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Explain to me why your dealership isn't making unhinged content like this.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
When I sold television advertising the saying went that the worse the commercial was the better it was. All that mattered was that people remembered it.I will say being from the area of Fred Grote market, people hate his commercials. I will say though that they do pump out some units into the market. When we talk about auto marketing with friends (imagine that, when we go out, we talk the car business), people will always bring up Fred and how annoying the commercials are, but they do work and keep the dealership top of mind. He blasts the radio waves and TV ads here and it works for him.
A DealerRefresh member shares an unconventional dealership commercial and asks why more dealers don't create similarly bold marketing content. The discussion reveals that while such "unhinged" ads—exemplified by Fred Grote's aggressively marketed spots—are often annoying or disliked by consumers, they effectively generate sales and maintain top-of-mind awareness, leading participants to conclude that memorability and effectiveness trump traditional notions of "good" advertising.