Some people say that advertising is extremely successful at persuading us to buy things. Other think that advertising is so common that we no longer pay attention to it. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

It is argued
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some that advertisement has enormous success in persuading us to shop
products
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for products
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,
however
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others argue that a large number of advertising activities has made
people
insensitive to
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. In my opinion, advertisement has remained exponentially successful in making us buy things we do not really need
them
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. I will discuss both views in my essay. On the one hand, it is thought that companies have been enormously successful in making believe to get
items
that might not be the requirement of the
people
.
For example
, real estate companies in Pakistan are
getting
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booming business activities by putting commercials in print and social media like newspapers and WhatsApp respectively to attract customers.
Furthermore
, organisations, which are having robust marketing strategies are attracting more
people
compared to those not having
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weak marketing.
On the other hand
, it is understood that advertisements are widespread and
it has
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made
people
not
paying
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attention anymore. Take as an example ,
while
travelling on the busy roads of the city there are billboards full of things with prices and pictures but commuters are least pushed for seeing things that they see every day.
This
excessive commercial campaign has made dwellers not
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any heed to what's being offered and they buy whatever they need.
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people
have become more intelligent in selecting
items
and don't really consider what is being said in the media. In conclusion, advertisement plays a vital role in selling products and
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people
buy
items
that are promoted. In my ,opinion adverts are extremely successful in helping
people
decide what to buy and the range of
items
available in the market.
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Ensure a clear, consistent position is presented regarding the two views on advertising and provide relevant examples to support your arguments.
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  • persuade
  • promote
  • attract
  • influence
  • impact
  • consumerism
  • commercialism
  • market
  • product
  • brand
  • endorsement
  • manipulative
  • saturated
  • overwhelmed
  • repetitive
  • distracting
  • irrelevant
  • exaggerated
  • misleading
  • desensitized
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