Algorithms, the core formula behind Big Data, are not objective facts. They are opinions embedded in math, In the words of US data scientist Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction (2016). Watch this brief entertaining video to better understand how algorithms work as well as the potential mistakes we make in relying too […]
What’s wrong with parties and candidates?
I know…plenty. But, that being said, there is something they do over and over again and neglect something very easy and meaningful to voters, and it’s something that most people in business would never put aside. I’m a member of one party. I won’t say which one because it’s not important. Both parties and their […]
Let’s take the confusion out of strategy and sail across the ocean
(When I meet with business executives, I usually ask “what’s your strategy for growth?” At a trade show I attended a few weeks ago, that question was often met with silence or a list of tactical programs that had no overall direction other than selling. I wrote a similar blog post to this years ago and received […]
If you want to innovate, find out what frustrates your customers
Frustrations are essentially unmet needs. Understand customer frustrations and you have the requirements for successful innovation. Otherwise, you’re operating in the dark. The challenge is how to ask and understand customer frustrations and get the information that will really help. Most approaches to understanding real customer frustrations fail. The failure rate for corporations, both big and small, […]
Trying to learn what your customers want? Market research won’t help you.
Read this post, then contact us for a demo and free test of Oomiji. Market research isn’t going to help you understand your customers’ interests and needs. It may do that in a generic sense, and if some demographic group putting dots in circles meets your needs, you can stop reading now. But if you really […]
If the only thing your market research platform does is research, you’re not getting your money’s worth
So, you’ve decided to begin a new market research project. You’ve got your email database that you’ll send the questions to and you’ve opened up your market research provider’s survey builder to create the survey. You may have done it dozens of times before; that is, begun a research project knowing that what you’ll get back is […]
How’s your UK wine business? Time for plan B(rexit)!
With the London Wine Fair arriving in a few weeks, companies that aren’t already re-evaluating their UK sales and marketing strategy will hear plenty at the exposition. As David Williams recently wrote in the Guardian (Wine and the Brexit Effect), “nobody has any idea what’s going to happen next.” So, with that bit of wisdom, you can […]
DTC Wine Shipments are growing at a record pace. How long will it last?
There’s no question that DTC wine sales are growing at a dramatically rapid pace. According to Sovos ShipCompliant’s 2017 DTC Report, shipment volume increased more than 17% last year with similar growth expected this year. The potential seems unlimited with 45 states now allowing direct wine shipments. Three states, California, Texas and New York account for nearly half […]
Oomiji: Research capabilities you’ve never seen before
That’s a claim you’d might expect any research company to make and you can probably imagine the usual reasons that every company would give for such a claim, like quality, price, or service,. Well, our reasons are different from what you may be thinking. Let’s say you’ve just completed a new research survey. Now, you’re onto analysis […]
Other research platforms can’t compete
That’s a claim you’d might expect us to make and you can probably imagine the usual reasons that every company would give for such a claim, like quality, price, or service, Well, our reasons are different from what you may be thinking. Let’s say you’ve just completed a new research survey. Now, you’re onto analysis […]