Admittedly I’ve been a little under the mainstream media radar lately, but it’s getting harder and harder to avoid the “movement”. So, is Occupy Wall Street great marketing, or listless babble? I came across two blog posts on the subject. You can check out both sides of the argument by going to this post http://su.pr/1TRTHS and this post http://su.pr/2HhYY5. Draw your own conclusions.
Farber’s post is a little crass, but does make a strong argument. I’ve watched the news and one thing is clear, the protestors don’t care for Wall Street. Not the street, but I think Wall Street as the embodiment of what they believe to be capitalism run amuck. Maybe Farber is being too hard on them.
The pro-protest blog post was written by Critithinker. The fact that the author remained anonymous kind of proves several points made in Farber’s post, isn’t the lack of corporate transparency part of the problem? Critithinker believes old school marketing could learn a few things from OWS, or the “movement”.
We’re not about to jump in on one side or the other. To be honest, both make valid arguments for the use of old and new approaches to marketing. If they work together you might truly see something new and different we could all use to sell not just social exasperation, but products and services as well. I just don’t want OVLG; no reason to Occupy VLG for helping companies who’s shares trade on Wall Street. We’re just trying to pay our mortgages, keep the lights on and create jobs.
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