Infectious Advertising

This little ad invasion spoof is not too far off from reality. Click the picture to see full sized version.

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Cellphone Telemarketing to End

In this New York Times article, the effort to ban telemarketing calls to cell phones is discussed. I think it is a great idea. Telemarketing, like the pop up, is an extremely bad form of advertising. Yes, it makes money but in the long run, again like the pop up, it will help contribute to a hatred for other types of marketing as well. I applaud this effort and soon hope to ditch my land line and go all cell....until the problem described in the last part of this article muddies the waters again.

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Local Online Ad Spending to Increase

This is very good news. There is a lot of local media money that has yet to reach the web. Now if we could only more precisely target locally.

Local Online Ad Spending to Increase

According to a Jupiter Research report, approximately 60% of American consumers regularly access local content online, making it the third most popular online activity in the United States.

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