Guerrilla Marketing

Starred review from April 15, 2007
The "Guerrilla Marketing" series from Guerrilla Marketing International chair Levinson is one of the most successful marketing book franchises published over the past quarter century. The premise of his books has always been to find ways to get big results on little budgets. And, as the Web is the greatest tool ever invented for getting such results, this updated edition, first published in 1983, necessarily covers the Web's impact on marketing. In fact, nearly a third of the book is on "New Media Marketing." This includes podcasting, streaming media, telecommuting, webinars, and direct marketing through the Web. Much of what was in the first edition has been distilled into this edition's first 200 pages. This material remains relevant, but it is interesting to note the tremendous impact the original work had on the way small (and even large) marketers approached their markets, so that Levinson's ideas are now viewed by many as common practice. In several ways, the Web grew naturally out of his ideas. If there is one book any library should have that introduces the principles of marketing (especially for small businesses), this is it.Stephen Turner, Turner & Assocs., San Francisco

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