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Companies that don't need to run ads

Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:11 pm
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:11 pm
Are there any corporations, goods, or services that could cease all advertising tomorrow and not take much of a hit in their bottom line or lose much market share?

Are Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Wal-Mart and their ilk so ingrained in our everyday lives that they could stop running ads and still rake-in billions every year?

I know these companies would never consider this strategy, but could anyone pull this off?
This post was edited on 12/15/21 at 1:12 pm
Posted by Eric Stratton
Faber College
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:12 pm to
Lamborghini
Posted by Big Ole Baw
Member since Dec 2021
352 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:14 pm to
quote:

Are there any corporations, goods, or services that could cease all advertising tomorrow and not take much of a hit in their bottom line or lose much market share?



In a word, no

quote:

Are Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Wal-Mart and their ilk so ingrained in our everyday lives that they could stop running ads and still rake-in billions every year?


Sure, but there's a big difference between $50 billion and $20 billion
Posted by Bullfrog
Institutionalized but Unevaluated
Member since Jul 2010
56150 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:14 pm to
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Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Wal-Mart
Consider “Word-of-Mouth” to be a disease and smartly, don’t rely on its whimsy.
Posted by OSoBad
Member since Nov 2016
2007 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:14 pm to
Amazon
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
26637 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:14 pm to
Frito Lay doesn't advertise Funyuns.

The marketing budget is zero.
Posted by Scuttle Buttin
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:15 pm to
Filson
Posted by shadowdancer
Member since Nov 2021
136 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:15 pm to
Some small locally recognized companies, mostly restaurants

Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:15 pm to
Charmin, Quilted Northern, etc
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:16 pm to
Easy Company
Posted by mwlewis
JeffCo
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:16 pm to
Charmin
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98125 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:16 pm to
I always wondered why BASF bothered advertising to the mass market. "We don't make the products you use. We make the products you use better." How is that useful to me, the consumer? Am I supposed to research the manufacturing process of my favorite brands to make sure BASF is involved in some way?
Posted by jdaute2
lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2012
1750 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:17 pm to
Blue bell. Their ice cream killed people and no one gave a shite and asked for more.
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:17 pm to
I read somewhere that most advertising is not designed to win over new customers, but more designed to reinforce buying habits of established customers. I have no idea if that's true or if it relates at all to your question, but I thought it was an interesting lens through which to view ads.
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2986 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:18 pm to
You've got a point, here. I've lived nearly a half-century and have never seen a Funyuns ad.
Posted by LSUJML
BR
Member since May 2008
45183 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:19 pm to
Pfizer, Moderna & J&J aren’t running ads
Instead our tax dollars are paying for generic vaccine advertisements
Posted by Babewinkelman
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:19 pm to
USAA insurance
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:20 pm to
Ferarri has famously avoided any traditional advertising. Their participation in motorsport has been their primary means of "advertising". That being said for much of its existence it was a company that built cars to finance racing vs the other way round like every other major car company.
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11471 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:20 pm to
Entergy or DEMCO
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
70845 posts
Posted on 12/15/21 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

I read somewhere that most advertising is not designed to win over new customers, but more designed to reinforce buying habits of established customers. I have no idea if that's true or if it relates at all to your question, but I thought it was an interesting lens through which to view ads.


Definitely for well established products like Coca-Cola.

You see a Coke ad and think "I could go for a Coke right now." Then you take one out of the fridge and drink it, and you have to replenish your supply that much sooner. Multiply that by the millions of other people who do the same thing.
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