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_aDreyfuss, Leonard, _d1886-1969 |
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| 245 | 1 | 3 | _aAn idea that saved a business |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-10-14 | ||
| 508 | _aCharlene Taylor, chenzw and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) | ||
| 520 | _a"An idea that saved a business by Leonard Dreyfuss" is a short business pamphlet and advertising case study from the early 20th century. It centers on the power of outdoor advertising—especially posters and painted signs—to reach all kinds of people and stimulate rapid retail growth. The narrative follows a worried department-store general manager who studies his failing numbers, then seeks advice from a circus executive famed for getting “the greatest amount of money in the shortest possible time.” He learns that the circus wins by blanketing the outdoors with large, colorful, simple messages placed wherever people pass. Adopting this approach, he launches a dominant citywide poster campaign with monthly changes in copy and color, while simultaneously improving store service and atmosphere. Over several years the store’s business surges, and the now-president credits outdoor publicity—used alongside heavy newspaper advertising—as the catalyst for momentum and prestige. The piece closes by asserting the story’s truth and segueing into a brief pitch for the sponsoring advertising firm’s services. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cNewark: The United Advertising Corporation, 1918 |
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| 653 | _aAdvertising, Outdoor -- United States | ||
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