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Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 9 months agoI know many people, including me, that fall victim to the manipulation of advertising.
Back in the olden days, it was “here is my product, and this is the price, if you like it buy from this store” Now it’s not just the actual ad, it’s product placement in tv and movies, celebrity endorsement, influencers, and all that.
Just remember that advertising costs money, and that is in the price of the product. Products that don’t advertise can easily be better value.
Products that don’t advertise can easily be better value.
This is exactly my reasoning in refusing to do business with service providers that (in my view) over-advertise (looking at you Geico, Progressive, United Health, Taco Bell, other major advertisers)…
Any service provider doing that much advertising is telling me 2 things with every ad: First, you already obviously have too much money and, Second, you obviously don’t need my money.
Fuck you and your “brand recognition”.
🙄 🤡 🖕 💩
Don’t forget the third thing ads tell you: ‘Our product is, at best, no better than our competitors’, and quite possibly much worse, otherwise we wouldn’t have to spend so much on controlling our reputation.’
There were a time when I wanted to study marketing. I always love how Coca-Cola doesn’t try to make you buy its product, it’s just there, it doesnt say “buy!”, “we cheap!”, “we are better than the others!” or any bullshit. That dream ended when I learned what SEO was and what was doing to internet.
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 9 months ago
There are lots of local brands that don’t advertise that are better than nationally-known brands, at a much lower cost.