New Releases by Seth Godin

Este libro es una llamada de atención sobre las iniciativas que estás tomando, en el trabajo y en cuanto te concierne. Ha llegado el momento de que dejes de esperar a que alguien te proporcione un mapa del camino y empieces a dibujarlo tú mismo. Llevamos a nuestros hijos al colegio y nos obsesionamos con sus notas, su comportamiento y su capacidad de integración. Colgamos una oferta de trabajo y buscamos experiencia, universidades de prestigio y una carrera sin fracasos. Y entonces, ¿por qué nos sorprendemos cuando todo se desmorona? Nuestra economía no es estática, pero actuamos como si lo fuera. Tu posición en el mundo se define en función de lo que emprendes, de cómo lo haces y de lo que aprendes de los acontecimientos que causas. ¡Hazlo! Constituye un manifiesto sobre la producción de algo que escasea y es, por lo tanto, valioso. Ha llegado el momento de que dejes de esperar a que alguien te proporcione un mapa del camino y empieces a dibujarlo tú mismo. Este libro quizá te haga sentir incómodo. Es una llamada de atención sobre las iniciativas que estás tomando, en el trabajo y en cuanto te concierne. Pero también puede ser el puntapié que necesitas para introducir un cambio en tu vida.

V de Vulnerable es un abecedario para adultos escrito por el gurú del marketing Seth Godin e ilustrado por Hugh MacLeod. En él, pretenden conseguir que dejes de ser un mero espectador, un peón del sistema industrial en el que nos criamos, y quizá, sólo quizá, te levantes y lleves a cabo algo que en un principio te asusta. Con este libro los autores quieren que hagas lo que se supone que debes hacer, lo que se supone que todos debemos realizar, que es convertirnos en ese artista de nuestra vida que todos quisimos ser de pequeños. Desarrollando conceptos tales como compromiso, esfuerzo o iniciativa, el autor de bestsellers como La vaca púrpura o El engaño de Ícaro despierta tu conciencia para que llegues hasta donde quieras llegar. Este abecedario también es una preciosa forma de contar a tus hijos los valores que han de regir su vida si lo que quieren es volar alto. Tan alto como quieran.

Nel suo libro più coraggioso e provocatorio, Seth Godin ci mostra come avere successo in un''economia che premia la creatività, non l''ubbidienza, e spiega perché i veri innovatori cercano la fiducia, l''originalità, la leadership, le storie virali, e afferma con passione che dovremmo iniziare a vedere il nostro lavoro come un''opera d''arte.

Las reglas de antes eran estas: ve sobre seguro. Quédate dentro de tu zona de confort. Busca un trabajo y un conjunto de normas a los que ceñirte. Mantén la cabeza gacha. Y no vueles demasiado cerca del sol. Las verdades de ahora, sin embargo, son estas: más vale curar que prevenir. Es tu momento. Destaca entre los demás. Tienes que volar más alto que nunca. En su libro más arriesgado hasta el momento, el gurú estadounidense Seth Godin nos muestra cómo podemos progresar en una economía, la que triunfa ahora, que recompensa el arte y no la sumisión. Nos explica por qué los auténticos innovadores potencian la confianza, la singularidad y el liderazgo. Y expone con pasión las razones por las que deberías tratar tu trabajo como una verdadera obra de arte. Porque el arte no es un gen o un talento específico, sino una actitud.

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 art Everyone 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..

Made for dipping into again and again, Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck? brings together the very best of Seth Godin''s acclaimed blog and is a classic for fans both old and new. Getting your ducks in a row is a fine thing to do. But deciding what you are going to do with that duck is a far more important issue'' Seth Godin is famous for bestselling books such as Purple Cow and cool entrepreneurial ventures such as Squidoo and the Domino Project. But to millions of loyal readers, he''s best known for the daily burst of insight he provides every morning, rain or shine, via Seth''s Blog. Since he started blogging in the early 1990s, he has written more than two million words and shaped the way we think about marketing, leadership, careers, innou00advation, creativity, and more. Much of his writing is inspirational and some is incendiary. Collected here are six years of his best, most entertaining, and most poignant blog posts, plus a few bonus ebooks. From thoughts on how to treat your customers to telling stories and spreading ideas, Godin pushes us to think smarter, dream bigger, write better, and speak more honestly. Highlights include: -A marketing lesson from the Apocalypse -No, everything is not going to be okay -Organized bravery -Choose your customers, choose your future -Paying attention to the attention economy -Bandits and philanthropists Godin writes to get under our skin. He wants us to stand up and do something remarkable, outside the standards of the industrial system that raised us. 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 and a very popular lecturer. His blog is the most influential business blog in the world and consistently one of the 100 most popular blogs on any subject.

V is for Vulnerable by Seth Godin is a full-color ABC book for grown-ups, with a powerful message about doing great work. V is for Vulnerable looks and feels like a classic picture book. But it''s not for kids, it''s for hardworking adults. It highlights twenty-six of Seth Godin''s principles about treating your work as a form of art, with illustrations by acclaimed cartoonist Hugh MacLeod. A sample: A is for Anxiety, which is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome and you''ll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn''t make you better. F is for Feedback, which can be either a crutch or a weapon. Use it to make your work smaller, safer, and more likely to please everyone (and fail in the long run). Or use it as a lever to further push you to embrace what you fear and what you''re capable of. This is unlike any previous Godin book and makes a great gift, both for loyal fans and those who''ve never read him before. 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.

E'' finita l''era del "prodotto unico", buono per tutti. Oggi siamo diventati tutti... strambi, non ci resta che prenderne atto e inventarci il marketing su misura.

Svět se změnil a stal se jednou velkou supersoutěží. Pokud v ní chceme obstát, nemůžeme být snadno nahraditelným ozubeným kolečkem v soukolí firmy. Musíme být jejím nepostradatelným pilířem. Jen takoví lidé dostávají nejlepší práci, plat, uznání i největší svobodu. Nepostradatelní jsou základními stavebními kameny prosperující firmy. Tak jako může na pár skrytých pilířích stát dům nebo most, stejně tak ani oni nemusejí být vidět, ale jsou tu a jsou skutečně nepostradatelní. A v dnešním světě dostávají právě ta nejlepší pracovní místa a s nimi i nejvíc svobody. # V knize se dozvíte - kdy a jak se změnil svět práce a proč si to mnozí lidé stále neuvědomují - že každý má možnost zvolit, zda se stane nepostradatelným, nebo zda se zařadí mezi průměrné a postradatelné - jak se stát pilířem firmy, co všechno to obnáší a co naopak poskytuje - jaké jsou hlavní dovednosti nepostradatelných a jak se dají rozvíjet - jak nepostradatelní pracují s emocemi, jak vytvářejí vztahy s lidmi kolem sebe - proč pro nepostradatelné neplatí žádná pracovní příručka, žádný itinerář - jakými mýty jsme obklopeni a proč brání správným rozhodnutím # O autorovi SETH GODIN je autorem řady mezinárodních bestsellerů, které změnily způsob, jímž manažeři myslí a jednají. Je jedním z nejvlivnějších bloggerů v oblasti podnikání na světě a trvale patří k jednadvaceti nejčtenějším bloggerům v angličtině. Současně je i zakladatelem a generálním ředitelem Squidoo.com a velmi oblíbeným řečníkem. Žije ve Westchesteru, New York. Navštivte www.SethGodin.com a pro přečtení blogu klikněte na jeho hlavu. # Více o knize http://www.melvil.cz/kniha-nepostradatelni-linchpin

NOTE: All proceeds from the sale of What Matters Now go to Room to Read.-------------------------------------Now, more than ever, we need to shake things up.Now, more than ever, we need a different way ofthinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around. I hope this book will get you started on that path. It took months, but I think you''ll find it worth the effort.Here are more than seventy big thinkers, eachsharing an idea for you to think about as we headinto the new year.From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O''Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas inside.This book also includes Tom Peters, Fred Wilson,Jackie Huba and Jason Fried, along with Gina Trapani, Bill Taylor and Alan Webber.Here''s to a year with ideas even bigger than these.

The cult classic that revolutionized marketing by teaching businesses that you’re either remarkable or invisible. Few authors have had the kind of lasting impact and global reach that Seth Godin has had. In a series of now-classic books that have been translated into 36 languages and reached millions of readers around the world, he has taught generations of readers how to make remarkable products and spread powerful ideas. In Purple Cow, first published in 2003 and revised and expanded in 2009, Godin launched a movement to make truly remarkable products that are worth marketing in the first place. Through stories about companies like Starbucks, JetBlue, Krispy Kreme, and Apple, coupled with his signature provocative style, he inspires readers to rethink what their marketing is really saying about their product. In a world that grows noisier by the day, Godin''s challenge has never been more relevant to writers, marketers, advertisers, entrepreneurs, makers, product managers, and anyone else who has something to share with the world.

The indispensable classic on marketing by the bestselling author of Tribes and Purple Cow. Legendary business writer Seth Godin has three essential questions for every marketer: “What’s your story?” “Will the people who need to hear this story believe it?” “Is it true?” All marketers tell stories. And if they do it right, we believe them. We believe that wine tastes better in a $20 glass than a $1 glass. We believe that an $80,000 Porsche is vastly superior to a $36,000 Volkswagen that’s virtually the same car. We believe that $225 sneakers make our feet feel better—and look cooler—than a $25 brand. And believing it makes it true. As Seth Godin has taught hundreds of thousands of marketers and students around the world, great marketers don’t talk about features or even benefits. Instead, they tell a story—a story we want to believe, whether it’s factual or not. In a world where most people have an infinite number of choices and no time to make them, every organization is a marketer, and all marketing is about telling stories. Marketers succeed when they tell us a story that fits our worldview, a story that we intuitively embrace and then share with our friends. Think of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, or Fiji water, or the iPod. But beware: If your stories are inauthentic, you cross the line from fib to fraud. Marketers fail when they are selfish and scurrilous, when they abuse the tools of their trade and make the world worse. That’s a lesson learned the hard way by telemarketers, cigarette companies, and sleazy politicians. But for the rest of us, it’s time to embrace the power of the story. As Godin writes, “Stories make it easier to understand the world. Stories are the only way we know to spread an idea. Marketers didn’t invent storytelling. They just perfected it.”

Este libro, aclamado en todo el mundo, presenta las 14 tendencias que cualquier empresa y departamento de marketing deberá tener en cuenta para implementar sus próximas estrategias. Según el autor, las nuevas maneras de hacer marketing como los blogs, mails, vídeos YouTube, publicidad en Google, etc, no están funcionando para las marcas "aburridas" o "meatballs". Las empresas, dice el autor, deben hacer de sus marcas un delicioso helado con cerezas y vainillas, y no crear un helado de "albóndiga" que no guste.

Ce livre apprend à transformer vos business de façon à ce que votre entreprise soit aussi visible qu''une vache pourpre dans un champs ! Il faut se rendre à l''évidence : les grands préceptes du marketing (les grands P : Prix, Publicité, Promotion...), s''ils aident indéniablement à la visibilité d''une entreprise, ne garantissent pourtant pas la réussite. Qu''ont donc en plus Starbucks ou Apple pour réussir brillamment, là où d''autres réussissent sans éclat ? Ils ont une Vache Pourpre ! Rien ne ressemble plus à une vache qu''une autre vache. Cependant, une vache pourpre, cela se remarque. Tous les jours, les consommateurs sont face à une multitude de vaches, que rien ne permet de distinguer, mais lorsqu''ils voient une Vache Pourpre, ils ne l''oublient pas ! Dans ce livre, Seth Godin nous incite à introduire une Vache Pourpre dans tout ce que nous créons, afin d''y inclure un élément vraiment notable, garant de réussite et de visibilité.

The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller that redefined what it means to be a leader. Since it was first published almost a decade ago, Seth Godin''s visionary book has helped tens of thousands of leaders turn a scattering of followers into a loyal tribe. If you need to rally fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers around an idea, this book will demystify the process. It''s human nature to seek out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. Social media gives anyone who wants to make a difference the tools to do so. With his signature wit and storytelling flair, Godin presents the three steps to building a tribe: the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead. If you think leadership is for other people, think again—leaders come in surprising packages. Consider Joel Spolsky and his international tribe of scary-smart software engineers. Or Gary Vaynerhuck, a wine expert with a devoted following of enthusiasts. Chris Sharma led a tribe of rock climbers up impossible cliff faces, while Mich Mathews, a VP at Microsoft, ran her internal tribe of marketers from her cube in Seattle. Tribes will make you think—really think—about the opportunities to mobilize an audience that are already at your fingertips. It''s not easy, but it''s easier than you think.

Describes when to support and when to fight corporate systems, explaining how to recognize and drop defunct practices to protect profits, job security, and professional satisfaction.

El mundo está cambiando de forma vertiginosa y, con este, las reglas del marketing. Las cuatro Pes y las viejas prácticas tan bien aprendidas durante años 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. Las vacas, después de ver una, o dos, o diez, son aburridas. Pero una vaca púrpura es algo que llama la atención, que obliga a pararse, mirar e incluso maravillarse. Es algo increíble, emocionante, diferente, algo que nunca se olvida. Y lo más importante, es inherente, es parte del producto desde su nacimiento o no lo es. El gurú del marketing Seth Godin nos brinda en este texto su visión y opiniones particulares 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.

This book is a reprint of a 2005 free ebook under Creative Commons License by Seth Godin.

Bestselling business author Godin delivers his most far-reaching and provocative book, explaining what works in marketing these days, what doesnt, and what to do about it.

THIS BOOK is for anyone who wants more online traffic, more revenue, more followers, more attention, more interest, more donations or more influence. The paradox, of course, is that the best way to get all these things is by delivering less.

As one of today’s most influential business thinkers, Seth Godin helps his army of fans stay focused, stay connected, and stay dissatisfied with the status quo, the ordinary, the boring. His books, blog posts, magazine articles, and speeches have inspired countless entrepreneurs, marketing people, innovators, and managers around the world. Now, for the first time, Godin has collected the most provocative short pieces from his pioneering blog—ranked #70 by Feedster (out of millions published) in worldwide readership. This book also includes his most popular columns from Fast Company magazine, and several of the short e-books he has written in the last few years. A sample: • Bon Jovi And The Pirates • Christmas Card Spam • Clinging To Your Job Title? • How Much Would You Pay to Be on Oprah’s Show? • The Persistence of Really Bad Ideas • The Seduction of “Good Enough” • What Happens When It''s All on Tape? • Would You Buy Life Insurance at a Rock Concert? Small is the New Big is a huge bowl of inspiration that you can gobble in one sitting or dip into at any time. As Godin writes in his introduction: “I guarantee that you''ll find some ideas that don’t work for you. But I’m certain that you''re smart enough to see the stuff you’ve always wanted to do, buried deep inside one of these riffs. And I’m betting that once inspired, you’ll actually make something happen.”

Ce "grand livre" est un manifeste (opérationnel) destiné à tous ceux qui veulent participer à la création de produits dont on a envie de faire la promotion... et à tous les consommateurs qui en ont assez du gris ambiant ! En 176 pages étonnantes, Seth Godin, auteur du fameux Permission Marketing et promoteur infatigable du marketing viral, lance un nouveau pavé dans la mare. Attention, vous ne connaissez que quatre des cinq "P" du marketing (le Prix, la Promotion, la Publicité, le Packaging). Il vous en manque un : le "P" de Pourpre, celui de la Vache Pourpre. S''il y avait une Vache Pourpre dans votre troupeau, tout le monde la remarquerait. Ce serait si incroyable que chacun souhaiterait la posséder : les entreprises qui veulent réussir doivent donc impérativement imaginer des produits, des services, une marque qui soient des Vaches Pourpres ! C''est pour vous y aider, et éviter que votre Vache Pourpre ne soit qu''une vache ordinaire déguisée, que Seth Godin a écrit ce livre qui vous donne la clé fonda r redynamiser votre marketing.

Identifies the guiding principles behind creating websites that satisfy visitors and keep them coming back for more.

A través de numerosos casos de estudio ilustrativos, se explica el concepto de marketing del permiso, que, frente al marketing tradicional, percibido en ocasiones por los clientes potenciales como una pérdida de su tiempo, alienta a los consumidores a aceptar la publicidad de buen grado.