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Mr Adam Smith explains the profusion of advertising awards.

 

 Here, in case you ever wondered, is why bankers don't need awards and we do.

"There are some very noble and beautiful arts, in which the degree of eAdam Smithxcellence can be determined only by a certain nicety of taste, of which the decisions, however, appear always, in some measure, uncertain. There are others, in which the success admits, either of clear demonstration, or very satisfactory proof. Among the candidates for excellence in those different arts, the anxiety about the public opinion is always much greater in the former than in the latter."

This is from the Theory of the Moral Sentiments by the sage of Kirkcaldy



All Comments

  August 5, 2008

If i was a client I'd be looking more for the "clear demonstration, or very satisfactory proof".  Possibly in the form of increased sales...

  August 6, 2008

Equally there will be many factors which affect those outcomes which will be unconnected to the quality of the advertising. It is possible to do good advertising which fails in the marketplace - the work for the Fiat Strada being a good example.

  August 19, 2008

Bankers DO need awards. In fact they have loads of them. And they love them more than creatives do. Why? Easy. D&AD Gold - headhunted by global ad agency and ££ increase in salary.

Euromoney Trader of the Year - headhunted by global investment bank and £££££££££ increase in salary.

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