Primal Branding: Create Zealots for Your Brand, Your Company, and Your Future

This is a really good book...but buy the book. The audio is just a endless drone. Also, the first two hours gets into almost all of the information. The rest is case studies.

Not too happy with this audio book. It started out slow and progressively became worse. I completely lost interest a few chapters into it. I wish I could get my one credit back.

During the first chapter I got to hear some remarks that were at best stereotypical and at worst racist. The author talked of the "burden" of having to ride in limos, when in reality they were just town cars filled with the smell of body sweat and curry from the drivers (strike one).

The author then treated me to a description of listening to a Nigerian cab driver's cassette recording of his late grandfather's funeral tape, because as worldly as he is, he likes all kinds of music (hogwash). Not only did the very old and very white narrator do a bad Nigerian accent (I think this is what he was going for - strike two), but the author proceeded to describe the image of Nigerians jumping up while down spears chattering together to the song (strike three).

Most business books are written by out-of-touch, crusty, self-promoting businessmen or salesmen; I get it. This one was over the top. Save your time and money and buy a different audiobook.

I think this entire book could be summed up in one hour with a second hour dedicated to practical ways to apply the principles to your business. The author gives endless examples of successful corporations and what they do, but really doesn't go into how they made their decisions or where to start with your own business. Two thumbs down to the narrator who's monotone reading became increasingly irritating. The concepts in the book are great. It's presentation and usefulness is not.

I haven't found anything that can teach you how to build that real cult-like customer following like this. It is very clear too. Very understandable, and like I said, I've never seen something like this else where.
The author gives the exact equation for a brand to become a part of peoples lifestyles in a unique and well researched manner. Once you hear it you will feel like you have an edge on everyone else. That if youre into marketing of course.

Good book on branding. It builds well on existing branding strategies, and serves a new system / framework that I find actually works. Look at existing brands, both large and small, and see how they all have a creation story, a creed, icons, sacred words, etc.

A person who enjoys success stories.

An unctuously sleazy tone.

The whole thing. His examples are just to broad to be useful.

I would recommend renaming the book to "Brand Tales : Descriptive flowery stories about mega successful brands.