More predicted Big Data evolution in 2014; Marketing expert smartly assesses MR (RBDR 12 18 13)

Today: 1) Act-On Software projects a Big Data evolution in 2014 in which marketing zeroes in on several important elements it can provide. 2) In a not-to-be-missed interview, marketing Black Ink guru Jeff Winsper discusses marketing’s relationship with market research and how MR can elevate its internal status.

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Data Giant Twitter’s Better Investor Potential; Secrets of Super Bowl Commercials (RBDR–12/16/2013)

Today: 1) The Motley Fool Wall Street analyst Jamal Carnette re-evaluates Twitter’s investor value based on its unusually strong Research & Development spending, 2) A look ahead at the 2014 Super Bowl and, for many viewers of the game, its commercials.

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Mobile research trends spelled out and explained (RBDR–12/9/2013)

Today: uSamp SVP Mobile Business Solutions Lisa Wilding Brown reveals to RBDR viewers that many clients are planning to make mobile research a much larger portion of their research investment in 2014, she explains why that is the case and she touches on misconceptions about mobile research.

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MRA’s revised MR Standards Code; Mobile MR growth & helping brand understanding (RBDR 10/22/2013)

Today: 1) MRA revises its 2007 Code of Marketing Research Standards, 42 ethical and best practices that all of its members must adhere to. 2) Millward Brown’s Marie Ng explains how mobile MR helps clarify crucial brand encounters. 3) Toluna’s Carol Haney projects the maturation of mobile MR in western and emerging markets.

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