Far too many content creators assume they know how their audience will react without ever even questioning what they think they know, and unfortunately, most of them are wrong. So, the fact that you’re thinking about how to test your content means you’re on the right track. But now what?
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3 Must-Haves for Online TV & Film Testing
3 Must-Haves for Online TV & Film Testing For decades, in-person dial testing has been a media researcher’s mainstay for evaluating movies, trailers, television programming and on-air talent. But, with the recent pivot to online research, do researchers have to ditch their go-to methods? Spring is the season of decisions: […]
Your Memory Stinks: HOW FLAWED RECALL & MEMORY BIAS POLLUTE MARKET RESEARCH AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT
PART I | WHO ARE WE AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? Recall and memory. Tricky things. Especially for market researchers. The market research industry has traditionally relied upon recall- and memory-based methods for gathering feedback and insights. But there’s a ton of evidence out there that calls into question […]
Online Dial Testing for Online Qual Research: Video
(This presentation courtesy of the #NewMR webinar series on the Future of Data Collection) Make the pivot: Virtual dial testing when in-person research methods are not an option Dialsmith SVP Eric Alzuhn explains how online dial testing is being used to capture second-by-second feedback on all form of recorded media: […]
Super Bowl Ads: News, Notes and Rumblings
Now, it begins. Yes, we’ve seen the first flurry of pre-released Super Bowl ads hit YouTube over the weekend, and with that, we’ve officially launched our 2016 Slidermetrix Super Bowl ad ratings feature. You can go and check out the early bird ads now and let us know second-by-second if […]
The Big Game Ads | Talking Winners, Losers, Trends & Ratings Technology
The feeding frenzy over the Big Game ads has faded for yet another year which means it’s time to try to make sense of what the heck happened. Here are five BIG takeaways from our Slidermetrix ratings of the 2018 Big Game ads: MORE SILLY. LESS EDGY. 2017 was the […]
The Super Bowl of Advertising starts NOW — #RateTheAds
$5 Millon for 30 seconds of Super Bowl Airtime Advertisers are paying a record $5 million for a :30 spot this year, so you better believe they are coming to play. This is our 5th year of offering up pre-released ads for you to rate and weigh-in on. And new […]
Super Bowl Ads: Fails and Flops
We remember all the great Super Bowl ads: Coca-Cola’s Mean Joe Green spot, Budweiser’s “Lost Dog”, Apple’s “1984”spot and many others. But what about the ads that didn’t hit the mark? The fails. The flops. Advertisers can learn just as much, if not more, from the failings of previous years’ […]
How maslansky + partners Leverages Slidermetrix for “Quick-Turn” Online Research (Part 1)
maslansky + partners’ President Lee Carter discusses how her research group was able to adapt and respond to the polling demands of today’s fast-paced, 24-hour news cycle. In the last presidential election cycle, Lee Carter and her team at maslansky + partners made a paradigm shift, which enabled them to […]
Fall TV Pilot Season: Sink or Swim in Minutes
How important are the Fall Pilots? In the current entertainment climate, a show will often sink or swim based solely the performance of the pilot. Thus all the hype around the “New Fall Shows” before they even air. A lot is riding on that first episode. A lot of careers […]
