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Advertising men have had the didactic paradox “Don’t say don’t” dinned into their ears for so long that they have come to bow before it as to a fetich. Hartwell Mason in Agricultural Advertising has come forward with ingenious arguments to support his contention that we may use negative copy once in a while. This [...]
Look over a magazine or farm paper of only two or three years past and the advertising copy appears crude. What was then considered snappy is now worn and old like a garment. Three years from now will the same be true of this year’s copy? Copy is constantly improving. The cry always for something [...]
Twenty years ago advertising was called a graft, ten years ago a game. Today it is styled a profession and the best brains of the world are clamoring for admission. The profession of advertising rewards its devotees highly because it demands much. The capable advertising writers of today are keen, studious men, – men of college [...]
Practically every manufacturer whose business is of any extent needs at least one catalog. To those who have not had considerable experience in the work, the compilation of a catalog is a giant’s task. Some of the books that are sent out to the public show plainly that they have been written by those not [...]
For centuries alchemists have striven to make gold, when right at our very doors lie mines of untellable richness. The rich ore lies in the farmer’s pocket. Your ad is the pick axe which lays bare the nuggets. Consider these facts. The combined annual incomes of the American farmers total nearly seven million dollars. This [...]
Iowa Admen, 150 strong are sending a train half way across the continent to attend the Seventh Annual Convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America. They are going to learn – and to teach – advertising. Not one of the hundreds of advertising men who attend this meeting but will bring back priceless knowledge [...]
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