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Seth Godin: We have 'branded ourselves to death'

Seth Godin: We have 'branded ourselves to death' | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Seth Godin said that marketers need to move away from the type of marketing that "assaults" people with messaging over and over again and start communicating using "permission marketing.


"Consumers are turned off brands because people have been "branded to death," writer and marketer Seth Godin said in a talk at the Bazaarvoice 2015 Summit in New Orleans yesterday.


Delivering a keynote speech, he drew parallels with the Industrial Revolution and the rise of mass marketing, arguing that the kind of marketing that interrupts people no longer works thanks to a proliferation of new platforms and touch points created by the Internet....

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Seth Godin says consumers will no longer tolerate assault marketing. Amen! Recommended reading 9/10

Michael Tyminski's curator insight, June 17, 2015 4:02 PM

Fantastic article...as the metaphorical box that was the monoculture slowly dissipates, the one size-fits-all approach (or one tool does every job approach - it used to be a hammer) is increasingly irrelevant and Godin explains why.

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The Evolution of Permission Marketing: What You Need to Succeed in 2013

The Evolution of Permission Marketing: What You Need to Succeed in 2013 | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

... You can’t force anyone to pay attention to you online. All you can do is entice. Permission Marketing was an expanded observation of that fact, and an exploration of an alternative. Instead of trying to gain attention by being increasingly obnoxious, we can earn a prospect’s permission to deliver a message to them.


This calls for a whole new tool kit. If people are going to ask you to communicate with them, you have to come up with a form of marketing that’s too valuable to throw away. Advertising copy gives way to content — informative, interesting material that speaks to a highly informed customer....

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Does your content measure up to the expectations of permission marketing? This post will help you answer that important question

Richard Washington's curator insight, June 19, 2013 11:10 PM

The added importance of really communicating with the consumer on their terms on topics that are important to them is the natural evolution to segmentation and marketing communications.