Chasing Cool, Gene Pressman
Chasing Cool, Gene Pressman
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Chasing Cool
Standing Out in Today's Cluttered Marketplace

Author: Gene Pressman, Noah Kerner

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 5 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/15/2007


Synopsis

The former creative director and co-CEO of Barneys joins forces with a celebrated twenty-eight-year-old marketing maverick to teach readers how to break through the clutter and achieve a relevant point of difference in this entertaining and imminently readable book.

Cool isn't just a state of mind, a celebrity fad, or an American obsession—it's a business. Combining Gene Pressman's revolutionary creative vision with Noah Kerner's marketing expertise, Chasing Cool digs beneath the surface and reveals how emphasizing long-lasting relevance trumps a fleeting preoccupation with what's hot and what's not.

Although other books have zeroed in on a single aspect of the cool factor, Chasing Cool expands the playing field by including interviews with business icons, in-depth research, and personal anecdotes. This stunning reference includes interviews with more than seventy of today's most respected luminaries, from Tom Ford and Russell Simmons to Richard Meier and Bonnie Fuller. In a multidimensional, entertaining, and imminently readable book that redefines how to appeal to today's savvy consumer, Pressman and Kerner explore the lessons to be learned by America's shortsighted search for the ever-popular concept of cool.

About Gene Pressman

Gene Pressman was co-CEO and creative director for Barneys New York, where he directed the merchandising and marketing effort for twenty-seven years. In 1999, he started Gene Pressman LLC, a creative consulting firm serving corporations and personalities with brand development. He is a contributing editor-at-large for Vanity Fair, Gotham, and Style.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pep on November 03, 2013

Chasing cool has become one of my favorite books to date. This book is a good read not only for people who are interested in marketing, but also for people who shop for anything. At first I thought the book was going to be repetitive as each chapter seems to reiterate the last, but that's not the ca......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on January 25, 2013

As a communications professional it showed me how to really stand out and make my voice heard by being the most original version of me and not by a how-to guide, that again would take you back to the mold you were trying to get out of.......more

Goodreads review by Gastón on December 09, 2014

It has many interesting anecdotes about the marketing and branding of some of the most popular brands; that comes with a good portion of thoughtful ideas and hindsight analysis. Almost all the histories come directly, through interviews, from the founders of the brands or actual celebrities like Ton......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on August 11, 2015

This book is a great conversation piece. It's an easy read with real life examples that hit on strategic marketing.......more

Goodreads review by Kent on January 23, 2008

Great look at trends in marketing.......more