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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I'd like to buy the product not advertised, because why would I want to pay for someone to manipulate me into purchasing something (ad money comes from the customer). Let's see an ad for that.
Always wanted a company that spends nothing on advertising and has no branding, which would be the brand. You get a product, say 2% milk, and it says on the label, 2% milk with no name brand. Would rather put all revenue into making the product better and driving the cost down.
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I get what you're saying. But what we want as customers only has a limited value in the eyes of any business selling a product or service. Their biggest question is: "How can we make money?" And to make money they have to advertise. The better they advertise the more money they make.
The only ones who do ok without advertising or branding are very small businesses. For an example, I've been self employed for the past 15 years and work with my wife, mother and brother. We don't advertise, nor do people know us by our company name. But our company also isn't growing either. We don't make a lot; less than the median household income actually. But we really don't want to work much more either since we have a steady stream of loyal customers and we feel we're working enough hours already.
We also have a friend who does the same type of work we do. Basically he's our competition. He has advertisements everywhere. In the paper, on Facebook, on the sides and rear of all his vehicles and on the sides and rear of all his employee's vehicles. His company has grown much bigger than ours. He's also earned quite a bit more money than we have. He owns a couple big houses; all of my family lives in small trailers. He owns a couple brand new, extra large, luxury SUV's; Most of my family owns older, small, 4 cylinder cars and trucks.