Maximising the Effectiveness of Direct Response Television Advertising
Richard Fielding AGB Television Information Systems, United Kingdom; Hugh JohnsonChannel Four Television, United Kingdom
INTRODUCTION
Increasingly advertisers are putting telephone numbers onto their commercials in order to elicit a response from potential consumers. The response required can range from getting people to purchase products there and then, through donations to charities, to getting people to ask for more information. In the US it is estimated that around half of all commercials carry a telephone number; in the UK it was, in 1993, estimated to be around 20%. The...