Big Little Legends: How Everyday Leaders Build Irresistible Brands

Without Magic, It's Just Marketing

Ever wonder why among 35,000 masterworks in the Louvre, just one comparatively unremarkable, 30-by-21-inch painting is perpetually surrounded by tourists, all jostling to take a selfie and share their experience? In Big Little Legends, you'll discover timeless secrets such as the Mona Lisa Effect-an invisible force that flips the dynamics for certain brands, attracting the customer to them. Magically, they become irresistible.

But here's the secret: it's not magic. In a wild, rollicking journey through brands in many sectors, brand strategist and history maven Gair Maxwell explores real-life stories of otherwise ordinary, everyday leaders who accomplished extraordinary results-and reveals how they did it. You'll learn how successful brands focus their marketing efforts on creating an organic pull instead of a manufactured push, ditching the frustration of pitching and advertising and ensconcing their brands as a "Category of One" for decades to come.

You'll learn how to become a word-of-mouth juggernaut and make people become willing accomplices in marketing your brand. From a "Huggable" car dealership on Canada's east coast to slap-happy fishmongers in Seattle, an Ontario burger stand to a Vegas pawn shop and more, Big Little Legends is jam-packed with reasons why every brand should discover, tell and believe in their own story.

Author: Gair Maxwell
Publisher: Page Two Press
Published: 11/09/2021
Pages: 350
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9781774581667

About the Author
Maxwell, Gair: - Gair Maxwell is a storyteller, brand strategist and self-described history junkie who marvels at the sight and sound of a well-struck drive off the tee. A frequent-flying keynote speaker, he has shared speaking stages with icons such as Richard Branson and Gene Simmons, and was named Speaker of the Year by TEC Canada, the country's largest CEO organization. Gair is an accredited Tennessee Squire, preferring Jack Daniel's on the rocks and a cold Moosehead. A life-long fan of Van Halen, he believes both versions of the band-the one with David Lee Roth and the one with Sammy Hagar-should be considered legendary. Gair currently resides in London, Ontario, with his business and life partner, Dana Zilic, and their brood of two cocker spaniels (Theodore & Sophie) and a beagle-mix rescue named Maggie. Big Little Legends is his second book.

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