For those already on social medias biggest and best invention Instagram, you've probably already seem some advertisements pop up in your news feed. It may have been for a movie, a consumer product good, or a political campaign (since that's just around the corner). Regardless, you probably scrolled down your feed and saw the advertisement posted as either an image or video posted and then thought, "which one of my friends is promoting the new movie Train Wreak by posting a 10 second clip of it, and most importantly, why?". After the confusing thoughts you got you probably figured to look and see who posted it. Not surprisingly enough it wasn't your friends, but the actual brand sneaking their advertisements into your feed. (If your anything like me, you probably double-checked to see if you randomly followed the Instagram account at some point. I'll give a tip right now, you didn't.)
Now the real question probably is, "how do I stop this?". The simple answer, you can't. Additionally, you can probably expect to see a lot more advertisements and promotions sneak their way over to your Instagram feed in the coming time.
The positive side of this for consumers is that they can expect to see a wider range of customized advertising. Although many may find ads tailored to them as repetitive or annoying, think of it this way: Would you rather have an ad customized to something you are slightly interested in, or would you rather have random ads thrown on your feeds? The truth is customized advertisements do a lot for us. They reestablish our interests, ideas, and overall reflect our personalities.
We can't stop these ad's, but with new and innovating products and services constantly hitting the market, wouldn't it be the easer and most effective way to learn about them is by sneaking one every once in a while into our rapidly updating feed? I say, show me ad's that will be tailored to my interests, just please don't overdo it.
Now the real question probably is, "how do I stop this?". The simple answer, you can't. Additionally, you can probably expect to see a lot more advertisements and promotions sneak their way over to your Instagram feed in the coming time.
The positive side of this for consumers is that they can expect to see a wider range of customized advertising. Although many may find ads tailored to them as repetitive or annoying, think of it this way: Would you rather have an ad customized to something you are slightly interested in, or would you rather have random ads thrown on your feeds? The truth is customized advertisements do a lot for us. They reestablish our interests, ideas, and overall reflect our personalities.
We can't stop these ad's, but with new and innovating products and services constantly hitting the market, wouldn't it be the easer and most effective way to learn about them is by sneaking one every once in a while into our rapidly updating feed? I say, show me ad's that will be tailored to my interests, just please don't overdo it.