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If you create content, you need to read this. How to protect your ideas in a world that wants them to be free as in freedom and free as in beer.
If it's not good enough for you as a consumer, why should it be good enough for you as a marketer?
Another pithy, truthful post by Seth Godin. The Golden Rule applied to marketers.
"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you," said Jesus. To sell something you wouldn't buy is cynical hypocrisy at its worst.
Many successful products began life as something their creators wanted to use for themselves. Like Mac. Like Posterous. Like Twitter.
A preacher once said that when he was alone in his study preparing his sermon, that's when he was with every person in his congregation. Maybe that applies to product creation as well?
Make something so awesome you'd use it yourself, then expose it to the world; and that's marketing.
It works (unless you're so fringe that people like you aren't numerous enough to support the product). Care to give it a shot?
