Private company

Ameritest

Advertising company

Ameritest is an international advertising research firm, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which provides its clients with worldwide market research on their advertising concepts, and executions. The company was founded in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Charles E. Young. Ameritest, d.b.a.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Ameritest is an international advertising research firm, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which provides its clients with worldwide market research on their advertising concepts, and executions.2

Products and brands

The primary tools used by the company to illustrate how advertising works are heuristic models created by Young. The purpose of these models is to focus on learning how and why an ad is, or is not, working to improve or optimize work performance. The models are organized into a hierarchy that attempts to bridge the divide between report card systems and diagnostic systems.

As a pre-testing, or copy testing system, Ameritest’s television model is intended to explain how the audience perceives motion media including television, online, film, and other forms of branded entertainment. The print model addresses print media including newspaper, magazines, Direct Response, catalog, and outdoor advertising.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ameritest, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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