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anticsapp
2227 days ago
They say that about advertising spend too. I think it was David Ogilvy but I'm too lazy to look it up.
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m463
2227 days ago
"Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half" - John Wanamaker
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onemoresoop
2227 days ago
That is wishful thinking on their part IMO. Saying that half of X is wrong makes X look like half true. It could be false in a much higher proportion
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anticsapp
2227 days ago
That's a great point. Never occurred to me.
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mercer
2227 days ago
That's marketing!
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