TradePub has a free book summary of “In Search of the Obvious” by author Jack Trout. In his book, Trout explains marketing to both insiders and the general public. Also included is the e-newsletter “Executive Book Alert”.
In this book, marketing guru Jack Trout clears up the confusion that surrounds the marketing profession. Instead of focusing on segmentation or customer retention or search engine optimization or data mining, marketers should be searching for that simple, obvious differentiating idea. Marketers not looking for the obvious had better have a very low price.
Trout writes about real-life brand examples to bring the positioning principles to life for marketers. But you don’t need to be in marketing to appreciate his invaluably obvious thinking.
