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Open-ended feedback from survey questions can be important for a number of reasons. The most obvious one being that you don’t know enough about consumers to give them a...

One component of experiential marketing we frequently measure is projected event metrics. Our agency clients usually have key performance indicators (KPI) that they need to reach during the program. Knowing how...

It’s not uncommon for a brand team to turn to experiential sampling when they are trying to stem the flow of customers away from the brand. Churn scares everyone...

Research managers at agencies are sometimes assigned to lead the research efforts for a variety of products and services in multiple industries. It’s actually one of the reasons I...

Personally, I find that survey data becomes burdensome somewhere around the 20th question. That applies to both paper and online surveys, though for different reasons. The first steps to making these...

This summer we began a new project for an outdoor products retailer. Their primary marketing objectives are to acquire new club members and to generate interest in outdoor classes...

At PortMA we design data collection plans, collect data, analyze, and report for 30 to 40 brands/event marketing campaigns a year. In almost every case, the goal is to generate...

I know several of my co-workers have recently posted blogs about field staff reporting and the importance of keeping it clean and up-to-date. So why am I writing about...

Superheroes are a big deal in my house, but I never thought they would (or could) collide with my professional life. On one fateful day, however, I witnessed the...

There are a number of ways to improve field staff data collection. Weekly training calls are a great start. The calls don’t need to be more than 15 or...