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Uber’s Stupid Drone Ads

October 15, 2016 by Frank Schroth 6 Comments

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Uber’s reputation is a bit checkered at best. The ride sharing company has all sorts of issues including but not limited to driver compensation and benefits and drivers who don’t always behave themselves. Bloomberg has a a good article on Uber’s effort in Latin America. An effort that includes a drone advertising strategy that looks like a really bad idea. The company is deploying drones with ads hanging from them to hover over traffic. Uber’s idea on this will hopefully go unter.

Photographer: Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg
Photographer: Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg

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Frank Schroth
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  1. Pankaj kheriwal says

    March 19, 2017 at 12:55 am

    Its next level of advertising, thank for sharing.

    Reply
  2. Mathew King says

    December 9, 2016 at 11:59 am

    Its so surprising for me to see that drones are doing these advertisement. Pretty different idea man. Anyways thanks for this.

    Reply
  3. ballroom says

    October 16, 2016 at 11:04 am

    It is perhaps the most original idea of protest

    Reply

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