Sentences with phrase «own anecdotal evidence»

According to Ted Conley, who heads up North American marketing for the condom maker's parent company: «The category has traditionally been strong at times of economic downturn and we are getting anecdotal evidence that the same can be said for today.

What the anecdotal evidence and various research studies describe is a picture of a maturing (or mature) industry.

For a look at the variety in edibles and anecdotal evidence of its growth, an instructive stop is Wana Brands.

Of course, not every mental activity can or should be performed while walking, but this new research reinforces anecdotal evidence and other research findings that suggest being too tightly chained to our desks is bad for our minds as well as our physical health.

Plus, research and anecdotal evidence suggests that spending too much time gazing at perfectly curated profiles on Facebook, profiles that often eliminate all the warts and stresses of a person's real life, can knock your self - esteem.

Entrepreneur has gathered plenty of anecdotal evidence for this lifestyle hack over the years.

The reason: Most of today's conversations on colors and persuasion consist of hunches, anecdotal evidence and advertisers blowing smoke about «colors and the mind.»

Tony Nash, managing director at the consulting firm IHS, pointed to anecdotal evidence to show that Japan's economic prospects are turning around.

Anecdotal evidence also paints a rosy picture: Witness the rise of Bulletproof Coffee — that is, butter in your morning java — which has garnered international attention and support from celebrity investors such as Tim Ferriss.

Indeed, anecdotal evidence suggested mobile sales set a new record on Friday, data from Adobe Insights showed.

Indeed, anecdotal evidence might suggest something quite different.

Given the low unemployment rate, anecdotal evidence from a variety of companies, and alternative measures such as the Atlanta Fed wage tracker showing stronger growth, wage growth may not be back at precrisis levels, but the trend over the past year shows wages are certainly headed in the right direction.

But anecdotal evidence, at least, suggests that directors often doubt the reliability and value of comp consultants, even after having paid good money for their advice.

How's that for anecdotal evidence?

Anecdotal evidence of self - made millionaires who never went to college should be enough to prove that you don't need a fancy or expensive program to learn important skills.

Anecdotal evidence is that the guys were otherwise engaged.»

Steeped in ample anecdotal evidence, those programs are beginning to track numbers to back the influx.

Maybe not to all shoppers, but anecdotal evidence suggests live - chat technology works.

Circumstantial and anecdotal evidence suggest that these capital inflows have had a large and growing influence on the Canadian housing market, whose imbalances continue to represent a key risk to the Canadian economic and financial outlook.»

This includes millennials, which anecdotal evidence suggests are gravitating more to «experiences» instead of goods or services.

The rationale for the program relies on pockets of acute labour shortages, for which there is anecdotal evidence, but little in the way of analysis.

If anecdotal evidence (and personal experience) is anything to go on, the answer is quite a few.

Though there has never been hard data on the presence of wealthy Asian investors, enough anecdotal evidence exists to suggest they have played at least some role in the multimillion - dollar home segment.

Anecdotal evidence backs up the contention that products like Cisco (csco) Webex, another web conference product, and GoToMeeting require multiple steps and / or downloads to set up.

Until now opposition has been based on vague correlations, anecdotal evidence and hunches on the part of people opposed to the pressurized cracking of underground rock formations.

But here at Inc. we've already assured them that you can be taken seriously as a bright young thing as an entrepreneur — in fact, research and anecdotal evidence suggests youth can actually work to your advantage.

One needn't look far for anecdotal evidence supporting this impression.

But she said based on anecdotal evidence, it doesn't seem like perpetrators of mass violence are more likely to have mental health problems than anyone else.

Based on anecdotal evidence I've collected after working in the digital - marketing space for 15 years, I'm confident saying that the vast majority of those hiring an SEO firm end up being disappointed.

All of this just adds to a litany of office - related ills we are already familiar with through academic and anecdotal evidence, from stiff necks to carpal tunnel syndrome to eye strain.

Anecdotal evidence — and now the BCBS report — suggests they guessed incorrectly.

A 2005 National Institutes of Health study produced data that backs my anecdotal evidence.

This study, plus an earlier on in Israel, bolsters anecdotal evidence that in states where marijuana is legal, opioid overdoses decline.

In addition to perusing the market research, you want to hit the pavement to gather anecdotal evidence of an industry's well being and future from trade associations.

But does this anecdotal evidence constitute success?

Anecdotal evidence suggests the problem isn't just limited to Navy units.

Anecdotal evidence from Britain, China and Australia suggests Apple Pay is popular with core Apple followers, but the quality of service, and interest in it, varies significantly.

But the best anecdotal evidence suggests that this kind of thing isn't happening in nearly the proportions you might expect.

While it's hard to measure with data because we typically have a long sales cycle (several months to years before closing a client), we know from a lot of anecdotal evidence that our videos have played a significant role in keeping Stone Temple top - of - mind along the customer journey.

Many CMOs focus primarily on data and statistics, but Fieler explains that she really enjoys meeting with consumers to get anecdotal evidence, too.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the new «gold» iPhone 5s - deemed ugly by some - was the most popular model.

You can read just about any blog or research paper, and they will provide you with anecdotal evidence on the trials and tribulations of building a company.

Alan Greenspan was importantly right when he ignored models and maintained easy policy in the mid 1990s because of other more anecdotal evidence that convinced him that productivity growth had accelerated.

There are also many pieces of anecdotal evidence of the increasing popularity and importance of video.

That aligns with anecdotal evidence gathered by Association staff members, who often have heard ESOP executives speak of involving employee owners in understanding the business and in managing expenses.

Anecdotal evidence suggested that stronger export sales were the key driver of the overall upturn in new work.

By the way, every year I remind my students that great grades and successful entrepreneurs have at best a zero correlation — and anecdotal evidence suggests that the correlation may actually be negative.

Although as mentioned before the data is hopelessly lagged, completely untransparent and unreliable at the best of times, the anecdotal evidence is piling up.

Skeptics of Facebook's business model have long pointed to anecdotal evidence that the social network is losing its luster with teens as evidence that the firm will ultimately be unable to justify its $ 140 billion valuation.

Anecdotal evidence suggests it's possible to earn 100,000 organic visitors a month or more — but what can you reasonably expect?