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How to Create Advertising that Sells and Why

Written by John W. Furst,

Good question, isn't it.

David Ogilvy (↑) is said to be the father of modern advertising in the early '60s who answered that exact question in an acclaimed full page house ad for his own advertising agency. Needless to say that the ad worked very well and established Ogilvy & Mather as the leading advertising agency for industrial advertising.

One of David Ogilvy's many tips for creating successful ads is: “Don’t Get Distracted from Making the Sale”

It sounds bizarre but many agencies with or without the help of their clients screw this up big time. Almost if selling were a bad thing. And whoever is ultimately held accountable for advertising that does not work in the short run has tons of logical reasons why this is actually good thing.

You might have heard these before: Advertising is supposed to build awareness, to establish brand identity, to create a community, …, etc. or in other words: The big sales will come sooner (or later) because of all those effects.

Of course advertising should not be treated as one dimensional exercise but making sales today ranks pretty high on my personal and on my client's lists of priorities.

In order to discuss latest trends as well as evergreen strategies I traveled to London, U.K. to the Biz Fest 2015 conference two weeks ago.

John W Furst Advertising Marketing Seminar London 2015

John W. Furst at Biz Fest 2015 in London, U.K.

Stay tuned for more tips about advertising that sells and related topicss. I'll be back soon. Just rearranging a lot what I am doing right now.

Exciting times are about to start.

Yours

John W. Furst

Posted by John W. Furst in Advertising, Business Strategy, Marketing on Tuesday, July 21, 2015