Research & Whitepapers

Quick Study: Mobile Phone Users Dial Up Social Networking Sites; Customer Relaxation Techniques—New PR Tactic?

August 8th, 2011 by

â–¶ PR Pros Should Brush Up on Mobile: Almost three-quarters (73%) of mobile phone users (both smartphones and other types) in the U.S. use their phones daily to visit social networking sites; sometimes more than… Continued

Quick Study: Mobile Phone Users Dial Up Social Networking Sites; Customer Relaxation Techniques—New PR Tactic?

August 8th, 2011 by

â–¶ PR Pros Should Brush Up on Mobile: Almost three-quarters (73%) of mobile phone users (both smartphones and other types) in the U.S. use their phones daily to visit social networking sites; sometimes more than… Continued

Top Retweet Driver: Person-ality

August 1st, 2011 by

Social media platform provider GaggleAmp tracked 1.9 million tweets and discovered that, among six types of tweets, a person-mentioned element is by far the greatest driver of retweets.

Quick Study: Americans Skeptical of Brands’ Association With Causes—Cite Disconnect Between Cause and Offering

August 1st, 2011 by

â–¶ Consumers want Authenticity: Although the majority of Americans (96%) say they can identify two to three causes that are important to them personally, the 2011 MSLGroup Social Purpose Index finds that only 37% of… Continued

Americans Skeptical of Brands’ Association With Causes—Cite Disconnect Between Cause and Offering

August 1st, 2011 by

Consumers are skeptical of companies supporting causes that don’t align with their business or their brands, proving the importance of authenticity.

Top Retweet Driver: Person-ality

August 1st, 2011 by

Social media platform provider GaggleAmp tracked 1.9 million tweets and discovered that, among six types of tweets, a person-mentioned element is by far the greatest driver of retweets.

Quick Study: Financial Sector Dominates ‘Black List’ Transparency Ranking; E-Mail Delivery Rates Up, Open Rates Are Down

July 18th, 2011 by

â–¶ In the Black: Corporate Responsibility Magazine announced its annual Black List, the Russell 1000 large-cap companies that tie for the bottom ranking in transparency and corporate citizenship. The list features 58 dimly lit companies,… Continued

E-Mail Delivery Rates Up, Open Rates Are Down

July 17th, 2011 by

Metrics from over 2.8 billion e-mail messages revealed that delivery rates increased in 2010 while open rates decreased for several reasons, including mobile usage.

Financial Sector Dominates ‘Black List’ Transparency Ranking

July 17th, 2011 by

The financial sector accounted for more than half of the companies that failed to reveal public data points about their corporate citizenship policies.

Agency Watch: Profitability Returns to ’08 Level

July 11th, 2011 by

Agency profitability has rebounded from a four-year low, according to a StevensGould Pincus’ survey.