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“How Often Should My Message Be Repeated?”

“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, […]
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Message Before Money

A sometimes controversial, unabashedly conservative first-term state senator is consistently vilified by the press throughout his first term in office. In the next election cycle, he faces a challenger from within his own party. The challenger is a popular local figure whose decades of public service include two terms as […]
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Please Text and Drive

That got your attention, didn’t it? But why did it grab you? Because it’s short and to-the-point. Because it’s the opposite of what you expect. Because it shocked you, if only a little. And that, of course, is the whole point. Until you come to the realization that its intended message […]