Ken on Ogilvy

By    John Garner on  Friday, February 27, 2009
Summary: So I came across this article about the book Ken Roman has just published about David Ogilvy. Ken is a former Ogilvy Chairman. The article describes a book of a guy talking about another guy! At the end the author of the article explains what he would have liked to see in the book: Part […]

So I came across this article about the book Ken Roman has just published about David Ogilvy. Ken is a former Ogilvy Chairman. The article describes a book of a guy talking about another guy! At the end the author of the article explains what he would have liked to see in the book:

Part of Ogilvy's genius was that he understood how advertising after World War II would reflect -- and in a sense, replace -- the one-on-one salesmanship at which he excelled. Unfortunately, when the nature of the relationship between buyer and seller began to change -- that is, when a smile and litany of facts were no longer enough to hold consumer attention -- Ogilvy's work began to suffer as well.

The comments are great though, well worth the read... 🙂

Article written by  John Garner

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