begin quoting David Brown as of Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 05:30:31PM -0700: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 03:45:15PM -0700, SJS wrote: > > >Advertising on web-pages? Sure, it's allowed, but most of 'em I block, > >and I'm happy to show others how to block 'em, so I couldn't really > >offer that as a reasonable alternative. > > I'm guessing that most of the population that responds to spam doesn't > block advertisements. Well, there's email spam, usenet spam, cold calling/telemarketing, door-to-door, etc. etc.
What works for some won't work for others. Can we assume that when friend/acquaintance asks for your advice about getting the word out to potential customers, they're interested in NOT going after the responds-to-spam demographic, except insofar as they can be persuaded to part with their money by other means? > I haven't watched a TV program in 20 years that had commercials. It > annoys me that much. I would rather pay directly for something than > have it interrupted with ads. Fortunately, this is becoming a > business model. The pricing suggest that advertising works quite well > for enough of the population. > > The advertisers aren't really hurt by ad-blocking, unless it is the > default. The people who go through the effort to block ads are > usually aware enough of them to be less influenced, or realize the > influence and intentionally disregard it. When a browser release > starts blocking automatically, then the model breaks. Yup. So how do you recommend to your acquaintance that they use modern technology (computers, networking, etc) to get the word out for their product/service? -- Free wifi, with an advertisement saying "Sponsored By". Stewart Stremler -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
