In its 10th year, GRIT is the leading and most comprehensive survey of our industry. As a sign of just how important this study has become, the Advertising Research Foundation, Qualitative Research Consultants Association, NewMR, The Research Club, and MRGA have joined GreenBook as co-sponsors. Continue reading »

Ah Conference Season! That time of year when all of the myriad organizations within the market research space all vie for the attention, dollars, and attendance of everyone in the industry. For those of us who tend to get invited to participate in these things a lot one of the critical questions we have to ask is which organization has a mission that I want to support and will also best serve my business interests. Continue reading »

It’s that time again folks! Analysis and preparation for publishing the latest iteration of the GRIT report is just about complete. As usual, I am so excited about the great findings in the study that I just can’t wait to share them with all of my colleagues in the industry, so here is another sneak peek at what we found out. Continue reading »

Several marketing research trade groups have been exploring online research privacy issues, in the hopes of establishing common standards and a code of conduct to govern how “responsible” researchers should treat consumer data. An earlier debate on privacy practices in the social media age can be summed up (in my opinion) in two words: losing battle. This is particularly true as it relates to games research — console, handheld, casual, or any other. Continue reading »

Today Andrew Jeavons, EVP at Survey Analytics, moderated a fascinating live debate on data privacy in market research. The virtual debate has been brewing in blogs, LinkedIn, and Twitter for some time, but a discussion paper on the topic from the MRS and new draft guidelines from CASRO brought this issue back to the forefront in recent weeks.

This webinar featured leaders from each of the three major market research associations, as well as industry opinion leaders on the topic. Here is what the six participants had to say in their opening statements. Continue reading »

We just wrapped the Market Research Data Privacy Debate, and it went really well. I hosted the event but left the debate to others eminently qualified to discuss the issues involved. However, I do have a point of view on the topic and I thought I’d put forth my reasoning on why I think the MR trade orgs have it wrong in their suggested guidelines governing the use of social media data in market research. Continue reading »

The great response to my interview with Jill Chiara of Forrester made me think that a “trilogy” of interviews with thought leaders in the market research space who have also been in the news recently might be interesting. Lucky for me two people whom I respect immensely, have had the opportunity to collaborate with, and also like very much fit that description: Ray Poynter and Jeffrey Henning. Today I’m publishing the interview with Ray, and tomorrow I’ll post the interview with Jeffrey. Continue reading »

The Data Privacy debate has been percolating for some time now, but the Market Research Society in the UK has brought it to a rapid boil with the recent publication of their discussion paper on the topic. Because we think this issue is so critical and it needs more discussion NewMR & GreenBook, with the support of MRGA & NGMR, have decided to hold a public forum debate on the topic of data privacy so that the whole industry can get involved in this important discussion. Here are the details: Continue reading »

Dana Stanley of MRGA interviewed Leonard Murphy about the Market Research in the Mobile World conference. Listen to this audio podcast to hear their impressions of the conference presentations and networking outings, and upcoming activities and ventures. Continue reading »

Wow. It’s been a crazy last few weeks leading up to the 2nd International Conference on Market Research in the Mobile World, but it all paid off earlier this week as 175 professionals involved with mobile and social media research converged on Atlanta for an intense 2 days focused on knowledge sharing and debate worked together to develop a road map for how mobile and social media technologies can be utilized for insight generation. Continue reading »