Claude C. Hopkins quotes

The time has come when advertising in some hands has reached the status of a science. (Claude C. Hopkins)
People don't buy from clowns. View quote
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The man who wins out and survives does so only because of superior science and strategy. View quote
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Picture what others wish to be, not what they may be now. View quote
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If a claim is worth making, make it in the most impressive way. View quote
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Remember the people you address are selfish, as we all are. They care nothing about your interests or profit. They seek service for themselves. View quote
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Almost any questions can be answered,cheaply, quickly and finally, by a test campaign. And that's he way to answer them - not by arguments around a table. View quote
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The only purpose of advertising is to make sales. It is profitable or unprofitable according to its actual sales. View quote
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Don't think of people in the mass. That gives you a blurred view. View quote
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The product itself should be it's own best salesman. Not the product alone, but the product plus a mental impression, and atmosphere, which you place around it. View quote
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Curiosity is one of the strongest human incentives. (Claude C. Hopkins)
Human nature is perpetual. In most respects it is the same today as in the time of Caesar. So the principles of psychology are fixed and enduring. View quote
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Ads are planned and written with some utterly wrong conception. They are written to please the seller. The interests of the buyer are forgotten. View quote
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Genius is the art of taking pains. View quote
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The compass of accurate knowledge directs the shortest, safest, cheapest course to any destination. View quote
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Changing people's habits is very expensive. View quote
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Advertising is much like war, minus the venom. View quote
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Never be led in new paths by the blind. View quote
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The writing of headline is one of the great journalistic arts. They either conceal or reveal am interest. View quote
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Don't, to gain general and useless attention, sacrifice the attention that you want. View quote
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Scientific advertising has altered many old plans and conceptions. It has proved many long established methods to be folly. (Claude C. Hopkins)
Whatever claim you use to gain attention, the advertisement should tell a story reasonably complete. View quote
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One may gain attention by wearing a fools cap. But he would ruin his selling prospects. View quote
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The right name is an advertisement in itself. View quote
Claude C. Hopkins

Claude C. Hopkins

Occupation: American Businessman
Born: January 14, 1866
Died: September 22, 1932
Quotes count: 24

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