by Jane Bainbridge Research Live
Omnicom-owned global customer agency, C Space, has promoted Kathryn Blanshard to managing director UK – a role previously held jointly by Phil Burgess and Felix Koch, who have both been promoted to global roles.
by Harriet May Russam GMS
Chris Nurko, Chief Growth and Innovation Officer at C Space highlights the major challenges that brands are facing right now.
by Chris Jackson (C Space) and Charlotte Klahn (Nuffield Health) AURA
Winners of the 2017 MRS Award for Healthcare Research, Nuffield Health and C Space discussed how they used insights to help change the face of Mental Health by 2025.
by Danielle Rodi (C Space) and Anna Currie (Ella's Kitchen) AURA
Winners of the 2017 MRS Business Impact Award, Ella's Kitchen and C Space shared with AURA members the process of working with a community to fuel their innovation process.
by Danielle Gelber, Rachel Smooke and Gina Zavradinos, C Space The Financial Brand
The media likes to portray Millennials as tech-savvy digital omnivores. But they are actually more conservative than previous generations, and they crave face-to-face interactions just as much as anyone else.
by C Space CX Magazine
As a Customer Experience leader, it’s easy to feel like you’re pushing a boulder uphill trying to align your organisation around the customer. The reasons are many. The key is to simplify. Reframe your approach. Broaden your perspective. Think like a customer. You can start by looking at any experience a customer has with your brand through two focal points: friction and desire.
by Katie McQuater, Contributor Research Live
The judges said: “We were incredibly impressed by C Space – there was real evidence of positive change with tangible results. Impressive new business wins, outstanding client retention and improved staff morale all made the agency stand out from the crowd – a great example of the very best our industry has to offer.”
by Katie McQuater, Contributor Research Live
In the MRS awards, C Space was named best agency with a turnover above £20m, and an entry from the company and Ella’s Kitchen took home the award for business impact of the year. C Space also won the award for Healthcare Research for their work with Nuffield Health.
by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, Contributor Forbes
Customer co-creation is a big topic in the design industry: whether it's using 'crowdsourcing' to develop new products and services, or working with customers to improve processes. Firms that are unafraid to reach out and involve their consumers are developing richer, more unique products and, in doing so, setting themselves apart from more traditional companies.
by Dan Reed, Contributor Forbes
Air travel in the United States today is more accurately described as a form of mass transportation where the goal is to stuff as many people as possible into a tube, charge each of them the highest possible price they’re willing to pay (even if it’s a very low price by historical metrics), and spend as little on each of them (in terms of comfort, personal service and attention) as airline executives think they can get away with. But what would happen if U.S. airlines actually began treating travelers like humans instead of just revenue-producing units of demand?
by Richard Kestenbaum, Contributor Forbes
As the generation driving demand has shifted from Baby Boomers to Millennials and Gen Z consumers, it's apparent that younger consumers want different things than previous generations. Legacy brands and retailers are struggling to adapt to those differences while younger, more nimble companies are adapting and prospering. A recent report published by C Space addresses some interesting questions about that struggle: Why are some legacy brands falling behind while others can keep up with the disruptors when they’re selling similar types of products?And, what are those successful companies doing that's different from the failing companies?
by Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP, Innovation & Design Harvard Business Review
Businesses naturally focus on what’s easily measured in their efforts to evaluate and improve performance and customer experience. That bias is amplified in traditional market research, where people are typically asked closed-ended voting and rating-scale questions that yield responses which are easily quantifiable and repeatable. But often the greatest insight is found in spontaneous conversation with customers—not in the online survey that shoppers are asked to complete, but in the photos they take, the tweets they post, and the advice they offer in online forums. Machine learning doesn’t relieve us of the need for (and the great pleasure of) exploration. Rather, it serves as our metal detector, surfacing the signals in the data and alerting us of where to dig for gold.
by Jim Teirney, Content Editor Loyalty360
Customers want their relationships with companies to have the same qualities they value in their personal relationships–qualities like trust, respect, empathy, openness, and reciprocity, according to C Space CEO Charles Trevail. C Space released its third annual Customer Quotient™ (CQ) report, which effectively evaluates companies based on their ability to display good, human relationship behaviors and connects the strength of those behaviors to a company’s financial performance, unlocking customer inspired growth. The study found that businesses that act more human outperform those that don’t–gaining more customers, increasing loyalty, and improving the bottom line. Trevail talked to Loyalty360 about this intriguing report.
by C Space PR Newswire
The Interbrand Group of Companies today announced that Charles Trevail, will become its new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1st, 2018. Currently the CEO of Omnicom agency, C Space, Trevail succeeds Jez Frampton, who is retiring at the end of 2017. In addition, C Space will become part of the Interbrand Group. Trevail has been CEO of C Space for close to four years. Prior to that he spent 9 years as CEO of Promise Corporation, a company he founded. Promise Corporation was acquired by Omnicom and merged into what became C Space in 2012.
by Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP, Innovation & Design and Manila Austin, Vice President, Research, C Space AdAge
More evidence has emerged linking business performance with a company's purpose beyond profit. C Space has released a new study, Unlocking Customer Inspired Growth, detailing how companies can generate consumer inspired growth and describes the behaviors that consumers actively seek from companies, translating them into five distinct customer imperatives matched against company behaviors and providing a blueprint for how a company can act more human.
by Sustainable Brands
More evidence has emerged linking business performance with a company's purpose beyond profit. C Space has released a new study, Unlocking Customer Inspired Growth, detailing how companies can generate consumer inspired growth and describes the behaviors that consumers actively seek from companies, translating them into five distinct customer imperatives matched against company behaviors and providing a blueprint for how a company can act more human.
by Cara Salpini, Associate Editor Retail Dive
While not all efforts will appeal to all customers, if C Space’s study shows anything, it’s that strong brand messaging can go a long way toward increasing customer loyalty and sentiment.
by Kristin Masoud, Vice President, C Space Health PM360
Despite major advancements in medical science and biotech, innovation in healthcare—and the experience that patients and consumers have with it—continues to lag behind the advances other industries are making. Is innovation a big problem for healthcare? Or, is it simply that healthcare is so different—so nuanced—that it takes its own innovation path?
by Anne Pessala , Cristina Capobianco , Eugenia Zavradinos , and Merle Sandler of C Space Quirks
When it comes to short-term financial management – and spending in particular – Millennials feel confident and in control. For this generation, smart spending is the new saving and short-term relief is the new long-term planning. When they make financial decisions they feel confident about, they feel proud, happy, responsible, safe, accomplished, relaxed, strong and smart. So, why the erosion in financial confidence? Simply put, the financial industry is not setting Millennials up for success.
by Molly Galetto, VP, Marketing and Communications NGDATA
Companies and marketers realize the value of customer experience, but they don’t always know how to get customer experience right. NG Data has included C Space's Outside In on its 50 top-rated podcasts hosted by CX experts and thought leaders. This list features podcast that are aimed to give you the insights and inspiration you need to enhance your customers’ journeys.
by Ben Wiseman, Managing Director, C Space CustomerThink
Trusted brands have always driven consumer aspiration. The current climate has strengthened people’s focus on the brands they believe they can trust. Consumers are advocating, with renewed passion, for the values that matter most to them. That aspiration is a driver of growth. Brands can be symbols of trust and have an opportunity to use that status to their advantage, but only if they follow three rules.
by Hanna Rose Alex Associate Director, C Space Health PM360
For many patients, so much of autoimmune disease is outside of their control. Their needs are multidimensional and emotional; their problems run deeper than what is outwardly observable. It’s why biologics support programs should be designed to help patients identify areas where they can be in control and practice positive health maintenance habits.
by Charles Trevail, CEO, C Space The Huffington Post
Marketers tend to operate with two different goals: to generate profit by meeting customers’ needs better than the competition; and, to distinguish a brand from its competitors. But, what’s more important: meeting customers’ needs or differentiation? The key for marketers is to understand, deeply and in detail, what customers’ needs are. But if companies only need to understand their customers, then why is this so difficult?
by by Whitney Johnson, Contributor Forbes
C Space founder, and current Chairman, Diane Hessan recently applied her many talents to research for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Her political consulting work has now pivoted to understanding voters that split between Clinton support and Trump, to try to understand and learn from their perspectives. Hessan is a champion of diversity, and diverse opinions; her goal is to leverage her market research on the last election and present divisive political climate to seek common ground—and solutions to pressing problems. In this article, Diane shares her story in her own words.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space The Huffington Post
What can British politics learn from the world’s leading brands? Turns out, the way you choose your energy provider, and the way you choose your government might be more similar than you think.
by by Molly Blaauw Gillis, Contributor Bostinno
C Space Founder, and now Chairman, Diane Hessan is quoted on what it took to grow C Space (then Communispace) from the ground up, and shares one of her favorite memories from of her time as CEO.
by by Robert Howie, Managing Director, C Space Retail TouchPoints
Amazon Go is just a small, experimental store. But it represents a massive potential disruption to the retail market. That’s why retailers of all sizes and industries — particularly grocery — are paying attention. The company’s latest store model solves two of the biggest shopper complaints: failure to find products on shelves and slow checkout lines. If retailers want their brick-and-mortar stores to stay relevant, it’s time to learn a few lessons from Amazon Go.
by by Diane Bowers, President, CASRO American Marketing Association
The AMA Gold Report Top 50, formerly known as the Honomichl Top 50, is an annual compilation of the top 50 revenue-generating marketing research firms operating in the United States. C Space is ranked at #19 in 2017, climbing 4 spots from our 2016 rank of #23.
by by Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP, Innovation & Design, C Space Customer Think
While Big Data can tell you what, it can’t tell you why. That’s why some of the world’s most data-rich companies like Google, Twitter, Microsoft, and Facebook actively enlist consumers as active partners in helping them generate, refine, and evaluate products. Sometimes the most transformative epiphanies lie in human-to-human encounters, in what can be felt, and shared, and not merely in what lends itself to measurement.
by by Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP, Innovation & Design, C Space Advertising Age
Machine learning is inevitably based on what is, not on what could be; on established patterns rather than possibility. So as useful as it is, by relying exclusively or even predominantly on machine learning, we risk constraining our ability to innovate. Data indicates what people do within the realm of what's available and observable, but it has neither conscience nor imagination. Recognizing and overcoming bias requires self-awareness, and that's a uniquely human - or at least organic - trait.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space The Huffington Post
Paul Logue, HPE’s Vice President of Growth Analytics, Market Insights and Customer Experience, has been tasked with understanding and anticipating customers’ needs, which, like most things in the tech space, are changing fast. Along with 100 global team members, Paul unearths hidden insights and advocates on behalf of customers. Just don’t call them the research department. According to Paul, they operate as an agency model within the company.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space Medium
Charles Schwab is leading the industry as the most customer-inspired brand in financial services. According to C Space’s 2016 Customer Quotient (CQ) study, Schwab makes customers feel respected and maintains an open, ongoing dialogue with them — both key attributes in a healthy relationship. For nearly 50 years, that relationship has been essential to Schwab’s success. It has built its business around empathy, authenticity, transparency, accountability, and continuous innovation — all centered around clients and their investment needs.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space Medium
For 100 years, Keds, the American footwear icon, has been the sneaker of choice for the fashion-forward, comfort-loving woman. But how does a centenarian brand stay relevant and desirable in today’s ever-changing market?
by by Mark Rechtin, Executive Editor Motor Trend
Buying and owning a car is often seen as a straightforward transaction. You give money, you get sheet-metal, and you hope it doesn’t break down. You trust that the automaker’s factory had a good day and that your car will provide you years of trouble-free reliability. But trust goes much deeper than that. Buying a car is an extremely emotional event — often the second most expensive purchase in our lifetimes. So how do you build that trust? Motor Trend consults the C Space report, Automotive CQ.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space Medium
Continuous innovation is a big deal for Marriott. And so is scaling it. A small change to one room will need to be duplicated across thousands of rooms. To ensure success and mitigate risk, Marriott approaches innovation with customers.
by by Richard Kestenbaum, Contributor Forbes
So many stores are closing now for the same reason they've always closed -- they don't meet consumers' needs. To be fair though, there are some other questions that also deserve answering, like why this is happening now and what role technology plays in the change.
by By Andrew Johnston, Associate Consultant at C Space and Rachel Smooke, Senior Consultant at C Space The Financial Brand
rushed by the weight of student loans, Millennials don't want to take on any more debt. Now they are teaching their kids — Gen Z — to shun borrowing. How will traditional lenders survive if two consecutive generations spurn credit?
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space The Huffington Post
How can a bank become more human? And how, exactly, is Wells Fargo doing it? Robin Beers, Head of Customer Experience Insights for Wells Fargo’s commercial banking business, sees customers as partners in Wells Fargo’s endeavor to always be improving the banking experience. Because, ultimately, people value brands that don’t just make promises, but that actually act on them.
by by Chris Woodyard, Bureau Chief and Reporter USA Today
Automotive manufacturers and dealers still have a long way to go when it comes to earning trust. Developing trust around an auto brand is critical because it not only drives sales but can be critical to enticing customers back to buy another car from the same brand or recommend their car to a friend. Katrina Lerman, Associate Director, Research at C Space is quoted on her Automotive CQ Report in this USA Today article.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space The Huffington Post
Scott Shute, VP of Global Customer Operations at LinkedIn, represents and advocates on behalf of millions of members worldwide and helps the product development teams understand them. Scott joined us for the latest episode of the Outside In podcast to discuss how LinkedIn delivers digital experiences that satisfy every user, be they a business professional connecting with their network or an enterprise using the company’s digital advertising platform.
by by Keith Loria, Contributor Food Dive
Alan Moskowitz, food and beverage industry specialist at C Space, is consulted on what first attracts consumers to pick one product from among other competing options. Unique designs, bright colors and eye-popping images can improve brand identity and communicate the product's message to the consumer. And they can make a product seem more premium, allowing it to be sold at a higher price.
by by Polly MacIsaac and Robert Howie, Managing Directors at C Space Retail TouchPoints
What retailers and manufacturers share in common is the need to understand shoppers, improve the retail experience, and grow sales. Which is why shoppers themselves are an essential ingredient in helping organizations collaborate, understand the shared value they can provide, and develop new solutions to meet savvy consumers’ expectations.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space The Huffington Post
In the new world of digital banking, where customer experience is the differentiator and the rules are still being written, partnering with customers is a competitive advantage. Big banks can learn a lot to learn from fintech startups.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space The Huffington Post
For many companies today, the appointment of a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is a new addition to the C-suite. However, many haven’t taken over the role, they’re charged with creating and defining it. With new roles come new challenges. For CCOs, one of the biggest is to dispel common misconceptions about the notion, and treatment within the business, of customer centricity. It’s not enough to be close to customers. A CCO must define how the business will draw from the inspiration of customers to transform company culture, differentiate against competitors, and grow.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space The Huffington Post
It’s an exciting time for the travel and tourism industry and for Travelport’s place in it. Growth is exploding. Worldwide digital travel sales are projected by eMarketer to reach close to $630 billion USD in 2017, and Travelport alone processed over $82 billion of travel spending in 2015, according to SEC filings. Noel Holmes, who leads the company’s customer experience, is a seasoned professional in design thinking and user experience. He shares his thoughtful and creative approach to engaging customers and employees to design the very best experiences.
by by Julie Wittes Schlack, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Design at C Space AdAge
Companies that truly put customers at the heart of their business by incorporating the elements of trust, respect and authenticity will see continued success in 2017. By getting at the core who the customers are and what they care about, and then integrating those emotional elements into a brand experience strategy, companies will be able to bolster customer loyalty, strengthen their reputations and realize bottom-line results.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space The Huffington Post
The Nature’s Bounty Co. is a health and wellness company. Verizon, telecommunications. Customer centricity is an operational imperative for both. Chief Customer Officer at The Nature’s Bounty Co., Andrew Archambault, and Verizon’s Head of Customer Experience Innovation, Justin Reilly, explain why customers are the ultimate disruptors.
by The Boston Business Journal
Jessica DeVlieger will be responsible for the overall leadership of C Space in the Americas, where she has driven the transformation of the company's go-to-market strategies over the last two years through her leadership of the sales and marketing teams.
by By Megan Woolhouse, Contributor The Boston Globe
After nearly a decade in retail sales, Jessica DeVlieger took the helm this month as president at C Space. She to The Boston Globe spoke about what consumers are thinking, why businesses hire the firm, and how she manages work and motherhood.
by by Richard Kestenbaum, Co-founder and Partner at Triangle Capital Forbes
What does loyalty mean? Let’s start with what loyalty doesn’t mean. Loyalty is not a program or a series of points. Loyalty is a reciprocal behavior, it goes in two directions, and the result of loyalty is that customers continue to purchase and recommend a company to their friends. True loyalty results from understanding of customer needs, respecting customers, offering products that are relevant and good customer experiences that people enjoy and make them want to come back again. Points don’t do that.
by by Julie Wittes Schlack, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Design at C Space PM360
As consumers increasingly see drugstores as healthcare providers and pharma companies as manufacturers, both are being held to a different standard. And both are suffering in the eyes of consumers. Recently, we released industry data that revealed some vital generational differences in how consumers perceive and experience pharma manufacturers and retailers. The results illustrate what both industries can learn from high-performing healthcare providers, such as how to demonstrate empathy and speak to shared values.
by by Heu Yee Leung-Davies and Dwight Branch, Senior Consultants at C Space The Financial Brand
Consumers are disgruntled, cynical and exasperated as they try to regain the financial ground lost in the Great Recession. Media reports about big bank scandals and huge paydays for bank CEOs only compound the distrust and disloyalty consumers feel. So, what are brands like Charles Schwab and American Express doing right to build trust with their customers? And, more importantly, what can the industry stand to learn from them? Here are some tips that may help.
by by Julie Wittes Schlack, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Design at C Space Cognoscenti
We fear who and what we don’t know. If we are to prosper together, that’s the challenge we have to overcome. We need to use the real-time, borderless power of technology not merely to broadcast views, but to share the experience that touches hearts and changes minds. We need to move from being questioners and respondents to being co-creators of a future that’s welcoming to us all.
by by Elizabeth Crawford FoodNavigator-USA | NutraIngredients-USA
Offering a small selection of locally produced food and beverages is no longer enough to set retailers apart -- now the entire store needs to reflect the community it serves to succeed in an increasingly competitive market, suggests new survey data from C Space.
by by Katrina Lerman, Associate Director, Research at C Space AdAge
Traditionally, consumer loyalty is defined by measures such as intent to continue purchasing or likelihood to recommend the brand. And while these are certainly important KPIs for any company looking to grow its business, they are framed entirely from the company's point of view: What will you (the consumer) do for me (the brand)? They do not attempt to measure the softer, more emotional qualities of a brand that actually matter to customers when choosing to do business with a company.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space, Harvard Business Review
What really resonates with customers? What drives their loyalty? What makes for a great customer experience? These are the questions that really get to the truth of your business, but they are often intangible and therefore evade measurement. Customers trust companies that they feel understand them. They respect companies that they believe respect them in return. And the results of that reciprocity are evident in the CQ data and the bottom line.
by by David Franke, Director of Innovation, C Space PM360
How is it that we’ve so strongly embraced the idea of patient centricity yet have made so little progress in transforming our healthcare industry to be more focused on the patient experience? The answer to this question—and to the broader question of how do we build more patient-centric institutions—is simple: Stop paying lip service to patient-centricity and start taking action on patient centricity as a design principle governing everything we do.
by by Jackie McAtee, Vice President, Brand and Customer Experience Mayfair Diagnostics
Designing empathy into the patient experience requires a fundamental shift in organizational operation and mindset. Simply adding a few iPads to the waiting room won't accomplish this change. What will, is rethinking the role patients, front-desk employees, physicians and everyone involved in the continuum-of-care play in designing the very best customer experience.
by by Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP of Innovation and Design at C Space PM360 News
Through longitudinal online engagement coupled with live workshops, patients are helping major global companies launch new products, conduct Rx-to-OTC brand switches, and enhance relationships with payers, P&T committees, retailers, prescribers, and benefits administrators. Patient partnership fuels mutual respect between healthcare consumers and the pharma companies that serve them. And along the way, it just may boost the self-respect of those who work in this much-maligned industry as well.
by by Jackie McAtee, Vice President, Brand and Customer Experience at RCA Diagnostics CustomerThink
Designing empathy into the patient experience requires a fundamental shift in organizational operation and mindset. Simply adding a few iPads to the waiting room won’t accomplish this change. What will is rethinking the role patients, front-desk staff, physicians, and everyone involved in the continuum of care play in designing the very best patient experiences.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO at C Space CMO.com
As companies across all industries move toward well-intentioned business models that put customers at the heart of everything they do, at the top corporate echelon, the lines of responsibility for advocating on behalf of the customer are blurring. To face the customer-centricity gap and truly commit to closing it, the C-suite needs a designated customer champion: the chief customer officer.
by Adweek
In the U.S., grocery store sales are a $600 billion industry. With a few key players offering essentially the same product, the industry is dominated by the brands that know how to endear themselves to consumers. In a new study released exclusively to Adweek, C Space honed in on consumer loyalty among the big players, attempting to flesh out some insights about what makes shoppers come back.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO at C Space Harvard Business Review
Over the years, online community research has matured from novelty to necessity – an essential tool for marketing professionals. But simply having access to customers in communities is no longer enough. The differentiator is how you use those platforms to make your customers a strategic asset. In our new research, the result of interviews with more than 100 client-side practitioners from a variety of industries, we examine four of the best practices brands can follow to create the most impact with online communities.
by by Bill Alberti, SVP of Business Strategy at C Space MediaPost
In 2016, customers are smart, savvy and sick of certain words and phrases that have been trotted out in advertising for over 100 years. People are tired of marketing clichés – plain and simple. While many words that customers are sick of started life as perfectly appropriate and serviceable, over time their utility has eroded. It’s a natural part of the evolution of language. That doesn’t mean it’s easy to recognize.
by by Serena Elavia, Editor Fox Business
Millennials are now the largest group in the American workforce, and they’re ready to spend. Allison Marsh, Director of Client and Consumer Services at C Space is interviewed about Millennial Moms, covering everything from comparison shopping, to social media patterns, to mobile-app preferences.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO at C Space AdAge
The chief customer officer (CCO) is intended to be the authority on all things customer, ensuring all company activities, especially product and experience innovation, happen for and with customers. While the philosophy behind the role of CCO is well-intentioned, in practice, not all CCOs have been empowered enough to effect meaningful change at their organizations. The result: some become little better than figureheads. Which is why we need to rethink the role -- into five roles that the CCO must play in order to build a genuinely customer-centric organization.
by by Bill Alberti, SVP of Business Strategy at C Space MediaPost
The traditional cinematic experience (anti-social, disconnected, everything off) just does not jibe with Gen Z’s worldview (hyper-social, connected, always-on).While some theaters have started to introduce things like reserved seating, restaurants, and premium concessions, most aren’t designed to meet the needs of the next generation of moviegoers. But what if teens had creative control of the movie theater experience?
by by Jessica DeVlieger, SVP of Sales and Marketing at C Space Chief Marketer
In today’s marketing landscape, having strong customer relationships is key to determining whether a brand is relevant. Brands cannot hope to win or retain consumers without exhibiting an empathetic understanding of their needs and creating experiences, products, and services that will resonate. So what does it take to achieve this level of relevance?
by by Lucy Tesseras, Features Editor at Marketing Week Marketing Week
An influx of negative news focusing on sugar, trans fats and misleading food labels has led to a distrust of brands and change in consumer buying behavior, new research shows.
by by Katrina Lerman, Associate Director of Research at C Space The Financial Brand
Customer-inspired institutions bake empathy into every product, service and experience. They focus on relevance, and rewarding people in the right ways. This is what it takes for banking providers to stand out today — a deeper understanding of their customers that yields a more intimate connection. Stronger relationships with customers means a stronger bottom line.
by by Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP of Innovation and Design at C Space MedCity News
For pharma researchers, the challenge is not about how to conduct market research in a highly regulated environment. We all understand the need for compliance, and there are processes to ensure it. No, our mission should revolve around how to help internal stakeholders engage with patients and caregivers not just as subjects for episodic research, but as ongoing partners and co-creators of the products, services, messaging, and programs that will lead to better health outcomes.
by by Alan Moskowitz, Director of Client and Consumer Services at C Space MediaPost
By now you’ve likely heard about Chipotle’s reputation problem. A recent string of E. coli and norovirus outbreaks in Chipotle restaurants from Seattle to Boston are blanketing the news. What seems to be declining more than Chipotle’s stock price is customers’ trust. If there’s one thing that the Chipotle saga has demonstrated, it’s that a brand’s reputation, and consumers’ perception of it, can change, and fast. It’s a hard truth that food companies face today when information travels at light speed.
by by Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP of Innovation and Design at C Space Marketing Research Association
At some point in our careers, we’ve all keenly felt the pain of having a great insight that we’ve been unable to propagate throughout our organization or that of our client. We’ve seen bad decisions made when we should have – and did – know better. Some of the fault lies with traditional marketing research practices. So how can we elevate the role of researchers? What specific tactics are visionary consumer insights specialists using to infuse their companies with the consumer voice? And how are they persuading their colleagues that doing so will ultimately drive business growth?
by by Kathryn Blanshard, Director of Client and Consumer Services at C Space Social Media Today
Ask any brand today: what’s the one place you need to be? Unequivocally, they’ll tell you: on social media, of course. However, the BIGGER question is this: How much are you spending on social, and where? For the social media platforms, the opportunities for reach and revenue growth are enormous. But the challenge for any social network today is scaling that growth to its full potential. Through our years of experience working with social media companies, we have identified three distinct ways in which an active working partnership with users can strengthen social media’s potential for growth.
by by Nick Iuliano, Associate Director of Client and Consumer Services at C Space MediaPost
With steep competition for consumers’ attention and dollars this holiday season, the stakes have never been higher for marketers. The magnitude and differences in how consumers’ will react to any given marketing campaign demonstrates the tightrope marketers are being forced to walk during this all-important and incredibly emotional season. We asked people from across the country what they wanted to see from marketers this holiday season and came up with the four things every brand marketer and advertiser needs to know.
by by Amanda Fraga, Director of Client and Consumer Services, C Space Chief Marketer
This increasingly empowered cohort is two billion strong worldwide, makes up 26% of the US population, already has $44 billion in purchasing power and is the most racially and ethnically diverse generation in US history. That’s why CMOS need to understand and partner with these youthful powerhouses—and quickly.
by by Charles Trevail, CEO of C Space AdAge
For decades, companies stayed relevant and gained market share by out-spending, out-marketing, and out-advertising competitors. A Black Friday bloodbath of consumers battling it out in jam-packed aisles, readily forking over big money for big savings is most retailers' ideal way to kick off the holiday season. For decades, the attitude that more is better, with no thought to how customers (not to mention employees) felt, was the default setting for retailers. Today, this is no longer the case.
by The Financial Brand
In Gen Z's world, change is constant. It's the new normal. They’re always adapting, and they think businesses — including their banking providers — should evolve along with them too.
by Fast Company
Any angel investor or venture capitalist will tell you that the most successful entrepreneurs are those who stay connected with their customers' needs. That isn't easy to do, especially as businesses grow and shareholders need answering to. But among all the many things business leaders must do, the most successful ones find ways to keep their customers front and center. Here's a look at three CEOs whose track records fit that description.
by MarketingProfs
Many companies are mistaking frenzy for change and 'more of the same' for innovation, as is evidenced by continual churn, reorgs, and the continued failure rate of new products. What companies really need to survive and prosper in this increasingly dynamic, interdependent business environment is agility. But fast, effective, incremental action in response to changing conditions is only possible when enabled by intuition, a well-developed 'gut feeling' about what will anger, delight, and motivate the people a business is trying to serve.
by Boston Business Journal
Even though he’s a native Brit, Charles Trevail is no stranger to the United States; he’s hit 45 of the 50 states over the years, mostly while on the job as a marketing executive. Trevail took over C Space last year and plans to push his firm’s services into more overseas markets. He recently spoke with BBJ correspondent Jay Fitzgerald about the move, rebranding C-Space and relaxing when not on the job.
by The Boston Globe
Believe it or not, millennials are aging out of their privileged position as the nation’s most sought-after consumers, the ones advertisers want to influence. Their replacement? The nation’s teenagers, also known as Generation Z
by UX Matters
In our digital, mobile world, at nearly every moment, user experience (UX) matters. Google calls these micro-moments—hundreds of fragmented, in-between, in-the-now, on-the-go times when we turn to technology to research, discover, connect, share, set goals, buy stuff, and do a million other things. No matter what product we’re using, we expect brands to give us what we need right now. It’s in these micro-moments that UX really matters.
by Apparel
Fashion retailers have been struggling for years to please plus-size shoppers, even though data clearly shows that buyers are eager for on-trend plus-size clothing. To date, no single retailer has emerged as a bastion of plus-size fashion: visit any major department store and you'll notice the women's plus-size department feels like a dowdy afterthought, not a fashion-forward focal-point. So how can retailers deliver the apparel that plus-size consumers seek? Here's a look at what retail can do to own this lucrative market.
by Harvard Business Review
When it comes to discovering unmet customer needs and innovation opportunities, there’s no substitute for in-the-moment, in-context observation for making meaning out of the complex weave of emotion and rationality that drives consumer behavior. In myriad tangible and intangible ways, consumers self-ethnographies can help employees throughout an organization get to know customers as real human beings, not merely as data points. And that living, breathing knowledge builds corporate empathy, which, we’d argue, is ultimately the key to business growth.
by AdAge
Generations are such a de facto marketing framework that we rush to define the next one without stopping to consider if these categorizations are meaningful. As all ages embrace the behaviors of 'digital natives,' many of the notions that support the traditional concept of a generational cohort are becoming less meaningful. Could it be then, that there needs to be a new definition of a generation, one that is made up of subgroups -- or tribes -- that go beyond age? And if so, what does this mean for marketers and brands looking to speak to these tribes?
by Lieberman Research Worldwide
The market research community is a close-knit, interconnected group. We identify and rank the leaders of these networks on their ability to connect and guide a discussion or promote an idea across the network. Here’s who’s had the most influence from May 9 – June 9, 2015.
by MediaPost
Omnicom-owned Communispace said it will begin operating Tuesday under the name C Space. The change more closely represents the company's business model and continued commitment to helping brands like Wal-Mart Stores, National Car, Sysco and Bose connect with their customers. Promise Communispace and Jigsaw International, the agency's European and Asian consultancies, respectfully, will also operate under the new name, unifying the company's global brand. The three combined companies will have about 473 employees supporting 175 clients worldwide.
by AdAge
Businesses haven't changed much in the past few decades, and they need to. Amid digitized disruption, competitive pressures, quarterly reporting, data overload and the constant flux of customers' needs and wants, some may argue that change is too threatening, too costly or too difficult. But those that conduct business as usual will be relegated to the irrelevance zone, unable to make necessary and authentic changes quickly enough to survive and thrive. So, what's a company to do? Essentially, 'hire' your customers. They don't demand an annual salary or performance bonuses. All they ask for is what they already have -- an inherent interest in getting the best product, service or experience possible.
by by Bill Alberti, C Space Adweek
Tailoring the perfect marketing messages to today's young adults seems like it's been the marketing holy grail for years. The good news is that brands can now start to get their minds around the intricacies of a new generation of hyper-connected consumers: Generation Z. At nearly 2 billion strong around the world, they're every brand's next best customer. In this article, Communispace SVP of Strategy, Bill Alberti, shares six rules for brands looking to connect with Gen Z.
by Forbes
If Millennials are idealistic trend-setters, then Gen Z are pragmatic trend-buckers – both an extreme version of Millennials (fueled by technology) and the opposite of Millennials. These differences spell big changes ahead. And, for brands that expect to engage and sell to them now and in the future, it means understanding the Gen Z mores – partnering with them, adapting to them, and growing your business with them.
by Entrepreneur
There are 85 million mothers in the United States today. With a staggering annual purchasing power of $2 trillion dollars, they're making their influence felt well beyond the context of home and family. Consumer companies of all types are constantly looking for new ways to understand and better serve Mom. But does Mom feel like brands actually know her? Leading up to Mother’s Day this year, we wanted to share 5 lessons we’ve learned from working with these moms.
by HIT Consultant
It’s hard to find a pharma or medical device company these days that doesn’t have at least one mobile app in development. And now that, as of February 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance on which apps need to be regulated and which ones don’t, it will be interesting to see if this almost exponential development trend continues. Read the full article by Deborah Hernandez, Director of Client Services at Communispace Health for the three key drivers of mobile health app adoption that developers and marketers alike must keep in mind.
by MedCity News
The stress of caring for a child with diabetes – or anyone with a life-changing illness – can be intense and constant. Days weighed down by anxiety. Sleepless nights worrying – about your child, your family, and what the next minute will bring. These narratives add context to a disease that can all too often be reduced to statistics. Stories help brands better understand the reality of managing a disease, and build products and messaging that improve that reality for the patient and caregiver alike. Read more from Communispace Health Managing Director, Corey Schwartz, in MedCity News.
by MarketingProfs
Most companies claiming to be 'customer-centric' aren't. Consumers aren't vessels serving only as passive repositories for whatever companies want to stuff into them. They are active agents in a dynamic business ecosystem. That's why the new business imperative is to partner with them throughout the product and service lifecycle (not just at the end of it) collaborating with them to co-create, refine, and launch high-impact products and solutions. Read the full article by Communispace's SVP of Innovation, Julie Wittes Schlack, to learn the five measures that corporate leadership can take to integrate the consumer into the company.
by Chief Marketer
Most businesses claiming to be customer-centric aren't being totally honest—not with you, not with me, not with customers, not even with themselves. This year, the CMO Council and SAP found that 73% of senior marketing executives of major corporations say customer centricity is critical to the success of the business and to their own roles. Still, only 14% say that customer centricity is a hallmark of their company, and even fewer (11%) believe their customers would agree that characterization. Read the full article by Jessica DeVlieger, Senior Vice President of American Sales, for more on the customer-centricity gap.
by Quirk's
Katrina Lerman discusses Communispace research that examines Millennials and their views on personal health and the health care system and found many of them feel like they’re on the outside looking in.
by MultiBrief
Communispace recently released a report called, 'Healthcare without Borders: How Millennials are Reshaping Health and Wellness,' which examines millennial healthcare values and how they will impact businesses across the industry. The report focuses on several areas of millennials' lives, including technology. Read the full MultiBreif article here for more highlights on the report.
by Qualitative Research Consultants Association
Consumers want to be known and heard, and they embrace any opportunity to partner meaningfully with brands. However, answering numerous questions about your likelihood to do or buy something is not only tedious, but also questionably accurate, even when responding in good faith. Online Prediction Markets are generating interest and credibility in this climate as a research methodology, yielding not just accurate outcomes, but qualitative insights into the whys behind them.
by CMO.com
In an interview with CMO.com, Lisa Macpherson, CMO, Hallmark, talks about Hallmark’s community – in partnership with Communispace – of hundreds of Millennial moms, ages 18 to 33, that allowed the company to learn their consumers' stories of motherhood, friendship, marriage, heartache, and love. According to Macpherson, building this type of relationship informs the company on how to further connect with this important target market.
by MedCity News
It’s clear that Millennials approach their health from a fundamentally different perspective than other generations, and it’s not just because of their youth or live-in-the-moment attitude. Serving these consumers means working with, not against, this reality. Understanding their unique challenges, needs, and priorities is essential, not just for healthcare brands, but – in a broader, more economically competitive health and wellness landscape – for all brands.
by Chief Marketer
Nancy Cox, Hallmark's Consumer Understanding & Insight Manager, shares how the retailer—in partnership with Communispace— collaborated with Millennial moms to launch their new Northpole product line. The intimate photos and videos that only a mom can capture, inspired Hallmark’s advertising and marketing campaigns.
by Fast Company
In today’s innovate or die business climate, how can brands harness the power of new ideas and creativity to make an impact on the bottom line? To find out, we talked to a number of brand executives from large companies like L’Oreal and IBM as well as smaller ones like Yotel and Pret a Manger. One of most striking things that quickly became apparent is how much noise and confusion surrounds the topic of innovation. It’s an exciting discipline but one that attracts a lot of contradictory ideas and perceptions. In this article, you will find five innovation myths these brands helped us bust.
by New York Times
Franco Bonadio joined Communispace, Boston, in a new post, chief creative officer, the most senior creative post at the agency. He has worked for brand and corporate identity consultancies like Brand Union and Landor Associates. Communispace is part of the Diversified Agency Services division of the Omnicom Group.
by Fast Company
Customers love to be rewarded for their loyalty, but only some programs are worth the effort. Too often, people are motivated by an immediate discount or by fear of missing out on future rewards. But over the long term, many fail to redeem what they've earned because they forget or it’s too confusing. So how do brands design loyalty programs that offer clear value, build devotion, attract new customers, retain existing ones, and stand out in a sea of points, miles, and rewards? Check out the full article by Communispace CEO Charles Trevail to find out.
by Forbes
More and more, brands are co-creating customer service and customer experience solutions together with the company’s actual customers. Co-creation has a value that is growing quickly and should not be overlooked. Diehard customers and power users now have a realistic chance of seeing their ideas turned into new products and services and thus improving their own future experience with the brand.This Forbes article by Micah Solomon details how brands are bringing the consumer into all aspects of the customer experience.
by Huffington Post
Customers are picky, prickly, and ever ready to jump brand if they feel someone isn't feeling their pain. A customer who can't find the right answer in the FAQs, or discovers gum under the table at the fancy restaurant, or can't go backwards on the phone tree after accidentally typing the pound sign can quickly become a fugitive. Communispace SVP of Business Strategy, Bill Alberti, is interviewed on why these issues may seem trivial, but the amount of business they affect is not.
by Forbes CMO Network
For many companies looking to grow, the road to success runs through China. However, expansion into this market is not as simple as translating a brand name and exporting the same product or service. Companies are increasingly looking to collaborate directly with Chinese consumers in order to provide exactly what they want in a way that is relevant, trustworthy, and true-to-life. Senior Researcher at Communispace, Kat Lerman, explains the dos and don’ts for success in this market.
by Fast Company
The contemporary traveler has graduated from reviews on TripAdvisor. Customers are now choosing their own adventures from airlines and hotels. The travel and hospitality industries are making big customer experience investments to keep pace with an evolving landscape. In this article, CEO of Communispace, Charles Trevail, explains how brands earning that loyalty--through innovation, renovation, and conversation--approach the customer experience as one that demands ongoing collaboration with customers.
by CXPA
Today’s consumers have a vast number of choices, especially in an industry like car rentals. With competition from other car rental companies and emerging peer-to-peer businesses, it’s exemplary customer experience that will serve as the true differentiator. That’s why National Car Rental approaches customer experience improvements and innovations as an ongoing collaboration with customers. In this article, Carol Jones, Director of Insights & Intelligence at Enterprise Holdings, details how collaborating with consumers has influenced their business since 2010.
by CMS Wire
Big data can tell marketers what consumers are doing, buying or rejecting. But it cannot tell you why any of those things are happening. In this article, Julie Wittes Schlack tells the story of an airline that turned data into useful information to drive innovation by actually collaborating with their consumers.
by Fast Company
Like any generation, Millennials are more than the sum of their stereotypes. If you want to connect with this coveted demographic, it's time to let go of these tired beliefs. In this article, Manila Austin, Vice President of Research at Communispace, digs deeper into the lives of Millennials and put some popular notions about them to the test.
by Inc.
Success in this climate requires listening to your customers, establishing their trust, and changing your relationship with them in fundamental ways. In this article, Communispace Chairman, Diane Hessan gives five ways brands can embrace and thrive in an overarching collaborative ethos called the sharing economy.
by Inc.
If you want to create products and services that truly serve customers' needs, you need to find ways to get them to open up about very personal thoughts and feelings. So how can brands successfully get closer to their customers to create products or services that truly address their needs? From working with hundreds of consumers every day, Communispace Chairman Diane Hessan offers what we've learned about getting them to open up and share some of the most intimate details of their lives.
by BostInno
After 14 years at the helm of the company, local thought leader Diane Hessan stepped into the role of chairwoman and down from her position as Communispace chief executive, passing the reins to Charles Trevail. The co-founder and former CEO of U.K. company Promise officially slid into the CEO seat in the beginning of March. And after barely a month in the new role, Trevail is already making big progress.
by VB News
About eight years ago, people started raising concerns about customer survey respondent quality; and as social media took off, some dared to wonder aloud whether online ratings and reviews were eliminating the need for surveys altogether.But the industry continued to thrive — until recently. Finally, we’re witnessing the demise of the lengthy, grid-question littered, rating-scale driven survey as we know it due to four key changes in consumer behavior and technology.
by Innovation Excellence
As the market creator, Communispace found success, built great client relationships, and delivered value. It could have stayed the course. Instead, the company did what a market leader that wants to remain the market leader should do: it innovated. In an interview with Communispace's SVP of Strategy, Bill Alberti, author Doug Williams uncovers the ways in which successful companies must resist the urge to coast based on their historic success. Market leaders that innovate will be rewarded with stronger client relationships, new revenue opportunities, and more engaged employees.
by Wired Innovation Insights
Why is it so difficult to get buy-in on innovative ideas and transforming those big ideas into real change in business? The answer lies in understanding complex organizations, and the complex individuals that run them. To understand why many ideas or proposals fail is not simply to understand the siloed structure of large operations or the failure of people (agencies, internal stakeholders, advocates) to make compelling cases for new innovation. The true innovator must also understand the psychology of decision making, the importance of influence, how to manage (and sometimes create) biases. In this article, Ben Hayman offers 'four golden rules for creating buy-in for new ideas.'
by Forbes
Corporations are notorious for being culturally insensitive when entering new markets. As a small or medium-sized company, these blunders are your foot in the door to earning part of the 3.3 trillion private consumption market share that corporations are either overlooking or alienating through cultural insensitivities. Good companies pick their spots and ensure their focus is on the customer experience.
by Wired Innovation Insights
We need to start thinking differently about innovation. We need to stop chasing the next big breakthrough and approach innovation as an always-on collaboration with consumers to drive business impact.
by The Financial Brand
Kathy Klingler, EVP & CMO, Santander, shares lessons learned from consumers while launching their global brand in the U.S. 'We partnered with Communispace, a consumer collaboration agency, to engage and remain connected with consumers and employees throughout the process. We asked them about everything from communications to loyalty and recognition, and, throughout the process, built trusting relationships with them. It’s those relationships that have since permeated our strategic process and made a difference across our organization.'
by CMO News
In recent years, innovation has increasingly been seen as a prerequisite to business survival, let alone success, but now it has gone mainstream. According to a global survey of 246 CEOs carried out by PwC last year, more than two thirds (64%) believe innovation and operational effectiveness are equally important to the success of their business. So why is it still so difficult to get buy-in for innovation and to transform big ideas into real change in businesses?
by Inc.
Just because your business now has more employees and offices doesn't mean it has to let go of the energy and agility of its early days. President and CEO of Communispace, Diane Hessan, offers '7 Ways Your Maturing Company Can Maintain a Startup Culture.'
by Boston.com
The chief executive who made Boston-based Communispace one of the pioneers in helping big companies build and manage online customer communities announced yesterday that she's handing over the reins. As of March, Diane Hessan will become chairman, and London-based Charles Trevail, a founder of a company that merged with Communispace in 2012, will be CEO. Trevail plans to move to Boston next year.
by Inc.
A successful overseas venture requires a keen understanding of the new market that you can only get by engaging local consumers before your launch.
by Inc.
To offer truly effective service to customers, companies need to complement the information they gather with powerful narratives that give it meaning. Diane Hessan, President and CEO of Communispace offers four ingredients essential to creating consumer stories that truly inspire businesses to action.
by The Boston Globe
Diane Hessan, President and CEO of Communispace, a Boston consumer collaboration agency with more than 500 employees and offices around the globe, sat down recently with Globe reporter Deirdre Fernandes to talk about her company.
by DM News
How can marketers benefit most from online communities? In using online communities to drive business results, marketers are limited only by their own imaginations. Here are four examples of how to derive a big impact from an exclusive community; discovering unmet needs that lead to breakthroughs, capturing new audiences and demographics, launching new products and campaigns, and managing crises and keeping your finger on the pulse of the consumer.
by Inc.
Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP), sought to distinguish itself through collaboration with consumers. In 2012, Fallon worked with a private online community of more than 300 customers from around the Commonwealth to understand their issues with choosing a health insurance plan. Overwhelmingly, the company learned that people were frustrated by the complexity of the product and felt they lacked sufficient education to make informed choices. Find out how Fallon took action and is seeing real results.
by AdAge
To prepare for Sovereign's rebranding as Santander, Executive Vice President and CMO, Kathy Klingler, said the bank set up an online community of more than 1,000 U.S. Sovereign customers to help figure out how to translate the Santander brand for the U.S. The $200 million effort includes a new website and ATMs, refurbishing more than 700 branches in nine states, and swapping signage from Sovereign to Santander. Ads by Arnold and Communispace kicked off in October.
by Inc.
Data reveals patterns. Once you add consumer insights, you can innovate for the future based on what you know now. Diane Hessan, President and CEO of Communispace, shares five ways in which conscious, active consumer collaboration is an essential partner to Big Data as companies try to solve problems, deepen relationships, and invent the future.
by Inc.
Diane Hessan, President and CEO of Communispace, shares how European telecom EE engaged with consumers on its Orange brand to co-create around what people really wanted.
by American Banker
Sovereign Bank, the U.S. unit of Spain's Santander Group, will be rechristened this fall with the name of its parent as part of a $200 million transformation that is meant to improve just about every customer touchpoint. Sovereign has collaborated with their Communispace community over the past year to gather insights on its rebranding effort. 'Any time we question something, we go into the community and ask,' says Sovereign's chief marketing officer, Kathy Klingler, who adds that the forum has been helpful enough that the bank plans to keep it going.
by MarketingDaily
Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP of Innovation and Design at Communispace, breaks down the results of a recent study of 2,000 Americans representing different key demographics, to elicit their feelings about behavioral tracking and targeting. Not only do they resent the intrusiveness of advertisers’ attempts to be relevant, but would actually pay a premium to shut them out.
by Direct Marketing News
The H.J. Heinz Company launched the Communispace community, Let's Dish, with the goal of delving into the minds, hearts, and stomachs of its B2B customer base. What quickly emerged from the community was a need for a Web-based hub where they could discuss the industry and get specific information to meet their business needs. Heinz answered with heinzfoodservice.com, which after only eight weeks after launch has already exceeded the total amount of web traffic for 2011.
by P&A International Market Research
This article, written by Sally O'Rourke, Managing Director of Promise Communispace, provides a holistic view of co-creation. It examines what it is, what it is not, its key principles, its strengths and weaknesses and its impact on consumer research. There is also a clear breakdown of the co-creation process and case studies from Kraft, Heinz and McDonald’s to bring it to life. To close, the piece reflects on how co-creation has changed and continues to shape the market.
by BostInno
Fallon Community Health Plan, a Massachusetts-based non-profit healthcare provider, is set to garner recognition for two of its own consumer-driven innovations: health plan info centers and an individualized health plan. So how did they do it? Fallon partnered with Communispace to tap into what people really wanted from their health insurers.
by Fast Company
Quietly launched in May, Citi’s Private Pass Match-Up app is looking to pull in customers and prospects where they’re spending a big part of their time—on Facebook. This app will help users easily filter through events and receive recommendations based on their shared interests and profile data. Citi worked with Communispace for 6 months to evaluate and provide feedback about the app to improve messaging, design and overall user experience.
by Quirk's Marketing Research Review
In 'Character counts, characters count' Julie Wittes Schlack of Communispace explores how mobile helps establish connections with consumers. The analysis of community research helps to consider the quality of, and best uses for in-context, in-the-moment mobile responses.
by Wired Insights
An article in Wired Insights, a blog about next generation business ideas, scrutinizes some recent mistakes made by businesses and explains why these blunders could have been avoided if the companies had collaborated with consumers up front. The article explains why consumer collaboration is so important in today’s business world, and how Communispace is helping global brands build real relationships with their most important consumers.
by GreenBook Blog
At the GreenBook Insight Innovation Exchange (#IIeX) in Philadelphia Charles Trevail, CEO of Promise Communities shared five ways to break through to true innovation.
by MRIA vue magazine
CEO Diane Hessan explores the art and science behind crafting a great story and how Communispace is harnessing powerful storytelling to bring consumers to life for our clients.
by The Hub Magazine
In the May/June edition of The Hub Magazine, Ed Chao, Director of Client Services at Communispace, explores the driving forces behind consumer behavior and choices. The complexity of consumer motivations mandates using a variety of specialized tools to generate a multidimensional understanding.
by Quirk's Marketing Research Review
In the May edition of Quirk's Marketing Research Review, Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP of Innovation at Communispace explores the allure of prediction markets; do they work? and should researchers be interested?
by Forbes.com
Charles Schwab collaborated with their active Communispace community to design and launch financial planning workshops tailored for women clients. Through this collaboration, Charles Schwab launched the first Financial Planning Month for Women workshop series in May 2012, which included 18 workshops reaching a total of 4,000 clients. It was such a success that Charles Schwab will launch the workshop series again this May.
by ABC News
Amy Kleppinger and Josie Cellone of Heinz, share the success Heinz has seen by collaborating with a very time-starved target, food service professionals, to create a website resource for them. Already partnering with Communispace for the past six years on a number of communities, Heinz felt confident in creating a community of competitive food service industry professionals.
by Direct Marketing News
A recent survey of Americans by BlueHornet (Digital River) found that while more of them are apt to screen emails and make purchases directly from their mobile devices, more are also likely to delete emails on cell phones without opening them. Julie Wittes Schlack, SVP of innovation and design at Communispace, provides mobile marketers with tips to optimize emails.
by Boston Herald
In reaction to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s telecommuting ban, Communispace CEO, Diane Hessan, joins fellow hub tech executives to tout autonomy for their employees.
by PharmaVoice
Julie Wittes Schlack, VP of Innovation at Communispace, offers key insights into the benefits of private online patient communities. She also helps bust two common myths about working with patient communities.
by The Hub Magazine
By focusing on unmet emotional needs, marketers can generate more motivating and often more unique and resonant new product concepts. Understanding emotions enables them to accentuate an idea’s true underlying appeal, and avoid unintended emotional barriers to adoption. Emotion-focused innovation offers adventure, excitement, confidence and satisfaction. Isn’t that exactly how new product development should feel?
