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“How Often Should My Message Be Repeated?”

July 28, 2018 Rod Schwartz

“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” – entrepreneur and marketer John Wanamaker (1838-1922) Wanamaker’s quote on advertising has been widely disseminated over the past century. For some, it’s inspired bold risk-taking and marketing breakthroughs—”nothing ventured, nothing gained.” For others, […]

Targeting the “Right” Customer and Other Fallacies

August 22, 2016 Rod Schwartz

You don’t have hundreds of millions of dollars to test the effectiveness of your advertising. But Procter and Gamble does. And they’ve spent many millions of dollars carefully testing their advertising to arrive at this conclusion: Procter & Gamble Co., the biggest advertising spender in the world, will move away from […]

The Ten Most Common Mistakes in Marketing

June 27, 2016 Rod Schwartz

Many years ago the Wizard of Ads®, sometimes known as Roy H. Williams, published a best-selling business book in which he discussed the Twelve Most Common Mistakes in Advertising. His insights were praised by advertisers and advertising professionals alike. Eventually they were distilled into a widely circulated 45-minute video presentation, […]