Carlos Xuma Column: Why dating is much like marketing…
Hi it’s Carlos Xuma from Win With Women and I think it’s time to have some fun. Join me as we look at the dating game from a different perspective for a sec.
You see, during my 6 hour long free tv show about dating that I did last weekend I’ve said more than once that marketing is similar to dating. Whether you like to hear it or not, the only difference is that with marketing you’re selling products and with dating you’re selling YOU.
I can almost hear some of the men reading the above thinking “boooo! You’re wrong! Screw you Carlos!”
But I’m not… and here’s the proof.
The 4 P’s Of Marketing
Ever heard of them? They are: Price, Place, Product, and Promotion. Explaining them all would be beyond the scope of this article, so let me generalize by saying: each P is a way for a company to let itself or the product stand out in the crowd and get more attention and/or buyers.
And there’s a little phrase there that makes marketing and dating similar: standing out. Darwin talked about the survival of the fitTEST for a reason: the man who is fitter than others …