Sometimes when corporate and academic research collide, really cool things happen. One such case is a project by the esteemed University of Virginia (UVA) McIntire School of Commerce and their student advertising competition efforts. For the second year in a row, Dialsmith has had the privilege to work with their ad team, and […]
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Studying Online & Mobile Behavior: Q&A w/ Luth Research (Part Two)
Image courtesy of Luth Research In Part I of our discussion, we covered a lot of ground with Scott Evans from Luth Research on how their ZQ Intelligence™ tools enable researchers to track the online and mobile behaviors of consumers and who’s using it. In Part II, we dive deeper […]
Studying Online & Mobile Behavior: Q&A w/ Luth Research (Part One)
Here at Dialsmith, we’re in the business of helping researchers gather and analyze in-the-moment feedback, so when we cross paths with other innovative research methods and technologies that do the same, we get pretty excited and want to share. Such is the case with digital market research service provider Luth […]
Word Games: Putting a Method Behind the Words You Choose
[Thanks to our guest blogger Megan O’Hara for contributing this article.] In our line of work, we’re constantly reminded that words have a profound impact on how we form our opinions and preferences. That’s a topic discussed in detail in this article by Mike Seccombe of “PowerHouse.” Seccombe cites […]
THE LAST WORD ON THE SUPER BOWL ADS
Q&A with Kellogg School’s Brand Expert Tim Calkins Yes, we know that at this point, the giant sugar rush we all experienced around this year’s Super Bowl ads has subsided, but when we got the opportunity to “talk shop” with a fellow Super Bowl ad “junkie” especially one with […]
Top 5 things our dials and sliders rated in 2014
Every year our Perception Analyzer dials, and Perception Analyzer Online and Slidermetrix sliders, are used to rate some pretty cool stuff and 2014 was no exception. Here are the top 5 things our dials and sliders got moving on this year: Consumer Electronics Show Keynote (CES) Portland techies give Yahoo […]
Our 5 Favorite Blog Posts of the Year
It’s that wonderful time of the year where every blog and news site likes to do their own “Top 10 List.” There are even sites like Listverse that are exclusively dedicated to “Top 10” lists (makes me wonder if Listverse plans to do a “Top 10 List” of “Top 10” […]
Tired of Playing Let’s Make a Deal with Your Research?
New online research approaches—like the one Dialsmith is partnering with Invoke Solutions to deliver—are nix-ing the need to play “Let’s Make a Deal” with your research. (Image courtesy of Worldvision Enterprises, Inc.) A classic dilemma researchers often face is deciding what kinds of insights—qual or quant—are best suited to meet their […]
The Perception Analyzer Hits the BIG 3-0 and We’re Making a Fuss
The Perception Analyzer has grown up a bit over the past 30 years–from a hardwired rheostat dial (1984) to the Model V version we have today. But really, it doesn’t look a day older than 29. It’s no small feat for a technology to remain relevant for 30 years (just […]
Talking Politics & Message Testing with Glover Park Group’s Adam Slater
Adam Slater doesn’t mind talking politics; it’s one of the many things his job entails. Adam—now a director in the Research Division at DC–based The Glover Park Group (GPG)—was the director of research operations at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (GQR) where he handled a boatload of political and public opinion research […]
