'Truth' in Advertising

Every time I hear this phrase, it causes me to emit a little girlish laughter at such a concept.  Advertising by its nature is a form of deceit.  When you really boil it down, advertising is just the art of tricking someone to buy your service or product through the use of aesthetics, ideologies, promises, etc.  It's all about understanding your target audience and creating an advertisement that caters so well to them that they'll feverishly lap of every last bit of what your selling.

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Using Contests to Your Advantage

Hi folks! Remember how last time we talked about the basics of social media marketing and its importance in the current commercial environment?  In that post I mentioned that you want to engage your target audience to a degree, so lets pick up the ball from there and keep it rolling:

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Basic Tips and Tricks of Social Media Marketing

Using social media websites like Facebook and Twitter is a great way for a company, organization, or individual to advertise or market.  Not only are they high traffic areas, but they're free to use and view.  And not only are they free and pretty easy to get a hang of, but millions of people uses these websites every single day of the year.  That's a ton of potential clients or consumers at your finger tips all for free or next to free.

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