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Analysis, AI updates and practical guidance for market researchers and insights professionals, written by Ray Poynter and guests.
Behavioural Economics
Market Research in the Time of VUCA
VUCA is a term that we are going here a lot over the next few years, it is…
19 March 2015
Behavioural Economics
What are the key MR Buzzwords for 2015?
In a recent NewMR LinkedIn conversation I asked what people thought the MR buzzwords for 2015 will be.…
14 March 2015
Advertising
The problem of survivor bias in marketing and market research
Imagine that we’re looking at the sales data for 1000 new products launched in the last two years…
10 March 2015
Uncategorized
Growth Hacking 101
“Growth hacking” is a new term for most in the marketing measurement space but a long held practice…
9 March 2015
Market Research
Do you understand device agnostic research?
Most people seem to accept that about one-third of people who take online surveys are attempting to do…
2 March 2015
Market Research
Looking for followers may be more predictive than looking for leaders
Ever since Malcolm Gladwell made the topic of influence popular with his book Tipping Point there has been…
26 February 2015
Advertising
Two key challenges to measuring the ROI of social
Want to know how you should be evaluating social media campaigns? Do you want to know how to…
16 February 2015
Market Research
Five tips about segmentation in marketing and market research
I have just updated my notes for my MRS Workshop (London, February 25) and wanted to share the…
9 February 2015
Advertising
Why might a business reject something that is both better and cheaper? (The better tyre example)
I was talking to a company that had a service that was both better and cheaper than the…
29 January 2015
Market Research
What can the painter Turner teach market researchers?
Yesterday (17 January 2015) I was lucky enough to attend the Turner exhibition at Tate Britain in London…
17 January 2015