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Marketing research’s impact is blunted because it often gets brought into the process too late. Research must become viewed as “strong”; as embracing action and feeling accountable for business results, being future focused, a thought leader while staying true to the rigor of proven research processes.

What’s a Researcher Like Me Doing in a Place Like This?

In: advertising, branding, innovation, listening, Research is Cool, research transformation
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Could a marketing researcher bring a new, edgy perspective that others would find compelling? Yes! Blogging for Fast Company Magazine on marketing, advertising, and innovation.

Thinking About Research as a Brand

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In March, the ARF completed executive interviews among 19 research leaders representing large marketers and media companies. Overall, Research got a passing grade, but certainly didn’t make honor roll. While Research usually has strong executive support, as we dug down 1-2 levels, we saw something different. We heard that there was spotty support for research […]

Here is an interview with Michael Perman, Senior Director of Consumer Insights, Levi Strauss & Co. who has trained over 7,000 on storytelling and who is conducting, with Pat Hanlon, the ARF Workshop, “Stories Inspire” on June 22nd in NY. The interview with Pat Hanlon can be found here. Joel: Michael, you are a huge […]

Research needs a seat at the social media table

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The Research profession has perennially sought a “seat at the table”.  Last Tuesday, I had a seat at a (different kind of) table.  I was part of a keynote morning panel on innovation at Ad:Tech in San Francisco.  I was the only researcher there, sitting next to some pretty impressive people…the CEO and founder of […]

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