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Needs vs Wants - Marketings Biggest Trick

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Maya Reyes has students annotate three real campaigns, the 1920s Listerine halitosis ads, the 1947 De Beers diamond slogan, and the 2023 Stanley Quencher TikTok drops, tagging the specific marketing tactic each one leans on.

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