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

#people #attention
In modern days,
advertisements
 are seen every day through TV
comercials
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commercials
 or signs on
the
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buildings. Some people insist that
advertisements
 encourage consumers to buy more products,
whereas
 others complain that
advertisements
 can not draw attention from consumers any more. On the one hand, there is a fact that many companies still rely on
advertisements
 to increase their
sales
. Celebrities are often utilized and it seems that
this
 strategy has been successful.
For example
, Tiger Woods earned $100 million from his first
a
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five-year contract with Nike, which means that the company made more than $100 million
profit
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.
Then
, his current contract
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worths
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 $200 million.
Therefore
, celebrity endorsements have a huge influence on
the
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sales
.
However
,
this
 method
require
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 enormous amounts of money and many
company
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companies
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 can not afford to allocate their budgets to celebrity endorsements.
On the other hand
, it is true that there are too many
advertisements
on
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 society, including commercials on TV, posting paper
advertisements
, and large signs on streets, to recognize each of them. The majority of
advertisements
 tend to be ignored and do not contribute to an increase in
sales
. Very few
advertisements
, which were outstanding in terms of music or actors, may be kept in mind, which leads to the purchase. In my opinion, both perspectives are understandable.
Therefore
, outcomes may depend on
companies'
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budget
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 and outstanding creativity.
To conclude
, as many people have been
gooten
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gotten
 used to
be
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 surrounded by
advertisements
,
whrere
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where
 the majority of them are not paid attention and contribute to
sales
.
However
, celebrity endorsements are still beneficial for large companies.
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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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