185,000 visits later, an ideavirus hits critical mass
Here's an example of someone who's got just about all of the ideavirus buttons in the right place. It's spreading, and that's no surprise. The Propaganda Remix Project!
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SETH'S BOOKS
Seth Godin has written 12 bestsellers that have been translated into 33 languages
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All Marketers Tell Stories
Seth's most important book about the art of marketing
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Free Prize Inside
The practical sequel to Purple Cow
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Linchpin
An instant bestseller, the book that brings all of Seth's ideas together.
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Meatball Sundae
Why the internet works (and doesn't) for your business. And vice versa.
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Permission Marketing
The classic Named "Best Business Book" by Fortune.
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Poke The Box
The latest book, Poke The Box is a call to action about the initiative you're taking - in your job or in your life, and Seth once again breaks the traditional publishing model by releasing it through The Domino Project.
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Purple Cow
The worldwide bestseller. Essential reading about remarkable products and services.
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Small is the New Big
A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. Guaranteed to make you think.
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Survival is Not Enough
Seth's worst seller and personal favorite. Change. How it works (and doesn't).
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The Big Moo
All for charity. Includes original work from Malcolm Gladwell, Tom Peters and Promise Phelon.
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The Big Red Fez
Top 5 Amazon ebestseller for a year. All about web sites that work.
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The Dip
A short book about quitting and being the best in the world. It's about life, not just marketing.
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The Icarus Deception
Seth's most personal book, a look at the end of the industrial economy and what happens next.
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Tribes
"Book of the year," a perennial bestseller about leading, connecting and creating movements.
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Unleashing the Ideavirus
More than 3,000,000 copies downloaded, perhaps the most important book to read about creating ideas that spread.
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V Is For Vulnerable
A short, illustrated, kids-like book that takes the last chapter of Icarus and turns it into something worth sharing.
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We Are All Weird
The end of mass and how you can succeed by delighting a niche.
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Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?
The sequel to Small is the New Big. More than 600 pages of the best of Seth's blog.
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So, how did a chocolate bar turn into a Purple Cow?
Scharffen Berger doesn’t have a chance. They’re tiny. They roast their own beans, create their own nibs, temper their own chocolate… all in a small factory near the San Francisco airport. In a world filled with Hershey bars, how could they possibly compete?
By being remarkable.
Scharffen Berger isn’t for everyone. That’s the point. Chocolate for everyone has already been done. Hershey can’t grow any more. Their new ad campaign isn’t worth a fraction of what they’re spending. Either you seek out Hershey or it’s invisible.
Scharffen Berger, on the other hand, appeals to people who wouldn’t bother with a Hershey Bar. Chocolate fanatics. And chocolate fanatics are always seeking, always searching for something better. And when they find it, they tell their friends.
So, without spending a nickel on advertising, Scharffen Berger is now one of the fastest-growing brands of chocolate in the world. It’s amazing, a symphony for your tongue. You’ll take a taste, realize that you may remember that taste all your life, and then, if you’re like most people with a chocolate otaku, will tell your friends
