marko
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Sometimes it works!
We all get those awful pop-up ads while surfing. They're obviously based upon our own individual searches.
Google something about hockey and you start getting ads for hockey equipment, which at my age is a waste of everybody's time!
HOWEVER! Yesterday I was reading a financial article on "Real Clear Money" and an ad was in the middle of the article. It was for 'Sail Step', a step that attaches to the rail of your sailboat and makes it easy to get up on deck. It was EXACTLY what I needed and solved a problem I've had for a number of years.
($300 bucks though, but I bought one anyway)
While it is in the 0.001% of ads selling me something I needed, it was something I didn't know existed, and, as an old marketing guy I guess it does prove that it pays to advertise.
We all get those awful pop-up ads while surfing. They're obviously based upon our own individual searches.
Google something about hockey and you start getting ads for hockey equipment, which at my age is a waste of everybody's time!
HOWEVER! Yesterday I was reading a financial article on "Real Clear Money" and an ad was in the middle of the article. It was for 'Sail Step', a step that attaches to the rail of your sailboat and makes it easy to get up on deck. It was EXACTLY what I needed and solved a problem I've had for a number of years.
($300 bucks though, but I bought one anyway)
While it is in the 0.001% of ads selling me something I needed, it was something I didn't know existed, and, as an old marketing guy I guess it does prove that it pays to advertise.