{"id":1985,"date":"2009-09-22T06:01:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T11:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2009-09-25T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T16:55:57","slug":"helping-to-rebuild-an-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/advertising\/helping-to-rebuild-an-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping to Rebuild an Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If natural resources determined the wealth of nations, Brazil would be the richest country on earth and Japan would be the poorest. But resources have little to do with building a healthy economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Prosperity happens when the <span class=\"zem_slink\">swimming pool<\/span> installer sells four pools in one month instead of the usual two and says, <!--more-->&#8220;I&#8217;m going to buy myself three new suits and a big television.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then the TV salesman cocks his hat and says, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to dine out every night this week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The haberdasher, having sold 3 suits more than usual, says, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to buy my wife a piece of jewelry, give each of the kids a new toy, and then take them all out for a fine dinner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The next day the jeweler and the toy-store owner, each feeling good about the future, get measured for new clothes and make reservations for dinner on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The restaurateur begins thinking about having a swimming pool installed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Economic prosperity is rooted in desire and confidence &#8211; both of which are stimulated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/articles11w\/advertising.html\">advertising<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That&#8217;s why Wizard of Ads, Inc. is planning to open an office in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We Americans are good at convincing each other to buy stuff. It&#8217;s what we do better than any other nation. Call us na\u00efve, but my partners and I believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/articles21g\/headlines.html\">better advertising<\/a> can radically change the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; <em>Roy<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wizardofadsacademy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Find out more about the Wizard of Ads Academy &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; height: 80px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"450\" height=\"0\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ececec\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/roy-williams\/\">About Roy Williams<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/mastermind-group.html\"><strong>Related Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/roy-williams\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Roy Williams<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nTo discover the easy and inexpensive ways <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone can attract more clients and maximize their profits<\/span>, sign up for your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px; text-align: left;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/ff0d50e4-1aeb-4693-8aa6-9830db009044\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=ff0d50e4-1aeb-4693-8aa6-9830db009044\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If natural resources determined the wealth of nations, Brazil would be the richest country on earth and Japan would be the poorest. 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