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David Ogilvy
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David Mackenzie Ogilvy (1911–1999) was a British advertising executive who founded the agency Ogilvy & Mather in 1948. He is widely known as the Father of Advertising for his influential campaigns and his emphasis on consumer research and direct response advertising. He authored several books on advertising, including Confessions of an Advertising Man.
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“David Ogilvy always said, if you want to be a copywriter, spend the first five or six years of your life working in direct response because you learn what works, you also learn what matters.”
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