1. From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor
... that not only give a history of advertising but also teach lessons on how to make it in the industry was fascinating, my favorite excerpt, on page 38, Femina tells of a cake mix that is not successful in advertising because of the lack of work for the housewife the ... cake mix offers, "So they pulled it back and did whatever you do to cake mixes and they fixed it so now to make a cake you had to break an egg. In the instructions they said if you break an egg into this mix and add ... water, you're going to have one hell of a cake. But without the egg the product is nothing. It worked....
- Word Count: 1006
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: High School