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Hands down, I've never heard anyone do ads better than Cum Town[0] (seriously). Sometimes the reads end up being upwards of 15 min & in the middle of the show b

Hands down, I've never heard anyone do ads better than Cum Town[0] (seriously). Sometimes the reads end up being upwards of 15 min & in the middle of the show but nobody skips them. In fact in live shows the crowd will cheer when an ad read starts. The trick is they have extremely tolerant advertisers who don't mind being basically slandered every ad read, having the promo codes and discounts read wrong, having the "don't read this part out loud" parts read on accident, etc. Close 2nd is Hollywood Handbook, who also shits on advertisers and leads to their ad reads being the most listened to clips of the show. For example when Cards Against Humanity told them to say whatever they want [1]. [0] http://shoutengine.com/CumTown/ http://shoutengine.com/CumTown/ [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VGXloYZctI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VGXloYZctI

bscphil 8y ago
Yep; the better podcasts pull in the advertiser into their unique style. Comedy podcasts are probably the best example of this. My Brother, My Brother, and Me will write a funny song about each advertiser, or involve them in "advice" bits somehow. They had a recurring segment with an online adult toy store that involved them reading lists of what people who had clicked through to their landing page had bought. Then again, I've never bought anything that I've heard about on a podcast, so I have to admit I remain pretty skeptical of its paying off.
- icelancer 8y ago
  > Then again, I've never bought anything that I've heard about on a podcast, so I have to admit I remain pretty skeptical of its paying off. It's not always that, it's sometimes brand awareness. Also, I just bought an Indochino suit primarily because I've heard the goddamned ads 100 times by now. And I'm pretty pleased with the product, honestly.
sincerely 8y ago
I totally agree with you, I've never skipped an ad read on CT, but when have they done one live?

bscphil 8y ago

Yep; the better podcasts pull in the advertiser into their unique style. Comedy podcasts are probably the best example of this. My Brother, My Brother, and Me will write a funny song about each advertiser, or involve them in "advice" bits somehow. They had a recurring segment with an online adult toy store that involved them reading lists of what people who had clicked through to their landing page had bought. Then again, I've never bought anything that I've heard about on a podcast, so I have to admit I remain pretty skeptical of its paying off.

icelancer 8y ago
> Then again, I've never bought anything that I've heard about on a podcast, so I have to admit I remain pretty skeptical of its paying off. It's not always that, it's sometimes brand awareness. Also, I just bought an Indochino suit primarily because I've heard the goddamned ads 100 times by now. And I'm pretty pleased with the product, honestly.

sincerely 8y ago

I totally agree with you, I've never skipped an ad read on CT, but when have they done one live?