There isn’t any significant difference between the various brands of whiskey, or cigarettes or beer. They are all about the same. And so are the cake mixes and the detergents, and the margarines… The manufacturer who dedicates his advertising to building the most sharply defined personality for his brand will get the largest share of the market at the highest profit.
David OgilvyI can't stand callow amateurs who aren't sufficiently interested in the craft of advertising to assume the posture of students.
David OgilvyThere isn’t any significant difference between the various brands of whiskey, or cigarettes or beer. They are all about the same. And so are the cake mixes and the detergents, and the margarines… The manufacturer who dedicates his advertising to building the most sharply defined personality for his brand will get the largest share of the market at the highest profit.
David OgilvyTalent, I believe, is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels.
David OgilvyHeadlines can be strengthend by the inclusion of emotional words like darling, love, fear, proud, friend and baby.
David OgilvyI once found myself conspiring with a British Cabinet Minister as to how we might persuade Her Majesty's Treasury to cough up more money for the British Travel advertising in America. Said he, "Why does any American in his senses spend his vacation in the cold damp of an English summer when he could equally well bask under Italian skies? I can only suppose that your advertising is the answer." Damn right.
David Ogilvy