Research Roundup: Tomfoolery and Next Gen MR
Posted by Vovici Blog on Sat, Apr 02, 2011
Here are five of the most retweeted links of the 707 shared on the Twitter #MRX community this week:
- The Newest Market Research Trade Organization – On April 1, Tom H. C. Anderson announced the conversion of the LinkedIn group NGMR into a trade organization. I guess the NFL Players Association is no longer the newest trade association on the block.
- NGMR Blog Scores 1st Place in Top Market Research Blogs of 2011 – Sean Copeland completes his countdown of his top 10 research blogs, naming Tom H. C. Anderson’s blog the best blog in the business. Congratulations, Tom!
- Salesforce.com Acquisition of Radian6: Is MR Paying Attention? – Lenny Murphy provides a succinct roundup of coverage of the Salesforce.com purchase of Radian6, one of the leading social listening platforms. He even calls out a post by Tom, giving Tom a hat trick on the week.
- Entertainment by Design – Brian Tarran, new editor of Research magazine (and lifestreaming reality star), interviews Disney Interactive design director Alex Cullum, who shares some tips on what makes great games and where researchers should look for inspiration for research games.
- Neuromarketing Not Ready for the Mainstream? – Dan Hill, the author of About Face: Emotionally Effective Advertising, outlines why he thinks facial recognition is superior to neuromarketing techniques.
What will be the most popular links next week? It could be a story you find interesting: share something on Twitter this week and tag it #MRX!