Keyword: seth godin

A Late Christmas Gift For You

A Late Christmas Gift For You

I haven’t been blogging much lately (for some months) and needed an easy one to get myself started again.  The gift to me is being able to post this here now.  The gift to you is a really (really really) cool book from Seth Godin you can download for free, here. I think you will really like it.  I know ...

Russell Shaw | 2009/12/26  | 12 Comments Marketing

Keep the Social in Social Media Marketing

Keep the Social in Social Media Marketing

Social Media is hot! If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you probably are familiar with the benefits of permission based marketing and the benefits of using social media to reach the millions of communitites that have formed as a result of social networks, blogs, social bookmarks etc. And as the phenomenon has grown and reached greater ad greater ...

Bill Lublin | 2009/04/22  | 29 Comments Highlights

In Which I Disagree With My Hero

In Which I Disagree With My Hero

I like Seth Godin I really do. I think much of what he has written about marketing is nothing short of genius. And I think his ideas about permission based marketing are right on the on the money. But even our heroes can make mistakes, and I think Seth has made one recently. In a recent post, Seth wrote; Travel ...

Bill Lublin | 2009/04/08  | 18 Comments Marketing

Taking the ‘Hype’ out of Hyper-Local Blogging

Our Message is Lost in the Noise

It Only Takes 10 Steps… Rain god, Jonathan Washburn, made a statement in his recent ActiveRain blog article, “10 Steps to Localism Success“: 5. Do not post a bunch of self serving marketing material on the bottom of your post: If a home buyer or seller finds your information interesting they will figure out how to contact you. Also, our ...

Rich Jacobson | 2008/07/03  | 35 Comments Marketing

Seth Godin Tells Real Estate Agents to “Quit being an agent. Get a job doing something else.”

Seth Godin Tells Real Estate Agents to “Quit being an agent. Get a job doing something else.”

..and you know that there will be plenty of agents out there who will follow that advice. As many of you know, Seth Godin was the Keynote Speaker for the 2008 Keller Williams Convention (or as we Keller-ites like to call it: Family Reunion). This was the same message that he gave us … right up front … Quit. This ...

Mariana Wagner | 2008/02/22  | 33 Comments Marketing

When Seth Godin Speaks, We Listen … Then We Act

When Seth Godin Speaks, We Listen … Then We Act

Most online marketers are familiar with Seth Godin and how he preaches Permission Marketing and how, if you are to be successful in anything, you need to be REMARKABLE. This is a similar message in his new book – The Dip. In this book he talks about that time in every venture (business, relationship …) when there is a DIP. ...

Mariana Wagner | 2008/02/14  | 12 Comments Marketing

Seth on Twitter is NOT Seth Godin

Seth on Twitter is NOT Seth Godin

Won’t the real Seth Godin, please stand up? Please stand up? Please stand up? Yep, check it out… Last week I had a quick conversation with Seth Godin via email about Twitter and in passing I mentioned his Twitter account. I was shocked to get a response to him saying that he doesn’t use Twitter and that the account I ...

Benn Rosales | 2008/02/02  | 2 Comments Social Media

Seth’s Words of Wisdom

Seth’s Words of Wisdom

image: johnabbottphoto.com This afternoon Teresa told us about Seth Godin’s excellent new book, Meatball Sundae. As with everything Seth, the book is packed full of ideas. I recently had a chance to speak with Seth Godin about meatballs, Purple Cows, & Permission Markeing, and I wanted to share some of the ideas he shared with me. “If you can’t make ...

Benjamin Bach | 2008/01/29  | 2 Comments Service