Online MR Magazine July Edition 2016 | Page 4

AREWEREADYTO CHANGE? Y es Iagr ee t hat i nt he past decade t hi ngs have changed r api dl yi nt he MR i ndust r y–as now mor eand mor ecl i ent sar e pr ef er r i ng onl i ne dat a col l ect i on met hods over t r adi t i onalones . Ist i l lr emembergr owi ng up i n t he90’ swhent her eusedt obe j ust1TV channel .I nt hosedays we of t en encount er ed peopl e t aki ngf acet of acei nt er vi ewst o gat her opi ni ons about our br andpr ef er ences. Today i n 201 6 Icannot even guess how many TV channel s t her e ar e?( Iguess400+)and sur pr i si ngl y Ist i l lcome acr oss f i el d i nt er vi ewer s conduct i ng sur veys vi a ol d t r adi t i onal met hodol ogi es. I tget smei nt het hi nki ngmode –ar ewet hemar ketr esear cher s st i l lusi ng ar chai c met hods t o col l ecti nf or mat i on? When even my 60 year s ol d mot herhasopenedaFacebook accountandi susi ngWhat sApp ext ensi vel y. I nawor l dwher econver sat i ons wi t hf el l ow human bei ng have shi f t ed t ot he di gi t almedi um ar e we t he mar ketr esear cher s usi ng t he cor r ect met hodol ogi est o connectwi t h t henew ageconsumer s ? t her e ar e mar ket r es ear cher s who have done commendabl e j obi nbr eaki ngnew f r ont i er si n i nnovat i on–butt hei rnumberi s mi nus cul e when compar ed t o what t he vast maj or i t y of i ns i ghtexper t sar edoi ng. et el yagr eewi t ht hef act Butt hechanget oadapti nt hi s Icompl hat a cons i der abl e ener gy new wor l d has been s l ow i n t needst obes pendi neducat i ng r ef er encet ot heMRi ndust r y. cl i ent st oacceptchange–buti t sst i l lf arbet t ert han f aci ng a Ther e ar e st i l lmany cl i ent sas i d i s s a t i s f i e d c l i e n t a t t h e t i me of wel lasmar ketr es ear cher swho hef i nalpr es ent at i on. ar e af r ai dt o embr ace change t whol ehear t edl y.The ar gument i ncer el y hope t hat our MR whi chIhaveof t enencount er ed Is ndust r y moves i n symphony i st hat“ t he cur r ents et up has i w i t h t h e c u r r e n t t i mes .Fort he beengi vi ngr es ul t sf ort hepast ame Ihave cont r i but ed i na 50 year ss o why s houl d we s s mal l way by st ar t i ng t hi s change?” magazi ne whi ch t ouches i ousr el evantt opi cst hatwe My vi ew i st hat40 year sago var t h e ma r k e t r e s e a r c h e r s n eedt o t her ewasj ust1TV channelbut st and.Iam conf i dentt hat t hewor l dwei nhabi tt odayhas under t he i ns i ght f ulcont ent of t hi s changeddr ast i cal l y. magazi ne wi l l not onl y i ght en you buteven i ns pi r e I under st and t hat t he most enl y o u t o b e t h e f l a g b e a r e r o f di f f i cul tt hi ng t o change i st o accept t he change and change. unf or t unat el yt hi sof t enpl agues Thewor l dwel i vei ni schangi ng t hemar ketr es ear chi ndust r y. ata l i ght ni ng s peed –t he bi g q u e s t i o n h e r e i s : A r e we r e a d y We l i ve i n a wor l d wher et he ochange? communi cat i on gap bet ween t br andsandt hecons umer shave horBi o:Aks hay Kanyalhas s hor t ened cons i der abl y by t he Aut been i nt he s ur vey r es ear ch di gi t almedi um. i ndust r yf ormor et hanadecade ed var i ous I ns uch a s cenar i oi f we t he and has handl es pons i bi l i t i es f r om bus i nes s mar ket r es ear cher s don’ t r d e v e l o p me n t t o p a n e l changet hent her ei saver yhi gh .Hehasl aunched pos s i bi l i t y t hat i n comi ng management o n e o f t h e mo s t p o p u l a rs ur vey decades we wi l l become r es ear ch bl og “ Onl i neMR. com” r edundant . andhasbeenhel pi ngMRcl i ent s w i t h h i s c o n t e n t ma r k e t i n g Now s ome ofyou may ar gue t i s ef r om t hepast4year s . t hatt hi ngshavechanged al ot exper but my concer n i st hat t hi s ou can f ol l ow Aks hay at change i snei t herf astenough Y wi t t er / aks haykanyal norwi des pr ead. Y esIagr eet hat t