Product Description: With intensifying competitive activity and continuing budget constraints, technology marketing teams are under pressure to be more accountable and deliver measurable results that demonstrate an effective return on investment. To add to the complexity, the market for technology products and services is global, with continuing growth in both developed and developing territories...read more

Product Description: It's Not About the Technology is about a phenomenon most dreaded by high-technology industry executives: a failure at the execution leading to a missed market window. High-tech executives agree that a critical factor that drives the company to such a failure is the breakdown of interaction between marketing and engineering...read more

Strategic market planning in technology-intensive businesses is more complex and is less manageable than in most other organizations. The technology-driven business environment is intensely competitive, complex, and dynamic, and planning needs to be done quickly and often. Winning Market Leadership offers a refreshing new approach to strategic market planning in these very demanding technology-intensive markets. It provides a systematic and highly integrated process for evaluating market opportunities and for developing strategies to lead in chosen markets. Its proven, highly practical approach to strategic market planning has allowed leading companies worldwide to: plan faster, focus on cash-flow and profitability, create "living plans" that reflect changing market conditions and competitive dynamics, involve cross-functional teams effectively, and drive to "yes/no" decisions. The book resulted from project-based executive programs developed by the authors for corporate clients such as IBM, Nortel Networks, National Semiconductor, and General Electric. This strategic market planning process has been refined and tested with over a thousand managers and executives in North America, Europe, and Asia. Winning Market Leadership: Is targeted at managers in technology-intensive businesses such as computers, telecommunications, software, biotechnology, semiconductors, instruments, pharmaceuticals, and advanced materials. Focuses on the key issues and tough choices faced by executives in very demanding technology-intensive markets. Outlines a clear 10-step process for building winning market plans, including: identifying opportunities, understanding the competition, managing critical relationships, understanding the profit dynamic, and more. Features examples from high-tech companies such as Intel, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Glaxo Wellcome, and General Electric. Includes "Key Questions for Executives and Managers" at the end of each chapter that help eliminate "blind spots" in the planning process. Winning Market Leadership is relevant to all executives and managers who play a significant role in developing cross-functional strategic market plans for their business: general managers; marketing managers; strategic planners; managers in business development, engineering, and R&D; and project team leaders.

Product Description: On the surface it would appear that an engineer would need to know little about marketing, or even communicate with marketing professionals, to be successful. However, an engineer that understands and anticipates market conditions can design products that meet the exact needs of a market at the right time...read more

Product Description: Copywriting That Sells High Tech is the definitive guide to writing powerful promotional materials for technology products, services, and companies. Ideal for both novices and experienced communicators, Copywriting That Sells High Tech provides valuable insights and practical advice on writing clear and compelling promotional materials for technology products and services...read more

Product Description: Business people at every level will benefit from this scientific approach to the basics of marketing. Information on the seven fundamental building blocks of marketing, such as product price, the distribution network, and product promotion, are provided along with a guide to effective marketing systems and structures, including details on the trademarked Universal Web Structure, Lock and Key Branding System, and Distribution Structure Model...read more

Product Description: This extensively revised third edition of the Artech House bestseller, Successful Marketing Strategies for High-Tech Firms, reflects the ruthless realities of the new high-tech marketplace where effective marketing strategy counts as much as the latest and greatest technology...read more

Two men meet a big bear in the forest. One of them sits down to put on his running shoes. The other looks at him and says: "It's no use. You cannot outrun a bear anyway". The first one answers: "I don't have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun you." Speed against competitors is just one of the key lessons outlined in this book from Lars Tvede and Peter Ohnemus. E-business is here for good and people are waking up to the fact that traditional marketing techniques may not stand up to new requirements set out by the "new economy". The question is, "which of the traditional techniques still work, and which techniques need to be revamped?" The authors outline marketing strategies that use traditional methods where appropriate but, where required, introduce new techniques. These techniques are part of a new, distinctive school of thought in marketing - the 'Digital School of Marketing'. Traditional marketing schools, for example, have observed the importance of moving fast - in the Digital School fast is not just important, it is crucial: it took Microsoft ten years to reach 100 million dollars in revenue, AOL spent nine years, Yahoo! spent five years, Onsale four, Amazon three, and Priceline spent just one and a half years reaching 100 million dollars in revenue. Speed is just one of the key lessons to learn from this book. Whether you are an entrepreneur out there on your own or a marketer in a large company, read on to discover how you can temper your marketing strategies to bring them in line with what is required today. Synopsis The high tech industry is expanding and will continue to expand rapidly. Every year it attracts new professionals, some of whom come from other industries that are very different in nature, especially where marketing is concerned. Also, these individuals, whilst technically very able, have limited understanding of marketing. This book will be the definitive guide to anyone involved in the marketing of high tech products and, as such will fill a gap for a book that describes all aspects of marketing management as practised by the most successful executives in the high tech industry. Although there is a plethora of books on the subject of the digital economy, e-commerce and high tech marketing this is the first book to actually provide a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of the high tech markets. It also contains information on how companies in this sector need to position themselves correctly so that they can capture value; and to provide the information for the creation of a strategy to leverage their resources through co-operation with other companies. While some aspects of marketing strategy apply across many sectors, there are a number of factors that are distinctive to high-tech businesses. It is therefore of value to any manager in the high-tech industry to understand the specific challenges and opportunities that a marketing strategist will confront when operating within the high-tech industry. Marketing Strategies for the New Economy provides clear explanations of how and where value and profits typically are generated in the high-tech business and how management can develop and execute strategies to position their high-tech companies for lasting success. To give the book a practical edge beyond these concepts, the authors present a "critical path" which is a coherent framework that pulls together these concepts, enabling the reader to implement a winning strategy in this highly competitive field. This work is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of the high tech markets. It presents examples of marketing plan structures, a high-tech marketing audit, and a chronology of major marketing breakthroughs.

Examines marketing strategies for high-tech products and why they differ from those in other industries.

Draws on the principles espoused in Crossing the Chasm and Inside the Tornado by Geoffrey A. Moore to explain how to apply those lessons on a business operational level, with advice on how to develop action plans, product development, sales strategy, marketing communication, and management tactics. Original.

Product Description: This book presents a comprehensive look at the issues related to the commercialization of intellectual property, and contains three major themes that infuse all of the concepts presented: value creation, speed, and entrepreneurship...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In TechnoBrands, Chuck Pettis introduces the first published step-by-step process for building brands. While modern day "branding" has been around for more than a century-everybody knows the power of names such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, GE, Disney, Intel, or Nokia-very few people know the "secrets" of branding and how to successfully apply branding...read more

Product Description: This book develops the fundamentals of technology cycles, technology acquisition, core technology management, and technology policy. These principles enable managers to find, acquire and develop technologies, add value to them, and make profits...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Who are the consumers of high-tech goods and services, and what will their needs and preferences be as we move into the next century? Allan Reddy and his team of marketing researchers and professionals lay out the essentials of a high-tech consumer profile, then dig into the implications this holds for developing successful marketing strategies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A compact, practical reference containing step-by-step guidance through the process of planning, designing, writing, contracting and producing marketing and promotional materials for technology-based products. Covers all the ins and outs of technical copywriting including how to handle international markets, cultural biases and computer jargon. Features ideas for nonprint marketing such as video, E-mail, fax and interactive presentations. Numerous examples are drawn exclusively from the high-tech industry. (view table of contents)

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Explains the basics of the marketing process, and discusses competition, effective proposals, new product development, contract bidding, and myths about marketing

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