Given that there are now many different skills involved in market research, and that each of these skill areas is increasing in complexity, how can one market research project manager excel? How can a general market research project manager have adequate skills, time and talent? Maybe it’s time to let people do what they do best. Or alternatively, perhaps assign them by the way their work will be applied?
Idea voting. Prediction markets. Online surveys. Crosstab analysis. Text analytics. Social media research. What type of market research software do you sell?
The events and media coverage surrounding the Facebook IPO have been fascinating. After about the fourth day, as I read yet another article that seemed fueled more by speculation than actual facts, it dawned on me: the lessons from the blundered Facebook IPO hold true for market research project managers as well.
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Great research requires efficiency, and efficiency requires processes and systems. They don’t need to be onerous, but here are the basic ones:
December can be a nice, calm month for market researchers. Typically a month with little data collection, few presentations and no travel, it’s an ideal time to do a little 2012 planning. Here are three tips to keep in mind:
Join your Research Rockstar friends for an exciting day of free market research training at MRXU, the free market research Twitterversity on July 28, 2011 (7am-3pm EST).
Recently I’ve had the experience of working with several clients who are in the not-uncommon position of being a one-person market research department. And across all of them, I have noticed a recurring challenge: they get stuck in reaction mode, much like a juggler. Let’s look at this challenge and some tactics to address it.
Do you cringe when you hear the word “policies”? Most people do. After all, policies often mean bureaucracy. But in the case of market research, clear policies will minimize the risk of data quality headaches, customer over-surveying, ethical breaches and more.
Did you learn everything you possibly could from your last project—not just from the final results, but by examining the process itself? Conducting a detailed review, a post mortem so to speak, can help pinpoint exactly what worked—and what needs work.
