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Not aware of Bill Hicks' take, but marketing effectively amounts to manipulating people into buying things that they otherwise would not.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9h9wStdPkQY
There's only 3 kinds of advertising that work on me.
"My business supports [thing I like] financially!" Ok, that's fair. You donate to them, I purchase from you over competitors.
"Hello, I run [business]. I make sure to patronize [other business] to support [business] because [other business] does quality work. Check them out!" For some reason, this resonates with me. It sounds way more honest.
"Here is a picture of tasty food". FOOOOOOOD 🤤
There is exactly one ad that worked on me. It was a poster for a bottle of Oasis that said "you're thirsty, we have quotas, let's help each other out."
The only advertising I want is a list of specs for the product and maybe a video demonstration of it's capabilities (not a highly edited misleading video like most advertising we see today).
I wouldn't class that as advertising.. That's just product info, so you know what you're buying.
Yea. That's what advertising should be. What it is is worthless nonsense which is why everyone blocks as much of it as they possibly can.
Rebuttal/fact check:
Don't trust anyone who needs to advertise. If they were actually good products/services, they wouldn't need to advertise, as word of mouth and reputation does that for you. You don't see any Rolls-Royce ads on primetime television...
If you find yourself interested because of advertising, always, always be skeptical of all claims. Don't just believe, but research, verify.
How do they get their first customers without advertising?
Friends and family, others who know you and your skills, etc
Jesus Christ dude, get some therapy. Not everything is bullshit all the time.
Have you been to the USA?
They have some really nice mountains! (The one they haven't carved the to off)
I got a postcard in the mail for Granta, a literary journal. On one side it said "Just subscribe, you know you want to." On the other side it said "We promise, no poetry. Ever!"
(sigh) Subscribed.
Discovered one of my favorite books and authors that way:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118585.Into_the_Heart_of_Borneo