advertising

5 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 24, 2024 by David Senra · across every show →

Everything said about advertising, oldest first

Mar 24, 2024 positive
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Ogilvy: Advertisers pitch to a moving parade, not a standing army
“You are not advertising to a standing army. You are advertising to a moving parade. Three million customers get married every year. The advertisements which sold a refrigerator to a new married couple last year will work just as successful to those who get mar…”
David Senra Mar 24, 2024 ▶ 41:20 David Ogilvy (Confessions of an Advertising Man)
Jul 8, 2024 positive
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Companies maintaining advertising spend during recessions capture most recovery market share
“Consumer studies of those recessions have showed That the companies that didn't cut their ads had in recovery captured the most market share.”
David Senra Jul 8, 2024 ▶ 28:35 The Founder of Rolex: Hans Wilsdorf
Mar 8, 2025 positive
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Ogilvy: Advertising Is an Essential Production Cost, Not a Selling Cost
“I've come to regard advertising as part of the product to be treated as a production cost, not a selling cost. It follows that it should not be cut back when times are hard any more than you would stint on any other essential ingredient in your product, assumi…”
David Senra Mar 8, 2025 ▶ 36:55 400 Pages of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger In Their Own Words
Aug 23, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Senra: Albert Lasker made the most money in advertising history
“Albert Lasker is the person that made the most money in advertising ever.”
David Senra Aug 23, 2026 ▶ 2:08 How to Make Ads That Sell: Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins
Aug 23, 2026 positive
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Hopkins: Advertisers must never rely on personal preference over public testing
“We must never judge humanity by ourselves. The things we want, the things we like, may appeal to a small minority. The losses occasioned in advertising by venturing on personal preference would easily pay the national debt. There are divided opinions, and so i…”
David Senra Aug 23, 2026 ▶ 15:01 How to Make Ads That Sell: Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins
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