The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

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The Marketing Tactic that Keeps Matthew McConaughey a #1 Bestseller

The Marketing Tactic that Keeps Matthew McConaughey a #1 Bestseller

A Book Launch Case Study

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Dan Blank
Oct 20, 2023
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The Marketing Tactic that Keeps Matthew McConaughey a #1 Bestseller
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Wouldn’t it be nice of books just sold themselves? Sometimes they do, but more often it is work. I want to share a case study of how this happens for one author, and one book. I’m going to zoom into a single TV appearance, and dissect the 10 minutes, moment by moment, to identify all the ways the book is being promoted.

This is how my brain works — I se…

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