Although copy testing of advertisements is common, the accumulated results of such tests are rarely used to assess the relative importance of different presentation characteristics. An analysis of 832 radio commercials covering 31 product categories is presented as an example of how cumulative data may be used to develop insights that can be used to improve the effectiveness of advertising.
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