And the Oscar for smart marketing goes to...
Spyro Kourtis
March 01 2007
It's hard to resist the big media buy. People line up to buy 30
seconds on the Super Bowl for $2.6 million a pop. It happened with
the Academy Awards too. It costs about $53,000 per second to reach
viewers of the event.
We're seeing a new trend where even direct marketing professionals
are getting caught up in the frenzy. Many business owners think their
target audience is much broader than it actually is. We think
everyone should hear about our brand. Maybe they'll need us later and
remember the commercial. Maybe they'll recommend our brand to a
friend someday. Good luck.
It comes down to this. Do you want millions of eyes on your company
brand or would you prefer thousands of new customers? The tough truth
is that putting your product on a billboard in Times Square is rarely
a good way to make money for your business.
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