Wednesday, October 17, 2007

When a Community Unites, Great Things Are Possible

My friend and colleague Joseph Jaffe is getting ready to burn up the charts. His second book, Join the Conversation: How to Engage Marketing-Wearing Consumers Through the Power of Community, Dialogue and Partnership, is now available.

But keeping in the spirit of the book, Joe is using new marketing to prove new marketing. This Sunday, October 21, he is going to bum rush the charts at Amazon. "Do what to the what?" I hear you asking. He's asking that everyone wait until Sunday to buy the book and then hit that purchase button at once, helping to drive his book up the Amazon rankings.

This only works when you purchase one book at a time, so if you're at all inclined to buy multiple copies, please be aware that if you buy 5 books together, it only counts as a single purchase for the rankings. Tip: if you do want more than one copy, bundle each one with another book you plan on purchasing, in order to get Amazon's free shipping.

So, please join me in purchasing the book (no, I don't get an employee discount) on Sunday and showing Amazon what the power of community can mean.
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Labels: Bum Rush, conversation, crayon, Join the Conversation, Joseph Jaffe

Posted by Scott Monty at 10:58 AM

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At 10/19/2007 6:13 AM, Len Edgerly said...: I've got "buy Join the Conversation" on my calendar for Sunday. I'll be very interested to see how this works and hope Joseph hits this one out of the park!
At 10/19/2007 11:46 PM, MyStarbucks said...: Interesting idea. Kind of like Stumble Upon. If everyone gives a thumbs up at the same time you get more traffic. I get it!
At 10/21/2007 3:51 PM, Kristen said...: It's Sunday and I just ordered my copy!

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Currently on the staff of corporate communications in Ford Motor Company, Scott heads up the social media function and holds the title Global Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager. He is a strategic advisor on all social media activities across the company, from blogger relations to marketing support, customer service to internal communications and more, as social media is being integrated into many facets of Ford business.

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