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Analysis, AI updates and practical guidance for market researchers and insights professionals, written by Ray Poynter and guests.

post image MROC Social Media Research and the Trough of Disillusionment At the Festival of NewMR, Wednesday 5th December, I will be presenting a summary of where social media… 1 December 2012 post image Asia Market Research in Japan, an Alternative Adoption Curve Click here to read in Japanese – 日本語 Most market researchers are familiar with the Rogers Adoption Curve,… 29 November 2012 How to run a successful MROC in Japan? Asia How to run a successful MROC in Japan? Click here to read in Japanese – 日本語 Yesterday in Tokyo I attended two events (one run by… 27 November 2012 post image Asia NewMR and Asia I am about half way through my current tour of Asia, I have been in Singapore and Hong… 25 November 2012 post image Big Data Laplace and Big Data fallacy Earlier this week I was in Singapore, attending the MRSS Asia Research Conference, which this year focused on… 22 November 2012 post image Market Research What will Telepresence bring to Market Research? Helen Thomson has a great article in New Scientist (you’ll need to register to read it) about how… 18 November 2012 post image Market Research 2012 – the year manual coding made a comeback! In 2011, at events and conferences around the world the world seemed to be on the edge of… 16 November 2012 post image Community Panels Is the term MROC morphing? When Brad Bortner, of Forrester, coined the term MROC (Market Research Online Community) in 2009, he defined it… 14 November 2012 post image Market Research What do we need? Faster Research! When do we need it? NOW! Yes, it is a truism that we want better, cheaper, faster research, and that we have always wanted… 10 November 2012 post image Uncategorized What are conferences for? I am in the midst of the September-November conference season. Having spent last week at the Australian Marketing… 30 October 2012