We are excited to announce that our founder and Colonel Mustard, Lucy Davison, has been elected to the ESOMAR Council for the period 2019-2021. Lucy’s pitch for Council was to improve the image of research and insights. This means reaching out beyond MRX and engaging with the media, events and sectors to share the positive stories about what we do. With her background in marketing and PR, Lucy is very well placed to help ESOMAR do this. “I am really
Read MoreData is an intrinsic part of all of our lives, everyone has shared data, many have access to that data but who really owns it, and who is lobbying on behalf of the consumer to ensure that data is managed and stored correctly? This is a message that we are always looking to drive with ESOMAR. As the global guardians of ethical data collection it’s vital that inside the industry and out, they continue to push to the data protection
Read MoreCompetition is hotting up in the election for ESOMAR Council with over 30 runners in the race. As you may be aware, our very own Lucy Davison is in the running. Lucy is running because she wants to help change the image of the research and insights industry. Here are four one minute videos to explain why you should vote for Lucy: The Elections open on Monday 8 October 2018 and close on 29 October 2018 (12:00 CEST). ESOMAR Members
Read MoreLucy Davison is running for ESOMAR Council Having been the UK ESOMAR Rep for the last three years, Lucy has decided she has more to offer the industry and has put herself forward as a candidate in the elections for ESOMAR Council. As a Rep, Lucy has worked with her co-Rep Crispin Beale, to improve ESOMAR Rep communications, and has organised many successful university trips and local events for members. This has shared thought leadership with a much broader audience
Read MoreAt the end of last year, Lukas Pospichal and Lenny Murphy came to us with an irresistible proposition… “…Will you redesign the GreenBook blog for us?”. Having already redesigned the GRIT report and the GRIT logo, we knew what a great opportunity this would be to flex our creative muscles and, of course, work with the team at GreenBook again. After an initial briefing meeting from Lukas and Lenny, our first step was to lay the groundwork for a solid
Read MoreThe contract on my mobile phone has recently come up for renewal and as a result the phone calls from O2 have started, offering me an ‘exclusive deal’ on a new phone. I’m pretty happy with O2, their coverage and service is good, particularly in our home village which is now 4G enabled, pleasing me immensely – small things. But this influx of calls has annoyed me, not only has it continued despite my asking them to stop, it has
Read MoreThese days, in MRX we’re all designers. We may not consider it but every day we use a design software that is comparable to Adobe InDesign, yet we don’t look at it with the same mindset. Yes, I am talking about PowerPoint. PowerPoint gets a bad press, but it’s not the software’s fault that when we start work we are given a computer with the Microsoft Office suite and no instructions. Rarely does anyone tell us how to use it
Read MoreWith the end of the fiscal year quickly wrapping up, it’s the perfect time to tackle Google Analytics in order to report your B2B website’s performance. We know you probably already have Google Analytics set up, as the majority of do. Unfortunately we also know that most of you rarely log in. In fact, this is one of the first questions we ask new clients, and sadly the reply is often “yes we have it, but we never actually look
Read MoreColonel Mustard Lucy Davison, and Paul Buckley from GSK, presented their paper ‘I’m with the brand’ at yesterday’s BIG Conference in London. They were thrilled to receive the award for ‘Best Business Thinking’. Lucy and Paul’s presentation was very popular with the audience and the judges alike. The presentation focused on market researchers as B2B brands, and proposes that by behaving like true brands with a philosophy about what they do, research companies can escape the commodity trap, stand out
Read MoreWe love ESOMAR Congress! This year it’s being held in Dublin from the 27th September, and in our humble opinion it’s the highlight of conference calendar. Attending this year will be Colonel Mustard, Lucy Davison, who will be leading her Communicating Insights Workshop. Lucy’s led the workshop in 3 continents and is one of the consistently highest scored workshops on the ESOMAR calendar. You can find out a little more about the workshop in the short video below. Sign up
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