Do you think internet website is the best advertising media?

thetarget · Post by **thetarget** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:32 am

i think the topic should be
' Do you think internet website is a good advertising media?'

Word of mouth is a very good advertising media. It doesn't need a person to own the product to spread the word. Note this scenerio:

Tom received a very attractive leaflet on his way to school.
Although the product isn't very good nor it is very interesting, the leaflet caught Tom's attention.
Tom goes to school and spreads the word.

All it takes is 1 person that is interested in the leaflet, then the person talks to someone who trusts him.

Tails5 · Post by **Tails5** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:10 pm

Yes, but what if the other person has no need for it and doesnt pass it on? Then the word of mouth chain just dies.

thetarget · Post by **thetarget** » Sat May 17, 2008 2:57 am

Tails5 wrote:Yes, but what if the other person has no need for it and doesnt pass it on? Then the word of mouth chain just dies.

Yes this is 1 disadvantage of word of mouth method, but the effect can be minimised.

If it needs 10 leaflets to find 1 person being interested, I will distribute 1000.
If it needs 10 person to be spread the message, I already have 10.
If one chain dies, i still have 9!

Tails5 · Post by **Tails5** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:50 am

Yes, but it costs more to distribute 100 times the needed leaflets. Will it work out cheaper or more expensive than word-of-mouth?

Tails5 · Post by **Tails5** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:50 am

Sorry! I typed it wrong, if a mod wants to merge this post, thats fine, I meant "chepaer or more expensive than internet advertising"

thetarget · Post by **thetarget** » Sat May 17, 2008 12:10 pm

More expensive.

And take note that I'm saying internet website. That means setting up a website alone.

but if you say advertise through other websites like google, yahoo, etc. Leaflets are cheaper.

caiba · Post by **caiba** » Sat May 17, 2008 2:43 pm

I felt the network advertisement best is google, everybody has any good network advertisement ?

jasondsouza · Post by **jasondsouza** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:35 am

Tails5 wrote:Well mouth to mouth doesnt always work, I mean what if its supposed to spread internationally, most people i know on the internet dont start talking about this great product they have. Sometimes they do if its software, but not anything else.

if you go by the google philosophy then mouth to mouth does work... sending invitations was actuallly a form of mouth to mouth advertising.... eg... (orkut and gmail) .... and against all advertising mouth to mouth or advertising by chatting is one of the best form of advertising

thetarget · Post by **thetarget** » Sun May 18, 2008 2:45 am

jasondsouza wrote:if you go by the google philosophy then mouth to mouth does work... sending invitations was actuallly a form of mouth to mouth advertising.... eg... (orkut and gmail) .... and against all advertising mouth to mouth or advertising by chatting is one of the best form of advertising

What is google philosopgy?

Gmail and mouth to mouth is different. Gmail is online, mouth to mouth is offline.

Tails5 · Post by **Tails5** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:38 am

jasondsouza wrote:if you go by the google philosophy then mouth to mouth does work... sending invitations was actuallly a form of mouth to mouth advertising.... eg... (orkut and gmail) .... and against all advertising mouth to mouth or advertising by chatting is one of the best form of advertising

I could be wrong, but I don't think invitations is a form of word-of-mouth advertising, I think it's more of an exclusive club, invitation only.