The world would be a far better place if advertising were greatly restricted - not just because it's annoying and bad for privacy, but also because it's bad for economies. Advertising is why you could work hard at a career your whole life and make less money than Kim K would for farting into a walkie-talkie (or less theoretically, less money than Karl Lagerfeld's cat made for posing on car's dashboard), and it also fuels much of the IP industry's work-once-get-paid-forever business model. It should be restr
Without advertising products would compete based on quality and price to a much greater degree, and without paying for advertising they could afford to.
Good point - companies waste vast sums of money on advertising with little knowledge of how much business it's driving, and over time it turns into a superstitious habit until some unexpected event accidentally reveals the waste (as happened due to a widespread social media advertiser boycott a while ago). It's also a major source of disinformation in society. You could probably write a good thick book on how advertising harms society and the ways in which we'd be better off if it were contained largely to
I've always wondered how the effectiveness of certain types of advertising can even be measured. For example, at Citi Field, there used to be "Gap" logos on the outfield walls, in the "gap" areas between the fielders. I though it was clever and amusing. But before you say, "You remember it, so it was successful", I was already a satisfied customer of The Gap, and had been since the 1970's. So when I'm outlet shopping, and I go into The Gap, is there any possible way to tell if the money they make by me shop
That type of advertising sounds like it’s trying to create brand awareness. I’ll tell you my anecdotal interesting story.
I’d travelled for a weekend break from the UK to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. All my toiletries were with me except I had forgotten to bring antiperspirant (Sure brand).
So I went into the local drugstore and they didn’t have my usual brand. I wasn’t sure which of the alternatives I should get, but then I saw one called L’Oréal MenExpert and I reme
I used to travel to the SF Bay Area a lot on business, and sometimes the most interesting part of the story was calling down to the front desk for a toothbrush.
Offtopic: The usual most interesting part was going to Fry's.:(
Advertising should be greatly restricted (Score:5, Interesting)
The world would be a far better place if advertising were greatly restricted - not just because it's annoying and bad for privacy, but also because it's bad for economies. Advertising is why you could work hard at a career your whole life and make less money than Kim K would for farting into a walkie-talkie (or less theoretically, less money than Karl Lagerfeld's cat made for posing on car's dashboard), and it also fuels much of the IP industry's work-once-get-paid-forever business model. It should be restr
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Without advertising products would compete based on quality and price to a much greater degree, and without paying for advertising they could afford to.
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Good point - companies waste vast sums of money on advertising with little knowledge of how much business it's driving, and over time it turns into a superstitious habit until some unexpected event accidentally reveals the waste (as happened due to a widespread social media advertiser boycott a while ago). It's also a major source of disinformation in society. You could probably write a good thick book on how advertising harms society and the ways in which we'd be better off if it were contained largely to
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I've always wondered how the effectiveness of certain types of advertising can even be measured. For example, at Citi Field, there used to be "Gap" logos on the outfield walls, in the "gap" areas between the fielders. I though it was clever and amusing. But before you say, "You remember it, so it was successful", I was already a satisfied customer of The Gap, and had been since the 1970's. So when I'm outlet shopping, and I go into The Gap, is there any possible way to tell if the money they make by me shop
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That type of advertising sounds like it’s trying to create brand awareness. I’ll tell you my anecdotal interesting story.
I’d travelled for a weekend break from the UK to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. All my toiletries were with me except I had forgotten to bring antiperspirant (Sure brand).
So I went into the local drugstore and they didn’t have my usual brand. I wasn’t sure which of the alternatives I should get, but then I saw one called L’Oréal MenExpert and I reme
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...but the most interesting part of this story...
If that's the most interesting part I dread to think what the boring bits are like.
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I used to travel to the SF Bay Area a lot on business, and sometimes the most interesting part of the story was calling down to the front desk for a toothbrush.
Offtopic: The usual most interesting part was going to Fry's. :(