Marketing Didn't Get Harder. Attention Did.

Nick Cao • June 10, 2025

Someone said to me: "Decades ago, there was no digital. Just billboards, posters, and prime-time TV and it worked."

And they’re not wrong.

Back then, we lived in a world of scarcity - limited channels, limited competition for attention.

A billboard or prime-time spot could make you a household name.

But that world is gone.

Today, we live in abundance:

📱 Screens everywhere
🔁 Infinite scroll
⚔️ 10,000+ brand impressions a day
💡 Algorithms fighting to win your next glance

Physical placements still have power, for brand presence and local awareness.

But they can’t:

Target precisely
Track performance
Iterate on the fly
Scale affordably

That’s where digital shines.

You can test 10 messages in a week.

Retarget visitors.

Optimise to the cent.

It’s not that traditional media doesn’t work.

It’s that it’s not built for precision.

If you're selling toothpaste to millions, go for it.

If you're selling a $5K product to someone specific?

💡 Digital is your scalpel.
🛠 Physical is your sledgehammer.

Use both. Just don’t confuse their purpose.

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