Mac Beautiful : Apple as a Human Brand

Feb 12, 2007   //   by admin   //   Blog  //  No Comments

I came across this wonderful video on Youtube by HappySlip. For me it encapsulates many, if not all, of the current online marketing trends (Web 2.0, online story-telling, user generated media) and highlights how a passionate consumer can reach out with a personal message that is more sincere and believable than a piece of corporate generated advertising.

Steve Jobs was asked to describe Apple in an interview a year ago. His response was:

  1. Apple is a company that takes complex technology and makes it easier and simpler to use
  2. Our goal is to stand at the intersection of technology and the humanities
  3. It’s about empathy and understanding consumers, not about selling to them

In a post-modern world, companies no longer really own their brands; it’s consumers who mold them; shape them to their needs.

Watch this video and see this all come to life:

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