17 Sep
1998
17 Sep
'98
2:02 a.m.
At 04:19 PM 9/16/98 -0700, Sam Ismail wrote:
Anyway, sorry for the rambling. But I hope you see my point. The
majority of people buy stuff because a disembodied voice on TV or a
caption in a magazine compels them to.
Buy my stuff. Buy my stuff. Buy my stuff. Is it working yet?
This isn't an ordinary disembodied voice. Only *you* hear it
in your head, so it should be extra-effective.
The usual technoid misanthropy aside, "buy what everyone else
is buying" isn't a bad strategy if it's something that's
not central to your life. Do you spend as much time researching,
optimizing and comparing your decisions for buying food as you
do with buying computers?
The majority of the people buying
into your propaganda (marketing) is what it takes to make a successful
product. I could sell dogshit if I marketed it right.
Like <http://www.doodoo.com/> ? Someone's beat you to it.
- John