Comments on: What Can You Do with a $500 Ad Budget? http://www.admavericks.com/2009/12/17/what-can-you-do-with-a-500-ad-budget/ Lessing-Flynn - Advertising In Des Moines, IA Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike Z http://www.admavericks.com/2009/12/17/what-can-you-do-with-a-500-ad-budget/#comment-385 Mike Z Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:43:38 +0000 http://admavericks.com/?p=2703#comment-385 Hope they don't get paid on commission Hope they don't get paid on commission

]]> By: Claire Celsi http://www.admavericks.com/2009/12/17/what-can-you-do-with-a-500-ad-budget/#comment-384 Claire Celsi Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:09:19 +0000 http://admavericks.com/?p=2703#comment-384 a couple of observations: Lois Copple is too old to make her own commercials anymore. Love the old gal, but she needs to retire. Another: I just noticed the Whylie Web site address... Why Lie? :~) a couple of observations: Lois Copple is too old to make her own commercials anymore. Love the old gal, but she needs to retire.

Another: I just noticed the Whylie Web site address… Why Lie? :~)

]]> By: Peter Tubbs http://www.admavericks.com/2009/12/17/what-can-you-do-with-a-500-ad-budget/#comment-383 Peter Tubbs Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:02:25 +0000 http://admavericks.com/?p=2703#comment-383 Clever outside-the-box thinking. There is a similar subculture on eBay. Build a search to notify you anytime someone lists a Dell "laptp" for sale. Since buyers don't search for laptps, you will be the only, and probably very low, bidder. Once the laptop is in hand, list it again in a proper category and pocket the difference. It's all about using the system to your advantage. Peter Clever outside-the-box thinking. There is a similar subculture on eBay.

Build a search to notify you anytime someone lists a Dell "laptp" for sale.

Since buyers don't search for laptps, you will be the only, and probably very low, bidder. Once the laptop is in hand, list it again in a proper category and pocket the difference.

It's all about using the system to your advantage.

Peter

]]> By: Mark Van Baale http://www.admavericks.com/2009/12/17/what-can-you-do-with-a-500-ad-budget/#comment-382 Mark Van Baale Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:11:51 +0000 http://admavericks.com/?p=2703#comment-382 This example goes to show that a company can take advantage of opportunities that others would miss just by being smart on how people may use the web to look for content. This example goes to show that a company can take advantage of opportunities that others would miss just by being smart on how people may use the web to look for content.

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