I was a chef in Paris, a door-to-door salesman, a social worker in the Edinburgh slums, an associate of Dr. “For the next seventeen years, while my friends were establishing themselves as doctors, lawyers, civil servants, and politicians, I adventured about the world, uncertain of purpose. Instead, I finally became an advertising agent on Madison Avenue the revenues of my nineteen clients are now greater than the revenue of Her Majesty’s Government.” “My boyhood hero had been Lloyd George, and I had expected to become Prime Minister when I grew up. The confessions of an Advertising Man was first published in 1963, and it is considered as essential reading for advertising students and practitioners. Other topics covered include people management, corporate ethics, office politics, and insights for building a successful advertising business. In Confessions of an Advertising Man, founder of Ogilvy & Mather and “Father of Advertising,” David Ogilvy shares his philosophy, pioneering ideas and strategies for becoming a successful advertising man.
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