According to circus founder P. T. Barnum, what happens without publicity?

Question 3 options:

Business failure

Decline in customers

Increased productivity

Nothing

"A terrible thing happens without publicity ... nothing!"

The correct answer would be, Decline in Customers.

Explanation:

P. T. Barnum was a successful American promoter. He founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1871. At a young age, he moved to New York and tried a lot of businesses including newspaper publishing and running a boarding house.

He started the circus in 1871 which became a huge success just because of his work plus the tactics of advertisement he used to promote his work. According to him, Decline in the customers happen without publicity. He believed that people will come to see your show only if you have attracted them enough to get them out of their houses and come to see your show through your powerful advertisements.