by April 11, 2013
There was a day not long ago that advertising testing involved
sitting large numbers of people in a room and showing them ads
embedded in pilot television shows with a pre-exposure survey and a
post-test assessment following the programming and ad exposure. My
how things have changed! With the...read more
by March 15, 2013
Is market research becoming irrelevant? If you follow the published
works of Forrester Research then you may be tempted to believe that
we should scrap our career path and pursue something different.
Don’t be tempted! What Forrester brings to light in their article
What needs to happen in market...read more
by January 16, 2013
Making the connection between survey data and information stored in
transactional data warehouses or CRM systems allows the consumer or
B2B market researcher to exponentially grow the value of the
customer insights they deliver. As with most survey-related topics,
there is more than one way to make...read more
by January 9, 2013
Testing 1,2,3, test, test. Consumer and B2B market
researchers, well actually researchers of all stripes and
disciplines, are tasked with collecting data. Said data can be from
transactions, a customer satisfaction survey, brand awareness
tracker, or some other data collection method (e.g. analysis...read more
by January 7, 2013
While we highlight the most popular posts from a given month in our
newsletter, one of my favorite activities is to look back and see
what posts were the most popular overall each year. Keeping with
tradition, here's a look back across the 20 most popular posts of
2012! Customer Loyalty Month: 25...read more
by December 26, 2012
Recent statistics once again reinforce that customers are looking
for exceptional customer service, and if they don’t find it one
place, they will look elsewhere—customers have the power. According
to research by Oracle in their 2012 CX Index Report ‘Why customer
satisfaction is no longer good...read more
by December 3, 2012
The question that lies in the back of any researcher’s mind centers
on what degree is their sample a reasonable measure of the
population of interest? All aspects of the survey project can be
spot on, but if the respondents do not form a representative sample
then all bets are off for the quality of...read more
by November 19, 2012
There is no doubt that our job as market researchers has become
easier due to the advent of online questionnaire design. The tools
available to us now have also made it less challenging to create
surveys that are engaging to the respondent which benefits the
overall quality of the data we collect....read more
by November 14, 2012
Incentives have become the necessary evil in marketing and other
forms of survey research. In the days of old it was common to send
out a single dollar with a mailed survey to encourage participants
to complete their survey. As data collection methods have evolved
toward online survey platforms the...read more
by August 27, 2012
One of the key roles researchers play in both consumer and B2B
marketing research is that of advocate for the voice of the
customer. We fulfill this role with both quantitative and
qualitative data collection, including social media analysis. Given
that the pace of information is increasing what can...read more
