Colin
McDonald's Publications
Colin McDonald has had many articles and papers
published, more than 50 in Admap alone, and in
several other publications.
Books published, apart from the above, are: How
Advertising Works: a review of current thinking
(Advertising Association / NTC Publications Ltd,
1992); 'Advertising Reach and Frequency, second
edition (Association of National Advertisers
Inc./ NTC Business Books, 1995); The MRG Guide to
Media Research (edited, with Mike Monkman, Media
Research Group, 1995); Sampling the Universe: the
growth, development and influence of market
research in Britain since 1945 (with Stephen
King, commissioned to celebrate the 50 th
anniversary of the Market Research Society,
1996); the ESOMAR Handbook of Market and Opinion
Research, 4 th edition (co-editor with Phyllis
Vangelder, 1998: this work is regarded as the
world standard `how to' bible for market
researchers). He has also written monographs on
ad pretesting, tracking and monitoring, published
by WARC Ltd; most recently “Is Your
Advertising Working? A guide to evaluating
campaign effectiveness” (June 2003).
Colin is former editor of Admap and the
International Journal of Advertising
.