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Homos economicus & advertising

Homos economicus & advertising

The portrayal of humans as agents who are consistently rational and narrowly self-interested, and who pursue their subjectively defined ends optimally. Sometimes our economic models think of consumers as having fixed preferences or fixed goals. It's a simplification as consumers are driven by more than rational thought. 

Advertising proves our preferences & goals aren't just malleable, but easily malleable.  

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Cultural Imprinting

Cultural Imprinting

Cultural imprinting is the mechanism whereby an ad, rather than trying to change our minds individually, instead changes the landscape of cultural meanings — which in turn changes how we are perceived by others when we use a product. 

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Nike Ads - emotional & cultural dimension

Nike Ads - emotional & cultural dimension

This ad works on an individual level and a cultural level:

The emotional inception: The above ad creates an association between the Nike brand and the idea of athletic excellence. Over time and with enough exposure, the customer wi...

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Types of Ads

Awareness: Telling customers, "FYI, product X exists. Here's how it works. It's available if you need it."

Persuasion: "4/5 doctors prefer Camels" or "Verizon: America's largest 4G LTE network"

Promises: pro...

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Emotional inception

Emotional inception

Rather than attempting to persuade us (via our rational, analytical minds), ads prey on our emotions. The objective of advertising is to seed positive ideas & memories that will attract you to the brand. Associations between emotions and the product grow and deepen over ...

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Good advertising is emotional, Great Advertising is Cultural

Good advertising is emotional, Great Advertising is Cultural

Good advertising is using emptions to disrupt your rational brain, in a form of emotional inception. By associating a brand with certain emotions, you will pick the brand's product when chasing them. 

Great advertising understands that our emotions are part of a cul...

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