Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Harvard Business Review points to crucial demands on CMOs; GfK 1st half financials (RBDR 8/14/2014)

Sponsored by Nuance, offering multi-language verbatim coding services to help companies quantify the meaning of open-ended answers. Nuance, a Decision Analyst company.

To find out more about Nuance: http://www.nuancecoding.com

Today: 1) Harvard Business Review article points to crucial demands on Chief Marketing Officers, areas where market research can obviously help. Yet, the authors do not recommend including MR in the loop. 2) Forrester Research says CIOs do not have the trust and respect of marketing leaders as far as understanding customer life cycles or marketing technologies. 3) GfK’s first half of 2014 financial results are so beneath expectations that it says it won’t meet full-year 2014 business goals. 4) Associate Editor Travis Cornejo is leaving RBDR.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Disruptive innovation myth exploded! Auto insurer data growing. (RBDR 8/13/14)

Sponsored by Nuance, offering multi-language verbatim coding services to help companies quantify the meaning of open-ended answers. Nuance, a Decision Analyst company.

To find out more about Nuance: http://www.nuancecoding.com

Today: 1) Disruptive innovation is the coveted goal of most startups, however a study shows that new companies with disruptive capabilities tend to move towards collaboration with existing market forces rather than battling rivals hard for market share. 2) Driver insurance companies are busy creating apps to capture the driving behavior of the individuals they are insuring.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Proof mobile MR is catching on; 25%+ of Web traffic is non-human (RBDR 8/12/2014)

Sponsored by Nuance, offering multi-language verbatim coding services to help companies quantify the meaning of open-ended answers. Nuance, a Decision Analyst company.

To find out more about Nuance: http://www.nuancecoding.com

Today: 1) Mobile market research is really catching on? We know because of the very focused questions being asked about validating its current modes and comparisons with other MR methods. 2) How bad is the problem of Non-Human Traffic for advertisers? They may be completely wasting 30-50% of their ad investments. 3) Read “This Man worked at Google, Microsoft and Facebook – Here’s what it’s like to work at those companies” for a terrific basic understanding of how those powerful organizations work and are structured.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Coca-Cola’s added data points; Will MRers assert & help CMOs? (RBDR 8/11/2014)

Sponsored by Nuance, offering multi-language verbatim coding services to help companies quantify the meaning of open-ended answers. Nuance, a Decision Analyst company.

To find out more about Nuance: http://www.nuancecoding.com

Today: 1) Coca-Cola’s domestic sales drops in recent years has caused the company to look for new data feedback points. 2) Market research has the singular opportunity to assist CMOs in many of their most vital information needs. Now, will the profession make a concerted effort to do that?

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Preventing MD shortages; Getting “Well-Being” in control (PRVR 8/11/14)

This week on Pharma Research VIDEO Report: 1) FutureDocs Forecasting tool looks to help discover the causes of a projected MD shortage. 2) Gallup-Healthways Well-Being 5™ measures, reports and tracks the strongest predictor of health and performance outcomes over time and well-being. 3) PWC expects healthcare insurance pricing won’t increase as much in 2015 as in pre-Obamacare years.  4) Dr Social CEO Claudio Teri claims that the success of TripAdvisor portends solid consumer participation in his physician review service.