AVAILABLE NOW......

Congratulations to Lorraine Santoli, former Executive Director of The Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases, who has just released her latest book, INSIDE THE DISNEY MARKETING MACHINE - In the Era of Michael Eisner & Frank Wells!

The book is available now through Amazon.com in both print and Kindle editions. Should you choose to pick up a copy, don't forget to access Amazon.com through our website for a percentage of your order to benefit The Annette Funicello Research Fund!

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Secrets of Disney's Success

Disney's former Director of Corporate Synergy, Lorraine Santoli, gives a first-person, behind-the-scenes account of how she and her colleagues spearheaded Disney's financial and cultural recovery during the Michael Eisner and Frank Wells era.
When Santoli left NBC to join the Disney team, the studio that Walt built was in a rut. Its leadership was weak, its films forgettable. The arrival of Eisner and Wells brought revolutionary change to how the company operated and, more important, how it marketed its products. The word of the day: synergy.
In Inside the Disney Marketing Machine, Santoli shows you what it was like to reshape a faltering company into today's media juggernaut. Her enlightening anecdotes and stories, along with exclusive contributions from senior Disney management, include:

Coming up with creative marketing campaigns that led to big box office for new Disney films and a surge in theme park attendance
Carrying out Eisner's directive to bring synergy to every division in the company
Creating the tools that underpin Disney's amazing success in cross-promoting its products, from films to theme parks
Collaborating with celebrities, national media, and Disney's movers-and-shakers to put the Mouse back on top

Come inside the world's most powerful marketing machine and see how Disney really makes its magic

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