TCPA, the Pink Elephant research can not ignore (RBDR 8.5.2015)

Today: A intensive look at the threats, costs and other ramifications of the implementation and regulation of TCPA on the market research industry.

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Jawbone sues Fitbit over MR. Biz internships need MR savvy. MR “ambulance chasers.” (RBDR 6.1.2015)

Today on RBDR: 1) Jawbone sues Fitbit, Inc. for new employees’ alleged sharing of proprietary secrets, including market research. 2) A key to landing a Summer business internship is said to be students’ “market research savvy.” 3) Stunning revelation from Precision Opinion’s Jim Medick that improper use by researchers of mobile research phone numbers can lead to legal penalties of $500.00 per call.

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Gallup survey savaged; 9th annual best MR vendors report from MRCareer.com (RBDR–6/26/2014)

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Precision Opinion’s YouSay! mobile platform offers large domestic and international panels, along with a dynamic mobile survey platform that converts seamlessly to the screen size of smartphones and tablets — including IOs, Droid and Windows. In addition, the separate YouSay! app is generations above others in GeoFencing, Beacon Testing’s and Push Notifications. YouSay! is already designed to work with the release of IOs8 and offers the most competitive pricing around, including a “no-charge-per-complete” pricing structure.

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Today: 1) Gallup’s survey of influence of social media on American consumer purchases draws fire for age of the information and how evaluation was conducted. 2) MarketResearchCareer.com’s 9th Annual Survey of MR Professionals throws kudos at many different companies. 3) Pages views, unique visitors and clicks have been widely discredited as digital metrics, so two organizations have their own metric theories. Both are built on the premise of “time spent,” but that isn’t gathering full buy-in either.

New MR tools: Curalate & IBM/Genesys; Ginny Valentine awards (RBDR–6/25/2014)

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Precision Opinion’s YouSay! mobile platform offers large domestic and international panels, along with a dynamic mobile survey platform that converts seamlessly to the screen size of smartphones and tablets — including IOs, Droid and Windows. In addition, the separate YouSay! app is generations above others in GeoFencing, Beacon Testing’s and Push Notifications. YouSay! is already designed to work with the release of IOs8 and offers the most competitive pricing around, including a “no-charge-per-complete” pricing structure.

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Today: 1) Client and supplier market researchers’ attendance at IIEX in Atlanta demonstrates their intense interest in the 3Ts: new MR tools, techniques and technologies. 2) Curalate is helping marketers understand what visuals on social media sites like Instagram and Pinterest mean. 3) IBM and Genesys are partnering on a learning platform to transform understanding of customer experience. 4) The 3rd annual Ginny Valentine Awards for bravery in market research were announced last week.

Limited ’14 MR hiring is predicted; Corp’s data effectiveness limited (RBDR–6/24/2014)

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Precision Opinion’s YouSay! mobile platform offers large domestic and international panels, along with a dynamic mobile survey platform that converts seamlessly to the screen size of smartphones and tablets — including IOs, Droid and Windows. In addition, the separate YouSay! app is generations above others in GeoFencing, Beacon Testing’s and Push Notifications. YouSay! is already designed to work with the release of IOs8 and offers the most competitive pricing around, including a “no-charge-per-complete” pricing structure.

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Today: 1) 12% of marketing and advertising agencies will be hiring during the second half of 2014, but only 10% of them plan to hire market researchers. 2) Corporations in Europe and the U.S. admit their priority with data is avoiding a data breach versus its use to effectively build key elements of the business. 3) The Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in Iowa this fall is the former founder and President of an Iowa market research agency.