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Once Upon A Time I Was Riding On The Top Of A First Avenue Bus, When I Heard A Mythical Housewife Say To Another, "molly, My Dear, I Would Have Bought That New Brand Of Toilet Soap If Only They Hadn't Set The Body Copy In Ten Point Garamond." Don't You Believe It. What Really Decides Consumers To Buy Or Not To Buy Is The Content Of Your Advertising, Not Its Form.

If It Doesn't Sell, It Isn't Creative.

I Have A Theory That The Best Ads Come From Personal Experience. Some Of The Good Ones I Have Done Have Really Come Out Of The Real Experience Of My Life, And Somehow This Has Come Over As True And Valid And Persuasive. People Love To Read Stories. They Like To Know You As A Real Person Who Has Your Struggle, Pain, Success And Failure, Etc. One Well-known Example Is Jared Fogle's Weight Loss Story Which Made Millions Of Dollars For Subway. Start To Collect Your Stories From Today And Use Them In Your Ad Campaigns.

A Well-run Restaurant Is Like A Winning Baseball Team. It Makes The Most Of Every Crew Member's Talent And Takes Advantage Of Every Split-second Opportunity To Speed Up Service.

We Admire People Who Work Hard, Who Are Objective And Thorough. We Detest Office Politicians, Toadies, Bullies, And Pompous Asses. We Abhor Ruthlessness. The Way Up Our Ladder Is Open To Everybody. In Promoting People To Top Jobs, We Are Influenced As Much By Their Character As Anything Else.