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re: Billboards...has there EVER been a time that one has influenced you to use that business?

Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:05 pm to
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
62302 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:05 pm to
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essage Billboards...has there EVER been a time that one has influenced you to use that business


Food signs, sure.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:05 pm to
if they were a waste of money they wouldnt exist

supply and demand decides what is worth it or not
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59347 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:07 pm to
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As a business owner I've given it a shot on a couple of occasions.. It is in fact what you said.. A colossal waste of money.



I would imagine it's pretty dependent on what you are selling
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
12518 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:07 pm to
I'd argue that they won't make me use there service in the moment but when time for their service comes up, a bill board might subconsciously direct me toward a provider of that service.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:07 pm to
Posted by Kingpenm3
Xanadu
Member since Aug 2011
9977 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:10 pm to
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Billboards...has there EVER been a time that one has influenced you to use that business?



How else would anyone know how to get to the Kinder Casino?

Posted by RaisingCanesOnly
Member since Jan 2020
48 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:10 pm to
The Gordon signs encouraged me to get in a wreck with a big rig that severely injured my 3 year old son. However, we got Gordon and he got the job done for us. My son now has a top 'o' the line prosthetic and the trucking company will be paying for a lifetime of new prosthesis as he grows. Not to mention, the trucking company will be paying for his entire education through a college graduate program if he decides to pursue one.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:11 pm to
Dudley Debosier. They're the official injury lawyers of LSU Sports
Posted by RocketTiger
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:12 pm to
Billboards should only be used for branding. Should not necessarily have a call to action. As far as ones on the interstate. There can be some strategic signage that can work in some spaces.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:14 pm to
I haven't, but obviously it works otherwise I doubt people would spend the money to have their signs put up.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:16 pm to
Posted by Nicky Parrish
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:31 pm to
Helped me choose an attorney after I had gotten into an automobile accident when I was coming in after I had gotten hurt offshore
Posted by Eat Your Crow
caught beneath the landslide
Member since May 2017
9190 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:31 pm to
Idk but those ones that say "Does advertising work? Just did!" really fricking piss me off.

I'd like to think I pass hundreds of those a day that I don't look at.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
38688 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:38 pm to
There was a time when Stuckey's billboards were the bane of traveling parents. Kids would scream to stop for a pecan log.
Posted by TheFlyingTiger
Member since Oct 2009
4235 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:48 pm to
I stopped at the shed on the way to the beach a few times.

not disappointed.

eta: also buccees


otherwise, it's like every other form of advertising, i tend to hate it and I'll go out of my way to not use that product
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 3:49 pm
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
41870 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:56 pm to
Cafe Risque signs on the Turnpike are irresistible.
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
13419 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:02 pm to
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Billboards...has there EVER been a time that one has influenced you to use that business?


No Bucees love.

Like the one in Mississippi.

You can hold it for 92 miles.

Also, how would I know who’s playing in on the coast when I pass through the valley of the signs of Beau Rivage and Hard Rock in Gulfport?

Island View has a several signs in a row advertising their specials or giveaways.

Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast or Fairgrounds
Member since Nov 2018
903 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:31 pm to
I fell for this one
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
67002 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:48 pm to
Pre internet days, I used them for hotels as I traveled.
Once, there was a hotel that advertised a rate on a billboard for about $49/night (yes, this was a few years ago). I take the exit, head to the hotel and inquire about vacancy. The clerk said yes. "That will be $89/night" I asked, "What about your billboard that advertised $49/night?"
His reply, " Oh, you have to ask for that rate".
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
7751 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 5:42 pm to
I stopped trafficking prostitutes because of this billboard. Really changed my life!

Thanks Lamar!



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