In Response to Joe Littlewood

What do you think product placements role is in television?

After reading about how the TV show "Chuck" and how there was advertising from Subway, all that comes to mind is Subway's role in the Adam Sandler classic film "Happy Gilmore".  Subway became a sponsor for Happy and paid him to do commercial.  This product placement in the movie was humorous but also was a great ad for Subway because of the huge success of the movie, Subway's name was put out there and made everyone want a "Cold Cut Combo".

This strategy is used in many shows and movies and I think can be good as long as the product isn't overly advertised than it just gets annoying.

Pop up ads online

We all know the annoying pop up ads that appear on just about every web site we go to, and we all get annoyed with them, so why do companies use them?

In my opinion, although annoying, these pop up ads do help in getting a businesses name out their.  For the split second that the ad pops up, before we exit out of them, we see the company name and that is a success for most.  I know that for me, if I see a pop up ad I try to pay no attention to it and disregard whatever product or service they are trying to sell me because all I think of is spam.

Do you think that pop up ads have a bad reputation as spam or can be a useful marketing tactic for some companies?  

In response to Even Miller

I agree completely that face to face communication is the best form of communication.  This generation has become so dependent on cell phones and texting that we are losing simple communication skills that are key when it comes to business.  Giving up my cell phone would be an easy task and for how ever long as needed.  My phone has become more of a job now, having to try and text back as fast as possible and keep up with all the different social medias that I would love to just get a way from it all for a while and go back to the simple ways of life we used to live.