tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post4604684188857435322..comments2024-03-26T19:10:00.791-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): College Humor -- "If Internet Ads Were Salesmen "Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-46624048689796368182016-08-30T21:50:09.649-04:002016-08-30T21:50:09.649-04:00I don't know if this explains your example, bu...I don't know if this explains your example, but one of the things I learned living in LA (particularly my time in Studio City) was that much if not most advertising in a company town is more directed at the clients than at the target audience. <br /><br />On a related point, a lot of supposedly customer-centered advertising is actually directed at the press (call it the Netflix effect). Perhaps lobbyists were trying to build brand with writers at the Washington Post. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705408455380402571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-54413762552051524042016-08-22T19:31:55.925-04:002016-08-22T19:31:55.925-04:00The thing about ads in the DC Metro resonated with...The thing about ads in the DC Metro resonated with me. I grew up in DC, and the Metro was installed when I was a kid. I don't remember the Metro having any ads then. Or, if it had ads, it didn't have a lot of ads. But then a few years ago I was in DC for a conference and I rode the Metro, and I noticed all sorts of ads for Grumman etc.<br /><br />Something changed and all those lobbyists started advertising on the Metro. I don't know what it was. Maybe they decided that decision makers were no longer reading the Washington Post?Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.com