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Ask The Lightspeed Expert: The Mobile Impact

Posted by Melissa Moxley on Mar 21, 2019

“You need to allow smartphone respondents into your survey!" Those of us in the business of survey design and panel management have been telling researchers this for years now, but we need to show you and not just tell you why.

In our latest Q&A, Chris Stevens, Chief Research Officer at Lightspeed, reviews some of the sticking points around this. 

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Topics: Mobile, Survey Design, mobile first, mobile marketing research, mobile surveys, Ask the Expert

Mobile Survey vs. Modern Survey - What's the Difference?

Posted by May Ling Tham on Nov 7, 2018

We define a “mobile friendly survey” different from a “modern survey.” A modern survey involves more than a device agnostic design; all components of a modern survey are designed specifically with consumer’s time and experience in mind. Here are five tips for going modern: 

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Topics: Mobile, Respondent experience, mobile marketing research, mobile surveys, modern surveys

Online Behavior: Mobile vs Desktop

Posted by Lous van Eijndhoven on Apr 12, 2018

One of the trends within organizations nowadays is putting the customer central; setting the customer at the heart of your business and immerse yourself among your target. This enables you to fully understand your customer’s needs and successfully respond on that.

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Topics: mobile marketing research, mobile surveys, modern surveys

The Logic of Mobile

Posted by Becki Southern on Jun 13, 2017
"If you’re not using mobile marketing to attract new customers to your business, don’t worry your competitors are already using it and are getting those customers instead."

- Jamie Turner, 60SecondMarketer.com

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Topics: Mobile, mobile marketing research

Mobile has Changed and Nothing is Different (in Marketing Research)

Posted by Kantar on Apr 18, 2017

According to a January 2017 Pew Research report, the vast majority of Americans – 95% – now own a cellphone of some kind; the share of Americans that own smartphones rose to 77%, up from just  35% in Pew Research Center’s first survey of smartphone ownership conducted just six years ago. And recently, MediaPost cited Cisco's Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2016 to 2021) which reported, “that by 2021, more members of the global population will use mobile phones -- 5.5 billion -- than have bank accounts at 5.4 billion, running water at 5.3 billion or landlines at 2.9 billion.” There’s no doubting that mobile is now mainstream, but online surveys still outrank mobile surveys in digital data collection methods according to the latest GRIT Report.

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Topics: mobile first, mobile marketing research

THE WORLD IS GOING MOBILE: HERE'S WHAT IT MEANS

Posted by David Shanker on Jan 10, 2017

It’s been said for years that now is the time for mobile research, but we never seem to make the progress we want or need to make. But, now is really the time for mobile in market research. Why? Because we need to communicate with consumers/panelists in the way that they communicate, and the best way to accomplish this is by going mobile.

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Topics: Marketing Research, mobile marketing research

Being ‘smart’ with your data integration

Posted by Kantar on Aug 16, 2016

Most of us know that the mobile phone industry is on a pretty serious surge of personal use. In fact, think of one person you know that does not have a mobile phone. Coming up short? This is precisely the reason why all marketing researchers should have a strong focus on mobile.

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Topics: Digital Data Collection, data enrichment, data append, mobile marketing research

Four Tips for Mobile Market Research

Posted by Sarah Canning on Jul 5, 2016

Mobile phones provide an ideal method to collect and understand consumer behavior. Given their ability to capture real time responses, there are endless opportunities with mobile market research that we can utilize or further develop. As researchers, to capture authentic and honest input, we must implement best practices. Marketing researchers need to think mobile and consumer, first.

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Topics: Marketing Research Data, mobile first, mobile marketing research

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