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Getting People to Use Your Market Research Results: Part 2

Have you ever tried to change someone’s opinion? About anything? Whether it’s their opinion of a local restaurant or a national political figure, changing opinions is hard. Humans naturally form… Continue reading Getting People to Use Your Market Research Results: Part 2

CX: Career Obstacle or Opportunity?

…many seasoned market researchers find themselves asking, “How different is CX from what I already do as a professional market researcher?” Well, it turns out that they’re pretty darn close. In fact, we can argue that CX is just a specialization within the market research career space. Market research is a broad professional field, encompassing many different specialties and generalist career paths. And we are seeing increasing demand for particular specialties, like CX.

The #1 Cure for Boring Quantitative Research Reports

Boring reports are often caused by weak synthesis. Boring reports tend to be glorified lists of single data points, filled with dull statements like, “25% of people reported X, and 35% reported Y.” Or how about, “3 out of 5 customers prefer A, and 2 out of 5 prefer B.” Boring. But boring reports are fast to write, and given the pressure most researchers are under to write reports fast, it’s an understandable conundrum. So, what’s the cure?

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Article Synopsis: Listening In on Social Media: A Joint Model of Sentiment and Venue Format Choice

The results from the authors’ modeling shows that the inferences marketing researchers obtain from monitoring social media are dependent on where they “listen.” For example, Facebook tends to be more positive, and Twitter more negative in the opinions expressed, based on the dynamics stated in the above paragraph. Common approaches that either focus on a single social media venue or ignore differences across venues…

Article Synopsis: Still Full of Beanz (Effective Data Management)

Using a philosophy of test and learn, Heinz looks to multiple information sources for research, including electronic-point-of-sale, Nielsen data, panel data, and social media and brand monitoring. One such panel, Heinz 57, is an online community of 300 consumers that the company uses as a source of customer feedback.

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