Do you advertise for FREE ?

[Homerr]

One of my ultimate gripes:<br /><br />Are you advertising for free?<br /><br />Do you wear T-shirts with 'name brand' logos, or drive around with a bumper sticker, or license plate frame with a business name or logo?<br /><br />Most of us can figure out that the advertising business rakes in MILLIONS if not more every year. Do you think you'll ever get any of it?<br /><br />NOT!<br /><br />That is why you will never see me displaying stuff like that unless it's unavoidable like a name plate on my car etc...<br /><br />I think a business should pay for it if you lug it around and advertise it.<br /><br />Whayda all think?<br /><br />H.

 

[ebbtide176]

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hmmm, i think that no one (average adult american) does it unless they are very impressed with the name/goods they are hosting a sticker for. back in high school, i had diff auto parts stickers on my car, had an anti-khomeni sticker on the bumper too, plus some comedic stickers for a laugh. and now american flag stickers only...<br /><br />never had school/employer/educational institute stickers. or politician's sticker, that i remember.<br /><br />dunno what you mean i guess. if i had a company, and you liked my dealings with yourself, then i might try to give you a sticker...<br /><br />am i missing the point?

 

[ob]

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My old man told me that years ago Homerr and I think it rubbed off.

 

[ebbtide176]

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maybe i just still think of word-of-mouth advertising, instead of big business? but then we should be buying boats/cars with no names on them, unless we get an advertising fee?

 

[roscoe]

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I have some Coke a Cola underwear, but no one sees them. Is that still advertising?<br /><br />I have put in writing that I would not take delivery of new vehicle if they put their nameplate on it. When car came in, they drilled the holes and stuck the nameplate on. I walked on the deal out of principle. This was a "few" years ago, before they used the stickers.

 

[Homerr]

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IMO:<br /><br />Yes, your Coca Cola 'clothing' no matter where you wear it would be advertising. Any name plate, tag or logo. <br /><br />I dunno...Just one of those things that gripe me.<br />Thought I would vent.<br /><br />What really gets me going is those really lame commercials you hear. How much are they really paying for them?<br /><br />I'm mean really...A monkey and a football could do better in some of those commercial ads!<br /><br />H.

 

[lakelover]

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Amen! I thought I was the only one! I'll wear one of those T-shirts---if it's FREE. Bumper stickers---NEVER. I agree, unless they pay me in some way, forget it!

 

[Admin5]

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How much will you charge us if you agree to have iboats.com tattooed across your forehead?

 

[12Footer]

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The first thing I did to my truck after I bought it was to get a razor knife,and go to werk on the dealer's glommy sticker on the tailgate.<br />But I still wear my Joe Camel tee because it was free.

 

[12Footer]

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You is a trip, Admin5 !<br />

 

[SlowlySinking]

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nix on the forehead tattoo, but, an iBoats.com bumper sticker for my boat/trailer would be neat, maybe one with every order, hint, hint.

 

[mattttt25]

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homer- not to start a fight, but when i click on the link to your project boat, i get a pop-up add for angelfire.com, which then advertise for other companies. so you're guilty yourself.<br /><br />my point is, it's a good theory to try and not advertise for someone for free, but much harder to pull off.<br /><br />take care-

 

[ndemge]

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Advertising to get FREE webspace.... hate to say it, but that's what keeps them free.<br /><br />I agree on the name plate of the dealer... Glad to see you backed out of the deal when you told them not to put the plate on there!

 

[lakelover]

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Admin5, since I'm buying a boat right now, even $10 would help...

 

[NathanY]

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Hey Admin5, I just lost my job and so I need the money, how much would you be willing to pay? NO, SERIOUSLY!

 

[cotterman]

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i have no problem wearing my molson export hat (free in a case of beer) my molson export tee shirts (free in a cases of beer) around all summer long...but sometimes after having a few too many beers i don't think i'm very good advertising for molson...lol<br /><br />if they would just give away socks and underwear i'd be all set.

 

[RICKRICK1]

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Homeer think you have the right idea, but there are too many who will sink you. Somewhere you wear or display a sticker name. Check your wranglers, levis, dockers, socks,even some of the dress shirts and suits have suttle(sp) tags or patterns that they are know by.<br /><br />P>S> I wear my freebies around the house!!!

 

[muskyone]

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50k admin 5

 

[Homerr]

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I have no control over the ads on Angelfire, unfortunately. If you look at my web site of pictures, you'll notice there is no reference (other than their pop-ups) to Angelfire. Or at least I didn't put any there! <br /><br />IN FACT: I have been trying to shut my free space down for some time now. They don't answer ANY of my e-mails to close it. <br /><br />I must get 50 e-mails of spam every day with their free mail account. That's why I don't use them anymore. You try to block the spam with their spam filters, but guess what: It gives me errors when I try to. Go figure...It's probably their advertisers anyways.<br /><br />Thanks for pointing that out. I'll take the link down right now.<br /><br />Thanks everyone for your opinions. And all this time my wife thought I was the only one who was thinking this way!<br /><br />And Admin 5: Tattooed on my forhead? LOL!<br /><br />First off: I have a grim outlook on tattoos in the first place (I don't have any, nor would I ever get one..and NO I'm not trying to start a fight)<br />If I was desperate enough to tattoo a logo on my forehead, I'd have to say lifetime free boat insurance and a hefty lifetime discount in your stores? <br /><br />Beer?<br /><br />Of course the deal would be off if I had the tattoo removed.<br /><br />Wasn't there a couple of guys who did that very thing with a tattoo of some famous something-or-other and tried to sue over it? What was that all about?<br /><br />H.

 

[Bob in Calif.]

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If you are wearing a USC (University of Southern California) "Trojans" football sweatshirt, are you a sports fan or an athletic suporter, or are you advertising for a well known company??? <br /> ...Bob in Calif...