Sunday, April 1, 2012

Advertisements



I really enjoy the advertisements that have a clear and education message and sticks to you. For instance the "Live Above The Influence “commercials, something about them changes my day in a way that I feel brings me better knowledge on smoking or drugs. It leaves the person reading or watching the advertisement feeling for what the person is going through and draws them in a way to make a personal connection.  Once the person makes the connection with the personal life it keeps them interested in the product. I am disturbed and annoyed of the advertisements I receive when I am exploring on the internet. For instance when I listening to music streamed from Pandora or slacker radio an advertisement plays about every three songs and can ruin the state of mind.  Also when sponsors or advertisements are somewhere they do not belong. When a bus has advertising for a movie or in other cases condoms, I believe that is unnecessary and not  benevolent there are many different ways they can advertise and advertising on a bus is not right.

Grabbing the attention or interest of the viewers plays a big role in advertising. There are many different styles of advertisements for variety of ages, race, size etc. The styles of advisement that grab my attention the most are humor, sentimentality, and shock factor. Humor and being able to make a person laugh or smile has a great affect on a person which can lead to remembering the purpose of selling the product to the person. For me if you make me laugh in an advertisement commercial or picture you have already won some credibility in my mind, and many advertisements strictly focus on getting the attention of a wide audience especially the new generation.

Advertisements believe by starring a celebrity in there advertisement will lead to great success and lots of money. People buy products or invest in things because there favorite athlete, singer, actor, or actress are on the advertisements. For me I think it is really sad to see that some of the biggest company's make a huge profit from who is wearing their product in a commercial or picture. I have never bought any attire just because celebrities influenced me to buy it. I am not saying that it’s wrong to buy a product because your favorite celerity is wearing it; I am just stating that I don't.



4 comments:

  1. Hey victor, I agree with you that advertisements annoy people when they surf the internet. Advertising on the bus is , but I think it's an attention grabber because people sometimes don't have anything to do, so they might look at the advertisements on the bus.

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  2. I completely agree with this post Victor. I really appreciate ads that make an important statement to the viewer. Drunk driving ads, and drug free ads are great - even if you don't agree with the standpoint of the message. Someone will benefit from the message and I love that they often have creative and innovative ways to get their point across. Thanks for a great post Victor!

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  3. I hate it when I'm listening to music, it's really good set with that just flows so well, like each individual song contribute to creating a story; And some super obnoxious commercial comes on and just ruins it! This is the ultimate frustration and the reason I've stopped listening to the radio.

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  4. You made a great point, Victor. I also tend to like advertisements I can clearly understand and like you I also get annoyed when advertisements pop up when, I'm using social media websites. Ads promoting a positive message really excite me as well. Nice Post

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