Comments on: I know we can get 500 people to Phoenix to hear Seth Godin live, right?

By: Vladimir Orlt

Vladimir Orlt — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:48:16 +0000

Sometimes the net drowns me in a “color of money” sea of opinion… and leaves me gasping for air.

Sometimes, I find little islands of delight. I stand on one and gaze hoepfully at the horizon.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:47:54 +0000

Bridgette you couldn’t have summed it up better – that’s exactly what drove me nuts about Seth, there is a lack of substance to what he says. I read his blog for about 6 months, constantly waiting for the “pithy” ideas that everyone kept saying he came up with all the time, and I just never saw it. I feel like he makes random observations and tried to blow them up into major lessons, and it just doesn’t work for me. I don’t think he’s visionary. (Although I do think it’s great if he returns emails in a timely manner. That’s hard to find these days, but I still don’t think it makes him visionary.)

Pam I had to laugh at myself though when you reminded me of Guy’s words that you should be trying to polarize people, not make them like you. So my outspoken distaste for Seth means I’m actually helping him. I’m off to zip my lips and pretend I don’t care now…

By: francine hardaway

francine hardaway — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:20:09 +0000

I tried to get Seth to speak at the Second Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference, but we couldn’t afford him, so I thought I’d try to get him here on the book tour

By: Business Blogging Pros

Business Blogging Pros — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:20:08 +0000

Wanna Hear Seth Godin Speak?

Thanks to Pam at Escape From Cubicle Nation for spreading the word on her blog. If you live in Phoenix and are a fan of Seth Godin, you should know that there is a campaign afoot to get Seth to

By: michael gibbons

michael gibbons — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:55:00 +0000

…and Sedona…my wife and I planned to spend a nice evening watching the sunset — came ever so close to spending a nice night in the desert! Her fault? for lingering too long in a breathtaking sunset induced chakra trance or my fault? for forgetting the stupid flashlight? Guess. I’d love to do it all again!

By: michael gibbons

michael gibbons — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:30:11 +0000

I too have had “experience” with Seth Godin — preface this — maybe it was timing or state of my mind/life BUT Purple Cow and his blog — they changed my life — but that’s me. Seth does return every email (amazing)albeit succinctly. May not change the world BUT NOW I try to RETURN every email too — thanks Seth — I once bought 20 copies of Small is the New Big! so I get on conference call to ask for some advice on my Buttons of Hope project– I got 2 or 3 profound observations –thing is Seth is a visionary like it/him or not — best description would be a college professor — he knows the answer — he’s not going to make it easy for the student — that frustrated me at first and while it looks like arrogance — I doubt it is. Pam I finagled a galley copy of the Dip — it’s pure Seth — good but not easy!

By: Marek Wawrzyniak

Marek Wawrzyniak — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:55:51 +0000

I would love to come to this, but we were just in Phoenix 3 weeks ago… we live in Milwaukee, WI where today is supposed to be 5″ of SNOW

Phoenix is a great place. I would love to live there someday, but first I have to get out of my cubicle in Wisconsin…

Thanks for a great blog.

Best regards,

- Marek

By: Bridgette Boudreau

Bridgette Boudreau — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:40:05 +0000

Wow, I thought I was the only one not on the Seth bandwagon. I would just keep to myself while seemly everyone around me lauded his name. I saw him speak at a conference and he was using Powerpoint slides from 1998 (by his own admission) and this was in 2005. It wasn’t just that which put me off, I just don’t think there’s a lot of substance to what he has to say. I think this approach to speaking engagements is kinda hinky. Based on my past experience, I wouldn’t pay $50 to hear him speak. I have to respectfully disagree on this one Pam!

By: Pamela Slim

Pamela Slim — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:14:25 +0000

Wow, guys, I am surprised by your opinions, but certainly respect them! I have a very different take on Seth, have found him to be very generous, responsive and thought-provoking. I have numerous blog readers who shared that he responded to their personal emails promptly and with lots of support and encouragement.

Guy Kawasaki said in Art of the Start that what you want to do in your business is polarize people — take a strong stand, and people will either love you or hate you. “your goal is to catalyze passion – pro or anti. Don’t be offended if people take issue with what you’ve done; the only result that should offend (and scare) you is lack of interest.”

I learning this myself, as I come from a sometimes spineless emotional background of wanting everyone to like me … quite limiting and unrealistic!

And I guess that as someone focused on growing businesses, I don’t find fault with an alternative way to promote a book tour. In some ways it is the antithesis of a hard sell … find out where “your people” are that truly want to hear what you have to say, encourage networking and partnership, and make the experience collaborative. There is nothing wrong with making money, as long as you feel good about what you are offering, and people feel good about what they are paying for.

Thanks for stopping by, and I am curious to hear what others have to say, pro- or con- this approach!

All the best,
-Pam

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:59:21 +0000

No kidding Dar. He is possibly the most arrogant and condescending blogger in the entire blogosphere, if that’s possible. He seems awfully impressed with his own ideas but I’m not, I really think he’s very overhyped.

Sorry Pam – love your blog, but you wouldn’t catch me dead in the audience for this one!