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“C-level” for analytics?; Phablets catching on; Remembering Dr.John Martin (RBDR–7/01/2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) Analytics function moving to C-level?
2) Chief Communication Officers adding social media and influential Twitter and bloggers to their oversight. 3) Phablets are catching on among consumers interested in buying a smartphone. 4) WPP’s Data Alliance hooks up with Factual on mobile data use. 5) In a huge oversight, Dr.John Martin, Chairman and co-founder of Chadwick Martin Bailey died back in February. Here is a link to Martin’s eulogy composed by Anne Bailey Berman, his longtime business partner: http://www.southstreetstrategy.com/remembering-dr-john-martin/

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CIOs are obstacle to corporate analytics; MR must market MR to colleges (RBDR–3/26/2014)

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Today: 1) SAS study says CIOs are an obstacle to corporations’ use of analytics.

2) Nielsen Twitter TV is expanding from the U.S. to Australia and Italy.

3) RBDR’s Bob Lederer discusses his suggestion that the research industry launch a national reach out to all U.S. colleges and universities to build or maintain a solid market research class and, perhaps, MR program.

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Expert tips on hiring top analytic talent; Surprising Super Bowl #1 commercial winner; PHEME: a system to identify & dispel social media rumors (RBDR–3/5/2014)

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Today: 1) Three MR industry experts blog about how to find and hire needed analytic talent. 2) Socratic Technologies releases results of its 2014 Super Bowl commercial study, which surprisingly found WeatherTech as the top performer. 3) Microsoft elevated Mark Penn to Chief Strategy Officer, but without specific public responsibilities. The Alliance for Audited Media hired its new CEO, President and Managing Director, Tom Drouillard. 4) Five European universities are cooperating to attempt to develop a system, funded by the EU, that can identify the source of a rumor in social media comes and whether it can be verified.

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Mobile MR value w/illiterate, poor; 78% of retailers benefitting from data analysis; Vision Critical IPO coming? CEOs need to become Consumer Engagement Officers and to speak with consumers (RBDR — 1/23/2014)

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1) Mobile market research is opening doors to the illiterate and impossibly poor around the world.
2) The Economist Intelligence Unit study of retailers shows an overwhelming percentage are receiving positive ROI from their investment in strategic data analysis.
3) Is Vision Critical preparing for an IPO? Speculation about that is based on the sale of $10.5 million by a top executive.
4) The Edelman Trust Barometer for 2014 recommends that top company executives assume the mantle of Consumer Engagement Officer.

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What will be the MR Impact from Wearable Technology? India’s complex TV ratings transfer from TAM (Kantar & Nielsen) to BARC & Mediametrie; Google appealing France’s privacy fine (RBDR–1/22/2014)

Today: 1) C+R SVP Bob Relihan examines wearable technology and how it might impact traditional market research.

2) India is preparing to undergo a change of TV rating meter services, but guidelines instituted behind this change may wreak havoc this year.

3) Google will appeal the France CNIL 150,000 Euro fine for ignoring privacy guidelines.

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Research Business DAILY Report is produced by RFL Communications (rflonline.com), publisher of 4 market research newsletters that strongly complement these MR news videos:
• Research Business Report (technological and methodological changes that economically and constructively impact MR)
• Research Conference Report (summarizing conference speeches from around the world that present ideas, philosophies, methods, tactics, etc. that break new ground)
• Research Department Report (profiling the inner workings of MR departments at leading companies around the world)
• Pharma Market Research Report (the World’s Only Publication that exclusively covers the interests, challenges, opportunities, etc. of MR professionals inside pharmaceutical, health care, biotech and medical device companies)