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You must make the product interesting, not just make the ad different.

You must make the product interesting, not just make the ad different.

Rosser Reeves
Interesting, Marketing, Different

I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell.

Rosser Reeves
Witty, Campaigns, Just Saying

Brand-image campaigns establish contact with the subconscious of the consumer below the word level. They do this with visual symbols instead of words, Mr. Martineau says, because the visual symbols are far more significant. They communicate faster. They are more direct. There is no work, no mental effort. Their sole purpose is to create images and moods.

Rosser Reeves
Effort, Purpose, Levels
"Reality In Advertising".

What do you want from me? Fine writing? Or do you want to see the sales curve stop moving down and start moving up?

Rosser Reeves
Moving, Writing, Curves

Let's say you have $1,000,000 tied up in your little company and suddenly your advertising isn't working and sales are going down. And everything depends on it. Your future depends on it, your family's future depends on it, other people's families depend on it. Now, what do you want from me? Fine writing? Or do you want to see the goddamned sales curve stop moving down and start moving up?

Rosser Reeves
Wise, Witty, Business

Unless a product becomes outmoded, a great campaign will not wear itself out.

Rosser Reeves
Campaigns, Advertising, Products
Rosser Reeves (1961). “Reality in Advertising”, p.34, BookBaby

Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares.

Rosser Reeves
Simple, Advertising, Cry
Rosser Reeves (1961). “Reality in Advertising”, p.129, BookBaby

No, I don't think a 68-year-old copywriter . . . can write with the kids. That he's as creative. That he's as fresh. But he may be a better surgeon. His ad may not be quite as fresh and glowing as the Madison Ave. fraternity would like to see it be, and yet he might write an ad that will produce five times the sales. And that's the name of the game, isn't it?

Rosser Reeves
Business, Writing, Kids

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