Morris Hite Professions : Businessman Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Morris Hite Advertising moves people toward goods; merchandising moves goods toward people. Morris Hite merchandising advertising people Is advertising moral? It is part and parcel of the American free enterprise system... I challenge anybody to show any economic system that has done as much for so many in so short a time. Morris Hite short challenge advertising time Advertising is salesmanship mass produced. No one would bother to use advertising if he could talk to all his prospects face-to-face. But he can't. Morris Hite face-to-face talk advertising bother No agency is better than its account executives. Morris Hite account than better agency The ultimate test of a finished account executive is his ability to write a sound marketing plan. Morris Hite plan test ability sound If an ad campaign is built around a weak idea - or as is so often the case, no idea at all - I don't give a damn how good the execution is, it's going to fail. Morris Hite how good damn weak If you have a good selling idea, your secretary can write your ad for you. Morris Hite write your good you It takes good clients to make a good advertising agency. Regardless of how much talent an ad agency may have, it is ineffective without good products and services to advertise. Morris Hite good advertising talent clients There is no such thing as national advertising. All advertising is local and personal. It's one man or woman reading one newspaper in the kitchen or watching TV in the den. Morris Hite woman man kitchen reading The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value. Morris Hite value memory important way It is not the purpose of the ad or commercial to make the reader or listener say, 'My what a clever ad.' It is the purpose of advertising to make the reader say, 'I believe I'll buy one when I'm shopping tomorrow'. Morris Hite shopping tomorrow purpose believe Similar Authors Bob Iger businessman Bob Wright businessman Bruce Karatz businessman Bruce Kovner businessman Brian Roberts businessman Brandon Wade businessman All Authors
