Check Out the Research Access QR Code Gallery

QR Code Gallery

Research Access may be the single best resource for information about how to use QR codes in market research.  Here’s a link to all our articles on those little (not always) black and white scannable codes. Now we’ve taken it a step further.  Presenting the Research Access QR Code Gallery. Because we write about QRs [...]

New Data on QR Code Adoption

QR Code Baby Buggy

We at Research Access are fascinated by QR codes, and thus we are always on the lookout for new data on those little guys. As luck would have it, our friends at market research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey just conducted a really interesting investigation of consumer knowledge of and attitudes toward QR codes. I had [...]

Don’t Be a Misfit – Game Your Marketing

Misfits Community Service App

[Editor's Note:  This post originally appeared on our sister site, GameAccess] Misfits is a hugely popular TV show here in the UK hosted by Channel 4′s cool, younger channel, E4. It’s about four young people who have to take part in Community Service (which is reserved as a punishment for young petty criminals here in [...]

The Nerd with the Dragon Tattoo

Dragon Tattoo

This weekend I watched the new American movie version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on the first book of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy. I’ll try not to reveal too much of the plot, in case you haven’t seen it, or the original Swedish movie, or read the book. Though, if you haven’t by [...]

Cosmo-Style Quiz: How Does Your Internet Marketing Stack Up?

Cosmopolitan Cover November 2011

Cosmopolitan Magazine has been in the survey business as long as any organization I know. For as long as I’ve been standing in supermarket checkout lines they’ve been posing, er, interesting questions on their cover. Sure, these quizzes are not actual surveys; in fact, to the best of my knowledge the results are never even [...]

The Future of Market Research

Market Research Trends

As anticipated, it was a fascinating and thought-provoking discussion yesterday in the Market Research Trends 2012 webinar.  There were over 40 people in attendance live, and there were many interesting questions submitted by the audience. The discussion featured Lenny Murphy, editor of the GreenBook Blog, and Romi Mahajan, CMO of Metavana (Vivek Bhaskaran, CEO of [...]

Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Blog

calipers

After you’ve been blogging for a few months, it’s a good idea to take a step back, examine what’s worked, and refine your blogging strategy. Especially if you have only recently begun blogging, it’s important to frequently review your strategy and successes, to make sure that you are progressing toward your goals. This can be [...]

5 Reasons So Many Market Research Pros Suck at Marketing Themselves

nerds

[Editor's Note: this post originally appeared on my personal blog, DanaStanley.com.] It’s ironic, isn’t it? We’re advising others on marketing strategy and tactics; our advice is used to formulate email campaigns, website copy, online and offline advertisements and more.  Yet our own marketing is often no better, and in some cases is even worse, than [...]

Focus Groups are Dead: An Interview with Mike Volpe, HubSpot CMO

Mike Volpe

Editor’s Note:  I recently attended the Social Media FTW (For the Win) conference where HubSpot‘s Chief Marketing Officer, Mike Volpe was a keynote speaker.  During his talk, Mike contrasted the analytics HubSpot gives marketers with traditional feedback, using focus groups as an example.  I caught up with Mike afterward to get his further perspectives on market [...]

Sentiment Analysis Firm Metavana’s New CMO, Romi Mahajan: An Interview

Romi Mahajan

Romi Mahajan is a well-known technology marketing speaker and expert; he serves on a variety of advisory boards and speaks at over a dozen industry events per year.  He most recently served as the Worldwide Director of Sales and Strategy for the Digital Marketing and Search team at Microsoft.  Prior to Microsoft, Romi was founder [...]