Seth Godin's Top 10 Rules For Success 

Inspirational Video

Evan Carmichael

 

 

He's an American author, entrepreneur, marketer, and public speaker. He's the author of 17 books: Tribes and Linchpin are his two best-selling books, while Free Prize Inside was a Forbes Business Book of the Year in 2004. His Seth's Blog was ranked in the AdAge Power 150 as the number 1 marketing blog out of the 976 tracked. He's Seth Godin and here are his Top 10 Rules for Success. 

1.           Do it your way

He received an MBA in marketing from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

2.         Tell your story

From 1983 to 1986, he worked as a brand manager at Spinnaker Software.

3.         Be patiently impatient

He used $20,000 in savings to found Seth Godin Productions.

4.         Refuse to settle for average

In 1995, Godin launched Yoyodyne.

5.         The product is the marketing

American Express, Microsoft, Sony Music, and Volvo have all used Yoyodyne services.

6.         Spread your ideas

 In 1998, he sold Yoyodyne to Yahoo! for about $30 million and became Yahoo's vice president of direct marketing.

7.         Decide carefully

He launched Squidoo, a community website that allowed users to create pages for subjects of interest.

8.         Life is a series of dips

Godin and Squidoo were profiled on CNN and in the Washington Post.

9.         Navigate without a map

In July 2008, Squidoo was one of the 500 most visited sites in the world.

10.      Create something remarkable

In 2012, he launched a Kickstarter campaign which secured him a book contract with his publisher.

Bonus:         

·       No one owes you anything.

·       Communicate emotionally.

·       Lead your tribe.

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