421: We Discuss a Century Old Forgotten Book on Advertising and Why Clarity is Better than Clever

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On this episode, we discuss a little-known book called Obvious Adams: The Story of a Successful Businessman and compare his simplistic approach to modern-day marketing and advertising, which is all about just getting attention. Also, we discuss some of this year’s Super Bowl ads. 🏈 The post 421: We Discuss a Century Old Forgotten Book on Advertising and Why Clarity is Better than Clever first appeared on Persuasion by the Pint.

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