Bøger af Seth Godin

THE FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH Over the past quarter century, Seth Godin has taught and inspired millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, leaders, and fans from all walks of life, via his blog, online courses, lectures, and bestselling books. He is the inventor of countless ideas and phrases that have made their way into mainstream business language, from Permission Marketing to Purple Cow to Tribes to The Dip. Now, for the first time, Godin offers the core of his marketing wisdom in one accessible, timeless package. At the heart of his approach is a big idea: Great marketers don't use consumers to solve their company's problem; they use marketing to solve other people's problems. They don't just make noise; they make the world better. Truly powerful marketing is grounded in empathy, generosity, and emotional labour.This book teaches you how to identify your smallest viable audience; draw on the right signals and signs to position your offering; build trust and permission with your target market; speak to the narratives your audience tells themselves about status, affiliation, and dominance; spot opportunities to create and release tension; and give people the tools to achieve their goals.It's time for marketers to stop lying, spamming, and feeling guilty about their work. It's time to stop confusing social media metrics with true connections. It's time to stop wasting money on stolen attention that won't pay off in the long run. This is Marketing offers a better approach that will still apply for decades to come, no matter how the tactics of marketing continue to evolve.

This iconic bestseller from the bestselling author of All Marketers Are Liars proves that winners are just the best quitters and 'should be on every entrepreneur's book list' (Entrepreneur.com)Every new project (or career or relationship) starts out exciting and fun. Then it gets harder and less fun, until it hits a low point - really hard, really not fun. At this point you might be in a Dip, which will get better if you keep pushing, or a Cul-de-Sac, which will never get better no matter how hard you try. The hard part is knowing the difference and acting on it. According to marketing guru and best-selling author Seth Godin, what sets successful entrepreneurs (and pop stars and weight lifters and car salesmen) apart from everyone else is their ability to give up on Cul-de-Sacs while staying motivated in Dips. Winners quit fast, quit often and quit without guilt - until they commit to beating the right Dip for the right reasons. You'll never be number one at anything without picking your shots very carefully. The Dip is a short, entertaining book that helps you do just that. It will forever alter the way you think about success. 'Smart, honest, and refreshingly free of self-help posturing, this primer on winning-through-quitting is at once motivational and comically indifferent. . . Godin's truth-that "e;we fail when we get distracted by tasks we don't have the guts to quit"e;-makes excellent sense of an often-difficult career move' (Publishers Weekly)

In this fascinating book, Seth Godin argues that now, for the first time, everyone has an opportunity to start a movement - to bring together a tribe of like-minded people and do amazing things. There are tribes everywhere, all of them hungry for connection, meaning and change. And yet, too many people ignore the opportunity to lead, because they are "e;sheepwalking"e; their way through their lives and work, too afraid to question whether their compliance is doing them (or their company) any good. This book is for those who don't want to be sheep and instead have a desire to do fresh and exciting work. If you have a passion for what you want to do and the drive to make it happen, there is a tribe of fellow employees, or customers, or investors, or readers, just waiting for you to connect them with each other and lead them where they want to go.

You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice.What do Apple, Starbucks, Dyson and Pret a Manger have in common? How do they achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and-true brands to gasp their last? The old checklist of P's used by marketers - Pricing, Promotion, Publicity - aren't working anymore. The golden age of advertising is over. It's time to add a new P - the Purple Cow.Purple Cow describes something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat-out unbelievable. In his new bestseller, Seth Godin urges you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build, and everything you do, to create something truly noticeable. It's a manifesto for anyone who wants to help create products and services that are worth marketing in the first place.

When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action.The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not statistics.The Carbon Almanac is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between hundreds of writers, researchers, thinkers, and leaders that focuses on what we know, what has come before, and what might happen next. With thousands of data points, articles and charts explaining carbon's impact on everything in our society, from our the economy to extreme weather events, it is the definitive source for facts and the basis for a global movement to fight climate change. This book isn't what the oil companies, marketers, activists, or politicians want you to believe. This is what's really happening, right now. Our planet is in trouble, and no one concerned group, corporation, country, or hemisphere canaddress this on its own. We are in this together. And it's not too late for concerted, collective action for change.

In this 'compelling, accessible and purpose-filled book,' (Alan Webber, Founder, Fast Company) bestselling business author Seth Godin shows how you have the potential to make a big difference-and make yourself indispensable in the process-wherever you are.Why are some people easily outsourced, downsized, or freelanced into obscurity, while others have their pick of opportunities? In his most powerful book yet, Seth Godin argues that it's more essential than ever to become indispensable - to become a linchpin. Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations: they invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They love their work and pour their best selves into it and turn each day into a kind of art - and, in today's world, they get the best jobs and the most freedom.Godin shows that the key to being indispensable is overcoming the fears that hold most of us back. If you have you ever found a shortcut that others missed, seen a new way to resolve a conflict, or made a connection with someone others couldn't reach, then you have what it takes to become indispensable. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map.'Thousands of authors write business books every year, but only a handful reach star status and the A-list lecture circuit. Fewer still - one, to be exact - can boast his own action figure. . .Godin delivers his combination of counterintuitive thinking and a great sense of fun' BusinessWeek

In The Icarus Deception, Seth Godin's most inspiring book, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of artEveryone knows that Icarus's father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun; he ignored the warning and plunged to his doom. The lesson: Play it safe. Listen to the experts. It was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy. What boss wouldn't want employees to believe that obedience and conformity are the keys to success?But we tend to forget that Icarus was also warned not to fly too low, because seawater would ruin the lift in his wings. Flying too low is even more dangerous than flying too high, because it feels deceptively safe.The safety zone has moved. Conformity no longer leads to comfort. But the good news is that creativity is scarce and more valuable than ever. So is choosing to do something unpredictable and brave: Make art. Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things you're an artist, no matter what it says on your business card.Godin shows us how it's possible and convinces us why it's essential.'If Seth Godin didn't exist, we'd need to invent him' Fast Company 'Seth Godin is a demigod on the web, a bestselling author, highly sought-after lecturer, successful entrepreneur, respected pundit and high-profile blogger' Forbes Seth Godin is the author of thirteen international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about marketing, the ways ideas spread, leadership and change including Permission Marketing, Purple Cow, All Marketers are Liars, The Dip and Tribes. He is the CEO of Squidoo.com and a very popular lecturer. His blog, www.sethgodin.typepad.com, is the most influential business blog in the world, and consistently one of the 100 most popular blogs on any subject..

Seth Godin har igennem det sidste kvarte århundrede undervist og inspireret millioner af iværksættere, marketingfolk, ledere og fans fra alle samfundslag via sin blog, sine onlinekurser, foredrag og talrige bestseller-bøger. I Dette er marketing tilbyder han for første gange kernen i sin markedsføringsvisdom på en kompakt, tilgængelig og tidløs vis. Essensen i hans tilgang er, at dygtige marketingfolk ikke bruger kunder til at løse deres virksomheds problem; de bruger marketing til at løse andre menneskers problemer. De skaber ikke bare larm; de forbedrer verden. Den virkelig gode markedsføring bygger på empati, generøsitet og følelsesmæssig arbejdskraft. Dette er marketing hjælper med at: identificere det mindst levedygtige markedbruge de rigtige signaler og tegn til at kunne positionere varen optimaltopbygge tillid og få tilladelse fra kernemålgruppentale ind i de narrativer, som kunderne fortæller dem selv om status, tilknytning og dominansspotte mulighed for at skabe og release spændinggive kunderne værktøjer til at nå deres mål. Dette er marketing tilbyder en bedre tilgang til marketingarbejdet, der vil vise sig holdbar i årtier fremover, uanset hvordan marketingtaktikkerne kommer til at udvikle sig. Henvender sig til marketingansvarlige og marketingfolk, ledere og iværksættere.

"Humans aren't a resource to be bought, used and discarded - they are the point of the workplace, the life essence of innovation, growth and success."From the bestselling author of Purple Cow and This Is Marketing comes an urgent manifesto for leaders facing unprecedented challenges in a rapidly-changing workplace.The workplace has undergone a massive shift. Remote work and economic instability have depressed innovation and left us disconnected and disengaged. Paychecks no longer buy loyalty, happiness, and effort. Quiet quitting runs rampant, and people show up without truly showing up. Alarmed managers are doubling down on keystroke surveillance, productivity tracking and back-to-the-office mandates, when what they should be doing is the opposite - affording employees the dignity necessary to inject purpose and motivation into their work.In The Song of Significance, legendary author and business thinker Seth Godin posits a new view of what industry leaders must do now. If you want your employees to live up to their full professional potential, you must give them the respect and autonomy they deserve as humans. The choice is simple: either keep treating your people as disposable and join in the AI-fueled race to the bottom, or build a significant organization that enrolls, empowers, and trusts employees to deliver their best work, no matter where they're working.

When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action. The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not statistics. And a shift from thinking about climate change as a "me" problem to a "we" problem. The Carbon Almanac is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between hundreds of writers, researchers, thinkers, and illustrators that focuses on what we know, what has come before, and what might happen next. Drawing on over 1,000 data points, the book uses cartoons, quotes, illustrations, tables, histories, and articles to lay out carbon's impact on our food system, ocean acidity, agriculture, energy, biodiversity, extreme weather events, the economy, human health, and best and worst-case scenarios. Visually engaging and built to share, The Carbon Almanac is the definitive source for facts and the basis for a global movement to fight climate change. This isn't what the oil companies, marketers, activists, or politicians want you to believe. This is what's really happening, right now. Our planet is in trouble, and no one concerned group, corporation, country, or hemisphere can address this on its own. Self-interest only increases the problem. We are in this together. And it's not too late for concerted, collective action for change.

Poke the Box is Seth Godin's spirited call to action for anybody too afraid to try something new, now relaunched and repackagedIf you are happy being just a dreamer, perhaps you don't need this book.If you're enjoying the status quo, don't even consider reading this book.If you are content waiting for success to find you, please put this book down and go find something else to read.Why has Poke the Box become a cult classic?Because it's a book that dares readers to do something they're afraid of.It could be what you need, too.'Like the man who produced it, Poke the Box is inspired and inspiring' Daniel H. Pink'A one-two punch! Half kick in the ass, half cheerleading encouragement' Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art

Un enfoque innovador sobre el marketing, las ventas y la publicidad. El marketing lleva tanto tiempo entre nosotros que lo damos por hecho. Como el pez que no entiende el agua en el que vive, no vemos lo que realmente está pasando y no nos damos cuenta de cómo nos está cambiando. Ha llegado la hora de hacer algo más. De mejorar las cosas. De provocar el cambio que te gustaría ver en el mundo. Gracias a estas páginas aprenderás a construir lazos de confianza con tu mercado objetivo, a posicionarte -decidir no sólo para quién es tu producto, sino para quién no es-, a alcanzar tus metas mientras ayudas a otros, a desterrar los viejos enfoques de publicidad y marca que ya no funcionan; y, entre muchas otras cosas, a dominar e impulsar cualquier decisión de compra.No importa cuál sea el producto o servicio con el que trabajes: este libro te ayudará a replantearte cómo presentarlo al mundo, cómo conectar realmente con las personas que deseas y cómo conseguir no sólo que quieran comprarlo sino que estén orgullosas de haberlo hecho.

Amy Van Court wrote Escaping Career Prison after years of helping women free themselves from unfulfilling work and land in livelihoods that allow them to achieve career success on their terms. The author's straightforward, no-nonsense approach is balanced with compassion and understanding to help readers discover and utilize their unique gifts, passions and talents. With this book as your guide, you will discover and explore the Three Keys to Career Freedom: deep self-knowledge and self-acceptance, managing the inner critic that keeps you stuck, and connecting with the wisdom that will support and guide you toward a fulfilling career. Escaping Career Prison also includes practical tools such as exercises, resources and recommendations that you will find valuable long after you've landed in your own personal career freedom. This is a book that will serve you for years to come. "If you picked up this book it is because there is "something" stirring within and you know it. Call it curiosity, divine discontentment, or what you will--it has a message for you; there is more for you to know, be and do. In Escaping Career Prison Amy Van Court offers not only the insight, inspiration, humor and motivation to explore that "something"--she gives us the tools with which to do it with grace, ease, confidence. Right now you hold the three keys in your hand that will set you free. If you are ready to step out of the box of the known and into the infinite field of possibilities that await you in that which is yet to be, READ this book." Dennis Merritt Jones Author of The Art of Uncertainty - How to Live In the Mystery of Life and Love It "Amy wants to help you answer a very simple (but essential) question: "What if I fail?" This short book may be the push you need to go make a ruckus. I hope so." Seth Godin Author, Linchpin "Amy Van Court has written you a get out of jail free pass. I love this book. In it you will find practical, nurturing, and visionary guidance. And you may begin the most exquisite journey of your lifetime: finding your true life's work." Tama Kieves Best-selling author of This Time I Dance! Creating the Work You Love and Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Life's Work!

What is a meatball sundae? It's something messy, disgusting and ineffective, the result of combining two perfectly good things that don't go together. Meatballs are the basic staples, the things people need, the stuff that used to be marketed quite well with TV and other mass market techniques. The topping is new marketing: MySpace, websites, YouTube, and all of the magic that CEOs wish would shine atop their companies. The problem? New marketing is lousy at selling meatballs. When confronted with the myriad opportunities presented by new marketing, people usually ask 'How can we make this stuff work for us?' This, as Seth Godin explains in his remarkable new book, is exactly the wrong question. Mapping out 14 trends that are completely remaking what it means to be a marketer - and by extension transforming what we make and how we make it - Godin shows how the question for any thriving 21st century business must be: 'How can we alter our business to become an organization that thrives on new marketing?' Meatball Sundae is an essential guide to the fundamental shift taking place in the marketing and business world, and shows you how to align your business to it.

An urgent manifesto for leaders facing unprecedented challenges, from the bestselling author of Linchpin and TribesWhat if we could create the best job someone ever had? What if we had that job?The workplace has undergone a massive shift. Remote work and economic instability have depressed innovation and left us disconnected and disengaged. Paychecks no longer buy loyalty, happiness, and effort. People show up without truly showing up. Alarmed managers are responding with harsh top-down edicts, layoffs, surveillance and mandatory meetings. But what if, instead, this is the moment for something better, something more powerful, something human?In The Song of Significance, legendary author and business thinker Seth Godin brings us an urgent road map of what leaders must do now. The choice is simple: either keep treating your people as disposable and join in the AI-fueled race to the bottom, or build a significant organization that enrolls, empowers, and trusts employees to deliver their best work, no matter where they’re working.If we want your employees to eagerly turn their cameras on, participate in conversations, and live up to their full professional potential, we must give them the respect and autonomy they deserve as humans. Godin offers a series of practical yet game-changing commitments leaders must make, and a list of organizational milestones on the way to significance.This is a book to share with co-workers and bosses, to discuss and put to action. We have a choice to make about how we spend our days, and it’s within our power to make things better – for everyone.It’s time for leaders to make and keep a new promise, and to recognize that, as Godin writes, “Humans aren’t a resource. They are the point.”

Diferénciate para transformar tu negocioEl mundo está cambiando de forma vertiginosa y, con este, las reglas del marketing. Las cuatro Pes y las viejas prácticas han dejado de funcionar por una sencilla razón: la saturación de los medios y de la mente del consumidor. Para que nuestro producto no se vuelva invisible en esta nebulosa de opciones debemos hacerlo extraordinario, diferenciarlo. Y nada más extraordinario y diferente que una vaca púrpura. Seth Godin nos brinda su visión y opiniones sobre la función del marketing en las organizaciones y nos abre los ojos a una nueva y sobresaliente mentalidad que hará que nuestros productos y planteamientos de mercado dejen de ser perfectos para convertirse en diferentes y transformadores. Diferénciate para transformar tu negocio

A look at the 30 virtues of good business that have inspired success in thousands of leaders, by the man voted Boss of the Year, 1994. Persistent, honest, resourceful, creative -- these adjectives begin to define the qualities of a great business leader. Along with the 26 other virtues enumerated in "Wisdom, Inc.", they are the fundamentals behind a business strategy that works, but they often get lost beneath passing fads and the color of one's parachute. Seth Godin's simple, highly readable handbook of business virtues will help everyone from assistant managers to CEOs cultivate habits that lead to a lifetime of good business. Godin interviewed 1,500 top executives from a wide range of industries to isolate the 30 virtues consistently named by respondents. Each virtue is addressed with inspirational stories of historical business leaders who distinguished themselves by exhibiting that virtue, as well as modern-day accounts by the executives interviewed demonstrating how the virtue has contributed to their companies' successes. Most important, each virtue is accompanied by a section entitled "To Do Today, " which provides concrete suggestions for immediately incorporating the virtue into a daily routine. Both practical and inspirational, "Wisdom, Inc." is a perfect gift or anyone in business.

For the first time in mass market paperback, business guru Seth Godin's classic marketing handbook.