Futures & Trends
Where market research and insights are heading next.
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10 Reasons to buy ESOMAR’s new book
1 It’s not your classic textbook This book focusses on the questions that are part of the everyday…
19 May 2013
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The Gen2 Advisors’ Social Media Analytics Report
The Gen2 Advisors, headed by Lenny Murphy, have produced an 80 page report on Social Media Analytics, entitled…
15 May 2013
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How much of your research should be with customers?
Posted 9 May 2013 One of the questions I am frequently asked about insight communities is ‘Why are…
9 May 2013
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Feedback from the MRS Conference in London
This week’s MRS Conference in London was one of the best events I have been to in the…
22 March 2013
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Is your mobile market research ethical?
As I have mentioned before, Navin Williams, Reg Baker, and I are producing a course on mobile marketing…
17 March 2013
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Two disruptive ideas for a disruptive conference
This year’s MRS conference looks to be the most unsettling for years. The conference includes a range of…
12 March 2013
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Is it a bad thing that 80% of new products fail?
Posted by Ray Poynter, March 2013 In a recent LinkedIn discussion, one contributor suggested that 80% of new…
7 March 2013
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Is it auto-qual, we-qual, mass-qual, or crowdsourced qual?
There is a growing trend for researchers to recruit customers/consumers/citizens to collaborate in the research process. One example…
26 February 2013
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What people want from NewMR?
At the moment, NewMR is running a survey asking the #NewMR community, amongst other things, what they would…
11 January 2013
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The Qualitative Deficit
Market research is being deluged with new sources of data, from social media, from electronic communications, and from…
7 January 2013
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2013 – Focusing on Asia Pacific
There are currently a wide range of discussions and blog posts talking about 2013 and beyond (you can…
2 January 2013
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Social Media Research and the Trough of Disillusionment
At the Festival of NewMR, Wednesday 5th December, I will be presenting a summary of where social media…
1 December 2012