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> Another reasonable advertising idea, which you point to here, is raising
> brand awareness. When people are looking for a product, and don't
> necessarily have a particular preference, then awareness of a brand can
> help. My issue with this, based on the article you posted, is that if
> awareness-raising was such a powerful tool, then how come TV, billboards and
> newspapers and so on are not enough for these people that we now have to
> have ads on everything?
>
> Maybe there's something memetic about the increasing ubiquity of
> advertising- it's extent outweighs its (demonstrable) impact so what's
> driving its spread?
Is this not an arms race thing? The consumer (like a cushion) bears the
impression of the last brand they were exposed to (in the scenario where
they are looking with no knowledge - i.e. a few years ago, which mobile
phone to choose).
Perhaps the arms race is only in the mind of the marketing managers? I
think that the person *really* being sold is the poor (frequently naïve)
marketing department purchasing the ads.
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