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Never be led in new paths by the blind
Claude C. Hopkins
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Claude C. Hopkins
Age: 66 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 14
Died: 1932
Died: September 22
Advertising Person
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Don't, to gain general and useless attention, sacrifice the attention that you want
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The compass of accurate knowledge directs the shortest, safest, cheapest course to any destination
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In the old days, advertisers ventured on their own opinions. The few guess right, the many wrong. Those were the time of advertising disaster
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If a claim is worth making, make it in the most impressive way.
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The writing of headline is one of the great journalistic arts. They either conceal or reveal am interest
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Whatever claim you use to gain attention, the advertisement should tell a story reasonably complete.
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Advertising is prima facie evidence that the man who pays believes that advertising is good. It has brought great results to others, it must be good for him. So he takes it like some secret tonic which others have endorsed. If the business thrives, the tonic gets the credit. Otherwise, the failure is due to fate.
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The purpose of a headline is to pick out people you can interest. You wish to talk to someone in a crowd. So the first thing you say is, hey there, Bill Jones to get the right persons attention.so it is in n advertisement
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Names which tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often precedes the selection of a name.
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