Love Your Clients? Teach Your Researchers Client Management

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

You are Not a Market Researcher

Tell us which of these market research monikers you like best in the comments below (or add your own), and receive a Research Rockstar coffee mug.

Recycling Your Market Research Investment: Improving Quantitative Research ROI

Recycling is not just for plastics and paper. Have you ever had the feeling that the data you collected for one market research project could be repurposed (recycled), if only… Continue reading Recycling Your Market Research Investment: Improving Quantitative Research ROI

The Irrelevant Market Research Supplier…or Client

Is the idea of “client-side” and “supplier-side” market research obsolete?

[Classic Rock Article] Is Market Research a High-stress Job? 4 Tips for Mitigating Project Risk Factors

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.

Last Call for Camp Rockstar: 10 Summer Classes, One Price

Camp starts July 1st and runs through August 31st. Pick as many of the ten instructor-led virtual classroom experiences as you like, for one fixed price! These are live classes taught be expert researchers.

Sweet Tooth: Donuts and Lollipops Sweeten Market Research Reports

Pie charts have long been a staple way to convey data for market research reports, but are pie charts getting stale? Cutting a pie into slices to display percentages has been the de facto way to convey percentages of a whole. But fresh alternatives exist. Have you tried donuts? Or lollipops?

Rockin’ and Research. More alike than you think.

Close your eyes. Imagine you’re on stage, your instrument in hand, set list and lyrics engraved on your heart, hearing the howl of the crowd as the lights come up and the fans go wild. Pure energy feeding your adrenalin, pumping through your veins and helping you….
Okay, so maybe a market research presentation isn’t exactly the same as living that dream we all had as kids. But you’re still stepping into the spotlight, putting expertise and passion into a show you hope will leave them blissed with satisfaction and hungry for more.

Promise Us You Will Never Field a Questionnaire Like This

Another great example of an awful questionnaire.

[New Article] Is it Time to Redefine Quantitative Research?

As simplistic as it is, market research is often defined as either “qualitative” or “quantitative.” In conversational use, most researchers use and define these categories fairly similarly. But this is changing. While “qualitative” use and meaning is fairly consistent, we are seeing a notable fragmentation in what the phrase “quantitative research” means to market research practitioners and related professionals.