Promotions

The promotions section of marketing really got me thinking of how people sell things. There are billboards, magazine ads, TV commercials, and things that come in the mail. All of these methods, along with numerous others, are somehow conveying to customers that their product or service is the one they need to have.

TV commercials for instance, beauty products that you would love if they actually worked. I usually see these products like magic hair curlers, where you can take your fresh out of the shower wet hair and pull it through this thing and it will come out dry and perfectly curled. The fact that they make the advertisement seems so simple and show "real life footage" is something that definitely makes the consumer think that the product is actually going to work, and on top of that the price is so low that it is just to good to be true. #deals4days

Another one of my favorites are the little coupons that come in the mail, (my house usually gets them from Joann Fabrics or some pizza place in Bozeman). Those things are awesome. There are so many deals, like 2 medium pizzas with two toppings and a liter of pop for only $20.00. They way that they play on the consumers senses and make the pizza appear to be affordable really make a difference to hungry people everywhere. Not only does the hunger factor play a role, so does the fact that the colors on the advertisements are so bright. The color is really the attention grabber for the product or service.

How products or services are promoted to the consumer play a key role in if the product or service will be purchased. Most of the time the deal is too goo to be true and the advertisement for the product is just... bad. However, when it comes to the promotion of food, I've never seen one that has not made me hungry.