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

Nowadays, the competition between every company is higher. Advertising
becomes
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one of the crucial
method
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methods
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for encouraging
people
to purchase their products.
However
, some individuals believe that
this
technique cannot help
for increasing
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the
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sales. Both ideas have their own supporting reasons which are
be
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clarified in
this
essay. On the one hand, advertisements by
the
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famous celebrities can make their fan clubs spend a huge amount of money to buy things that
they
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are not necessary or even useless
product
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products
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because they want to support their favourite idol. The effectiveness of
this
marketing measure can be proven in the highest sales rate of products
selling
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sold
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by
well known
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artists. To illustrate, even though the
economy
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economic
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situation is terrible, the sales of
smart phone
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smartphone
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which is advertised by
the
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celebrity still significantly rises up and reaches
its
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their
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peak
while
the other commodities without advertising cannot be sold.
Moreover
, advertising offers more opportunities for
people
to know
a
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new merchandise. Without advertisements, it is difficult for them to notice whether the latest product is launched.
On the other hand
, advertising is being ignored and skipped.
People
usually change to other channels
while
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when
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it is
the
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time for
advertisement
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an advertisement
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or when it
popped
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up
while
they are watching a movie on the internet, they automatically click to the skip
botton
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button
in order to continue the enjoyment. It means that
this
commercial method cannot be used
for encouraging
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to encourage
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people
to purchase things anymore. In conclusion,
personally
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I agree that advertisement plays an important role in persuading
people
to buy things because it not only provide the latest information but
also
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is also
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one of the
way
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ways
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that
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can express
the
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supporting feelings for the idol.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • persuade
  • promote
  • attract
  • influence
  • impact
  • consumerism
  • commercialism
  • market
  • product
  • brand
  • endorsement
  • manipulative
  • saturated
  • overwhelmed
  • repetitive
  • distracting
  • irrelevant
  • exaggerated
  • misleading
  • desensitized
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