Abstract
This paper discusses how the differences between the advertising of the 1920s and today are substantial. The advertising of that time was less sophisticated. Products were sold based on their perceived values and usefulness, not simply on sex appeal. The paper further discusses that it is not to say that sex appeal was ignored; products aimed at women often advertised how appealing they would make women feel, or how they would make women appear to men. Coca-Cola and Palmolive soap are products that demonstrate the changes that have taken place in advertising, both in the purpose of advertising and the images associated with it.

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"The decade of the 1920s was an era of rapid change. Women scandalized their men as their hemlines rose steadily, reaching the mid-20s "flapper" styles; makeup became popular; and their hairstyles got shorter. Men's fashions became more conservative and geared toward the comfort of the wearer. "Convenience" became the watchword of the day, whether related to clothing, chores, travel, or communication. Almost overnight, the world became a different place, in large part thanks to advertising. Cultural Overview The world was a rapidly changing place in the decade of the "Roaring Twenties." This decade came on the heels of the Progressive Era, which had run out of steam by the beginning of that decade (Miller, 2003, p. 13). "

Tags:advertising, 1920, marketing

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"Introduction
Circuit City is one of the nation's largest consumer electronic store chains. The company weathered the lackluster early 1990s in this industry by using a "showroom" approach to stores which kept its capital costs low and by targeting diverse demographics as it opened new stores. When the consumer electronics market picked up in the mid-1990s, the company was uniquely positioned to take advantage of the upturn. Circuit City competes directly with Best Buy and Tandy Corporation, also specialty retailers, as well as with mass merchandisers such as Sears and Kmart. This research considers the advertising program in place at Circuit City and whether the company could improve its return on advertising through modifications in its promotional efforts."

Abstract
This author states that the media, however good intentioned, is not always as responsible as it could be. The paper states that the public is easily persuaded and that the media has desensitized the public. The author believes that the problem with the media is that is more than a means of communication; it is a business that gets its revenues from advertising and needs to turn a profit.

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"Advertisers are only going to advertise through the media if people see it. The media has to have something the people want. Think of the media -- let's use a newspaper -- as a clothing store for a moment. If the window display in the store shows clothes that are not your style or your size, you are not going to enter the store. The paper is the same way. If nothing on the front page grabs your attention, you are less likely to pick up the paper. If you do not pick up the paper and look inside, you will never see those ads."

Tags:responsible, persuaded, desensitized, business, revenues, advertising, profit

Abstract
Brand trust is a very important part of the American marketplace. When consumer develops a trust or loyalty for a certain brand they may use that brand for the rest of their lives. The drive to create these lifetime consumers convinces firms to spend millions to advertise and develop new products. This paper reviews and analyzes the literature on the subject of brand trust and the impact that brand trust has on the marketplace.

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"According to an article in The Chief Executive a brand is a guarantee of a certain quality or aesthetic experience extended by a firm to its customers "Firms placed their brands at jeopardy every time they breached their implied contract with customer expectations."("Brand Blowout") The article asserts that when a customer trust the quality of the brands that they purchase the company that produces the brand must ensure that the quality of the product is maintained. When a company fails to do this customers? may choose to abandon the brand and purchase brands that are produced by competing firms instead."

Tags:firm, purchase, consumer, reliability, expectations

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"The use of advertising to sell products has been part of man's culture since the ancient times of Rome and Greece. Today it permeates society at all levels through the medium of print, radio, television, film, video and billboard, attempting to seduce and manipulate the consumer in order to secure or make a sale. The purpose of this paper will be to analyze just what is this specifically designed "language" of advertising, its effect on the buyer, and how it utilizes such elements as the written word, symbols, colors, status appeal, typeface, setting and implied messages,

The 1986-1987 Advertising Red Book lists 3562 advertising agencies in the United States.1 This figure includes the big ten New York agencies down to the two-person shops. All handle three elements within their business: client relations, creative ... "

Abstract
Diesel is a clothing and fashion company that originated from England in the late 1980's. The company grew quickly domestically and began exporting items to different parts of the world. Currently Diesel have offices in many major cities of the world and have created a defined company image and target market. Steve Marks from Diesel Australia described the age demographic of their target market as male's aged between 16 - 30 and females aged 20 - 35 and other demographic factors have changed significantly over time. The advertising campaigns featured below start in 1992 and finish with some of the more current ads. This paper will show 5 of Diesel's ads and aim to analyze 1) what is being shown in the ad 2) the message that is being pushed and 3) the consumer behavior issues that are relevant to the ads.

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\\\"The first of the advertisements was issued in various magazines in May of 1992. The advertisement depicts two young people sitting in the foreground, surrounded by a number of old aged people who appear to be worshiping the sun. These old aged people in an enclosed concrete and metal area surrounded by sun-beds that tan artificially. The \\\\\\\'Diesel people\\\\\\\' (the two young people who wear the actual clothes) have their backs to this rather grotesque scene. The old ages people in the back of the shot all wear very similar bathers and stand like clones of one another. The Diesel people in contrast are positioned away from these other characters assuming they have personality and individuality. This contrast alone works in favor of the clothes, as it connotes that Diesel provide an effective means of proving one\\\\\\\'s individuality.\\\"

Tags:advertising, campaigns, deisel, printing, clothing, fashion, England, publicity, consumer, behaviour

Abstract
The following paper discusses the elements of successful communication, effective advertising, and the factors that cause information to cross the line into propaganda.

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"Communications strategies are concerned with the planning, implementing and control of persuasive communication with customers or potential customers. The strategies are the plan and the tactics are the action. Advertising is a strategic persuasion consistent with the objectives of the person or entity sponsoring this communication.
Advertising is mass communication that is paid for. It is the most visible element of the marketing mix; it ha the broadest potential reach of all forms of commercial persuasive communication.
Advertising is a form of mass selling, employed when the use of direct, person-to-person selling is impractical, impossible, or simply inefficient. It performs the same general role of all communications as a whole: it informs, creates awareness, attempts to persuade, and reinforces buying behavior of present customers. It can also play a major role in positioning a company or its product(s)."

Tags:traditional, consumer, today, bombarded, advertising, messages, directions, human, mind, perceive, comprehend, retain, individual, responsive, product, parity

Abstract
This paper examines how advertising has grown to become one of the most prominent markets as well as one of the most important resources in our economy and how marketers can sell everything from automobiles, to make-up kits, to zebra-striped bed sets with advertising to offer their specific goods and services to the public. It looks at how competition has since risen from the importance of advertising and persuasion has become an extremely important technique in this growing industry. The media has great influence over how the society thinks, acts, the clothes they wear, and so on but only if the audiences are actually reached. Only then will persuasion take its course and sell the product, creating needs for other products, which create needs for other products. It's a vicious cycle that continues to revolve in our society, and it always will as long as there is a product to sell.

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"In relation to the way men and women are pictured, advertising companies try to reach men and women in different ways. Men are encouraged to be seen as masculine and superior, and are offered the basic appeal that certain products can help them achieve this identity. Women are pushed to be the beautiful housewives every man wants who use the right styling and make-up products, along with the sweetest smelling cleaning fluids. Women are offered products to "better themselves" in the way society begs to see them, rather than in the way they would like to be seen. These two worlds collide though, because the images we see in the media have so often become the image we want to have for ourselves."

Tags:alcohol, brand, cigarettes, design, ethnicity, gender, loyalty, youth

Abstract
The paper introduces Abraham Maslow, the psychologist who made sense of the astonishing array of human motives by arranging them in a pyramid known as the "Hierarchy of Needs." The paper explores how the "Hierarchy of Needs" was integrated into the advertising world of the 1950s. It also examines ten advertisements and discusses how Maslow's hierarchy is a part of each one.

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"Advertisers started to attach emotional values, such as friendship and status, to products around the nineteen-fifties, using what they learned in psychology class. This emotional attachment is affixed to the product by building semi-conscious and subconscious impressions, or an atmosphere, around the product to create the impression that acquisition and consumption equate to good health, success, exultation, enchantment, moral righteousness, ethical certainty, trust, faith, superiority, coolness, freedom, liberty, self-esteem, confidence, democracy, and numerous other similar emotions and ideas. Three preeminent advertising techniques which apply Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs to their advantage are the bandwagon, emotional, and fear techniques. The emotional attachment technique portrays images and ideas that appeal to certain emotions of the consumer. These ads imply that only by means of purchasing the product will he or she be able to satiate these emotions. The bandwagon technique in advertising, which suggests it is second nature to purchase that particular product, was predominant in the fifties. This class of ads suggests that without that product, life would be dysfunctional and unpleasant, and not all of the consumer's needs would be met. The fear technique utilizes Maslow's hierarchy , to "...suggest to the consumer that not purchasing a certain product would be disastrous to them...(Lane and Russell 13)", in that not all of their needs according to the hierarchy would be met. However, to what extent is Maslow's hierarchy of needs integrated into advertisements from the decade in which the hierarchy was actually unveiled?"

Tags:subliminal, techniques, The, Hidden, Persuaders, Whitman

Abstract
This paper compares cause-related marketing and the use of celebrity endorsements in promoting products. The paper discusses how both methods strategically tie symbolism to the point of purchase to the extent that the purchase holds deeper meaning than simply satisfying personal needs. The paper then looks at and compares the history and development of each method.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Comparative Histories
Relevancy of Cause-Related Marketing
Strengths of Cause-Related Marketing
Weaknesses of Cause-Related Marketing
Relevancy of the Use of Celebrity Endorsements
Strengths of Celebrity Endorsements
Weaknesses in the Use of Celebrity Endorsements
A Comparative Review of Current Trends
Conclusion

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"Celebrity endorsements personalize products for consumers and assist them in establishing whether a product has value or not. Typically celebrities are trusted as long as their image matches the desired brand image. Celebrities are increasingly interested in cause-related marketing approaches and are investing in supporting particular causes as a means of giving back to society. The future of marketing will continue to focus on meeting the needs of consumers. If consumers demand corporate support for social and emotional causes, and there is potential for profit growth, corporations will continue to accommodate this trend."

Tags:society, consumer, perceptions, profit, product