Christmas Time Commercial Analysis

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For adolescents the job for marketers may be a piece of cake. They know what children like which makes their job a whole lot easier. They try to do things with their product to make the children believe that they NEED what they’re selling.
To catch the children’s attention, they may do commercials in between cartoon show. There is one time a year where there are toy commercials on every single channel. Christmas time is when they really begin to show these. On the commercial, they may use loud talking, bright color, show other children laughing with the toys, and show parents buying the toys. This is where they get the child. They have captured them mentally, physically, and emotionally. The child now believes that they must get this toy. Each time they see the commercial it reminds them of the excitement they will have on Christmas morning.
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They know that once they have gotten into their head, it will be hard for them to forget. They use the visual effects of the commercial to draw the viewers in.
Marketing to children can be an easy

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