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Leigh Jacobs

One of Four Things That Make Listeners Crazy About Podcasts

By Leigh Jacobs / September 6, 2022

A recording of NuVoodoo’s presentation at Podcast Movement 2022, “Six Things That Listeners Love About Podcasts (and Four That Drive Them Crazy)” will be posted soon at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. We collected a lot of opinions and a lot of data to build the presentation, starting with a round of qualitative interviews in late July and moving…

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Tectonic Shifts at Podcast Movement 2022

By Leigh Jacobs / August 29, 2022

Last week found Carolyn Gilbert, Jeri Fields, and me at Podcast Movement 2022. Our presentation, “Six Things That Listeners Love About Podcasts (and Four That Drive Them Crazy)” was well received. For those who couldn’t make it Dallas, we’ll be posting a webinar version of the presentation in the coming weeks at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. Our presentation…

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Six Things Listeners Love About Podcasts (and Four That Make Them Crazy)

By Leigh Jacobs / August 22, 2022

The world’s largest podcast conference is happening this week in Dallas and NuVoodoo will be there. On Thursday morning, Carolyn Gilbert, Jeri Fields, and I will be presenting at Podcast Movement. When we committed to a title for the presentation months ago, we committed to “Seven Things Listeners Love About Podcasts (and Three That Make…

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Are Bad Songs as Bad as Commercials?

By Leigh Jacobs / August 15, 2022

NuVoodoo marketing guru PJ Kling and I put the wraps on a series of free webinars entitled “The Wearable Wolf is Coming” a week or so ago. The webinars mined insights from a sample of nearly 5,500 14-54’s across all PPM markets. If you missed the webinar, you’ll find a recording at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. In the…

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What RPS 20 Says About Radio Station Contests

By Leigh Jacobs / August 1, 2022

PJ Kling, Jake Hoefnagel, and I present the last of three live webinars showing the data from the latest NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study this Wednesday, August 3 at 2 PM EDT. It’s our 20th twice-annual study focused on ratings-likely respondents across PPM markets updated this June. Grab a spot at nuvoodoo.com/webinars so you can ask…

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In-Demand Information from Radio: RPS 20

By Leigh Jacobs / July 25, 2022

The second of three live webinars to present data from the latest NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study is Monday, July 25 at Noon EDT – with additional session scheduled for Wednesday, August 3. It’s our 20th twice-annual study focused on ratings-likely respondents across the PPM markets. Grab a spot at nuvoodoo.com/webinars so you can ask questions…

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20th Ratings Prospects Study Webinar This Week

By Leigh Jacobs / July 18, 2022

The first of three live webinars to present data from the latest NuVoodoo Ratings Prospects Study is Tuesday, July 19 at 1 PM EDT – with additional sessions scheduled for Monday, July 25, and Wednesday, August 3. Reserve your spot at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. It’s our 20th twice-annual study focused on ratings-likely respondents across the PPM markets.…

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Music Discovery Update: RPS 20 Preview

By Leigh Jacobs / July 11, 2022

The first of three live webinars to present the data from NuVoodoo’s latest Ratings Prospects Study is set for Tuesday, July 19 at 1 PM EDT – with additional sessions scheduled for Monday, July 25, and Wednesday, August 3. Reserve your spot now at nuvoodoo.com/webinars. It’s our 20th twice-annual study focused on ratings-likely respondents across…

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Wearables & Contest Prizes: RPS 20 Preview

By Leigh Jacobs / July 5, 2022

Nielsen says it’s turning over as many as 75% of the legacy PPM meters by year’s end and replacing them with their new wearable meters. So, NuVoodoo upped the sample on its summer RPS (Ratings Prospects Study) from our typical sample of over 3,000 respondents to a massive sample of nearly fifty-five hundred. We did…

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The Wearable Wolf is Coming! RPS 20 Preview

By Leigh Jacobs / June 27, 2022

With Nielsen set to replace as much as 75% of the PPM panel with new wearable meters by year’s end (and the remainder changing over in 2023), NuVoodoo went BIG on the sample for RPS (Ratings Prospects Study) 20 just out of the field. We wanted to make sure we’d have enough respondents to dive…

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