A Good Analogy - Page 6

NatCh · 08-17-2007, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I guess they aren't worried about teens watching films about Churchill and Murrow anyway!

Generally speaking, teens equate anything "not brand new" with "uncool" anyway. So I wonder if we might see a decrease in teen smoking from making them watch such films as Casablanca.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 08-17-2007, 12:00 PM

Here's a thought: Let's get some e-book readers into the product placement cycle! Get Will Smith to use one in his next movie... Show Lindsay Lohan studying with it! Let product placement sell the readers, then we can put regular ads in the back of the e-books without product placement.

yvanleterrible · 08-17-2007, 12:03 PM

Believe me unless they're gullible, there's nothing to do with teenagers, they educate themselves to what they want, whatever you think. Fortunately they come back to you as adults and all that subliminal education (good example you set) shows through. Don't give up but just don't expect immediate results.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 08-17-2007, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Believe me unless they're gullible, there's nothing to do with teenagers, they educate themselves to what they want, whatever you think.

Sure, but they don't operate in a vaccuum. And "education" too-often stops at surface considerations like "cool factor" and peer popularity. That's why advertising works particularly well on them, and why there's so much c**p out there for them to buy. As consumers get older, the amount of silly bells and whistles on their products drops off considerably, because older consumers are more discerning than that.

But I didn't mean for this to come out like teen-bashing, so I'm going to stop there.

yvanleterrible · 08-17-2007, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Sure, but they don't operate in a vaccuum. And "education" too-often stops at surface considerations like "cool factor" and peer popularity. That's why advertising works particularly well on them, and why there's so much c**p out there for them to buy. As consumers get older, the amount of silly bells and whistles on their products drops off considerably, because older consumers are more discerning than that.

But I didn't mean for this to come out like teen-bashing, so I'm going to stop there.

Well, I've had two tough and stubborn ones that turned out almost OK as adults.

(22years old

25years old

).

After what we've gotten through, it feels good to bash teens.

Don't worry I'll pipe down before nasty!

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08-17-2007, 12:00 PM	#77
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Here's a thought: Let's get some e-book readers into the product placement cycle! Get Will Smith to use one in his next movie... Show Lindsay Lohan studying with it! Let product placement sell the readers, then we can put regular ads in the back of the e-books without product placement.

08-17-2007, 12:03 PM	#78
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Believe me unless they're gullible, there's nothing to do with teenagers, they educate themselves to what they want, whatever you think. Fortunately they come back to you as adults and all that subliminal education (good example you set) shows through. Don't give up but just don't expect immediate results.