An Argument For Intelligent Interactive Advertising From 1972

Jeremy Bullmore, a non-executive director of WPP, gave a speech to Kraft executives in 1972 that could easily be given again today, for the themes are universal.

Here’s a small slice of what Bullmore, Creative Director at JWT/London at that time, said:

The consumer “doesn’t absorb messages: he responds to stimuli.”

In other words, every ad, regardless of the medium, needs an interactive component.

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