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Rising Demand for Eco-Friendly Inks Drives the Global Printing Inks Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) November 18, 2014

Follow us on LinkedIn – Lithographic Inks including, flexographic, gravure, digital, and others, it is a cyclical industry with motifs of Demand depends on macro climate and GDP growth. High commodity prices have witnessed in the recent past triggered by supply shortage. In addition, higher costs and strict environmental mandates are some of the other supply bottlenecks currently faced by the market. On the demand side, lower demand from the publishing industry is mitigated by a stable and growing demand for the packaging industry. Revival of economic growth, the growing adoption of environmentally friendly inks and the growing demand for digital inks are ready to support the demand for printing inks in the coming years.


The increasing focus on R & amp; amp; D, amid intensifying competition and environmental concerns, is about to get market Printing Inks. development efforts will increasingly focus on engineering products with a smaller footprint, higher energy efficiency and improved resistance to chemicals such as solvents and cleaning agents. New advances in digital technology are required to provide enormous business opportunities for suppliers of ink jet ink in the areas of packaging, textile and commercial printing. Environmental benefits, on the other hand, driving demand for UV inks. Advances in UV inks led to improved product features such as increased opacity, improved print quality, compatibility with high speed printing and environmentally, causing their request. UV curable ink, an offshoot of the curable ink technology hybrid power, made a breakthrough on the market in the United States, Western Europe, Japan and parts of Asia Pacific.


As stated by the new market research report printing inks, the United States is the world’s largest market. Asia Pacific is expected to emerge as the most dynamic market with sales volume is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.6% over the analysis period. lithographic inks “nofollow” represents the largest product market, while digital inks is forecast to be the strongest growth driven by improvements in technology printing, with the growing popularity of outdoor advertising and widespread use of inkjet printing.


Key market players include Dainichiseika Color & amp; amp; . Chemicals Mfg Co., Ltd., DIC Corporation, Sun Chemical Corp., Flint Group, hubergroup, Sakata Inx Corporation, INX USA, Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & amp; amp; Co. KGaA, and Tokyo Printing Ink Mfg. Co. Ltd., and others.


The research report titled “Printing Inks: Strategic Global Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of trends, issues, innovations and product launches, strategic activities of the industry, and profiles of major companies worldwide. The report provides market estimates and projections in US $ Thousand tonnes and for all major geographic markets including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (Australia, China, India and the rest of Asia-Pacific), Middle -orient and Latin America (Brazil and the rest of Latin America). The major product segments analyzed in the report include lithographic flexographic inks, inks, gravure inks, digital inks and other inks.


For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit – http://www.strategyr.com/Printing_Inks_Market_Report.asp

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

The Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a leading provider of research on off-the-shelf market. Founded in 1987, the company currently employs over 800 people worldwide. Annually, GIA publishes more than 1500 large-scale research reports and analyzes 40,000+ market trends and technology while monitoring more than 126,000 Companies worldwide. Serving over 9500 clients in 27 countries, GIA is recognized today as one of the leading and reputed market research firms in the world.


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Growing Advertising Budgets Drive the Global Market for Digital Signage Systems, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) November 10, 2014

Follow us on LinkedIn – Newspapers, magazines, radio, and television have been traditional means of disseminating information, and news. Technology developments over the years have helped redefine mass communication by revolutionizing the way in which organizations can relay information to large segments of population at the same time. Advanced technologies that have emerged over the years have enabled dynamic information delivery, and have accelerated the pace at which information can be delivered to target audiences. Digital signage system represents a progressive advancement that combines power of digital displays such as LCDs and LEDs with efficient content management and digital media distribution. Digital signage is a specialized form of silvercasting where digital multimedia content such as images, video, and streaming media can be displayed at public places for advertising or information purpose. Evolving since the mid-90s, digital signage systems now represent one of the most potent channels for displaying media at key public spaces such transit points, stadiums, museums, retail outlets, and hotels & restaurants, among others.

Growth and acceptance in the market is driven by the ability of digital signage to attract the right audiences. Digital signs for Digital-Out-of-Home Advertising (DOOH) especially flaunt the potential to enable advertisers to reach consumers at multiple touchpoints, context and environment thus amplifying the advertising impact. Constant bombarding of consumers with advertising media content at Point-of-Sale, Point-of-Wait, and Point-of-Transit, help target consumers with media content all through the day. Public places, such as, train stations, subways or bus stops/shelters, also prove to be typical areas where digital signage systems can be used to target the right audience. The amplification of marketing impact made possible through this medium provides a high return on investment (ROI) and thereby a business case for these systems. Digital signage systems are best suited for in-store promotion and for building brand identity.

Continued penetration of digital signage as an effective advertising platform for dynamic two-way communication, will be supported by effervescent innovations in affordable, flat-panel display panels, and development of interactive displays, augmented reality, gesture control, and built-in digital signage social network. Near-Field Communications (NFC) technology is also helping revolutionize the way audience interact with digital signage systems thereby improving their overall marketing impact. Advent of hybrid digital signage systems wherein digital signs are augmented with the interactivity of digital kiosks will further benefit market prospects in the coming years.

As stated by the new market research report on Digital Signage Systems, the United States represents the largest market worldwide. Asia-Pacific, with a CAGR of 23.9% over the analysis period, ranks as the fastest growing market led by factors such as increasing ad spending by businesses, burgeoning retail sector, and growing government budgets for improving the public communication infrastructure. Digital Signage Software represents the fastest growing product market driven by the rising prominence of analytics.

Key players covered in the report include Barco N.V., BrightSign LLC, Daktronics Inc., Dynasign, Extron Electronics, Four Winds Interactive LLC, LG Corporation, Nanonation Inc., NEC Corporation, NEXCOM International Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Scala Inc., Sharp Corporation, SIIG Inc., and Sony Corporation, among others.

The research report titled “Digital Signage Systems: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities of global companies. The report provides market estimates and projections for all major geographic markets such as the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, India, South Korea and Rest of Asia-Pacific), the Middle East, and Latin America (Brazil and Rest of Latin America). Product segments analyzed in the report include Digital Signage Displays, Digital Signage Set Top Boxes & Media Players, Digital Signage Software, and Others.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit –

http://www.strategyr.com/Digital_Signage_Systems_Market_Report.asp

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a leading publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company currently employs over 800 people worldwide. Annually, GIA publishes 1500+ full-scale research reports and analyzes 40,000+ market and technology trends while monitoring more than 126,000 Companies worldwide. Serving over 9500 clients in 27 countries, GIA is recognized today, as one of the world’s largest and reputed market research firms.

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Rapid Increase in Data Consumption by Mobile Devices Drives the Global Embedded Multimedia Card (eMMC) Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) April 24, 2013

Able to provide ultra-fast memory, integrated Multimedia Cards (MEM) are rapidly deployed in mobile computing devices like the Android-based tablets, smartphones, digital book readers, digital cameras, navigation devices and portable terminals, among others. The evolution of embedded systems technologies have played a key role in enabling the eMMC memory architecture to be mounted directly on the circuit board. A eMMC solution typically includes multimedia card interface (MMC), a flash memory component, a flash memory controller with a HS-MMC driver software that controls the eMMC. Embedded memory solution, eMMC enables device manufacturers to reduce product development time and accelerate time-to-market rates. Integration of the component of the memory at the chip simplifies system design and integration and development saving valuable time engineering design.


The use of eMMC also helps to ensure the conformity of the product to the growing demand for greater memory densities . The eMMC memory architecture should attend a high adoption among memory chip designers, since the time to market (TTM) fast time-to-volume (TTV) and time goal profit (TTP) are essential keys to manufacturer competitiveness and customer satisfaction in the electronics industry. Extended data storage capacity; low power consumption; ability to increase memory density; low cost; compact seized; higher bandwidth of data transfer; and flexible configurability are the main benefits of eMMC solutions. The trend towards miniaturization will continue to drive the adoption of eMMC, given that the technology offers a perfect solution for high performance memory products with small form factors.


eMMC market growth will be fueled by technological developments that improve the functionality of the eMMC architecture. Currently developed and marketed is the integrated Multi-Chip Package (CGMP) Architecture memory that incorporates the integrated controller directly on the memory chip eliminating the need to develop separate software interface for NAND memory. PCMC provides the ability to meet the highly integrated modern mobile computing devices miniaturized memory requirements. A key advantage of the memory architecture comprises emcp space conservation, as it allows vertical stacking of a plurality of memory functions. Furthermore, ECP eliminates the need for separate memory expansion slot allowing the development of smaller and thinner devices. eMMC should attend the widespread adoption in low-end smartphones in the coming years as the technology moves up the value chain resulting from lower prices and better performance and functionality. A key factor in the adoption of eMMC in low-end smartphones is the memory of the architecture’s ability to make these smart phones and significantly improve the relationship cost benefit ratio. higher transmission speeds of eMMC allow video and graphics capabilities of superior quality in low-end phones and separate eMMC controller reduces the load on the main processor thus improving the calculation speed no extra cost.


The growth of smartphone sales should benefit the market for eMMC. Factors such as the ubiquity of the mobile Internet, features such as advanced messaging, email, web browsing, browsing, data streaming, and faster 3G / 4G create the need for higher density memory in smartphones. As the amount of data downloaded and stored increases, the demand for eMMC is expected to grow because of its superior memory management capabilities. Benefits such as low cost of advanced memory capacity, longer battery life and a simpler structure design can reduce production costs, promote eMMC adoption in smartphones and tablets. Manufacturers have already begun to incorporate 16GB / 32GB / 64GB eMMC in high-end smartphones and development is underway to accommodate eMMC on mid-range and low-end smartphones as well.


As stated by the new market research report on integrated multimedia card (eMMC) Asia-Pacific represents the largest as well as fastest growing regional market with an expected CAGR of 28.4% over the analysis period. The growth in the region is led by strong economic growth, rising income levels, continuous development of cellular markets, increasing 3G penetration and spiraling sales of smartphones and tablets.


Key market players include Faraday Technology Corporation, Greenliant Systems Ltd., Hynix Inc., Kingston, Micron Technology Inc., Phison Electronics Corporation, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk Corporation, Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. and Transcend Information Inc., among others.


The research report titled “Embedded Multimedia Card (eMMC): A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates in units for all major geographic markets including the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and the rest of Europe) , Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the rest of the world.


For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit http://www.strategyr.com/eMMC_Embedded_Multimedia_Card_Market_Report.asp .


About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a leading provider of research on off-the-shelf market. Founded in 1987, the company currently employs over 800 people worldwide. Annually, GIA publishes more than 1300 full-scale research reports and analyzes 40,000+ market and technology trends while monitoring more than 126,000 Companies worldwide. Serving over 9500 clients in 27 countries, GIA is recognized today as one of the leading and reputed market research firms in the world.


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The march of the Androids – Apple iPhone pushed into 4th place as Android models dominate online discussion according to social media research specialist DigitalMR

London (PRWEB) January 12, 2012

Social media research specialist DigitalMR releases latest findings on what customers are saying about smartphones on the internet.

DigitalMR analysed over ¼ million customer comments about smartphones across September-October 2011. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of these customer views are positive, compared with 38% negative.

Android models are the most mentioned smartphone brands. Samsung attracts the most mentions with a 30% market share of all positive comments and a 31% share of the smaller, negative comments group. Next placed is HTC with 22% positive mentions and 19% negative, followed by Motorola with 17% positive and 15% negative.

Together, the three Android brands account for two thirds (68%) of all measured online customer comments regarding smartphones.

Although Apple has fewer overall mentions it attracts more negative mentions than Motorola with a 17% share of all negative comments. This may well be related to customers experiencing teething problems when switching over to the new iOS operating system in October.

Results are based on comments posted by consumers on the major smartphone brands: Apple, Motorola, Samsung, RIM (Blackberry), HTC, LG, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Kyocera and HP across Sep-Oct 2011.

Established smartphone models from Apple and RIM (Blackberry) only account for 14% and 7% of total customer comments respectively.

DigitalMR’s analysis (powered by SocialNuggets) is based on comments posted via a range of relevant websites and open access social media platforms. It measures, not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the internet, but also their sentiment – whether posts are positive or negative in nature.

Managing Director of DigitalMR, Michalis Michael commented: “The march of the Androids continues with their increased sales and market share gains being matched by consumers’ conversations online.”

All the brands measured, achieve a positive Net Sentiment Score (NSS) for Sep-Oct. NSS provides an overall percentage score of net positive posts.

The average NSS taken across all the brands measured is 24%. This shows customers are generally very happy with their devices and are sharing the good news online.

Of the three most talked about brands on the web, HTC had a NSS of 31%, followed by 29% for Motorola and a slightly below par score of 23% for Samsung.

The highest NSS is achieved by HP with 50% (although this is derived from a relatively small base number of mentions) followed by Nokia (47%) with the lowest NSS recorded by Sony Erickson (4%) and Apple (6%).

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Features

DigitalMR measures thousands of customer posts regarding the services and features attributed to smartphones.

“Operating system” and “Service provider” features generate the most comments overall. “Operating system” attracted a 17% share of positive mentions which was outweighed by 28% share of negative ones. The next most mentioned feature “Service Provider” produced 23% positive vs 19% negative. “Body” – the design and shape of the handset – received far more positive comment than negative (20% share positive vs just 8% share of negative.

In their words – customer comments sample

Nokia

“excellent choice. It still remains Nokias best phone despite other models released after it. I have one, its the most amazing device and i know i’ll be keeping mine for years and years and with easy free updates for the next five years atleast, its a solid investment”.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111015041838AAnjcKx

Apple

“Agreed! I do feel disappointed – I ordered on the 7th but my order still says processing. Every person I know who wanted a 4S now has one except me – the difference – I’m the only person to pre order directly from apple rather than turn up at a store or get one through my phone company! Seems pretty unfair really!!!!”.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3372464?start=120&tstart=0

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For regular reports and more information:

Michalis A. Michael

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http://www.digital-mr.com

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. It is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to web based market research. It specialises in utilising social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has pioneered new methods in online focus groups alongside tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the US.

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Economic downturn means DIY market research is here to stay according to latest blog from DigitalMR

(PRWEB UK) 22 February 2012

DIY research enables research buyers to develop and run surveys, collect findings and analyse the results themselves – thus cutting out the middle-man and reducing costs. The biggest player in providing DIY platforms is Survey Monkey which is now valued as a billion dollar company.

DIY research is now a force to be reckoned with and in the current economic climate its use is likely to grow even further as clients continue to take research projects in-house.

DigitalMR founder and MD Michalis Michael comments: “a lot of agencies were very sceptical when DIY research appeared almost 10 years ago, the majority of them just didn’t read which way the market was going. The “FREEMIUM” approach i.e. free survey platform services with paid-for optional extras and necessary functionality seems to work well for all the players in this sector. It has been amazingly successful despite what the sceptics were predicting”.

DigitalMR’s latest blog explores why DIY research has become so popular among buyers, and why in the current economic climate, this looks set to continue. However there are many potential pitfalls of conducting DIY research. These include anything from inviting the wrong people to participate and asking the wrong questions through to misinterpreting the statistical significance of the findings.

The blog also outlines what market research agencies need to do more of to win over clients from DIY providers.

A full version of the blog can be found here

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. It is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to web based market research. It specialises in utilising social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has pioneered new methods in online focus groups alongside tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the US.

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Bank of America Receives a Third of Negative Comments Made Online about the US Banking Sector According To Latest Findings from DigitalMR

Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB UK) 28 February 2012

Social media research specialist DigitalMR releases latest findings on what customers are saying about US financial service companies online.

DigitalMR analysed thousands of customer comments regarding banks for the month of November 2011. Interestingly a large proportion of customer views monitored were positive (62%), compared with 38% being negative about their customer experiences.

DigitalMR’s report (powered by SocialNuggets) analyses thousands of customer comments posted via a range of relevant finance related websites and open access social media platforms. It measures not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the internet, but also sentiment – whether these posts are positive or negative.

Results are based on comments posted by consumers on the major US banks: CitiBank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, US Bank, American Express, HSBC, Capital One, Barclays, JP Morgan Chase Manhattan and US Bancorp.

The banking service brands with the highest share of overall mentions were: Amex (27%), Bank of America (22%), Citibank (17%), and Wells Fargo (15%).

There was, however, a large difference between the positive and negative mentions that these banks generated. Amex achieves the highest share of positive comments (36%) but only 12% of negative ones. Conversely, Bank of America attracted the largest share of negative comments (33%) which is more than twice its share of positive ones (16%).

Taking the difference between positive and negative posts into consideration, the winner for November is Amex with a Net Sentiment Score (NSS) of 66%, followed by US Bank with 64%.

Third placed is Capital One with an NSS of 40%. A strong NSS score is an indication of high overall satisfaction levels among customers. Only one bank had a negative NSS – Bank of America with a NSS of minus 11%.

Ryan Rutan, President of DigitalMR USA commented: “nearly two-thirds of all customer feedback measured has been positive which is good news for US banks and Amex in particular. However Bank of America continues to receive a higher proportion of bad reviews and this month is the only bank with a negative NSS of minus 11”

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Features and Services

DigitalMR measured thousands of customer posts across November regarding the services and features that banks offer. Services attracting a much higher proportion of positive mentions to negative ones included: Credit Cards (39% positive vs 15% negative). Services attracting a higher proportion of negative comments included: Mortgages (10% positive vs 23% negative).

In their words – sample customer comments

Amex:

“Amex, you guys are excellent. Your transactions reconcile faster than any other banks I deal with, your gold card knows no limits (pardon the pun), & your customer service is top notch. Never an issue disputing a charge on the off chance I have one and each time I have to use customer service, the staff is empowered to take a corrective step if necessary rather than asking a manager ever 30 seconds”                                        

http://www.mybanktracker.com/bank-reviews/American-Express/Always-On-Point-3913

US Bank:

“I love the app – huge improvement over the last app – but I’d like to have the option to make payments to my U.S. Bank Visa Credit Card, U.S. Bank CreditLine, and U.S. Bank Home Mortgage all from the mobile app. Perhaps consider this for your next revision? Otherwise the app is great. :)”                

http://www.facebook.com/usbank?sk=wall

Bank of America:

“New BofA Online Bank web site is a NIGHTMARE”

First time I tried a transfer, no detail showed but the balance show a decrease, I called customer support and they couldn’t find the transaction and suggested I do it again. Well you guessed, the next day 2 identical transactions showed and it ran my balance below zero. So now I had to call customer service and get them to reverse the transfer and tomorrow I get to call again to reverse the overdraft fee”.

http://www.mybanktracker.com/Bank-of-America/Reviews

Wells Fargo

“I just closed a 6 figure account with wells fargo today and the bank officer did not care!! Since wells fargo took over wachovia, the service has been horrendous. The bank officer in the syosset, ny branch gave me incorrect information so when i went to florida to specifically take care of business for my mother’s account; i could not complete this business.

http://www.mybanktracker.com/Wells-Fargo/Reviews

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For regular reports and more information:

Ryan A. Rutan

rrutan(at)digital-mr(dot)com

tel: +1 (614) 638-0216

http://www.digital-mr.com

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. It is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to web based market research. It specialises in utilising social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has pioneered new methods in online focus groups alongside tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the US.

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Pinterest takes early social network lead in 2012 according to OnlineSchools.com infographic

Foster City, CA (PRWEB) March 07, 2012

OnlineSchools.com, a digital resource for online education from kindergarten to graduate school, recently launched an infographic that gives insight into the relatively sudden emergence of Pinterest, the latest social sharing phenomenon. In the last six months of 2011, the site experienced 815% traffic growth, leaving some wondering, “What is Pinterest?” Effectively, Pinterest acts as a virtual bulletin board, letting members “pin” visuals on the web and share them with their followers. By following any number of member-curated “boards” dealing with topics such as education technology trends , a “pinhead” may stay up to date through images that also serve as bookmarks. OnlineSchools.com created this infographic to break down why, and how, over one million members are using Pinterest.

“Our visitors often ask about Pinterest and how it relates to education,” said Seth Restaino, OnlineSchools.com spokesperson. “This infographic really helps to elucidate the idea of virtual pinboards. It will be interesting to see how students, teachers and so forth will integrate them into their curricula and coursework.”

Though Pinterest was founded by 29-year-old Ben Silbermann from Iowa, the vast majority of the site’s users are women. Among the most popular pinheads are moms and teachers who share ideas for classroom and at-home activities that they feel are engaging, creative and educational.

“As an educational technology site, OnlineSchools.com is committed to keeping up to date on the latest Internet and social media trends,” expressed Restaino. “We are also committed to informing our community about these trends so that they might also have the opportunity to leverage them–especially for educational purposes.”

For news related to this infographic, such as 11 free iPad apps to help with homeschool and other information related to online schooling and education news, follow OnlineSchools.com on Pinterest, @OnlineSchools on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.

About OnlineSchools.com

Launched in 2011, OnlineSchools.com provides a searchable directory of accredited schools serving current and potential online students at every grade level. The site advocates online learning and supports parents and students as they progress from one educational decision point to the next. OnlineSchools.com is owned and operated by QuinStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: QNST), one of the largest Internet marketing and media companies in the world. QuinStreet is committed to providing consumers and businesses with the information they need to research, find and select the products, services and brands that meet their needs. The company is a leader in visitor friendly marketing practices. For more information, please visit QuinStreet.com.

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HSBC Accounts for Over a Quarter of Negative Customer Comments Online for UK Banks in November According to Web Listening Report from DigitalMR

London, UK (PRWEB UK) 8 March 2012

social media research specialist DigitalMR releases latest report Web listener on what customers are saying about the UK major banks online.


DigitalMR analyzed thousands of customer comments on street banks for the month of November 2011 Almost two thirds (60%) of these customer views are positive, compared to 40% negative. The first ever annual credit report covering all of 2011 will be available later this month The banks receiving the largest share of online mentions are: HSBC (20%), Lloyds TSB (17%), RBS (17%) and Halifax (11%).


There is a big difference in the positive and negative mentions that some of these banks generate. RBS (21%), Lloyds TSB (16%), HSBC (16%) and Halifax (13%) received the largest share positive messages. However HSBC (28%) and Lloyds TSB (18%), NatWest (14%) and RBS (12%) receive the highest share of negative comments.


By calculating the difference between the number of positive messages adverse winner for November is ING Direct with a net score of sentiment (NSS) of 64%, followed by Clydesdale Bank 60%. Throughout November only two banks reached a measured negative NSS, NatWest with less than 6% and HSBC (-8%).


The report DigitalMR (powered by SociaNuggets ) analyzes thousands of Guest comments posted via a range of relevant finance related and open access platforms of social media websites. It measures not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the Internet, but also the feeling -. If these posts are positive or negative

The results are based on comments posted by consumers on the major banks in the UK :. Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Halifax, NatWest, Bank of Ireland, Santander, Barclays, RBS, ING Direct and Clydesdale Bank

Managing Director of DigitalMR, Michalis Michael commented: “It seems ING Direct is the bank of reference for excellent customer service has always been highly appreciated by customers around 2011, so that n. is not surprising to see them perform the other main high street banks in November. “


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1) In their words – customer comments sample

ING Direct:

“ING Direct customer service is great, connected to a real person, the problem is solved in 2 minutes. thank you!

http://twitter.com/Pknyo/statuses / 133015677496852480

Clydesdale:

“My intention is to leave the funds there and save for the new year of the ISA, but the focus remains on fixed term accounts. The three deals of the year does not seem so bad these days. Clydesdale seems decent! ”

http: // forums .moneysavingexpert.com / showthread.php? t = 3591537 # post48242413

NatWest:

“Nat West – what a joke -. they handle their clients ‘improve’ their accounts, but really it is just an excuse to cool off them I’ve been with them for over 10 years and in that time they became non-bank I wanted to listen consolidate debts created through small cuts renovation -.. They did not give me one, but offer me a mortgage to almost double the debt “

HSBC

“I made the last payment on this loan in 2007 This is the enforceability of the loan if the prescribed conditions are incorrect or missing. This loan is on my credit report has having been missed in 2007, but the issue was complicated by the fact that HSBC merged this loan with a bank account I used to take with them. ”

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?325547-Unenforceable-HSBC-Loan-agreement-Pre-April-2007&daysprune=-1#post3609177

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For regular reports and more information:

Michalis A. Michael

mmichael (at) digital-mr (dot) com

Tel: +44 751 571 0370

http://www.digital-mr.com

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. He is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to market research based on the Web. He specializes in the use of social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has developed new methods in online focus groups as well as tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the United States.


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ING Direct is the most popular bank according to customer comments on the Internet, reveals first annual UK Banking Social Media Report by DigitalMR

(PRWEB UK) 22 March 2012

Social media research specialist DigitalMR releases the first ever annual UK Banking Social Media Report on what customers are saying about UK high street banks online. DigitalMR analysed over 200,000 customer comments about high street banks across January to December 2011.

For the first time, UK banks will be able to gauge customer perceptions of their performance against that of their competitors across a range of criteria for the whole of 2011.

DigitalMR Group Managing Director, Michalis Michael commented: “This report provides a national benchmark for how banking brands are perceived by customers online. Banks attracting criticism will be able to use the analysis to find out how they can improve their competitive position.”

Report Highlights

Top 5 Net Sentiment Score

DigitalMR’s report measures, not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the internet, but also sentiment – whether these posts are positive or negative. The difference in the number of positive to negative posts that each bank attracts, provides it with a Net Sentiment Score (NSS). NSS is an overall percentage score of net positive posts. Of the Top 10 banks measured across 2011, the five best performers in terms of achieving the highest NSS were:

1)    ING Direct 57.5%

2)    Halifax 43.3%

3)    Clydesdale Bank 41.7%

4)    Barclays 37.4%

5)    Santander 26.4%

The Royal Bank of Scotland was the only bank from the Top 10, which achieved a negative NSS with (-2.1%). The next lowest was Bank of Ireland with a NSS of 0.5%.

Overall mentions – top 5 UK banks that receive the highest share of online mentions:

1)    HSBC (14.4%)

2)    Lloyds TSB (13.5%)

3)    Halifax (10%)

4)    RBS (9.6%)

5)    Santander UK (9%)

There is a large difference in the positive and negative mentions that some of the banks attract. HSBC (9.5%), Halifax (9.5%) and Lloyds TSB (7.8%) received the highest share of positive posts.

However both HSBC (12.1%) and Lloyds TSB (10.8%) received a relatively higher proportion of negative comments. Conversely Halifax accounted for only 6.2% of negative comments compared with a much larger proportion (9.5%) of positive ones.

The Top 5 most discussed topics across January to December were:

Loans

Credit Cards

Customer Care

Online Banking

Overdrafts

Loans attracted nearly 15,000 mentions on the internet. However, banks are likely to turn their attention to the topics that attracted a greater number of negative comments. The three most discussed topics with negative mentions were Customer Care, Loans and Bank Employees.

The full report covers:

    Share of voice for all banks.
    Monthly trend for top 10 banks.
    Top 10 Topics by number of mentions.
    The disruptive forces that social network users will have on banks.
    Individual focus of the top 10 banks.
    Social Media presence.
    Recommendations on strategy for the use of Social Media Research.

DigitalMR’s report (powered by SocialNuggets) analysed thousands of customer comments posted via a range of relevant finance related websites and open access social media platforms. It measures, not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the internet, but also sentiment – whether these posts are positive or negative.

Results are based on comments posted by consumers on the major UK banks including: Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Halifax, NatWest, Bank of Ireland, Santander, Barclays, RBS, ING Direct, Clydesdale Bank, Saxo Bank, American Express, First Direct, Bank of Scotland, Abbey, Northern Rock, Northern Bank and Alliance and Leicester.

For more information on the full report, contents and further data click here

Contact

For further information on the UK Banking Social Media Report.

Michalis A. Michael

mmichael(at)digital-mr(dot)com,

tel: +44 751 571 0370

http://www.digital-mr.com

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. It is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to web based market research. It specialises in utilising social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has pioneered new methods in online focus groups alongside tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and Group MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the US.

About SocialNuggets

SocialNuggets technology delivers real-time market intelligence for fast moving industries by analyzing data from various social media sources with a mission to liberate social media data and sentiment analysis for use in real-time research of brands, products and features. SocialNuggets delivers ready to use market intelligence for various industry verticals including consumer electronics and banking. SocialNuggets data is delivered in bite size, ready-to-consume, infographics and is also available in the form of a full access to our data warehouse for analysis and integration with customers’ data. SocialNuggets, a Serendio company, was founded in 2011 with headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.SocialNuggets.net