Traditional advertising is the biggest scam still running in 2025. By far.

Newspaper ads, billboards, television advertising.

⚠️ It’s all a scam. And no one is talking about it!

⚡️ Here’s a great example:

For just 7 million dollars you get a 30 second slot in the Superbowl commercial block.

They say you reach 100 million people that way. Now, let’s assume that these people are absolutely glued to their television. No one takes a bathroom break, no one talks during the commercials, they’re all at the edge of their seats.

Realistic? Hell no.

But let’s roll with it for a sec.

The Superbowl commercial block has a $70 “CPM”. It’s an advertising term. Means ‘cost per thousand’. So what it costs you to reach 1000 people with your message.

You and I both know we’re not even remotely close to reaching 100 million people so it’s actually way more than $70.

Guess what you’d pay to run your ad on Meta or Google?

To a local audience of people that actually could be customers.

You’d be showing your ad to people actually paying attention to their phone.

The CPM would be…

… drumroll please…

Somewhere between $5-$15. 🌿

So we reach the right people for at least 85% LESS than traditional advertising.

Also… you don’t have to make a fancy commercial. We can just run whatever you’re posting now. Won’t take millions of dollars, won’t take endless expertise, won’t take weeks and weeks of work AND we can reach the right people again… and again… and again.

And that’s why traditional advertising is the biggest scam still running in 2025. It’s like a zombie that just won’t lay down and stay dead. Just keeps shuffling around.

Old school ads are ridiculously expensive compared to all the newer and better options you have available to you.

So here are Leon’s two top tips for 2025:

1. If you run traditional ads right now, consider moving some of that budget to better and more sensible ways of advertising

2. If you don’t run traditional ads, consider taking this online marketing thing seriously. Because it’s worth every penny if you know what you’re doing.

P.S. Don’t get me wrong - if you have an unlimited budget traditional advertising is great! Coca Cola has a four BILLION (with a B) dollar marketing budget. They’ll do fine either way.

But if you’re like me and if you’re like the clients I work with… you want to get the most bang for your advertising buck.