Seth Godin’s What Matters Now
What happens when Seth Godin asks a few of his friends to chip in 200 words each for his new e-book? The answer is pretty obvious…
What Matters Now includes thought pieces from the likes of Guy Kawasaki, Jason Fried, Fred Wilson, Tom Peters, Chip and Dan Heath, Gary Vuynerchuk, Paco Underhill, Chris Anderson and Arianna Huffington…and little ol’ me… To read it yourself, click the image below.
While the e-book is important, what’s intriguing is how Godin uses social media to create immediate virality. I think Pete Kim coined this as an “ego trap”, which Seth appropriately recoined as “Hero Marketing”. The ingredients are pretty simple: make it easy for time-constrained, smart, semi-narcissistic folks to be a part of it. Then, make it free for intelligent, idea-hungry people to consume it. Presto, immediate virality.
But Seth realizes the most important ingredient can’t be overlooked: quality content worth consuming. The idea-hungry part of me read the book front to back and was truly blown away. The semi-narcissistic part of me wants to tell you my piece, titled “Dumb”, is on page 43.
Have fun!
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December 14th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
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December 14th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Wow,
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Randy W
December 15th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Er, what were the ideas you extracted from this glorified Powerpoint for the Holidays?
December 15th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
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December 16th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
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December 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
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December 17th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
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December 17th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
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December 20th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
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December 30th, 2009 at 11:43 am
What Matters Now…
Seth Godin recently released a new, free, ebook perfect for your 2010 forward-looking time. Maybe you have a few hours off from work, or if you’re lucky it’s days or weeks… You may be familiar with some of the folks featured in this book: Tim O’…
December 30th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I just received the ebook this morning and read through it immediately. There are some great tidbits in this book, and such a wide range of ideas. Love it! My favorite is by J.C. Hutchins on how “we” have settled for what we have instead of pursuing our dreams. Great stuff.
January 8th, 2010 at 10:18 am
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February 4th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
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