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One of the First "Viral Marketing" Books by One of the Most Preeminent Marketing Minds Around
A must have marketing book
Spreading the virus
good for new ideas
Interesting ideas

Unleashing the Ideavirus
Seth Godin
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Binding: Paperback

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Treat a product or service like a human or computer virus, contends online promotion specialist Seth Godin, and it just might become one. In Unleashing the Ideavirus, Godin describes ways to set any viable commercial concept loose among those who are most likely to catch it--and then stand aside as these recipients become infected and pass it on to others who might do the same. "The future belongs to marketers who establish a foundation and process where interested people can market to each other," he writes. "Ignite consumer networks and then get out of the way and let them talk."

Godin believes that a solid idea is the best route to success in the new century, but one "that just sits there is worthless." Through the magic of "word of mouse," however, the Internet offers a unique opportunity for interested individuals to transmit ideas quickly and easily to others of like mind. Taking up where his previous book Permission Marketing left off, Godin explains in great detail how ideaviruses have been launched by companies such as Napster, Blue Mountain Arts, GeoCities, and Hotmail. He also describes "sneezers" (influential people who spread them), "hives" (populations most willing to receive them), and "smoothness" (the ease with which sneezers can transmit them throughout a hive). In all, an infectious and highly recommended read. --Howard Rothman

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Turn your ideas into epidemics by helping your customers do the marketing for you. Seth Godin is an admans worst nightmare. He has made a career of exposing the limitations of traditional marketing methods while offering his own visionary solutions. He has also demonstrated the principles of the IdeaVirus firsthand: More than 250,000 copies of his e-book, Unleashing the IdeaVirus, have spread throughout the Web for free. Napster, Hotmail, GeoCities, and Volkswagen are just a few of the businesses that have successfully launched their products with an IdeaVirus by letting customers get to know and communicate with each other. This customer-to-customer dialogue spreads like a virus, costs companies next to nothing, and could signal the end to marketing as we know it. Now Godin shows how any business can unleash an IdeaVirus and profit from it.

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One of the First "Viral Marketing" Books by One of the Most Preeminent Marketing Minds Around.......2007-06-08

This book is one of the first "Viral Marketing" books that later spread the hot topics of "Viral Marketing", "Word Of Mouth Marketing" and "Buzzmarketing". Seth Godin was there before many others were and was spreading ideas that others later realized and jumped onto.

Seth was a marketing Genius behind some of the success of Yahoo's early growth and has since gone on to write some of the most successful books on marketing.

This book is one of my favorites to read and re-read giving insight into the hows and whys of viral marketing. Due to the fast paced changes in our society, some of the examples may seem outdated since they involve companies in the early dot com era, but the messages are just as powerful and are not lessened in any way.

---*** THE BOTTOM LINE ***---
1. an easy, comfortable read.
2. this book came before many of the the "viral marketing", "word of mouth" books that tell the same things - learn from one of the original sources.
3. If you like general marketing books, this is a MUST have for your collection.

A must have marketing book.......2007-03-28

Seth Godin is an entertaining writer which includes some very sound marketing advice.
This book explores the challenges faced by marketers today about how to have your service or product go gang-busters in an overcrowded market place.
I would recommend this and every one of Seth's books highly.

Spreading the virus.......2007-02-21

Two hundred years ago, land was the principal currency; one-hundred years ago, factories drove the market; today, our society values knowledge, and ideas above all else. In this book, Seth Godin tells us how to create and leverage this dynamic in our favor; he describes how ideaviruses are created, propagated and sustained. If you want to know what a successful ideavirus must have, how to find the target audience, or how to get influencers (sneezers) to talk about your product, this is a book for you! Also, don't forget that you can get a free e-copy of this book from his website!

good for new ideas.......2007-01-11

A very brilliant book. An open window on the markenting of the new century.

Interesting ideas.......2007-01-11

Very interesting ideas that helped me think of marketing in a different way. I found that many of the examples were dated, as the book was written before the dot-com crash. We really returned to a business as more usually model than anyone thought we would at that time. However, still some very valuable ideas. They were a bit over-stated and the book is a bit repetitive, but still some good value.

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