Seth Godin’s wonderful work related to “All Marketers Are Liars” , “Purple Cow” and their relationship with “Gordon Moore’s idea diffusion” curve ,highlights the need of modern day marketers to influence “Early Adopters” to ensure customer stickiness.
Though the “early and late majority” form a chunk of the market share , only when the early adopter is convinced of the quality & remarkability of a product , they will sneeze and spread the idea virus to their friends , family etc. who are part of the early and late majority and fully depend on their decisions on the innovators and early adopters.
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