Archive: clients

Interview with Dan Womack
CEO Series

Interview with Dan Womack

A discussion on career changes and the future of market research.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

Avoiding the “Pivot” and Other Project Manager Secrets Revealed
Insights Industry News

Avoiding the “Pivot” and Other Project Manager Secrets Revealed

Matching a Project Manager to the project is crucial to its success.

Kelly Morrison

Kelly Morrison

Vice President of Strategic Accounts at MedSurvey

GRIT Insights Practice: Satisfaction with Suppliers

GRIT Insights Practice: Satisfaction with Suppliers

A look into the relationships between buyers and suppliers.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

The Principles of Writing a Good Strategic Brief
Colin Buckingham

Colin Buckingham

CEO of Rainmakers and at Senior Director of Rainmakers

2020 Has been Difficult but 2021 is Full of Possibilities
Insights Industry News

2020 Has been Difficult but 2021 is Full of Possibilities

As we look ahead to 2021, the experiences of this past year give me hope for better times and new opportunities.

Eliza Jacobs

Eliza Jacobs

Director, Consumer Insights & Analysis at PBS

Move to More DIY Research

Move to More DIY Research

Clients want a wider range of research that can be delivered without the involvement of external research agencies.

Ludo Milet

Ludo Milet

Managing Director, Asia Pacific at Toluna

Trailblazers, Early Adopters & Late Bloomers: Understanding Your Target Market With GRIT Segmentation Models

Trailblazers, Early Adopters & Late Bloomers: Understanding Your Target Market With GRIT Segmentation Models

Are your targets Novelty Surfers, Strategic Curators, Hand-Cuffed & Constrained, or Kicking & Screaming?

Laura Livers

Laura Livers

Chief Executive Officer at Focus Pointe Global

GRIT Report: Top Challenges in the Market Research Industry

GRIT Report: Top Challenges in the Market Research Industry

Stop guessing at what Buyers want. The biggest disconnects between Suppliers and Buyers come from these unmet needs.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

The Causality of Satisfaction

The Causality of Satisfaction

How to drastically improving efficiency and accuracy for the purposes of market research.

David Wolfe

David Wolfe

3 Things You Should Be Asking of Your Market Research Suppliers

3 Things You Should Be Asking of Your Market Research Suppliers

Key questions to help guide you in picking the right research supplier.

Matt Warta

Matt Warta

Yes, Market Research Agencies Produce Poor Quality Reports – But Why?
Research Methodologies

Yes, Market Research Agencies Produce Poor Quality Reports – But Why?

How to produce quality research reports your client will love.

Ron Sellers

Ron Sellers

Why Researchers Should Care about Marketing Technology
Research Technology (ResTech)

Why Researchers Should Care about Marketing Technology

Emerging technologies can provide new opportunities to provide services and expertise that augments data.

Lisa Horwich

Lisa Horwich

Founder & Research Principal at Pallas Research Associates

GRIT Business & Innovation Sneak Peek: Top 25 Most Innovative Client Companies

GRIT Business & Innovation Sneak Peek: Top 25 Most Innovative Client Companies

An exclusive sneak peek into the upcoming Business & Innovation edition of the GRIT Report, previously the Q1-Q2 edition.

Ray Poynter

Ray Poynter

Managing Director at The Future Place

You’re All Saying the Same Thing
Research Methodologies

You’re All Saying the Same Thing

Ron Sellers gives tips on how to prevent your emails from getting lost in an inbox.

Ron Sellers

Ron Sellers

Paying Your Bills
Insights Industry News

Paying Your Bills

Wes Michael sparks discussion about the difficulties of maintaining healthy cash flow and handling late payments.

Wes Michael

Wes Michael

President at Rare Patient Voice

New Client-Agency Models for the Age of AI
CEO Series

New Client-Agency Models for the Age of AI

Software developments are drastically changing MR’s business models. A number of possible paths forward exist.

Mike Stevens

Mike Stevens

A Market Research State of the Nation Review

A Market Research State of the Nation Review

Significant trends around the global economy, automation/AI, pricing, and client demands are affecting MR.

Ray Poynter

Ray Poynter

Managing Director at The Future Place

Searching for Meaning – The Future of Research
Research Methodologies

Searching for Meaning – The Future of Research

The discrepancy between clients’ worries and vendors’ concerns is an issue when considering the future of the industry

Nick Drew

Nick Drew

Enhancing the Role of Research and the Researcher
CEO Series

Enhancing the Role of Research and the Researcher

Immersing researchers in the creative process to prove worthiness of client spend

Stephen Cribbett

Stephen Cribbett

Advertising Agencies Need Market Research to Improve the Pitch Process

Advertising Agencies Need Market Research to Improve the Pitch Process

The changing relationship between advertising agencies & client-side marketers

Carly Fink

Carly Fink

Principal, Head of Strategy & Research at Provoke Insights

The One Question Every Market Researcher Should Ask
Insights Industry News

The One Question Every Market Researcher Should Ask

Researchers can provide actionable outcomes for clients by looking at its use.

Durk Bosma

Durk Bosma

Research Director at Future of Food Institute

Yes: Corporate Researchers Will Speak
Insights Industry News

Yes: Corporate Researchers Will Speak

Don’t miss out! There’s still time to join the “Corporate Researchers Speak: How to Engage & Sell Us” Collaborata study.

Peter Zollo

Peter Zollo

Corporate Researchers Speak
Insights Industry News

Corporate Researchers Speak

When do market researchers research themselves? Find out about Collaborata’s new cost-sharing study on how to sell corporate researchers.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

Introducing Savio: A Marketplace for the Insights Industry
Research Technology (ResTech)

Introducing Savio: A Marketplace for the Insights Industry

Savio is the marketplace where research buyers and experts connect, transact, and communicate, all within one application.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

Empathy<sup>2</sup> – An Innovation Catalyst
CEO Series

Empathy<sup>2</sup> – An Innovation Catalyst

Get a behind the scenes look at how P&G’s Sion Agami makes innovation happen in this new series with Jeffrey Resnick.

Jeff Resnick

Jeff Resnick

Managing Partner at Stakeholder Advisory Services LLC

Research Buyers Speak:  Keys to Engaging, Selling and Becoming Our Preferred Partner
Insights Industry News

Research Buyers Speak: Keys to Engaging, Selling and Becoming Our Preferred Partner

An upcoming study from Collaborata on client’s “path to purchase” aims to bring insight into how market research buyers choose suppliers.

David Harris

David Harris

Q1-Q2 2017 GRIT Report Ranks 50 Most Innovative Companies in Market Research

Q1-Q2 2017 GRIT Report Ranks 50 Most Innovative Companies in Market Research

The Q1-Q2 2017 GRIT Report is now available, including the rankings of the Most Innovative Suppliers and Clients.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

Get some GRIT: Perspective on a Research Industry Report

Get some GRIT: Perspective on a Research Industry Report

Sarah Faulkner shares a few highlights from the most recent GRIT Report along with some color-commentary from her own experiences.

Sarah Faulkner

Sarah Faulkner

Take the Latest GRIT Survey and Tell Us Who Are the Most Innovative Research Firms

Take the Latest GRIT Survey and Tell Us Who Are the Most Innovative Research Firms

We invite you to participate in the Q1-Q2 2017 GreenBook Research Industry Trends (GRIT) Survey, which helps us write the GRIT Report.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

Expectations of IIeX Europe
Insights Industry News

Expectations of IIeX Europe

Hector Garcia from Etihad Airways shares what he is looking forward to at this year’s IIeX Europe conference.

Hector Garcia

Hector Garcia

Achieving Visual Hierarchy for Non-designers – A Step by Step Guide
Insights Industry News

Achieving Visual Hierarchy for Non-designers – A Step by Step Guide

Are you sharing your data in a way that looks great and is interesting enough to be read, understood and remembered?

Mahdis Nikou

Mahdis Nikou

What Is The ROI of RoRI?
Brand Strategy

What Is The ROI of RoRI?

For years, the question of whether or not you can measure the Return on Research Investment (RoRI) has ebbed and flowed in popularity.

Cambiar null

Cambiar

Guest blogger at Cambiar

CXFusion: Pushing the Envelope to Success
Research Methodologies

CXFusion: Pushing the Envelope to Success

Noting that their approach to client services was not effective, Wells Fargo began approaching their client service strategy differently.

Brooke Weenig

Brooke Weenig

The Future of AI: Who Will Be The Winners and Losers?
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

The Future of AI: Who Will Be The Winners and Losers?

The impact of AI on market research and insight will be much more disruptive than the industry seems to think.

Ray Poynter

Ray Poynter

Managing Director at The Future Place

Six Market Research Trends For 2016

Six Market Research Trends For 2016

The next year looks to be an exciting time for research suppliers and clients alike.

Kirk Hendrickson

Kirk Hendrickson

Co Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Eye Faster

‘Tis the Season: What’s Your Holiday Gift Strategy?
Insights Industry News

‘Tis the Season: What’s Your Holiday Gift Strategy?

A study by the Advertising Specialty Institute found that only 62% of businesses surveyed planned to give gifts to employees and clients.

Jonathan Price

Jonathan Price

The Top 20 Emerging Methods In Market Research For 2015: A GRIT Sneak Peek

The Top 20 Emerging Methods In Market Research For 2015: A GRIT Sneak Peek

A sneak peak from the forthcoming GRIT Report at the adoption of emerging approaches in the industry.

Ray Poynter

Ray Poynter

Managing Director at The Future Place

How Procurement Views Market Research: Valuable Insight Or Wasted Opportunity?
Insights Industry News

How Procurement Views Market Research: Valuable Insight Or Wasted Opportunity?

The latest Procurement Leaders research sheds some light on client preferences when buying market research.

Alex Gontsarov

Alex Gontsarov

Category Intelligence Manager at Procurement Leaders

Client Side Voices at IIeX
CEO Series

Client Side Voices at IIeX

IIeX has strong representation from the client side. Here we present interviews from four strong client-side voices.

Dana Stanley

Dana Stanley

Chief Revenue Officer at Greenbook

Why Marketing Doesn’t Always Get the Research it Needs, But Usually What it Deserves
Research Methodologies

Why Marketing Doesn’t Always Get the Research it Needs, But Usually What it Deserves

Poor briefing by marketing which results in a poor market research brief to the supplier.

Denyse Drummond-Dunn

Denyse Drummond-Dunn

Founder / President & Chief Catalyst at C3Centricity

The 15 Most Innovative Market Research Clients (GRIT Spring 2015 Sneak Peek)

The 15 Most Innovative Market Research Clients (GRIT Spring 2015 Sneak Peek)

New in the GRIT study this year is an investigation of the most innovative clients. The table below shows the top 15.

Leonard Murphy

Leonard Murphy

Chief Advisor for Insights and Development at Greenbook

How Business Process Outsourcing Helps Researchers Build Better Client Relationships
Madhav Mirani

Madhav Mirani

Research? No Thanks, I’m Only Human! A Client-side Perspective
Insights Industry News

Research? No Thanks, I’m Only Human! A Client-side Perspective

Our reliance on IQ and educational qualifications as an indicator of competence can be a recipe for disaster.

Neal Cole

Neal Cole

What Do Clients Think Of Market Research Supplier Marketing?

What Do Clients Think Of Market Research Supplier Marketing?

What do clients really think of how Market Research firms market themselves? GRIT has the answer and here is an excerpt.

Ron Sellers

Ron Sellers

2013: The Market Research Year in Review (A Client Perspective)
DIY Research

2013: The Market Research Year in Review (A Client Perspective)

I have taken a look back at the highlights of 2013 and the things that stick in my mind as having import for the Market Research Industry.

Edward Appleton

Edward Appleton

Director Global Marketing at Happy Thinking People

From the Client Side: Brian Cain, Senior Pharma Market Research Executive
CEO Series

From the Client Side: Brian Cain, Senior Pharma Market Research Executive

An interview with client-side researcher Brian Cain exploring Next Generation insights techniques and the future of the insights industry.

Ron Sellers

Ron Sellers

A Client-side View On The Opportunities & Threats For The Future of Research
Insights Industry News

A Client-side View On The Opportunities & Threats For The Future of Research

The most pressing challenge for Market Research in the future is using all the methodological innovations for superior business impact.

Edward Appleton

Edward Appleton

Director Global Marketing at Happy Thinking People

In Theory, There is No Difference Between Theory and Practice. In Practice, There Is.
Insights Industry News

In Theory, There is No Difference Between Theory and Practice. In Practice, There Is.

You should develop a theory of your brand, which you use to direct your future marketing and research activities.

Steve Needel,

Steve Needel,

From the Client Side: Interview With Bill Tamulonis of Erickson Living
CEO Series

From the Client Side: Interview With Bill Tamulonis of Erickson Living

An interview with client-side researcher Bill Tamulonis, Director of Product Development and Market Research at Erickson Living.

Ron Sellers

Ron Sellers

From the Client Side: An Interview With Marc Philippe Witham
CEO Series

From the Client Side: An Interview With Marc Philippe Witham

An interview with client-side researcher Marc Phillipe Witham, Senior Market Research Analyst at Schneider Electric.

Ron Sellers

Ron Sellers