Without participants there would be no research–so how do we keep participants engaged, protected, and feeling valued for helping us? Zintro CRO Michael Collins offers suggestions and shares best practices to ensure a strong participant experience. […]
Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are the talk of the town in brand and research circles, bringing the ability to scale data analysis in ways the industry has never before seen. Industry veterans discuss how they are using AI to automate some key knowledge worker tasks, along with the potential of LLMs and some of the changes these tools might bring to the research industry. […]
Jonathan Armstrong, co-host of the Life with GDPR podcast and Partner at Cordery Compliance, talks about the prospects for an EU-U.S. agreement on data transfers under GDPR and what it could mean for the market research industry. […]
We can’t read respondents’ minds, but through contemporary neuro methods we can access the truths they don’t mention, along with how they are feeling, how hard they’re thinking, and where they’re looking, to round out the data we get from what they say. The author explores neuro methods, where they came from, where they are going, and crucially, how we can leverage them to elevate the insights we deliver to our end-clients. […]
Dave Kaye of Field Notes Communities expounds on the future of research in the context of rapidly proliferating technological tools for conducting research and the potential these tools have to change the way the market research industry operates. He predicts that an influx of novice researchers supported by emerging technical tools will call for greater guidance by researchers with established expertise. […]
It has never been more crucial for brands and the researchers that support them to understand the ongoing shifts in consumer behavior wrought by radical transformations in day-to-day life. Ipsos’ 2021 global trends survey fielded in 25 countries with over 25,000 respondents to shed light on what is changing in our world and what is staying the same. […]
With an increase of “research fraud” that has accompanied the move to online methodologies, combined with the historical context of Will Leitch’s published guidance to would-be research cheaters, we discuss concrete strategies for mitigating fraud with experienced qualitative and UX researchers. […]
Dark marketing, or dark advertising, is a type of online advertising visible only to the advertiser’s publisher and the intended target audience. In the early 2010s, dark marketing emerged as a new way to target potential customers through targeted ads, primarily within social media platforms. A decade later, it has evolved into a powerful tool offering marketers unprecedented marketing opportunities by giving them more of a laser-focused approach versus a shotgun approach. […]
By Shaili Bhatt, Senior Research Director, C+R Research, Chicago, Illinois, shailib@crresearch.com […]
By Susan Fader, FaderFocus, New York Metro Area, susanfader@faderfocus.com […]
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