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by logfromblammo 3921 days ago
I think that may actually be more advertising for the advertising industry. Let's see the results of the comparison between the control group and the experimental group.

I don't think any such data exists, particularly among those who have consciously decided to ignore the ads.

  Company: Why should we pay you if people are ignoring the ads?
  Admen: Because they work *better* if you aren't paying attention.
  Company: Really?
  Admen: Absolutely!
  Company: We're not sure about that...
  Admen: Ladies and gentlemen, mister Kevin Nealon.
  Mr. Subliminal: I get that you have concerns
      (keep paying us)
      about the effectiveness of subliminal advertising,
      (it really works)
      but you should take a look at this chart
      (totally legit)
      showing what appears to be ad budget on the x axis
      (sex axis)
      and product sales on the y axis
      (why not buy more ads?).
      As you can see,
      (really just a model's ass)
      more ads mean more sales.  So in conclusion,
      (buy more ads)
      your company should definitely buy more ads from us.
  Company: We'd like to increase our advertising budget.