Have you ever wondered why satisfied customers don’t always stay loyal customers? Why do many companies adopt new sales or enabling technologies, yet fail to see the expected increase in turnover or customer satisfaction? And why do customers expect more from your company despite your yearly innovations?

The answer is both complicated and simple. It’s complicated because it requires changing outdated thinking and processes. However, it becomes simple to understand the customer when you th...

This comprehensive guide hones in on marketing’s pivotal role in creating value for customers and other stakeholders. It navigates through the stages of (1) marketing analysis, (2) strategy development, (3) implementation of the marketing strategy via the marketing mix, and (4) marketing evaluation using established key performance indicators.

The book serves as a valuable resource for students, marketers, and business leaders navigating the dynamic marketing landscape, providing guidance t...

Discover “The Athlete Brand Book” by Thomas van Schaik Build a better brand. Boost your independence, influence, income, and impact.

Whether you’re an athlete, an agent, a sponsor, an administrator, or a sports marketing student, "The Athlete Brand Book" is your essential guide to mastering athlete branding in today’s brand-driven, athlete-centric, and data-powered sports industry.

Authored by Thomas van Schaik, with over 25 years of experience working with some of the world's best at...

Visual messages are omnipresent in our daily life. They are constantly attempting to persuade us to buy, learn and act. Some are more successful than others in influencing our behavior and choices. What is the secret power of these messages? How do they succeed in changing our behavior?

This book analyzes advertising beyond the persuasive power of the imagery itself. It explains the psychology behind 33 effective influence techniques in visual persuasion and how to apply them.

The techniques ...

Have you ever wondered how you can research the future? Trend research is a powerful method to detect and recognise change at an early stage. This DIY guide has been developed to show you the way in the trend research cycle. It will help you to find direction and which corners to take when you are scanning, analysing and applying the trends for any type of challenge or topic. This guide is to be used in combination with the book 'How to Research Trends'.

You can use it to challenge yourself o...

- First fully-fledged textbook on digital marketing that covers the entire marketing process;

- with contributions from more than 20 online marketing specialists;

- English edition of the Dutch standard issue Basisboek Online Marketing.

Digital Marketing Fundamentals is the first fully-fledged textbook on digital marketing that covers the entire marketing process. Both the scientific theory behind digital marketing as well as techniques and media are discussed. Digital Marketing Fundamentals ...

We are good at designing beautiful products and we offer good services. We always know exactly what the user wants and we know dozens of methodologies. However, if we have to convince our customers and colleagues, we find it to be rather difficult.

For one reason or another, pitching ideas is one of the most undervalued practices in the creative field. From convincing a colleague to opt for a certain methodology to persuading a customer to go for a certain concept. You can have the best ideas...

The new and extended Second Edition of the award-winning textbook Sustainability Marketing: A Global Perspective provides a sustainability-oriented vision of marketing for the twenty-first century. Adopting a a consumer marketing focus, it emphasises integrating sustainability principles into both marketing theory and the practical decision making of marketing managers. The book shows how the complexities of sustainability issues can be addressed by marketers through a systematic step-by-step...

- Based on the popular Grondslagen van de Marketing;

- includes the latest digital marketing topics and trends;

- offers an European perspective, embedded in a global context.

Marketing Fundamentals is the English-language edition of Grondslagen van de marketing, the most influential Dutch book about marketing. Over de last 25 years it has inspired many students in the Netherlands and spiked their enthusiasm for marketing. This bestseller by Dr. Bronis Verhage – Professor of Marketing at Ge...

Brand the Change unpacks the brand building process in practical steps. Whether you are building an innovative new product, creating a service for good, spreading a new idea, or positioning yourself as a leader in your field, thinking like a brand strategist will help you to create a clear, compelling offer, develop unique brand experiences and ultimately attract and convert the right audiences.The book offers the tools and exercises to build your own brand and offers a rich array of tips fro...