Barry Silverstein

eBook, ePUB

Boomer Brands: Iconic Brands that Shaped Our Childhood (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Saturday morning TV shows... cereals, soft drinks and snack foods...cool cars and rock 'n' roll... Boomers will savor the memories with the new book, "Boomer Brands: Iconic Brands that Shaped Our Childhood." Those Saturday morning TV shows entertained Boomer kids, but they were also vehicles for brand advertising. Chances are that's how Boomers first got to know cereal, soft drink, and snack food brands. The "Boomer Brands" they knew and loved then, they remember to this day. This unique book is a stroll down memory lane, reminiscing about the beloved brands Boomers first met in the 50s and 60s. Brand maven Barry Silverstein shares "Boomer Brand Cameos" of over fifty of the brands Boomers grew up with: Disney, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, Good Humor, Howard Johnson, Hush Puppies, MAD, Ovaltine, Twinkies, WIFFLE Ball and many more. Most of these brands began during the Boomer era and are still around. Plus, Boomers will gain rare insight into how these iconic brands shaped their childhood and have a lasting impact on their life. "Boomer Brands" is meant be read by Boomers, shared with Boomers, and savored for the memories! The Buzz About "Boomer Brands" When was the last time you had your memory tickled over a long-forgotten but prized product that shaped your childhood? You'll find a lot of those "Oh, yeah, I remember" moments in Barry Silverstein's wonderful wander down Memory Lane. "Try it, you'll like it." - Ron Schon, Retired Advertising Agency Executive and OLLI Instructor, "The History of Advertising" Boomer Brands is a delightful book filled with fun facts about our favorite childhood brands and memories. If you're over 50, you're sure to enjoy this nostalgic, entertaining and informative stroll down Memory Lane. - Nancy Collamer, Career/Retirement Coach and Author, Second-Act Careers If you remember watching Saturday morning TV while slurping down a bowl of Frosted Flakes, or perhaps begged your parents to visit Disneyland after watching Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday night, you'll want to read Boomer Brands. This enjoyable, easy read is chock full of fun facts about what made the brands we grew up with iconic. - Anne Holmes, "Boomer in Chief," National Association of Baby Boomer Women Barry Silverstein offers a fun walk down Memory Lane for boomers, describing what made some of their favorite childhood brands so treasured then and now. - Richard Eisenberg, Managing Editor, Nextavenue.org If you're looking for some pleasant nostalgia, a fond look at a simpler time, and a good book to curl up with for a few hours, then you've found just that in Boomer Brands. I highly recommend it. - 5 Star Review, Keith Julius, ReadersFavorite.com Boomer Brands is a sunny, nostalgic showcase of some of the beloved toys, foods, television shows, and consumer goods that formed such a huge part of that generation's youthful memories. ...Boomer Brands is an informative and lighthearted peek back at the way Madison Avenue created a huge and enduring market for many iconic consumer products and social trends. - 5 Star Review, Rachel Jagareski, Foreword Reviews A unique, entertaining, nostalgic, and impressively informative read from first page to last, Boomer Brands is an extraordinary and very highly recommended addition to both community and academic library collections. - Midwest Book Review In 14 breezy but highly informative chapters, Silverstein covers various product categories that were popular during the Boomer childhood years... a delightful journey through a time that saw 'the birth of the modern brand.' - Publishers Weekly

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Autor

I am an author, blogger, brand historian and retired marketing professional. I have a background in advertising and marketing. I founded a direct and Internet marketing agency and ran it for twenty years, and I have over forty years of business experience. I have authored the following non-fiction books: World War Brands; Boomer Brand Winners & Losers; Boomer Brands; Let's Make Money, Honey: The Couple's Guide to Starting a Service Business - co-author (GuideWords Publishing); The Breakaway Brand - co-author (McGraw-Hill); Business-to-Business Internet Marketing (Maximum Press); Internet Marketing for Technology Companies (Maximum Press); and three books for small business managers in the Collins Best Practices series (HarperCollins). I have also written the following eGuides, all published by 123 eGuides: Branding 123 (Second Edition), B2B Marketing, Low Cost/No Cost Marketing 123, Product Launch 123, Sales Leads 123, and On Your Own 123. I have written two novels: The Doomsday Virus and Water's Edge. I publish a blog for Boomers (www.happilyrewired.com) and a blog for dog lovers (www.cmdog.com).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barry Silverstein
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780996576048
• Artikelnr.: 54493208