Comments on: What Purple Rain Can Teach You About Effective Online Marketing

By: 10 Excuses you Can Use When you fail at Blogging

10 Excuses you Can Use When you fail at Blogging — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:43:20 +0000

[...] A true blogger is a DOER! Bloggers do not wonder what might happen, they just jump in and do it! But Brian Clark from Copyblogger might say you are jumping into the wrong lake like Prince did in Purple Rain. [...]

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:32:10 +0000

Great article – I saw the title on Twitter and had to read it!

I was 16 in 1985 and remember Prince well but never saw the Purple Rain movie for some reason.

I’m always telling my clients to find out what their clients want, not what they want to sell them. Sometimes the best thing you can do is ask some questions or do a quick survey to get a feel for what your target market is looking for.

I’m looking forward to more movie references. Perhaps a blog post linking Wayne’s World with the Bill and Ted movies could be next!

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:18:27 +0000

Great work, the heading has done her job. I had to read the post just because the heading made me curious. Thats th way you create markets.

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:49:11 +0000

Robert, a blog post based on Morris is inevitable… and he would demand that he have the spotlight all to himself.

By: Robert Gorell

Robert Gorell — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:31:27 +0000

Feels like I just read the Purple Rain (the film) of Copyblogger (the blog) posts for true Copyblogger (the man)-slash-Prince (“The Kid”/The Artist) fans.

Glad to be a part of that audience of 60 or so people!

My only disappointment is that you didn’t use the sordid power struggle between Prince and Morris Day — both for Apollonia’s love and nightclub dominance — as analogy fodder for keeping our eyes focused on what truly matters.

If we’re too focused on the distractions of The Time at hand, we risk losing our most valued relationships (Apollonia), ignoring product development (Vanity 6), and The Revolution never happens.

It was all there for you, Brian.

By: Tom Wanek

Tom Wanek — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:39 +0000

Exactly, Brian. The first step every business owner must take: Uncover the felt need of the customer that you are willing and able to meet. Until you can speak to the customer’s felt need, how can you possibly hope to persuade them?

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:07:26 +0000

If I had been drinking water just now, I would have spit it up laughing!!!!!!

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:02:59 +0000

As long as I don’t have a radio face, I’m happy.

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:31:34 +0000

Sonia, you have a radio voice for sure.

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:03:35 +0000

I think Shane just said something saucy to me but I’m not sure.