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Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. I quickly learned this lesson my second year working on a project. Last year’s data was proving necessary not only...

Many experiential programs come to an end right around the holidays. Some extend into the new year, but traditional market research projects usually wrap up by the end of...

There are many theories of consumer purchase cycles and event marketing ROI. Some are overly complicated and others overly simple. As a team of market researchers specializing in the...

Defining a market in experiential marketing research is typically a simple task, especially in the United States. Offering insights at the state level is usually the “Goldilocks” of insight....

We recently conducted a pilot study for a national program involving 12 brands. We worked with one of those brands for our pilot phase, to determine the data collection...

Since 2012, we have been measuring the impact of a long-term experiential marketing program for a brand of pasta and sauce. In the summer of 2013, we discovered a...

We are currently in the process of launching a program for a Mobile Tour we have been working with for four years. In the past, the goal of the...

I delivered research results to a dozen education professionals recently who wanted to develop a stronger alignment between how they communicate value and what the community they serve finds...

Training is an interesting challenge. In an ideal world, I would get twenty minutes with each person to explain how our data collection process works and what they should...

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill Bad news – it’s one of those things that are...