Everything costs more. From travel to facility fees to recruiting. At the same time, research budgets are stagnant. The result? Those of us in field research are feeling the squeeze. So, how do you still deliver the first-class results your clients want and expect while keeping costs under control?
5 Best Practices for Honing Political Messaging
It’s essential to test your message (in all its iterations) outside the echo chamber of your campaign team. They aren’t your audience. They already (probably) agree with you, and they (obviously) support you, and they (likely) could be inclined to tell you what they think you want to hear. […]
The Do’s and Don’ts of Testing Online Content
Far too many content creators assume they know how their audience will react without ever even questioning what they think they know, and unfortunately, most of them are wrong. So, the fact that you’re thinking about how to test your content means you’re on the right track. But now what?
What is Online Dial Testing?
The majority of market researchers know what dial testing is. Most think of it in terms of our Perception Analyzer dials in the hands of respondents in a live focus group. But over the past decade (and certainly over the past 2+ years), the acceleration of new tools and technologies […]
Political Research: Dial Testing the Texas Governor’s Debate
As it has for years, dial testing was again front-and-center during coverage of a key election event, aiding in the reporting and analysis of how the candidates’ responses to key campaign issues resonated with voters. This time it was the Texas Governor’s debate between incumbent Governor Greg Abbott and Democratic […]
Live-Streaming Your Focus Group Has Finally Gotten A Facelift
Talk to anyone who’s used technology for live streaming in-person focus groups and they’ll tell you the same story. “Well, it’s serviceable.” Over the years, we’ve been conditioned to expect and accept “serviceable” because there were few, if any, alternatives available if you needed to live-stream a focus group to […]
Security for Online Mock Juries and Online Litigation Research
High-profile clients. High-stakes results. Privacy and security are crucial. The Covid 19 outbreak has caused most courthouses to pause in-person hearings. But the caseload hasn’t disappeared; in many cases, it’s moved online. Lawyers working virtually still need trial research and trial consultants still need to conduct mock juries. Trial research […]
Dial Testing Helps Trial Research Consultant Overcome Assumptions and Deliver Hard Truths
I tell my clients that if you want the most return for your trial consulting investment, it’s pennywise but pound foolish to cut something so integral to getting good data. The data we get from the dial tests are the glue of the mock exercise. For more than 30 years, […]
The Ultimate Dial Testing Research Playbook
Being in the market research biz, we tend to know the questions people are going to ask even before they ask them. Take, for example, our free, downloadable Dial Testing Research Playbook… What’s a Dial Testing Playbook? Well, dial testing is what we do here at Dialsmith so we know […]