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Here’s a number to start us off. Marketers spend about $70 billion a year on TV ads! That’s a lot of cash! But companies out to make a profit would not spend that much on ads unless there was good evidence they work. Except, what is it, exactly, that ads do? The myth is marketers want you to buy a product the first chance you have. It’s like the old movie joke about cinemas so desperate to boost sales of ice cream, they would turn up the heating during the first feature and trigger a rush for something cool by showing an ad at the start of the intermission. The majority of ads are designed to sit in your memory. It’s like the Geico ads with the caveman or, more specifically the pig who cries wee all the way home.

There’s good evidence that hard selling techniques create a negative impression. We all take some pride in our ability to resist. So the aim is to build up brand awareness. Over time, we associate each brand with the product or service. The challenge is then to convert these memories of an amusing ad or catchy slogan into action. After all, why go to all the trouble of planting the seed if you don’t then go on to encourage people to buy later on? Except, marketers have no real control over our actions. Most of us use the ad break to make a quick cup of coffee or empty the bladder of all the coffee we’ve drunk over the evening. No one ever sits down to watch the ads. All we do is catch glimpses of the ads in passing. This constant repetition is like drip-feed, slowly building up brand awareness so that, if we’re making a decision on which product or service to buy at some time in the future, we might buy the one with the most memorable ad.

Creativity is what sells brand awareness. We remember the funny ads, or the strange ads, or the visually interesting ads, or the ads with the best music tracks. So now imagine you’re going to be paid a big chunk of cash to create a memorable ad for an erectile dysfunction drug. If you’re selling a car, you can show it accelerating from 0 to 60 in five seconds. Imagine the response of the television stations if you showed the pill producing an erection in record time. That would really test the First Amendment. So you need to sneak up on people and, hopefully, slip past their defenses before they know you’re there.

Have you seen that ad for Cialis? The one where the couple end up in separate tubs. This is one of the weird ones, isn’t it? Everyone would expect to see the happy couple gazing into each other’s eyes, perhaps hugging or, at least, holding hands. So what’s with the separate washing arrangements? Except the moment you ask the question, you’re hooked. It’s memorable because it makes you think. Like the woman driving the pig home. Her long-suffering expression says everything that needs to be said. Repeat the ad often enough and people associate the ad with the brand name. So remember Cialis really can give you 15% more on your erections.

In the good old, bad old days before television, the world was a simpler place for parents. They could more easily control the flow of information to their children and, as a result, everyone grew up more innocent. Today, it’s almost impossible for parents to prevent their children from learning all about the world through the programs they watch and the adverts that appear every ten minutes. It can be quite a revelation for parents to watch some of the cartoon series offered to the young. There is a remarkably adult sensibility running through many of them, introducing some very sophisticated ideas about family relationships, life and death. But it’s the ads that offer the most comprehensive window into the contemporary world, particularly those marketing the range of modern drugs. If children are watching afternoon television, they can learn about the problems of insomnia and its cure, be reassured there are cures for cancers, and have the chance to ask parents what erectile dysfunction is.

The corporations that run television exist to make a profit. Given the importance of free speech in the US, it’s not for them to make judgements about the timing of adverts. That would be a form of censorship and that would never be permitted. So the pharmaceutical manufacturers hand over the money and run their ads. The sooner they establish brand awareness, the better their long-term chances of profitability. More importantly, they reinforce the message there is a drug to cure every major disease and disorder that plagues our age. If in doubt, take a pill. The government’s only gesture at regulation is to empower the FDA to monitor the content of ads. The aim is to ensure the descriptions of drugs is reasonably balanced. That’s why the majority of seconds in a forty-second slot is given over to a voice listing the adverse side effects that can affect those taking the drug. The images are enticing. The words can be chilling.

All this gives parents an interesting set of choices. There is no way they can prevent their children from watching tv. Trying to direct which programs they can watch is equally challenging. Indeed, denying access to some programs simply creates curiosity and invites the children to disobey. So, sooner rather than later, they can find themselves explaining what an erection is and why it might be distressing if “it” failed to function. At least the children can take away the reassurance that cialis in both forms represents a more or less guaranteed cure. The traditional form is taken as needed and has justified the nickname of the “weekend pill”. Unlike the competition, the effect of this drug lasts for thirty-six hours. But there is now a once-daily version. So long as the body retains a stable level of the drug in the blood stream, the man will be able to produce an erection on demand whenever the opportunity for sex presents itself. That’s why an increasing number of men around the world buy cialis and find erectile dysfunction stops being a problem. That’s why this drug is now the number 1 in many of the markets around the world.

Welcome to the next stage of the Internet age. While the internet has already integrated itself into the social and cultural aspect of our society, it is just now beginning its full takeover of the business sector. Corporations realize that e-commerce and online departments are no longer supplements to a successful business, but an absolute necessity. Internet presence is now the sole advantage over competitors that companies seek in many major industries. Online advertising, search engine optimization, and Web 2.0 social media are now seen as mandatory investments. With all of this change comes the transition from offline transactions to the growing emphasis on e-commerce. More and more people are choosing to purchase products and services online rather than their local stores.

As businesses adapt to the thriving internet marketplace, they begin to see a drastic increase in brand awareness, traffic, and most importantly, SALES. It used to be that when a business became successful and needed to expand, it would upgrade to a larger facility. What should e-commerce companies do when they begin to experience more traffic and sales than their website can handle? The answer is simple but unknown to many newcomers: “It’s time for a dedicated hosting server.”

What is dedicated hosting? To be blunt, it is having your own dedicated server for strictly your website. It means that you are in charge, and do not need to share anything with anyone else. Generally, when individuals or small businesses start their website, they opt for the beginner friendly shared hosting packages. These tend to be cheaper and are more easily managed; perfect for any newcomer. However, as your website starts to generate a considerable amount of traffic and thus sales, it is essential to upgrade. Imagine a restaurant that shares a building with a coffee shop. If that restaurant becomes the talk of the town, it would be mandatory to upgrade to a bigger and more presentable location with more tables and a larger kitchen.

There are many advantages that come with acquiring dedicated hosting. Because you are no longer sharing your server with anyone else, security is greatly improved. No one else can access the information or files except for you. This one perk alone should be a no-brainer for any company looking out for its best interests. Secondly, bandwidth and disk space are increased and dedicated only to you. Potential customers won’t have to wait as long to load your website, and will make purchases faster. This is especially important when your website has a steady stream of unique traffic coming in daily. Also, more disk space allows you to have the capacity for any future additions to your business.

Functionality and control is also an advantage gained from dedicated servers. You can install a control panel such as CPanel, WHM, DirectAdmin, or Plesk to more easily and precisely manage your website. Having full access to your server allows you to install software and features tailored to your e-commerce business. The possibilities are endless when you have your own dedicated server.

Of course, there are always downsides. Luckily there are only two downsides for dedicated hosting, one of which can be remedied. The first disadvantage is that dedicated servers require some knowledge to maintain. You’ll have to read up about it so that you can properly setup and manage your server, which is troublesome for tech-illiterate business owners. This can be solved by purchasing managed services. Most dedicated hosting companies will offer their customers the option to have their dedicated servers managed for them, for a price. This brings us to the second and most obvious downside: costs. Dedicated servers are expensive compared to its shared counterparts, but with good reason. The amount of revenue gained from implementing a dedicated server into your business makes the costs almost a non-factor. I say almost because the costs may be too much for a business that is just starting out and is producing little to no revenue.

So how do you know if purchasing a dedicated hosting server is right for you? If customers are complaining about the slow speed of your website. If your business is steadily growing. If your revenues are high enough to comfortably afford it. If you are worried about potential security threats to your website. If you are tired of the limitations of your shared server. These are the things you need to consider when making the switch to dedicated servers. If you can relate to any of those, chances are you will need a dedicated server.

Every day you pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV, you cannot avoid seeing ads for a range of drugs including sleeping pills. It seems like the pharmaceutical industry still has money to burn even though we are going through a recession. What’s going on? Well, it’s all to do with building up and then maintaining the brand. Marketing has become increasingly scientific. Focus groups are brought together and polled on what features for a product are the most important, how much we would pay for it, what we think about this slogan for selling it, and so on. The intention is to design an advertising campaign that will tell us what we most want to know about a product, explain why it’s great value for money, and so on, all in the most memorable of prose and, on TV, backed up by the latest music from a top singer or group. That way, when we do fall ill, we can walk in to see our physician and ask for the drug we want by name. Except, we are all likely to forget a product’s name. So the marketers endlessly repeat it wherever we go to reinforce brand awareness. Like Pavlov’s dog who was taught to react when a bell rang, we are taught to respond with the leading brand name whenever a product type is mentioned.

Is it like this everywhere? Well, no. In the majority of other countries around the world, manufacturers are not allowed to market drugs directly to consumers. All the promotional effort is focussed on the medical profession. The reason is simple. When there is a choice between several drugs as a treatment for a particular condition, only a doctor is able to say which is the best for a particular patient. There are always costs and benefits in every drug and people have different medical histories and needs. There is no one-size fits all treatment for every person. In the US, the FDA has a special division tasked to keep advertising reasonably fair and honest. That’s why, when you have a forty second ad on TV, thirty seconds is a voice listing the adverse side effects. The FDA thinks you should know the problems with each drug so you can make an informed decision on which is the best. Except listing all these side effects is bad for business. People are put off. That’s what makes the latest round of ads so interesting.

The manufacturers of ambien have been running a new series of ads talking about the problems of insomnia without mentioning any drug by name. It is a smart move, because there is no need to list side effects. Everything can remain very positive. At the end of the ads, you are referred to www.silenceyourrooster.com where you read all about the drug and are offered a free trial. The question we have to ask is simple. As a nation, we are increasingly dependent on ambien to get us to sleep and keep us sleeping through the night. But is it good? Should we rely on a drug to help us sleep or look for a better way of getting a good night’s rest? The FDA is right. It’s your choice.