Advertising Target Children

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The advertising industry is developing, and advertisers have been aiming at children who are also potential customers. Many advertisements are designed to attract the children's attention. This report will define three main advertising techniques, namely free offers, testimonials, and cartoon characters. Firstly, one of the most popular advertising techniques used to target children is ‘free offers’. A gift which is attached to the product in order to fascinate the consumers is called free offers. This kind of advertising also allows a company to promote their products. For example, a package of Chocopie and toy airplane will encourage children to collect the toy. Another advertising technique is testimonial, which refers to advertisements showing famous person was endorsing the product. Many advertisers know that children believe that the product which is consumed by a famous person must be good. For instance, in ‘Kung Fu Panda’ movie, the character consumes Pepsi’s products to be stronger. This type of advertising is often powerful as well as helpful because children are susceptible. Finally, one of the most remarkable techniques is ‘cartoon characters', which are renowned for children from reading comics, books or cartoon movies. Advertisers usually use jingles, powerful characters, and colorful scenes, which are so attractive that children can watch it for a hundred times without being bored. An illustration of this is the advertisement of shampoo for children, which has a printed famous cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, on the package of shampoo. The advertisers know that the children will recognize Micky Mouse and start to press their parents for the product. This method can be extremely successful and has been used by advertisers for

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