Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
DAVID OGILVYMany 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.
More David Ogilvy Quotes
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Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.
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Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.
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Never write an advertisement which you wouldn’t want your family to read. You wouldn’t tell lies to your own wife. Don’t tell them to mine.
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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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If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative.
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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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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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Political advertising ought to be stopped. It’s the only really dishonest kind of advertising that’s left. It’s totally dishonest.
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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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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.
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The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.
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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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The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is TEST. If you pretest your product with consumers, and pretest your advertising, you will do well in the marketplace.
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There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look like editorial pages, you will attract about 50 per cent more readers.
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The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
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