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The King of Madison Avenue
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The King of Madison Avenue

David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 mais...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Background
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Author and adman Kenneth Roman worked for and with David Ogilvy for a quarter century at Ogilvy’s groundbreaking ad agency Ogilvy & Mather. Thus, Roman is uniquely placed to understand Ogilvy in the context of his time and achievements. He presents Ogilvy’s life and work, and explains what both meant at the time and now. Despite some unevenness in Roman’s writing style and information flow, Ogilvy emerges as a singular hero in this saga of eccentricity, perseverance and native genius. getAbstract recommends this fast, insightful book to those who write advertising, those who want to, and those interested in the history of advertising and popular culture.

Take-Aways

  • David Ogilvy saw himself as an outsider, struggled as a student, was expelled from Oxford, failed as a chef – yet he succeeded in revolutionizing the world of advertising.
  • In 1948, at 39, Ogilvy moved to New York to launch his advertising agency. He had never written an ad.
  • In tandem with George Gallup, Ogilvy was a pioneer of scientific market research.

About the Author

Kenneth Roman worked with David Ogilvy at Ogilvy & Mather. Roman co-wrote How To Advertise and Writing That Works.


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