You now have to decide what ‘image’ you want for your brand. Image means personality. Products, like people, have personalities, and they can make or break them in the market place.
DAVID OGILVYMany people – and I think I am one of them – are more productive when they’ve had a little to drink. I find if I drink two or three brandies, I’m far better able to write.
More David Ogilvy Quotes
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Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.
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Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if they stopped.
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The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.
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A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.
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I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information.
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Leaders grasp nettles.
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The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.
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What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form.
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Many people – and I think I am one of them – are more productive when they’ve had a little to drink. I find if I drink two or three brandies, I’m far better able to write.
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Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.
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The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
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Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.
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Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.
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Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn’t sell much of anything.
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First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.
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