Fill in the prepositions or adverbs teenage marketing: word-of-mouth approval the natural habitat (1) teenagers is a small area (2) tokyo between shibuya and harajuku stations which is full (3) boutiques and music shops. (, teenagers (5) city and the surrounding provinces go there to spot the latest street fashions. the area is also a magnet ( anyone researching or selling ( the teenage market: fashion and cosmetics companies, record producers, editors ( fashion magazines, soft drink and snack promoters, and makers ( and gadgets. one such company was bandai, the toy company responsible (10) tamagotchi, the eggshaped, pocket- sized virtual pet which swept the world in the late 1990s. tamagotchi's first appearance was (11) a test marketing exercise ( the streets (. the schoolgirls that saw it were so impressed that told all their friends, and the first tamagotchi to hit the shops sold (14) . such is the power of word of mouth. normally, word-of- mouth promotion is free, but impossible to arrange. in japan it can be (15) a price. there are agencies (16) (17) ( books who receive new products and tell their friends ( them, others are paid to queue up ( a new product or opening of a new store, creating an "artificial buzz" (. mr. morita set (22) agency teens network ship which is the best specialist ( teenage market, and often uses informal, word-of-mouth style marketing methods. it has a register of 2000 senior high pupils in the tokyo area, and is now expanding nationally. information spreads more rapidly (24) 15 to 18 age group than (25) other life stage. a teenager tells (26) 50 of his or her friends (27) "discovery", so that a group of 1,000 can spread the word (28) ,000 or more.
One such company was Bandai, the toy company responsible (10) _for___ Tamagotchi, the eggshaped, pocket-sized virtual pet which swept the world in the late 1990s. Tamagotchi's first appearance was (11) __like__ a test marketing exercise (12)__in__ the streets (13)_of___Shibuya.
The schoolgirls that saw it were so impressed that told all their friends, and the first Tamagotchi to hit the shops sold (14) __out___immediately. Such is the power of word of mouth. Normally, word-of-mouth promotion is free, but impossible to arrange. In Japan it can be arranged__according__ (15) ___to__ a price. There are agencies (16) __for___hundreds (17) ___of___teenagers (18)___in__their books who receive new products and tell their friends (19)__about___ them, others are paid to queue up (20)___for___ a new product or opening of a new store, creating an "artificial buzz" (21)__to___it. Mr. Morita set (22) __up___the agency Teens Network Ship which is the best specialist (23)___onthe teenage market, and often uses informal, word-of-mouth style marketing methods. It has a register of 2000 senior high pupils in the Tokyo area, and is now expanding nationally. Information spreads more rapidly (24) __within__the 15 to 18 age group than (25) __at__any other life stage. A teenager tells (26) ___in___average 50 of his or her friends (27) __about___the "discovery", so that a group of 1,000 can spread the word (28) __to___-50,000 or more.