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In Mark Earls’ book Herd he makes the point that we make purchasing decisions because we have been influenced to do so by our peers. Contrary to the established rules of marketing, which maintain that we are influenced by messages from the product manufacturer, in fact people behave as a herd. It is what other people think and say that is important, not what we are told by advertisers with whom we have no relationship. (more…)