We commonly refer to prostitution as the world’s oldest profession. The selling of sexual service. How did one go about selling that service? Marketing of course. Today we stereotype the prostitute as a woman on a dark corner wearing a short mini skirt with fishnet stockings and tall stiletto heels. All of which of course is marketing. Setting aside the oldest profession, marketing started to come into its own with the invention of the printing press in 1440 with the device becoming widely adopted by 1450. As each technological innovation in communication appeared over the years, marketers have learned how to use that medium to help sell their products. This infographic from Hubspot gives us a nice pictorial history of the history of marketing. Where is marketing headed in 2012?
