Essential Market Research Tips: Documenting Your Sampling Plan

For professional researchers, properly documenting your sampling plan is critical to ensuring a high-quality market research process. What is sampling and why is it important? If you are new to… Continue reading Essential Market Research Tips: Documenting Your Sampling Plan

How To Do Survey Research: The Process Flowchart 

When planning to do survey research, you have two choices: A) “wing it” and hope you get some decent data, or B) follow a professional approach and be confident you… Continue reading How To Do Survey Research: The Process Flowchart 

“Life hack” Trends As Consumer Behavior Early Indicators?

Life hacks hit at the heart of innovation by finding those little frustrations that resonate with all of us and creating simple solutions to overcome them. They usually involve repurposing… Continue reading “Life hack” Trends As Consumer Behavior Early Indicators?

2021 Market Research Training Paths: 4 Options

Getting ready to advance your Market Research and Insights career in 2021? Whether you’re looking to get started, strategically extend, or otherwise develop your skills and knowledge, these four training… Continue reading 2021 Market Research Training Paths: 4 Options

Is it Really Necessary to Pre-Test our Questionnaires? 

A surgeon wouldn’t begin surgery without first ensuring that their medical instruments were sanitized. And most professional researchers wouldn’t launch a new survey without first testing their instruments (the questionnaire). But these… Continue reading Is it Really Necessary to Pre-Test our Questionnaires? 

Would You Rather Be a Market Researcher…or a Fly?

Social Media Listening Lessons from Microsoft Would a market researcher rather be a spider, a bee or a fly? A fly, of course! Article Synopsis, “Market research at the speed of social… Continue reading Would You Rather Be a Market Researcher…or a Fly?

Curing the Ills of Online Sampling for Survey Research

Survey researchers often use online panel providers to fulfill their data collection needs. Need 500 working moms to take your survey on vacation planning? Need 2,000 luxury car owners to… Continue reading Curing the Ills of Online Sampling for Survey Research

How to Screen Quantitative Research Job Candidates: 10 Easy & Effective Interview Questions

Are you in the process of interviewing survey research candidates for your team? It’s harder than it sounds, right? Lots of applicants may think they have professional-level expertise, but precious… Continue reading How to Screen Quantitative Research Job Candidates: 10 Easy & Effective Interview Questions

Market Research & Insights Training Plans, Simplified

The course sequences below may be helpful as you plan for market research training, whether for an individual or a team. In each group, we specify the courses in their ideal sequence (and note the total number of hours and skill level). However, there is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to training, so be sure to modify based on your team’s unique needs. Want assistance…

Did Your Last Survey Research Project Fail to Thrill?

Can we talk? About questionnaires? Let me ask you a question. Did your last survey project fail to: Clearly prioritize items that needed to be prioritized? Precisely identify attitudes about… Continue reading Did Your Last Survey Research Project Fail to Thrill?