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 […]
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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 […]
How maslansky + partners Leverages Slidermetrix for “Quick-Turn” Online Research (Part 2)
maslansky + partners’ President Lee Carter and Media & Technology Supervisor Lee Loflin discuss the innovative tools and process that powers their quick-turn polling research. In the last presidential election cycle, Lee Carter and her team at maslansky + partners made a paradigm shift, which enabled them to turn around […]
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 […]
What is Dial Testing? Redux (the video edition)
One of our most viewed blog posts in recent months is one that addresses a question we get a lot here at Dialsmith, namely, “What is Dial Testing?” In the post, I offer an official answer to the question but then delve into the “give it to me straight…” answer […]
Talking Audience Polling and Dial Testing with Realscreen West Content Director Barry Walsh
Most market researchers associate dial testing with focus groups, numbering typically 8-25 participants. However, Dialsmith has executed audience polling to much larger audiences. We have put dials in the hands of hundreds of attendees at large conference venues such as TED and the Banff Media Festival. Just recently, the […]
Straight Talk about Storytelling: Q&A with Media Research Veteran Aaron Paquette
In this next installment of our popular storytelling series, we talk with media and entertainment research veteran Aaron Paquette. Through his career at CBS, Sony, OTX, Nielsen and Vision Critical, Aaron has a great eye for how to tell a story that will get buyers’ and viewers’ attention. Q: How […]
Using Dial Testing to Explore Impact of Race on Presidential Debate Viewers
Most of us within the research community are approaching next week’s first Presidential Debate with excitement and fascination. But for Dr. Charlton McIlwain, whose research focus is on the intersection of race and media within the context of social and political arena, next week’s Debate must seem like the Super […]
The Skinny on Microsoft Video Pulse
Image courtesy of WinBeta. Lenny Murphy’s recent GreenBook article on Microsoft’s entry into the moment-to-moment data collection game, via their Video Pulse product, is a good read and I admit it’s cool technology. As Dialsmith’s founder and CEO, and someone who’s worked to evolve and refine moment-to-moment tools and methods for more […]
