Mr Herbert Of Coca Cola Analysis

The speaker logically describes MagnaSoles’ statements to represent the ridiculous motives companies use against their customers. Misrepresentative uses of logos can infect consumers through persuasive

In today’s competitive market, companies rely on unique advertising slogans to market their product. Company slogans and trademarks have increased in popularity over the years. However, it sometimes becomes a challenging task to determine who has the right to a certain phrase. Such is the case evident in the exchange of letters between Mr. Herbert of Coca-Cola company and Mr. Seaver of Grove Press. Apparently, both companies utilize the slogan, “It’s the Real Thing,” to advertise their products causing a conflict regarding who has the rights to that slogan. Although Mr. Herbert of Coca-Cola delivered a professional and respectful sound and cordial argument using historical data, ethos, and logos to describe his points concerning the dual use of the slogan, Mr. Seaver thoroughly refuted his letter piece by piece in an ironic, sarcastic, and clever

Companies desire to keep the originality of their products so they can appeal to their consumers positively. Ira C. Herbert, an executive for the Coca Cola Company, presents himself as a notable person with authority. On March 25, 1970, Herbert wrote a letter to Mr. R. W. Seaver asking him to “stop using the theme or slogan in connection with the book” (line 7). The writer is contemplative throughout his letter in order to clarify the issue that he wants resolved. Herbert speaks for the company when he writes, “We believe you will agree that it is undesirable for our companies to make simultaneous use of It’s the Real Thing” in connection with our respective products”(lines 8-10). In other words, the author suggests the expression

Within society power struggles are inevitable and in the business world it is no different. The letters of correspondence between an executive of the Coca-Cola Company, Ira C. Herbert and a representative of Grove Press, Richard Seaver express their different viewpoints on the use of Coca-Cola’s slogan “It’s the Real Thing”, in an advertisement promoting Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher by Jim Haskins. Both Herbert and Seaver attempt to out smart each other through their use of rhetorical techniques and strategies.

Historical illusions are also being employed in this letter as a form of a rhetorical strategy; it is used in the fourth paragraph just like in the first letter but the only difference is that this time Seaver is telling Mr. Ira Herbert about other cases his company has had in past that were just like this one but posed more of a threat to his company, rather than the history of the slogan “it’s the real thing”. Reduction which means the degradation of a victim is being brought into play by Mr. Seaver in the third paragraph of the letter where Seaver states, “we have discussed this problem in an executive committee meeting, and by a vote of seven to six decided that, even if this were the case , we would be happy to give coke the residual benefit of our advertising”, here Seaver is actually demeaning the stature and dignity of the Coca-Cola company because he is practically saying that if it’s the money coke wants, they would be glad to offer coke the money. A hyperbole is displayed in the concluding part of the letter that says “we will defend to the death your right to use “it’s the real thing” in any advertising you care to”, at this point Mr. Seaver is saying that he and his company are ready to defend to death

Coca-Cola’s confidence in its domination over the soft drink industry eroded, and its advertising slogans began to recognize industry competition: “No Wonder Coke Tastes the Best”. While Coke’s slogans have always centered on the product, Pepsi’s advertisement emphasized the users of the product. Rather than targeting every market, Pepsi focused on the demographic environment. Pepsi foresaw the mass appeal of the youth generation for soft drinks and in 1961 divulged the successful slogan “Now, It’s Pepsi, for Those Who Think Young”. The campaign was such a success that Pepsi’s sales growth outperformed that of Coca-Cola.

Herbert, a coca cola executive uses appeal to logic and historical context to convince Seaver, the author of the book “Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher” to change their slogan “It's the real thing” used by both companies to advertise their products.Seaver replies with references, hyperbole, and sarcasm to state that they aren't changing the books slogan. They both were trying to appeal to their audience, the people who buy Coca-Cola and the book. Whereas Herbert’s letter addressing the issue of both companies using the same slogan. Seavers response is more persuasive due to its use of rhetorical strategies such as references and sarcasm.The letters were made to persuade the audience the who has the right over the slogan that coca-cola used

Ira C. Herbert, an executive of the Coca-Cola company, and Richard Seavers, a representative of Grove Press, are the speakers of their own respective letters and they both focus on the motto “It’s the real thing”. Herbert’s purpose is to convince Seavers to stop using the motto “It’s the real thing” and to use a different one and Seavers purpose is to address Herbert’s concerns about the motto and defends his company’s right to keep using the motto. Herbert adopts a friendly tone in order to point out what Seaver was doing, using the same slogan Coca-Cola uses. Seaver adopts a serious tone to guide Herbert what had happened to Herbert and the company of Coca-Cola. Herbert and Seaver use different rhetorical strategies in order to persuade

In this rhetorical analysis, the value of uniqueness and the use of flavors are expressed in an ad by Dr. Pepper, a well-known and popular company. These values are found within the appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos.It also states the history of how this soft drink was created, the creator, and the year it was created. Logos is expressed when the brand states that it contains 23 flavors and also includes an image of a bottle with the number 23 as well with other phrases. Pathos is used in the ad when the company states that no other drink has these flavors, which means the drink is unique, targeting the audience and persuading them to be special and different. Lastly, ethos is used by us knowing the history behind the 23

In the following letters exchanged between the executive vice-president of Coca-Cola and the representative of Grove Press regarding the use of the slogan, “It’s the Real Thing”, each writer states their stance on why they believe they are have the right to use this slogan for their company. Coca-Cola’s executive vice-president, Ira Herbert, writes in a deliberate tone while also incorporating specific dates, and attempting to spark patriotism in his claim. Richard Seaver of Grove Press, justifies his company has done nothing wrong; however, claims that it will do as Coca-Cola ask. By using sarcasm and specific examples, Grove Press achieves their purpose and sequentially demonstrates why they have a more persuasive case over Coca-Cola.

During Cola Wars, a critic from the Onion, which is a satirical website. The Onion makes a reference to the Cold War, but it is about the Cola Wars, this is a written article,” Ad Industry Veterans Honored With Cola War Memorial,” discusses. The purpose of this article is to criticize those who make simple, unimportant things become an over exaggerated situation when there are bigger problems out there. The intended audience is for those who make irrelevant things bigger so he uses emotions and client testimonials. The attitude towards the audience is mocking the audience and burlesque which these both things are satirical. Therefore, the Onion uses the rhetorical devices of client testimonials, distortion and hyperbole.

To continue, Seaver uses irony in order to not create a rude or as harsh of a tone when responding to the letter by Herbert. Seaver use of irony establishes the point that it is not important if both companies use the same set of words in an advertisement. Seaver gets his point across by using sarcasm such as referring and stating that the use of the same set of words would benefit the sale of Coca-Cola bottles. The quote given to defend their use of the set of the words is “but, it did occur to us that since the slogan is so …buy a Coke rather than a book” (14-17). Seaver uses this quote in order to defend his usage of the slogan “it's a real thing” despite it being previously owned by the Coca-Cola company. When Seaver claims that the phrase would rather improve the economic gain of the Coca-Cola company rather than reduce it. Seaver then continues to explain that when a customer sees this quote they will crave a coke and this will increase its profits. Although, when Seaver argues this he creates a sarcastic tone to state that the Coca-Cola company was being overdramatic with this advertising issue. When Seaver connects his argument to the belief that the Coca-Cola company

The commercial also incorporated a presentation of the country's varying sprawling landscapes and metropolitan areas, along with Americans of different ethnicities, races, and families partaking in real life activities. With these elements: a patriotic song, playing on emotion, and an invocation of profound imagery, we see several of the tactics mentioned in both articles tackled in Coke's commercial. So why did Coca Cola receive such monumental uproar, if it made use of some of the fifteen basic appeals that make ads effective?

Throughout the course of this essay a rhetorical analysis will be performed over the subject of the popular soft drink, Coca Cola. Here we will take a look at two documents, both advertisement images, both from Coca Cola, separated by over 40 years. This sweet drink took the world by storm starting in the 1890’s and has been a household name since. With hundreds of thousands of soft drinks all over the world, Coca Cola is just another in a bucket, except with a different set of tactics toward drawing in their consumers.

Just as youth matures, and a bright passionate flame begins to fade into adulthood, companies expand and grow to a point in which the founder’s purpose of the company may become diluted to a point where it simply isn 't able to be felt. My intended purpose of this paper stems from questioning this very concept through the method of analysis of rhetoric used. my choice on example was chosen on the basis of using a company nearly everyone knows, a company founded most certainly on a purpose, one of being “different.” my test to find if this spirit of the founder is still present is to compare two ads from Apple: one from the very beginning, “the 1984 Super bowl Ad” as well as one from modern day with, “Broken Promises” coming from the year 2009. Both ads were chosen on the basis of time being the only variable in which was changed as both ads are presented through the same medium, as well as representing the same product, Apple’s Macintosh.