Brian Clark Might be Wrong: Why People Do Want the “Real” You

Brian Clark, of Copyblogger, recently wrote a post entitled “Why People Don’t Want the ‘Real’ You” commenting on the new authenticity hype. As the title suggests, Clark doesn’t think too much of appealing to consumers by being “real,” at least not by being entirely real. With the growth of the Internet, marketing practices have started to involve a humanistic quality over the previously popular robotic, formulaic messaging. Marketing practices have started relying on characters, on spokespersons, and person-to-person communication (Old Spice anyone?). The truth is being completely authentic has always been the ...
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