Pick up Speed with a Custom Dashboard Thanks to reams of new, whizzy online data, many creatively-bent marketers and advertisers are losing speed in by becoming buried under reports. Personally, I don’t think Google does a great job in making it easy for customers to figure out what they really need to know when it…
Category: Market Research
Market Feasibility Research
How to Know if a Product or Service Idea will Sell I have been chuckling to myself over the number of wire-frame and inflatable snowmen on lawns here in CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA!! WHY do people buy these things? I bet no market researcher in his or her right mind would have said anyone could actually…
How to Build Revenue and Sales Forecasts
Developing a sales or revenue forecast can feel a lot like trying to magically see into a crystal ball – and is one of the most difficult aspects of creating a strategic marketing plan. After all, if you don’t know how much revenue you’re aiming for, how will you know how much to spend on…
How to Market a Restaurant, Hotel, or Attraction: 10 Helpful Tips
We just became the newest members of Tourism Calgary! This is going to be an excellent way to build on our hospitality marketing base. So, we thought we’d give you some fresh and original marketing tips, designed for attracting visitors to your exciting destination. Do-it-yourself market research. Have you asked anyone you trust to mystery…
Social Monitoring vs. Polling
Could Social Media Monitoring Have Better Predicted the Alberta Election Results? After reading Joanne O’Connell’s post “Why Were the Polls Wrong?”, I was intrigued by her insight and wondered if social media could shed some light on why there was such a difference between the polling vs. actual results. As Joanne stated, this election had…
Why Were the Polls Wrong?
Insights on the Alberta 2012 Election The poll slippage in last night’s election was certainly extraordinary, and all the pollsters on the evening newscasts were saying how surprised they were. There are several common reasons why polls are “off”. The pollsters are going to have to (and they will) do their own research and then…
