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Does Sex Sell?

Posted by shelleyk • 3/09/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

That was the topic of my new blog thread. With Victoria's Secret feeling like they need to "cover up" more do you think that will help or hinder their sales? Do you think sales of beer, cars, chips goes up the more skin their commercials show?

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3/09/08

philellis

Well, as a retailer, there is no doubt that beautiful sells. I am not sure it is sex, but healthy men and women, interfacing with products certainly sends a certain message....healthy, beautiful people like or do this or that. That being said, I think SOME retailers are taking to too far. I am certainly not a prude, but I am sometimes shocked by what I see from television and internet marketing, especially places like Victoria Secrets. Oh well, I am old and out of touch.

Phil Ellis
www.divesportsblog.com
www.divesports.com

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3/09/08

cranelegs

i think sex sells because numbskulls buy. it's sort of that chicken or the egg conundrum.

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3/09/08

ModelElaine

See, here is the thing; more skin means more sales for men's products. Women don't care to see more skin on other women, which is what Victoria Secret is targeting, thus I don't think that less skin will affect their sales. Now, beer and car sales, that's a whole different story.

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3/09/08

offendedblogger

Well, it sure helped my blog traffic when I switched to a cute pin-up girlie theme!

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1. 3/09/08
  
  ModelElaine
  
  I actually just took down my picture from my blog ;-)
2. 3/09/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Did you?
  
  Wonder how that will affect your traffic. Of course most everyone here knows you are a cute pin-up girl already haha.
3. 3/09/08
  
  ModelElaine
  
  My analytics show 0 views today....... I wonder if that's because of that... LOL ... No, actually, I figured out when I changed the template, analytics code dissapeared, but I sure freaked out
  
  PS: I just put a new pic up on my blog
3/09/08

kevingoodman

Subtle is better

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3/09/08

shelleyk

I changed my avatar as well - took off my personal pic on my blog as well...left a little mystery. I have received 50% more hits today than usual meaning 2 hits total hahahaha!! Actually traffic has picked up and I have had more comments sent to me.

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3/09/08

mitch972

Sex sells.. as much as we don't like to admit it. It attracts attention to the product. Even godaddy did it ...and increased their numbers overnight.

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3/09/08

CreativeFossil

comment removed by the community.

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3/09/08

TonyB

Isn't this like asking the question is water wet?

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3/09/08

steverhode

The honest answer is "Yes, it does."

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1. 3/09/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Well I have never bought it.
2. 3/09/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I have never sold it!
3/09/08

BlogEntrepreneur

This absolutely begs for a jab. :-)

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3/09/08

CreativeFossil

I see my comment was removed, is the word an*l banned? It's in the Oxford dictionary you know

maybe it was the word *ss? I thought that was good old American word?

meh, you just like removing my posts.

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3/09/08

TonyB

CreativeFossil... we don't use their dictionary here

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1. 3/10/08
  
  CreativeFossil
  
  you mean you robbed our language now refuse to use the acompanying dictionary?
2. 3/10/08
  
  TonyB
  
  Im from the colonies...just don't have the Oxford English dictionary here.
3/09/08

Sylvia

There is a very simple answer...

YES, it always has and it always will.

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3/09/08

Jturnmerich

what a foolish thought.

why just read this one:
wisdomof-love.blogspot.com/2008/03/singles-and-sex-logical-and-loving.html

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1. 3/09/08
  
  Sylvia
  
  That article is fool of foolish thoughts.
  
  Just my opinion...so take it easy.
3/09/08

blurem23

Sex sells. My goodness.. It is men's weakness exploited for commercial purposes.. tsk tsk tsk.. or is it men's only? hmm. what can u say?

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1. 3/09/08
  
  Sylvia
  
  I'm a woman, what does that say about me......
  sheeeesh
3/09/08

aningeniousname

I sell mine by the inch.

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3/09/08

Hippychikky

blurem23 sometimes sex is a woman's weakness to! Sex does sell. Even if you don't agree you usually cannot look away. It is a memory etched in your head.

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1. 3/09/08
  
  Sylvia
  
  and I don't care what anyone says...I love the New Axe Bullet Commercial!!
  
  www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/the-axe-bullet-commercialthis-is-amazing
3/09/08

msSmunro

Yes, sex sells, and fair enough. I personally enjoy it!

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3/09/08

Rich

Sex sells, but not always want people think it does. While it works in Vegas, the whole sex vibe has put any cultural steps much lower on the priority list ... like, um, negative last.

As for VS, I think they might win by leaving more to the imagination. Frederick's, not so much.

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3/09/08

lordlikely

I believe sex does sell. All my most popular posts involve me either getting naked; making sweet aristocratic love or other such depraved activities.

Of course, sex does not sell everything. I have yet to see it deployed to sell dog-food, or cat-food, for example. Neither would I want to!

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1. 3/09/08
  
  Sylvia
  
  I missed the Lord getting nekkid??
  
  Lord...can you email me next time this happens!!
2. 3/09/08
  
  lordlikely
  
  I think it shall probably be on the news, such is the staggering importance of my nude state.
  
  Today, however, you may witness me half-naked in a dustbin, should you visit my wondrous web-log. Oh yes!
3/09/08

thegnr

women study other womens bodies more than men in some cases.

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3/09/08

Leon35

products get certainly noticed, but I am not sure if it helps get them bought. Thinking about my buying habits, I it is not at all affected.

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3/11/08

DeansDesignIdeas

Hmm... the answer is short: Yes!

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3/11/08

LGramlich

If it didn't we would be so surrounded & inundated by it.

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3/11/08

Sylvia

Don't forget, sex in advertising doesn't always mean naked men or women.

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1. 3/12/08
  
  picstoenjoy
  
  lol, that's a good ad.
3/11/08

LisaT

Uh... Yes

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3/11/08

LinkyLove

When I changed my LL blog to BB,
I suddenly got 1000% more visitors... (huge that is)

Yes: SS!

Abriviations:
LL: Linky Love
BB: Boobs & Booties
SS: Sex sells

- How to Blog Better -
www.linkylove.net

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