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100 1 _aDreyfuss, Leonard,
_d1886-1969
245 1 3 _aAn idea that saved a business
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNewark: The United Advertising Corporation, 1918
653 _aAdvertising, Outdoor -- United States
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/ideathatsavedbus00drey/page/n7/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77052
999 _c117776
_d117776