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Summary: Good Stuff
Review: "High Visibility" sheds light in to the sometimes opaque world of publicists and celebrity marketing. Case studies from many different people from all walks of life (atheletes to porn stars)who sought to be in the lime-light are examined throught this book. Why are certain personalities still being sought after since 20 years while others fade away from our memories after only one week? There are many answers but not detailed enough. I found the most interesting part to be "The Technique of Transformation". Here the authors discuss and show different examples of how a "dying star" made a comeback by redefining their personality and what they represent. Some people are forced to change after a scandle or a peak in performance and must exploit the media in order to thrust their client back on center stage. How the publicist propaganda machine works to take advantage of both print and visual media is explained but I feel it should have been much more detailed. They stopped right when it was becoming very interesting. Then again, maybe this was part of the marketing plan to create more demand for the "High Visibility II".... just joking. It is a book that all marketing people should read as almost all of the concepts from marketing personalities can be transfered to all products in any industry.
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Summary: An excellent book on celebrityhood
Review: First, I read the 1987 edition of this book. Saying it is pretty much the same and just mildy updated... This isn't a nuts-n-bolts how-to book on becoming a celebrity. For that, you'll have to read elsewhere. HOWEVER, this is an absolute must-read for all wannabe, current, and former celebrities and those that make people celebrities. I've never come across a book that has exposed the foundations of celebritydom as this book has. It's "Audience Intensity Ladder" alone is worth picking up this book. Since 1987, I've regularly re-read my highlights of this book and I commonly recommend it to the posters of the four business newsgroups I co-moderate. Those being misc.business.marketing.moderated, misc.business.moderated, misc.business.consulting, and misc.entrepreneurs.moderated.
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Summary: An excellent book on celebrityhood
Review: First, I read the 1987 edition of this book. Saying it is pretty much the same and just mildy updated... This isn't a nuts-n-bolts how-to book on becoming a celebrity. For that, you'll have to read elsewhere. HOWEVER, this is an absolute must-read for all wannabe, current, and former celebrities and those that make people celebrities. I've never come across a book that has exposed the foundations of celebritydom as this book has. It's "Audience Intensity Ladder" alone is worth picking up this book. Since 1987, I've regularly re-read my highlights of this book and I commonly recommend it to the posters of the four business newsgroups I co-moderate. Those being misc.business.marketing.moderated, misc.business.moderated, misc.business.consulting, and misc.entrepreneurs.moderated.
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Summary: Good Stuff
Review: I always wanted to know how some celebs are still around and others aren't. Everyone still talks about Marilyn! And James Dean, and he made, what, 3 movies? So, I thought Rein could answer my questions. He did, but I found Michael Levine's Guerrilla PR: Wired better. Mike covers the how-tos. Irv just does the overall stuff. Still fun to know for Jeopardy, but *how?!* That's what Irv didn't do as well, the down-and-dirty details.
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Summary: Very Disappointed
Review: I was very disappointed in this book and would not recommend it to others to read. Alot of the book was common sense and basic general reading. If you are looking to create high visability this book will not be very helpful in helping you set a plan to create high visability or anything else for that matter. The book doesnt get useful until near the end of the book.
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Summary: Good book but the reference of his research are not valid!!!
Review: This book is a fundamental to the Celebrity Industry!!!
All Celebrities should know about that book.
Nonetheless I have tried to trace the references of the book and I could not.
There some interesting studies conduct by Northwestern University. I have tried to call them and read them but I end up in dead end.
Moreover there are some referwences that supposed to be direct interviews to a celebrity that I would like to read and this is no possible at all.
Last but not least the book binding is terrible and it is follinng apart after the first month...
I might be using it often????
Anyway I recommed this book to anyone interested in the Celebrity industry!!!
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