Ogilvy on Advertising

Name: Ogilvy on Advertising
Price: 14.99 USD
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Rating: 4.6 (2603 reviews)
Author: David Ogilvy

by David Ogilvy

Nonfiction Business

4.6 (2,603)

4.6 stars from 2,603 reviews. Top 74% of Nonfiction books we track.

224 pages~3.7 hr readPublished by KeterPublished 1983-01-01

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You work in marketing or advertising and want to learn from first principles instead of chasing trends.
You're starting your own business and need to understand how to sell your product without sounding desperate.
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You're looking for social media hacks or modern digital strategy. This is about foundational copywriting and human psychology.
You prefer theory and frameworks over real examples and war stories from someone who lived it.
You want a quick motivational read. This is dense, practical, and demands you actually think about what you're selling.

About this book

A direct guide to advertising covering multiple aspects of the field. David Ogilvy addresses how to enter the advertising industry, how to select an advertising agency for a product, the principles behind effective advertising, techniques for writing copy that readers will engage with, research methods in advertising, and how advertising can benefit charitable organizations.

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Currently 4.6★ from 2,603 reviews

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