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Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

by Seth Godin

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ISBN13: 9781591840213
ISBN10: 159184021x
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You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice.

What do Starbucks and JetBlue and KrispyKreme and Apple and DutchBoy and Kensington and Zespri and Hard Candy have that you don't? How do they continue to confound critics and achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and true brands to gasp their last?

Face it, the checklist of tired 'P's marketers have used for decades to get their product noticed — Pricing, Promotion, Publicity, to name a few — aren't working anymore. There's an exceptionally important 'P' that has to be added to the list. It's Purple Cow.

Cows, after you've seen one, or two, or ten, are boring. A Purple Cow, though...now that would be something. Purple Cow describes something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat out unbelievable. Every day, consumers come face to face with a lot of boring stuff — a lot of brown cows — but you can bet they won't forget a Purple Cow. And it's not a marketing function that you can slap on to your product or service. Purple Cow is inherent. It's built right in, or it's not there. Period.

In Purple Cow, 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 marketers who want to help create products that are worth marketing in the first place.

Review:

"Godin's style is punchy and irreverent, using short, sharp messages to drive his points home. As a result the book is fiery, but not entirely cohesive; at times it resembles a stream-of-consciousness monologue. Still, his wide-ranging advice — be outrageous, tell the truth, test the limits and never settle for just 'very good' — is solid and timely." Publishers Weekly

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"I love this book! Part wakeup call, part action plan, Seth Godin's Purple Cow shows organizations how to add distinction — and avoid extinction — in today's new economy." Tom Kelley, author of The Art of Innovation

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In Purple Cow, Godin urges business people to put a Purple Cow into everything they build, and everything they do, to create something truly noticeable. It's a manifesto for marketers who want to help create products that are worth marketing in the first place.

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Taylor, November 7, 2009 (view all comments by Taylor)
This is a very good book, but it's not remarkable. However it is about trying to be remarkable, and while what Godin says is very useful, it's also nothing new. I've seen this book get a lot of hype, and I can see why it has gotten such hype, especially with the current economy, and businesses wanting to stand out and be more relevant, and certainly Godin exemplifies what he talks about, as is evidenced by Squidoo and his books. At the same time, what would have made Purple Cow remarkable would be more than just telling stories of what other people have done. Providing some exercises, or some in-depth case studies, as opposed to brief anecdotes provided, may have made it remarkable. Unfortunately, and ironically, with this book Godin has fallen into the very trap he discusses in it: His ideas have become so commonplace, they are no longer remarkable.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781591840213
Subtitle:
Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
Author:
Godin, Seth
Publisher:
Portfolio
Location:
New York
Subject:
Marketing - General
Subject:
Marketing
Subject:
Advertising & Promotion
Subject:
Marketing - Product Management
Edition Description:
2003. Corr. 2nd
Series Volume:
v. 15, no. 2 (D)
Publication Date:
January 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
7.44x5.28x.60 in. .47 lbs.

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