Friday, November 23, 2007

The Cluetrain Manifesto abrigred

I just finished reading the theses from the cluetrain manifesto and found it pretty interesting, but I picked out a few of my favorite ones. While there were many that peaked my interest these did the most.

"In just a few more years, the current homogenized "voice" of business—the sound of mission statements and brochures—will seem as contrived and artificial as the language of the 18th century French court."

"We like this new marketplace much better. In fact, we are creating it."

"We are immune to advertising. Just forget it"

A common thread among the ones that I found the most interesting, is that they were also the most invirogorating, putting the power of the market in the hands of the customer/consumer and out of the company, almost making the company seeing as less powerful and scared under the bully of the public. I am interested to see what the rest of the class thought during our discussion after the break.

1 comment:

Megan said...

Good point. Cluetrain pointed out that companies do fear what their publics have to say. What a better way to keep your head in the sand by not allowing your customers to tell you what they're already saying to your digital face. The idea of the power shift is important, where companies are finding themselves relinquishing some control to let the customers in.