Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

“Great Marketing Leaders” need MR; Michalis Michael’s latest social MR guidance (RBDR–4/10/2014)

Sponsored by Socratic Technologies (http://www.sotech.com), whose proprietary tools and methodologies tackle marketing complexities so the you can make more confident business decisions.

Today: 1) Business2Community.com describes the makeup and needs of great marketing leaders. From their descriptions, great marketers need marketing research more than anything else. 2) Actor Kevin Spacey is known to be outspoken and he has pointed opinions about the short-term future of tracking of TV viewing. 3) Social media research expert Michalis Michael of DigitalMR Ltd. tells RBDR viewers how to analyze social media research and integrate it with traditional data.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Stabilizing Sample Pricing explained; UK agency issues Analytic Challenges; Michalis Michael urges serious client insight execs to seek social media help (RBDR–1/16/2014)

Today: 1) Federated Sample CEO Patrick Comer explains the improving pricing in the sampling business.

2) The British Technology Strategy Board has issued innovation challenges requested by high-profile businesses (e.g., Simon Cowell, Penguin Random House publishing and the British film Institute).

3) DigitalMR Ltd.’s Michalis Michael encourages serious consumer insights executives to seek out expertise if they want to integrate social media with their traditional MR work.

Sponsored by Socratic Technologies (http://www.sotech.com), whose proprietary tools and methodologies tackle marketing complexities so that you can make more confident business decisions.

Research Business DAILY Report is produced by RFL Communications (rflonline.com), publisher of 4 market research newsletters that strongly complement these MR news videos:
• Research Business Report (technological and methodological changes that economically and constructively impact MR)
• Research Conference Report (summarizing conference speeches from around the world that present ideas, philosophies, methods, tactics, etc. that break new ground)
• Research Department Report (profiling the inner workings of MR departments at leading companies around the world)
• Pharma Market Research Report (the World’s Only Publication that exclusively covers the interests, challenges, opportunities, etc. of MR professionals inside pharmaceutical, health care, biotech and medical device companies)

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

IBM testing capture of psychological profiles from Twitter; DigitalMR’s Michalis Michael presents social media MR basics; Mitch Barns, Nielsen’s new CEO, effective 1/1/14 (RBDR–11/11/2013)

Today: 1) The latest IBM Research tool is testing whether individuals can be psychologically profiled through their Twitter postings. 2) Digital MR’s Michalis Michael is helping client market researchers understand how to make social media research work for them. Today, he provides some basics for RBDR viewers. 3) Nielsen introduces Mitch Barns as tis new CEO, effective January 1, 2014.

Sponsored by Socratic Technologies (http://www.sotech.com), whose proprietary tools and methodologies tackles marketing complexities so that you can make more confident business decisions.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

RBDR for August 7, 2013

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer tells Bloomberg News that Yahoo! R&D has hired 30 Ph.D. researchers this year and will add 20 more in 2013. In all likelihood, a good sign for market research at the company! DigitalMR World Ltd. CEO Michalis Michael adds more heat to the argument that current market research desperately needs to change its tools, model and day-to-day activities if it wants to survive in the digital world.