I even pointed out two which distinctly have not, Ferrari and Porsche. There are a number fo the examples that are not distributed in North America.
Since the famous John Wanamaker said: "I know I waste at least half the money I spend on Advertising. The problem is that I don't know which half", people have regular asked questions about effectiveness.
Since you are positive I am wrong then you might explain why so many companies and people are still using coal to generate power and heat. Just because something si demonstrably factually incorrect does not mean that many people manage to be convinced that is is really a good thing. Just think of all the people with vested interests to promote coal, oil etc.
General Advertising is the same. Once it was the only way, before the internet, before direct marketing. Back then there was newspaper, then radio the Television. Television generated the advertising business as it still exists. General Advertising is the ICE equivalent. "Everyone"
knows it's what to do because 'everyone does it'. That is your argument.
To all of you who are denying these posts, I suggest you consider how much communication and daily discourse have changed since, 1993 when ICANN was formed and the internet began to take shape. in the 21 years since then all of Marketing and Advertising have totally changed. Anybody doing, in 2024, what they did in 1992 is doomed to mediocrity or failure.
Those who stick to ICE are very similar to those who stick to General Advertising. Some still seem robust but their direction is negative.
I'm genuinely sorry for those of us who fail to understand this. By not understanding you also cannot understand Google (not Alphabet), Amazon, Tesla or Apple. Use of advertising by all of those is highly selective and focussed on very specific goals. The famous Apple Super Bowl ad is actually an example of highly selective very specifc goals.
Just think about 1993 vs 2024 and you'll all, hopefully, begin to understand just how huge the changes have been. Frankly I was incredibly lucky to have been in the midst when 1193 happened so was lucky enough to be helping to find new tools. Had I not had that incredible luck I would not have found AAPL, TSLA and I'd probably never have been in the middle of the Great Migration from General Advertising to Targeting and Direct Response.
Just like ICE more people accept the past of Advertsing than see the future and even the present. That is sad.
Now I'm finished on this subject. It feels rather like trying to teach a new language to people who thing their single tongue should be the only one for the world. Since i live in a multilingual world I don't have the luxury to be ignoring new realities.