Free Prize Inside

The Next Big Marketing Idea

de Seth Godin · Publicada por primera vez en 2004

How to find the A"soft innovationA" that will make your product, service, school, church, or career worth talking aboutWe live in an era of too much noise, too much clutter, too many choices, and too much spam. And as Seth GodinA's 200,000-copy bestseller Purple Cow taught the business world, the old ways of marketing simply donA't work anymore. The best way to sell anything these days is through word of mouthA—and the only real way to get word of mouth is to create something remarkable.Free Prize Inside, the sequel to Purple Cow, explains how to do just that. ItA's jammed with practical ideas you can use right now to make your product or service remarkable, so that it will virtually sell itself.Remember when cereal came with a free prize inside? Even if you already liked the cereal, it was the little plastic toy that made it irresistible. Godin explains how you can think of a bonus that will make your customers feel just as excited, no matter what business youA're in. Consider these free prizes:A•?The Tupperware party, which turned buying plastic bowls into a social eventA•?Flintstones vitamins, which turned a serious product into something funA•?The free change-counting machine at every Commerce Bank branchA•?The little blue box from Tiffany, which makes people happy before they even open itThis book offers a way to create free prizes quickly, cheaply, and reliablyA—and persuade others in your organization to help you bring them to life.