Top 10 Rules for Evangelism
- mramsey1
- Apr 7, 2005
- 1 min read
From Art of the Start author, and one time interview subject on this blog, Guy Kawasaki, courtesy of my friends over at Brand Autopsy.
#1: Make Meaning. Create products and services that are designed for the higher purpose of making a difference in the world.
#2: Niche Thyself. Bring truly unique and great products to market. Avoid crap.
#3: Don’t be Paranoid. Welcome and actively engage the early adopter freaks and outer fringe folks who embrace your product from the get-go.
#4: Localize the Pain. Personalize the meaning of your products and services by succinctly and compelling explaining how it will improve one’s life.
#5: Let 100 Flowers Blossom. Don’t force customers to use your products in a certain way. Encourage and facilitate customers to create new uses for your product.
#6: Look for Agnostics, not Atheists. Forsake atheists who will never believe. Instead, spend marketing dollars on agnostics who are neutral and can become believers.
#7: Enable Test Drives. Be generous and find ways to share your product so potential customers can experience it.
#8: Provide a Slippery Slope. Make your products and services easy-to-use. Never create barriers for adoption/acceptance by customers.
#9: Foster Team Spirit. Make customers feel part of the team. Enduring companies have a moral obligation to make customers a part of the ‘family.’
#10: Don’t Ask Anyone to Do Something You Wouldn’t. Do unto your customers as you would have your customers do unto you.
#11: Be a Mensch. If you are a true evangelist … you have a moral obligation to share, to care, to service, and to give abundantly with the expectation your actions will make the world a better place.
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