0: and now the history of advertising in 60 seconds.
4: advertising is as old as the human
5: condition but branded product-based ads
7: didn't show up until the 18th century
9: when print advertising became the norm.
11: in the 1800s we got the first billboards
13: and ad agencies began to set up shop.
15: In 1891 companies like Kodak began selling
17: their brand not just the product, then in
19: 1908 new companies like Ford staged
21: flashy publicity events and pioneered
23: the art of looking cool.
25: the soap opera was born when soap companies discovered
27: the popularity of radio dramas among
28: women when they did their house work.
31: Bulova watches made the first television
33: commercial. it cost 9 bucks and when
35: psychologists got involved in the 1960s
37: focus groups transformed the industry
38: into a calculated science. the tactics
40: got a lot less predictable and the
42: budgets got a lot bigger.
43: enter the Internet. even though it looked
45: like this and sounded like. advertisers
47: were eager to engage the growing network
49: of more than 5 million users. by the year
51: 2000 ads were appearing alongside search
53: results driven by consumer interests now
56: advertising is just part of the
57: conversation for the first time in
59: history consumers are able to choose the
60: ads they see based on their own tastes
62: and brands are working with publishers
64: to create content. it's a whole new world.
66: welcome to modern advertising
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