Unleashing the Ideavirus

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   マーケティングに関する本はここ数年、驚くほど急ピッチで出版されている。その中でも関心が高いのは、ネットビジネスという新しい領域で、いかに「売れるしくみ」を作るかということだ。

   セス・ゴーディンは、前著『Permission Marketing』（邦題『パーミションマーケティング』）でインターネット時代のマーケティング手法について説き、続く『Unleashing the Ideavirus』は全米で絶大な支持を受けた。本書はその翻訳版である。

   本書には、インターネットが持つ伝達スピードを利用した「バイラルマーケティング」（消費者にとって役立つアイデアをウイルスのように“伝染”させ、商品やサービスを猛スピードで広めるマーケティング手法）のアイデアが豊富に盛り込まれている。いま話題のWebサイトが、いかにしてアイデアを広めるためのしくみを作り上げたかに言及し、かつ彼らの犯した失敗やマーケターが注意すべきポイントを具体的に指摘している。さらに、スニーザー（くしゃみをする人：転じて、ここでは“アイデアウイルス”を広める役割を果たす人）をタイプ別に分類し、それぞれの性格を明示。個々のスニーザーを企業の思惑どおりに導くための方法論も提示している。

   本書には、ビジネス書にありがちな堅苦しさはかけらもない。かつてベストセラーとなったトム・ピーターズの『エクセレント・カンパニー』のような語りかけの手法がとられており、楽しみながら最先端のマーケティング手法を学ぶことができる。（土井英司）

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The book that sparked a marketing revolution.

"This is a subversive book. It says that the marketer is not -- and ought not to be -- at the center of successful marketing. The customer should be. Are you ready for that?" --From the Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point.

Counter to traditional marketing wisdom, which tries to count, measure, and manipulate the spread of information, Seth Godin argues that the information can spread most effectively from customer to customer, rather than from business to customer. Godin calls this powerful customer-to- customer dialogue the ideavirus, and cheerfully eggs marketers on to create an environment where their ideas can replicate and spread.

In lively, detail, Godin looks at the ways companies such as PayPal, Hotmail, GeoCities, even Volkswagen have successfully launched ideaviruses. He offers a "recipe" for creating your own ideavirus, identifies the key factors in the successful spread of an ideavirus (powerful sneezers, hives, a clear vector, a smooth, friction-free transmission), and shows how any business, large or small, can use ideavirus marketing to succeed in a world that just doesn't want to hear it anymore from the traditional marketers.

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Treat a product or service like a human or computer virus, contends online promotion specialist Seth Godin, and it just might become one. In Unleashing the Ideavirus, Godin describes ways to set any viable commercial concept loose among those who are most likely to catch it--and then stand aside as these recipients become infected and pass it on to others who might do the same. "The future belongs to marketers who establish a foundation and process where interested people can market to each other," he writes. "Ignite consumer networks and then get out of the way and let them talk."

Godin believes that a solid idea is the best route to success in the new century, but one "that just sits there is worthless." Through the magic of "word of mouse," however, the Internet offers a unique opportunity for interested individuals to transmit ideas quickly and easily to others of like mind. Taking up where his previous book Permission Marketing left off, Godin explains in great detail how ideaviruses have been launched by companies such as Napster, Blue Mountain Arts, GeoCities, and Hotmail. He also describes "sneezers" (influential people who spread them), "hives" (populations most willing to receive them), and "smoothness" (the ease with which sneezers can transmit them throughout a hive). In all, an infectious and highly recommended read. --Howard Rothman