Tom H. C. Anderson - Next Gen Market Research

Who influences you most on Social Media?

I think occasionally it’s good for market researchers to stop and listen to what the marketers have to say. So I’m planning to reach out to a few of my most influential ‘social media friends’ for an NGMR blog interview.
I’m thinking of folks who are really influential about social [...]

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Klout Stars series highlights top influencers and how they got to where they are today

Social Media Influence measurement leader Klout.com just asked me a couple of questions about how I use social media as part of their continuing Klout Star series.
Measuring online influence arguably is an even more difficult task than understanding what people say [...]

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Top Market Researcher Twitter Contest

This week ResearchLive Magazine which I believe is affiliated with the UK Market Research Organization (MRS), together with Jon Puleston of research firm GMI, is hosting a Twitter contest among market researchers. I was one of 20 market researchers nominated as the most active tweeting about marketing research. If you are [...]

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To Recruiters and Next Gen Market Research Job Seekers in my Network

It’s late November, conference season is over, and so I’m glad to be back in the office with nothing to concentrate on but work. Looking at my recent collection of lanyards I sometimes wonder about the ROI of conferences I attend. I know I’ve [...]

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Marketing Research Association (MRA) Hot Seat Video Interview Part Two
The second part of MRA’s Hot Seat Video Blog was recently posted on their blog (YouTube video below). Jack asked me a few questions about Next Gen Market Research and Social Media Marketing, two of my favorite topics.

If you missed part one of the interview which [...]

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One Digital Metric to Rule Them All - Social Influence

If you’re on Twitter or work with social media I’m sure you’ve heard of Klout. Klout has quickly become the social media influence metric of choice. A few weeks ago I was introduced to their CEO Joe Fernandez, and I thought I’d ask him a few [...]

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Get a LinkedIn Profile!
Though we often do hire, especially graduate students, regardless of whether or not they have any real world working experience they usually come to us via a word of mouth referral.
Of course quite frequently we do also get emails sent to the ‘careers’ email at Anderson Analytics even though they are not [...]

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Thoughts on Google-Plus Beta

I was recently invited to the Google+ Beta. Feel free to connect if you’re also on there.
Not that I need yet another social network, but as a business person who definitely realizes the value of SEO and social influence it’s impossible to ignore what one of the most powerful corporations on the [...]

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Marketing Research Industry Influence, Sentiment and Passion

On Tuesday I posted the chart above which NetBase had sent me based on a discussion we had on the NGMR LI Board about marketing research association online buzz. I had some questions in regard to the chart, and it turned out many of you did as well. Therefore [...]

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Influence and Buzz in Marketing Research

This past week I made the comment on the NGMR LI discussion board that, I’ve been wondering for some time why no one has done any reporting of ‘buzz’ on various online marketing research related domains, and that perhaps I would do something using OdinText but that it would be [...]

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2 Text Questions * 5 Analytics Experts = 10 Text Analytics Gems
Ezra Steinberg who interviewed me last month about Text Analytics and OdinText just published the Q&A below. I think the questions are very relevant for many of us trying to understand social media. I received permission from Text Analytics News (and The 7th [...]

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