• entwine413@lemm.ee
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          2 days ago

          They’re not the only kind of business, which is why it’s weird that you’re so focused on them.

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            2 days ago

            It’s a really accessible concept and one of the most common small business types in the country, plus most of my suggestions that apply to it are largely applicable to many other types of small businesses. Seemed a better argument than a lecture-length fully generalizable concept of “getting a new business going without paying assholes to shove it in my face”.

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              2 days ago

              No, you chose it because it specifically can’t work with my second sentence because you’re not arguing in good faith.

              There are many, many types of advertising, and you’re only focusing on the most egregious types.

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                2 days ago

                As if your game of devil’s advocate was ever in good faith?

                All advertising is egregious and I go out of my way to avoid ads to the point that I will stop patronizing businesses for mailing me a flyer. Spending money on marketing is a signal that the business doesn’t trust in the quality of their own product or service.

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                  2 days ago

                  I’m not playing devil’s advocate, you just don’t know what you’re talking about.

                  Go start a business and tell absolutely no one about it and let me know how it goes.

                  • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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                    2 days ago

                    You seem to be projecting. I started a mobile PC repair business in a small town that got into the black in the first month on word of mouth alone.