Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Omnicom-Publicis merger collapse MR implications; Bill Harvey on social media & TV (RBDR–5/12/2014)

Sponsored by Socratic Technologies (http://www.sotech.com), whose proprietary tools and methodologies tackle marketing complexities so the you can make more confident business decisions.

Today: 1) What are the research implications of the collapse of the Omnicom-Publicis merger? 2) NBCUniversal says its Winter Olympics coverage found no social media influence on TV viewing. Social media advocates take strong exception to that assertion. RBDR media research expert Bill Harvey shares his insights.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Google’s online ad focus; “Lurkers” on social media larger than realized (RBDR–5/8/2014)

Thursday May 8 on RBDR, sponsored by Toluna (http://www.toluna-group.com), bringing people and brands together to improve decision making via the world’s largest social voting community.

1) Google buys Adometry, which SeekingAlpha.com analyzes as part of its ongoing attempt to learn more about online advertising so that it can boost rates and convince marketers to spend more. 2) NBCUniversal said last week it is convinced that social media is not yet a TV viewing influencer based on, among other things, the unimpressive 19% of Winter Olympic viewers who posted about it on social media. Now, a social media expert says the percentage of social media followers who do not post is ASTOUNDINGLY larger than anyone knows. 3) The Mobile Marketing Association elected Dunkin’ Brands President of Global Marketing & Innovation John Costello to Chairman of the Global Board to help with its marketing efforts.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

ANA commits to measurement answers; Making social media/MR work (RBDR–5/7/2014)

Wednesday May7 on RBDR, sponsored by Toluna (http://www.toluna-group.com), bringing people and brands together to improve decision making via the world’s largest social voting community.

1) A first-of-its-kind study of mid-sized marketers shows they are drowning in “sea of vendors, technologies and complexity,” with no solutions in sight. 2) Association of National Advertisers CEO Bob Liodice must get a governing authority for media measurement to deal with long-standing shortcomings–and he’s determined to put one in place. 3) Questback’s Darren Bosik speaks to RBDR about a specific problem that social media has in being successfully integrated with traditional research.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Instagram’s amazing engagement going away; static ads best flashy ads (RBDR–5/6/2014)

Tuesday May 6 on RBDR, sponsored by Toluna (http://www.toluna-group.com), bringing people and brands together to improve decision making via the world’s largest social voting community.

1) Forrester Research says its study shows Instagram’s amazing user engagement, but states that is about to be watered down based on what it has been told about Facebook plans. 2) Can you believe that static advertising outperforms flashy, animated advertising? See and hear what Sticky discovered on behalf of Adblock Plus that led to this conclusion.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Pediatric clinicals weak; Pay closer attention to role of pharma reps (PRVR– 5/5-9/2014)

This week on Pharma Research VIDEO Report:

1) Boston Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Florence Bourgeois speaks of results of a Harvard pediatric device study, leading her to caution patients and physicians to be aware of the limitations in the safety and efficiency of pediatric devices. 2) LawyersAndSettlements.com highlighted the work of Professor Katherine Vukadin, who emphasizes the influential role of pharma reps and their marketing tactics with medical professionals — and advises those involved in medicine litigation to keep the reps in mind concerning safety issues. 3) On Cio.com.au, Brian Eastwood says some outside force needs to help Healthcare shake things up with its IT. 4) The Chief Medical Information Officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine says healthcare IT hasn’t yet been harnessed to interact with doctors, nurses and patients.