Purpose Driven Tribes: Gaining Control & Influence in the Marketplace

September 20 2012

This piece was brought to my attention by my wonderful friend and colleague, Jennifer Sertl. It was written in April of 2011 by Jay Deragon who is always articulates the present and the future in a way that hopefully expands your awareness which we all need in today's marketplace.Here are some of the highlights: **People are gathering in "tribes" to connect, collaborate, discover and influence change.**Social technology provides people the ability to aggregate around everything and anywhere.**The market sees this and attempts to aggregate self serving tribes but the people have a different purpose & their own tribe**The aggregation of tribes has become the pursuit of the market. Pulling groups and custom networks has become a common practice of the markets managing these tribes with a purpose different than simply gatering of the trade.The evolving dynamics of tribal aggregation are the dynamics that will change the way markets interact with tribes1. Tribes control the message with growing influence over markets2. Tribes have a purpose. Help them fulfill their purpose and just maybe you'll become part of that tribe3. Companies will have to learn that they are not the "connection" to the tribes, internal and external hold the keys to tribal influence4> Tribes do need management, they need tools to accomplish their objectives and will always be self managed5. Tribal leaers are more interested in serving tribe members than themselves.Here is a great takeaway:Seth Godin writes: "Tribe management is a whole different way of looking at it.**It starts with permission, the understanding that the real asset isn't an amorphous brand but is in fact the privilege of delivering anticipated relevant messages to people who want to get themSelected by: Jan Gordon covering "Curation, Social Business & Beyond"See it on Scoop.it, via Curation, Social Business and Beyond

http://www.scoop.it/t/content-curation-social-media/p/2743386400/purpose-driven-tribes-gaining-control-influence-in-the-marketplace/original