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Perennial Seller

The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts

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Perennial Seller

By: Ryan Holiday
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The book that Inc. says "every entrepreneur should read" and an FT Book of the Month selection...

How did the movie The Shawshank Redemption fail at the box office but go on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic?

How did The 48 Laws of Power miss the bestseller lists for more than a decade and still sell more than a million copies?

How is Iron Maiden still filling stadiums worldwide without radio or TV exposure forty years after the band was founded?

Bestselling author and marketer Ryan Holiday calls such works and artists perennial sellers. How do they endure and thrive while most books, movies, songs, video games, and pieces of art disappear quickly after initial success? How can we create and market creative works that achieve longevity?

Holiday explores this mystery by drawing on his extensive experience working with businesses and creators such as Google, American Apparel, and the author John Grisham, as well as his interviews with the minds behind some of the greatest perennial sellers of our time. His fascinating examples include:

• Rick Rubin, producer for Adele, Jay-Z, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who teaches his artists to push past short-term thinking and root their work in long-term inspiration.
• Tim Ferriss, whose books have sold millions of copies, in part because he rigorously tests every element of his work to see what generates the strongest response.
• Seinfeld, which managed to capture both the essence of the nineties and timeless themes to become a modern classic.
• Harper Lee, who transformed a muddled manuscript into To Kill a Mockingbird with the help of the right editor and feedback.
• Winston Churchill, Stefan Zweig, and Lady Gaga, who each learned the essential tenets of building a platform of loyal, dedicated supporters.

Holiday reveals that the key to success for many perennial sellers is that their creators don’t distinguish between the making and the marketing. The product’s purpose and audience are in the creator’s mind from day one. By thinking holistically about the relationship between their audience and their work, creators of all kinds improve the chances that their offerings will stand the test of time. Marketing & Sales Writing & Publishing Business Marketing Inspiring Success Leadership Personal Development Commerce Creativity & Genius E-Commerce Psychology & Mental Health Words, Language & Grammar Psychology

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This book beings the reader into the story, imagining yourself on a journey through the creative world, taking on challenges, persevering, and looking towards meaning and purpose, instead of quick rewards and immediate likeability. Choosing the long game, a life path of excruciating pain, extensive editing, and endless creative pursuits. All in service to exhausting the grand potential the individual has as their gift to the world. Will be overjoyed to share this with colleagues and friends to share Ryan's inspiring work, in hope's to share that same inspiration with others.

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perfect timing as I was get to g caught up in the normal internet marketing world advice, this helped guide me down the right path to think about creating deeper content

wow, exactly what I needed to hear

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This was so good I just started to listen to it again. Excellent, practical information from a master practitioner

As good as a business and life book as I've ever

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The author deconstructs the whole idea and misconception about making and marketing work that lasts (perennial), peeling off every wrongful layer of assumption, from its conception until marketing of any endeavor. Very enlightening and applicable to every field.

Excellent work!

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As always, invaluable information. Straightforward delivery. Clean and clear. I’ll buy what he’s selling. I heart him.

Just what I needed

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