The Tanning of America The Tanning of America

The Tanning of America

How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy

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Publisher Description

The business marketing genius at the forefront of today's entertainment marketing revolution helps corporate America get hip to today's new consumer-the tan generation - by learning from hip-hop and youth culture.

"He is the conduit between corporate America and rap and the streets-he speaks both languages." -Jay-Z

"It's amazing to see the direct impact that black music, videos and the internet have had on culture. I've seen so many people race to the top of pop stardom using the everyday mannerisms of the hood in a pop setting. It's time to embrace this phenomenon because it ain't going nowhere!" -Kanye West

When Fortune 500 companies need to reenergize or reinvent a lagging brand, they call Steve Stoute. In addition to marrying cultural icons with blue-chip marketers (Beyoncé for Tommy Hilfiger's True Star fragrance, and Justin Timberlake for "lovin' it" at McDonald's), Stoute has helped identify and activate a new generation of consumers. He traces how the "tanning" phenomenon raised a generation of black, Hispanic, white, and Asian consumers who have the same "mental complexion" based on shared experiences and values. This consumer is a mindset-not a race or age-that responds to shared values and experiences, rather than the increasingly irrelevant demographic boxes that have been used to a fault by corporate America. And Stoute believes there is a language gap that must be bridged in order to engage the most powerful market force in the history of commerce.

The Tanning of America provides that very translation guide. Drawing from his company's case studies, as well as from extensive interviews with leading figures of multiple fields, Stoute presents an insider's view of how the transcendent power of popular culture is helping reinvigorate and revitalize the American dream. He shows how he bridges the worlds of pop culture, brand consulting, and marketing in his turnkey campaigns offers keen insight into other successful campaigns-including the election of Barack Obama-to illustrate the power of the tan generation, and how to connect with it while staying true to your core brand.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2011
September 8
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
826.4
KB

Customer Reviews

Exponential Living ,

Tanning of America

I met Steve Stoute when we both were novice in the music industry. I worked at LaFace Records and our paths crossed many times. Meeting him at the beginning of his career, sharing parallel career paths, being aware of his career evolution, and now reading Tanning of America, is a testament to his curiosity and dedication to learning. This book is a great chronicle of the business impact of Hip Hop and it's cultural significance. I love that Steve has given the world a book on the power of marketing and the significance of "tanning" from the perspective of someone within the culture.

Always truth ,

Tanning of America

This book detail goes into detail on how hip hop culture created a transformation where ethnicity no longer determined what drove young adults culturally. Brilliant concept

Chloe M. Colgin ,

Thank you Stoute

Thank you for validating our culture, for showing that hip-hop and the culture that has been inspired from it, the kids that have grown with it ... Have influenced fashion, beauty, popular opinions, packaged goods and the way to communicate with each other. Thank you ... Thank you ... Thank you.

Thank you for translating what we've stood for to the world ... To the Fortune 500 companies that couldn't understand. Thank you.

This is a must read.

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