But What About the Rest of Us?
The direct response ad industry, which includes most of what you see online, is built upon hyper-targeting to those scant percentages of people shopping today.
Have you browsed a website, checked out a product then left, only to find the same item on a Facebook ad?
If the epic failure, Groupon, taught us anything, it was that there is no value in attracting a bunch of cheap customers.
A little birdie told us that companies are experiencing a decline in their web traffic. What they don’t know is actually quite simple...
A pure lead gen focus leaves you a slave to natural demand cycles, and Google advertising auction prices, which is neither consistent nor affordable.
When almost no one is in the market for what you sell — i.e., when it’s slow season — then almost no one is searching on relevant keywords.
Advertising in the bigger community to draw customers to your smaller community is as futile as trying to make the water in a river defy gravity.
I’m constantly amazed by all of the media reps from all of the different media outlets that can help your advertising to “reach the right people.” Because they all reach the same people.
A dozen years from now 50% to 60% of transactions will be occurring online. And a surprising advantage will go to stores who sell online but advertise locally.
Amateur ad writers assume everyone makes decisions based upon the same criteria they use. This causes them to unconsciously frame their messages to reach people exactly like themselves.