Examples of "effective ads"

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Registered: 11-18-2003
Examples of "effective ads"
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Fri, 03-25-2005 - 7:47pm

iVillage has an article that includes two examples of "effective ads". Here is a link to the page that has one example that was written by a woman and one example that was written by a man:


How to Write An Effective Ad


What are your thoughts?

 

 

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-24-2004
Fri, 03-25-2005 - 8:21pm

Aren't they a little lengthy?

Or am I just old and jaded and can't possibly be bothered to read quite so much...?

I'd rather learn a lot of those things about the person from MEETING them, I think. Short & witty is the way I like 'em.

Tracy

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 03-25-2005 - 10:30pm

I think that if the woman is looking for a casual sex type of relationship, she has a great ad. If she's looking for a serious LTR, then it's not a good ad.

The guy's ad is ok...not enough specifics for my taste (too much of the male equivalent of 'chick chatter', I'd say), but if his picture was decent and he matched up with me on stuff like age, I'd probably wink at him.

Sheri

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Registered: 05-09-2003
Sat, 03-26-2005 - 8:23pm
I thought the woman's ad just screamed that she was high-maintenance and egotistical, with a strong need to be the center of attention. If I were a guy; I wouldn't touch that one with a ten-foot-pole.
The guy's ad was okay, but I didn't think it was unusual. It did have touches of humor, which I like. But even if I were the right age for that guy, the ad wouldn't particularly attract me.
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Registered: 07-03-2004
Sat, 03-26-2005 - 8:35pm

Get this -- once when I was browsing through the chick profiles, to read the competition in my area, one woman had copied that woman's profile, virtually word for word! I had just read the article so it was fresh in my mind.

Hilarious.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-18-2003
Sat, 03-26-2005 - 9:05pm

Maybe

 

 

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2004
Sat, 03-26-2005 - 9:39pm
No it was on Match, and she was a local gal. I'm thinking she was anxious to be "effective"! Wonder if it worked?
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-18-2003
Sat, 03-26-2005 - 9:48pm

I imagine that would depend on how you define "effective". With lines like...


I love staying up late -- whether it's to party, have sex or just read a good book -- but I almost always sleep in on weekends.


I like a bit of a bad boy...


Truth is, I'm just a nice girl (most of the time) who's looking for some fun and companionship (not necessarily in that order).


We've built up such chemistry on the phone that when I open the door and see you, I grab you by the back of the neck and kiss you before I even leave the house...


Down and dirty sex ...


I'm sure she got a lot of responses

 

 

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 03-27-2005 - 7:26am

I fully agree with what everyone has written. IMO, the gal's essay is so overly-animated I would fear she'd break into a dancing chorus of Singing In The Rain at the dinner table.

She gives me the impression that our date would have to end with us holding hands and running through a field in slow motion in order for her to consider the meeting 'good'.

I've always thought that Profiles should be like Resumes'. You put enough info in them to show some of your personality and interests to entice a person to contact you. They aren't autobiographies.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-09-2003
Sun, 03-27-2005 - 8:00pm
It IS interesting that iVillage has selected these two particular ads to hold up as good examples. And it would also be interesting to know how many responses each of them has received. But like the writer from Canada on this thread commented, I imagine the woman's ad would interest men who primarily want a sexual relationship. And like I said before, the guy's ad, to me, wasn't unusual.