Book Marketing: Wisdom From Seth Godin : Social Media Examiner. Wondering how a master marketer thinks about books and the launch process? To explore book marketing, blogging and podcasts, I interview Seth Godin. More About This Show. The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on- demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner.

It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works with social media marketing. In this episode I’ll interview Seth Godin, author of 1.

Purple Cow, Permission Marketing and Tribes. He blogs every day on topics related to marketing, leadership and more. He also has an excellent podcast mini- series called Seth Godin’s Startup School. Seth and I explore his latest book along with his thoughts on publishing and marketing books. You’ll discover Seth’s philosophy on writing, the importance he puts on blogging and more. Listen as Seth Godin share wisdom for book marketing. Share your feedback, read the show notes and get the links mentioned in this episode below.

Listen Now. Listen now: Play in new window . How to subscribe/review on i. Phone. Here are some of the things you’ll discover in this show: Book Marketing. Seth’s new book. Seth Godin’s latest book. Seth’s latest book is called, What to Do When It’s Your Turn (and It’s Always Your Turn). He explains that he usually comes up with the title early in the process, and then writes the book to go with it. However, in this case, the title came second to last.

The book exists because when his son was heading off to college, he asked Seth to write down his advice. A letter to his son turned into a book for everyone.

It’s a heavily illustrated book about fear, bravery and doing work that matters. Seth’s background is in publishing and he was a book packager for 1. These included almanacs, books on gardening, business and everything in between. In 1. 99. 9, he started writing books as a solo author. One person with a point of view.

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That’s when things shifted for him, he says. While he is very strategic in most elements of his life, his best writing is not strategic at all. If a book won’t go away, then he has to write it. Seth starts a new book every few days.

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Most turn into blogs. But if a book won’t go away, he has to write it. Seth believes most people shouldn’t look at the book business as a way to make a living. The book business is an organized hobby, and a fabulous way to bring ideas into the world and a great thing to leave behind. For those who want to write a book to become a paid, professional author, Seth says, don’t. Instead, think about using books as a generous way to spread ideas and earn trust. Listen to the show to learn why Seth doesn’t discuss upcoming projects with his peers.

Why Seth decided to publish and distribute this book on his own. Since most people don’t finish the books on their Kindle, Seth wanted What to Do When It’s Your Turn to be only available on paper. He also didn’t want people to buy just one copy of the book.“If you buy 1 copy, I send you 2. If you buy 3 copies, I send you 5.

If you buy 8 copies, I send you 1. He knew he could reach a certain number of people directly through his blog. By shipping extra books to the people who already understand his message, he has turned them into his distributors. By sharing his words, his audience is helping make the world a better place. Listen to the show to discover how building a following, 1. The importance of blogging. Seth started his Typepad blog about 1.

The act of writing has done more for him than any other habit. Blogging pushes you to notice things, it gives you a schedule and puts you on the hook to publish something daily. Everything starts as a blog post, Seth shares. Then, by the time I finish the ebook, I decide it should be a book.”The free ebook that is one of Seth’s proudest achievements is Stop Stealing Dreams.

He also did a TEDx talk, based on the book. Seth’s other ebooks include one on the placebo effect, called Placebos, and a series on Flipping the Funnel.

Listen to the show to discover why Seth publishes so many free ebooks. Seth’s unique book launches. The first edition of Purple Cow came in a milk carton. For the release of his latest book, Seth didn’t do any fancy promotion or SEO. He relied on his following and fans. Basically, he put up a blog post and released the book. Seth explains how his book is about tension, and how he used tension to get people to buy it.

He always does something unique that relates to the book for all of his book launches. For Permission Marketing, he created a way for his audience to get 1/3 of the book for free. For Unleashing the Ideavirus, a book about how ideas spread, he made the book free to share as an ebook. The first edition of Purple Cow came in a milk carton. Listen to the show to find out why Seth believes he had a successful book launch. The role of podcasts in book marketing. Seth believes podcasts don’t sell books because the number of people listening aren’t going to immediately buy them.

The New Yorker is a great way to sell books, AM radio is a bad way to sell books, and podcasting is somewhere in between. Over time, we will see podcasts get better. Seth doesn’t write books to sell them. He writes books because he wants his ideas to change things. Getting his books to a new audience through a podcast, especially if that audience changes as a result of the conversation, is a win. Listen to the show to learn what Seth considers a winning result of a podcast.

Advice from Seth to his younger self. Seth says, “The thing that people who create for a living wrestle with is living with . People can’t utter a sentence unless they know something’s going to work. However, they don’t know if it’ll work, since they never said it before. Listen to the show to discover what successful creators understand. Discovery of the Week.

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The i. Phone Do Not Disturb setting allows you to block texts. There’s also a way to shut off email when you’re on vacation or just need to focus. Go into settings and scroll down to “Mail and Contacts.” Click on your email account. You will see a mail icon that you simply drag to . When you’re ready, go back in and turn your email on again. Listen to the show to learn more and let us know how turning off your alerts and email works for you. Other Show Mentions.

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