Buying In - (Page 43) chapter three rationale thinking WHERE TO FIND THE DESIRE CODE . . . THE INTERPRETER . . . EAT POPCORN . . . REMEMBER THE MAGIC? . . . PATTERN INVENTION where to find the desire code Symbols can have meaning that transcends rational consumption factors, partly because they help us solve the problem of balancing individuality and belonging. Those are the first two layers of the Desire Code. The last steps are understanding how this plays out in the individual—and, of course, in the marketplace. Why does a particular product or brand connect with huge swaths of individuals who seem to have nothing in common? And even more mysterious, why does this happen even now, when the traditional version of “mass marketing” (that is, simply repeating a commercial message until a majority of the American public can’t avoid it) is a strategy that gets less practical every day?
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