{"id":27261,"date":"2021-02-23T09:53:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=27261"},"modified":"2021-02-24T22:48:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T02:48:24","slug":"purple-cow-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/purple-cow-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Godin&#8217;s Purple Cow: Marketing Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you looking for <em>Purple Cow <\/em>marketing exercises? Do you want to know how to make your own purple cow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are four Purple Cow marketing exercises that will help you create your own purple cow. These are inspired by Seth Godin&#8217;s book, <em>Purple Cow<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete the<em> Purple Cow<\/em> marketing exercises below to help you create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/a-purple-cow\/\">a purple cow<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Purple Cow <\/em>Marketing Exercises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The point of marketing is to catch people\u2019s attention and to get them interested in your product. However, so much of marketing consists of regular old brown cows; the ads (and the products) all look the same. They\u2019re not remarkable enough to pull people away from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/busy-lifestyle\/\">busy lives<\/a> and trusted products or services. That\u2019s why you need a Purple Cow: <strong>something truly remarkable that will catch people\u2019s interest.<\/strong> Use these Purple Cow marketing exercises to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exercise 1: Picture a Purple Cow<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Start thinking about how to make brown cows purple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Take a quick look around your desk, your home, or your office. What\u2019s one object that you see every day, something so commonplace that you don\u2019t even notice it anymore?<\/li><li>If you were to redesign and market that thing yourself, what could you change to make it remarkable again?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exercise 2: Who Is Your Innovator?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Identify your ideal first customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Think about the product or service you want to sell. Imagine that your new business venture is ready to go, and now it\u2019s time to find the innovator who will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/spread-ideas\/\">spread your idea<\/a> to the rest of Moore\u2019s idea curve. Now <strong>imagine that you can advertise your new idea to any <em>one <\/em>person.<\/strong> Who would it be? (This doesn\u2019t have to be a specific person, a \u201ctype\u201d will work just as well.)&nbsp;<\/li><li>What features of your product will attract his or her attention?<\/li><li>Would your product be appealing to the majority? Why or why not?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exercise 3: Create a Cow<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step of creating a Purple Cow is determining where the edges of possibility are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pick one aspect of business: design, marketing, pricing, etc. What would the absolute limits of possibility be for that aspect of <em>your <\/em>venture (or your dream venture, if you don\u2019t have your own right now)?&nbsp;<\/li><li>For that same business aspect, what are your main competitors doing right now?&nbsp;<\/li><li>How will you set yourself apart from them?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exercise 4: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Brainstorm ways to become a Purple Cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Think of a positive, but unusual, change that you can make in your life <em>today<\/em>.<em> <\/em>It doesn\u2019t have to be business related. 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