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Beyond Buzz Named One of Best Business Books of 2007.


PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Syndicated business book reviewer Richard Pachter of the Miami Herald this week named Beyond Buzz: The Next Generation of Word of Mouth Marketing, by Lois Kelly, one of the best business books of 2007.

"Lois Kelly has delivered a prodigious pro·di·gious  
adj.
1. Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous: a prodigious storm.

2. Extraordinary; marvelous: a prodigious talent.

3.
 and worthy successor to The Cluetrain Manifesto by looking at the ways humans communicate with each other and how conversational aspects, hooks and themes can be used for marketing. She brings the proverbial pro·ver·bi·al  
adj.
1. Of the nature of a proverb.

2. Expressed in a proverb.

3. Widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb; famous.
 cluetrain into the station and unpacks some of the freight," wrote Pachter. "It's a great idea, really, to examine the ways that people speak with each other and the basic subjects that engage us."

Beyond Buzz, praised by marketing, sales and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  executives in organizations of all sizes and types, was also rated one of the best books of 2007 by Web Worker Daily, calling it "an easy read and a great starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point
terminus a quo

commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the
 for the way marketing is changing in the web age."

Lois Kelly is a partner in the marketing consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
consulting company

business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a
 Foghound, which helps companies operationalize Web 2.0 strategies in ways that help companies more effectively sell, build customer loyalty, and enhance their corporate reputations.
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