A new version of the 1995 Best Selling book on Infomercials and DRTV. This handbook will answer your questions about planning, pricing, production, marketing, telemarketing, and fullfilment of direct response products and services. It is also a step-by-step guide to the exciting and lucrative world of direct response television. Written by one of the pioneers of direct response television who produced and created the first electronic retail television series with Dayton-Hudson (Target Stores), produced many successful short and long form direct response infomercials and spots, and was the former head of 20th Century Fox Direct Response. This book will give readers insight into the production, marketing, psychology, telemarketing and fullfilment of offering products and services using direct response marketing techniques. The products and players may change over the years but the basics and economics of direct response television have remained the same for over 40 years. This is a must read for anyone interested in direct response television marketing. Plus, this new edition also includes a section on identifying scams in the direct response television industry and how to avoid becoming a victim.

Examines the history, appeal, strategy, and likely future of the 30- minute advertisements, which target more than just the bored and insomniac. Provides step-by-step formulas to help determine whether or not an infomercial is the right marketing approach for a particular company's product, goals, and budget. Chapters cover topics such as identifying target audience, producing an infomercial, financial realities, and inbound telemarketing. Includes a glossary. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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The Media Handbookprovides an introduction to the complete media planning and buying process. Emphasizing basic media planning and buying calculations along with the practical realities of offering plan alternatives and evaluating the plan, this fourth edition reflects the critical changes in how media today are planned, bought, and sold. Author Helen Katz looks at the larger marketing, advertising, and media objectives, and follows with an exploration of major media categories, including those emerging, such as branded entertainment and viral marketing. She provides a comprehensive analysis of planning and buying, with a continued focus on how those tactical elements tie back to the strategic aims of the brand and client. The Media Handbookincludes: examples to provide a better sense of how media planning and buying work in the real world research studies to give readers additional references for more in-depth information media terms defined when they are introduced, making readers more comfortable in subsequent discussions a selection of key resources offered as an appendix for individuals or companies wishing to find out more about a particular service or system. This popular text is perfect for advanced students in advertising, media planning/buying, communication, public relations, and marketing, and it also will serve as an informative reference volume for practitioners. research studies to give readers additional references for more in-depth information media terms defined when they are introduced, making readers more comfortable in subsequent discussions a selection of key resources offered as an appendix for individuals or companies wishing to find out more about a particular service or system. This popular text is perfect for advanced students in advertising, media planning/buying, communication, public relations, and marketing, and it also will serve as an informative reference volume for practitioners.

Offers advice on starting a direct marketing campaign, including tips on doubling response rates, writing creative copy, and evaluating mailing lists.

Excerpt from The Television Commercial How to Create and Produce, Effective Tv Advertising The first edition of this book expressed a debt to the 200 advertising and film men who had made suggestions and criticisms of a prepublication edition. On this new enlarged edition, the debt is more than doubled, for specific help has come from every phase of this growing industry. More than 100 new production still have been added, bringing the total to 189. The extensive photo credit list appears at the end of the book. To the advertising agencies and advertisers, my debt obviously extends. At McCann-Erickson, Inc., where I supervised TV commercial production during the period their annual electronic billing rose from $20,000,000 to $105,000,000, special seminars and day-to-day production problems forced the creation of much of the new material; especially Chapter 17, which started as a check-list for McCann's London office as Britain went into commercial TV. I am likewise indebted to Television Magazine for the right to reprint from my monthly column, as well as to other trade magazines for permission to reprint earlier articles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.