First off, I am sorry for not jumping in sooner, some how I keep missing this thread. Anyways, I think the ad was pretty good considering you were on a budget. As others have mentioned, consistency is key in any type of advertising, so you will want to run this and similar commercials for a while. Also, I think that it was good that you not only showed your face, but your company vehicle and shop. Your branding was consistent and rememberable.
I think the voice is just fine. There's merit to voicing your own spots and putting your own face on the ad, especially if you're the face they see when they come in.
I like the cute little shop too. It fits in well.
Unfortunately that's all I liked about it. It missed all the elements of a good ad.
I love his great advice here. Very helpful, I think I will use it for my first commercial.
It missed all the elements of a good ad.
Do you mind telling me what those elements are?
Nope, you got to pay him for that . . .
Pay me and sure, I'll help you, one on one. You'll get more value out of it that way.
No comment needed here.
Jerk. That's all I have to say.
Yeah, thats kinda his thing.
No, but I don't mind telling you why I didn't until now.
a) You sell your expertise. Do you give away any of your three tutorials for free to members of this forum? Like the social media one?
b) You weren't looking for critique, you were looking for accolades. The whole point of the ad, as I viewed it, was to stroke your ego and did a whole lot of talking about you...which isn't the point of ads.
Im sorry, but did anyone else think that Lisa was trying to get us to stroke her ego? Did anyone think that she was trying to become a celeberty? Of course it was probably fun to hear people mention the commercial to her, but more importantly it opens her up to marketing her business.
As for the commercial, it is about her. It's about her and her business and the services she offer. But then again, I am not you, so therefor I know nothing about commercials.
c) I'm way, way too busy to stroke egos. If you were serious, a different response would have been something to the effect of "what are you offering?" or "what is your expertise" or something questioning the value of the advice.
Maybe if you would stop stroking your own ego every time you get on here, maybe you would have time to give her some real constructive criticism.
d) If you have money to burn to stroke your ego, you have a few bucks to show you're serious. Would I have taken them? No. I've given a few other people advice from what I've learned in PMs. My mission is to help others. But you can't help others if they don't want to be helped. I knew the answer and your silly responses supported my intuition.
e) I have absolutely no patience for nonsense. What I bring has value. If you don't want it, that's fine, there's always someone else who does.
So did I miss the point of TN like I see someone commented in cowardly fashion in my rep? You can decide.
All I can say is WOW . . .
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Sorry guys, I just had to get that out. Lisa is probably one of the most helpful people on this forum. She has freely contributed her knowledge and expertise several times on this forum and she does not deserve to be thrown under the bus by a . . . . well I will leave that part out.
