Name: Mike Berendes Title: Director, Sales & Marketing Company: Custom Intercept Solutions Current City: Minneapolis, MN Hometown: Maple Grove, MN Years in the market research industry: 17 years in CPG/Agency consumer insights, research, and analysis What duties does your current job position include? I head up the sales and marketing departments at CIS. I’m responsible for all […]
Capturing and Using Video to Tell a Compelling Research Story October 13th, 2016 – 12:00pm CST Description : Voxpopme was commissioned by the Dallas Marketing Group on behalf of their client, a multi-million dollar vitamin supplement company, to capture video to complement a large quantitative study they were conducting. The supplement company was charged with growing […]
Name: Lisa Hazen Title: President Company: Nuance Where did you grow up? I was born in Irving TX, moved to Arlington TX when I was 6 (with mom and dad of course) and have been there ever since. Where did you go to school? I went Tarleton State in Stephenville and University of Texas at Arlington. I never […]
We are pleased to announce the Southwest Marketing Association Board of Directors for 2016 -2017. Every non-profit group or professional group is only as good as the people who serve. Every year the SWMRA builds upon the knowledge of our past presidents and is buoyed by the efforts of our Board volunteers. William Shakespeare, in […]
The Southwest Marketing Research Association is excited about our upcoming Research Roundup, in Fort Worth, Texas (YEE-HAW!); August 10-11 at The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth. The establishment is the original luxury hotel located in the historic heart of Sundance Square. The hotel itself offers many accommodations that make client entertainment easy and enjoyable. It’s also […]
Thoughts On Dan Cobley’s Ted Talk: Why Market Researchers Are Like Physicists Cathy Whitehead McIntyre, on September 24, 2013 The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. (Joan D. Vinge, American Science fiction writer and Hugo-award winning author) Many of us are sometimes unpredictable, inconsistent and, […]
Name: Ellen Pieper Title: Account Executive Company: Lightspeed GMI Current City: Dallas, Texas Hometown: Durham, North Carolina (although, I’ve been somewhat of a nomad living in New York, Seattle and now Dallas). Alma Mater: Columbia University Years in the market research industry: I started with Lightspeed GMI about 6 years ago, when it was just GMI. In some ways, […]
A Few of Our Newest Members Company Kathleen Nussbaum Lingle DSI Garry Spinks Bug Insights Jerry Thomas Decision Analyst, Inc. Chauncy Bjork Discovery Research Group Scott Koenig The Dallas Marketing Group Connor Duffey SSI Matt Tindall SSI John Han DFW Int’l Airport Chris Hauck Lynx Research Consulting Dan Hernandez USAA Doreen Lorenzo Vidlet Jill Miller […]
The 19th edition of the GRIT Report using data collected in Q1 and Q2 of 2016 was published earlier this year. https://www.greenbook.org/grit This was the most comprehensive sample size yet with 2,144 completed interviews. Topics ranged from the ever-increasing role of automation in the research community to the future of sampling, as well as the […]
Ted Talks: Malcolm Gladwell on Choice Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce “Tipping Point” author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce — and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness. Ted Talk Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce?language=en#t-343566