Abstract Every one knows that television commercials are advertisements and a company's way of marketing their product; but advertising is just a part of the marketing strategies and tactics used by the influx of businesses such as soft drink distributors, car dealerships, athletic shoe manufacturers, and fast food restaurants to get you (the consumer) to buy or use their product. So if advertising is just a piece of marketing, what is marketing? This paper will …showed first 75 words of 2026 total…

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