Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez of TLC lived by this saying: All Publicity is good publicity. Meaning all publicty can help you in the future, even bad publicity. Is this true or not true? I know you got some good answers for me.
2006-09-17 07:44:10 · 3 answers · asked by D-Wizzle 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
I'm talking about regular people, too. Not just celebrities.
2006-09-17 08:55:58 · update #1
They say that any publicity is good publicity as long as they spell your name right. That's true. It keeps people interested and it keeps your name out there so people don't forget you. It's just like when people complained about Eminem and his lyrics, people boycotted and all that....what happened?? He won a Grammy and his record went platinum multiple times. Publicity draws attention to you and your "product" whether it's a movie, record, idea, etc.
2006-09-17 07:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by First Lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. If publicity is done poorly and with bad taste, it will give your company/business/identity/ product a bad reputation, and a bad name.
It can be approached in two ways. Publicity done with a very bad marketing approach, or publicity done distastefully and that reflects so.
The idea behind the mareting approach, is the fact that if you are advertising a product, you want people to remember it, and you want to advertise it around potential consumers. If a couple minutes after having watched the commercial, or having driven by the ad, you cannot recall the name of the product, or you actually do not remember anything about the product, it means that your marketing piece is ineffective and you threw thousands of dollars to the trash. If you advertise adult diapers during a spike tv program, you will waste your money as well.
The second idea is that if you create a very poor or distasteful ad, it can give the company/business/identity/ product a negative effect by actually driving people away from it. Would you go to a car dealer whose commercials have a girl on a bikini and baby oil washing it? (and actually not being a mock commercial, but a commercial that's trying really hard to get people). It may drive some people into buying a car there, yes, but you just turned off most women and conservative people from ever thinking seriously about buying a car there.
Or if you are advertising expensive jewelery, and your ad is of some earrings put on top of a table and shot with a regular camera with built in flash, and then not having the photo digitally enhanced. Who will spend $3,000, when he/she feels the product is worth $30?
Sorry if I went off..... but I got very excited.... :P
2006-09-17 15:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by ladra_di_fuoco 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No. Some bad press can make people Interested in you, just like good press. But some can hurt you and you won't be able to escape it. Look at Michael Jackson. He'll never escape his last chid-molestation accusations. If he does, it won't be in our lifetime.
2006-09-17 15:54:05 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Tee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋