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New Year, New Look for Research Rockstar

We are thrilled to announce that our website and training store have been refreshed for 2015. Why? For the main site, www.ResearchRockstar.com, we wanted to make it easier for people to find articles of interest. With more than 250 articles published in the past 4 years, we have a lot

Market Research

Four Favorite Market Research Glossaries

Whether you’re a beginner or a pro when it comes to market research, there will always be unfamiliar terms—especially as technology continues to evolve. Thankfully, there are many online glossaries to help you when you’re stuck.

In this article, Research Rockstar intern Sarah Stites has evaluated four of our favorite

Market Research Training

10 Simple Questions for Interviewing Quantitative Research Job Candidates

Getting a lot of people applying for a quantitative research job? Want a fast way to weed out those that lack basic quant knowledge? Here are ten interview questions you can use to quickly, and even by phone, weed out quantitative research fakers: Using examples, what’s the difference between ranking

Customer Insights

Video Will Rock the Market Research World in 2015

I’ve been reading a lot of predictions for market research—the typical pontification we see at this time of the year. Some of it has been very inspiring, but too many just rehash the obvious.

Personally, I think there are a lot of interesting theories, a lot of long-term shifts taking

Best Practices

Article Synopsis: A Unique Value Proposition “Designed with You in Mind”

In their article, authors Scott Garrison and Jet Kruithof discuss the global truth that product success depends on a compelling unique value proposition (UVP). Yet, as we saw above, a UVP that succeeds in America may fail in another culture. So can we craft marketing messages which resonate with all

Deliverables

Article Synopsis: “Tips on Measuring Crucial Social Factors in New Product Research”

Consumer behavior about new products or product categories are often hard to anticipate for many reasons, but one that is often overlooked is social factors. According to author Briana Brownell, the success of some new products heavily depends on social factors which are often undetectable during concept-testing. Failure to recognize