Marketing without waste: how to stop spamming people

People are being bombarded with more commercial messages than ever before, most of which are not relevant to them; they cope by shutting these out, and the advertisers have therefore wasted their money.

Marketing without waste: how to stop spamming people

Simon SilvesterWunderman EMEA

Marie arrives home from work. She checks her email on her laptop. She has 12 offers for sexual potency pills, three from music download companies and 58 offers from online casinos.

'Spam' thinks Marie.

She checks her mobile. On it are three texts offering her a free holiday, discount ringtones and a pizza.

'Spam' thinks Marie.

Her home phone rings. Someone wants to sell her new doors and windows.

'Spam' thinks Marie.

On her doormat are five letters offering her credit cards,...

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