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How
Effective Are Your Ads?
Article by Pamela
Heywood
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???
Guaranteed amazing home-business
plan! Works in
your smallest room! Very convenient. No Smelling!!
Queue
here: http://regurgitate-it.com
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:
Each $25 deposit
will pay out $51,200.00
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.