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MR damaged by political ads. Boyle’s social media initiatives. (RBDR 11.6.2014)

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On today’s RBDR, 1) WJ Schroer Co.’s Bill Schroer says research’s credibility is being damaged by MR’s use in political advertising and the like. 2) Part 2 of RBDR’s interview with BBC Worldwide EVP Insights David Boyle discloses initiatives and frustrations around improving social media for research purposes.

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Macromill-MetrixLab merger. BBC EVP Insights talks social media (RBDR 11.5.2014)

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On today’s RBDR, 1) Macromill and MetrixLab announce a merger that brings together $300 million in worldwide revenues and kicks off an ambitious four-point plan to make the merged business a game changer. 2) In part 1 of an interview on RBDR, BBC Worldwide EVP Insights David Boyle speaks about the value of social media research, today and in the future.

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Impact on MR interests from GOP Senate. Biz finding social media use. (RBDR 11.4.2014)

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On today’s RBDR: 1) On Election Day in the U.S., MRA’s Howard Fienberg speculates about what Republican control of the U.S. Senate and House could lead to with respect to research’s legislative interests. (Link: http://www.marketingresearch.org/news/2014/10/27/election-2014-and-mr-what-the-results-may-bring-for-the-survey-opinion-and-marketing)
2) Former WMMB Director of MR Margaret Welke died last week. 3) A Harris Poll for Hootsuite’s Social Business Benchmark reports remarkably high percentages for corporations and what social media can do for them.

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IBM Watson tackles Twitter data. Steve Needel: gamification not survey remedy (RBDR 11.3.2014)

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On today’s RBDR: 1) IBM announces it will use Watson to help marketers “crack the code” and enable it use. 2) Chase’s Trish Doran’s visit to RBDR last week elicits a reaction for Advanced Simulations’ Steve Needel about what needs to change in survey research to attract participation.

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Unilever’s Keith Weed & Research. Affectiva’s 2-million person facial databank. (RBDR 10.30.2014)

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Today, on RBDR: 1) Research Live’s profile of Unilever CMCO Keith Weed portrays an executive who is fully tuned in to research but also cognizant of qualitative shortcomings at Unilever, which the giant CPG is working to fix. (The original story: http://www.research-live.com/features/a-man-with-purpose/4012445.article)
2) Affectiva announces its accumulation of emotion information from two million people around the world, encompassing in excess of 7 billion emotion data points.
3) Twitter’s third quarter results for Wall Street included a disappointing drop in engagement by its users.