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THE MAN WHO SOLD AMERICA


CRUICKSHANK J.L. SCHULTZ A.W.

wydawnictwo: HBS , rok wydania 2010, wydanie I

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The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century


We're living in the Age of Persuasion. Leaders and organizations of all kinds—public and private, large and small—fulfill their missions only by competing in the marketplace of images and messages. To win in that marketplace, they need advertising. This has been true since the advent of mass media, from mass-circulation magazines and radio through the age of television and the Internet.

Yet even as they use advertising to capture consumers' imaginations and build their brands, few people know of the ingenious and tormented man who built the modern advertising industry and shaped a new consumer sensibility as the twentieth century unfolded: Albert D. Lasker.

Drawing on a recently uncovered trove of Lasker's papers, Jeffrey Cruikshank and Arthur Schultz have written a fascinating biography of one of the past century's most influential, intriguing, troubled, and instructive figures. Lasker's creative and powerful use of "reason-why" advertising to inject ideas and arguments into ad campaigns had a profound impact on modern advertising, foreshadowing the consumer-centered "unique selling proposition" approach that dominates the industry today. His tactics helped launch or revitalize companies and brands that remain household names—including Palmolive, Goodyear, and Quaker Oats.

As Lasker rose in prominence, he went beyond consumer products to apply his brilliance to presidential politics, government service, and professional sports, changing the game wherever he went, and building a vast fortune along the way. But his intensity had a price—he was felled by mental breakdowns throughout his life. This book also tells the story of how he fought back with determination and with support from family and friends in an age when lack of effective treatment doomed most mentally ill people.

The Man Who Sold America is a riveting account of a man larger than life, who shaped not only an industry but also a century.


Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Orator and the Entrepreneur

Chapter 2: The Galveston Hothouse

Chapter 3: Success in Chicago

Chapter 4: Salesmanship in Print

Chapter 5: Growing Up, Breaking Down

Chapter 6: The Greatest Copywriter

Chapter 7: Orange Juice and Raisin Bread

Chapter 8: Fighting for Leo Frank

Chapter 9: Into the Tomato Business

Chapter 10: Saving Baseball from Itself

Chapter 11: Venturing into Politics

Chapter 12: Electing a President

Chapter 13: The Damnedest Job in the World

Chapter 14: A Family Interlude

Chapter 15: A Defeat and Two Victories

Chapter 16: Selling the Unmentionable, and More

Chapter 17: Retrenching and Reshaping

Chapter 18: Selling and Unselling California

Chapter 19: The Downward Spiral

Chapter 20: Changing a Life

Chapter 21: Finding Peace

Chapter 22: The Lasker Legacy

A Note on Primary Sources Notes About the Author


480 pages, Hardcover

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