Agree - I found the voiceover in particular, to be very off-putting.
That said however, a brief view of the comments section on the ad showed that more than one person thought the voice was great.
Which kind of leads through to this statement from the article
> Now you might understand why I want to get people not in my target audience to skip – it's cheaper because you don't pay when people skip your ad!
If I didn't use an ad-blocker, and I was ever shown that ad, I would've skipped it straight away just to get away from the irritating voice.
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Agree - I found the voiceover in particular, to be very off-putting.
That said however, a brief view of the comments section on the ad showed that more than one person thought the voice was great.
Which kind of leads through to this statement from the article
> Now you might understand why I want to get people not in my target audience to skip – it's cheaper because you don't pay when people skip your ad!
If I didn't use an ad-blocker, and I was ever shown that ad, I would've skipped it straight away just to get away from the irritating voice.