(Photo credit to Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press; courtesy of CBC News) CBC News recently reported on findings from a recent Nielsen study that used the Perception Analyzer dial testing to gauge real-time feedback on a variety of policies and issues presented in Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget speech. The dial […]
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Dialsmith’s Dan Welch Talks New Perception Analyzer 9.0 and 9.0 Media
Dialsmith made some news this week with the release of two new versions of our signature Perception Analyzer (PA) dial testing tool—PA 9.0 and PA 9.0 Media. So, you might well be thinking, “What are these upgrades about and how does it help me?” For answers, we went directly to […]
Trump and Carson React to the Dials
As mentioned previously on our blog, dial testing focus groups are popping up all over the networks during the early stages of this election year. Lee Carter of Maslansky & Partners is a frequent guest on Fox News’ daily morning news/talk program Fox & Friends where she provides commentary on the […]
Dialsmith presents the Perception Analyzer to University of Oregon graduate class
Recently, Dialsmith had the pleasure of presenting the Perception Analyzer to the Practical & Applied Research Methods class in the Strategic Communication program at the University of Oregon. Instructor and Senior Experience Program Manager, Josh Netzer, brought us in to expose his class to real-world applications of a well-known research […]
10 Things Our Dials & Sliders Rated in 2015
Keeping up with our tradition of highlighting some of our more interesting and memorable projects of the year, this time we’re going bigger with 10 things our dials and sliders rated in 2015. (psst…we actually snuck in 11 so start scrolling and get them out!). Chronological order…no favoritism here! 1. […]
Have Dials, Will Travel… Q&A with Optimization Group’s Renee Cameron
Renee Cameron been conducting dial testing focus groups for more than two decades and as a founding partner and now Global Account Director of The Optimization Group, Renee continues to use dial testing on behalf of her advertising and market research clients. With so much real world dial testing experience […]
New Look, Better Content, Same Dialsmith
We’ve launched our new website today, and while we’re guessing this isn’t inspiring you to do a happy dance the way it is for us, we’ve made some rather significant upgrades that we think you’ll like and will hopefully keep you coming back for more. Here are some changes we […]
The Psychology Behind In-The-Moment Market Research (Part II)
Q&A with Dr. Ali Goode, Partner at house51 and expert in behavioral economics and the psychology of learning and memory. Here’s the second part of our conversation with Dr. Ali Goode. And check out Part 1 if you missed it. Q: Two concepts that seem to speak to the challenges of recall are Interference Theory (forgetting occurs […]
The Psychology Behind In-The-Moment Market Research (Part I)
Q&A with Dr. Ali Goode, Partner at house51 and expert in behavioral economics and the psychology of learning and memory. Here at Dialsmith we’re all about being in-the-moment. Not so much in the “carpe diem” way, but more so as the market research methodology—seeing how our solutions and services help clients understand the in-the-moment perceptions, […]
(Almost) Five Questions with… Fieldwork Dallas
Since we officially launched our ‘Dialed In’ affiliate facility program a year ago, our network of premier dial testing facilities has spread to cover key research destinations across the US and Europe. But today, we’re turning our focus to The Lone Star State and Dialed In affiliate Fieldwork Dallas. For […]
