Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Harvey wins Ephron award; Angus Reid “retires;” Google removing opt-outs (RBDR–6/12/2014)

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Today: 1) ARF’s first Erwin Ephron Demystification Award goes to Erwin Ephron. 2) Canadian polling legend Angus Reid leaves Vision Critical to head his own public policy issue institute. 3) TVB hires Hadassa Gerber. 4) Google is learning how to cope with Europeans who want to opt-out their personal characteristics and behavior from Google search data.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

60%+ opt-in to be location tracked; Penetrating “Upset Customer” Infographic (RBDR–6/11/14)

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Today: 1) AMA announces its 2014 Parlin MR award winner and MRA bestows its Impact Award. 2) Individuals may prize their privacy but a study shows over 60% are opting-in to allow an app to locate them. 3) Vision Critical President & Chief Product Officer Andrew Reid presents an Infographic that details why companies can not afford unhappy customers. See it for yourself at entrepreneur.com/article/234603

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

China media: Big Data jacks up programmatic buying (RBDR–6/10/2014)

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Today: 1) Tremor Video’s MRC accreditation for VideoHub video video advertising metrics has been “continued.” 2) China’s NDP Media claims that Big Data injection into programmatic buying makes advertising choices faster and better. 3) Field Agent CEO Rick West explains to RBDR why the research industry’s fast-paced mobile research initiatives make sense.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

15-40% BETTER NP predictability; EU’s new STIFF search privacy rules (RBDR–5/15/2014)

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Today: 1) Facebook’s new Audience Insights tool for marketers may be turning its data into one of the market’s most comprehensive planning tools. 2) Notoriously unpredictable New Product forecasting can be improved by 15-40% by considering and tracking online buzz for a good period of time prior to the product launch. 3) Google and other search engines face a very stiff new privacy requirement in the European Union: following through on user requests to remove their personal dat from their search information.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Emotient adds emotion to Google Glass; Unilever benefits from Alteryx (RBDR–5/14/2014)

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) Emotient will display its facial coding add-on software for Google Glass at Vision Sciences Society 2014 next week. 2) Unilever shared the financial benefits it gets from Alteryx data blending, cleaning and advanced analytics software. 3) The number of Chief Digital Officers has been doubling annually and will double again in 2014, according to the Chief Digital Officers Club.