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| text = Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell.<ref>{{cite book |last=Godin |first=Seth |title=Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us |publisher=Portfolio/Penguin |date=2008}}</ref>

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| text = Dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable.<ref>{{cite book |last=Burnett |first=Leo |title=100 Leo's: The Advertising Philosophy of Leo Burnett |publisher=Leo Burnett Company |date=1961}}</ref>

| author = Leo Burnett, Founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide {{Leo Burnett/attribution}}

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| text = Tell the truth, but make the truth fascinating.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ogilvy |first=David |title=Confessions of an Advertising Man |publisher=Atheneum |date=1963}}</ref>

| author = David Ogilvy, Founder of Ogilvy & Mather {{David Ogilvy/attribution}}

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| text = Content is king, but engagement is queen, and the lady rules the house!<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Mari |title=The New Relationship Marketing |publisher=Wiley |date=2011}}</ref>

| author = Mari Smith, Social Media Strategist {{Mari Smith/attribution}}

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| author = Jef I. Richards, Professor of Advertising {{Jef I. Richards/attribution}}

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| text = Advertising brings in the customers, but it is your job to keep them buying from you.<ref>{{cite book |last=Holmes |first=Chet |title=The Ultimate Sales Machine |publisher=Portfolio |date=2007}}</ref>

| author = Chet Holmes, Business Growth Strategist {{Chet Holmes/attribution}}

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| text = Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be dismissed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fallon |first=Ivan |title=The Brothers: The Rise and Rise of Saatchi & Saatchi |publisher=Hutchinson |date=1988}}</ref>

| author = Maurice Saatchi, Co-founder of Saatchi & Saatchi {{Maurice Saatchi/attribution}}

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| text = Nobody who bought a drill actually wanted a drill. They wanted a hole.<ref>{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=Perry |title=80/20 Sales and Marketing |publisher=Entrepreneur Press |date=2013}}</ref>

| author = Perry Marshall, Author {{Perry Marshall/attribution}}

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| text = An ad should be an appetizer, not a buffet.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Creative Mind of Lee Clow |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1670642/the-creative-mind-of-lee-clow |website=Fast Company |access-date=2025-12-19 |date=2012-08-28 |author=Fast Company Staff}}</ref>

| author = Lee Clow, Chairman of TBWA\Media Arts Lab {{Lee Clow/attribution}}

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| text = In good times people want to advertise; in bad times they have to.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Barton Classic Quotations |url=http://www.ravintokirja.fi/T_Superlist.pdf |website=The Superlist |publisher=Christer Sundqvist |access-date=2025-12-19 |date=1955 |author=Barton, Bruce}}</ref>

| author = Bruce Barton, Co-founder of BBDO {{Bruce Barton/attribution}}

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| text = Nobody reads ads. People read what interests them. Sometimes, it's an ad.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gossage |first=Howard |title=The Book of Gossage |publisher=Copy Workshop |date=1995}}</ref>

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| text = In advertising, not to be different is virtually suicidal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bernbach |first=Bill |title=Bill Bernbach Said... |publisher=DDB Needham Worldwide |date=1987}}</ref>

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