your customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe road to profitability is paved with credibility. Credibility is something you earn by how you market, where you market, how you treat people, how you act, and your overall level of professionalism. Away from the business arena, the term is street cred, and it’s the road to respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “In order to sell a product or a service, a company must establish a relationship with the consumer. It must build trust and rapport. It must understand the customer’s needs, and it must provide a product that delivers the promised benefits.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRegard every \u201cno\u201d as a \u201cnot today\u201d and a step closer to \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>– Jay Conrad Levinson<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause they are so intimidated and worried about making mistakes, they simply don’t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn the fool’s mind, there are many choices; in the wise man’s mind, there are few.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThree main secrets of a guerrilla marketing location: Internet, Internet, Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRegard every \u201cno\u201d as a \u201cnot today\u201d and a step closer to \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA surefire way to access that unconscious mind: repetition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRank-and-file staff rarely want to hire people more skilled than themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo appeal to left-brained people, your messages should have a lot of numbers because brain lefties love specific references.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo address right-brained people, you use pictures, appeals to the imagination, color, rhythm, and space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “More than half of your marketing time should be devoted to your existing customers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEnthusiasm at its highest form is called passion.\u201d<\/p>– Jay Conrad Levinson<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Share this page with your network to increase your Influence. Then explore the additional Coaching Information from some of the world\u2019s top experts. Click the links below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n \u201cResearch has shown that 63 percent of Americans will pay as much as 36 percent more to patronize a business that is environmentally friendly.\u201d<\/p>– Jay Conrad Levinson <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \u201cQuality is not what you put into your product or service but what your customers get out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKnowledge is the currency of the twenty-first century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEnthusiasm at its highest form is called passion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWithout passion, there is little enthusiasm. Without enthusiasm, profits are few and far between.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The unconscious mind is much smarter than the conscious mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “There is extraordinary chemistry that exists in long-term relationships.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Guerrilla marketing is needed because it gives small businesses a delightfully unfair advantage: certainty in an uncertain world, the economy in a high-priced world, simplicity in a complicated world, marketing awareness in a clueless world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMarketing has a beginning and a middle but not an ending.\u201d<\/p>– Jay Conrad Levinson <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you can talk to them about themselves, you’ll have their full attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cinstead of saying “fifty-five and older,” say “fifty-five and better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMarketing has a beginning and a middle but not an ending.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRelationship innovation is more important to women than product innovation is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCombined with your meme, your theme\u2014an unintentional rhyme\u2014gives you double-barreled memorability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMediocre marketing with commitment works better than brilliant marketing without commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEverybody can market intelligently and establish many rewarding relationships with a good blog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTraditional marketers, at the end of the month, count money. Guerrillas count new relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon’t delude yourself: You cannot succeed without media advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn your letter, write about your customers’ dreams and problems. List the solutions you can provide to those problems and benefits that you offer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “If you don\u2019t believe in your product, or if you\u2019re not consistent and regular in the way you promote it, the odds of succeeding go way down. The primary function of the marketing plan is to ensure that you have the resources and the wherewithal to do what it takes to make your product work.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marketing is not an event, but a process It has a beginning, a middle, but never an end, for it is a process. You improve it, perfect it, change it, even pause it. But you never stop it completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “There are two kinds of marketing: expensive and inexpensive. Expensive marketing is the kind that doesn’t work. Inexpensive marketing is the kind that works\u2014regardless of cost.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Marketing is every bit of contact your company has with anyone in the outside world. Every bit of contact. That means a lot of marketing opportunities. It does not mean investing a lot of money.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSubject lines shorter than 50 characters in length, as well as an increased number of hyperlinks, led to increased open- and click-through rates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy people open and respond to the e-mail listed these factors: Products or services featured (54 percent), Written copy (40 percent), Subject line (35 percent), Compelling offers (discounts, free shipping) (33 percent)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCreativity comes from knowledge. You must have knowledge of your own product or service, your competition, your target audience, your marketing area, the economy, current events, and the trends of the time. With this knowledge, you\u2019ll have what it takes to develop a creative marketing program, and you\u2019ll produce creative marketing materials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe unconscious mind is much smarter than the conscious mind.\u201d<\/p>– Jay Conrad Levinson<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \u201cA focused resume is a powerful resume. A resume that tries to be all things to all people ends up being nothing at all.\u201d<\/p>– JAY CONRAD LEVINSON <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \u201cStrategies for Influence\u201d<\/em><\/strong> explores and shares the BIG IDEAS<\/em><\/strong> from the Leaders of Influence <\/em>that can help you with your Career, Business, and Leadership. Click on any of the links below to explore the Big Ideas that have influenced our work and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n \u201cQuality is not what you put into your product or service but what your customers get out of it.\u201d<\/p>– Jay Conrad Levinson<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Internet Prophets: Jay Conrad Levinson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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