The roller-coaster stock market and plunging housing prices have left many consumers afraid. In response, marketers are adopting a softer approach to peddling their products, playing up comforting images in their ads and focusing on family and the warmth and safety of home. Some marketers are even reviving old advertising to remind consumers of happier times.
I like how the article points out how brands are trying to become more soothing. I find it funny that in "hard times" brands and businesses go away from the greedy sales approach while moving to more of a marketing oriented approach in their message. Shouldn't it have been this way all along? It has been for Nordstrom's, Sun Country, etc... What are some examples, other than what was mentioned in the article. you can think of where companies are changing their message trying to create a "softer approach" to their customers wallet?
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I really like that the advertising for so many different company's and products are going back to their "roots" and i think that it will prove to be a successful approach at this time. One ad that comes to mind after reading this article is the Target ad with all the kids in the school show singing and the parents in the audience. -Ali M. 1
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1 comment:
I really like that the advertising for so many different company's and products are going back to their "roots" and i think that it will prove to be a successful approach at this time.
One ad that comes to mind after reading this article is the Target ad with all the kids in the school show singing and the parents in the audience.
-Ali M. 1
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