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Advertising lessons from David Ogilvy Excerpted from ʻThe King Of Madison Avenueʼ by Kenneth Roman

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On quality and good taste

“Always give your products a first-class ticket through life”

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On innovation and ideas

“Unless your advertisement is based on a Big Idea, it will pass like a ship in the night.”

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On brands

“Every advertisement must contribute to the complex symbol that is the brand image.”

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On respecting the customer

“The consumer is not a moron, she is your wife. Donʼt lie to her. You would not tell lies to your wife. Donʼt tell them to mine.”

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On compromise

“Compromise has no place in advertising. Whatever you do, go the whole hog”

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On the purpose of advertising

“When I write an ad, I donʼt want you to tell me you found it ʻCreative.ʼ I want you to find it so persuasive that you buy the product – or buy it more often.”

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On showing speculative creative campaigns “We donʼt make love until we are married.”

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On advertising that entertains

“If you spend your advertising budget entertaining the consumer, you are a bloody fool. Housewives don’t buy a new detergent because the manufacturer told a joke on television last night. They buy it because it promised a benefit. If I could persuade the lunatics to give up their pursuit of awards, I would die happy ”

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On knowing vs. opining

“You direct response people know what kind of advertising works and what doesn’t work. You know it to the dollar. The general advertising people don’t know. The brand advertisers and their agencies know almost nothing for sure, because they cannot measure the results of their advertising. They worship at the altar of creativity. Why don’t you save them from their follies? ” 9

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On unconventional hiring

“Will any agency hire this man? (referring to himself) He is 38 and unemployed. He dropped out of college. He has been a cook, a salesman and a diplomatist. He knows nothing about marketing and has never written any copy. He professes to be interested in advertising as a career and is ready to go to work for $5,000 a year. I doubt if any agency will hire him. The moral: “It sometimes pays an agency to be imaginative and unorthodox in hiring.” 10

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On recruiting people

“Hot creative people don’t come around looking for jobs; they have to be rooted out like truffles, by trained pigs.”

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On training

“Great hospitals do two things: They look after patients, and they teach young doctors. Ogilvy & Mather does two things: We look after clients, and we teach young advertising people.”

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On morale

“When people arenʼt having any fun, they seldom produce good advertising. Get rid of sad dogs who spread gloom.”

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On high standards and treating people well Weʼre looking for gentlemen with ideas in their heads and fire in their bellies. If you join Ogilvy & Mather, we shall teach you everything we know about advertising. We shall pay you well, and do our damndest to make you succeed. If you show promise, we shall load responsibility on you – fast. Life in our agency can be very exciting. You will never be bored. Itʼs tough, but itʼs fun.

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Advertising Lessons from David Ogilvy Excerpted from ʻThe King Of Madison Avenueʼ by Kenneth Roman

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