The Real "Mad Men" of Madison Avenue Reveal Their Best 460 Advertising Secrets! Today, people are being bombarded with advertising wherever they are. These days, it's harder than ever to get their attention and get them to take action. But, believe it or not, things are a lot better now than they used to be... Fifty years ago, many of the aspects of advertising we take for granted today, such as online demographic research and high-tech graphic design, didn't exist. Every aspect of advertising was a lot more work. And testing ads like we do today was impossible. Tracking the effectiveness of a campaign was done by hand...if it could be done at all. Because of this, it was a time when... Advertising Had to Work...the First Time! The new technology we have in this industry is great, but we've been spoiled...and it's caused us to get lazy. We've forgotten the fundamentals and lessons learned by the men and women who came before us...and we're leaving money...