1,265 Quotes About Advertising

Pursuing a task to completion can influence people to continue all sorts of behaviors. Surprisingly, we even pursue these rewards when we don't outwardly appear to enjoy them.

The reward of the self are fueled by "intrinsic motivation" as highlighted by the work of Edward Deci and Richard Ryan. Their self-determination theory espouses that people desire, among other things, to gain a sense of competency. Adding an element of mystery to this goal makes the pursuit all the more enticing.

One knows that the social can be dissolved in a panic reaction, an uncontrollable chain reaction. But it can also be dissolved in the opposite reaction, a chain reaction of inertia, each micro-universe saturated, auto-regulated, computerized, isolated in automatic pilot. Advertising is the prefiguration of this: the first manifestation of an uninterrupted thread of signs, like ticker tape—each isolated in its inertia.

There is no more evidence of the effectiveness of advertising than of the existence of God.

Less is more until less isn't enough.

The aura of our world is no longer sacred. We no longer have the sacred horizon of appearances, but that of the absolute commodity. Its essence is promotional. At the heart of our universe of signs there is an evil genius of advertising, a trickster who has absorbed the drollery of the commodity and its mise en scène. A scriptwriter of genius (capital itself?) has dragged the world into a phantasmagoria of which we are all the fascinated victims.

Your job is to choose the solution that you think is the most appropriate. This decision-making isn't subjective; it comes from informed judgment.

For OTASs, after the gold rush of metasearch engines acquisitions of 5 years ago, 2018 will be remembered as the year of marketplaces

In order to survive, trivago desperately needs OTAs to start investing again, so what better opportunity to reward them with the more visible slots, even when the rate on the official brand.com is cheaper?