Get Value from “Use-It-or-Lose-It” Budget

About two years after starting my first market research consulting firm, business was slow. With a week left before New Year’s, it was clear that we were not going to meet our goal for bookings. Then the phone rang. The phone never rang between Christmas and New...

Predictive Analytics for Market Researchers

Eric Siegel, Ph.D., founder of Predictive Analytics World and author of Predictive Analytics, kicked off the Marketing Research Association’s third annual Corporate Research Conference last week with a great introduction to predictive analytics. Eric defined...

8 Priorities of the Microsoft Insights Team

At the third annual Corporate Researchers Conference of the Marketing Research Association, Reed Cundiff, the general manager of the Microsoft insights team, discussed the challenges his organization has been addressing. Reed leads a team of 90 researchers, which is...

Video Channel Brings Market Research Business News

One research news service getting some shout-outs from the podium at the MRA’s Corporate Research Conference last week was Bob Lederer’s Research Business DAILY Report, a YouTube channel with over 300 videos providing market research business news. Bob was kind enough...