WAIT WAIT WAIT?
So you are saying that those Nature Bee ads really were live calls, and not just pretend live calls?
Really? Really?
My mind is blown. After a few listens I had come to the conclusion that they were pre recorded pretend live ads.
I'm sad Mark that you lost the client. Any cash that goes in your pocket makes my pants happy. To be honest I skipped those ads on my podcast. I do have a degree in Nutritional Science so colour me skeptical (or at least the wrong target audience for that product).
I'm really not bothered by the VA Loans program ads. Maybe it's because I'm an Aussie and thus it doesn't hit close to home. Maybe it's because I'm a filthy bureaucrat and thus already a whore to the gubmint...
I love the Family Tip ads by Nestle. I actually find them quite cute and hell I'll drop some cash on Nestle products, particularly Ovaltine (I grew up on that shit).
The Aquasana ad I'm pretty neutral about. I don't buy the bullshit about flouride in the water (there are different types of flouride, flouride is good for your teeth, it is not raping your mind) but the conspiracy elements of it don't make me go bananas. I'd never buy that product so again, wrong target audience.
Tiger light ad makes me jealous. As an Aussie, pepper spray and tasers are ridiculously illegal. I can't carry anything for the purpose of self defence actually. I wish I could have a Tiger Light....and a tote a sack. I should look into that.
I still haven't gotten over that garbled ad about joining the military (it was on I guess about 6 months ago). Has it ever been revealed what that ad was about? It was freaky as but really compelling.
As an Aussie I guess I come into the ads pretty benign. I figure most of the products I can't easily access and as such am not really sold by them.