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A Lot Of Today's Campaigns Are Based On Optimum Positioning But Are Totally Ineffective - Because They Are Dull, Or Badly Constructed, Or Ineptly Written. If Nobody Reads Your Advertisement Or Looks At Your Commercial, It Doesn't Do You Much Good To Have The Right Positioning.

-David Ogilvy

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A Lot Of Today's Campaigns Are Based

David Ogilvy

A Lot Of Today's Campaigns Are Based On Optimum Positioning But Are Totally Ineffective - Because They Are Dull, Or Badly Constructed, Or Ineptly Written. If Nobody Reads Your Advertisement Or Looks At Your Commercial, It Doesn't Do You Much Good To Have The Right Positioning.

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