"Walter Bright" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Steven Schveighoffer wrote: >> As far as free software advertisement though, most of that is negated by >> google these days :) > > Paid advertising worked extremely well in the 80's. Sales definitely > correlated with it. No longer. Want to waste money? Buy a print ad. You're > likely to get zero response on it. I know, I've tried. > > What does work is writing interesting articles and papers about the > product, etc.
I don't know anything about print ads, or technology ads, but I wouldn't be surprised if modern TV ads are ineffective. They never seem to have anything to do with the product/service being offered...and those are the *good* ones...
