Advertising - What psychological tricks do they use?

all advertising is mind abuse

who's Edward Bernays

@shabbooo7 - Edward Bernays is the father of the PR. He used the techniques of his uncle (Sigmund Freud) to manipulate public opinion using the subconscious.

I HATE advertisers, they have these bug things that they attach to your computer to track what you look at on the internet and then they sell that info to other companies and they make an ad trying to get you to buy something like the other day: i was looking for an online tutor for math, so i go to Sylvan but it's too expensive, then the next day on every sing page i go on theres an ad that says "Save $100 on a Sylvan Math program", I'm like dude WTF!! Fucking advertisers piss me off!

this is horrible! first time to know such thing! i'm studying marketing, they might teach us such thing :D!! i really got shocked by this news

haha Shut up, Larry Bird! You're white!

The Dyson vacuum was actually a terrible product. You failed at failing to be indoctrinated.

It is actually very good, I own one :p it's really good compared to the old Samsung (or Panasonic) or something I owned in my old house.

There is some "brainwashing" to an extent, good example is a Hoover Vac for kids and Barbie Credit Cards.

But the thing with that is that we can turn off the TV or not buy that particular item. "The Persuaders" video makes the case that it is actually getting harder for advertisers to reach customers, due to their over "brainwashing".

I will have to check him out, another video to watch on advertising is the Frontline: "The Persuaders".