Often we complain about certain marketing techniques. The reality is that we’ve asked for them. Seth Godin writes:
If you don’t want spam in your inbox, never respond, never buy anything. Not even if it’s a good deal.
If you don’t like TV commercials featuring loud aggressive announcers, don’t buy what they’re selling. Ever.
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There’s a new asymmetry, with loud consumers able to connect and actually have an impact.
We’re all hypocrites, and we get what we pay for. The market is astonishingly quick at responding to what consumers do (and incredibly slow at reacting to what we say).
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