Advertisements want to persuade us to buy particular products. How do they do it?
Let’s imagine …You’re watching TV. You feel thirsty. You see an advert for a refreshing drink. You see people looking cool and relaxed. You notice the name of the refreshing drink because you think it could be useful for you to satisfy your thirst.
Advertisers want us to be interested, to try something, and then to do it again. These are the elements of learning: interest, experience and repetition. If an advert works well, the same technique can be used to advertise different things. So, for example, in winter if the weather is cold and you see a family having a warming cup of tea and feeling cosy, you may be interested and note the name of the tea.
Advertisers have to be careful because too much repetition can result in consumer tiredness and the message may fall on’deal ears’.
So, advertisers sometimes copy a highly successful idea that has been well learned by consumers. For example, the highly successful ‘Weston Tea Country’ advertising for different tea has led to ‘DAEWOO Country’ for automobile dealers and ‘Cadbury Country’ for chocolate bars.