1,265 Quotes About Advertising

  • Author Eric Clark
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    Advertising is far from impotent or harmless; it is not a mere mirror image. Its power is real, and on the brink of a great increase. Not the power to brainwash overnight, but the power to create subtle and real change. The power to prevail.

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  • Author Eric Clark
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    Asked about the power of advertising in research surveys, most agree that it works, but not on them.

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  • Author Fairfax Cone
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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.

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  • Author Hugh Calkins
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    I think it's likely the search engine advertisers are more likely to mislead our clients, that's one of the reasons we first took them on.

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  • Author J. M. Coetzee
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    Denunciations of the manipulativeness of advertisers can unfortunately all too easily be turned on their heads into denunciations of the gullibility of consumers. Both are forms of scapegoating, neither accomplishes anything.

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  • Author Jackie Chan
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    The economy of Hong Kong is going through a painful restructuring. Advertising is getting more competitive and there's tremendous pressure on editors and reporters to boost sales,

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  • Author Jason Calacanis
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    Jon Miller would be amazing for Yahoo because he is extremely good at building display advertising businesses and buying young startups.

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