
How to write a good advertisement
by Victor O. Schwab · first published 1942
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on “Ask HN: How to find profitable side project idea?” ↗…written by an advertising copywriter named Vic Schwab. Arguably the titles made it the publishing phenomenon it is. Schwab also wrote a book that probably changed the lives of many marketers. It's title is "How to write a good advertisement"
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