The Importance Of Advertising In America

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In America today, advertisers will do anything possible to try and attract new potential customers and to keep them is their goal. Even if it means attracting customers from other countries and pitching them the concept of something so powerful known as, “The American Dream.” Yes, advertisers will even go to that extent to get people from foreign countries to immigrate to the United States to live out the American dream, or in other words, a better life for themselves and/or their families; in addition, the potential customers are stuck with the idea that marketers and advertisements pitched them that if they come to America and work hard, they will make it in America and become wealthy or live a very comfortable life than the previous one they lived. Now don 't get me wrong, many including my father, who came from Mexico, have lived the American dream and have succeeded in the United States. However, advertisers pitch these foreigners with fancy cars, wicked clothes, and state of the art houses, something that may not be so common in their home country, to try …show more content…
The way advertisements and marketers make it seem, life in The United States is much easier and flashier, so isn’t it clear that coming to United States from another country is going to guarantee you a better life, or is it just a pitch to increase sales? Coming into the United States, these foreigners don 't know the language, are most commonly undocumented, and don 't have a higher education which is something that is crucial for decent job in our American society;however, they have the hunger of a starving lion and are craving the success that these advertisers are pitching them. Companies see this and take advantage of it because they know they can trap many potential customers this way. So let me solidify my claim, do advertisers truly believe in the American dream, or is it just faulty

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