(almost) Everybody hates people who take advantage of the elderly who are unable to see that they are being scammed.  Why is it acceptable to use advertising and marketing to do the same thing to more mentally capable people?  If someone could explain the difference that would be sweet.
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There is no difference, which is why the new Medicare Part D drug plan is the biggest scam in history.\n\n...well, the biggest scam after Bush's 2000 judicial overthrow of the electoral process.
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It's not so much that they call a lot (although they do)...it's that when you say you're not interested, they STILL don't shut up. Whoever's been training them needs to rethink their strategy. I mean, if they weren't wasting their time going on and on (and on) to ppl who don't want their product, they might be able to make a sale to someone else instead.
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True, this isn't a place for advertising, but people do it all the time. Nor is it a place to look for employees, but if it's a legit offer then this post is better than many of the others I have seen get by.\n\nI am interested. But I am in the wrong state and not licensed. Good luck finding someone to become a positive addition to your community!
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You know, I'm glad you ask that question.  Very glad.  Because I suspect this group of users know more about what NOT to believe in on the Internet than the average Joe.  They are in fact here, in front of a keyboard and monitor not all that different from your own, in most cases.  Probably newer than mine, in almost all cases.  So it goes.\n\nI would not, if I were you, waste time trying to find out whether there does exist a single, or maybe even two or three, "get rich quick" or "get rich easy" schemes that actually would be consistent with both your ethical values and your talents.  Better you should concentrate on a better use for your computer literacy.  Build a project of your own, a respectable attempt at taking advantage of the breakthrough we have here in communications which we call the Internet.\n\nYahoo! routinely corrects me whenever I neglect to capitalize Internet, and I think I have finally groked that they are right.  It does deserve a capital letter, out of respect for what communication can do for LEGITIMATE efforts to make money, removing any need to pursue someone else's near fraud or at least contemptible taking advantage of the naive.  If you want to play fair in business, you go on the Internet and present what you have honestly and honorably, whether it be goods which you photograph clearly and sell individually on eBay, or its your own business and your own web page, small business never was easier and more diversified IN A STRUCTURED WAY than before the Internet taught us all how to search branching tree formations for whatever we want.\n\nThe magic of a search engine is magic enough to conjure gold for everyone, if used honestly and fairly.  And with respect for security measures that guard that honesty and fairness.  Forget being able to prosecute afterward; security is a very important part of the Internet, and needs to be respected, upgraded, and used for the benefit of the ones who want to play fair in the marketplace.  The better we get at detecting and discouraging the frauds and cheats, the better we can all do honest business.\n\nLike book publishing, for a non-random example.
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This is not a free service for you to abuse to advertise your business.  \n\nNice ethics.
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base on consumer reports, informercials are really just really long commercials. They have no truth behind them and their sole purpose is to trick you into buying it. People who believes whatever they are selling works will get hurt at the end.
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I think it is the 'knocking on doors' element that bothers some people. Most people HATE it when people knock on their door, selling them something. Even if it is free, people will automatically presume there is a catch. \n\nMaybe you should ask your staff how they feel about this, and also do a bit of market research, looking into whether or not this is a successful way of doing things.
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here is my answer with thanks to Roy H. Williams Nicknamed "the Wizard of Ads" i have editted some of the contents though\n\nOutdoor advertising/billboards: this reached out to more people but are limited to a picture and usually no more than eight words. \n\nRadio: Reaches the second most people for a dollar, however it can only be loosely demographically targeted. \n\nCable television: offering the impact of moving images as well as spoken words. It can be targeted geographically \n\nBroadcast television: Big prestige. Big bucks. But is able to target psychographic profiles. do note to buy specific shows and never to buy a rotator. \n\nNewspapers: Reach customers who are in the market to buy today. Unfortunately, people not currently in the market for your product or service are less likely to notice your ad than if it had appeared in another media. \n\nMagazines: may be expensive, but high-impact with tight targeting. Weakness is infrequency of repetition. \n\nDirect mail: Highly targeted, all the way down to the level of the individual but it is not cheap. \n\nYellow Pages: for customers who has yet to make up his or her mind.\n\nhope this helps =)
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Have you noticed that almost everywhere you go you see a glowing neon sign on the door that advertises cigarrettes?\nHave you seen the posters of a happy couple with those things in their hands and their teeth are purley white?Have you seen a bunch of cool guys hanging out with their friends on these posters and doing the same thing as the others?And have you noticed how the warning labels are always pushed off to the side and mabye even need a magnifying glass to read it?The companys who make these awful things do it on purpose.They make it look fun or cool on  the posters and in the magazines and almost everywhere!When people start,they think they can just have one and quit...no!Eventually there doing them so long that its too late.They cant help it.Their hormones become so high and their need for those things grows until they cant stop.The componies know this.This is why when the old buyers die or become ill or quit,they just advertise them to younger generations so they can sell more and more.People know that it harms them its just that they cant help it.Because of all the chemicals in it,\nit becomes addictive.To stop,people need a lot of support!\nThey need comfort and understanding or everything turns out into an angry mess.To quit they try some medications or even some who are lucky just quit on their own. :D\nHope this helps!
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MLM is NOT a business, It never pays off except for the top tier (The folks who put it together). It is for people to rip other people off. It takes advantage of people who are looking for a quick buck usually those in our society who are poor or desperate.  \n\nTell ya what in 10 years you come to me and show me your bank statement, if it's more than $1,000,000 cash I'll eat it! According to all the "MLM" schemes I've heard this is not supposed to be too  difficult to achieve.
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Why should I wish to help someone who acknowledges he would not mind practicing a scam?  After all, that would make me an accomplice.  When you get your priorities straight, and want help to do something legitimate, write us another question.
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If the ad is emotional and sensitive, people are more attracted. Some ad with ugly visuals will not reach them.Any ad with children will always give more response.Colourful locations are added advantage for a beautiful ad and also the lovely jingles.
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Wow - how negative those answers are.  OK - here's the real answer:\n\nWhile bad marketing techniques do create a false image, good technique portrays the benefits of the product or service being sold.  There's no need to mislead a buyer when you have something they want to buy.  \n\nIntelligent marketing will identify those customers that want your product, and then introduce it to them.  That's why good marketing works, and bad marketing always fails.\n\nBad marketing sells a product or service by tricking someone into buying it - and they only get fooled once.  There's rarely a repeat sale.\n\nGood marketing makes the initial sale, and then the customer comes back again, and again, while the marketing effort is bringing in more new sales.  It becomes self fullfilling.\n\nThis is why ads that tell the truth always produce more sales, and why the ones that promise the earth soon disappear as the company goes down the pan!\n\nI hope this helps.
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The "old ways" where stolen from us by the advertising industry. Think about it. In the "old days" if a family had a car, enough food on the table and decent clothing, they where considered a success. Now, you are convinced you need at least 2 cars (one being a massive 4 wheel drive) fast food 4 nights a week, the latest in designer trends ad nauseum. A family with a parent working as a skilled laborer in this country makes plenty enough money to support that family under the "old" definition of success. Not even 2 skilled laborers can keep up with all they are told they "need" to feel good about themselves
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I don't see what the problem is if they are willing. You know the saying the older the berry the sweeter the juice, is it true? Maybe these old folks can show you a trick or two being so much more experienced. Well have fun screwing the elderly. Literally. Good luck.
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Never if you wish to live your live with all your dignity and self respect intact. What good is all that money if you sold out who you are to get it? Selling themselves out like that is why so many so-called succesful people are such haters.They can't stand themselves,so how could they like anyone else
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I smell a rat. If you are so succesful then why are you advertising on this forum for free?!?!?\n\nHow much does someone have to invest?!? Where's the hard facts instead of the nicey nicey invites?!?!\n\nPeople deserve more up front. Instead of people like you getting people to attend under duress and then you hit them with the 'hard sale'.\n\nStop preying on the impressionable. \n\nAnd if I'm wrong, why not add an internet link to your companys site so we can all see how good an opportunity this is