There was a story on HN several months ago about a guy on vacation in Istanbul having someone sell him a rug even though he never had any intention of getting one. It outlined a whole lot of non-bullying sales tactics that had nothing to do with the actual product, it was more about putting a person in an environment and state of mind where they felt like getting the product, even if they never really wanted it.
"... it was more about putting a person in an environment and state of mind where they felt like getting the product, even if they never really wanted it. ..."
Or by stimulating the neural cortex with sound to prime you to purchase. This is the idea behind pumping music into shops. Just another technique in the toolset to make you buy, "Why We Buy: the science of shopping" ~ http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1907307.htm
Exactly - salesmenship? (is that a word?).
So is zed proposing a world where there are no sales people?
I guess some people may point to things that "sell themselves" like apples consumer products where people camp out to get them.
Sure - but how did apple really get strong enough to survive this long? at least in this country it was steak and stripper sales to the education department to get them in all schools.
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There was a story on HN several months ago about a guy on vacation in Istanbul having someone sell him a rug even though he never had any intention of getting one. It outlined a whole lot of non-bullying sales tactics that had nothing to do with the actual product, it was more about putting a person in an environment and state of mind where they felt like getting the product, even if they never really wanted it.
"... it was more about putting a person in an environment and state of mind where they felt like getting the product, even if they never really wanted it. ..."
Or by stimulating the neural cortex with sound to prime you to purchase. This is the idea behind pumping music into shops. Just another technique in the toolset to make you buy, "Why We Buy: the science of shopping" ~ http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1907307.htm
Exactly - salesmenship? (is that a word?). So is zed proposing a world where there are no sales people? I guess some people may point to things that "sell themselves" like apples consumer products where people camp out to get them.
Sure - but how did apple really get strong enough to survive this long? at least in this country it was steak and stripper sales to the education department to get them in all schools.