Reporting on programs already in progress is pretty cut and dried. We know their goals, demographic targets, etc. and it is our job as market researchers to monitor their...
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ROI Outside the Bottle
This week we presented an end-of-program recap report to our client on a mobile tour for laundry detergent. The research was standard and comparable to many experiential programs we...
How To Estimate the Dollar Value of Event Marketing Impressions
We know impressions generated from event marketing have value. If impressions didn’t have value, then the media publishing industry wouldn’t exist. The question is, what is the value of...
Field Data Helps Read Between the Lines of Survey Results
Traditional market research utilizes familiar methods like web surveys and focuses groups to obtain information, and these studies usually have a formal plan outlined in their original proposals. Experiential...
Consumers Sampled – Start Collecting It Now!
While reviewing a recap for a sampling program with a client in the food industry, a question arose concerning on-site sales conversion….”How many consumers are buying my products after...
The Importance of Hitting the Demographic Target
I just reviewed a mid-program recap report focused on a sampling campaign’s performance at the half-way point. The goal of the program is to expose consumers to the category...
Response Rate Benchmarks from Post-Event Surveys
Here is what I know… the longer you wait, the lower the response rate. At two to three months out I would expect a 4 to 6% response rate...
What is Actionable Event Data?
People often talk about making event data actionable. And so often they deliver data labeled as actionable that simply isn’t. So let’s take a second here to define what...
Performance Goals Go Beyond Standard Metrics
When you conduct experiential marketing research on similar programs, it’s easy to assume that the program goals of one program are the same as the goals of another, but...
Actual Versus Intended Post-Event Behavior
Summary: There are several ways to measure the impact of your events. You can review sales immediately after an event, you can ask people what they intend to buy after...