Many thanks to the #NewMR 2016 Sponsors

A new year has started and some great MR brands have already stepped forward as #NewMR sponsors, helping ensure that #NewMR will be able to continue to curate interesting and useful material. So this post is a quick shout out […]

Ray Poynter

My Predictions for 2016

Despite Nobel prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr’s advice that ‘Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future’, here are my predictions for 2016. 1) Bigger Legal Problems for Google and Facebook This year has shown an escalation in problems for Google, […]

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Why researchers need a good hinterland

The term hinterland was used by the British Politician Dennis Healy to describe somebody who had a life, interests, and knowledge that extended beyond their field of employment/speciality. Denis Healey was a leading Labour Politician from the 1950s to the […]

Nobody can claim to be Cheaper, Faster and Better!

There seems to be have been a rash of new claims by some agencies that they are offering a cheaper, better & faster service. However, in my opinion, this does the agency business a disservice for three key reasons: The […]

What’s special about RIWI?

The post below is the result of a discussion between Ray Poynter from NewMR and Eric Meerkamper from RIWI.   Q:   Can you describe RIWI for me in 140 characters? A:    RIWI is a global survey technology and risk measurement company […]