Blagman Media International Unveils MediaTRAX -- New Tool to Reduce Media Risk, Boost Response Rates.Entertainment/Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 10, 2000 In what he describes as an unprecedented step forward in increasing revenues derived from direct response print and television offers, Robert Blagman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Blagman Media International Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :BMIIE), today announced that he intends to offer his clients access to BMII MediaTRAX, a proven testing model which will reduce their upfront risk in buying media even as it enables him to execute buys which, he expects, will dramatically improve the ratio of purchases to media dollars. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Blagman, his company has entered into an ongoing relationship with Test Marketing Group, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control whereby Test Marketing Group will provide a dedicated cadre of inbound telemarketers who will answer a significant percentage of callers responding to the test airing of a spot or infomercial. The telemarketers will utilize a proprietary research model which identifies key demographic and psychographic In the field of marketing, demographics, opinion research, and social research in general, psychographic variables are any attributes relating to personality, values, attitudes, interests, or lifestyles. They are also called IAO variables (for Interests, Attitudes, and Opinions). information. Blagman Media will then apply its own proprietary statistical model to the research. The refined data, known as BMII MediaTRAX, will be employed to analyze and enhance upcoming media buys for the product in order to increase consumer response. "Never before has information of this depth and quality been applied to direct response media buys," noted Blagman. He continued, "It's been used, with dramatic results, to tweak To make minor adjustments in an electronic system or in a software program in order to improve performance. See calibrate. 1. tweak - To change slightly, usually in reference to a value. Also used synonymously with twiddle. scripts or improve upsell configurations, but until now no media buyer has taken this wealth of information and applied it to the buy itself, which is the most expensive, and therefore most risk-laden, element of the direct response process. BMII MediaTRAX will substantially reduce a marketer's risk by empowering him to spend his media dollars where they'll yield the most return." Blagman went on to explain that, besides improving results for his clients, he will use BMII MediaTRAX to build a database of the relative efficacy of various time slots. "This," he noted, "will set Blagman Media apart in its ability to deliver direct response marketers more `bang' for their media dollar than they ever thought possible." Test Marketing Group, based in Irvine, Calif., is the owner of a research model developed to improve response rates. Typically, a group of around 30 inbound telemarketers receives a portion of incoming calls. They then ask a series of questions which reveals ways in which the script, upsell configuration or call to action can be improved. Once these changes are made, increased response is documented. Among its successes, Test Marketing Group includes well-known shows which have doubled and even tripled their response rates using this methodology. Clients, past and present, include Enforma ("Natural Products"), One World Network ("Ultimate Lean Machine"), Sanyo ("DirtHunter"), and PureSpin Golf ("PureSpin Golf"). Asked to comment on Blagman's strategy, Test Marketing Group Founder and President Adam McDonald responded, "With BMII MediaTRAX, Robert is taking the science of media buying and moving it a quantum leap quantum leap n. An abrupt change or step, especially in method, information, or knowledge: "War was going to take a quantum leap; it would never be the same" Garry Wills. forward. We have every reason to believe that both his company and his clients will realize significant rewards from this innovative approach." Blagman Media International, a leader in both short- and longform media buying, has recently begun to acquire, worldwide, profitable media entities. In addition, Blagman has retained prestigious Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland-based MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) An application framework for writing Microsoft C/C++ and Visual C++ applications. See application framework. MFC - Microsoft Foundation Class Merchant Bank S.A. to assist him in both raising capital in Europe and gaining listings on European stock exchanges This is a list of European stock exchanges. There are two major pan-European stock exchanges:
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