1. The Research Revolution Starts Here! 27th June 2011 Mark Simon, Leader, Global Technology Practice, Toluna LONDON|PARIS|FRANKFURT |AMSTERDAM|NEW YORK |SEATTLE|DALLAS |HAIFA |SYDNEY WILTON | GURGAON| MUNICH | LOS ANGELES | ANDOVER | TOKYO | TIMISOARA|TORONTO LONDON|PARIS|FRANKFURT |AMSTERDAM|NEW YORK |SEATTLE|DALLAS |HAIFA |SYDNEY WILTON | GURGAON| MUNICH | LOS ANGELES | ANDOVER | TOKYO | TIMISOARA|TORONTO
2. We know online behaviours are changing Infographic from Flowtown ‘My Mom is on Facebook?’
3. Survey-taking behaviours changing too! Why are response rates to surveys declining? Email overload Untargeted, poorly designed and lengthy q’aires Limited time / attention Monetary incentives not the solution... Data quality People always looking for the next best offer Social rewards make big sites work: Wikipedia? Financial vs. social rewards ‘I made a difference’ NOT - ‘I got paid’ Give respondents a seat at decision-making table
5. Social Media to drive new research toolsHarnessing toluna.com community traffic Context 4m-strong community loves to vote & share opinions Market demand! Faster, less expensive but agile MR solutions Aims Challenge low industry response rates and panel recruitment Increase engagement with members Grow research market - low cost, fast, sharable solution for brands, PR agencies, SMEs, charities Member engagement concepts Richer member portraits ALL the above allowed us to target surveys with a much higher level of precision
6. Toluna.com: the resultsCreating community, not just membership “Do you do your weekly food shop online?” “Smokers, thinking about quitting, if so how?” “Do you Recycle to feel less guilty about the environment?” “Will you buy the new iPad? 10,000 members in 1 country in 2003 to...4m members in 34 countries in 2011 March 2009 7,288,603votes by members Jan 2011 1 million votes daily
30. Case Studies LONDON| PARIS| FRANKFURT | AMSTERDAM | NEW YORK | SEATTLE| DALLAS | HAIFA | SYDNEY WILTON |GURGAON| MUNICH | LOS ANGELES |ANDOVER|TOKYO| TIMISOARA|TORONTO
31. A publisher. A research house. A training company. An online resource. A community of online marketing professionals. Econsultancy write reports, run training and events related to best practice digital marketing.
32. QuickSurveys for Econsultancy reports Social gaming smart pack Survey of 2,000 respondents UK consumers Trends in social gaming and use of gaming products Over 2000 downloads to date http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-gaming-report http://econsultancy.com/blog/7022-social-gaming-trends-for-2011
33. Social gaming smart pack Stats also used in press release http://econsultancy.com/press-releases/5359-new-report-a-fifth-of-consumers-playing-social-games-online
55. What our clients say ‘ “It’s become a ‘must-have’ tool for research projects. A full-blown custom research study may take a few months, Omnibus at least a week, but QuickSurveys takes only a few hours – whenever you want it.” Mark Rozeen, EVP of Insights & Innovations GolinHarris “We were able to create our survey within a few minutes and collect the final results a couple of hours after the survey was launched. This was extremely quick and easy!” Aliya Zaidi, Research Manager Econsultancy A very fast and cost effective way to get feedback on artists and compilation releases from real consumers. It has proved invaluable for time-sensitive projects, where we need to make marketing decisions quickly. Mark Uttley, Research Manager Sony Music
56. Who is using it? End users MR, PR, Advertising, Media Planning
63. Thank you for your time Any questions? mark.simon@toluna.com @marklsimon LONDON| PARIS| FRANKFURT | AMSTERDAM | NEW YORK | SEATTLE| DALLAS | HAIFA | SYDNEY WILTON |GURGAON| MUNICH | LOS ANGELES |ANDOVER|TOKYO| TIMISOARA|TORONTO