The Internet Has Changed Everything In Selling Stuff and Services

[MineralMan]

2. Well, marketing is all about selling stuff to people.

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Whoever is the most clever sells the most stuff, it seems. Everyone who sells uses sales strategies, so it's impossible to avoid them.

Even the local farmer's market has a strategy, called farm to table, where they sell the same basic produce for more based on the idea that the seller grew it. That's not always the case, of course. We were at a farmer's market a couple of weeks ago, and one of the sellers had papayas and mangos on offer. Now, neither grows here in Minnesota, so they weren't from the seller's farm. Still, people were buying them, based on the concept. Certainly, they were grown somewhere by someone, anyhow. They're cheaper at the supermarket, though.

In my opinion, it's not so much the marketing strategies that matter as much as it is the ethical compass of the seller.