Advertising is a Waste of Resources

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TEJASRI said:   7 years ago
Good morning.

Some people usually says advertisement is waste of resources but in my point of view stopping advertisement to save money is like stopping our watch to save time. The main motto of advertisement is to create awareness about product. It is not only helpful to producers to increase their business but also helpful to the customers to know more features and offers of the product. Then only they can compare our products with other other brands and they can decide which brand to buy. Sometimes, Advertisement emotionally connects the product with the customers. It creates a face value in cutomers mind. We can use brand ambassadors to promote our products so that people can blindly remember our product. But as a human, we should remember our responsibilities towards the nation and do the advertisement in a legal way. We can attract people but we shouldn't affect the people. Even healthy food acts as poison if we take more than a level. We shouldn't find cutomers for products instead we should find products for our customers. In my view advertise our products by using digital ways is the best strategy instead of using handouts. Which indirectly saves our resources by saving the paper.
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Ash said:   1 decade ago
Hi friends,

Most of you said that advertising is a good one. I agree that. But I want to discuss with some unknown side of advertising. I should say it is not totally good. There are lots of money are invested to advertise a product. But most of the time the quality of the product is not so good.

Nowadays advertising of a product is very plentiful in TV channels. Just we are seeing and enjoying them and we want to buy that too. But when we come to know the price of the product, it will really high. So a middle class man can't afford for this. Why these goods cost so much? We see these ads with celebrities, models, super heroes, heroines. And they are get paid lacs of lacs and crores of crores. But this is our money.

If it will be curtailed, the prices should be automatically reduced. Shouldn't they? So much of money is wasted here. We are deceived by purchasing some cheap ones. And also some big companies have shares with foreign companies. We have to be aware of this. Why should we instill that?

And one more thing, a good and quality product need not to be advertised. After you buying a product, you found that it is a very good one with best quality. Then you'll inform about this to your friends and neighbours. Here the product is automatically advertised. Because of its good quality. Apparently speaking, this is the fact. A best one needs nothing to be fame.

Conversely, ads are important in some situations. For instance, the villagers should be aware of vaccination. So ads like this by the government must be accepted. Then small businesses have to publicized. If you start a business like photocopying, browsing, tailoring, dancing, then initially you have to let people know about this.

All I want to conclude that "quality should be improved and prices should be reduced". Instead of wasting money for ads, just put them in quality and also reduce the price. Do you agree?:).
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Pranshu said:   5 years ago
Advertising is as a waste of resources in my point of view, because the people who make advertising they use the audience brains and make advertising in a manner that we get used to that product they are filming.

And its a bitter truth but its fact that we the audience only pay the price of advertising on the price of the product.

The company adds all the cost of advertising they make and take all the cost from the consumer.

But we don't know the bitter truth of this industry but its a fact that we are paying for the product but as well the price of advertising we see on television.

Yes, advertising does aware of the product a company launches but the price of the product increases by its advertising.

So we intend to pay the price of the product which we actually don't.
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Malatesh daddikoppa said:   8 years ago
Hi everyone.

I am Malatesh Daddikoppa.

Advertising is a waste of resources.

In my view, I am completely disagree with this.

Why because with out advertisement we can't launch any products. Advertisement is helps to give some information about products through on. Tv, newspaper, radio or any media's. It helps to increase sales activities.

And.

It is also helps it customers how means.

Advantages:.

1. Products features.
Advertisements help to know the futures about products without any costs.

2. Place of availability.
We can find out products availability place with the help of advertisement.

3. Price structure.
Advertisements help to know the price of the products.

4. We can make final decision about the products with the help of advertisement.
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Akash said:   6 years ago
Advertisement is a waste of resources because the very big poster are made of large amount of paper and use the large amount of paper we cut very trees.
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SOMYA said:   4 years ago
In my opinion, Advertising is not a waste of resources. Advertising means, showing the features of a product to the customers. Advertising should be in a very attractive manner that can be easily grasped the mind of consumers. With the help of advertisements, the consumer is aware of their needs and what they want, they can also be able to differentiate the product and select the best one. But at the time of advertising customers should be aware while focusing on the features of a particular product.
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Vinita Goswami said:   1 decade ago
Hello friends.

It is good to learn that everyone has great views regarding the given topic of advertisement. In my view advertisement is necessary but upto certain limits and for certain products which are essential to be advertised. Many products in our country are over advertised even though they do not need that much. Lots of money are spent on a single advertisement by paying actors and actress to endorse the product. If that amount of money is spend on the improvement of the quality of the product it will be more beneficial for the producer as well as the consumer. A good product or service need not to be advertised but yes initially it can be needed to let the people know about it.

Advertisement cannot be totally ignored because it is a media through which mass can be informed. Many products and schemes launched by the government need to to be informed to the people especially those living in the rural areas. Ads related to vaccinations, new schemes, new products for farmers etc needs to be advertised.

Concluding my views I would like to say that advertise that which is in real favour of the society and which can benefit them. Otherwise wasting of money on unnecessary ads is of no use.
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Parul said:   7 years ago
I think advertising is not a waste of resources because of the following reasons:

1) It creates awareness for the consumers.

2) It keeps us updated with the new products that company launches.

3) It is helpful for the businesses also for increasing their profits and revenue.

4) It creates an emotional touch with the consumers so that they buy the company's product.

5) Advertising is the best form of promotion.
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Priyanka singh said:   9 years ago
The advertisement is just waste of resources through the advertisement company. Makes false promises and fool the customer and earn huge amount of profit. I'm giving the best example of advertising. FAIRLOVELY CREAM I still did not understand that how one fairness cream helps women to get job, status, and money it doesn't make any sense.

Fairness cream does not help P.V SINDHU to win a silver medal in Rio Olympic game her passion and hard work to help to bring the silver medal.
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Abiansh said:   1 decade ago
Hi friends,

You have all said valid points to justify your views on the topic. From my point of view every attributes has an negative side of it, as we all know excess of everything is bad, same is the case of advertisement. All that glitters is not gold a idiom that perfectly suits to the occasion.

To sustain in the competitive world of marketing company needs to advertise or promote their products, this makes customers aware of the goods and prices of the products. But wasting money by excessive promotion using stars, celebrities, will certainly not help the company, rather if that amount of money if is used in the betterment of the quality of the product, with a little advertisement it will certainly increase the brand value of the company.

Wasting your money and resources by advertising the products that are not up to a certain level might create an negative image of that company among the customers. Selling a bad product by advertising it may affect the life of customers which may lead into legal loss to the company.

So I conclude it by saying that by proper use of advertisement betterment of an company can be achieved but excessive use of advertisement may give that company a negative image in the market. So they should act accordingly.
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