At this time of year, in addition to sending good wishes and glad tidings to friends, family and associates alike, we often...
How to Price a Product in a Competitive Market
by Alan Nazareli on Thu, Dec 12, 2019 @ 01:34 PM
Keep your soap and washcloth within arms reach; figuring out the pricing strategy for your new product can be a sticky... |
Venture Capital and Venture Failure: Why do Certain VC Startups Fail?
by Alan Nazarelli on Wed, Dec 11, 2019 @ 05:09 PM
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that three out of four venture funded startups fail to return a single dime to...
The Qualitative Edge
by Alan Nazarelli on Fri, Nov 01, 2019 @ 08:22 PM
We live in a quantitative world. Quants rule Wall Street. With Big Data, AI and Machine Learning, corporate decisions are...
Understanding Software Pricing Strategy
by Wes Fu on Tue, Oct 08, 2019 @ 06:21 PM
Creating a technology pricing strategy is vitally important to any tech business. This won’t come as an easy task and there...
Becoming a Customer Intelligent Enterprise (CIE)
by Marc Pitcher on Wed, Sep 11, 2019 @ 08:45 PM
Understanding your customers is a key strategy in preparing your business to not just respond to customer needs, but to...
Marketing Research: The 10 Most Common Mistakes Users Make
by Alan Nazarelli on Tue, Sep 10, 2019 @ 08:15 PM
Market research is an ever-changing industry. However, it seems some aspects of marketing research stand the test of time -...
The End of Net Neutrality is the End of Innovation
by Alan Nazarelli on Tue, Sep 10, 2019 @ 06:26 PM
As a policy, Silicon Valley Research Blog does not comment on political issues but we need to break this rule today. The...
7 things HubSpot, Salesforce, Eloqua and Marketo get wrong!
by Alan Nazarelli on Wed, Aug 07, 2019 @ 06:29 PM
Two Minute Market Research Manager "Tablet vs. PC" Study
by Marc Pitcher on Thu, Aug 01, 2019 @ 09:17 PM
We're pleased to bring you the second in our Two Minute Market Research Manager video series, "Tablet vs. PC", a research...
Continued EQUS Investigations Uncover Voice of Enterprise Customer During this Economic Downturn
by Marc Pitcher on Thu, Jul 04, 2019 @ 06:30 PM
February 18th 2009 marked EQUS Group's first Wine&Tell event. While our Clients and Friends encouraged us to host an...
In God We Trust. All Others Bring Data.
by Alan Nazarelli on Sat, Jun 01, 2019 @ 09:00 AM
The famous words of Edward Deming, the father of the Quality movement of the mid-eighties. Deming was referring to the use...
5 Tips for Market Segmentation Research
by H. Carpenter on Thu, May 16, 2019 @ 03:30 PM
Market segmentation is a powerful tool for identifying, acquiring, and retaining customers in the most efficient and...
Using Market Research to Success Test Your Next Product Idea
by Alan Nazarelli on Fri, May 10, 2019 @ 09:00 AM
When done right, market research is an invaluable tool for success-testing concepts. Both qualitative and quantitative...
The Qualitative Edge Part 3: Innovating at the Edge of Customer Experience
by Alan Nazarelli on Thu, May 02, 2019 @ 11:02 AM
In part 3 we explore mining innovation from customer feedback. This post underscores the importance of qualitative, in-depth...
Don’t Let Your Survey Taint Your Brand
by Alan Nazarelli on Fri, Mar 15, 2019 @ 09:00 AM
"I felt fine about your customer service, till you sent me that survey about your customer service." Open ended comment made...
Creating the Optimal Sales Message
by Alan Nazarelli on Sun, Mar 10, 2019 @ 02:19 PM
I recently surveyed the most current thinking of the age-old question: “how do you create an effective sales message." and...
Connecting Social Data to Primary Market Research
by Elaina Mattingly on Sat, Mar 02, 2019 @ 10:42 AM
“The world is being re-shaped by the convergence of social, mobile, cloud, big data, community and other powerful forces....
Shopping Cart Voyeur
by Alan Nazarelli on Sat, Mar 02, 2019 @ 10:22 AM
I am a self-confessed shopping cart voyeur! I can’t help it - it’s the researcher/customer anthropologist in me.
Characteristic #1 of a Customer Intelligent Enterprise: Invest in the Voice of the Customer
by Marc Pitcher on Wed, Sep 05, 2018 @ 09:24 PM
The Voice of the Customer can be a key differentiator in today’s hyper-competitive economy. Successful organizations...