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Post by KikiPea on Apr 21, 2019 21:31:53 GMT
on a billboard?
I see billboards all of the time that say something like "Made you look!". The sole purpose of a billboard is not to make you LOOK at it, but to advertise something that they want to direct you to, or a product they want you to buy. The only times a billboard has gotten us to act on it is either for a local restaurant, a scrapbook store (Which we were already looking for), or a gas station when we are on vacation. There has never been a product advertised on a billboard that we have then gone and purchased that item specifically because we saw it on a billboard.
Have any of them reeled you in?
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Post by Merge on Apr 21, 2019 21:38:37 GMT
No. The city of Houston does not adequately regulate billboards, so I see literally dozens of them every time I go out. They're such visual pollution that I don't even notice them any more, so I'm not likely to be swayed by their advertising.
That and the giant roaches are my least favorite things about Houston. š
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Post by jenjie on Apr 21, 2019 21:41:49 GMT
I canāt think of any. From time to time Iāll see a billboard that only has the words āI hate Steven Singerā and a website of the same name. Dumb advertising. I am not going to the site to find out who it is and why you hate or āhateā him.
We were in the city and happened to see the storefront. Yeah itās a jewelry store. And thatās the best they could come up with for advertising? I donāt get it. But it must be working, they have been paying for those billboards for years.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2019 21:44:20 GMT
Nope
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 21, 2019 22:45:30 GMT
Vermont does not allow billboards, so they are not something I see often unless I am traveling.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Apr 21, 2019 23:36:25 GMT
When traveling, we used to watch for Gas, Food & Lodging signs. But with the advent of smart phones, we really donāt pay any attention to billboards anymore.
The one type I do remember were the multiple billboards for vasectomies between Texas and Indiana. Seriously. How many men were motivated to go get a vasectomy because they saw it advertised on a giant roadside billboard?!?
Locally a man who lost his wife to colon cancer put up a bunch of āColonoscopy for my Lindaā billboards. While I appreciate the massage heās trying to send, I canāt imagine it will inspire anyone to get one. Everyone I know pretty much ignore billboards.
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Post by garcia5050 on Apr 22, 2019 1:13:13 GMT
Concert tickets. Iāll see an advert for an upcoming concert, try to make a mental note to look it up when I get home. Sometime I actually remember and sometimes I actually buy tickets. But Iām going in and out of downtown Los Angeles daily, so there are lots of digital billboards.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Apr 22, 2019 1:20:05 GMT
I have actually. A local jewelry store has a billboard that advertises and when Alex and Ani bracelets were real popular they had them on their billboard...I liked them so I went into the store and bought one.
oh I forgot I did the same thing with pandora bracelets...itās funny because Iām not even a jewelry person. I only wear my wedding ring and occasionally wear these bracelets.
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Post by pjaye on Apr 22, 2019 1:28:01 GMT
Yes, once that I can remember clearly, about 4years ago.
It was for a pair of shoes...I saw them on a billboard while waiting for a train...where I was getting off had a shopping mall and I went in and bought the same shoes about an hour after I'd seen them on the billboard.
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Post by bc2ca on Apr 22, 2019 3:55:13 GMT
Concert tickets. Iāll see an advert for an upcoming concert, try to make a mental note to look it up when I get home. Sometime I actually remember and sometimes I actually buy tickets. But Iām going in and out of downtown Los Angeles daily, so there are lots of digital billboards.  I have bought concert tickets after seeing the show advertised on a billboard a few times. |
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I have bought concert tickets after seeing the show advertised on a billboard a few times.