Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

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.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Debate: Super Bowl ads are worse or better than the norm? Facebook to share TV-related data; Datasift will help WPP clients with social media information; Nielsen opens Super Bowl Advertising Hall of Fame; Most successful mergers stress improved customer satisfaction along with synergies; 28% of consumers disguise their online identity (RBDR–2/5/2014)

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Today: 1) Super Bowl advertising studies come to conflicting conclusions about the relative impact of these commercials versus others released during the year. 2) Datasift & WPP will work together to supply WPP clients with social media research insights; meanwhile, Facebook moves to make its TV-related comments available. 3) Companies that merge must emphasize customer satisfaction along with the synergistic efficiencies that are central to every deal. 4) Last week was Data Privacy Day; here are now statistics about what individuals actually do to protect their data privacy.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Super Bowl 48 ads: experts rate the good & bad, swings and misses (RBDR–2/4/2014)

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RBDR’s Bob Lederer gets the lowdown from advertising research experts David Paull of Dialsmith and Paul Shellenberg of Socratic Technologies about Sunday’s Super Bowl 48 commercials.

Which ads seemed to hit the mark for effectiveness, which fell short and which couldn’t be explained?