Unbelievable. I get a pop-up ad for…
Get this…
POP-UP AD BLOCKING SOFTWARE!
That’s got to be the funniest thing I’ve heard in ages.
Um…would that be the best example of “the medium is the message” ever?
No, it wouldn’t, because that phrase means something different.
What a great marketing ploy, I love it! I would make it the most irritating possible pop up ad, with loud MIDI “music” and multiple screens, and hidden close buttons, the works. Add the header:
DOES THIS STUFF ANNOY YOU? CLICK HERE!
It also demonstrates proper ad targeting, since people who already have pop-up blocking sofware will never see the ad. Sheer brilliance. Of course, I know nothing whatsoever about advertising.
This is like the big enforcer types visiting a shop owner.
“Wanna buy some ‘protection’?”
“From who”
“Whodoya think?”