{"id":972,"date":"2023-09-17T12:34:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T08:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/?p=972"},"modified":"2023-09-17T12:34:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T08:34:20","slug":"embracing-the-dream-business-how-about-some-dreamketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/17\/embracing-the-dream-business-how-about-some-dreamketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing the &#8216; Dream Business &#8216; . How About Some &#8221; Dreamketing &#8220;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A dream is a complete moment in the life of a client. Important and fascinating experiences that tempt the client to commit substantial resources. The essence of the desires of the customer. The opportunity ( or should it be<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0AWEopportunity?)\u00a0<\/span><i>to help clients become what they\u00a0want to be.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>We shape our words. And then the words shape us.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_default\">It&#8217;s migration time. Get into the<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0&#8221; <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dream Business<\/span><\/em> &#8220;.<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0The<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\"><i>\u00a0&#8221; <\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Incredible Imaginings Business<\/em> <\/span><i>&#8220;.<\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_default\">My rant here is that\u00a0most of us are still mired in the<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<b>Old Economy, Old Product Thinking<\/b>. B<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">ut, all of us, MUST, strategically, take pages from and come to grips with the fact that\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>the winners of tomorrow&#8230;will be masters of the dream business.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_default\">And the vision is to visualise, imagine totally offbeat, even insane schools, hospitals, enterprises, permutations, combinations providing..so so\u00a0so far from just products and services.<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\"><i>.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">impossible-turned-possible-<wbr \/>dreams<\/span> &#8216;.<\/i><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_default\">The stakes are high. We talked about words shaping us. Here&#8217;s the next <em>vocabulary<\/em><\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<em>s..t..r..e..t..c..h<\/em>: <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">dreams<\/span><\/em>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_default\">Consider this very inspiring\u00a0statement made by former<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<b>Ferrari North America CEO Gian Luigi Longinotti-Buitoni.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Dreams are his shtick<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">Dream products. Dream fulfillment. Dream marketing. Dream provision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8221;\u00a0<\/span>A dream is a complete moment in the life of a client. Important and fascinating experiences that tempt the client to commit substantial resources. The essence of the desires of the customer. The opportunity to help clients become what they\u00a0want<span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0to be &#8220;<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_default\">Look at the marvellous use of words that\u00a0shape\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">dreams- &#8216; complete moment&#8217; , &#8216; tempt &#8216;, &#8216; desires &#8216;, &#8216; essence &#8216;, &#8216; commit &#8216;\u00a0<\/span>and the beautiful summarising,<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The opportunity to help clients become what they\u00a0want<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>to be &#8220;.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He continues to articulate the difference between &#8216; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>common products<\/em><\/span>&#8216; and &#8216; <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">dream products<\/span><\/em> &#8216;:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell House versus<i>\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Starbucks<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey versus<i>\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>California<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hyundai versus<i>\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ferrari<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Suzuki versus<i>\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Harley-Davidson<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Carter versus\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kennedy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Connors versus<i>\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Pele<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CNN versus<i>\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nothing necessarily wrong with the first part of each of those pairs. Each offers a solid workaday response to some need or another. But the second part&#8230;the part that comes after versus<i>..&#8221; stuff &#8221;\u00a0<\/i>that all carries<i>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a dreamlike power<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>that goes far far beyond the realm of mere &#8216;\u00a0<i>need fulfillment<\/i>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Longinotti-Buitoni<\/b><span class=\"gmail_default\"><b>\u00a0<\/b>preaches the<b>\u00a0<\/b>marketing of dreams. An idea that he compressed into a word, all of his own making called\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">&#8216;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Dreamketing<\/em><\/span>&#8216;:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dreamketing:<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Touching the client&#8217;s dreams<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_default\"><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dreamketing<\/span><\/i>: The art of telling stories and entertaining<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dreamketing:<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Promoting the dream, not the product<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dreamketing<\/span><\/i>: Building the brand around the Main Dream<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dreamketing<\/span><\/i>: Building &#8216; buzz &#8216;, &#8216; hype &#8216; &#8216; a cult &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And for all the stakeholder apprehension\u00a0about getting into the dream wagon, the financial returns on dream products are miles and miles beyond those compared to common goods.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s raise the bar. Way, way, way up. Say experience. Say\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DREAMS<\/span>. Please!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dramatically ( or\u00a0<i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dream<\/span><\/i>atically). <strong>Alter<\/strong>. <strong>Perspective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A dream is a complete moment in the life of a client. Important and fascinating experiences that tempt the client to commit substantial resources. The essence of the desires of the customer. The opportunity ( or should it be\u00a0AWEopportunity?)\u00a0to help clients become what they\u00a0want to be. &nbsp; We shape our words. 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