Kool Aid : A Favorite Childhood Drink Of Mine

The Kool-Aid brand has faded as the market has become flooded with various choices of sodas, waters, energy drinks, packaged and powdered sports drinks, and a myriad of other options. Our goal is to bring back this brand which was once at the heart of teen popular culture.

When it comes to the topic of commercials, most of us readily agree that commercials are irritating. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the purpose of the commercial. Whereas some are convinced that commercials are meaningless, others maintain that commercials tell a story. Effective commercials are repetitive and illustrate a story. Marketers use rhetoric marketing, the art of persuasive speaking and writing, when persuading an audience to buy a product. Rhetoric marketing is especially effective through the illustration of a story. It is effective because the marketer is able to relate to the consumer with a story or message. Advertisers also use the appeals of logic, credibility, and emotions to intrigue interest in a company. Coca-Cola’s advertisement, “Falling,” depicts the product as a confidence building companion suitable for young love through a series of logical and emotional appeals that visibly promotes the brand’s credibility.

The Kool-Aid brand has faded as the market has become flooded with various choices of sodas, waters, energy drinks, packaged and powdered sports drinks, and a myriad of other options. Our goal is to bring back this brand which was once at the heart of teen popular culture.

Advertising is much more complicated that people realize. There are many different ways that brands advertise to us. Sometimes if the brand is viewed in a negative light, or they are a new brand, the company will try to turn around their image by using things in their commercials that everyone likes in order to reach the widest range of people. Brands that everyone already has a positive opinion of do something similar, but to a lesser degree, because

I do not often pay attention to commercials on the television but recently one caught my eye advertising Taco Bell’s new breakfast menu. The commercial consisted of several gentlemen stating their names, all named Ronald McDonald, eating some of the products, and stating that they like Taco Bell’s breakfast items. All the gentlemen in the commercial participated in a focus group where they got to try the product first before giving their opinion. It was kind of like getting word of mouth advertising the way the commercial was set up. I found it amusing because Ronald McDonald is the name of the mascot of McDonalds which is in competition with Taco Bell. This was a marketing concept not an accident and it is pretty clever.

Throughout the decades of Kotex advertising many subjects where the focus, none more effective than the next it seems. Yet they stayed in business all these years, so they’re obviously doing something right. All things considered, advertisements may not be the reason for products fall or rise in sales, but they definitely mirror the life and time of the

“Don't drink the kool-aid” is a phrase that was coined after the mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana on November 18, 1978. James (Jim) Jones was a religious leader of the People’s Temple cult and is responsible for more the deaths of 909 men, women, and children through a mass suicide using cyanide-laced grape punch. Aided by his high IQ and his manipulative ways, Jones was able to carry out his communist goals. Jones managed to wipe out 909 people overnight which lands him a well earned spot in history.

People rarely ever see a commercial with an older adult advertising an everyday product such as cookware or a department store, and if they are, it is almost exclusively a product for the ageing population. Most of the commercials for older adults have to do with medications to help with some disease only common in older people, or creams to get rid of wrinkles, or products for frail seniors who can’t be alone in the house without having a life-altering accident, or even adult diapers. They are either portrayed as being ashamed of their age and looks, or as being so old and sickly that they don’t have time to care about their looks anymore. Neither of these conclusions drawn is accurate for the majority of the older population and it is demeaning for people to believe them to be correct. In all actuality, our aging population is very active in this day and age, and they enjoy a lot of the same activities that we do. Just because they have reached the age of sixty-five does not mean that they are suddenly dead to society and can’t shop, go to the beach, eat candy, or have fun in general, and it is time for our advertising to reflect these truths. The OAMPOA will personally campaign to major advertisers such as Coca-Cola, Target, and other well-known companies to include older adults in more commercials. It is possible for these

Many junk food advertisements are aimed to attract certain audiences in specific. Carl’s Jr advertisements with the women in bikinis are aimed to attract an older audience while the animated commercials for Lucky Charms or Frosted Flakes are aimed towards children. Recently, Coca-Cola Company has come up with the “Share a Coke” campaign in which the Coke plastic bottles now have an extensive range of common names; customers can then look for their friends’ names and “share a Coke”. This marketing strategy has proven to be very effective amongst the youth with teenagers posting pictures of their customized coke on social media such as Instagram or Facebook. Coca-Cola has even gone as far as creating a website for the sole purpose of customizing cokes for special occasions. The homepage of shareacoke.com includes three options for customizing America’s favorite soda, “Celebrate Birthdays”, “World Champions”, and “Wedding Party Fun.” The website even goes as far as offering free shipping for orders of twelve cokes or more. Back in 2013, Coca-Cola came up with “The Honest Coca-Cola Obesity Commercial” in which it listed

In 1965 on a hot summer, the University of Florida created a never before seen drink with the purpose to assist their football players who suffer from heat illness to perform better athletically morphing into the international business we know today as Gatorade. Made for all athletes, on all different skill levels Gatorade claims it will “quench your thirst” claiming it will make you work faster and harder when performing. Since its creation Gatorade has become a house hold name because of how affective it has been fueling athletes of all sports replenishing them with the energy, carbohydrates and salts lost in high intensity workouts. Progressively, Gatorade is available in more than 80 countries in 50 varieties. Consequently, the following will reveal the international product drink of Gatorade and the ramifications of meaning, marketing, and money.

Experiencing adventures in life for many “classics”. Movies, songs, and foods all fit into this special, yet simple category. The classic glass bottle with white letting labeling “Coca-Cola” will forever be the typical, classic beverage for all. “Coke’s Love Story” intensifies the rhetorical appeals while appreciating audiences from different friend groups, families, and couples. Coca-Cola continues to strive to change people’s emotions, opinions and taste buds by a simple sip of

The commercial is targeting a large audience of adults and teens. Most individuals in these two groups are often busy, having little time to make or choose healthy food. Younger children often look to adults and would not be old enough to understand the message being conveyed. For this reason, the commercial uses a central character that audience can relate to, a working woman that is constantly on the go. Her action and surroundings reflect common places a person would go to and the people they are surrounded by.

Advertisments are on every corner we see. Some we see ocasionally, some we see all the time. On billbords downtown, on tv, even ads on your pandora app. Although we may not get the picture, each ad symbolizes a company or trademark. Each advertisement we see persuades or influences others of some sort. The repetiton or promotion of an ad may catch the audience eye. We know by heart we if see an famous celebrity with an milk mustache, that’s the “Got Milk” advertisement. The campagin uses ethos, pathos,and logos to make the audience change their drinking habits and drink more milk. The Rhianna and Taylor Swift ads catches the most attetion. While “Got Milk” ads are famously known for the celeberties they use, they also have some flaws in portrying the right message to their audience.

Roughly half of Americans consume more than 2.6 glasses of a carbonated beverage each day. Did you know that if you place a nail in a bottle of Coca-Cola it would dissolve in just four days? If it can do that to a nail, just imagine what it will do to a human body.

The next time slot is the ten a.m. to four p.m. window. The ads aired during this time generally aim to reach the older generation and have to do with aging. Another target is children when they arrive home from school. A commercial that depicts how advertisers target the elder age group is from Coca-Cola, “Older Couple Turn into Adorable Kids.” The appeal is ethos; older people will feel and appear younger after they