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A comprehensive look at four methodologies we use to not only understand the existing customer experience, but to optimize that experience for how an audience wishes to experience an interaction with a brand.
One area of the marketing research discipline that cannot be emphasized enough is a certain power perhaps upstream of provocation, and that’s the power of emotions. We have studied the role emotions play in purchases of all kinds of purchases and strategic decisions — B2B and B2C alike — and the research shows that emotions are powerful drivers of action.
Data quality control and data integrity practices are critical to ensure that a survey sample truly represents an accurate reflection of the opinions and perceptions of the proper respondent population. Here are “Three Ways to Avoid the Dreaded “Garbage Out” Result”…
By Allie Holmes and John Lorinskas “How AI Will Reinvent the Market Research Industry” “Advances in AI are changing the way brands gather and activate consumer insights.” “How Artificial Intelligence Is Democratizing Market Research” It seems everywhere you look these days, experts are weighing in on the impact artificial intelligence will have on industries far
By Emily Bielak Customer experience (CX) has been described as everything from “the new marketing” to “the lifeline” of a brand’s product or service, as the concept continues to evolve and be more closely scrutinized. The CX Professionals Association (CXPA) defines CX as, “the perception that customers have of an organization—one that is formed based
By Allie Holmes I recently attended the Quirk’s Chicago Event 2023, one of the premier industry conferences for marketing research and insights professionals, and one recurring theme in particular struck a chord for me. While the event was full of interesting and educational sessions, as is typical, the discussions around the importance and emergence of
Learn how to determine what’s truly important to customers. By Ken Donaven As in virtually any industry these days, employee migration and job turnover are bringing some fresh faces to the realm of Customer Insights. This talent turnover serves as a good reminder to revisit and reinforce some of the basic “blocking and tackling” that
Martec Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Josh Emington, IPC, to the position of Vice President. Josh has served with the company for more than nine years, most recently as Insights Director.
By Chuck Bean Do you know your brand’s “emotional value?” It’s understandable if the answer is no. Most brands don’t. Yet while understandable, it’s no longer a safe position to make assumptions about your brand’s emotional value, especially as it relates to your competition’s. Even teams who can articulate language that can be descriptive of
By Chelsea May Companies that embark on Predictive Path to Purchase studies often report some combination of increased confidence in their existing marketing strategies coupled with valuable, previously unconsidered insights that become extremely beneficial competitive advantages. For an in-depth explanation of why Predictive Path to Purchase studies are so important in the modern media landscape,
By Chelsea May The notion of a “customer journey” has long been studied and valued by researchers, marketers, and brands. How a given customer arrived at one’s proverbial doorstep provides valuable intelligence as to how that company might attract more, similar customers. Insights gleaned from understanding that journey can be applied to inform advertising budgets,
By Emily Bielak Purchases are emotional events. Even those purchases one might describe as “mundane,” “everyday” or “commodity” are in some part driven by emotions. How do we know? For one, purchases are made by human beings, and we humans are very emotional beings. Secondly, we can track, document and study the emotions that a
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