David Meerman Scott
Born: March 25, 1961 – Boston, Massachusetts, United States
David Meerman Scott is an American marketing strategist and business author focused on real-time marketing, public relations, sales, and customer engagement. He is best known for The New Rules of Marketing & PR, along with books such as Newsjacking and Fanocracy; The New Rules became an international bestseller translated into 29 languages.
Biography & Author's Journey
David Meerman Scott built his career at the intersection of markets, media, and timing. Raised in suburban Connecticut, he attended Kenyon College in Ohio, where he later wrote that the school taught him how to think and how to write, skills he has framed as central to everything that followed. After college he began on a Wall Street bond trading desk, then moved into the real-time financial information business, eventually living for years in Tokyo and Hong Kong before returning to the United States for senior marketing roles at public technology companies. The decisive turning point came in 2002, when he was fired from a CMO post and turned fully toward independent writing, speaking, and advising. ((https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog/2009/06/social-media-is-the-new-punk-rock.html))
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"David Meerman Scott is "the teacher's teacher in the world of social media."
— Michael Port
"David Meerman Scott shows how marketing is now about participation and connection, and no longer about strong-arm force"
— Roy Young
"David Meerman Scott expertly and clearly lays out how to use many great new tools"
— Meredith Brooks
"David Meerman Scott goes far beyond technology and explores the ramifications of the web as it pertains to people"
— Jay Conrad Levinson
"David Meerman Scott not only offers good descriptions of digital tools available for public relations professionals, but also explains strategy"
— Karen Miller Russell
"You're not supposed to be able to do what David Meerman Scott is about to tell you in this book"
— Robert Scoble
"Revolution is exactly what David Meerman Scott embraces and propels forward in this book"
— Don Dunnington
"David Meerman Scott shows you a multitude of ways to propel your company to a thought leadership position and drive sales"
— Jill Konrath
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