Let’s imagine our industry were a product – what do we do to rejuvenate it? How would we diagnose ourselves? Continue reading »

Next week marks the beginning of a pretty intense period of travel and events for me, but I can’t think of a better way to kick it off than with the annual ARF Re:think conference, arguably the largest and most prestigious industry conference around. Continue reading »

In case you missed it, here is the GRIT Report summary Infographic. Continue reading »

Of the 1308 links shared on the #MRX Twitter community in the past 2 weeks, here are the 10 most retweeted. Continue reading »

These are the Top 50 firms submitted by GRIT respondents as the most innovative in the industry. The goal of this avenue of inquiry is to glean insight on the drivers of perception around what makes a firm innovative in order to understand how MR firms are capitalizing on the idea of “innovation” to grow their businesses. We believe that this list, developed by our peers within the industry, is a true measure of how successfully these companies are leveraging this brand attribute. Continue reading »

The GreenBook Research Industry Trends Report for Spring 2012 is now available! This iteration of the ongoing GRIT initiative shares findings from the data collection phase conducted in December of 2011. Download your copy of the full report here: Continue reading »

Julie Wittes Schlack is one of the co-founders of Communispace and heads up all of the innovation efforts at the company. In this interview we cover a lot of ground concerning the role of MROCs in market research, how other methods are being integrated into the community model, and what the future of research may look like. Continue reading »

Announcing the results of the first BRITE-NYAMA Marketing Measurement in Transition Study. The study surveyed senior marketing executives from large corporations in order to gain a better understanding of changing practices in the following areas: data collection and usage, marketing measurement and ROI, and the integration of digital and traditional marketing. Continue reading »

Here are the Top 10 stories shared on the Twitter #MRX community the past two weeks: Continue reading »

All in all, the 84th Academy Awards were largely forgettable. In the midst of this blandness, they set up a skit based on the idea of a 1939 Focus Group for “The Wizard of Oz.”. As I watched the piece, which had some funny moments, I was thinking to myself “What was the writer/director’s intent?” And basically, it was to slam the idea of common folk aiding the creative process. Personally, I felt that MR had been dissed. Continue reading »