For generations advertising has been persuading and enticing consumers to purchase products they believe are necessary in some way. All advertisements, regardless of their context, are created to supposedly benefits consumers and Johnson's Baby Powder and Baby Lotion, promoted in Life magazine in 1941 do so as effectively as Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel, promoted in Elle magazine in 2015. Despite being promoted decades apart both skin care products' promotions are comparable in language, stylistic features and success. PURPOSE
Although contrasting in their contexts Johnson's Baby Powder/Baby Lotion and Hydro Boost are equally informative and persuasively presented to their specific target audiences. Using pathos, the company's advertisers
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Both the Neutrogena and Johnson's advertisements are targeted to women, but their needs and interests are very diverse. Johnson's campaign was targeted to mothers in the 1940s who knew the brand and would welcome the addition of a lotion to its range. Targeted towards those with a discretionary income as Johnson's was and still is a supermarket brand, consumers were seeking value for money as well as products to make their children's skin softer and "creamier". These women were looking for innovative products which would provide "never before protection against skin irritation". Contrastingly, the Neutrogena advertisement is targeted to young women with a discretionary income. As a supermarket and chemist brand it consumers are seeking "hydration" that is "clinically" proven in order to maintain "youthful looking skin". Requiring the reassurance of a dermatologist's endorsement, Neutrogena 's clientele is looking for a product that "glows from within". Both advertisements differ in audience and context, however, they promote their respective products well in their featured …show more content…
Both the Neutrogena and Johnson's advertisements are A4 in size, however the glossy print of the Neutrogena reflects a modern advertisement where colour is an added enticement. The visual appeal of the lies in its rich, cool blue tones because the promotion is centring upon the idea of hydration. As the product is focal point of the advertisement, the beautiful splashes of water surrounding the Hydro Boost, cascading over the advertisement, is eye catching and alluring. Oppositely, the Johnson's advertisement is simplistic and monochromatic with the black and white colour scheme. Unlike modern promotions it is divided into two parts and features text and images as enticements. The upper part of the advertisement reiterates the Baby Powder's reputation and familiarity with the consumer, as the bold header reads 'hello to an old friend'. Including a picture of the baby powder as well as a picture of a mother using it on her infant, readers are not required to read the promotion as they can gleam all the information from these two features. The lower part of the advertisement introduces the new Baby Lotion boldly stating that it is a 'great new discovery'. Accompanying the claim with a picture of the new product, and a nurse using it on an infant,………………………. Smaller text is featured under both sections of the products, to inform and persuade consumers of the
The Onion’s mock press release markets a product called MagnaSoles. By formulating a mock advertisement a situation is created where The Onion can criticize modern day advertising. Furthermore, they can go as far as to highlight the lucrative statements that are made by advertisements that seduce consumers to believe in the “science” behind their product and make a purchase. The Onion uses a satirical and humorous tone compiled with made up scientific diction to highlight the manner in which consumers believe anything that is told to them and how powerful companies have become through their words whether true or false.
This advertisement features Pathos, because the little boy in the advertisement will probably make people feel guilty, because they spend a lot of money on unnecessary things and waste it, but this child says “Don’t I deserve a happy life?”, and this will probably make people from our society want to spend money to support this cause. This advertisement also features patriotism, because it suggests that purchasing this product will show the love, and support you have towards your country. This company makes people from America want to support this cause. It says in the advertisement,” Help stop child poverty in America”. This advertisement also features Transfer andWeasel Words because it uses positive words, and positive images to suggest that the product being sold is also positive.
When viewing this advertisement, one can say it is effective in a way by using the tactics of ethos and pathos. Moreover, relating back to our common struggle with acne in comparison to a well-known celebrity, Adam Levine. Adam was trying to make it seem as if he went through the same phase any normal non-famous teenager would experience. Thus, this advertisement was effective in persuading the viewers who endeavor with acne and wish to stop being held back form living their life into buying Proactiv’s
The first appeal is visible by using logos to offer the audience logic to purchase Proactiv products. Proactiv affirms that their product are for women of any and all kinds of skin types of racial backgrounds. The ad states “Skin Smoothing Exfoliator, Complexion Perfecting Hydrator, and Pore Targeting Treatment which is used to describe the product that they are advertising. Proactiv also offers Proactiv Solution Oil Free Moisturizer. This product has been around for a long time and is growing quickly and is very diverse also. Proactiv states “Skin Smoothing Exfoliator” which cleanses thoroughly leaving skin smooth and pol...
Advertisements are one of many things that Americans cannot get away from. Every American sees an average of 3,000 advertisements a day; whether it’s on the television, radio, while surfing the internet, or while driving around town. Advertisements try to get consumers to buy their products by getting their attention. Most advertisements don’t have anything to do with the product itself. Every company has a different way of getting the public’s attention, but every advertisement has the same goal - to sell the product. Every advertisement tries to appeal to the audience by using ethos, pathos, and logos, while also focusing on who their audience is and the purpose of the ad. An example of this is a Charmin commercial where there is a bear who gets excited when he gets to use the toilet paper because it is so soft.
The advertisement's rich red coloring immediately strikes a viewer with exciting and salacious overtones. The red lettering, border, cigarette package, and swimsuit all emphasize social and physical pleasure. The other colors' absence only strengthens the red coloring's implications.
Have you ever seen an advertisement for a product and could immediately relate to the subject or the product in that advertisement? Companies that sell products are always trying to find new and interesting ways to get buyers and get people’s attention. It has become a part of our society today to always have products being shown to them. As claimed in Elizabeth Thoman’s essay Rise of the Image Culture: Re-Imagining the American Dream, “…advertising offered instructions on how to dress, how to behave, how to appear to others in order to gain approval and avoid rejection”. This statement is true because most of the time buyers are persuaded by ads for certain products.
The target market would be women who require the essential night cream in order to stay looking young. In today 's world women crave the idea of looking young for a longer period of time. The idea of this ad is for women to see a beautiful woman with amazing looking skin and aspire to look like her. The Aveeno Active Naturals ad recognizes different aged women who want to stay looking younger longer. The use of a beautiful woman in the ad helps to convince women that this product will help them stay looking young.
Popular brands and companies typically rely heavily on brand names to unfairly convince people to buy their specific product, even though another brand would likely work almost the same. In order to do this, those companies use many elements of ethos, but they also attempt to establish the superiority of their brand with logos and pathos. In the commercial, “Colgate Dentist DRTV,” the brand attempts to persuade consumers to buy Colgate Total toothpaste by presenting their name and relatable women, followed by attractive visuals, but ultimately the advertisement fails to provide enough logic to convince a well-informed audience that it truly matters which brand of toothpaste they buy, and that Colgate is better than any
Dove is a personal care trademark that has continually been linked with beauty and building confidence and self-assurance amongst women. Now, it has taken steps further by impending a new advertising strategy: fighting adverse advertising. And by that it means contesting all the ads that in some way proliferate the bodily insufficiencies which exist inside women. Launched by Dove, the campaign spins round an application called the Dove Ad Makeover which is part of the global Dove “Campaign for Real Beauty” which has been running ever since 2004 and covers print, television, digital and outdoor advertising. As Leech (1996) believed,” commercial consumer advertising seems to be the most frequently used way of advertising.”
The brand is maximizing the use of word of mouth. Women of color are getting the message clearly. Before they are only the 2nd priority customer but with Mented Cosmetics, they are the hero of the
Today, vast product selections require marketers to identify and understand their target market, and to ensure their message is specifically directed to, and clearly received by their target market. In Dove’s example, early marketing strategies targeted all woman who needed an alternative to harsh soaps. However, as soaps progressively became less harsh, the Dove brand required more strategic positioning in the minds of their consumer. When speaking to Dove’s re-positioning efforts, Flagg (2013), points out that while similar products associate brand image with slender, stereotypical models, Dove’s “2004 campaign for Real Beauty” (p.1) specifically targeted ordinary women, celebrating women’s diverse body shapes, and the importance of every woman feeling good about herself (p.1). With ever increasing product offerings entering the marketplace, marketers must clearly communicate to their target group why their product is right for them, as compared to other
The bold print also indicates for the woman to remove her clothes, or for the viewer to do so. Everything is very clean, clear, and appealing to the eye. There is a highlight around the woman’s body leaving her look like she’s glowing. The weight scale is indicating that the woman has lost weight and she is shocked by how much she weighs now. The company displays this petite woman which advertises, if you drink their product then the consumers can look like her. This add is posing as a sex symbol for men and is showing younger women that they should look like this woman in the ad. This ad is also indicating that only ‘sexy’ and ‘healthy’ woman can produce healthier milk.
Advertisement is a form of communication that is intended to persuade consumers or a target audience to purchase or to accept the ideas, products or services. In this advertising, Axe uses the power of persuasion, such as attractive women, style, and images which are the key ideas to the product and fragrance to conjure the consumers’ behavior of the perceived images of the product. Axe was originally created in France in 1983 by a company named Unilever and sold in the United States in 2002, and is now the leader of men’s grooming markets. The brand is focused toward gender and the age of the customer. Its market strategy is aimed at males from their teens to their twenties appealing to a new life style product that would increase their luck with the ladies. Axe deodorant ads gives you the apparent need to smell and feel good, but the means of feeling good is mainly through increased sex appeal. This ad assumes that all males buy deodorant solely for the purpose of getting women, and if you do certain things, like buy this product, then all women will be all over you.
Creating a creative advertisement that stands out from the crowd is essential for any company’s growth. A common communication strategy is for companies to break through competitive clutter in order to shape consumers attitude and intentions. A creative ad is able to catch the attention of onlookers with the added wow factor. Interest in an ad is influenced by surprise, information and benefits. Comforts fabric softener ad (See appendix 1), is a great example of this as the ad displays a perfect visual for their product with an added touch of humor to draw potential customers attention to the ad. Their ad clearly conveys the message of their product without the need of a