Ad sites aren’t always equal. I’m a huge fan of ads and love seeing the newest ideas out there.
I’m pretty much what you’d call the perfect consumer. I spend loads of money each year on tons of products from makeup (just ordered my 120 palette eyeshadow set from eBay) to dresses (my birthday dress from Forever21) to bedding to 14 pairs of Havaianas to hundreds of books.
I just love ads. They’re beautifully designed with catchy slogans and tell me exactly what’s new out there. Wow!
But not all ad sites give me what I want. When I see an awesome ad, the first thing I usually do is Tumbl it. And Ads of the World lets me do just that. I can share the link, the picture, the radio spot. Whatever it is, I can rip it and share it. Of course I also give credit (linkie) where credit it due.
Unfortunately, scaryideas, which I found first, isn’t so sharing friendly. The videos have embed restrictions. I can’t copy the picture link. I have to physically save the picture and then reupload it onto the internets. What a drag!
How can I help you spread the word about the amazing ads out there, all cataloged from your huge database, if you don’t give me the option to share it on my blog or my Tumblr or my Facebook?
That’s just silly.
And my natural reaction: unsubscribe and only post from Ad of the World. If you don’t let me help you do your marketing, I’m sure someone else will happily oblige.
Take Away? Don’t be stingy. Let your users help. Give out snipURLs, allow embedding, heck even add a hash or a “via” along with your caption to help me link back to you.
The Big Picture blog from The Boston Globe does a great job of that (check out the # mark below).
Bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky of Montevideo, Uruguay as a thunderstorm unfolds over the Uruguayan capital on July 5, 2009. (MARIANA SUAREZ/AFP/Getty Images) #
