When Consumers Help, Ads Are Free

23 06 2009

An ad for T-Mobile had people dancing at the Liverpool Street Station in London last January as part of a campaign around the slogan “Life’s for Sharing”.

Advertisers have been shifting growing portions of their budgets online for years. But the popularity of social networking and other Web 2.0 phenomena are helping them use consumers to spread the word for them, allowing them to cut down on paid advertising.

Source: NYTimes








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