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The End of Marketing as We Know It

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Marketing as we know it today is about image. It's about getting consumers to love your products. It's about producing award-winning commercials and promotions, and creating ads people like. It's about buzzwords like "events," "relationships," and "intimacy." Problem is, it's not working. So says the "Aya-Cola," Sergio Zyman, two-time marketing czar of Coca-Cola and today quite possibly the most famous marketer--and marketing gadfly--in the world. Brilliant and irascible, Zyman is best known for reinventing The Coca-Cola Company's marketing approach by spearheading the launches of such world-class global brands as Diet Coke, New Coke, Classic Coke, Fruitopia, and Sprite. Over a combined thirteen-year period, Zyman directed a zestful multibillion-dollar marketing effort, masterminding such timeless campaigns as "Coke Is It!" and "Always Coca-Cola," that resulted in sales of more than 15 billion cases of Coke products per year to over 5 billion consumers in 190 countries. In The End of Marketing As We Know It, Zyman reveals, with characteristic flair, the counterintuitive and often provocative marketing strategies and tactics that earned him the nickname "Aya-Cola" on Madison Avenue and helped to increase the market value of The Coca-Cola Company from a mere $56 billion to an astounding $193 billion in just five years. Shattering the mystique surrounding the discipline of marketing and upending the tradition of creating popular, crowd-pleasing ads and promotions, Zyman recounts such illuminating anecdotes as why he decided not to rerun the much-loved "I'd like to teach the world to sing" Coke commercial and why "feel-good" marketing is pointless unless it results in sales. He also

272 pages, Hardcover

Published May 19, 1999

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50 reviews16 followers
November 16, 2019
Khá là nhạt nhẽo.
Tác giả lặp đi lặp lại 1 cách chung chung về việc Marketing phải đo lường, khoa học.. này nọ. Nói chung thì cũng đúng thôi, nhưng mà nó gần như là hiển nhiên rồi thì có cần phải nói nhiều thế không?
Ví dụ của tác giả cũng chung chung, có vẻ chả liên quan lắm. Đưa ra New Coke rồi bị thất bại thì thừa nhận là thất bại đi, tác giả lại còn cố biện minh là nhờ "phốt" New Coke mà Coke Classic được mọi người yêu mến hơn.
Cái đó thì rõ là Coke đã gặp may chứ có phải tài năng gì đâu.

Chất lượng bản dịch: cảm giác đọc khá ngang. Trong sách có nhiều đoạn trích dẫn được in to ra, tưởng là hay nhưng kỳ thực lại làm rối người đọc. Do đoạn trích dẫn ấy lấy từ trong 1 câu ở trong chính trang sách nên cuối cùng người đọc phải đọc 2 lần cùng 1 nội dung. Các chú thích trong sách lúc nào cũng kèm câu "chú thích của người dịch", rất tốn chỗ. Chi bằng quy ước luôn tất cả chú thích trong sách là của người dịch, hoặc viết tắt ND là đủ rồi.
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52 reviews
August 22, 2020
This book surprised me. I had low expectations, between the reviews on Amazon and the fact that it was a marketing book written in the late 90's. The fact is that Zyman was way ahead of his time. Yes, he has an ego the size of the Goodyear blimp, yes New Coke was a disaster from an outsider's perspective....but the reality is that he got the true relationship between marketing and the business, and what he saw inspired his confidence in what actually worked. So in this book you'll find a completely different approach to marketing than is practiced today, but that is still relevant even in the age of social media, influencers, mobile, and SEO.
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24 reviews3 followers
October 15, 2020
Bản gốc tuyệt đỉnh. Nhiều người nói quyển sách quá đơn giản, hơi tự kiêu, và không có gì là mới (marketing thì phải đo lường). Bản thân mình nghĩ sách có nhiều bài học, không phải cái gì đó step-by-step hay cụ thể rõ ràng, nó ẩn chứa trong từng chương một. Nên có lẽ cũng tuỳ người, đối với mình thì quyển này cho mình nhiều bài học hay.

Bản Tiếng Việt thì đúng là điên rồ. Truyền thống của Happy Live là dịch sách không chuẩn và làm giá cho thật đắt. Bìa cứng - giấy trơn - rồi thêm cả đống nội dung "chú thích của người dịch" - chắc họ nghĩ người đọc cần đọc thêm - nhưng làm ơn, đừng vẽ chân cho rắn.

Happy Live có nhiều đầu sách hay, nhưng họ dịch dở là có thật :))
26 reviews
January 4, 2022
Takeaways:

- The primary reason we do marketing is to sell more.

- So many companies hire people who lack the skills to do the job. This leads to a lot of inexperienced people in jobs that demand more experience.

- When you hire an experienced employee, the first six months of their job should be dedicated to teaching the processes that they have learned to the team. So many companies hire great talent, then re-train them to follow existing processes right away, allowing them to forget what they did successfully before.

- The most successful companies are always in front of their customers; always running ads.

- You have to give people lots of reasons to buy, because they get bored of the old reasons.

- Avoid running the same ad campaigns, create new ones with new reasons to buy.

- Incremental improvements are better than reinventing the wheel.

- Ad agencies can be good, but you have to control the strategy, and you have to reward hard work.

- Marketing isn’t an art it’s a science, if something comes up that you’re unsure of, you have to run an experiment, you have to test it!

- The best people to hire are those who already work for great companies and are comfortable there. You need to give them a reason to join your team. It can be as basic as someone who needs to work abroad because that’s where their partner lives, or someone who wants free personal training. When that talented candidates expectations don’t match what your companies offers, change your offering so that it does!

- When expanding globally, a local manager needs to speak with a local consumer.
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5 reviews
October 25, 2024
I take a lot of time finish reading this. A lot of insights i grab. Some frameworks still make sense.

This book goes through the whole funnel of marketing and how we can utilize to make the marketing “most effective”, which, in this case, mean make the most money out of it, by looking at user and create user-centric stories based on user-centric view.

But actually I can grab more insight for the same length in other books. Kind of rambling and not really condense the idea in the way it should.
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38 reviews1 follower
May 28, 2023
Có một số đoạn trong sách rất hay, đúng kiểu "think outside the box". Quan điểm quyển này cũng giống với suy nghĩ của mình, marketing giỏi là phải bán được hàng :D cựu Giám đốc Marketing của Coca-Cola viết nên hầu hết nói về Coca.
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December 4, 2015
Читая книгу «Конец маркетинга, каким мы его знаем» Серхио Займана, меня не покидало ощущение, что где-то я это всё уже видел. И действительно, каждая глава книги Займана, это реализация тех идей, что можно прочесть у Котлера и у Траута. Можно сказать, что те кто прочитали все или почти все книги этих двух авторов не найдут ничего интересного в книге Займана. С другой стороны, приятно, когда теория так плавно переходит в практику, практическую деятельность корпорации Coca-Cola. Это как раз одна из причин, почему книга создавала эффект само пиара, т.к. естественно всё что происходило во времена работы автора, представлены в книге исключительно в положительном свете. Даже провал New Coke подан не как провал, а как провал+победа. Это производит феерическое зрелище, особенно на фоне ярой критики этого решения со стороны остальных маркетологов.
Если резюмировать, то наилучшей рекомендацией станет цитата с задней обложки книги, какую даёт директор по маркетингу компании «Белый Ветер»: «Прочитала запоем за два вечера. Для начинающего маркетолога – обязательно к прочтению. Для опытного – интересный и полезный материал. Плюс веский повод ещё раз посмотреть на себя и на других под иным прицелом Нового Маркетинга. Книгу можно сравнить с озером, где есть что выудить. И чем более ты ловкий рыбак, тем шикарнее будет ужин у тебя и твоей компании. Приятного аппетита». Хоть отзыв изобилует превосходными степенями, однако в целом он верен.


Главная задача

На протяжении всей книги Займан будет писать, что главная задача маркетинга, это продавать максимально возможное количество продукции по максимально возможной цене. И собственно всё действия маркетологов должны проходить именно через этот фильтр. Что интересно, он пишет, что реклама, которая так нравилась всем (потребителям, сотрудникам Coca-Cola, сотрудникам рекламного агентства и т.д.), но которая не поднимает уровень продаж, должна быть немедленно снята с эфира. Это ещё раз показывает, что реклама должна продавать, а не веселить. Хотя бывают случаи, когда и то и другое умещаются в одной рекламе.


Миссия, Стратегия, Тактика

Однако странно, что Займан пишет, что «стратегия идёт первой, потому что именно она предопределяет, какая тактика вам потребуется». Это полностью противоречит тому, о чём пишет Траут: «Стратегия следует за тактикой». Т.е., что сначала выявляется неудовлетворённая потребность, а уже только после этого создаётся товар или услуга. Об этом писал ещё профессор Теодор Левитт, когда «предлагал компаниям переопределить свой бизнес, исходя из потребностей, а не продукции». Так что это заявление Займана довольно странное.
Продолжая тему «тактика, стратегия, миссия» обращает на себя внимание и такой пассаж Займана: «Стратегия должна информировать окружающих обо всём, чем вы занимаетесь. Всё, что делается в вашей компании (в какой цвет окрашивают её грузовики, как долго у вас в офисе не снимают трубку звонящего телефона, что рабочие ваших заводов рассказывают своим друзьям), становится известно публике». И далее: «Стратегия бренда представляет собой сумму всего, что вы сообщаете своими действиями». Но это больше напоминает миссию организации, нежели стратегию. Например, тот же профессор Левитт считал, что миссия призвана отвечать на следующие вопросы, ответы на которые способны помочь сформулировать миссию компании: «в чём заключается наш бизнес? Кто наш покупатель? Что является ценным для наших покупателей? Каким будет наш бизнес? Каким должен быть наш бизнес?» А авторы книги «Маркетинг менеджмент и стратегии» Дойль и Штерн пишут о том, что миссия должна выполнять четыре функции: «Во-первых, она призвана повысить мотивацию сотрудников, представляя внешнюю ценность, ради которой работает компания. Во-вторых, она вызывает в сотрудника, работающих в разных подразделениях и бизнес-единицах, чувство причастности в общей цели, ощущение членства в большой семье единомышленников. В-третьих, оно даёт представление о направлении развития компании, определяя те рынки и технологии, где менеджмент видит лучшие возможности. В-четвёртых, оно устанавливает основные принципы работы компании, определяю��ие характер её отношений с сотрудниками, клиентами, поставщиками, дистрибьюторами и другими основными заинтересованными группами».


Реализованная теория

Как я уже сказал, читая Займа��а, постоянно ловишь себя на том, что это уже было написано. Можно даже сказать по-другому: читая текст, ты ловишь себя на том, что определяешь, где встречается Траут, где Котлер, а где Огилви и т.д. Так что фраза Займана «Принципы, изложенные в книге, не просто абстрактная теории. Они развивались и использовались в ходе самых успешных маркетинговых кампаний за последние 15 лет» - является точной.
Ну, и не могу не процитировать Займана, который повторяет слова известного рекламщика, самого первого рекламщика который подошёл к теме рекламы с научной точки зрения: «Меняя точку зрения, вы демонстрируете научность своего подхода к маркетингу.…Экспериментируя, анализируя и пересматривая свои позиции, вы делаете то, что делают учёные, когда отыскивают наилучшие решения проблем». Трудно с этим не согласится. И не только в отношении рекламы, но и в отношении маркетинга.
7 reviews1 follower
June 13, 2020
This is the First book I have read about the marketing quite different and informative
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33 reviews3 followers
September 11, 2023
Loved this school of thought from Sergio Zyman. It is borderline hyper aggressive , pompous, however underneath lies deep insights on marketing to consumers. Recommend.
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December 25, 2023
interesting read, i didnt know this guy was behind coca cola's marketing, shares some good commen sense yet filled with wisdom outside the box marketing strategies that explain his style,

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December 19, 2013
This book by Sergio Zyman, former chief marketing officer of Coca-Cola is aiming to bring marketing back to its basics – the days before advertising companies, where each company was in charge of its own marketing strategy in order to increase sales. While Zyman is not against advertising firms per se, he advises to keep strategy in-house.

The two main take-out points in the book are the importance of flexibility - being able to react as fast as possible to the market environment and alter campaigns, and the focus of marketing activity on results rather than creativity.

Most of the examples come from the world of Coca-Cola and soft drinks, which is full of competition and strategy. Some of the marketing tactics described are able to surprise in their creativity and aggressiveness.
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41 reviews1 follower
February 20, 2013
One of the best Marketing books I've ever read. Zyman would be just the guy to head my marketing team! Zyman shares some insights and tells tales from his own experience. This book is a head turning yet easy read. Cuts like butter LOL. Highly recommend this book for not only those in the marketing industry but anyone with an interest in a product. This is the guy that kept Coke advertising innovative!
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6 reviews4 followers
October 8, 2007
Nice book, about the failure of New Coke approaching...
This book good in concept but it's stop in to theory only.

Shall we control our brand ? Cant we let our customer manipulate our brand and let them decide to develop our brand into word of mouth ?
This is the end of Marketing where all advertisment cant be applicable ?
157 reviews
November 26, 2008
It is the real thing - ego. More information about how Zyman played politics than how he scored such big successes as the New Coke (okay, that didn't succeed). It is a good book to learn about the politics of success rather than market results can create a career. So, okay, Zyman successfully marketed a product - Zyman.
21 reviews4 followers
August 2, 2008
Everyone who has ever been a brand manager has either read this book or heard others talk about it. Fun read if you like hearing about creative case studies and how companies generated lot's of revenue through the masterful stragies of the marketing department.
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93 reviews2 followers
July 24, 2011
SO fundamental that you just want to yell out "YES! YES!" as you read it... not requiring of any education in business, but I enjoyed it during my marketing degree timeframe about a decade ago, so felt excited at every word.

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27 reviews1 follower
September 14, 2011
We're talking about Zyman here. CEO from Coca Cola whose behind the failure of introduction to New Coke. From Coca Cola he moved to Pepsi, and from Pepsi to Procter & Gamble. Long road that finally he gave up to old traditional marketing way. Read this book, marketers, and you'll know.
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Author 4 books5 followers
May 22, 2015
Marketing isn't about pretty Super Bowl ads. It's about getting the message out to buy more product at higher prices according to Zyman. What good is the investment in expensive ads, if there is no return?

Marketing is a science and not an art. It's not a mystery or magic. It's about results.
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744 reviews9 followers
December 31, 2015
I had to read this for one of my MBA classes, but since I work in the marketing field, I found it fairly interesting. It's definitely dated by this point, but some of the basic principles still hold true.
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413 reviews22 followers
February 5, 2016
Довольно хорошая бодрая книга для маркетологов, которые продают какой-то конкретный осязаемый продукт (как Колу). Я продаю услуги и не много полезного вынес из книги, потому что мне сложно применить советы для товаров народного потребления. Но в остальном все хорошо, прекрасная маркиза.
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28 reviews33 followers
January 7, 2012
A big lession on how to create advertising that generates sales and increase loyal customers. Great thinking process in how to manage the marketing function
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March 22, 2015
BRILLIANT ! best book from an Industry Veteran.
Must read for all Marketing Professionals -Marketing Managers ,Brand Managers etc
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1 review1 follower
June 22, 2015
Great marketing tips. I would say Sergio Zyman is truly a genius in marketing. It's definitely a must read
9 reviews
September 24, 2015
Great book!But it will be more useful for the marketing directors of the huge international corporations like Coca-cola,PepsiCo, Procter&Gamble and so on.
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