Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Your TV is Stalking You

TiVo sure threw a big rock into the still waters of TV network advertising.

With fewer people watching "live" TV, your friendly neighborhood TV network has decided to follow you around whether you want it to or not. Public video monitors are popping up all over to make sure you don't miss a golden chance for someone to sell to you.

Pumping gas? Introducing ShamWow! Going up to the 45th floor? Lose weight with Nutrisystem. Catching a cab downtown? Refinance your mortgage!

And this is impressive....now they're embedding TV ads into your magazines (watch this clip)!

I'm a marketer, and I love marketing. But sometimes I think we marketers won't be happy until each of us can beam our USP directly into the frontal lobe of every earthling with a checking account.