Category Archives: Madison Avenue

Advertising Lessons from 1923 and 1927

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Rod Schwartz

He is “…hopelessly out of date, and amazingly current. He was the outstanding copywriter and strategist of his time; he made $100,000 a year and more writing advertising when that kind of money was important even to the U.S. Treasury.” … Continue reading →

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Listening to These Commercials Can Make You a Better Writer

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Rod Schwartz

The finalists in the 2018 Radio Mercury Awards have been announced. The 100 or so commercials that made the cut represent some of the best work being done in radio advertising today. From this group, a dozen or two will … Continue reading →

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On Selling Soap (Meet My New Friend, Duke Cannon)

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Rod Schwartz

I made a new friend this past Christmas, thanks to my wife. His name is Duke Cannon. Duke sells soap, about which we’ll talk more in just a bit. Did you know that Soap-selling has a storied history? Andrew Pears (b. … Continue reading →

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David Ogilvy on Writing and the Spoken Word

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Rod Schwartz

From Brain Pickings… On September 7th, 1982, Ogilvy sent the following internal memo to all agency employees, titled “How to Write”: The better you write, the higher you go in Ogilvy & Mather. People who think well, write well. Woolly minded people … Continue reading →

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