When so many people are wasting countless millions on ineffective marketing the long tail is the doorway to a method of marketing products or services that is absolutely free to impplement. The long tail foresees a marketplace of pixelsize niches. He drops significant names like a deciduous tree in autumn. The long tail is a book that focuses on one of my favorite subjects internet commerce. The long tail is a book i recommend all my clients to read. The long tail by chris anderson books the guardian. Why the future is selling less of more by chris anderson. Why is the future of business to sell less of more. In 2004, anderson coined the phrase long tail after writing about the concept in wired.
Winner of the gerald loeb award for best business book of the year in the most important business book since the tipping point, chris anderson shows how the. Call it the silver series and charge half the price. Over the past couple of years anderson trotted out these ideas before audiences, and the book bears the signs of oral presentation. Why the future of business is selling less of more.
And what happens when those things are then made available to the consumer for free. Its also a very prevalent notion in business, one that chris anderson, editor of wired magazine from 20042012, thoroughly embraced until. The book was initially published on july 11, 2006, by hyperion. In his book, chris anderson proposes the theory that the internet haswill change the future of retailing and tv, movies, communication, etc. The book, andersons first, is an expansion of his 2004 article the long tail in the magazine. Via brian newmans blog this movie trailer timed to the release of chris anderson s new book, the long tail. Chris anderson is a britishamerican writer and editor most notably known for his work at wired magazine. In the most important business book since the tipping point, chris anderson shows how the future of commerce and culture isn t. The author of the long tail chris anderson embraces this wakeup call and advises you to do the same. The long tail takes its title from those millions of niche buyers who. In the most important business book since the tipping point, chris anderson shows how the future of commerce and culture isn t the new york times bestseller that introduced the business world to a future that s already here now in paperback with a new chapter about long tail marketing and a new epilogue. Chris anderson has been there, done that, and probably designed the tshirt.
The longtail phenomenon, he argues, will reshape our understanding of what people actually want to watch or read, etc. The long tail theory took shape in an article by chris anderson, editor of wired magazine, which grew into the 2006 book the long tail. When you think about it, most successful internet businesses are capitalizing on the long tail in one way or another. Chris anderson s the long tail does something that only the best books douncovers a phenomenon thats undeniably going on and makes clear sense of it. With a broad perspective supported by hard facts, stats, charts, insights, and numbers, anderson adopts a futuristic attitude that will not deprive him of his business of the digital cake. Particularly notable is that when krakauers book hit shelves. Why the future of business is selling less of more by. Why the future of business is selling less of more by chris anderson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Why the future of business is selling less of more is a book by chris anderson, editor in chief of wired magazine. An informative comic adaptation of wired editorinchief anderson s bestselling book on how technological innovation has allowed niche audiences to become more. In the long tail, chris anderson offers a visionary look at the future of business and common culture. The long tail approach, by contrast, is to simply dump huge chunks of the archive onto barebones dvds, without any extras or marketing. In his groundbreaking new book, the long tail author chris anderson considers a brave new world where the old economic certainties are being undermined by a growing flood of free goods newspapers, dvds, tshirts, phones, even holiday flights. Will hearst joined anderson on the stage and noted that social networking software has automated word of mouth, and thats what has unchoked the long tail of. So get out your laptop, start creating, and get your work into an aggregator, so you too can ride the long and profitable wave of the long tail. The long tail pdf summary chris anderson 12min blog. Check back soon to read more details about the long tail by chris anderson.
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