
American learning math company McGraw Hill surveyed 600 companies and their advertising spend in the 1980s. An increase in the advertising budget in most cases resulted in a proportional increase in sales. In times of crisis, they even noticed that a 100% increase in advertising spend yielded a 256% increase in sales. Because the competition invested less and was less present in the advertising market, their efforts gained greater visibility and thus impact. Advertise and do it in a crisis.