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Effective Are Your Ads? Do you read classifieds ads? I do because I run an advertising ezine and I can tell you it's an education at times. Ads are the first impression the unsuspecting public gets of you and your business. They are "make or break", so do yours shape up? Let's take a hard-hitting look -- names omitted to protect the guilty! Frightening Realities One of the most frightening things -- and, I admit, amusing for me -- was when I ran a spoof ad contest a few months ago where readers had to identify fake ads. I wrote the spoofs and I thought they were as obvious as the day's long. Various stuff like ... I
GET PAID when I go to the BATHROOM! Do You??? As one reader wrote, "If this ISN'T it, WE'RE IN TROUBLE!!!" Well, we were in trouble! Something I really didn't expect was that people sent in some WRONG answers. That is, they mistook real ads as being works of comedy. Now you can titter, but ... It's FREE and it WORKS. Deposit $25 to $50,000. Expected payout: Here's A Switch - The COMPANY Works For YOU! FREE $19.95 for anyone who can't make 2 sales in 24 hours! Retire Early !! ... are all excerpts from just a few of the ads that someone judged to be bogus when they were in fact, perfectly real.
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