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Marketing by Method Versus Vision

By Jerry Bader

The companies that make a real impact in the marketplace are
not the ones that produce what people think they want, but
rather the ones that produce what people will want but don’t
know it.

The ability to know what people will want before they know it
exists is not a result of intensive market research, focus
groups, or telemarketing surveys. Knowing what people want is
based on understanding the human condition: the motivating
factors that move people from disinterest to action. Steve Jobs
was unrelenting in this philosophy and it resulted in changing Read more »

Advertising Quote: Ignore Research

Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.

David Ogilvy

Advertising Quote: Inferior Products

Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it cannot. On those rare occasions when I have advertised products which consumer tests have found inferior to other products in the same field, the results have been disastrous.

David Ogilvy
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