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The Ad Contrarian

The Ad Contrarian

The best anti smoking ads - Wall to Watch - StumbleUpon This is a collection of the most controversial and convincing anti smoking commercials. Share TAD RVA The 5 Minute Guide To Cheap Startup Advertising The following is a guest post by Rob Walling. Rob Walling has been an entrepreneur for most of his life and is author of the book Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup. He also authors the top 20 startup blog Software By Rob, that's read by tens of thousands of startup entrepreneurs every month and he owns the leading ASP.NET invoicing software on the market in addition to a handful of profitable web properties. Imagine that you've just completed version 1 of your product and you're preparing for launch. The half-life of advertising traffic is zero. Strategy #1: Try to Get Permission Seriously consider offering something in exchange for a visitor's email address. Strategy #2: Use Advertising to Test Use advertising as a testing tool rather than a long-term stream of customers. Option #1: Niche Advertising As a startup, there are hundreds of general advertising options available, and thousands more niche opportunities. Option #2: Google AdWords Option #5: Reddit

Retro Affect - Home Designing a good advert For the purposes of this article, 'advertising' covers all one way communications with the consumer. This include advertising via internet banners, magazines, newspapers, radio, TV, billboards, and the multitude of other media available as advertising space. Designing a good advert can mean the difference between success and failure and is worth investing in. Understand your customer Getting to know your customer is vital to designing a successful advert. Use market research to divide the consumer into relevant customer groups, then target them effectively and in as fine a resolution as you can mange using media that they will come into contact with. Related article - Promotional strategy: segmentation Treat the customer with respect - golden rules Most consumers are wary about advertising - they come into contact with it every day, regard it as intrusive and are skeptical of marketing messages. Don't use false or outrageous claims. Attracting attention - how to write a good headline

Antichamber - A Mind-Bending Psychological Exploration Game Why Not Ad Retargeting? The business case for ad retargeting is intuitive: if someone looks at an item but doesn’t buy, follow up later to see if he or she might still be interested. Yet the online version of this concept has never really taken off. A study last year by the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) found it to be one of the most under-utilized forms of online marketing technology. 1,046% Lift New figures from comScore and ValueClick may spur marketers to try out the technology: The study, which measured the relative effectiveness of six major online targeting strategies: audience targeting, contextual targeting efficiency pricing, premium pricing run-of-network and retargeting, found the latter to offer the most lift – at a whopping 1,046%. Certainly there is anecdotal evidence available to support these findings. Vendors Jump In Yahoo is not the only vendor to have revived its offerings in this product category. Banner Blindness

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Brain Storm! Portraits from Creative Week 2012 Noah Robischon, executive editor, 'Fast Company' To celebrate Creative Week, a steady parade of thinkers and doers sounded off on the process of turning ideas into realities. We lured some of the speakers (and a few attendees) into our studio, to get their quickest visual takes on brainstorming—with courtesy protection against clouded thinking. Click below to view the Gallery (watch this space for updates!): Day One Day Two Day Three This is not porn - Rare and beautiful celebrity photos The Psychology of Consumerism This is a guest post from David M. Carter, a graduate of the master of applied positive psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania, and the first graduate of the program to emphasize the inherent link between increased well-being and sustainable consumption. A recent story in my local newspaper dealt with a sad-case family. The newspaper story addressed how this family is dealing with a lot of deep-seated issues. Consumerism can be a devastating psychological addiction that saps our financial resources, well-being, and hope. Unknowing VictimsJuliet Schor, a leading scholar on the culture of consumerism in the U.S., recently said that we have reached a critical point in our culture: The average American woman now buys more than 52 items of new clothing each year — more than one per week. Many continue to believe that it’s not possible for them to become brainwashed without their knowledge. It’s true this may help reduce exposure to the lure of market materialism.

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