Thu, 21 Jul 2005
Napster Marketing
At least somebody noticed that Americans weren't really going for that whole "ownership society"
thing.
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Sun, 08 May 2005
Commercials That Make You Think
Commercials that make you think are always good. Here's an example.
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Sat, 30 Apr 2005
Clever 3M Ad
Apparently, only some of the money is real, but it's a brilliant idea
nonetheless.
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Thu, 09 Dec 2004
Time Magazine Ads
There was one ad in a recent edition of Time Magazine that caught my eye. We've been trying to figure out how to best market Postica since officially going into production in July. I'm pretty skeptical about the effectiveness of advertising in general. Since we're bombarded with so much of it, I think most people simply ignore it. But every once in a while, some advertisement will catch my eye. I don't know if the fact that I read it means that it actually increases sales of the product advertised, but it obviously can't be worse than an ad that nobody reads.
The full-page ad in Time was for men's white dress shirts. Just plain, white button-down shirts that I buy every 5 years from Ross when the one I bought five years previously no longer fits. I had never heard of the brand; it was a man's name (two first names, I think). It was one particular shirt, rather than an ad for the brand in general.
What made me read the ad was simply that I wouldn't expect to see such an ad in Time Magazine. I wonder how sales of that shirt are doing. I believe one could order the shirt in question online or by calling an 800 number, similar to ads for overpriced cds composed of the Best Love Songs of Some Period within Some Genre or "collectible" coins that aren't legal tender.
Does placing an ad where potential customers wouldn't expect to see it help sales?
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Sat, 13 Nov 2004
Google Ads are Hard
We haven't had much luck with Google Ads for Postica so far. There's a lot of competition in the spam filtering market so it's hard to stand out among 10 ads for spam/virus filtering products and services on the same page.
It's frustrating having what I think is a great service, and not being able to reach potential customers. We're mostly focusing on selling through partners now, but we haven't completely given up on Google Ads yet. Here's our latest.
