Lunch with There.com

Posted by Marshall on March 28, 2007 | Link It

Who watched my ads?  Most metrics based by sampling – event based,  one way event.

 

 

-          teens and female audience with disposable income

 

-          40% are kinds aged 6-17 with their kids who discuss with their parents the commercials they see.

 

-          PG 13

 

-          Over 50% female

 

 

MTV tipped the shift to virtual life – in “there” the advertising is the experience – is part of the world.

 

 

Note: In a way, advertising is “Amplified” in 3D Virtual Worlds.  In real life, there’s a lot of noise in the environment and it’s easier to tune out the messages from Advertising.  In 3D Virtual worlds – the experience approximates real life but is much more streamlined – as no virtual experience can actually match the fullness of Real Life today – therefore Advertising can be as much as 100 times more powerful in 3D Virtual Worlds as it is in the Real World ….Amazing – but interesting thought – no wonder the advertisers love it. I’m not so sure the new virtual world is the greatest thing for all people though …   because if we can’t filter out what we don’t want – if people are reacting to the advertisements as if they’re real things – because they’re so merged with the virtual environment – it’s possible to really “seduce” us in a way we’re not fully protected from.

 

 

So I see some interesting issues forming in my mind as I listen to the Virtual Worlds 2007 – first ever conference on Virtual Worlds.

 



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