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David Ogilvy Quotes: The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is TEST. If you pretest your product with consumers, and pretest your advertising, you will do well in the marketplace.
         

The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is TEST. If you pretest your product with consumers, and pretest your advertising, you will do well in the marketplace.


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Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product.



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Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.



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