Breakthrough Advertising
by Eugene M. Schwartz
The 1966 text that serious copywriters treat as scripture: market awareness and sophistication stages, channelling existing desire rather than creating it, and the mechanics of headlines by stage. Dense, expensive second-hand, and worth it.
Read it if…
you write copy for a living and have not read it.
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Skip it if…
you want an easy read; it is a textbook.
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Three things you will actually use
- Copy cannot create desire; it channels it.
- Match the headline to the market's awareness.
- Sophistication rises; claims must evolve.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the five stages of awareness and apply them to your market.
Our verdict
The copywriter's scripture.
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