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Leigh Jacobs

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NuVoodoo Adds New Out-of-Home Marketing Programs

By Leigh Jacobs / November 1, 2021

A brand-new NuVoodoo Quick-Turn Study fielded in the past few days supports the observation we made last week that people feel there’s more traffic on the road now than there was this summer. A fresh sample of 1,855 adults 18-64 nationwide tells the tale: about 40% perceive the traffic in their area has picked up…

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More Cars on the Road = More Radio Listening?

By Leigh Jacobs / October 25, 2021

You probably saw the data from Nielsen last week indicating that commuting to work is getting closer to pre-pandemic levels. We’re hearing about companies that paused back-to-workplace plans to deal with the Delta variant now moving forward with employees coming back to the office. In short, the workday commute in a number of markets is…

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How Badly Damaged is Facebook?

By Leigh Jacobs / October 18, 2021

Last week we noted that Facebook’s whistleblower testimony and recent service outage might have an impact on trust for that platform and co-owned Instagram, so we were going back in the field with another NuVoodoo Quick-Turn Study. The question we needed wanted to answer for our clients was whether or not they should to avoid…

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Location-Based Marketing: Still on the Menu? Part II

By Leigh Jacobs / October 11, 2021

Last week we showed results from a NuVoodoo Quick-Turn Study fielded September 17-19 including the opinions of 1,966 adults 18-64 nationwide, balanced by age, gender and geography. The study was prompted by Apple’s moves to increase consumer privacy and our concern this might significantly hurt our ability to use location-based targeting as a strategy for…

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Location-Based Marketing: Still on the Menu? Part I

By Leigh Jacobs / October 4, 2021

The NuVoodoo marketing team was more than a little concerned that Apple’s aggressive moves to increase consumer privacy might significantly hurt our ability to use location-based targeting as a strategy for our clients. So, we conducted a NuVoodoo Quick-Turn Study. This one includes 1,966 adults 18-64 nationwide, balanced by age, gender and geography, fielded September…

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Delta’s Impact on Trick-or-Treating

By Leigh Jacobs / September 27, 2021

With Halloween just a month away and the Delta variant still dominating pandemic news, we wanted to see how parents of trick-or-treaters were feeling about the holiday. A NuVoodoo Quick Turn Study of 1,966 adults 18-64 nationwide, balanced by age, gender and geography, fielded September 17-19, 2021, provides some clarity. Among those with children in…

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Deeper Delta Data: Station Events

By Leigh Jacobs / September 20, 2021

We updated our information on vaccinations and event attendance with a NuVoodoo Quick Turn Study of 1,854 adults 18-64 nationwide, balanced by age, gender and geography, fielded September 9-10, 2021. In this snapshot, 47% of the sample is fully vaccinated and a 57% majority is at least partially vaccinated – and 38% are vaccination resistant…

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Delta Fall Events Update

By Leigh Jacobs / September 13, 2021

We wanted to update our information on vaccinations and event attendance in light of the recent full FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and as cases continue to surge with the Delta variant (and as arguments about masking and vaccinations continue). The research we’re showing here is brand new: 1,854 adults 18-64 nationwide, balanced…

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Need to Plan a Last-Minute Contest?

By Leigh Jacobs / September 6, 2021

Hopefully your contest and promotions plans are locked and loaded for the ratings period that starts on September 16. But with budgets stretched tight after last year and many businesses reassessing fall plans in light of the Delta variant, maybe you’ve just gotten approval to move forward. So, we thought it was a good time…

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Are You Ready for Fall Events? Are Consumers Ready?

By Leigh Jacobs / August 30, 2021

NuVoodoo started collecting public concern about the coronavirus pandemic in early March 2020 – and we’re committed to monitoring reactions to issues throughout this wild on-going ride. With vaccinations pacing well in May and June, employers made plans to re-populate offices, families made plans for vacations and gatherings and concert venues, movie theaters and sports…

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