Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Mu Sigma’s decision scientists; Vision One claims 30% TV ad wastage (RBDR–6/3/2014)

Tuesday June 3 on RBDR, sponsored by Toluna (http://www.toluna-group.com), bringing people and brands together to improve decision making via the world’s largest social voting community.

1) Mu Sigma’s core business leads decision sciences and analytic solutions, but its added focus in development of decision scientists.

2) London’s Vision One advertising researcher claims to have reduced advertising waste on TV to 30%, eve down to 10% at times.

3) The Cleveland Indians applied Tobii Glass on fans to discover the location of the most viewed advertisements in Progressive Field, the impact of the scoreboard and appropriate pricing.

Here is today’s “Cloud” link: https://cloud.real.com/s/9idQQR

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Consumers: digital privacy kaput; Multiple tweets aid brands (RBDR–6/2/2014)

Monday June 2 on RBDR, sponsored by Toluna (http://www.toluna-group.com), bringing people and brands together to improve decision making via the world’s largest social voting community.

1) A U.S. and UK consumer privacy study shows they have written off digital privacy as basically unavailable, yet 49% of them are indifferent about tracking them if they received brand offers.

2) Multiple tweets about a brand induce consumer behavior, according to a Twitter, ARF, Fox and DB5.

3) Google’s share of search engine activity may be significantly larger than the 67% reported by comScore.

Today’s video link in the “Cloud”: https://cloud.real.com/s/Gyp8PR

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Mobile mkters leverage metrics better; Toluna’s Haney on mobile MR (RBDR–5/30/2014)

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Today: 1) Ifbyphone’s “2014 State of Marketing Measurement” survey shows marketers who are deeply into mobile marketing are leading the way in leveraging marketing metrics. 2) Toluna SVP Product Marketing Carol Haney shares unique insights about the unique and worthwhile uses of mobile research.

Today’s RBDR link “in the cloud”: https://cloud.real.com/s/ZERfyQ

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Google’s online ad focus; “Lurkers” on social media larger than realized (RBDR–5/8/2014)

Thursday May 8 on RBDR, sponsored by Toluna (http://www.toluna-group.com), bringing people and brands together to improve decision making via the world’s largest social voting community.

1) Google buys Adometry, which SeekingAlpha.com analyzes as part of its ongoing attempt to learn more about online advertising so that it can boost rates and convince marketers to spend more. 2) NBCUniversal said last week it is convinced that social media is not yet a TV viewing influencer based on, among other things, the unimpressive 19% of Winter Olympic viewers who posted about it on social media. Now, a social media expert says the percentage of social media followers who do not post is ASTOUNDINGLY larger than anyone knows. 3) The Mobile Marketing Association elected Dunkin’ Brands President of Global Marketing & Innovation John Costello to Chairman of the Global Board to help with its marketing efforts.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

ANA commits to measurement answers; Making social media/MR work (RBDR–5/7/2014)

Wednesday May7 on RBDR, sponsored by Toluna (http://www.toluna-group.com), bringing people and brands together to improve decision making via the world’s largest social voting community.

1) A first-of-its-kind study of mid-sized marketers shows they are drowning in “sea of vendors, technologies and complexity,” with no solutions in sight. 2) Association of National Advertisers CEO Bob Liodice must get a governing authority for media measurement to deal with long-standing shortcomings–and he’s determined to put one in place. 3) Questback’s Darren Bosik speaks to RBDR about a specific problem that social media has in being successfully integrated with traditional research.