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Books by Al Ries

Al Ries is a professional and author of marketing. He is also the co-founder and president of Atlanta-based Ries & Ries consulting firm with his partner and daughter Laura Ries. The author graduated from DePauw University in 1950 and accepted a position with General Electric's publicity department before founding his own advertising agency in New York City in 1963. The agency switched to a marketing strategy company Trout & Ries. Ries was selected as one of the most influential people in the field of public relations in the twentieth century by PR Week magazine in 1999. Ries also wrote a series of books that made the bestseller list of BusinessWeek on several occasions. The American Marketing Association has announced Al Ries as one of the 2016 inductors for the Marketing Hall of Fame. Jack Trout's ally, Ries coined the term Positioning, which defines ways to create and fix the brand of a product in the minds of consumers.

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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

Al Ries

​Have you ever wondered if there are fundamental marketing principles that can be followed by anyone that allows them to create winning companies? Two of the world's most renowned marketing consultants and authors came together to try to outline them and turned it into a book that is a masterpiece for all those who want to work in the field. Al Ries and Jack Trout in The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing have captured a compendium of best practices for the ultimate success of the modern marketer. Violate these laws, and you will be out of the market. Should we begin?

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