GUEST  Stephen Phillips, founder and Managing Partner, Spring Research

 TOPICS  Research via mobiles; the social media/networking revolution; audio comments from Ruth McNeil (Response Consulting) and Darren Noyce (SKOPOS); making multimedia presentations the norm; effective business development; overcoming recruitment challenges

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  AMI Group, Amnesty International, Bebo, Buzzmetrics, ESOMAR Congress, Jeremy Bullmore, Moët Hennessy, MRS Conference, MySpace, Paris Hilton, Synovate, ToLuna, Tuned In, Unilever, WOMMA, Xbox, YouTube

Music 2006 Pl@stic Soul and The Clintons from the PMN

Series:Weekly

 GUEST  Lucy Green, VP of Marketing, Nielsen//NetRatings

 TOPICS  Cinema advertising income up 10%; Surveys can influence purchase decisions; BIG summer party; ESOMAR Congress preview; Weekly show hiatus
NETRATINGS: Internet survey meters; Panel size; Privacy issues; NetRatings vs. comScore; Social media/blog/podcast measurement; NetRatings rolls out expanded panel; Custom analytics; NetRatings vs. online researchers

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  BIG, comScore, David Riley, David Smith, Duke University, ESOMAR Congress, Gailynn Nicks, Gavan Fitzsimons, Gfk NOP, Google, IAB, Illuminas, IPSOS, Nick Thomas, Nielsen Media Research, Phyllis Macfarlane, Royal Bank of Scotland

Music 2006 Pl@stic Soul and Irene from the PMN

Series:MarketingTalk Series:AdTalk
Series:Weekly

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Joseph Jaffe, the innovative marketing thinker, is the author of Life After the 30-second Spot in which he passionately argues for marketers and advertisers to embrace the more imaginative and engaging techniques in an era of media fragmentation and consumer generated media

 STARRING 

• Joseph Jaffe, Author, Life After the 30-second Spot and Founder, Jaffe Juice LLC
• Simon Andrews, Big Picture Ad. agency (Host)

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What’s the state of mobile advertising? And will 2006 prove to be a tipping point as the major players invest more heavily in experimentation and infrastructure?

 STARRING 

• Nick Wiggin, Chairman, Mobile Marketing Association UK
• Simon Andrews, co-founder and joint-head, Big Picture Ad. agency

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TV advertising is gradually becoming sidelined by marketers as doubts grow over it’s effectiveness. In this podcast, we hear from a broadcaster who’s using innovative research to improve its effectiveness

 STARRING 

• Agostino Di Falco, Head of Insight, Viacom Brand Solutions

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