THE SELLING GAME: COUNT THE ADS
6000 marketing messages a day. That’s how many ads the experts famously say we all endure . So we thought, just for a little test, we’d stroll along for a minute, and try and count how many ads we are exposed to, whether we noticed them at first glance or not.
Try it yourself, here’s about a minute’s POV. How many ads can you count? Let us know, we kept losing count...
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FACT SHEET: ADVERTISING
- Advertising is about 1% of the world's gdp.
- North American advertising is a US$300 billion a year industry.
- Global web advertising became bigger than cinema advertising in 1997. It overtook Billboard ads in 2006. It will overtake radio in 2009.
- More facts about advertising.