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Beyond Breakthrough: 5 Secrets of Seek and Share Advertising
How do you create ads that break through and truly grab viewers’ attention? Columnist Peter Minnium discusses the key characteristics of ads that people are excited to see and share with their friends.
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The Economic Pulse of the World - September 2016
After gaining ground over the past two waves, the national economic assessment average remains unchanged this month, as 41% of global citizens describe the current economic situation in their country as “good”. Most notable change in the country-level ratings comes from Saudi Arabia (78%), who lost its leading position to India (84%). India becomes the top rated country in this assessment category for the first time since February 2016. Brazil (7%) retains the lowest score in this category, losing 5 points since last sounding.
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Getting Started In Text Analytics - The Question To Ask
As the number of text analytics tools have proliferated, the market has moved past early concerns about accuracy and now sits in a place where picking the right tool is more about ensuring the outputs will fit your needs. We outline below six key questions which may help.
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Brands Don’t Buy Brands - People Do
Businesses want to know how they can grow their brands. This is a simple question with complex answers, answers that start with people in real life – how they choose brands and, most importantly, how you can influence them to choose your brand more. Brands exist in a constantly changing world and, at the same time, human behaviour is undergoing a revolution – which makes it challenging to manage a brand. In the end, in order for brands to grow they need to attract more people, more easily and more often. Yet, how can you ensure that more people will buy your brand more often and more easily?
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Effective Communications Begin With the Brand
We all remember great ads. But do we remember the company? This is the No. 1 aim for advertising, but, surprisingly, many marketers don’t achieve it. The reason is the brand is not front-and-center. Marketers must start with the brand in the earliest conception stage, and weave it throughout the storyline architecture at opportune points. There are several tried and true techniques to ensure success. This Point of View paper addresses those approaches— crucial to effective advertising.
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Vietnam’s Meat Market: Mind the Gap!
As the world’s 14th most populated country, Vietnam and its 94 million people are increasing their livestock consumption as they experience higher income and population growth. Despite the relatively stable growing trend of livestock production over the past few years, meat output has not managed to keep up with the current consumption demand.
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The Economic Pulse of the World - August 2016
The national economic assessment average us up one point since last sounding, with four in ten (41%) global respondents describing the current economic situation in their country as “good”. The average is up across most regions of the world, with Latin America (29%, +4pts.) leading the pack, followed by North America (56%, +3 pts.), Europe (37%, + 2pts.) and Asia-Pacific (46%, +1 pt.). The only region in the red this month is the Middle East/Africa region (47%, - 2pts.), driven by losses in Saudi Arabia (87%, -2 pts.), Israel (48%, -2 pts.) and Turkey (40%, - 1pt.).
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Ipsos Awards Top Honours for Financial Services Excellence in Canada
Ipsos is pleased to announce the winners of its 2016 Best Banking Awards, an annual program that recognizes Canadian financial institutions for excellence in customer experience.
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2016 US Elections - Favorability Scores For Donald Trump Have Improved By 5 Points (August 25)
“While Trump’s latest ‘pivot’ seems to have cooled some animosity towards the Republican, it has not yet translated to actual votes,” reported Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson. “Favorability tends to be a leading indicator so if Trump is able to string together several weeks of improved public sentiment, he might eke out a better standing in the polls.”
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Chinese Family Parenting Report 2016
Post-85s and post-90s constitute the majority of new mothers in China, and it’s especially true with the latter in low-tier cities. Post-90s make up the largest part in China’s new mothers, up to 46%. Post-90s new mothers occupy a significantly high proportion in 4th –tier cities and rural areas.