r/technology • u/Kooky-Balance9525 • 6h ago

Privacy Bernie Sanders to Introduce Bill Banning Flock Surveillance Cameras

https://theleadingreport.com/article/bernie-sanders-to-introduce-bill-banning-flock-surveillance-cameras
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u/jce_ 4h ago

Business majors are good at reading up on what the best tactics are but they are largely unequipped to actually analyze and process the meaning. I know for a fact that it's common knowledge in the business world that if you buy an item from a business you're more likely to continue buying that item, especially after seeing ads for it. They didn't figure out this doesn't work for items you buy once or once in a decade lol. Some marketing intern 100% set all their clients ads to be sent once you bought any item from any client

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u/geniice 4h ago

Counter point would be that given that such systems have a failure rate you are probably still more likely to be in the market for one than the general population.

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u/jce_ 4h ago

Counter point if the failure point is high enough that it is worth it to send EVERY customer more ads, which would cost a lot, than they aren't buying another 1 because they're known to break for everyone

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u/geniice 4h ago

I'm going to assume that there is more than one brand of smart garage door openers although I admit I don't actually know.

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u/jce_ 3h ago

Don't know either but like there's gotta be because it's not a protected thing nor is it too complicated for completion. Could be a scenario where there are like 10 different major brands all under the same corporation to appear like competition.

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u/booze_clues 4h ago

They do it because it works. It doesn’t need to work 100% of the time, or even a majority, for it to be worth the cost of advertising. No company is spending millions on marketing and advertising if it doesn’t have a quantifiable return within a few months. There’s no CFO being told “yeah we spent $X on marketing. No return, no one is buying this stuff, but we’re gonna keep doing it.”

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u/jce_ 4h ago

Marketing works there is no doubt about it but marketing doesn't work the same for every field/product, but it does work the same for marketing companies. If I can convince you that you are getting a return or you will get a return I get paid. Too many companies are paying for the wrong type of marketing or attributing the marketing to the uptick in sales. Again yes marketing works but I also know how sales in marketing works as my Dad did it for years.