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Designing a new PowerPoint template for August Equity Posted on May 26, 2016 by Iosetta Santini

Via a connection within the MR industry, investment company August Equity approached us with the task of updating its PowerPoint template. The company had recently redesigned its website, making its existing PowerPoint out of date. Additionally, there were several design issues that made the old template frustrating to work with. We began with an initial consultation meeting to help us understand how they use PowerPoint, the short comings of the existing template and how it could be improved. We then

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The business intelligence group polling event- What’s next for the Pollsters? Posted on May 26, 2016 by Lucy Davison

On 19 May we gathered at the office of Research Now to pick over the entrails of the 2015 UK polling debacle. With Kerian Pedley (pollster, writer, Research Director GfK) and Dr Nick Baker (Partner & Group CEO Quadrangle, PhD Birmingham, BPC/MRS Inquiry into 2015 Election) on a panel ably chaired by Dave Skelsey of Strictly Financial, we wondered what did the oracles have in store for us? And what is MRX actually doing about the highest profile event to

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MRS Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Posted on May 20, 2016 by Iosetta Santini

Last week, MRS hosted a unique event that, for me, was one of the best market research events I’ve attended during my admittedly short time working in marketing for the research industry. This may be biased as I do consider myself a travel guru (or maybe just rather obsessed), but either way the event was very well done. With more than 200 destination management organisations in England alone, the UK is highly dependent on tourism. One in 11 jobs are

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Consumer (not customer) experience | Opinion Posted on April 21, 2016 by Iosetta Santini

Understanding what influences a person buying your products or services needs to start before they ever become an actual customer says Virginia Monk. Source: Consumer (not customer) experience | Opinion

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Everything the COI wanted to know about marketing but was too afraid to ask… Posted on April 19, 2016 by Iosetta Santini

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Secret Marketer: Something is wrong with marketing’s reputation if even the IT team makes fun of us Posted on April 6, 2016 by Iosetta Santini

A new week, a new Secret Marketer. I’m secretly hoping to be just as good as my predecessor. With a bit of luck, I’ll be able to match the weekly insights that helped me realise I’m not on my own here. Read more in Marketing Week: Secret Marketer: Something is wrong with marketing’s reputation if even the IT team makes fun of us

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