Isbn: 9798191811024 - the business of barnum: what p. t. barnum can teach us about money, marketing and the art of getting attention (3 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Long before social media, viral marketing and the attention economy, P. T. Barnum understood one fundamental truth: before you can sell anything, you first have to make people look.Barnum transformed a failing museum into one of America's most famous attractions, engineered extraordinary publicity campaigns, turned Jenny Lind into a sensation before most Americans had ever heard her sing, built his own name into a commercial brand - and eventually became synonymous with showmanship itself.But Barnum's career wasn't an uninterrupted success story.He made fortunes. He lost fortunes. He took brilliant calculated risks and catastrophic ones. He understood publicity better than almost anyone of his generation, yet discovered the hard way that attention alone cannot rescue a bad investment.The Business of Barnum examines what actually worked, what failed, and what entrepreneurs, marketers and business owners can learn from both.Inside you'll discover: - Why attention comes before the sale - and how Barnum manufactured curiosity on an extraordinary scale- How storytelling can make an ordinary product feel remarkable- Why publicity can sometimes be more powerful than paid advertising- How Barnum used anticipation, scarcity and social proof to create demand- What the extraordinary Jenny Lind campaign teaches about calculated risk- How perceived value can matter more than production cost- Why Barnum's biggest financial disaster contains one of his most valuable business lessons- How he rebuilt his fortune, reputation and career after financial collapse- What Barnum's methods can teach today's entrepreneurs about social media and the modern attention economyThis is not a celebration of every tactic Barnum used. His career contained deception, exploitation, spectacular misjudgements and genuine failures alongside his remarkable achievements.That is precisely what makes his story so useful.Capture attention with showmanship. Keep customers with value.Nearly two centuries after Barnum began attracting crowds, the platforms have changed.Human curiosity hasn't. …