Showing posts with label buzz words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buzz words. Show all posts

Sunday, 26 September 2010

(the trouble with) Swatting Flies

Isn't it curious that the harder you try to swat a fly the more it seems to anticipate your movements and preempt your action?

Marketing buzzwords are plentiful, but when I heard the 'attention war' during a presentation by James Andrews (aka the key influencer) my ears pricked up, and I found myself exonerated from defending the status quo.

  • What if you reverse your brand strategies to focus on being found rather than incessantly trying to find people ?
  • What if you work only on tactics that elicit discovery and not tactics designed to interrupt ?
  • What if instead of trying to out-do your competition you simply out-do yourself over and over and over again by delighting only a minuscule group of consumers?
  • Why try ever harder to combat 'attention attrition' ? What if you just listened more to find out where people are spending their time ? how about an act of generosity - by helping them have more of that precious time.
Wouldn't that be ample reason to reward you with a little more attention?


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