If We Agree Advertising is Broken

We’ve all seen the by now classic video, “What if modern marketers created the stop sign?” (http://is.gd/htbF — worth it if you’ve missed it), which purports to be tongue-in-cheek but probably is dead on. The problem with oversegmenting, overthinking, oversponsoring and overselling our space is that we lose sight of what made the advertising inviting in the first place: its association with content that we find important, trustworthy, or pleasurable. Many people are making fine careers out of predicting where our eyeballs will land, or which messages will make which segment of a population stay or click through — but ultimately it’s about likeability and trust.

I trust the New York Times because I trust their standards; and they do some things better than anyone on the planet. There are some things that Twitter does better, for that matter. I trust Chris Brogan because for him, it’s not about the followers — it’s about the thinking. While I agree that we all need to find ways for the Chris Brogans, the New York Timeses, and the Twitters of the world to evolve and thrive financially, is it really content marketing? I won’t trust Chris less when he does pay for play; but I will trust his opinion less on whatever he’s reviewing… and that’s the point. There has to be some middle ground.

I echo Steve (and his parallels with Facebook and its Beacon debacle) — that advertising and the Internet isn’t broken so much as it’s not working… yet.

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Ultimately advertising is the act of selling your product, brand, idea, whatever. Those who are going to lead it will be those who understand how to use the tools in the best way possible.