Advertising and sales promotion that vie for your attention

[Citizen X]

Advertising and sales promotion that vied for my attention 4 March 2021

1. We Buy Bakkies:702:Selling to We buy bakkies is safe and convenient.”
2. Continental linen:702: Hi I’m Haly Kahn. We just unpacked beach towels. Don’t pay high prices when you can get things for a bargain. Don’t pay high prices. Canvas laundry bins R300(I think)
3. Mulichoice
4. …702isney:”Take the magic even further. Collect all 50 cards and let the magic begin.
5. Dischem: “Pharmacies who care”
6. Sasria:702:”Sasria’s unique cover.”When things go bad, sasria makes good.” Saria.co.za
7. Momentum:702: “What will happen to your plans and dreams if you get an illness, injury or disability?
8. Cash Build: 702:”Your kitchen and bathroom…”
9. Little Eden Society702:”Little Eden needs your help.”
10. Outsurance:702:”Remember to sms “out,” to38350.”
11. Topwatch:702:”Beutifully crafted time pieces.”
12. Outsurance.702:” Add sunshine to your lives

Trucks(Moving billboards)

1. Gold Flight Academy
2. Inter Flight
3. Kruger and Du Toit Attorneys
4. Pick n Pay
5. Shoprite
6. Boxer
7. Spec Savers
8. Spar Tops
9. Maesk
10. MTN
11. Vans
12. Levi
13. FP Du Toit
14. KLC
15. Eagles valley Poultry
16. Qulazi
17. Pioneer
18. Afrox
19. H M
20. Hyno Isando

Advertising on products

1.OMO
2.Sunlight
3.Matches
4Peter Stuyvesant
5.Dun Hill
6.Pall Mall

Other

1. Ackermans Pharmacy
2. USN
   
   1. Pycho Mass
   2. Insane Whey
   3. Freak Mass
   
   
3. Huggies
4. Levi
5. Pampers

[sherinemuasher]

I love watching advertisements because I love the creativity that is poured unto them. However, what I am not comfortable are those that have out of this world crazy concepts. I opt not to drop any brand names for safety.

[New Perspective studio]

Banner blindness is a wonderful thing, I would say that I don't think that most people see ads anymore due to the oversaturation of it, however, advertisers keep advertising and the industry is growing.

I just don't know how people can notice this stuff anymore. I don't even feel the need to install adblockers because my mind already does even when it interrupts my browsing experience I just mindlessly skip on.

Like Adrian said Its enough trouble to remember everyday normal stuff

I do remember one though. British dude who bought a magic ring for luck out of Africa somewhere. Was on youtube he went from dirt poor to running multiple businesses because of this ring - I remember it because it was hilariously fake, I had to keep watching like he had a green screen background of this posh fireplace in a lounge. He looked terribly sad for somebody wh had a ton of luck and success in life. I think I probably remember and watch more of the bad ads than any normal ones.

[adrianh]

All my devices run loads of ad-blockers, firewalls and hosts-file url blockers.

I HATE ADVERTISING

I can't bear to listen to the radio either. Cape Talk is 50 minutes of advertising out of every 60. I will rather just drive in silence!

[Justloadit]

I find it very difficult to focus with all the flashing going on around the screen.
It probably is my character/personality, but that is what gives me the edge in my industry, identifying the subtle nuances whether colour, smell or sounds as diagnostic tools to troubleshoot and provide as clues to what is the trouble with the equipment.

[Justloadit]

I accept every business needs to advertise, but this constant bombardment on radio, TV and bill board adverts about one particular insurance company goes beyond acceptable. So much so that I have moved all but one of my policies, can't change because it is part of a bond to other companies.

With satellite TV have even reached a point where you place the viewing contents on hold, and they quickly insert an advert on the screen while on hold WTF!

[adrianh]

One of the things that makes me really angry is when companies use formal data channels to push advertising. Banks, medical aids and even varsities do this - Capitec, Momentum and Varsity College mix SPAM and official into on the same channels. I get terribly annoyed when I get a SMS from Momentum telling me some rubbish at 4am.

Wait till the companies catch on to spamming people on Whatsapp - then the $hit is going to really hit the fan - We will then be forced to switch to Telegram.

[adrianh]

Well the apple empire has now taken it upon themselves to search every singe apple cloud image for child porn. Lets see where that idea goes given that they are the ones touting privacy and encryption. They feel they have the right to search everybody's stuff - what are they going to search for next? FxcK that - I don't store ANYTHING AT ALL - EVER - in the cloud for some company to pick through at their leisure. The issue is not whether it is child porn or false teeth they are looking for - THEY HAVE NO RIGHT! apple are just a bunch of scumbags. I also see that if Airpods are used on Android that 90% of the features are disabled.

Anyway, back to advertising. I never get ads on Facebook - I reported each and ever add I ever got for Sexual Harassment (The ads were getting on my T!ts) - They eventually gave up on putting ads on my timeline!