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.
DAVID OGILVYThe advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
More David Ogilvy Quotes
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On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.
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I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.
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The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
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Leaders grasp nettles.
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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.
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Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.
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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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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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Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.
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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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The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.
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Never stop testing, and your advertising will never stop improving.
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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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Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
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The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.
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