Emmanuel Nwosu

As a marketer, what books have you read that helped you grow?

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I have a confession. I'm a Petroleum Engineering major who's in love with marketing. Sometimes, I think I'm too in over my head.😅 I started doing "marketing" with social media management as my first foray into anything remotely associated with digital marketing (show of hands if you started the popular way). And then, I think I lost a bit of love for social media marketing, and moved on quickly to something shiny—email marketing. This was heaven while it lasted. I sold personal financial management courses and eBooks for a popular consultant here in my country. The conversations in the inboxes were so direct and personal that it always felt like I was looking directly at, and talking to the person's soul.😅 I also tried my hands on SEO and content strategy. Doesn't it just feel amazing how you pick up so many useful micro-skills for digital marketing? That's always so intriguing. Now, I do product marketing, thanks to charting newer territories.🥂 I find it intriguing how numerous teams work together to solve a problem. Be that small-scale, or global. And meeting a lot of amazing makers and marketers here launching really helpful products here daily (some of which have been time-savers for me) reinforced my reason why I want to identify with this industry. I read a book recently by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares called, "Traction." Recommended by a senior colleague in marketing. The ideas in the book just made so much sense and held so many insights for me. And it made me understand one thing, "whatever you want to get better at, reading books help you navigate there faster." As a marketer, what book(s) gave you your best "aha!" moment?
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Got to be the Mom Test for me by Rob Fitz - amazing way to think about validating
Emmanuel Nwosu
@maxwellcdavis Awesome! Thanks, Max.
Hazel Lim
I love reading all the book recommendations here. Mine is The Mom test, not strictly marketing, but I think it is still relevant. Give me a lot of moments where I went “whoops, that’s me.”
Emmanuel Nwosu
@byhazellim Lovely. Thank you so much, Hazel.
Madeleine Nichols
another vote for Hooked by Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt and newsletter I've been learning a lot from is Lenny's Newsletter by Lenny Rachitsky he interviews lots of Product leaders and there's a faur bit of crossover with marketing
Emmanuel Nwosu
@madeleine_nichols Thank you so much, Madeleine.
Daria Kakarova
First up, “crossing the chasm” by Geoffrey A. Moore. It offers a framework for identifying the profitable customer segments, creating effective messaging, and building marketing strategies that works. I guess it provides a solid foundation to understand the different stages of the product market and what strategies works best at each phase. Really good for starters Next is “Hooked: how to build habit-forming products” absolutely recommended if you want your product to go viral
Prithvi Damera
As a marketer, I recommend "Hacking Growth" by Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown for growth hacking techniques used by top companies. Also, "Traction" by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares provides a framework for finding traction in the market.