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		<title>Top 10 Marketing Books of 2008</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-553" style="margin: 10px; float: right;" title="buyology2" src="http://coolmarketingstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/buyology2.jpg" alt="buyology" width="220" height="331" />While there may not have been any breakthrough marketing books in 2008 like a Long Tail or Tipping Point, there were some good thought provoking reads. Here are ten of the best marketing books from 2008 from a post I wrote for <a href="http://interimmarketing.info">The Executive Marketing Blog</a>.</p>
<p>10. <strong>Buying In</strong>: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are <em>by Rob Walker</em></p>
<p>9. <strong>Impact</strong>: How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions, and Make a Difference in a Noisy World <em>by Ken McArthur</em></p>
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<p>8. <strong>Reality Check</strong>: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition <em>by Guy Kawasaki</em></p>
<p>7. <strong>Sway</strong>: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior <em>by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman</em>7.</p>
<p>6. <strong>Groundswell</strong>: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies <em>by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff</em></p>
<p>5.<strong> The Brand Bubble</strong>: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to Avoid It <em>by John Gerzema, Edward Lebar, and Peter Stringham</em></p>
<p>4. <strong>Answering the Ultimate Question</strong>: How Net Promoter Can Transform Your Business <em>by Richard Owen and Laura L., PhD Brooks</em></p>
<p>3. <strong>Buyology</strong>: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy <em>by Martin Lindstrom</em></p>
<p>2. <strong>Tribes</strong>: We Need You to Lead Us <em>by Seth Godin</em></p>
<p>1. <strong>Predictably Irrational</strong>: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions <em>by Dan Ariely</em></p>
<p>Here are some more intriguing marketing titles you may not have heard of but may be worth checking out.</p>
<p><strong>Always On</strong>: Advertising, Marketing, and Media in an Era of Consumer Control <em>by Naomi S. Baron</em></p>
<p><strong>The Customer Loyalty Solution</strong> <em>by Arthur Middleton Hughes</em></p>
<p><strong>Brand Storming</strong>: Managing Brands in the Era of Complexity <em>by Garry Titterton and Michele Fioroni</em></p>
<p><strong>Pain Killer Marketing</strong>: How to Turn Customer Pain into Market Gain <em>by Henry Devries, Chris Stiehll</em></p>
<p><strong>Obsessive Branding Disorder</strong>: The Illusion of Business and the Business of Illusion <em>by Lucas Conley</em></p>
<p><strong>33 Million People in the Room</strong>: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking <em>by Juliette Powell</em></p>
<p><strong>The Four Pillars of Profit-Driven Marketing</strong>: How to Maximize Creativity, Accountability, and ROI <em>by Leslie Moeller and Edward Landry</em></p>
<p><strong>Beyond Price</strong> <em>by Mary Kay Plantes and Robert D. Finfrock</em></p>
<p><strong>Accidental Branding</strong>: How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands <em>by David Vinjamuri</em></p>
<p><strong>Prove It before You Promote I</strong>t: How to Take the Guesswork Out of Marketing <em>by Steve Cuno and Michael, PhD Shermer</em></p>
<p><strong>Secrets of Social Media Marketing</strong>: How to Use Online Conversations and Customer Communities to Turbo-Charge Your Business! <em>by Paul Gillin</em></p>
<p>Are there any 2008 marketing books that you recommend or think were left off the list?</p>
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