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Further Thoughts About Seth Godin’s Blog

06/21/2022 by Debbi

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Here are few more thoughts I had while reading Seth Godin’s blog.

About “Life by anecdote”

The truth is pretty much what you’re willing to believe.

Now, what else can I sell you today?

PS: Believe whatever you want.

Here’s a link to the source.

About “Shift your tech time horizon”

Learn to use technology to your advantage. And try not hoarding your insights.

And don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.

Here’s a link to the source.

About “Swap the line”

Here’s a utopian/dystopian idea for a possible/improbable way to transact business.

You get to execute it.

Have fun!

PS: Far as I can tell, the rich still get the most benefit from this arrangement. Along with the uber-powerful geek squad entrusted with creating/maintaining it.

Press “1” if you disagree. Press “9” if you’d like to disagree in Spanish.

Press “5” for an endless series of tutorials on how to do the above without buttons.

Note to Seth: Life isn’t always fair. You know that.

Here’s a link to the source.

About “A future of retail”

You won’t succeed in business until you realize your product isn’t about you. And yelling about your product’s greatness won’t build trust with potential customers. Neither will spamming people with “great deals”.

Note to Seth: Interesting, isn’t it, that a certain great big online bookseller decided to open its own chain of bookstores, eh? Then, shut them down! Ahem …

Here’s a link to the source.

About “Contagious commerce”

Early adopters do change the world. Now, if only someone had taken me seriously in 2011, when I said Amazon was creating a bad situation for indie authors in the long run, when they offered us chump change in exchange for being exclusively published (three months at a time) with them.

Funny how being one early adopter can have so very little effect on anything.

And the lesson learned: If you want to change minds, you have to change hearts. You have to be both empathetic and rational. It requires authenticity and resilience. The ability to observe, listen, and plan.

I’m trying. That’s all I can do.

Here’s a link to the source.

About “Zero percent market share”

Being everything to everyone online is a losing strategy.

But, if you want to spend your energies on it, feel free. No one’s forcing you to do anything.

PS: (And these are my notes and my opinion.) Amazon’s the exception. They want to be everything for everyone, while not sacrificing quality or worker health and safety. And look what a great job they’re (not) doing.

Think it helps that they own a whole swath of the Internet?

Here’s a link to the source.

About “The hedonic buffet”

We get to choose what to do and what not to do. The problem often comes in having too many choices. So often we fall back on habit or desperately follow some random person’s advice.

Figure out your “why” (why do you get up in the morning, for instance) and focus on that. Because you are the sum total of your choices.

Here’s a link to the source.

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Welcome to my writers' corner of the Internet. I'm a novelist, who also writes short stories and screenplays. I hope to share the benefit of my experiences as an indie author with dystonia since 2009. I also post a lot of book reviews, because I love to read and learn new things. I hope to share that knowledge with you.

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