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
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…”
Jul 8, 2024 positive
Mar 8, 2025 positive
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…”
Aug 23, 2026
Aug 23, 2026 positive
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…”