Informationen zum Autor Bernd H. Schmitt Klappentext Engaging, enlightening, provocative, and sensational are the words people use to describe compelling experiences and these words also describe this extraordinary book by Bernd Schmitt.Moving beyond traditional "features-and-benefits" marketing, Schmitt presents a revolutionary approach to marketing for the branding and information age. Schmitt shows how managers can create holistic experiences for their customers through brands that provide sensory, affective, and creative associations as well as lifestyle marketing and social identity campaigns.In this masterful handbook of tools and techniques, Schmitt presents a battery of business cases to show how cutting-edge companies use "experience providers" such as visual identity, communication, product presence, Web sites, and service to create different types of customer experiences. To illustrate the essential concepts and frameworks of experiential marketing, Schmitt provides:SENSE cases on Nokia mobile phones, Hennessy cognac, and Procter & Gamble's Tide Mountain Fresh detergent;FEEL cases on Hallmark, Campbell's Soup, and Häagen Dazs Cafés in Asia, Europe, and the United States;THINK cases on Apple Computer's revival, Genesis ElderCare, and Siemens;ACT cases on Gillette's Mach3, the Milk Mustache campaign, and Martha Stewart Living;RELATE cases on Harley-Davidson, Tommy Hilfiger, and Wonderbra.Using the New Beetle and Sony as examples, Schmitt discusses the strategic and implementation intricacies of creating holistic experiences for customers. In an intriguing final chapter, he presents turn-around techniques such as "Objective: To Dream," "Send in the Iconoclasts," and "Quit the Bull," to show how traditional marketing firms can transform themselves into experience-oriented organizations.This book will forever change your perception of customers, marketing, and brands -- from Amtrak and Singapore Airlines to Herbal Essences products and Gwyneth Paltrow. Zusammenfassung Engaging, enlightening, provocative, and sensational are the words people use to describe compelling experiences and these words also describe this extraordinary book by Bernd Schmitt. Moving beyond traditional "features-and-benefits" marketing, Schmitt presents a revolutionary approach to marketing for the branding and information age. Schmitt shows how managers can create holistic experiences for their customers through brands that provide sensory, affective, and creative associations as well as lifestyle marketing and social identity campaigns. In this masterful handbook of tools and techniques, Schmitt presents a battery of business cases to show how cutting-edge companies use "experience providers" such as visual identity, communication, product presence, Web sites, and service to create different types of customer experiences. To illustrate the essential concepts and frameworks of experiential marketing, Schmitt provides: SENSE cases on Nokia mobile phones, Hennessy cognac, and Procter & Gamble's Tide Mountain Fresh detergent; FEEL cases on Hallmark, Campbell's Soup, and Häagen Dazs Cafés in Asia, Europe, and the United States; THINK cases on Apple Computer's revival, Genesis ElderCare, and Siemens; ACT cases on Gillette's Mach3, the Milk Mustache campaign, and Martha Stewart Living; RELATE cases on Harley-Davidson, Tommy Hilfiger, and Wonderbra. Using the New Beetle and Sony as examples, Schmitt discusses the strategic and implementation intricacies of creating holistic experiences for customers. In an intriguing final chapter, he presents turn-around techniques such as "Objective: To Dream," "Send in the Iconoclasts," and "Quit the Bull," to show how traditional marketing firms can transform themselves into experience-oriented organizations. This book will forever change your perception of customers, marketing, and brands -- from Amtrak and...

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Bernd H. Schmitt

Klappentext

Engaging, enlightening, provocative, and sensational are the words people use to describe compelling experiences and these words also describe this extraordinary book by Bernd Schmitt.
Moving beyond traditional "features-and-benefits" marketing, Schmitt presents a revolutionary approach to marketing for the branding and information age. Schmitt shows how managers can create holistic experiences for their customers through brands that provide sensory, affective, and creative associations as well as lifestyle marketing and social identity campaigns.
In this masterful handbook of tools and techniques, Schmitt presents a battery of business cases to show how cutting-edge companies use "experience providers" such as visual identity, communication, product presence, Web sites, and service to create different types of customer experiences. To illustrate the essential concepts and frameworks of experiential marketing, Schmitt provides:

SENSE cases on Nokia mobile phones, Hennessy cognac, and Procter & Gamble's Tide Mountain Fresh detergent;
FEEL cases on Hallmark, Campbell's Soup, and Häagen Dazs Cafés in Asia, Europe, and the United States;
THINK cases on Apple Computer's revival, Genesis ElderCare, and Siemens;
ACT cases on Gillette's Mach3, the Milk Mustache campaign, and Martha Stewart Living;
RELATE cases on Harley-Davidson, Tommy Hilfiger, and Wonderbra.
Using the New Beetle and Sony as examples, Schmitt discusses the strategic and implementation intricacies of creating holistic experiences for customers. In an intriguing final chapter, he presents turn-around techniques such as "Objective: To Dream," "Send in the Iconoclasts," and "Quit the Bull," to show how traditional marketing firms can transform themselves into experience-oriented organizations.
This book will forever change your perception of customers, marketing, and brands -- from Amtrak and Singapore Airlines to Herbal Essences products and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Inhalt

CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: THE EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING REVOLUTION
1 FROM FEATURES AND BENEFITS TO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES
Three Marketing Trends at the Turn of the New Millennium
Are We Entering a New Century of Marketing?
Traditional Marketing: Four Key Characteristics
Traditional Marketing Is F&B Marketing
Traditional Marketing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
But How About "Branding"?
The Rise of Experiential Marketing
Experiential Marketing: Four Key Characteristics
From Brand = ID to Brand = EX
Summary
2 THE BREADTH AND SCOPE OF EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING
The Realm of Transportation
Auntie Anne's: Creating an Experience in a Transitional Environment
Technology Products: The Palm Computing Products, CrossWorlds Software, and Microsoft
Industrial Products: Lycra, Polartec, and Intel
News and Entertainment: Oprah Winfrey, CNN, and CNBC
Consulting, Medical, and Other Professional Services: Andersen Consulting, Crystal Run Health Care LLP, and Kinko's
Financial Products
How Do Traditional Marketers View Experiential Marketing?
An Overview of the Remainder of the Book
3 A FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES
What Exactly Is an Experience?
Experiences as Typologies of the Mind
The Strategic Underpinnings of Experiential Marketing: SEMs
Experiential Hybrids and Holistic Experiences
The Internal Structure of SEMs
The Instantiation Tools of Experiential Marketing: ExPros
Summary
PART TWO: TYPES OF EXPERIENCES
4 SENSE
Marketing Aesthetics Redux
The SENSE of Tide
Concepts and Planning Tools for Sensory Marketing
Going Beyond Marketing Aesthetics
SENSE Marketing
SENSE Strategic Objectives
The S-P-C Model for Achieving SENSE Impact
Summary
5 FEEL
Häagen-Dazs Cafés in Asia and Europe
Campbell's Soup
Why Feelings Are Important
Affective Experiences
Events, Agents, and Object Emotions …