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Old 07-20-2006, 02:50 PM  
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Classic! Have heard a few like that over the years. As part of having an ad agency, my personal favorite line from shows generally revolves around a new person doing a small test buy (which we always do and always recommend to first time clients). What most people end these conversations with however is great - if the test works out, we will buy all of your traffic, everything!

Literally dozens upon dozens have said this very thing over the years, yet few of these folks bother to ask whether or not we would be interested in selling 'all' of our inventory to one company, even potentially displacing current customers.

We always found that request to be odd as if we were willing to do this once, wouldn't we do it again? This would always put current clients at risk everytime a new one runs a small test.

I have wondered at times if there is some 'get into the online porn business' infomercial that people outside the industry get to see before they come to a trade show as many of the assertions made sound strangely similar after a while.
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