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As far as a marketing technique, I think "viral marketing" is a pretty good example of memes.
A good example is how Grey Goose was marketed recently. They paid 1000's of people to go to bars. Order the vodka and say how good it was, buy rounds for other people, and kind of "sell" it without making a sales pitch. After a few rounds when people thanked the person they would respond, "Just do the same for someone someday" or along similar lines, passing on the replication instructions. The next night you think "what should I drink", you remember the good feeling when that hot girl bought you a drink, not knowing she was a hired salesman. You might buy some grey goose for yourself and others, repeating the action.
I'm know expert but this seems to fit most or all of the criteria I think.
Does anyone know some good examples of memes used by magicians? I have seen some but I'm not always sure they are really memes, as they don't seem to reproduce on their own with out continual application of effort, where it seems like at some point it should "take on a life of it's own".
This post has been edited by chaoscrowley37: Mar 10 2006, 03:02 PM
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"For many years I have been a Lapsed Idiot. With faith and penance, I hope one day to be a devout Imbecile again." - chaoscrowley
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Memetic Magick, Meme Theory and Magick
Praxis Memetic Magick Mar 9 2006, 10:42 AM
Mar 9 2006, 10:42 AM
