Has anyone figured out how to explain to your family what you actually do without just saying "I make commercials"? I thought that would be the most easy part to understand but I just had my mom text on our family group asking if I can tell my uncle what I do :D.

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Lol I don't even bother. No one in my family cares about ROAS and CPC. I just say I manipulate people into buying things.

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I make people buy things. Literally lol

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I don't understand what's wrong with saying you work in marketing. I've told some relatives I work with computers and they're happy to know that. They don't really care beyond that, to be honest.

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