Seth Godin’s Blog
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Seth Godin
Seth Godin is a marketing rock star. If you don’t know who he is, you’ve likely heard of some of the concepts he’s coined like permission marketing, purple cow, the dip or linchpin. With over 8000 blog posts (yes that is eight thousand), 19 best-selling books and the hugely popular Akimbo podcast, no one epitomizes a thought leader more than Seth Godin. That discipline and consistency of effort is a great example for us all.
Seth’s blog is one of the few that I make a point to read every day. He always has great insights that help me see key issues in a new light. If you want a good introduction into Seth’s thinking, you can’t go wrong by listening to his free Startup School.
I’m not sure when I first started reading Seth’s writing, but his Ideavirus book excerpt in Fast Company magazine had a big impact on me. (Download the full version of Ideavirus)
Seth is famous for not using social media. He reasons that if he can’t be the best at it, he doesn’t want to waste his time.
It’s interesting to note that Seth Godin’s popularity has allowed him to get away without doing all the common search engine optimization that all the experts recommend such as using images in posts, optimized heading tags or meta descriptions.
Seth Godin is also breaking new ground with his altMBA and online workshops. Instead of offering online courses that normally have only a 2 or 3% completion rate, Seth’s programs are more like a hybrid coaching/mastermind. Students are put in groups with a coach and are held accountable to make actionable progress on projects with themes like:
- Making better decisions
- Overcoming procrastination
- Taking action before you have all the answers
- Pushing through fears
- Making change happen
- Being vulnerable
- Getting feedback
Seth Godin also is working with others on workshops on topics like Podcasting, Story Telling, The Marketing Seminar, Bootstrapper’s Workshop
Throughout the years, Seth Godin has hinted at what he did to succeed early in his career. He mentioned that motivational tapes from Zig Ziglar got him through the hundreds of rejections he received in his book publishing business. When FastCompany magazine first came out Seth would write the editor every week to write for free for the magazine. He mentions that early in his career he would speak anywhere and everywhere for free just to hone his skills and build his audience. I think these are all amazing lessons for aspiring thought leaders and influencers. Check out Seth Godin’s projects over 30 years.
Seth Godin’s Social Media
Seth Godin’s Books
This Is Marketing
This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
Poke the Box
Poke the Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?
Poke the Box Videos and Podcasts
Poke the Box Book Summaries
We Are All Weird
We Are All Weird: The Rise of Tribes and the End of Normal
Book Summaries
The Icarus Deception
Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?
Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations
Videos and Podcasts
Seth on Life in Perpetual Beta
Book Summaries
Steph’s Business Bookshelf
V Is for Vulnerable
V Is for Vulnerable: Life Outside the Comfort Zone
Linchpin
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Linchpin Videos and Podcasts
Linchipin Book Summaries
All Marketers are Liars
All Marketers are Liars: The Underground Classic That Explains How Marketing Really Works–and Why Authenticity Is the Best Marketing of All
Videos and Podcasts
All Marketers are Liars Google Talk
Book Summaries
Stop Stealing Dreams
(Free Download)
Stop Stealing Dreams (What is School For?)
Videos and Podcasts
What Does It Sound Like When You Change Your Mind
What to Do When it’s Your Turn (and it’s always your turn)
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
Purple Cow
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
Tribes
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync?
Book Summaries
The Big Moo
The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect
Book Summaries
Some of the Big Ideas in the Big Moo
Free Prize Inside The Next Big Marketing Idea
Book Summaries
The Dip
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
Small Is the New Big
Small Is the New Big: And 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas
Book Summaries
Survival Is Not Enough
Survival Is Not Enough: Zooming, Evolution, and the Future of Your Company
Book Summaries
The Big Red Fez
The Big Red Fez: How To Make Any Web Site Better
Book Summaries
Binary.com
Book preview on Google Books
Permission Marketing
Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
Unleashing the Ideavirus
(Free Download)
Unleashing the Ideavirus: Stop Marketing AT People! Turn Your Ideas into Epidemics by Helping Your Customers Do the Marketing thing for You.
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
The Bootstrapper’s Bible
(Free Download)
Videos and Podcasts
Book Summaries
Seth Godin Video Presentations and Talks
Seth Godin’s Keynote at Hubspot’s Inbound 2015
Making Change Happen
How to Get Your Ideas to Spread TED Talk
Seth Godin at the 97th Floor Mastermind Conference
Seth Godin Video Interviews
Marie Forleo Interviews Seth Godin
What Seth Godin Thinks About Social Media with Jay Baer
Seth Godin on Good Life Project
Seth Godin on TheFutur
Tim Ferris Interviews Seth Godin
What Seth Godin Thinks About the State of Social Media
Your Job is to Make Art – Seth Godin at ConvertKit Craft & Commerce 2017
Seth Godin, “Art and Science and Making Things” at World Maker Faire 2012
Seth Godin’s Creative Mornings Presentation
Seth Godin at Gel 2006
Seth Godin at Nearly Impossible 2013
Seth Godin at 99U
Seth Godin Interviewed on George Strombopolous
Seth Godin Podcast Interviews
Seth Godin OnBeing Interview
(Seth says that this was the best interview.)
How to Be Remarkable – Seth Godin on Blinkist
Interview with David Kadavy
Marketing Today with Alan Hart Interview