Comments on: HostGator Billboards?

By: cdl test

cdl test — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:28:12 +0000

There billboard ads must have worked because now the billboards say “Do you know linux? we are hiring”

By: Video Avatar

Video Avatar — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:51:34 +0000

Sometimes ads like those work, but it depends on what kind of people will be attracted to it; Techie people and people who wants to start an online business for example.

By: Hostgator’s Advertising Blitz

Hostgator’s Advertising Blitz — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:07:13 +0000

[...] corridors in the city, is just one of an ongoing nation-wide billboard campaign for the company. That campaign started mid-to-late last year with billboards launched in ten major cities and has been spreading [...]

By: Louis @ Valentines Costumes

Louis @ Valentines Costumes — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:15:04 +0000

Not sure if it’s the right thing to do or not but one thing I have noticed is all the empty billboards that I see around now days. Not sure if they are the best place to put your advertising money at this time.

By: cheap website templates

cheap website templates — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:28:17 +0000

I do think the billboard advertising would be useful for brand building. I live up in Canada and I have never seen web hosting advertised offline before. I definitely think it would grab peoples attention here. However, I don’t think a single person would use the promo code.

By: Emory Rowland

Emory Rowland — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:28:42 +0000

Darvin, I haven’t seen much change to date. 2 out of 3 of the billboards are still up. I’ll keep an eye on them and post back.

By: Darvin @ Recycling Christmas Card

Darvin @ Recycling Christmas Card — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:33:17 +0000

Have you seen your affiliate sales decline? Are all of the last remaining billboards still up?

By: Darvin @ Recycling Christmas Card

Darvin @ Recycling Christmas Card — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:34:00 +0000

No, I wouldn’t be too worried as an affiliate marketer. Yes, Hostgator will get more people to sign up, but the people who sign up based on a billboard weren’t my target audience more than likely anyway. I advertise online, so I’m targeting people who search online… not on roadsides!

In other words, I don’t think lost sales will be meaningful.

By: lockerz invite

lockerz invite — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:43:08 +0000

In my opinion, it is a waste of money for the company. Seriously, they should use this money for online advertising instead of bilboard ads…

These billboard are useless for an online company such as HostGator.

By: ashok

ashok — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:17:35 +0000

It’s definitely tacky, and I just wonder about the whole campaign – after all, when I decided I wanted a host for my blog, not only did I shop around and read reviews but I asked people actually running sites what they used and whether they had any problems or not.

Those billboards tell nothing – not that they’re supposed to – and they scream a name that makes no sense to me. There’s no branding other than “we exist, use us.”