Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Social media outshining MR inside cos; Analytic training for college mktg students (RBDR 8/19/2014)

RBDR is sponsored today and this week by 4i, the science of growth.

4i (4iconsult.com) helps companies meet their never ending growth increase goals. Its forward-looking growth and foresight analytics-driven approach helps companies uncover future growth opportunities, size future demand, develop successful growth strategies, and identify new innovations to succeed in tomorrow’s marketplace. 4i’s growth and foresight analytics have been proven over time to deliver more predictable and sustainable results that help clients realize unparalleled growth.

4i’s special webinar focused on how insights and analytics functions can become Rock Stars is this Friday, August 22 at 1PM EDT/12PM CDT.

Register for the webinar at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8375545577857226498

Today on RBR: 1) Converseon Senior Strategist Mike Moran’s great blog about the collaborating role of social media with marketing research inside corporations makes several important points, including the predominating role that social media plays inside organizations. 2) The research industry shortage of analytically-skilled workers has not been adequately addressed, but Teradata is making its pitch to accelerate the education and training of needed personnel.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Book publishing “crowdsourcing”; Breakthrough pollster dies (RBDR 8/18/2014)

RBDR is sponsored today and this week by 4i, the science of growth.

4i (4iconsult.com) helps companies meet their never ending growth increase goals. Its forward-looking growth and foresight analytics-driven approach helps companies uncover future growth opportunities, size future demand, develop successful growth strategies, and identify new innovations to succeed in tomorrow’s marketplace. These growth and foresight analytics have proved over time to deliver more predictable and sustainable results that help clients realize unparalleled growth.

4i’s special webinar focused on how insights and analytics functions can become rock stars is this Friday, August 22 at 1PM EDT/12PM CDT.

Register for the webinar at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8375545577857226498

Today on RBR: 1) Crowdsourcing is put to its newest test: publishers empowering voters to rate manuscripts for potential publication. 2) Dotty Lynch, a pollster who broke new ground for the profession in assessing the gender gap and what female voters thought of candidates, died at age 69. 3) RBDR offers a way to brighten your next depressing day.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Corporations injecting few analytics in decision-making (RBDR 8/6/2014)

RBDR is sponsored by Socratic Technologies, whose proprietary tools and methodologies handle marketing complexities so the you can make more confident business decisions.

Visit http://www.sotech.com for a glimpse at research ingenuity, quality and consistency.

Today on RBDR: 1) Technology has been driving market research, and Vision Critical Asia Pacific MD Peter Harris expects and is welcoming the combination of technology and transparency for its impact on MR. 2) Mobile Marketing Association launched its Mobile Location Data Accuracy Group to boost belief in mobile location advertising. 3) Proof of how far analytics need to go inside corporations is apparent in a 4i Consulting benchmarking study that shows only 32% of analytics-generated insights are put into decision making.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Making analytics a game changer; Improving online communities (RBDR 7/24/2014)

RBDR is sponsored this week by Research Now, with the industry’s most comprehensive mobile research platform, ideally suited for custom qualitative and quantitative research.

Mobile is Now. If you would like to find out how to make your surveys mobile-ready, you are invited to register for the complimentary Tuesday August 5 Research Now webinar at http://www.mobilenowsurveys.com.

Making news on RBDR today: 1) A study from a marketing technology and targeting firm reports surprising merits from use of mobile ad clicks. 2) Corporations are devoting intense time and financial commitment to analytics, according to many experts, however their ability to figure out how to generate valuable information from it is falling way short. 3) KL communications’ EVP Business Development Sean Holbert tells RBDR that online community work is unnecessarily stuck in conducting branded community activities.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

IBM commits $100M to China analytics; Rogers Comm’s MR re NHL (RBDR–7/10/14)

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.

For research agency expertise, originality and breakthrough thinking like few others, visit http://www.sotech.com

Today on RBDR: 1) IBM is making a $100 million commitment to fund Big Data & Analytics training and expertise at100 Chinese universities, 30 undergraduate programs and 5 Centers of Excellence. 2) Rogers Communications’ summer 2014 marketing plan for its Sportchannel, which will carry National Hockey League games this fall, is built around a market research study into how fans relate to the NHL. 3) Will Leach, who just founded Triggerpoint Behavioral Research & Design, has an interesting point of view about how MR agencies need to evolve their deliverables.