Monday, January 26, 2009

Purchasing the product was a breeze- FEBREZE!


I looked around my room today and found a product that I find myself always buying - Febreze.  I think personally the product reminds me of home, every time I spray it I get a big whiff of mom's living room cleaning.  When I think about why my mom started first buying it, or why I still buy it (besides of the home smell to it), descriptive words come to my mind:
-Fresh
-Clean
-Smells good
-Refreshing
-Disinfectant
-Eliminates odor

The image it portrays is clean and simple.  The bottle reminds me of fresh water, very clean, as if you could drink it (you probably wouldn't want to do that though).

On Brandtags.net the top 10 descriptive words for the brand Febreze are
1.) Smell
2.)Fresh
3.) Scent
4.)Spray Stinky
5.)Useless
6.)Odor
7.)Air
8.)Clean
9.)Fabric
10.)Useless

The last 5 were repetitive words, the two that really suck out and were popular descriptive words were Smell and Fresh, two words that I also used to describe the product.

I think that Frebreze gives off the image of being a "fresh," "smell good," "clean" product though it's commercials.  The commercials also are sometimes funny and stress on the fact that Febreze smells very good.  The brand also markets itself through other alternative smelling products such as plug in applicators, candles, and it has also partnered with Tide laundry detergent to come up with an idea for better smelling clothes.  





Thursday, January 22, 2009


I'm a coca cola type of girl.  I also happen to think their commercials are pretty great.  Since technology is growing more and more these days t.v., movies, and commercials all seem to be intensified by visual effects.  I really like this computerized commercial by coca cola, it's pretty awesome!




Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Me

My name is Sarah Shelton.  This is my last semester in college and I'm scared to death.  My degree will be in Journalism and I've spent most of my time in school focusing on the writing aspect.  The few classes I took with graphics and advertising strategies I loved!  I love to write, but I found out as I went through the motions of college that I really love the visual, creative aspect about media and how it communicates to people.  I hope that by taking this class I will grasp a better understanding about how advertising and marketing works in society.