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		<title>Seth Godin&#8217;s New Curve</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just recently finished one of the most popular marketing books of the decade, Purple Cow. It&#8217;s by Seth Godin, one of my new heroes (not that I&#8217;m a marketer &#8212; his heroism comes from being able to communicate with non-marketers). The whole book is centered around the &#8220;idea diffusion curve&#8221;. I won&#8217;t describe it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just recently finished one of the most popular marketing books of the decade, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Purple-Cow-Transform-Business-Remarkable/dp/159184021X/">Purple Cow</a>.  It&#8217;s by Seth Godin, one of my new heroes (not that I&#8217;m a marketer &#8212; his heroism comes from being able to communicate with non-marketers).  The whole book is centered around the &#8220;idea diffusion curve&#8221;.  I won&#8217;t describe it here; just read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R31KMYUQKGAFEX/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm">my review</a>.  Of course I now subscribe to <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/">his blog</a>, and have been following along with most of his posts (which are pretty frequent).  I believe his post today is somewhat groundbreaking &#8212; <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/05/avoiding-the-pa.html">the new &#8220;passion/pop curve&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p>This is an admonition that we need to be careful which market to target, and avoid the &#8220;gap&#8221; between curves.  Seth simply says to choose one or the other, but I think a Purple Cow would most naturally be the &#8220;passion market&#8221;.  I guess this makes the transition from passion to pop interesting if you ever get to the point of wanting to cross that chasm.</p>
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