The goal of a marketing interaction isn’t to close the sale, any more than the goal of a first date is to get married. No, the opportunity is to move forward, to earn attention and trust and curiosity and conversation.
SETH GODINJust about anything worth doing is worth doing better.
More Seth Godin Quotes
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Before you tell yourself you have no right to invent this or improve that, remind yourself that the person before you had no right either, but did it anyway.
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Just as we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.
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You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.
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Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it’s not a plan. It’s a version of waiting and hoping.
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Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
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Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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Keep starting until you finish.
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Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes.
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Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
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So sure, start with a slogan. But don’t bother wasting any time on it if you’re merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.
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The big win is when you refuse to settle for average or mediocre.
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Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
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If you try to delight the undelightable, you’ve made yourself miserable for no reason.
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The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.
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Don’t create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.
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