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Thank you so much for this post, it was very insightful!

To some extent, advertising agencies are recession proof.

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I think the biggest factor in it's holding strong is the incredible growth that the market has seen. Many companies have only scratched the tip of the iceberg. We are seeing an allocation in funds from traditional advertising to internet advertising. It is something that is effective and can be properly gauged for effectiveness. I am very confident in the sector going forward.

It's not holding strong at all this last quarter of 2008 - You need to read this blog post to see why - http://www.internetnews.com/webcontent/article.php/3787006/IAB+Online+Ad...

Yes, there are businesses that must advertise on the internet to make money. Especially when you got the whole world as your playing field. But with the growing trend more consumers are going to online. Even the local businesses are getting on the band wagon.
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I can see the trend moving from offline to online advertising. Personally, I do not read newspaper instead I go online to read the news. Guess we will be moving towards online for ordering stuff online where we can pick up the items or have them delivered. This can be good as it can helps to have lower cost as offline advertising is more expensive than online.

Here in Australia I run a business for sale website called www.Business-Trader.com.au. Our monthly online sales for 2008 have been quite consistant, but still an increase on Year to date sales. I agree 2009 will be very interesting year, but to be honest, my instinct is telling me that online sales will definitely increase o 2008.

My personal site Some Life has seen pretty consistent pageviews and eCPM, even with the current economy. However, I would not be surprised if there is one push this year for the holiday season for advertising. After December 31st, I will be very interested to see what happens -- I would not be surprised if there was a dramatic decline in eCPM.

-Ken

Local and smaller business should look more to top notch, local web sites to advertise online. Sites like MyTwinCitiesGrapevine.com, SacramentoGrapevine.com, ChicagoGrapevine.com and many more across the nation, offer the smaller advertising budget, great bang for the buck
These sites focus locally, have more then reasonable advertising rates, and page view rates are sky rocketing every daily. MyTwinCitiesGrapevine.com combines the best features of the big social websites, into a great, all in one, one stop website. Suppling users with every thing in one place, has made the Grapevine.com sites, hidden gems for advertising. But you now how good things go, they wont be hidden to advertisers for long.

The company may be doing well but they are laying off their employees... This is usually a sign that something else is going on. And even if nothing else is wrong, lay-offs are one of the big fears in this kind of economy. A strong company and indusrty will be able to retain its employees.

And the economy is largely emotionally driven anyways, so when a company that is supposedly having success is laying people off, it really isn't going to make people feel too good about the state of things.

Of course some online media will maintain success in our current state though, it is cheaper in most cases. So money will naturally shift to it from other channels.

This industry is in no way recession proff. There just is no such thing, this is common sense. What would help (help, not be the cure all) our overall economy, however, would be if we actually produced something; as opposes to just providing a bunch of services with no real product.