Tom H. C. Anderson - Next Gen Market Research

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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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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Spotify via @Klout
Many of you probably have heard of @Klout, the online tool that measures social media influence. As an “@Klout Ambassador” with a fairly good Klout score I’ve started getting a lot of special Perks from them. These include early screening of new TV shows, restaurants and promotional schwag via mail in hopes [...]

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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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Q&A with Guy R. Powell - What’s the obsession with social media and the ROI question?
Last week at the Tech Driven Market Research Event I participated in an expert panel on social media with author of ROI of Social Media, Guy Powell. The panelists were rather diverse in background, so unfortunately we really didn’t have [...]

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Interview on Influence with Social Media Citizens
I was interviewed by Giedrius Ivanauskas on behalf of both Social Media Citizens and Social Marketing Forum earlier today. I found his questions rather interesting, as they’re not the type of things I typically get asked by market researchers. It was sort of interesting thinking about the questions both [...]

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Next Gen Market Research (NGMR) “Make Research Meme-ingful” Contest

Attention all Next Generation Market Researchers: here’s your chance to prove that researchers can be just as creative, witty and new media-savvy as our marketing, advertising, and PR counterparts - while also making a statement about an important research industry cause or issue by producing viral content.
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An article in AdAge yesterday references a recent model by a Yahoo Scientist who questions ROI of Kim Kardashian’s sponsored Tweets. Apparently they cost $10k/each.
A bit much I admit, but to simply dismiss it as poor digital marketing ROI may be a mistake.
I believe, as with all social media, the equation is value = quantity x [...]

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Miss us? - We’re back!
Glad Twitter turned my account @TomHCAnderson and Anderson Analytics’ account @InfoaAdvantage back on today. Unfortunately they deleted a few thousand of my followers, but easy come easy go.

I got a few questions yesterday, so thought I would elaborate briefly on the last post about Twitter and why I Tweet. I said [...]

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My views on using Twitter for marketing and market research
I wasn’t going to blog about this, but I’ve started getting a few pings via Facebook, LinkedIn and email wondering why I’m missing from Twitter all of a sudden. As is the case for many ‘power users’ of various social networks, the reward for encouraging use [...]

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Two Tips for Successful Social Media Campaigns

I’m a bit behind on blog posts with all the traveling I’ve been doing lately. I had been meaning to post about social media and politics closer to election day, but better late than never.
A few months ago I was asked to help out with a couple of local [...]

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