Who are we?

Who we are is a very interesting question. It is a chain of thought that started off with a discussion in a car after heading out of a coffee joint at Zamzama. My colleague and I were taking the back route out of the coffee shop since the entrance to the lane was blocked by a huge water tanker. The following discussion ensued as we passed a group of very skinny females walked by the car with their tummies showing:

Him: What were you doing? checking them out?
Me: Anorexic
Him: You know they are anorexic by just one look?
Me: Thats what I do, remember? Study things?

Brief silence—–

Him: You realized we made them that way, don\’t you?

That was it, Thats where the brain started swirling on the role of marketers on the human society. My colleague and I concluded that of all professions, this was perhaps one of the darkest. Smugglers sell drugs, pimps sell bodies, we sell souls.

Marketing is not about selling something, its about making people buy. Its about giving them the dream, the fulfillment, and the satisfaction that people die for.

We start by telling you what fear is, then we tell you what to be afraid of, then we show you the grizzly picture, then we tell you how to fight the fear, then, we tell you, that you are satisfied. Not for one moment, in this entire chain, do you once doubt us.

It does not have to be fear, it can be any form on insecurity, or emotional instability. In countries like ours, responses are very less measured, but in the west, shrinks make a killing because of the images portrayed on television.

People like Oprah and Dr. Phil pick you up, and then they tell you how bad you should feel, they bring up nuances and instances and interpret them, and then they \”rescue\” you….you end up worshipping them.

Marketing 101. Thats what we do. Thats what marketers do. What name would you give this profession, now that you know what it does to you?


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6 responses to “Who are we?”

  1. PsycheD Avatar

    it all about FOOLING people! period!

  2. fq Avatar

    I wanted to get into marketting at some point. Shudder.My post in page doesn’t open. I’m cursed. Can’t publish anything.

  3. SK Avatar
    SK

    Don’t really have a problem with marketing and Ad people as such. If they don’t market a product how else do we find out about it? It’s O.K. if they’re just giving us info. Besides if the ads are not true, they’re pretty amusing. So atleast we get some ‘fun’ time. :p It’s when people call us at home and behave like we’re on personal terms..THAT I have a prob. with. Like the guys who call us from Pak. for ‘dish network’ and ask for S ‘uncle’ (my dad), calling me “Baji’ saying ‘how have you been doin”…err….BAJI?! How have I been doin’?…don’t u baji me MR…Do I know you??!!

  4. fq Avatar

    We are freaks, now update your blog techstar!

  5. UD Avatar

    ahhh so thats wat its all about 😛 playing demi-gods!

  6. Sammy Avatar
    Sammy

    My God, u make me puke:S
    Come on, this is just one side of the picture..i think it all depends upon ur perspective of things..I don’t agree to what ur saying..