#advertising

Two common conceptions with regard to advertising which are held by a considerable number of people are that enormously large sums of money are expended for it, and that much of this expenditure is an economic waste. ↗

— Daniel Starch

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I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income. ↗

— George Stephen

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A magazine is simply a device to induce people to read advertising. ↗

— James Collins

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A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter. ↗

— Nicholas Johnson

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What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is. ↗

— Fairfax Cone

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What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising is written always from one person to another. When it is aimed at millions it rarely moves anyone. ↗

— Fairfax Cone

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Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies. ↗

— Michael Schudson

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Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions. ↗

— William Allen White

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