because of specialization, insight functions are driven to dehumanize the customer experience. What we can do about it…
Jan
16
From fractured insights to holistic understanding
In: Research is Cool, innovation, market research, research, research transformation, shopper insights
1 Comment
Sep
10
Two big marketing research mistakes that mislead marketers
In: market research, media, mobile, research, shopper insights
3 Comments
Here is how wrong marketing beliefs come from bad marketing research mistakes turned into compelling narratives.
Aug
29
How loyal are your loyal buyers, really?
In: behavioral economics, branding, market research, shopper insights
2 Comments
Brands are in a dogfight for purchases. Marketers are misled about building brand engagement by consultants’ stories that retrospectively explain marketing cases with false certainty.
Apr
5
Google flunks CPG marketers…See me after class
In: advertising, digital marketing, marketing, media, path to purchase, retail, shopper insights
5 Comments
In my interview with Google, they flunk CPG marketers, “You get a 3 out of 10″. If you look at where the dollars are still spent, the shift isn’t happening as dramatically as it should. Mentality: I’ll leave it to the next guy to jump off the cliff.
Apr
3
My interview with Google: for CPG how important is digital in the path to purchase
In: advertising, digital marketing, path to purchase, retail, shopper insights, shopper marketing
4 Comments
My interview with Google revealed searches on Google.com related to recipes are up 38% in 2011 over 2010. And it’s a huge number. It’s 7.8 billion recipe-related searches on Google.com.

