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Others
We don’t celebrate our differences enough.
It’s somewhat ironic, sad and true. If you look at the news, there is always somebody, somewhere doing their best to push their values and beliefs on others. We could be talking about race, religion, gender, sexual preference and more. It’s a strange world we live in. These ideologies go back a long time. Long before most of us were born. Long before we had education systems, believed in equality and stopped being scared of people who didn’t look or act like we do.
The only thing we have to fear…
As a marketing professional, my job can be defined in simplistic terms: take a brand that sells something similar to another company and position them to be unique. Unique can be in price, quality, experience and more. But, in the end, it is about making them unique. Making them stand out. As much as we say we want these unique things, when it comes to human beings, our neighbors and our communities, it turns out that there is a big segment of our global population that want everyone to be like they are. To act like them, to pray like them, to feel like them and believe what they believe in.
Why?
There are angels among us. Those who will adopt the children that nobody wants in other parts of the world. Those who will care for the elderly that they are not even related to. Those who will teach our children for the parents who have issues of their own. Those who will defend the rights of others even if they, themselves, are not those people. It amazes me that marketers spend the vast majority of their time creating messages for media outlets that are covering a world that seems to be increasingly marginalizing people, while trying to put messaging alongside of it that is unique and different.
Getting tired.
We need to rise above. We need to appreciate and respect the beliefs and customs of others. It may not be how we chose to live our own lives, but it doesn’t make it wrong or immoral. No matter what a book or religion tells us. I’m no preacher. I’m no scholar. I’m just a human being – like you – that is trying to do the right thing. A person that is trying to instill in others a belief that we should encourage and better understand those who are not like us. Why? Because, in the end, we all wind up the same way…
Others.
Appreciate others. Understand others. Try to see how the others live. Because to those people, you are the others. And, in the end, if you are in business and if you are trying to take your professional development to another level, it will be how you define and demonstrate what makes you different, unique and special in a world where people still seem to think that it’s better to have a whole lot of people who believe, act and all follow the exact same thing. That seems bland.
Embrace the others.
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Target and BestBuy join Apple in cutting iPhone prices ahead of new models
A handful of Apple’s authorized iPhone resellers have joined the company’s brick-and-mortar retail stores in offering discounts on existing iPhone models ahead of a media event next month that’s expected to serve as a launchpad for the so-called iPhone 5.
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Apple wanted Samsung to license patents for $30 per smartphone, $40 per tablet
According to court documents made public on Friday, Apple in 2010 offered Samsung a $30 per smartphone/$40 per tablet license deal for use of the Cupertino company’s patents.
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Gmail not working for some iDevice users, Google investigating fix
In response to reports from iDevice owners complaining of problems connecting to Google’s Gmail service, the company issued a statement on Friday notifying users the issue is under investigation and a fix is in the works.
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Samsung attorney argued in court without proper license to practice
It was discovered Thursday that Samsung lawyer Susan Estrich represented the company in Apple v. Samsung despite not having the proper license to practice law in the suit’s jurisdiction of the Northern District of California, a mistake seen as yet another gaffe in the South Korean company’s case management.
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Quite smooth: Samsung actually sold 1/10 of the 2 million Galaxy Tabs it claimed in 2010
Samsung’s secret sales data, exposed in court filings, show that the company only sold 262,000 Galaxy Tab units in 2010, rather than the 2 million units it claimed to have.
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Samsung sold over 21M smartphones, 1.4M tablets worth $8B since 2010 in U.S.
A court document filed by Samsung on Thursday revealed the company’s smartphone and tablet sales numbers from June 2010 to June 2012, metrics that have been kept strictly confidential until now.
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Upcoming iOS 6 Passbook app showcased in real-world simulation
In a YouTube video released over the weekend, a mobile app services company simulated a real world shopping experience with Passbook, intended to demonstrate the upcoming app’s capabilities.
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Video about Apple Passbook shopping trip
In a YouTube video released over the weekend, a mobile app services company took Apple’s Passbook into the real world with a simulation intended to demonstrate the upcoming app’s capabilities.
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Deb Lavoy, Find Your (Corporate) Greatness ‘Not Just…
Deb Lavoy, Find Your (Corporate) Greatness
‘Not Just Narrative, Purpose’
A solid piece about the motive force inherent in aligning a company’s narrative with its mission. From upper right, clockwise: Leaders, Niche, Lost, Marketers.