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    “With These Words I Can Sell You Anything” is an article written by William Lutz‚ explaining the tactics of marketers to sell their products. It is an excerpt from his book Doublespeak‚ published in 1990. William Lutz has been called “the George Orwell of the 1990s”‚ and indeed many of his books are titled in direct reference to Orwell’s works. Lutz claims in his article that there’s a big conspiracy where the people trying to sell us things are giving us ineffective products disguised as something

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    These Words I Can Sell You Anything William Lutz explains that "New and Improved‚" are the most frequently used words in advertising‚ according to author the product is commonly not new or improved‚ but changed insignificantly to legally use the term. Consumers must be aware of marketing strategies used to lure unsuspecting consumers into purchasing a product. Author William Lutz states how we‚ the consumer‚ are misled by sneaky advertising tactics. He introduces the term “weasel words” (named

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    In “With These Words I Can Sell You Anything”‚ William Lutz describes how advertisers trick people into buying their products by using weasel words‚ which are words that “appear to be making a claim for a product when in fact they are making no claim at all” (49). He suggests to examine these words carefully and see how hollow they actually are. He then goes on by providing numerous examples of weasel words such as “help” and “virtually”. Lastly‚ He suggests consumers to ask themselves for the denotation

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    Natalie Crusan 4-23-2013 White Ag Econ 410 Natalie Crusan 4-23-2013 White Ag Econ 410 “How To Sell Anything to Anybody” By Joe Girard “Salesmen are made‚ not born. If I did it‚ you can do it. I guarantee it “ says Mr. Joe Girard . 
On January 1st 1978‚ Joe Girard quit selling cars. During his fifteen years of selling Cars (1963 – 1977) he sold 13001 cars at retail. Most of his time is now spent in writing books and

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    Can Menu Sell

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    International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management Menu design: can menus sell John T. Bowen Anne J. Morris Article information: To cite this document: John T. Bowen Anne J. Morris‚ (1995)‚"Menu design: can menus sell"‚ International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management‚ Vol. 7 Iss 4 pp. 4 - 9 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09596119510091699 Downloaded on: 24 November 2014‚ At: 00:21 (PT) References: this document contains references to 16 other documents

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    Can Anything Be Art?

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    Can anything be art? Are there limits to what is acceptable? Who decides? Can anything be art? Are there limits to what is acceptable and who decides? These three questions are probably the most argued and discussed questions artists‚ collectors and art historians are faced with on a day to day basses. The evidence of humans trying to create art has been present since millions of years. Archeologists have found traces of attempts of art in african caves which are up to 2.4 million years old.

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    If I Could Be Anything...

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    If I could be anything that I wanted – person‚ object‚ or concept; real‚ or not real – what would I choose to be? Nobly‚ I could become the cure for cancer; selfishly‚ I could be a celebrity; obnoxiously cliché‚ I could wish to have a happy ending. However tempting these options may be‚ my choice is not found in any one of them: I only desire to be noticed‚ half-way‚ by you. Regular‚ ordinary‚ seemingly insignificant; I want to be part of your routine. I could be the alarm clock pulling you from

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    You Made It - Now Sell It

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    YOU MADE IT – NOW SELL IT! Have you ever wondered why great products don’t … been amazed at some … BILLY BASS Truth is… success may not depend as much on your product‚ as it does your sales strategy My name is … Welcome to … We’re here to talk about how you can create a successful sales … Why Me? ME Been in your shoes‚ fortunate to have been successful getting products into markets People hire me to create strategies to get their products into new and existing markets Happy to share some

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    Words can Heal and Words can Harm Words are very important. Words can heal and words can harm. Words can hurt grievously and for a long time. The tongue can bless and the tongue can curse. It is very important for us to control our words and tame our tongue when we are angry. Many times‚ when we are angry we say the most atrocious things. We forget ourselves and become indifferent to what we say. We blast the other person without mercy‚ although we may not mean those words. But words once

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    I Sell My Dreams

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    Gabriel Marquez’s poem "I Sell My Dreams" is a poem that demonstrates the fulfillment and security that individuals attain through a belief; the belief in question being that of superstition. A belief in superstition helps comfort a person when in a decision. Through setting‚ characters‚ diction and syntax‚ Marquez develops this theme while simultaneously creating a most suitable ironic tone. Time wise there are two distinct areas‚ the war and post war eras. During the war‚ Frau stayed with

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