If you are happy being just a dreamer, perhaps you don't need this book.
If you're enjoying the status quo, don't even consider reading this book.
If you are content waiting for success to find you, please put this book down and go find something else to read.
Why has Poke the Box become a cult classic?
Because it's a book that dares readers to do something they're afraid of.
It could be what you need, too.
''Is Seth Godin the Pied Piper for however many of us have been afraid to fail? Will I answer his call? Will you?''

What is the best way to identify your smallest visible audience? How do you build trust and permission with your target market? From the author of 18 bestselling books including THE DIP and TRIBES comes THIS IS MARKETING, the one indispensable volume that teaches you all you need to know about connection, empathy and making a difference for decades to come.

In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt—until they commit to beating the right Dip.

Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it's really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart.

Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you'll earn profits, glory, and long-term security.

Whether you're an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you're in a Dip that's worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.

Of je bent een Paarse Koe, of je bent het niet.

Of je bent buitengewoon, of je bent onzichtbaar.

Maak je keuze.

Je kunt het beter onder ogen zien. De P’s waar marketeers mee werken – prijs, promotie, publiciteit om er een paar te noemen – werken niet meer. Aan het lijstje moet één bijzondere P worden toegevoegd: de Paarse Koe.

Koeien zijn saai, zeker als je er een paar hebt gezien. Maar een paarse koe, dat zou bijzonder zijn. Purple Cow beschrijft iets fenomenaals, spannends en ongelooflijks dat tegen onze intuïtie ingaat. Elke dag komen consumenten in aanraking met zoveel saaie dingen – veel zwart-wit koeien – dat je zeker weet dat ze een paarse koe nooit zullen vergeten. En het is geen marketingpraat die je op je product of dienst kunt plakken. Het zit er al in. De Paarse Koe is ingebouwd of hij is er niet.

In Purple Cow spoort Seth Godin je aan om ervoor te zorgen dat de Paarse Koe in alles zit wat je maakt of doet. Zo wordt het werkelijk opmerkelijk. Het is een manifest voor marketeers die willen helpen producten te creëren die marketing waard zijn.

Van de boeken van Seth Godin zijn in Nederland meer dan 10.000 exemplaren verkocht.

‘In Purple Cow spoort Seth Godin je aan om ervoor te zorgen dat de Paarse Koe in alles zit wat je maakt of doet. Zo wordt het werkelijk opmerkelijk. Het is een manifest voor marketeers die willen helpen producten te creëren die marketing waard zijn. De redactie Cultuur van Nieuws van Nederland geeft **** (4) sterren.’ – Nieuwsvannederland.nl

In this compelling, accessible and purpose-filled book bestselling business author Seth Godin shows how you have the potential to make a big difference-and make yourself indispensable in the process-wherever you are. Why are some people easily outsourced, downsized, or freelanced into obscurity, while others have their pick of opportunities? In his most powerful book yet, Seth Godin argues that it's more essential than ever to become indispensable - to become a linchpin. Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations: they invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They love their work and pour their best selves into it and turn each day into a kind of art - and, in today's world, they get the best jobs and the most freedom. Godin shows that the key to being indispensable is overcoming the fears that hold most of us back. If you have you ever found a shortcut that others missed, seen a new way to resolve a conflict, or made a connection with someone others couldn't reach, then you have what it takes to become indispensable. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map.

In this fascinating book, Seth Godin argues that now, for the first time, everyone has an opportunity to start a movement - to bring together a tribe of like-minded people and do amazing things. There are tribes everywhere, all of them hungry for connection, meaning and change. And yet, too many people ignore the opportunity to lead, because they are ''sheepwalking'' their way through their lives and work, too afraid to question whether their compliance is doing them (or their company) any good. This book is for those who don't want to be sheep and instead have a desire to do fresh and exciting work. If you have a passion for what you want to do and the drive to make it happen, there is a tribe of fellow employees, or customers, or investors, or readers, just waiting for you to connect them with each other and lead them where they want to go.