Guest reviewer Robin Browne offers his thoughts on Evangelist Marketing: What Apple, Amazon, and Netflix Understand About Their Customers (That Your Company Probably Doesn’t) by Alex L. Goldfayn. Here’s the description of the book: “In Evangelist Marketing, Alex Goldfayn argues that technology companies succeed in spite of their marketing, not because of it. He says that if consumer tech makers ceased all marketing activity today, they would not see a significant decline in sales. In this book, Alex presents why…

Trafcom News podcaster Donna Papacosta reviews Shel Israel’s new book, Stellar Presentations: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Giving Great Talks. From the book description: “Tech start-ups are built on dreams, teams and technology. But to turn vision into reality you really need to be skilled at presenting to investors, the media and increasingly at conferences. Stellar Presentations explains the strategy of the public presentation. More than that it is filled with handy tips at how to be memorable and persuasive when…