Bob Lederer RBDR

Ipsos adopts GCS. Top CMO mistakes involve data. Yahoo new search algorithm. (RBDR 4.22.2015)

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Today on RBDR: 1) Google Consumer Surveys adds an impressive new proponent and user, Ipsos. 2) Robert Bosch’s article on Marketing Magazine in the UK, “5 things CMOs can do to get fired” touches on 3 things that directly or indirectly relate to data and research. 3) Yahoo! Labs has developed an algorithm that purportedly can improve results from search campaigns.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Harvard Business Review points to crucial demands on CMOs; GfK 1st half financials (RBDR 8/14/2014)

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Today: 1) Harvard Business Review article points to crucial demands on Chief Marketing Officers, areas where market research can obviously help. Yet, the authors do not recommend including MR in the loop. 2) Forrester Research says CIOs do not have the trust and respect of marketing leaders as far as understanding customer life cycles or marketing technologies. 3) GfK’s first half of 2014 financial results are so beneath expectations that it says it won’t meet full-year 2014 business goals. 4) Associate Editor Travis Cornejo is leaving RBDR.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Proof mobile MR is catching on; 25%+ of Web traffic is non-human (RBDR 8/12/2014)

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Today: 1) Mobile market research is really catching on? We know because of the very focused questions being asked about validating its current modes and comparisons with other MR methods. 2) How bad is the problem of Non-Human Traffic for advertisers? They may be completely wasting 30-50% of their ad investments. 3) Read “This Man worked at Google, Microsoft and Facebook – Here’s what it’s like to work at those companies” for a terrific basic understanding of how those powerful organizations work and are structured.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Coca-Cola’s added data points; Will MRers assert & help CMOs? (RBDR 8/11/2014)

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Today: 1) Coca-Cola’s domestic sales drops in recent years has caused the company to look for new data feedback points. 2) Market research has the singular opportunity to assist CMOs in many of their most vital information needs. Now, will the profession make a concerted effort to do that?

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Big Share draws mktg & finance together; How CMOs should change (RBDR–7/22/14)

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Making news on RBDR today: 1) MarketShare co-founder and CEO Wes Nichols notes four prominent U.S. corporations who prove his contention that sharing Big Data is driving marketing and finance departments together. 2) A Vivaldi Partners Group study of 50 CMOS on three continents concludes that the Chief Marketing Officer role needs to back off and allow talented individuals working in departments underneath them to play their trade and exert their expert influence.