What does Geico have to do with Trump/Biden?

Id like to see all the insurance commerical people thrown into celebrity deathmatch.

toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

infinity ag said:

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toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

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this reminds me, I've been meaning to shop around for new insurance since my company raised their rates again.
Let me think of a few companies to get a quote from.

Ooohh.. I can think of one.


See how that works?

62strat said:

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infinity ag said:

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toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

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this reminds me, I've been meaning to shop around for new insurance since my company raised their rates again.
Let me think of a few companies to get a quote from.

Ooohh.. I can think of one.


See how that works?

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Or maybe you repel your viewers so much with the caveman theme that they call up AllState instead.

Can cut both ways.

Do you remember those Quiznos ads with the roadkill creatures? Sales tanked. I am a Quiznos fan and I was repulsed. The ones in my area closed down.

Ugh.... look at those disgusting teeth. Whose bright idea was this??

EastSideAg2002 said:

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Id like to see all the insurance commerical people thrown into celebrity deathmatch.

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only if the undercard is the mesothelioma lawyers

I remember those commercials when I was in College Station. I had never eaten at Quiznos before and after seeing the commercials, I refused to give them a try.

I'm not even sure what the caveman is butthurt about. It's like sitting in on an inside joke every time I turn on the TV .

toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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Generating negative opinions about the company is not what they are paying their ad agency for. Same phenomenon as the loser loan guy on the old Ditech commercials. He was extremely unlikeable and came to be associated with the Ditech name due to their constant use of him in commercials. It was not a net positive, despite them spending tons of money running the ads.

62strat said:

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infinity ag said:

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toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

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this reminds me, I've been meaning to shop around for new insurance since my company raised their rates again.
Let me think of a few companies to get a quote from.

Ooohh.. I can think of one.


See how that works?

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Oh, I can think of one that I wouldn't call too because I hate their commercials. See how that works?

Jack Boyett said:

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I'm not even sure what the caveman is butthurt about. It's like sitting in on an inside joke every time I turn on the TV .

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Yeah, I don't believe they bothered to explain that. I guess they just expect everyone to remember or just know about their campaign from 20 years ago

txags92 said:

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62strat said:

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infinity ag said:

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toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

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this reminds me, I've been meaning to shop around for new insurance since my company raised their rates again.
Let me think of a few companies to get a quote from.

Ooohh.. I can think of one.


See how that works?

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Oh, I can think of one that I wouldn't call too because I hate their commercials. See how that works?

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I quoted someone that said 'talking about it means nothing.'
Yet here both of us are thinking of a company, proving that talking about it does in fact do something.

Not sure what you are trying to say.

62strat said:

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txags92 said:

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62strat said:

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infinity ag said:

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toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

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this reminds me, I've been meaning to shop around for new insurance since my company raised their rates again.
Let me think of a few companies to get a quote from.

Ooohh.. I can think of one.


See how that works?

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Oh, I can think of one that I wouldn't call too because I hate their commercials. See how that works?

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I quoted someone that said 'talking about it means nothing.'
Yet here both of us are thinking of a company, proving that talking about it does in fact do something.

Not sure what you are trying to say.

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Their goal for advertising is to put their name out there in a way that makes me consider going to them when I decide to shop around for insurance. Their advertising instead makes me not like their company enough to decide that I would never consider purchasing insurance from them and on top of that that I would talk to others about how much I dislike their ads. So yes, we are both here thinking of and talking about the company, but the end effect of the ad is that they are turning customers off and making some portion of them less likely to consider Geico for insurance. That is an advertising failure and they should fire their ad agency for it.

txags92 said:

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62strat said:

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txags92 said:

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62strat said:

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infinity ag said:

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toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

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this reminds me, I've been meaning to shop around for new insurance since my company raised their rates again.
Let me think of a few companies to get a quote from.

Ooohh.. I can think of one.


See how that works?

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Oh, I can think of one that I wouldn't call too because I hate their commercials. See how that works?

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I quoted someone that said 'talking about it means nothing.'
Yet here both of us are thinking of a company, proving that talking about it does in fact do something.

Not sure what you are trying to say.

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Their goal for advertising is to put their name out there in a way that makes me consider going to them when I decide to shop around for insurance. Their advertising instead makes me not like their company enough to decide that I would never consider purchasing insurance from them and on top of that that I would talk to others about how much I dislike their ads. So yes, we are both here thinking of and talking about the company, but the end effect of the ad is that they are turning customers off and making some portion of them less likely to consider Geico for insurance. That is an advertising failure and they should fire their ad agency for it.

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do you actually not realize that not everyone has the same opinion as you of said advertisement? Or are you just desperate for an argument?

62strat said:

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txags92 said:

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62strat said:

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txags92 said:

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62strat said:

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infinity ag said:

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toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

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this reminds me, I've been meaning to shop around for new insurance since my company raised their rates again.
Let me think of a few companies to get a quote from.

Ooohh.. I can think of one.


See how that works?

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Oh, I can think of one that I wouldn't call too because I hate their commercials. See how that works?

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I quoted someone that said 'talking about it means nothing.'
Yet here both of us are thinking of a company, proving that talking about it does in fact do something.

Not sure what you are trying to say.

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Their goal for advertising is to put their name out there in a way that makes me consider going to them when I decide to shop around for insurance. Their advertising instead makes me not like their company enough to decide that I would never consider purchasing insurance from them and on top of that that I would talk to others about how much I dislike their ads. So yes, we are both here thinking of and talking about the company, but the end effect of the ad is that they are turning customers off and making some portion of them less likely to consider Geico for insurance. That is an advertising failure and they should fire their ad agency for it.

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do you actually not realize that not everyone has the same opinion as you of said advertisement? Or are you just desperate for an argument?

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It has nothing to do with thinking everybody has my same opinion. You appear to be making the claim that any discussion of Geico that results from their ad is a positive for the company and means the ad is effective. I am just pointing out that there are situations like this where just having people remember the name of the company in response to an ad is not always a positive for the company if some number of them remember the name with a negative association attached that makes them less likely to buy their products.

ETA: The fact that the OP has 25 stars agreeing with him suggesting Geico ditch the ads without a similar number defending the ad would tend to indicate that the negative opinions outnumber the positive fairly significantly.

Advertising doesn't work. My kids sing the Burger King song every time it's on TV, but neither has ever been to Burger King.

Yeah, the last thing you want to associate with a sub sandwich is a dead rat with ****ty teeth. Stupidest commercials ever.

I'd much rather see a mixed race gay couple with ambiguous children in my commercials.

The Porkchop Express said:

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Advertising doesn't work. My kids sing the Burger King song every time it's on TV, but neither has ever been to Burger King.

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That's probably a good thing; I think taking your kids to Burger King is grounds for a visit from CPS in some states.

Sometimes negative press is good press!

Funky Winkerbean said:

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I'd much rather see a mixed race gay couple with ambiguous children in my commercials.

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Or a political commercial during the world series that my young children are watching that talks about abortion, rape, incest, prison sex changes for trans people, overdosing, fentanyl, and the occasional erectile dysfunction.

All of these things are easy to explain when the 8 year olds asks what they are.

vin1041 said:

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Sometimes negative press is good press!

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Especially when it convinces you to ditch an ad agency that can't come up with an original idea and instead recycles a two decade old ad campaign.

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ETA: The fact that the OP has 25 stars agreeing with him suggesting Geico ditch the ads without a similar number defending the ad would tend to indicate that the negative opinions outnumber the positive fairly significantly.

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I'd say the fact that Geico is teetering on having the 2nd largest market share would tend to indicate you are still wrong.

62strat said:

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ETA: The fact that the OP has 25 stars agreeing with him suggesting Geico ditch the ads without a similar number defending the ad would tend to indicate that the negative opinions outnumber the positive fairly significantly.

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I'd say the fact that Geico is teetering on having the 2nd largest market share would tend to indicate you are still wrong.

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What does the company's market share as of 2023 have to do with how people view an ad campaign running on TV in 2024? I never said they were going to go out of business for running it, I said the ad campaign wasn't effective if it was generating negative opinions about the company. That may never actually end up making a meaningful dent in their market share, but if it isn't making a meaningful improvement in their market share either, then why are they spending millions of dollars running the ads in the first place?

DargelSkout said:

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I remember those commercials when I was in College Station. I had never eaten at Quiznos before and after seeing the commercials, I refused to give them a try.

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I was a few years out of College Station. I loved Quizno's. But going there made me Queesy-nos.

62strat said:

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txags92 said:

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62strat said:

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infinity ag said:

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toucan82 said:

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Yet here we are talking about Geico

Advertising works

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How did it work? Advertising works only when you PAY them money to buy a service.
Merely talking about it means nothing.

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this reminds me, I've been meaning to shop around for new insurance since my company raised their rates again.
Let me think of a few companies to get a quote from.

Ooohh.. I can think of one.


See how that works?

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Oh, I can think of one that I wouldn't call too because I hate their commercials. See how that works?

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I quoted someone that said 'talking about it means nothing.'
Yet here both of us are thinking of a company, proving that talking about it does in fact do something.

Not sure what you are trying to say.

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It was I who said it.

You are twisting the issue. Talking always means something but many times it is useless and irrelevant. I had hoped you would catch that.

An ad which repulses people will get people talking, but is likely to generate a negative purchasing reaction. People just go to their competitor which is not the intention.

An ad which attracts people would also get people talking but is likely to get people in their store and maybe buy their product. That is what companies want.

For example, this chick did good for ATT. They kept her on for a long time, maybe even now. People came in just because of her ample tits.




This guy sure got people talking but would have done bad for the company Subway but they were smart and cut him loose after he was caught diddling little children.




Question for 62strat: Would you have kept Jared Fogle if you were CEO/CMO of Subway?

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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I'd much rather see a mixed race gay couple with ambiguous children in my commercials.

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Or a political commercial during the world series that my young children are watching that talks about abortion, rape, incest, prison sex changes for trans people, overdosing, fentanyl, and the occasional erectile dysfunction.

All of these things are easy to explain when the 8 year olds asks what they are.

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You forgot the one about sex changes for children in the military. That one is laughably absurd.