Please review the given where I describe how a product's advertising affects me.
Please do some additional searches, and describe how this company's messages affect you.
Product Selection:
Chocolate is one of the weaknesses that I have and Ghirardelli is one of my favorite brands. Ghirardelli is made in America and is one of the few companies that make everything, from cocoa bean to the finished product. Ghirardelli offers a large variety of different chocolate and chocolate products like chocolate squares, baking chocolate and chocolate beverages (ghirardelli.com).
Three Places Where It Was Promoted
Ghiradelli advertises extensively on television. I've also seen Ghiradelli advertised in magazines. These are generally full-page advertisements showcasing the chocolate in various delicious-looking productions. Ghiradelli is also promoted on recipe websites like Allrecipes, which have many recipes devoted to using Ghiradelli squares (allrecipes.com). Ghiradelli appears to focus their advertisements on women. I have noticed that those advertisements are generally shown during television shows that women are more likely to watch. The magazine advertisements are typically in women's magazines like Better Homes and Gardens.
How the Ad Caught your Attention:
The television advertisement was the most effective on me, capturing my attention right away. It was shown during a break in one of my favorite shows. The advertisement uses scenes of a young woman taking a break from working on an art project in order to enjoy a Ghiradelli "milk chocolate and caramel" Square. She opens the small package and bites the corner off slowly. The caramel inside the square slowly stretches away. I get hungry for chocolate whenever I think about the final scene where warm, gooey caramel drizzles into smooth dark milk chocolate. I could almost taste the chocolate and caramel melting in my mouth.
Will You Buy This Product Because of Ad? (Explain why or why not):
I would definitely be more likely to buy a package of the Ghiradelli squares because of the television advertisement. The magazine and Internet advertisements do not have much of an effect on me, because I tend to not notice either of these methods of advertisement. I flip right past the ads in magazines, and I scroll past the Internet ads without even noticing them.
I would not likely run out and buy a package as soon as I saw the television advertisement. But if I stopped in the local Rite-Aid and walked past a display of them, I would definitely pick up a package of milk chocolate and caramel Ghiradelli squares.
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