This argument claims that Metro Motocycles should invest more budget on TV and radio advertising than on social networking website advertising. One evidence cited to support this conclusion is a survey showing that 90% of the participants claims that they never purchase the product because of the advertisement on the social media network. Another evidence cited is that the company’s sales of motocycles increased a year after the company advertised its product on TV and radio in Metro city. I don’t agree with this argument, however, because of following reasons:
First of all, the survey conducted among the customers is not convincing enough to prove the effectiveness of social media advertising. The author only mentioned the percentage of participants who said they would never refer to the advertisements on social media to purchase a product, but did not clarify who were the targets of this survey and how many people was participating in this survey. If the most participants of this survey are old people, it is not surprising that the advertisement on the social media is not attractive to them because they are not as likely as young people to spend spare time on social media. Also, if the total number of participants is only few hundreds or even less, this survey should not be considered a good indicator as the target customers of Metro Motocycles are thousands.
Moreover, the author readily assumes that the advertising on TV and radio is more effective than the advertising on social media because the company encounters increase in sales right after they implemented the advertisement on TV and radio. Yet a lot of other factors should be also taken into consideration. It could be possible that the motocycle company has run some promotion campaign during this year, so that more customers are attracted by the good promotions, but not by the advertising on TV or radio. Another reason could be that the main competitor of this company has run out of business recently so the customers have no other choice to purchase the motocycles.
In sum, it would be imprudent for Metro motocycle to invest more money on TV and radio advertising rather than social media advertising with the evidence provided. To make proper conclusion, the author would have to provide more convincing evidence to prove that the recent increased sales of the company is solely attributed by the advertising on TV and radio.
This argument claims that
Metro
Motocycles
should invest more budget on TV and
radio
advertising than on
social
networking website advertising. One
evidence
cited to support this conclusion is a
survey
showing that 90% of the
participants
claims that they never
purchase
the product
because
of the
advertisement
on the
social
media
network. Another
evidence
cited is that the
company’s
sales of
motocycles
increased a year after the
company
advertised its product on TV and
radio
in
Metro
city. I don’t
agree
with this argument,
however
,
because
of following reasons:
First of all
, the
survey
conducted among the
customers
is not convincing
enough
to prove the effectiveness of
social
media
advertising. The author
only
mentioned the percentage of
participants
who said they would never refer to the
advertisements
on
social
media
to
purchase
a product,
but
did not clarify who were the targets of this
survey
and how
many
people
was participating in this
survey
. If the most
participants
of this
survey
are
old
people
, it is not surprising that the
advertisement
on the
social
media
is not attractive to them
because
they are not as likely as young
people
to spend spare time on
social
media
.
Also
, if the total number of
participants
is
only
few hundreds or even less, this
survey
should not
be considered
a
good
indicator as the target
customers
of
Metro
Motocycles
are thousands.
Moreover
, the author
readily
assumes that the advertising on TV and
radio
is more effective than the advertising on
social
media
because
the
company
encounters increase in sales right after they implemented the
advertisement
on TV and
radio
.
Yet
a lot of
other factors should be
also
taken into consideration. It could be possible that the
motocycle
company
has run
some
promotion
campaign during this year,
so
that more
customers
are attracted
by the
good
promotions,
but
not by the advertising on TV or
radio
. Another reason could be that the main competitor of this
company
has run out of business recently
so
the
customers
have no other choice to
purchase
the
motocycles
.
In sum, it would be imprudent for
Metro
motocycle
to invest more money on TV and
radio
advertising
rather
than
social
media
advertising with the
evidence
provided. To
make
proper conclusion, the author would
have to
provide more convincing
evidence
to prove that the recent increased sales of the
company
is
solely
attributed by the advertising on TV and
radio
.