By Michael Stanat, Research Executive
The SIS team headed to Rome to share our perspectives and research to industry leaders and gain a barometer on industry conditions. SIS Global Research Director Neal Sandin and I attended the 2010 AIMRI Online Market Research and Panel conference in Rome on behalf of SIS International Research on March 5, 2010.
There, I delivered a presentation called “Harnessing Social Media” on an emerging field—social media market research. The presentation focused on how researchers can harness social media to make conventional methodologies more robust, persuade clients of the need for this research and provide actionable ways for researchers to make their existing operations more efficient. In the interest of disseminating our thought leadership, the presentation is available (here) for download.
During the conference, we observed the following trends and discussions occurring in the market research industry: