Resources for the Research Community
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 [...]
[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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
[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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I experienced Elijah Young’s keynote session on blogging and social media at the Social Media FTW (“For the Win”) Fall conference in September. ‘Experienced’ is the right word, because Elijah is such a dynamic and engaging speaker, simply saying ‘saw’ or ‘listened to’ would not due justice to the feeling of energy in the room. Elijah [...]
Determining the best price for a product or service is a common marketing research question. I usually start my conversation with a client asking whether their product has all of its features set or if they also need to test a range of features other than price. If they are testing variable features in addition [...]
