Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Twitter “Call-to-Click”; Twitter for customized marketing not working (RBDR–3/18/2014)

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

Find our about Nuance at: http://www.nuancecoding.com/services/global.html

Today: 1) Twitter innovates and is testing “Call-to-Click,” a way for mobile Twitter users to directly phone an advertiser. 2) Twitter marketers reveal many good things and some frustrations about using Twitter to market its brands in a study from Social Media Marketing University. 3) A pair of Chinese researchers conduct a 6-million tweet, 6-month-long study of opinion formation on Twitter. They say opinions form rapidly, solidify quickly and are hard to change once in place.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Using MR to sway PepsiCo Board of Directors; GM data swirling (RBDR–3/17/2014)

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

Find our about Nuance at: http://www.nuancecoding.com/services/global.html

Today: 1) Trian Fund Management is flexing its $1.3 billion worth of PepsiCo shareholder muscles using market research data to try and convince the PepsiCo board to make corporate and brand changes. 2) General Motors’ ignition switch scandal opens a look at available market data that can assess consumers interest in GM products. 3) Glenn Weissman, who served the MR industry for over 30 years, died last week.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

New Intel processor faster, more robust, boosting MR capabilities; India TV ratings go dark–may stay so for foreseeable future; Canada makes $4m investment in poultry research; Confirmit MyMobile cops Customer of Year Award; Yahoo & Carnegie Mellon collaborate on smartphone development (RBDR–2/20/2014)

Today: 1) Intel introduces its newest, fastest, most robust data processor, which will expand research’s data handling–including volumes–capabilities and speed. 2) India’s TV and readership ratings go dark as the current TAM group (Kantar and Nielsen) seek to reverse new media research ownership guidelines. 3) Canada’s Agricultural Minister invests $4 million with Canadian Poultry Research Council to firm up the agribusiness sector. 4) Confirmit’s MYMobile app wins the TMC Customer 2014 of the Year Award. 5) Yahoo! Labs and Carnegie Mellon University researchers will collaborate in the next five years on smartphone app development and algorithms that can predict human behavior.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Apple’s iWatch to detect pending heart attack? RFL debuts pharma/healthcare/biotech/medical device MR VIDEO report; Bill Harvey discusses media MR ROI (RBDR–2/19/2014)

Sponsored by Nuance (http://www.decisionanalyst.com), offering multi-language verbatim coding services to help companies quantify the meaning of open-ended answers. Nuance, a Decision Analyst Company.

Today: 1) There are reports that iWatch, a new Apple smart watch, will be able to warn wearers of an impending heart attack. 2) RFL Communications has launched Pharma Market Research VIDEO Report, the first weekly MR news video for pharmaceuticals, health care, biotech and medical devices. View the introductory video for yourself at: http://youtu.be/gHWBhfM5rzY 3) Bill Harvey discusses return on investment for media research, its present acceptance and short-term prognosis for substantial media buy-in.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Decipher’s new white paper re-establishes mobile trends and insights; Clarifying capability differences between brand panels & online communities (RBDR–2/18/2014)

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

Today: 1) Decipher’s latest mobile research white paper shows strengthening of existing mobile trends and the need to accommodate mobile survey screen sizing.
The link to the Decipher white paper: https://www.decipherinc.com/n/uploads/images/pages/Decipher_Mobile_Research_White_Paper_Update.pdf
2) Dub’s Kerry Hecht points out a problem she has discovered: some clients are confused about the difference between what a branded panel can do versus an online brand community.