{"id":49,"date":"2010-10-18T02:04:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T10:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/?p=49"},"modified":"2010-10-18T02:04:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T10:04:42","slug":"49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/2010\/10\/18\/49\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After reading this <a href=\"http:\/\/comm296marketingblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/real-fake.html\">blog post<\/a> from my classmate William Afil , I was reminded of the SpongeBob band-aid I bought a while ago. I prefer band-aids with happy faces to the traditional ones even though they cost slightly more. Why? Because I know SpongeBob is going to do an awesome job cheering me up when I&#8217;m in pain. Look at them. Aren&#8217;t they just adorable?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FVo2Kxl5nAs\/THGXJ47RksI\/AAAAAAAACag\/Vl-sojOmpaM\/s1600\/Spongebob+Squarepants+Band-Aid+FREE+at+Wegmans+With+MFR+Q.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"266\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/515A3JXS6mL._SL500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that I think of it, I rarely get brainwash by the messages in advertisements but I&#8217;m the kind of consumer who will easily fall for products with cute images\/logo\/packaging.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rawemag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/VenomousVillains-Ambient1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"253\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rawemag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/VenomousVillains-Beauty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>^ M.A.C\u2019s Venomous Villains collection for Fall 2010 features four of Disney&#8217;s\u00a0Villains.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chicprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/MAC-Holiday-2010-A-Tartan-Tale-Viva-Glam-Collection.jpg\" alt=\"MAC Holiday 2010 A Tartan Tale Viva Glam Collection MAC A Tartan Tale Collection: Viva Glam for Holiday 2010\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chicprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/MAC-Holiday-2010-A-Tartan-Tale-Viva-Glam-Collection-Sir-Teddy.jpg\" alt=\"MAC Holiday 2010 A Tartan Tale Viva Glam Collection Sir Teddy MAC A Tartan Tale Collection: Viva Glam for Holiday 2010\" width=\"360\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>^MAC Holiday 2010 A Tartan Tale Collection + Viva Glam.<\/p>\n<p>A brand&#8217;s perception is reshaped when popular elements are thrown to its products and advertisements. If not for the launching of these new and limited collections, I never would have deemed M.A.C as a cute and young brand. Thus, by repackaging its products with attractive images, a company can actually expand its consumer base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reading this blog post from my classmate William Afil , I was reminded of the SpongeBob band-aid I bought a while ago. I prefer band-aids with happy faces to the traditional ones even though they cost slightly more. Why? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/2010\/10\/18\/49\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4049,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pingu915\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}