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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6796027" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I've seen this phenomenon recently, where fans are converted into active (unpaid) marketing employees for a brand. I'm sure it always existed, but the internet makes it more obvious.The most recent example is the new Star Wars movie. Don't get me wrong - I love it. Best movie experience for me in the last decade. Wonderful. But I see people online willing it to exceed <em>Avatar</em> in box office figures, and I can't figure out why. I can understand why those with percentages in the movie want that. I don't understand why we customers want that (beyond the "it's successful enough to get more of what we like" level).</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts on this?</p><p></p><p>Anyone who answers with "it's tribalism" loses on account of that much being obvious; we're not going for the easy answer here - but why does it manifest in this particular way in this particular sub-arena? Why do we form tribes around massive multinational corporations? Apple, Android, Disney, Marvel, DC. None of these are local businesses, or even national ones. Why is it important that that Apple has the most sales or that Android does? Why do we post sales figure of each to prove that our avowed corporate brand is more successful? We do it with WotC and Paizo; we do it with Apple and Android; we do it with DC and Marvel. </p><p></p><p>What's the marketing psyche going on here? it's very clever - hell, it's the Holy Grail; it's genius - it turns customers into fervent active evangelists. But how does it work?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6796027, member: 1"] I've seen this phenomenon recently, where fans are converted into active (unpaid) marketing employees for a brand. I'm sure it always existed, but the internet makes it more obvious.The most recent example is the new Star Wars movie. Don't get me wrong - I love it. Best movie experience for me in the last decade. Wonderful. But I see people online willing it to exceed [I]Avatar[/I] in box office figures, and I can't figure out why. I can understand why those with percentages in the movie want that. I don't understand why we customers want that (beyond the "it's successful enough to get more of what we like" level). Any thoughts on this? Anyone who answers with "it's tribalism" loses on account of that much being obvious; we're not going for the easy answer here - but why does it manifest in this particular way in this particular sub-arena? Why do we form tribes around massive multinational corporations? Apple, Android, Disney, Marvel, DC. None of these are local businesses, or even national ones. Why is it important that that Apple has the most sales or that Android does? Why do we post sales figure of each to prove that our avowed corporate brand is more successful? We do it with WotC and Paizo; we do it with Apple and Android; we do it with DC and Marvel. What's the marketing psyche going on here? it's very clever - hell, it's the Holy Grail; it's genius - it turns customers into fervent active evangelists. But how does it work? [/QUOTE]
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