Hi, All!
I know…I’ve been away for a while. I’ve been busy with office work and family needs. I know you all have too, so I won’t go through the entire song and dance again. I’m happy to say that some of you have kept in touch by e-mail, and I thank you for that.
Billy found a new blog for me to read, bless his heart, and I’d like to pass it on to those of you who have not yet visited. Go visit Legomen Is. He’s an English guy with an interesting view on life and a great sense of humor. I became addicted when I was introduced to his cat….Ruprecht the Unstrokeable.
And I have a newcomer I hope you will encourage. You’ll find that he accuses me of browbeating him (when he was down with a cold, no less) into taking on a blog. As if you can browbeat a Scot to do anything he doesn’t want to do. Go visit Tongue Oil, and meet my friend, Midnight. Right now he’s doing what we have all been told to do, writing about what we know. He knows woodworking, so that’s what he’s been writing about. But I want you to know, he has a LOT more in him to write about….and you’d be wise to add him to your blog roll. PLEASE encourage him to keep posting.
I get to go to dinner tonight! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll tell you just how wonderful it was sometime later this weekend. Stay warm and safe!
Daily Archives: January 30, 2004
2.3 Million
Yes, that’s right. It will cost advertisers 2.3 MILLION DOLLARS for a thirty second ad on the Super Bowl this weekend.
Doesn’t that figure astound you? The Super Bowl is considered to be the most watched time period on TV, based on statistics from previous years. The volume of viewers in the past is the basis for determining the cost for ads for the current year. I wonder if the teams playing this year will generate as much interest as previous competitions? Or, is it possible that people now tune in just for the ads?
There’s a limit to the number of slots available, and it’s the big hitters who already have well known names who vie for those slots. They know they need to keep their names in the spotlight, to keep generating sales. They want you to remember frogs in a lily pond, or Jordan and Bird drawing up the guidelines for impossible basketball shots. You can see that those images stay with us for years.
But….how many others can you remember? And were are all those dot.com companies who spent that kind of money two years ago??
Wouldn’t it be lovely if they chose to donate their $2.3 million to Habitat for Humanity, or a food pantry, or Head Start? It’s too bad that we don’t give them as much acknowledgement for generosity of that kind as we do for goofy ads.
I can tell you that I’d be more likely to support a company that did good deeds than was just all talk. What about you?