It’s a Seller’s Market
Well, why the hell not? I mean, is there anything out there that isn't branded these days?
Using symbols and slogans and logos to sell a product or a company has been around for as long as there have been products and companies to sell. But selling, like so much else in this increasingly hyper and over-hyped world of ours, has mutated into something uglier — call it consumer marketing.
Technology's march only serves the beast. Each advance (if advancing is what it is) diffuses the way we get our information. If we now have 3,089 ways of taking in news and information, the marketing swine will find 3,089 ways of shoving their "buy this" message down your throat, whether you want to hear it or not. There is no escape.
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Marketing | Steve Rucinski | 18 September 2006 |
