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Re:Paid $75k to Love a Brand on Instagram – Is It an Ad? by tedmiston on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @12:14PM (#12391411)
> The problem with finding someone to like your product is that it's much more efficient to get support from people who don't like your product but are popular, then it is get support from people who like your product, but don't reach a large audience. Business-wise, it's smarter to attempt the former than the latter.

At least in some industries. I haven't seen that attitude in tech or software at all. Besides Kim promoting her own app of course.

Re:Paid $75k to Love a Brand on Instagram – Is It an Ad? by blihp on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @04:03PM (#12393395)
It happens all the time with consumer devices (smart phones, laptops) and larger game launches at least.

On the business/productivity side, those aren't mass market products so why waste money marketing to the masses who aren't going to buy anyway? Though there is all sorts of other nonsense that goes on here too. Just look at all of the not-too-secret courting of reviewers and YouTubers that nVidia and AMD did around their recent GPU launches, for example. (none of this is surprising: it's called marketing. But it is important IMO that it be disclosed regardless of what's being pitched or who it's being pitched too)

Re:Paid $75k to Love a Brand on Instagram – Is It an Ad? by sosborn on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @01:36PM (#12392126)
Software, maybe. But tech? How many times have we seen [Brand X] endorsees tweet from a [Brand Y] phone?