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One-Quarter Cleansing Cream

In 1955, the now legendary Ogilvy and Mather advertising firm began their campaign with Dove. "One-quarter cleansing cream" is, to this day, a corporate tag-line for Dove. The company was profitable in its very first year, an extreme rarity in personal-care products. Ogilvy and Mather stress their ad campaign and the Dove tag-line they created as being responsible for such success.

Dove's ubiquitous tagline was created when David Ogilvy, the dynamic mind behind Ogilvy and Mather asked the question "Well, may I know the formula?" When the good people at Dove explained the ingredients, Mr. Ogilvy found out that the soap he was hired to advertise was only three-fourths soap. One-fourth of Dove soap was a compound with the generic name of "cleansing cream".

Mr. Ogilvy saw this as a major differentiator and helped create a brand that became a household name. His trademark pursuit of an exceptional story to tell for his clients, created an approach that was always on the look for that "certain something". An angle, a BIG idea, an exceptional message. Mr. Ogilvy doggedly pursued a way to truly set not only his clients product, but also the very advertisement, apart from the norm.

To quote Mr. Ogilvy "Only first class business, and that in a first class way."

To learn more about David Ogilvy visit http://www.ogilvy.com/About/Our-History/David-Ogilvy-Bio.aspx ......or just check back here. I'll be talking more about Mr. Ogilvy in the near future.

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