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GM announces they are pulling $10M from Facebook advertising because it's completely ineffective.

Don't forget Ford following up and claiming their FB ads are working fine. http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/17/ford-and-gm-in-twitterfig...

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It could very well be, but it could also be that Ford is just using this as a creative marketing opportunity, to piggyback on the GM and FB hype to get their name out. It would be interesting to see if Ford continues with their current FB Ads investment or increases in future.

It couldn't be because Ford is a much healthier company than GM and people are more interested in their cars?

Right, their point is there's nothing wrong with Facebook ads.

You sure about that? Have you compared their financials lately?

GM is a ward of the U.S. Treasury, Ford never took a bailout. GM's bankrupt GMAC finance arm is another American state-run enterprise, the re-named Ally Bank.

Not sure what your point is. Are they or are they not a substantially weaker company than Ford? When comparing financials between the two one would be very hard-pressed to make a case as to why he believes that it is.

And btw, just because the Department of the Treasury has holdings in a company does not make it a "state-run enterprise." At least if you are going to make a sensational statement, try and ground some of it in reality.

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