Influx Insights Tag Feed: print http://influxinsights.com/blog/ 2008-11-21T09:19:38Z people don't want ads to go away http://influxinsights.com/blog/article/1448/people-don-t-want-ads-to-go-away.html <span style="font-weight: bold;">Doubleclick</span> did an interesting piece of research last year, they asked consumers what forms of advertising (media) they thought worthwhile and what they would&nbsp; eliminate. <br><br>The results are somewhat suprising- despite living in a DVR world, only <span style="font-weight: bold;">7% </span>would prefer to eliminate them, less than<span style="font-weight: bold;"> 2%</span> would prefer to eliminate magazine or newspaper ads. They also found these traditional forms of media more worthwhile, than <span style="font-weight: bold;">Amazon</span> recommendations.<br><br>Less worthwhile and in-line for elimination; <span style="font-weight: bold;">telemarketing</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">spam</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">pop-up ads that were rated more "evil' than spam.</span><br><br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edcotton/655377893/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1239/655377893_e8e148f90c_o.jpg" alt="Eliminate Advertising" height="547" width="333"></a><br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bankwatch.com/">Via Bankwatch</a><br><br>Posted by Ed Cotton Influx Insights 2007-06-29T00:05:32Z