{"id":39550,"date":"2021-06-12T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=39550"},"modified":"2021-06-23T09:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:05:49","slug":"ryan-holiday-perennial-seller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/ryan-holiday-perennial-seller\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Holiday&#8217;s Perennial Seller\u2014Book Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is Ryan Holiday&#8217;s <em>Perennial Seller<\/em> worth reading? How do you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/create-a-product\/\">create a product<\/a> that will provide value and bring profit for many years to come?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Holiday&#8217;s <em>Perennial Seller<\/em> is light on how to actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/a-purple-cow\/\">create a new product<\/a>. Unlike other \u201cthought leaders\u201d and experts who are focused on shortcuts to success (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/learn-seo-blogs-podcasts-youtube-channels\/\">social media marketing<\/a>, raising capital, hacking bestseller lists), Holiday comes at it from a different angle\u2014creating something that will stand the test of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a brief overview of <em>Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts<\/em> by Ryan Holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you create something that lasts for 10 years? This is a question that Ryan Holiday aims to answer in his 2017 book<em> Perennial Seller<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perennial sellers are the kinds of products we return to over and over again; that we recommend to others, even if they\u2019re no longer trendy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Holiday&#8217;s <em>Perennial Seller<\/em> gives these examples of perennial products:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shawshank Redemption had a poor box office but has grossed over $100MM since it left theaters.<\/li><li>Many restaurants have been open for decades &#8211; LA\u2019s Original Pantry Cafe, NYC\u2019s Katz\u2019s Deli.<\/li><li>Iron Maiden has sold 85 million albums over 4 decades and continues to sell out concerts.<\/li><li>Ted Turner bought MGM\u2019s classic film library when people didn\u2019t value them (who would watch these old films?) and launched Turner Network Television and Turner Classic Movies.<\/li><li>Star Wars tells the classic tale of Joseph Campbell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-the-heros-journey\/\">hero\u2019s journey<\/a> and continues to be captivate new generations.<\/li><li>In 2015, catalog albums (&gt;18 months old) outsold all new releases for the first time in music history.<\/li><li>\u201cHappy Birthday\u201d song &#8211; before this, what were people supposed to do at a birthday party?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Every day something lasts, the chances that it will continue to last increase<\/strong> (this is known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-lindy-effect\/\">the Lindy effect<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Perennial Seller<\/em> is an attempt to codify the process of creating things that stand the test of time. Is there a common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/artist-mindset\/\">creative mindset<\/a>? How does it differ from work that\u2019s popular one day and gone the next? How do you capture an audience, build a platform, and develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/types-of-marketing-channels\/\">marketing channels<\/a> that endure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a quick summary of the key takeaways from <em>Perennial Seller<\/em> by Ryan Holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Creative Mindset<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Perennial Seller<\/em> begins with qualities of an effective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-creative-process-2\/\">creative process<\/a>, and expectations to have as a creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, Holiday urges the reader to examine their motivation for creating. It should be <strong>because you have something you desperately need to say or are burning to solve a problem<\/strong>. You <em>can\u2019t not <\/em>do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you\u2019re doing this only out of curiosity or to become rich\/famous, <strong>you won\u2019t have the willpower to drive through the darkest valleys <\/strong>of the creation process. And you\u2019re competing against people who are pouring their soul into their works.<\/li><li><strong>Once you define your mission, you must forsake all other missions.<\/strong> Creation is so difficult that you need to avoid watering down your efforts with other projects.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you actually need to do it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Don\u2019t dream about it or talk about it.<\/strong> Ideas are cheap. There are oceans of people who \u201c<em>know <\/em>they could be big hits, who have <em>brilliant <\/em>ideas, <em>if only<\/em> [their excuse].\u201d These are people who want to <em>have<\/em> a success; they don\u2019t want to <em>create<\/em> a success.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t think about being \u201cthe idea person\u201d and leaving the cruft work to others. No one cares more about the creation than you. No one else knows the product and the target audience as much as you. <strong>You need to handle the responsibility of creating, editing, positioning, marketing, and selling your creation<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Creation takes place over long periods of time and require dozens of iterations to polish. Don\u2019t fall for the myth that great works are done spontaneously in one sitting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Get an editor who can give objective critiques. It\u2019s very rare for someone to create a brilliant work in her own mind.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When creating and marketing, <strong>define your audience and purpose carefully. \u201cThis is a ____ that does ____ for ____ (target user).<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be OK with polarizing the population. You want a fraction of the audience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/love-your-job\/\">love your work<\/a> (and a fraction to hate it), not the whole audience to be blase.<\/li><li>Think about one specific person you\u2019re creating this for. This will help you target your work.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Marketing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Marketing is then about finding your target users and ways to reach them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The purpose of creating buzz at launch is to increase the pool of people who will refer your product to their friends. The product does the heavy lifting of marketing afterward. A product with a big launch but doesn\u2019t sustain word-of-mouth referrals after is not going to endure.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Every new user has an activation barrier to trying your product <\/strong>&#8211; money, time, energy, mental, opportunity, social cost. <strong>Your goal is to lower this barrier as much as possible<\/strong>, so they try your product and have a chance to see the value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Consider lowering the price of your product or making it free somehow.<\/li><li>Convey the benefits and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/social-signaling\/\">social signaling<\/a> to reduce the barrier further.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assume: \u201cNobody cares about what I\u2019ve made. <\/strong>They don\u2019t know what it is. They can easily do without my work.\u201d Humility works harder than ego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When trying to reach users\/influencers\/journalists, always think, \u201cwhat\u2019s in it for them?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Journalists are dying for a scoop on a unique story.<\/li><li>Influencers want to be seen as tastemakers and will promote products that their audience will love.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Keep Creating<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you create one great work, what do you do? <strong>Create another<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Each additional great work lifts all the other work you\u2019ve created. People who liked your first work have more to enjoy; people who discover you anew can enjoy your back catalog.<\/li><li>Would the Hobbit films be as famous without Lord of the Rings? 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