David William Ogilvy

GPTKB entity

Properties (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Media_Company
gptkbp:awards Clio Awards
gptkbp:born June 23, 1911
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:died July 21, 1999
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkbp:famousQuote "The consumer isn't a moron, she's your wife."
"I have a theory that the best advertising is done by people who don't work in advertising."
"The most important thing is to be able to sell your ideas."
"If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative."
"The consumer is not a moron, she is your wife."
"You cannot bore people into buying your product."
"What you say is more important than how you say it."
"Never stop testing, and your advertising will never stop improving."
"A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself."
"The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible."
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Ogilvy_&_Mather
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David William Ogilvy
gptkbp:influenced Modern advertising practices
Advertising industry leaders
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Claude_Hopkins
gptkbp:knownFor The 'Aga Cooker' campaign
Founding_Ogilvy_&_Mather
The_'Dove'_campaign
The_'Man_in_the_Hathaway_Shirt'_campaign
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation Copywriter
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Holly_Ogilvy
gptkbp:worksAt gptkb:Gallup_Organization
gptkb:Mather_&_Crowther
gptkbp:wrote Confessions of an Advertising Man