P. T. Barnum

P. T. 바넘

Marketing, brand and copywriting1810-1891

American showman, author of The Art of Money Getting

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Principles 299
Episodes 371
Quotes 214

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Commanding respect
It is much better, as a rule, to call attention up to you rather than charity down to you.
Our noteBarnum observes how the doctor's prosperous appearance and patronage of the poor enhanced his reputation.
Source P. T. Barnum The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages (opens in a new tab)
Expertise in Media
The public are often favored in our journals with dissertations upon various abstruse matters by men who are entirely ignorant of what they are writing about.
Our noteBarnum comments on how easily writers can simulate authority on subjects they don't actually understand.
Source P. T. Barnum The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages (opens in a new tab)

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