We started with ten great books, then asked the authors to recommend a book that would make a great gift for that special marketer on your shopping list. These books are must-reads for marketers in 2016.
Any one of them would make a great gift—but don’t forget to add them to your wish list, too. Bernadette’s Book: Meaningful: The Story of Ideas that Fly Meaningful upends the normal business process: What if instead of creating something, then telling people why they need it, we have people tell us what they need, then create the product? Or, as Bernadette puts it: “thrive by doing the right thing and by making things customers love, instead of by trying to get customers to love their things.” In addition to the great business advice, this is a heartfelt, emotionally moving book—don’t expect to get past the introduction with dry eyes. Michael’s Picks: by (plus three bonus books!) “I've read four books this year that I really think are worth mentioning.