Martin Lindstrom is a
New York Times and
Wall Street Journal bestselling author, the CEO and Chairman of the Lindstrom company and the Chairman of Buyology, Inc. (New York) and BRAND Sense agency (London). In 2009, he was recognised by
Time magazine as one of the world's most influential people. Lindstrom is an advisor to Fortune 100 companies including the McDonald's Corporation, Nestl, American Express, Microsoft Corporation, The Walt Disney Company and GlaxoSmithKline.
Lindstrom speaks to a global audience of close to a million people every year. He has been featured in
Wall Street Journal,
Newsweek,
Time,
The Economist,
New York Times,
BusinessWeek, and
The Washington Post and featured on NBC's
Today show, ABC News, CNN, CBS, Bloomberg, FOX, Discovery and BBC. His book,
BRAND sense, was acclaimed by the
Wall Street Journal as one of the five best marketing books ever published.
His more recent book
Buyology was voted "pick of the year" by
USA Today and reached 10 out of the top 10 best-seller lists in the U.S. and worldwide during 2008 and 2009. His five books on branding have been translated into more than thirty languages and published in more than 60 countries worldwide. Visit MartinLindstrom.com to learn more.
Philip Kotler is the S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago. He is hailed by Management Centre Europe as "the world's foremost expert on the strategic practice of marketing." Dr. Kotler is currently one of Kotler Marketing Group's several consultants.
He is known to many as the author of what is widely recognized as the most authoritative textbook on marketing:
Marketing Management, now in its 13th edition. He has also authored or co-authored dozens of leading books on marketing:
Principles of Marketing; Marketing Models; Strategic Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations; The New Competition; High Visibility; Social Marketing; Marketing Places; Marketing for Congregations; Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism; and
The Marketing of Nations. Dr. Kotler presents continuing seminars on leading marketing concepts and developments to companies and organizations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He participates in KMG client projects and has consulted to many major U.S. and foreign companies--including IBM, Michelin, Bank of America, Merck, General Electric, Honeywell, and Motorola--in the areas of marketing strategy and planning, marketing organization, and international marketing.
