Bob Lederer RBDR

Martina Olbertova’s 5 myths for MR to overcome (RBDR 9/16/2014)

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Today: Martina Olbertova’s latest blog emphasizes that market research can not hope to implement all the available and promising new tools and techniques until the industry finds a way to overcome five major myths about its functioning. (http://rwconnect.esomar.org/market-research-debunked/)

Bob Lederer RBDR

Big Data NOT MR’s enemy. Nikki Lavoie’s ESOMAR Review. (RBDR 9/15/2014)

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To find out more about Nuance: http://www.nuancecoding.com

Today: 1) All the hullabaloo about Big Data does not mean its full-scale use threatens market research. Business2Community.com’s Andrew Dalglish points to four things MR does not need to worry about from Big data. 2) MindSpark Lab Research International LLC’s Nikki Lavoie shares her impressions about the best presentations made at the 67th Annual ESOMAR Congress.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Sports sponsorships metrics; Bill Harvey on Erwin Ephron (RBDR–6/16/2014)

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To find out more about Nuance: http://www.nuancecoding.com

Today: 1) With the World Cup in full throttle, McKinsey & Co. reviewed the five metrics that sponsors should track behind their sports activity. 2) The first ARF Erwin Ephron Demystification Award winner, Bill Harvey, looks back at his relationship with Ephron and Ephron’s long-standing impact on media research.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

“Educating MRer of Future” symposium; What’s holding back MR 3.0 (RBDR–5/22/2014)

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To find out more about Nuance: http://www.nuancecoding.com

Today: 1) Details about the “Educating the Market Researcher of the Future Symposium” held at Michigan State University this week, attended by RBDR producer Bob Lederer. 2) Interesting detail about what is holding Market Research 3.0 back, from Mtekventures.com partner Mark Sherrington.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

MR: be brand-focused despite shiny toys; Mkters pressured for data; China’s WeChat (RBDR–5/21/2014)

Sponsored by Nuance, offering multi-language verbatim coding services to help companies quantify the meaning of open-ended answers. Nuance, a Decision Analyst company.

To find out more about Nuance: http://www.nuancecoding.com

Today: 1) Mondelez Asia Pacific Director of Brand Strategy Michael Chadwick believes market researchers are allowing their attraction to new market research technology bells and whistles to distract them from the tools’ brand-building capabilities. 2) An MIT Sloan Management Review survey shows 60% of business professionals are under management pressure to become for data driven, and just under 30% have gained access to more data in the last year. 3) In China, the WeChat mobile service is making great research strides.