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This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. The principles and insights outlined in this highly engaging book have been invaluable to me in leading the marketing efforts at Victoria’s Secret Stores as well as on several P&G brands. –Jill Beraud, Executive Vice President, Marketing/Limited Brands and Victoria’s Secret   Differentiate yourself more effectively, protect yourself against competition, and drive higher margins   Bring entrepreneurial power to distribution, sales management, PR, promotion, advertising, and more   For marketers in every kind of company, from startup to global enterprise   Focus your marketing on what really works–and make the most of every marketing investment!   Marketing That Works introduces breakthrough marketing tools, tactics, and strategies for differentiating yourself around key competencies, insulating against competitive pressures, and driving higher, more sustainable profits.   From pricing to PR, advertising to viral marketing, this book’s techniques are relentlessly entrepreneurial: designed to deliver results fast, with limited financial resources and staff support. They draw on the authors’ decades of research and consulting, their cutting-edge work in   Wharton’s legendary Entrepreneurial Marketing classes, and their exclusive new survey of the Inc. 500’s fastest-growing companies. Whether you’re launching a startup or working inside a huge global enterprise, this will help you optimize every marketing investment you make. You’ll learn how to target the right customer, deliver the right added value, and make sure your customers will pay a premium for it–now, and for years to come.   Build the foundation for extraordinary profit Discover faster, smarter techniques for positioning, targeting, and segmentation   Drive entrepreneurial attitude throughout all your marketing functions Master entrepreneurial pricing, advertising, sales management, promotion–and even hiring   Maximize the value of all your stakeholder relationships Profit by marketing to investors, intermediaries, employees, partners, and users   Generate, screen, and develop better product ideas Engage combat on the right battlefields   Launch new products to maximize their lifetime profitability Stage the winning rollout: from fixing bugs to gaining reference accounts   Every dime you spend on marketing needs to work harder, smarter, faster. Every dime must differentiate your company based on your most valuable competencies. Every dime must protect you against competitors and commoditization. Every dime must drive higher profits this quarter, and help sustain profitability far into the future.   Are your marketing investments doing all that? If not, get Marketing That Works –and read it today.   Includes online access to state-of-the-art marketing allocation software!   ABOUT THE AUTHORS Leonard Lodish, Ph.D., is Samuel R. Harrell Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School. He is co-founder and Chair of Wharton’s Global Consulting Practicum, and innovator of Wharton’s MBA Entrepreneurial Marketing course. His research specialties include marketing decision support systems, marketing experimentation, and entrepreneurial marketing. He has consulted with clients ranging from Procter & Gamble and Anheuser-Busch to Tropicana and ConAgra.   Howard L. Morgan is Director and former Vice Chairman of Idealab, the pioneering internet incubat Less