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> How much of your time has been spent on what brand of salt is in your pantry right now? What informs your type of shampoo in your bathroom? I pick these up f

> How much of your time has been spent on what brand of salt is in your pantry right now? What informs your type of shampoo in your bathroom? I pick these up from store aisles more or less at random. > How much weight would you say your friends or colleagues experience with a car brand has influenced the decision you made to purchase one auto manufacturer's model over another? None, I don't own a car, but I can see the point you're trying to make with that one. > Advertising works and if it didn't it wouldn't exist. There is a possibility that it actually doesn't and is a case of the emperor with no clothes, an unnecessary industry perpetuated by those in the industry.

jotm 7y ago
This is an argument you can't win in my experience. I don't know why some people are so adamant I bought something because of advertising... And I mean the "shotgun" ads - on TV, radio, online, in papers, etc All of these untargeted ads are meaningless to me. Even before the Internet, if I needed something I went and looked for it when I needed it. An ad on TV for a product I need? Yeah, I'd just take note and look for something cheaper/better, which I always found. On that note, avertising does work for many products if it's at least somewhat decently targeted, otherwise it's brand awareness, so not a total waste of money.
- anthonypasq 7y ago
  Because most people have this dumb idea that they are smarter than all the other plebs and marketing doesnt work on them. People that think this are delusional. Just because you've convinced yourself you are impervious to it doesnt mean you are.
  - Razengan 7y ago
    Yes, and speaking for others insisting that something works on them even if they say it doesn’t, is a smart idea and not delusional at all. Almost like religious fanaticism, forcing people to acknowledge gods and demons and boogeymen.
  - jotm 7y ago
    Case in point

jotm 7y ago

This is an argument you can't win in my experience. I don't know why some people are so adamant I bought something because of advertising... And I mean the "shotgun" ads - on TV, radio, online, in papers, etc All of these untargeted ads are meaningless to me. Even before the Internet, if I needed something I went and looked for it when I needed it. An ad on TV for a product I need? Yeah, I'd just take note and look for something cheaper/better, which I always found. On that note, avertising does work for many products if it's at least somewhat decently targeted, otherwise it's brand awareness, so not a total waste of money.

anthonypasq 7y ago
Because most people have this dumb idea that they are smarter than all the other plebs and marketing doesnt work on them. People that think this are delusional. Just because you've convinced yourself you are impervious to it doesnt mean you are.
- Razengan 7y ago
  Yes, and speaking for others insisting that something works on them even if they say it doesn’t, is a smart idea and not delusional at all. Almost like religious fanaticism, forcing people to acknowledge gods and demons and boogeymen.
- jotm 7y ago
  Case in point