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Breakthrough Advertising

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Breakthrough Advertising
AuthorEugene M. Schwartz
Published1966
Pages236
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listSchwartz’s book on the mass desire a product attaches to, the five states of market awareness and the five stages of market sophistication. A direct-response manual that is really a model of how a market’s beliefs change over time, which is why it keeps getting recommended outside advertising.

Where I heard about it

  • The replies to @SpencrGreenberg — named in his thread asking “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” (June 2025); the full list is on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).

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