Comments on: Why You Should Always Proofread Your Advertisements

By: Printer Supplies

Printer Supplies — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:26:08 +0000

Thanks for the informative post.. and thanks for adding our comment to the blog. I searched for a while to find the right answer to my questions!

By: Brewster

Brewster — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:23:17 +0000

What a terrible mistake to make. I would have thought that proof readers would have checked the ad before sending it to the printers.

By: derek

derek — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:15:19 +0000

@Api :: That would be a bad publicity stunt in my opinion as like you, I wouldn’t trust my eye care to someone that misses a glaring typo like that.

@Annie :: Some of the ads on the Tonight Show are hilarious, although I always get a kick out of when someone sends in a clipping from The Onion and they treat it like a legitimate story/headline.

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:06:44 +0000

Heh, I haven’t watched much tv in a while but that was one of my favorite segments of The Tonight Show: all the goobered up newspaper and magazine ads and stories people would send in.

It’s amazing to me though how many people spend money on advertising and don’t have someone proofread their ads. I see horrible ones with Adsense a lot.

The people renting apartments or selling their homes on Craigslist are even worse. Do you really want to rent from someone who can’t spell the name of the town his rentals are in?

Believe it or not, there are literate folks out there who judge you on your ability to put together a grammatically correct sentence….

By: Api

Api — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:24:46 +0000

How ironic that eyeland optical didnt spot that typo with their own eyes, and Im suppose to trust them with mine? lol. Maybe the typo was a publicity stunt?

By: derek

derek — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:25:48 +0000

Thanks!

I haven’t deserted you – still reading and commenting as time permits.

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:01:00 +0000

Excellent posts and good catch. Now I don’t feel so dumb with my typos. lol

Ps- Thank you for dropping by. I thought you deserted me.

By: derek

derek — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:55:51 +0000

Lol…the misuse of “your” versus “you’re” is a pet peeve of mine but is one that I see quite often.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:22:12 +0000

It’s not near as bad as the advertisements/spam that says “Your Invited!”

By: derek

derek — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:52:42 +0000

@Leo :: I’d love to see their reaction when they realize what they did. It reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld with the nip slip on the Christmas card.

@PB :: Thanks.

@Aurelius Tjin :: You’re welcome, thanks for commenting. This is a great example of why it is always recommended to have someone else proofread your work as it is more difficult for you to catch your own mistakes.