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Offline Cord

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The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« on: September 13, 2012, 10:30:13 pm »
A great bit from Kimmel:

http://youtu.be/rdIWKytq_q4
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2012, 10:33:39 pm »
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2012, 10:36:43 pm »
Haha so true most people haven't a clue.

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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2012, 10:41:54 pm »
HAHAHAHAHA... :rofl2: ........ I cant understand all the hype over a stupid bloody cellphone. My blackberry is about 5 years old and I have no plans to replace it, I like it, I know how to use it and its never let me down. I cant imagine having to swap my cell every 6 months because otherwise my freinds will think Im a loser.
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2012, 11:49:55 pm »
It's hilarious that people have been convinced that they need cell phones. It truly is the power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys. Everybody has to believe that they are important and the NEED to be connected.

Funny stuff.
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2012, 11:56:25 pm »
Quote from: Dexer on September 13, 2012, 11:49:55 pm
It's hilarious that people have been convinced that they need cell phones. It truly is the power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys. Everybody has to believe that they are important and the NEED to be connected.

95% of what you use day to day you don't NEED.  Almost everything in our modern world is a want, not a need.
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2012, 11:57:08 pm »
Quote from: Dexer on September 13, 2012, 11:49:55 pm
It's hilarious that people have been convinced that they need cell phones. It truly is the power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys. Everybody has to believe that they are important and the NEED to be connected.

Funny stuff.

I have a cell phone because it's cheaper than my Bell landline......
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2012, 12:08:45 am »
Quote from: rrocket on September 13, 2012, 11:57:08 pm
Quote from: Dexer on September 13, 2012, 11:49:55 pm
It's hilarious that people have been convinced that they need cell phones. It truly is the power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys. Everybody has to believe that they are important and the NEED to be connected.

Funny stuff.

I have a cell phone because it's cheaper than my Bell landline......

I have one because of work  :thumbdown:
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2012, 06:29:31 am »
I have one for both those reasons
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2012, 08:06:03 am »
Quote from: johngenx on September 13, 2012, 11:56:25 pm
Quote from: Dexer on September 13, 2012, 11:49:55 pm
It's hilarious that people have been convinced that they need cell phones. It truly is the power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys. Everybody has to believe that they are important and the NEED to be connected.

95% of what you use day to day you don't NEED.  Almost everything in our modern world is a want, not a need.

 :fiver: Exactly. If I want it I will get one....simple.
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2012, 08:54:49 am »
I use my cell phone a couple of thousand minutes a month. Frees me from sitting in the office. Being a smartphone, I love being able to email from it also. Great technology.
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2012, 09:28:03 am »
Quote from: Erik on September 14, 2012, 08:54:49 am
I use my cell phone a couple of thousand minutes a month. Frees me from sitting in the office. Being a smartphone, I love being able to email from it also. Great technology.

I could not run my business competitively and effectively without one. Personally it is a great tool especially in communication with family by text and e-mail. I even have my 75 year old mother on a plan now. At first she was a non believer but now she has been fully assimilated and loves it.
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Re: The power of suggestion and marketing on fanboys.
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2012, 10:43:08 am »
Marketers are the new witch doctors. No one is immune - if you care one iota for anything you own or long for anything that can be purchased, A) Congrats, you're human, B) Marketing works on you.

Remember, advertising is the LAST step in marketing, the first if figuring out who you're selling to and then designing a product to appeal to them, then packaging and promoting it.

Example: marketing people make Volts and Prius', not environmentalists.
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