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What is the most common misconception about market segmentation? Come backstage with Research Rockstar Instructor Jeff McKenna to find out! Meet Jeff McKenna, industry veteran, and the founder of MCK… Continue reading From Blue Hair Dye to Tips About Market Segmentation

Is Market Segmentation or Customer Satisfaction Research in Your Future?

Market segmentation and customer satisfaction are very different market research projects, but they have a lot in common: High-visibility projects. These tend to be projects where the results are highly… Continue reading Is Market Segmentation or Customer Satisfaction Research in Your Future?

Harvard Got It Wrong: HBR Article Has Risky Advice for Customer Satisfaction Research

I love most HBR articles, and dove in eagerly. Alas, while fascinating research, the strategy this article implies is quite problematic. I want to address two problems with this strategy:………

How Are You Measuring Satisfaction?

Think about the news these days. Often, when you hear about a company, if it’s not about a merger or earnings results, it’s about customer service issues. And especially in… Continue reading How Are You Measuring Satisfaction?

Traveling the Path from Irvine to Brooklyn with The Quirks Event

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Article Synopsis: How to Link Customer Loyalty to Profits

[Article synopsis]…Another hot topic in customer research is NPS (Net Promoter Score), based on self-reported likelihood to recommend as a measure of loyalty. However, as the author points out, respondents may give high recommendation scores at the same time they give low satisfaction scores, as satisfaction and recommendations are often driven by different factors. And haven’t we all seen cases where…

Article Synopsis: The High Price of Customer Satisfaction

Highly satisfied customers = revenue dollars. Or do they? Some data has shown that the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer spending behavior is surprisingly weak. In this article, the authors share their analysis of the relationship between satisfaction and business outcomes, gathering data from more than 100,000 consumers covering more than 300 brands. This data came from two sources, the American Satisfaction…

Best Market Research Articles of 2013: Second in a Series of 10

Article Synopsis: Think about eBay, Amazon, and Angie’s List—all public, continuous sources of ratings. Moran cites a survey conducted by FTI Consulting which found that over 50% of respondents give a “great deal of consideration to online reviews from other consumers on sites…”

How to Select Scales & Answer Options for Your Next Online Survey

In our new class, “Ask It Right: Choosing Answer Types & Scales”, Research Rockstar covers Likert Scales, Semantic Differential Scales, Constant Sum, Ranking Questions, Rating Questions and more. We specifically highlight examples of how to structure answer options for common research market needs, including customer satisfaction, product concept testing and more.

Survey Template: Gauging Brand Perception

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