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Old 06-10-2008, 06:52 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Default ASD is not all it seems....

My experience with ASD so far with a $4,000 ad package:

Rebates are up to 8% but in reality run .5 to 2%

Tech team consists of about 4 people (at least that’s how many they introduced at the Vegas rally) which explains the amateurish website. Really, a Swish sound every time you load their page? No tutorials to really explain the best way to work the system, just 3 very basic ones on how to surf, setup your website, and buy more ads. If I was making the money they are I would hire a complete team of web developers/designers and create a professional site. Their whole business is suppose to be about surfing yet its apparent that they have a small budget for design. Members are quickly learning to have an audio/video message automatically play upon page load in order to get the attention of the members conducting required surfing (I'm sure they realize people are viewing other windows/websites while ASD surfing). This is thoroughly obnoxious and annoying.

They gave my email out to other members to spam me with. I know this because I created a special email address for them and gave it to no one else.

They make inflated claims like:
"Hot Prospects view your site Daily" - First off they aren't Hot Prospects. At most they are suspects. They provide a forum for Shotgun advertising to non targeted audiences. I don’t care about a Karate Studio that’s 10 states away.
"Viewed by thousands daily" - maybe thousands daily overall but my experience has been that each of my websites get 10 to 15 views per day so it is a poor advertising medium if I really want to sell something and see how my advertising budget is paying off. Craigslist ads get better response.
"Major Entities are starting to look at this company" - Really what major entities and look at it in what way? Certainly not to advertise on and get a return for their advertising dollar.
"Just wait, we're gonna be big like Microsoft & Google" - I just don’t see it.

Look closely - it has nothing to do with advertising your website. If it was they would give you more information on why you should advertise with them. It’s simply a clever way to roll over money to make more money. There is a requirement to have a website or business but they don’t care if it's yours you just need to appear as if you have something to sell so you can buy advertising packages.
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