Saturday, 2 February 2013

Hurry. Grab. Avail. Discount.

Posted by at 11:44:00 am
The lingo of advertising has always fascinated me. Even trash can be marketed so very well by using magic words that enchant and attract the customer. More than the usual ads, the discount and sale time ads always thrill me. I receive a couple of newsletters from online shops and almost every time the words 'discount, grab, avail and hurry' are used quite often and unsparingly. No matter how many times one sees those words, they never fail to make you stop for one second and make you think of the wonderful products that might be yours. I was just wondering about those single words and how they might be used in our life.

Hurry

You have only one life. Hurry with positive thoughts and inspiring words. Don't stop. Hurry to make your life filled with goodness and compassion.

Grab

Grab any opportunity that can make you come alive. Life gives you many options - art, walks, stars, laughter, working with your hands and many such.

Avail

Avail every possibility to be of service to others. Smile and make people around you smile.

Discount

This one is tricky. Let me see. Keep away from everything/every one who try to discount your real value.

So, hurry. grab. avail. and discount.

What do you think? You can add your own suggestions to the words in the comments' section :)
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38 comments:

  1. nyssaSaturday, February 02, 2013 11:56:00 am

    oh Susan, I loved this. So brilliant!( especially the discount one) xo

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:30:00 pm

      Hey Nyssa, how beautiful life would be it we just twisted some words out of their context.

      Glad to see you here. Much love.

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  2. JANUSaturday, February 02, 2013 11:58:00 am

    Glad I grabbed the opportunity to meet you. :) Nice post.

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:31:00 pm

      Same here, dear Janu. Happy that I hurried to meet and greet you when you were in Goa. Sometimes one should just grab opportunities.

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  3. Destination InfinitySaturday, February 02, 2013 5:24:00 pm

    Advertising can only connect people to products. Whether the products succeed or not is a totally different ball game and that depends only on one factor called, 'quality'. Creating artificial demand is not required for quality products. Such advertising hurt more than help.

    Destination Infinity

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:32:00 pm

      Most advertisements are empty words. We are foolish enough to believe them.

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  4. VadapocheSaturday, February 02, 2013 5:28:00 pm

    Brilliant post! Liked the discount part and could relate to it.

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:33:00 pm

      Thanks Clement. The discount part was the one which made me rack my grey cells.

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  5. Sandra TylerSaturday, February 02, 2013 5:48:00 pm

    Good words.

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:34:00 pm

      Welcome to the Meanderings, Sandra. Thanks for stopping by and recording your words.

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  6. Cerebrations.bizSaturday, February 02, 2013 6:55:00 pm

    I sense the hype in those words and avoid the product/process... Unless they are on the bill and provide me with a discount from the price I already had felt was merited in the first place :-)

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:35:00 pm

      Quite right Cerebrations. Happy to welcome you to the Meanderings. Glad that you stopped by.

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  7. Bossy BettySaturday, February 02, 2013 8:09:00 pm

    Love it. Now about NOW? It's the only present we have!

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  8. YuvikaSaturday, February 02, 2013 8:29:00 pm

    a good take! but guess what tough to follow always :(

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  9. Myrna R.Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:41:00 pm

    Nice Susan. I like what you're selling. It would be great if instead of being bombarded with commercials to make us want to buy stuff, there were slogans all around to help us live life more fully. Good writing here Susan. Your mind is always ticking.

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  10. photos by janSunday, February 03, 2013 3:03:00 am

    Wonderful, I love the way you put the concepts together!

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:37:00 pm

      I enjoyed this exercise as well, Jan. Hope your week is filled with smiles and fun.

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  11. Martha Jane OrlandoSunday, February 03, 2013 3:46:00 am

    Susan, you have an amazing reflection here! I loved how you took these frequently used commercial words and turned them into ads for improving our attitudes and our lives. Excellently done!
    Blessings!

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:37:00 pm

      Thanks Martha. If we turn around the words bombarded on us, then I guess we will never need any other inspiration.

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  12. KappuSunday, February 03, 2013 4:06:00 pm

    Wow, such a concise post that says too much and yes, these words are used just about in all the ads directly or indirectly and they do sell!!

    Now lets start applying this to life too!! LOVED the discount portion!

    Do visit my post "vishw-aaropam"! Would love to see you by! *cheers*

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  13. AnandSunday, February 03, 2013 6:15:00 pm

    Oh wow...! I was so excited by the analogy Susan.. This is WONDERFUL. :) It would be really nice to see people using these in real life - hurry, grab, avail and discount.. :)

    PS: I wish I could have written this :D

    Cheers,
    Anand
    Life's like that

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:38:00 pm

      Awww, Anand, you can definitely take the cue and write something better than this.

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  14. RachnaTuesday, February 05, 2013 9:39:00 am

    haha I liked your take on the done-to-death lingo.

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  15. ZephyrTuesday, February 05, 2013 11:50:00 am

    what wonderful interpretation of ad-words and their connection to real life! If only we availed, discounted and hurried to do both!

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  16. RuchiTuesday, February 05, 2013 1:30:00 pm

    haha! Brilliant Susan dearest!great interpretations!...Loved it!

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    1. S. Susan DeborahWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:45:00 pm

      Ruchiiiiiiiiii, how happy I am to see you. Come to Goa sometime.

      Lots of love.

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    2. RuchiFriday, February 08, 2013 5:10:00 pm

      Aww! Susan!! :D thank you so much! Sure! ab toh I will definitely plan...would love to meet you.

      big hugs and lots of love!
      :)

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    3. RuchiFriday, February 08, 2013 5:11:00 pm

      Aww! Susan!! :D thank you so much! Sure! ab toh I will definitely plan...would love to meet you.

      big hugs and lots of love!
      :)

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  17. VadapocheWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:39:00 pm

    Hi. I have nominated you for a blog award. http://vada-poche.blogspot.in/2013/02/a-blog-award.html

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  18. VadapocheWednesday, February 06, 2013 1:52:00 pm

    First off: I expected 200+ but I just wanted to thank you for making me rediscover blogging.

    Second: You are making Liebster a habit I notice : ). One more to the collection

    Three: Here you go: 2,3,4,7,8,9,10,15,17,19,20

    It a real pleasure!

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  19. ASWednesday, February 06, 2013 7:00:00 pm

    hi

    ya true..these are nothing but deceptive tricks..nice take on such tricks!

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  20. HaddockWednesday, February 06, 2013 7:49:00 pm

    All the tricks in the trade to make a sale !!
    But I like the way you have given all these words a new meaning :-)

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