Market research departments need to be constantly productive. New hires must ramp up quickly; but when a new person is thrown into the deep end, everyone may drown. Plus, with a good onboarding experience, new people feel…
Market research departments need to be constantly productive. New hires must ramp up quickly; but when a new person is thrown into the deep end, everyone may drown. Plus, with a good onboarding experience, new people feel…
What do market researchers absolutely have to know? Plenty of attention is paid to questionnaire design, focus group moderation, data analysis, etc. Unfortunately, one can loose sight of client management.… Continue reading Client management: often overlooked, always essential.
by Debra Mascott, Director of eLearning Curriculum, Research Rockstar, LLC This summer I tackled an arduous task: cleaning out my garage. I found no shortage of baskets, boxes, barrels, half-empty… Continue reading Cleaning the Clutter for Market Research Impact
Have you ever cringed when observing a team member interact with a client? buy diflucan online diflucan no prescription Did a client ever call to let you know that a… Continue reading Love Your Clients? Teach Your Researchers Client Management
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Is Market Research a high-stress job?
It certainly can be.
But I can also tell you, after 25 years of doing market research, that there are known strategies for managing project-related stress. My favorite is one Research Rockstar students hear me talk about frequently: the preemptive strike.
Another great example of an awful questionnaire.
The hottest market research trends of the new year are often difficult to anticipate, but thanks to Millward Brown (MB), advertisers will be better prepared for what 2015 brings. The… Continue reading Digital and Media – Millward Brown Predicts Trends for 2015
In their article, authors Scott Garrison and Jet Kruithof discuss the global truth that product success depends on a compelling unique value proposition (UVP). Yet, as we saw above, a UVP that succeeds in America may fail in another culture. So can we craft marketing messages which resonate with all sectors of our global market? Or must they always be localized?
data, different statistical methods and models can give different readings. Gray states, “Causation requires correlation of some kind but correlation and causation are not the same.”
When looking at probabilities and categories, Gray cautions the researcher to, “Avoid confusing the possible with the plausible and the plausible with fact. It’s also not difficult, though, to miss something of genuine practical significance that lies hidden beneath…
