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allowonetousemostcomputerfunctions.What’smore,theyoftenexceedtheircomputing
power.SmartphonesarenowmorepowerfulthantheNASAcomputersthatwereusedto
landontheMoon.TheyarebetterthantheonesNASAisusinginspaceshipsnowadays.4
Whatseemstoustobeaday-to-daystandardistheresultofmanyculturalandtechno-
logicalchanges.Theturningpointonthepathtoglobalizationwas,ofcourse,thecreationof
ARPANET.
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Thisancientancestoroftoday’sInternetwasamilestoneonthewaytoconnecting
theentireworldandcreatingtheinformationsociety.Thenetworkwasbornasachildof
theColdWarandinitiallyconnectedonlyafewcomputerswithinasingleorganization.The
beginningoftheInternetisconsideredtobethemomentofthecreationofthefirstARPANET
nodesin1969.Thiscourseofchangeswassealedwhenthenetworkwentabroadin1973.6
Sincethen,thepaceofchangehasbeensteadilyincreasing.
thetimestheyarea-changin’7
Expertsidentifyfivekeyfactorsthatarechangingthemodernmarketinglandscape:the
changingcharacteroftheconsumer,evolvinggeopoliticaldynamics,newpatternsofpersonal
consumption,technologicaladvancesandstructuralchangesineconomy.
Howdoesthisrelatetomarketing?Imaginethesegreatchangesareasharkthattravels
acrosstheocean.Marketingisasremorasclingingtoitssides,benefitingfromthegiant’s
actions.Overtime,thisinitialcommensalism
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turnsintoamorecomplexrelationship,slightly
closertosymbiosis.
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Eachnewmedium,eachinventionisveryquicklyadaptedtotheneeds
ofentrepreneurs.Insuchacase,bothsideswin.Entrepreneursgainnewwaystoreach
consumers,andthemediagainsponsors.Mediaplatformshaveachancetosurviveinthe
marketlargelythankstoadvertisingandmarketingmoney.Itisquiteanintimaterelationship.
Therefore,itissoraretofindindependentplatforms,freefromanyformsofpromotion,
whichremainonthemarketforalongtime.Itisalsoraretoseeentrepreneurswhodonot
useanyformofmarketing.
Therearesomeadvantagesanddisadvantagestothesituation.Theadvantageis,ofcourse,
theabilitytofollowthecustomer.Thedisadvantage,orperhapsachallenge,istheneedtohave
thefingeronthepulseandwiselyadaptactivitiestochangingconditions.Antotherchallenge
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ThisiswhatBusinessInsidersaysina2014article:Yourphoneismorepowerfulthanthecomputerin
thespaceshipNASAlaunchedthisweek,https://www.businessinsider.com/your-phone-is-more-power-
ful-than-the-orion-computer-2014-12?IR=T[access:10/01/2021].
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AdvancedResearchProjectsAgencyNetwork.
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JanetEllenAbbatedescribesthephenomenoninherscientificwork:FromARPANETtoInternet:
AhistoryofARPA-sponsoredcomputernetworks,1966–1988,UniversityofPennsylvania,1994.
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B.Dylan,TheTimesTheyArea-Changin’,ColumbiaStudioA,1964.
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EncyclopediaBrittanicadefinescommensalismasarelationshipbetweenindividualsoftwospeciesin
whichonespeciesobtainsfoodorotherbenefitsfromtheotherwithouteitherharmingorbenefitingthe
latter(host);https://www.britannica.com.
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Thedictionarydefinitionofsymbiosisisthecoexistenceoftwodifferentspecies,beneficialtooneor
bothparties.
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Marketingautomationphilosophy
1.marketer’snewchallenges