Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Don’t word track on Pinterest; CRM means what? Bill Harvey on 3 media MR issues (RBDR 8/4/2014)

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Today: 1) Why “tracking” keywords on Pinterest is a waste of time. 2) CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. Or does it? Two researchers says it can also stand for “Company Recession Management” and they claim to have research that proves it. 3) Bill Harvey reviews 3 media research improvements that will take some time but are so worth it.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Big Share draws mktg & finance together; How CMOs should change (RBDR–7/22/14)

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Making news on RBDR today: 1) MarketShare co-founder and CEO Wes Nichols notes four prominent U.S. corporations who prove his contention that sharing Big Data is driving marketing and finance departments together. 2) A Vivaldi Partners Group study of 50 CMOS on three continents concludes that the Chief Marketing Officer role needs to back off and allow talented individuals working in departments underneath them to play their trade and exert their expert influence.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

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

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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.

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)

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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.

“Jelly” crowdsourcing for mobile users’ “search” queries; Bill Harvey discusses media research ROI (RBDR–1/09/2014)

Today: 1) Crowdsourcing may gain some credibility from the launch by a Twitter co-founder, Biz Stone of Jelly, a free downloadable app that will enable mobile phone users to gain answers to their questions from their social media networks, including Twitter and Facebook. It is supposed to divert from Internet searches. 2) Bill Harvey, one of media research’s most innovative, ingenious minds for over two decades, explains to Bob Lederer both sides of the issue of implementing and relying on ROI in media research buys.

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