Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Tim Macer tells RBDR realities of technology on our MR (RBDR–6/5/2014)

Thursday June 5 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) Schlesinger Associates and M/A/R/C Research launch and fund the Young Professionals Grant, which will allow 10 qualitative researchers, 35-years-old and younger, to attend the QRCA Annual Conference in New Orleans this fall.

2) The House of Representatives slashed the White House’s $1.211 billion request to fund the Census Bureau in 2015. Perhaps surprisingly, Democrats joined the GOP in redirecting nearly $250 million of that request for their own pet projects, which could leave the American Community Survey and testing for the 2020 Census short of its needs.

(Howard Feinberg’s fascinating, detailed analysis of this situation: http://www.marketingresearch.org/news/2014/05/30/house-guts-census-funding-for-fy2015)

3) The research industry’s unquestioned technology expert, Tim Macer, joins RBDR for a conversation about the state of technology in MR.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

General Mills Ryan Backer on Mobile MR improvement (RBDR–6/4/2014)

Wednesday June 4 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.

General Mills’ Consumer Insights Manager, Emerging Technologies, Ryan Backer discussed the improvements needed to be made by purveyors of mobile research.

Here’s the link to the “Cloud”: https://cloud.real.com/s/vnQ9cR

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Mu Sigma’s decision scientists; Vision One claims 30% TV ad wastage (RBDR–6/3/2014)

Tuesday June 3 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) Mu Sigma’s core business leads decision sciences and analytic solutions, but its added focus in development of decision scientists.

2) London’s Vision One advertising researcher claims to have reduced advertising waste on TV to 30%, eve down to 10% at times.

3) The Cleveland Indians applied Tobii Glass on fans to discover the location of the most viewed advertisements in Progressive Field, the impact of the scoreboard and appropriate pricing.

Here is today’s “Cloud” link: https://cloud.real.com/s/9idQQR

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Consumers: digital privacy kaput; Multiple tweets aid brands (RBDR–6/2/2014)

Monday June 2 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 U.S. and UK consumer privacy study shows they have written off digital privacy as basically unavailable, yet 49% of them are indifferent about tracking them if they received brand offers.

2) Multiple tweets about a brand induce consumer behavior, according to a Twitter, ARF, Fox and DB5.

3) Google’s share of search engine activity may be significantly larger than the 67% reported by comScore.

Today’s video link in the “Cloud”: https://cloud.real.com/s/Gyp8PR

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Medical Identity Theft emerges; “We Feel” maps moods via Twitter (PRVR– 5/27/2014 — 5/30//2014)

This week on Pharma Research VIDEO Report: 1) ID Experts & its MIDAS system are making their mark on the emerging medical identity theft prevention industry 2) The new “We Feel” Twitter tool plans to map moods around the globe that will lead to improved allocation of mental health services 3) Buck Consultants’ survey shows an expected drop in health care costs next year, between 1/10 of 1% and 1/2 of 1%. 4) Research2Guidance estimates the health & fitness app market to grow from $2.4 billion so far to $26 billion by the end of 2017.