The Man Who Sold America : The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1591393086
ISBN-13
9781591393085
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Imprint
Harvard Business Review Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 12th, 2010
Print length
480 Pages
Weight
772 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 16.60 x 3.60 cms
Product Classification:
Advertising
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In advertising, most Hall-of-Famers J Walter Thomson, David Ogilvy, Bill Bernbach, Bruce Barton, Ray Rubicam, and others point to one individual as the 'father' of modern advertising: Albert D Lasker. This title tells the story of Albert Lasker, the ingenius and tormented father of modern advertising.
We''re living in the Age of Persuasion. Leaders and organizations of all kinds--public and private, large and small--fulfill their missions only by competing in the marketplace of images and messages. To win in that marketplace, they need advertising. This has been true since the advent of mass media, from mass-circulation magazines and radio through the age of television and the Internet.
Yet even as they use advertising to capture consumers'' imaginations and build their brands, few people know of the ingenious and tormented man who built the modern advertising industry and shaped a new consumer sensibility as the twentieth century unfolded: Albert D. Lasker.
Drawing on a recently uncovered trove of Lasker''s papers, Jeffrey Cruikshank and Arthur Schultz have written a fascinating biography of one of the past century''s most influential, intriguing, troubled, and instructive figures. Lasker''s creative and powerful use of "reason-why" advertising to inject ideas and arguments into ad campaigns had a profound impact on modern advertising, foreshadowing the consumer-centered "unique selling proposition" approach that dominates the industry today. His tactics helped launch or revitalize companies and brands that remain household names--including Palmolive, Goodyear, and Quaker Oats.
As Lasker rose in prominence, he went beyond consumer products to apply his brilliance to presidential politics, government service, and professional sports, changing the game wherever he went, and building a vast fortune along the way. But his intensity had a price--he was felled by mental breakdowns throughout his life. This book also tells the story of how he fought back with determination and with support from family and friends in an age when lack of effective treatment doomed most mentally ill people.
The Man Who Sold America is a riveting account of a man larger than life, who shaped not only an industry but also a century.
Yet even as they use advertising to capture consumers'' imaginations and build their brands, few people know of the ingenious and tormented man who built the modern advertising industry and shaped a new consumer sensibility as the twentieth century unfolded: Albert D. Lasker.
Drawing on a recently uncovered trove of Lasker''s papers, Jeffrey Cruikshank and Arthur Schultz have written a fascinating biography of one of the past century''s most influential, intriguing, troubled, and instructive figures. Lasker''s creative and powerful use of "reason-why" advertising to inject ideas and arguments into ad campaigns had a profound impact on modern advertising, foreshadowing the consumer-centered "unique selling proposition" approach that dominates the industry today. His tactics helped launch or revitalize companies and brands that remain household names--including Palmolive, Goodyear, and Quaker Oats.
As Lasker rose in prominence, he went beyond consumer products to apply his brilliance to presidential politics, government service, and professional sports, changing the game wherever he went, and building a vast fortune along the way. But his intensity had a price--he was felled by mental breakdowns throughout his life. This book also tells the story of how he fought back with determination and with support from family and friends in an age when lack of effective treatment doomed most mentally ill people.
The Man Who Sold America is a riveting account of a man larger than life, who shaped not only an industry but also a century.
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