ADVERTISING WASTE FOR SOCIETY

Advertising Waste For Society

Advertising Waste For Society

Advertising is all around us. On TV, magazines, newspapers, internet, billboards, the radio, and even on vehicles. Why do these advertisers show their product so frequently? What are they trying to do? How do they accomplish what they are trying to sell? Who are they trying to sell to? What are some of the techniques they use? These are the questions you have to ask yourself.

First of all, when trying to sell a product, advertisers have to figure out the location of where the product will be most popular, the age and gender of the population they are trying to sell to and how often those people are going to use that product. For a woman some of the most popular selling items are beauty products such as hair and make-up products. But, when in a store and trying to decide which product is more efficient, it isn't always easy. There are brands in make up such as Max Factor, Maybaline, Jane, Wet N' Wild, Covergirl and Almay to name a few. How does a woman go about picking a certain product? Well, price is a big influencer, but, she can either choose the product based on past usages, prefers a product she has heard about from other people or buys the product from seeing an advertisement in a magazine, or on TV (Janice and Russell 2001 361-380). Hair products are in a completely different ball park. There are shampoos and conditioners for curly hair, straight hair, wavy hair, dry-damaged hair, oily hair, products to make hair straight, add volume, and not to mention all the different types of gels and hairsprays. How is a women ever supposed to choose?

When trying to sell to the male population, some of the most popular products would be shaving products, cars and electronics. With shaving, every man wants a shaver that is going to give the cleanest smoothest shave, right? Which product are they to use? There are also a vast majority of products to choose between as well. So, they either go buy a product that they are familiar with, or have seen by an advertisement. If thinking about purchasing a car, it is every mans dream to have a nice, fast car and a hot woman with him riding in the car. Advertisers know this so they advertisers cars driving fast and having attractive women in the passenger seat. Just don't forget these words, "women does not come with purchase." Of course you can't forget those big screen TV's. Every guy wants to watch football with his friends and a ton of munchies on a 61 inch TV. You would never miss a single play not to mention the loud surround sound stereo system. Anyone bring drinks?

Children, this age group are probably the most influential do to the fact that if in a store, a parent is likely to buy a child what they are screaming for in return for peace and quite ...