Selling and advertising trends

No doubt you have seen the higher than normal amount of commercials on TV for those big screen TV's. You of course know why the manufacturers are pushing them now don't you? The Super Bowl of course. This is type of marketing you need to learn when you are selling your own products or services. You have to notice trends and times of the year. Everyone knows about clothing in the stores. The clothes that are currently being sold are for the next season. For example spring clothes come out in the winter and back to school items come out in August. If you start to notice trends and take note of what the bigger companies are doing you could learn something from them. By the same token as a consumer you can also take advantage of sales that you know comes up just when the stores need to make room for the next season's items.