My Life in Advertising (1917) (English Edition)

About the Author: Claude C. Hopkins (1866-1932) was one of the greatest copywriters and advertising pioneers of all time. He worked for several well-known companies including Swift & Company, Dr. Shoop's patent medicine Company, Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company and Lord & Thomas Company at which he was paid a salary of $185,000 a year in 1907. Hopkins believed that advertising is a science and must be treated as such to succeed. He insisted that advertisers need to know well their products and produce a “reason-why” copy for clients. His strategies emphasized that advertising need to be scientifically tested and tracked. He was the pioneer in offering free product samples and in the field of test marketing. Hopkins contributed 2 books for the world of advertising which are still considered classics in the advertising industry. “My life in advertising” in 1917 and “Scientific Advertising” in 1923 are still two of the must read books for any successful advertiser. This book published in 1917 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.