Citizen Ads

August 23, 2007 · Print This Post Print This Post · Email This Post Email This Post


Citizen ads are new to me. Stacey mentioned them to me so I searched and found this business week article about them she had mentioned. Seems this latest fad exploits the idea of having your product/community zealots produce your advertising. Interesting, I wonder if this will really take off? Is it a really something people should consider or not. Any opinions?

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  1. Pat on August 23rd, 2007 11:06 am

    This is a great idea to encourage new and creative ideas from users, although only about 5% of submission generally come back as “usable.”

    But what type of advertising would we ask users to create? Print, Online Media, Video..?

  2. Wade the Fade on August 23rd, 2007 1:28 pm

    Neat idea. We could start holding, “American Ad-Makers (Idol)” and have a group of nobody’s try to create an ad and be judged by people who think, “User-generated content reminds me that there’s a reason I have a job.” Way to talk down to your customers… grats.

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