The good and the ugly in Advertising

There are plenty of advertisments that really do some bad on television today, but not only on television whether its on billboards or in stores. Some advertising try to lure people into their store to make them want to buy their product. Others just turn their cheeks when they would see something and don't recommend whatever he or she sees. Here are some examples as we go down to the world of advertising.

On television, you have a lot of sex in commercials trying to get across with their brand such as Ambercrombie and Fitch which shows a man and a woman who is half naked on the beach about to make love. What was the purpose for a couple about to make love; It defeats the purpose of the brand. Mariah Carey who is naked trying to sell her perfume. Their has got to be another way to sell. We do have some men who loves to see that and is getting beat up by their wives (just saying). An example of a good advertisment would be a while back Gap showing everybody from children to adults how babies are sitting on the floor playing with toys in their new outfits. Basically a variety of people. Another would be the different networks of the phones such as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and Suncom were together, but T mobile is telling everybody that their network is good as far as service and they have better deals with good connections. Showing good advertising will draw consumers to that company's attention.
Billboards usually give great quotes such as "A mind is a terrible thing to waste, What you see is what you get, or Vote." The Vote advertising is very popular right now because of the election. Especially the Obama campaign really making a move onto getting where he needs to be. Some billboards may be disturbing such as women showing off their bodies meaning their either advertising for their strip club or to be a call girl.

Retail stores also do advertising in their store or outside. The marketing will definitely get people into buying their product or merchandise. This will hurt people who are addicted to shopping. There are people in this world that they just got to have without even thinking about the price when he or she cannot afford it. There are signs like "Buy one pant get second half off, Bogo on shoes", or everyone's favorite "The real sale", when everything is on sale no matter what. Sometimes these could be good signs or bad it just depends on if you know how to handle advertising. Advertising can be too much but, it can also help people think about life and how it works.