Book of the Week
Every week, Smart Office staff and leadership recommend books for business leaders and technology entrepreneurs. Read the same books that have helped shape Smart Office into an award-winning communication, mobile marketing, and field management technology provider for franchise and direct selling enterprises.
“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
― Charlie “Tremendous” Jones
“Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable” by Seth Godin
This Week’s Title: Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
Recommended By: Alan Alpert, Smart Office Founder
Favorite Quote: “In your career, even more than for a brand, being safe is risky. The path to lifetime job security is to be remarkable.”
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Book Summary: 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. – Amazon
About the Author: After leaving Spinnaker in 1986, he used $20,000 in savings to found Seth Godin Productions, primarily a book packaging business, out of a studio apartment in New York City. He then met Mark Hurst and founded Yoyodyne. After a few years, Godin sold the book packaging business to his employees and focused his efforts on Yoyodyne, where he promoted the concept of permission marketing. – Wikipedia
Get Your Copy on Amazon: Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business Being Remarkable
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