Where is the rationale!? The t(c)rap in Ads!

Watching this new Volkswagen Beetle commercial and a series of Ford commercials(this, quite an old one may be but this is the first time I ever watched it) on youtube is making me ponder about this topic!!

When we purchase things(when I mention it as things, I mean it!) what is that we look at?How and why do we decide to buy one thing over the other? Rational?Emotion? how do we come to the conclusion!? Clearly, is it not a logical decision?

Lets look at this best example I can recall to quote -

BMW ad of its M5 series - I suppose this has remained one of the greatest commercials ever in terms of the message it communicated with no single word uttered! The commercial puts the world speed record jet car somewhere in a desert racing at its top speed and halted. All to show that this jet car speed was parallely filmed using a camera fitted to BMW M5!! Sheer driving pleasure! Ultimate driving machine! whatever be the tagline. It is just so effectively conveyed to the audience with no frills attached!! Instead of just touting it as driver-oriented, no-compromise ultimate driving machine, all it does is a clear display of its engineering excellence which is what will be the reason to buy one!

The Ford commercials (One more reason series ads) shows of varied people speaking about their car and captures emotions like no less than a movie! Duh!!!

Then there is this new VW Beetle commercial in India which projects the buggy car as the perfect gift for the daughter's wedding!!Phew...are you kidding me!!? And even better, it is tag-lined as 'Fittingly Expensive'!!How else could VW justify their cute little bugsy car for a whopping 25 lacs!!? Also not to mention the offensive message that might spark up about 'dowry' and stuff!Gimme a break!!!!!!and please bring up the logical reason to buy a car!

Well no offence intended but just suspecting the approach of emotional advertising when a strong message can be conveyed with solid rationale for a purchase! Why does the rational reasoning has to be replaced!? Or does it really replace? Ofcourse, ads are dramatized means to convey the fact but the rationale to purchase it should eventually be conveyed to the targeted audience!

This reminds me of a quote by Jack Trout "If you only have 30 seconds to state your case, skip the seduction and sell your heart out!"
So very true Mr.Trout!

Atleast common sense please!!

Alright!it's been long time since i blogged, thanks to the Bangalore traffic, it really makes me feel that i should write this.
Another reason, off late i have got back on my 2 wheeler to work like the good ol' days of riding to Hebbal, back in 2007!
But these days, I must say that its really crazy out there on the streets!

1. Who ever said that footpaths are meant for pedestrians!?ask the super-bikers please!

2. We don't discriminate on the basis of color! even if it means jumping the traffic signal!!

3. I am driving a bigger vehicle and you better give way to me first (well, actually i don't even want to notice the smaller ones,shooo...shooo...)

4. Here cometh the BMTC bus driver !!!!!The bus-stop is on the left side but who cares!?I always keep to the right of the street while driving and darn!i don't care i can anyway swift-switch to the left for the stop.
 5. Wonderful cab drivers,especially the Indica ones and the auto-rickshaw drivers!Traffic rules!???..duh!!
 6. Who cares if its a hospital zone,I honk!honk, honk and honk!!till you get the hell outta my way!

7. Oh there comes an ambulance! let me follow it up(seems like those 20 bikers are all anchored-up to it) to get through the crazy traffic!

8. I stop my car ,who cares if it just blocked the whole damn street!Whoosh...outta nowhere i bang open the car door and you expect me to look out for a vehicle or pedestrian beside!??

9. Oh yeah the 'lost lots' we are and the traffic flow does not even affect us!we just stroll on the main roads like taking a walk on the sands on the beach!we love it and we probably have selective hearing so who cares about all the honking?

10. I do see the jammed up traffic but I honk hoping that would work wonders to clear traffic!

11. I am the traffic police, oh is that a traffic jam that i see there!??...well ***YAWN***!!!


12. I am driving left on the lane,there is long lined up traffic ahead and behind me.Driving,driving...still on left,a traffic signal;oh well i just changed my mind, let me take a right turn here

13. What if you drive slow, keep to the right on the street! Now, I am forced to over-take from the left!perfect!
 14. What do you mean!!?what is driving etiquette!?are you crazy or something!?

We don't need no regulation, we don't need no false control!!Honking seems like the stress-buster!
Okie dokie.... well, HELL JUST BROKE LOOSE here!