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 .