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

from Persuasion by the Pint · host Jonathan Taylor & Sean McCool

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.

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