Advertising with sexual illusions
When ever we turn on the television, open a magazine, or flip on a car radio we are directly faced with advertisements for every product that is imaginable. The majority of these advertisements, if not all, are related to something sexual. In America sex sells and it is very obvious in almost every advertisement. Various companies use sexual advertisements to sell their product or service. Here is one example of a sexual orientated advertisement. Toyota, a well-respected company in the United States and abroad, used a sexually orientated advertisement in the latest issue of "Allure" magazine. The advertisement is showing a product from Toyota, which is a newly styled RAV-4. This small suv is being pushed in the younger generation market. The advertisement has an attractive young woman riding a mountain bike in a black, short, cocktail dress with high heels on,
As a senior in college majoring in marketing, I know more about the advertising industry than the average consumer does. I know what to look for and the reasons behind a lot of the advertisements that we see. I know different methods and strategies used in creating an advertisement, and I know what makes an ad successful, in other words I know how companies can sell their product or service. The most successful ads will all have an element of sex. Sex sells and this is a fact, and until consumers quit buying products that are being pushed by a campaign that is sexually orientated, we will continue to see these ads on television, radio, and magazine ads. and the vehicle is in the background on the side of a mountain. Toyota catches your attention with the woman. Toyota wants to get you to stop flipping the pages and read their ad. I stopped and remembered the ad
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Approximate Word count = 588
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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