Book Summaries

In Conquering Consumerspace, Michael R. Solomon, director of Mind/Share Inc., a consulting firm specializing in online consumer research, provides a lively exploration of the new realities of how we market to consumers today. In consumerspace, a place where our very reality is branded, marketers have a vast number of new choices that have been enabled by the dynamic nature of today’s interactive environment. This summary promises to help readers navigate today’s complex consumer economy

If you intend to compete at the levels where the competition gets really ferocious — where everybody is hard-working and accomplished — you need a much more subtle advantage. You need a “personal brand” that convinces people to trust you with new opportunities. A big career requires everything from the right kind of manners, to the right style of handling your detractors, to the right instincts about when to leave a job and when to stick with it. In Career Warfare, David D’Alessandro, c