Everyone has heard of July 4, Memorial Day, Christmas, New Year, but have you heard of Brag Day? Well, maybe not because I just invented it. Since this blog now regularly gets over 1,000 visitors per week, I thought I would give people a chance to explain what they do, what services they provide and who is a perfect client. All for the low, low cost of nothing! Use this as a nice and easy way to network. If you do this right it should lead to a few opportunities.
So today is BRAG Day. The only thing I ask is that you try and be a little to the point and not too wordy. Feel free to include:
- Cool projects that you may have completed
- Where you are located
- Something that you offer that no one else does
- Links to your site
- What separates you from your competition
- Associations that you belong to
- Things that you are proud of
I look forward to reading your comments and seeing if there is an opportunity for us to work together.
Aaron Walton says:
—What we do—
EMI provides high quality online sample for a wide variety of target groups, here are some cool projects as of late:
*Denture Wearers
*Canadian IT DMs
*Plumbers
*Eczema sufferers
—What makes us different—
We do not have our own panel so when you need help finding respondents for your next project our bias is to you. We find the correct panel for your project, rather than trying to fit your project into ‘our’ panel (think square peg, round hole).
—Where we are—
Located in Cincinnati OH … check out our website for more info: http://www.emisurveys.com. Maybe we can meet at any upcoming conferences for MRA, CASRO, ESOMAR, AMA!
—What makes me proud—
Delivering on what we say we can do (quality, cost, timing, etc)!
Christine Cook says:
I’m Christine Cook, the President’s of INGATHER RESEARCH in Denver. INGATHER is the industry’s first “reality” research facility. While we do traditional focus groups and IDI’s we do a lot of other forward thinking and new research methodologies here. Some of these include observation, dinner parties, flip interviews and some interesting ethnographic studies. Again, INGATHER has everything a traditional facility has and so much more. The client space is 1,600 sq. feet and includes a theater, conference area, game room, exercise room, full wet bar and even has a dry sauna and shower. It’s a great “new” facility and is top rated in the market in it’s first year.
We also have an off site testing facility for sensory that is equipped with flat screens throughout as well as over $1M in top of the line Viking appliances. There are six cook tops, six ovens, eight microwaves along with many freezers and ample refrigeration. Two full kitchens and respondent space to seat up to 50 per session class room with computers.
All INGATHER management staff sit on many boards and committees with MRA, AMA, BMA and the Denver Ad Club as well as being the founders of Denver’s largest networking and educational event, SummerToast. SummerToast brings about 1,000 marketing professional together each summer and has for the last seven years. The companies President is a Past President of the SWMRA and past MRA national board member. She is also a Past President of AMA Colorado, and Secretary of the BMA (Business Marketing Association). Currently, Christine heads the PPAC for AMA Colorado and is sitting on the BMA board as this years Auction Co-Chair and is very involved in the marketing and community in Denver.
INGATHER holds many awards for research conducted however our biggest pride is the CEBA (Colorado Ethics in Business Award). It is the highest honor a company can receive in business in Colorado.
You can learn more about INGATHER at http://www.ingatherresearch.com.
Merrill, thank you for the opportunity to boast! AMA did this on the marketing research SIG for one day and it was GREAT! I met so many great people on line and learned so much about others and the great things we are all doing in the marketing and research community. I look forward to hearing from everyone else and reading about your business and accolades.
Fee Sepahi says:
Hi Merrill,
What a great concept! It’s nice to talk about a company I love working with.
At CETRA Language Solutions we provide translation and interpretation services, globally. We are based in Philadelphia but have a global reach with clients and vendors alike.
Imagine that over the four years I have been with this wonderful establishment, the leadership of Dr. Jiri Stejskal, who was named 2009 Small Business Person of the Year by the Philadelphia District Office of the US Small Business Administration, has brought the business an average growth of 50% annually, along with Philly 100, Inc 5000, US Chamber of Commerce and countless other awards. It’s been an incredible journey.
As you can imagine, the breadth of projects we have come through range widely, from volunteering with VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) to train interpreters to assist in emergency situations, to transcription and translation of the Saddam Hussein trial from Arabic to English.
We truly love the difference we make on the planet with our ability to communicate with this world and all its cultures, each with its own language. We take a great deal of pride in the words we produce which hopefully provide our clients with “peace of mind” in their communications.
We belong to several associations – ALA, DVTA, ATA, GPCC to name a few – but we love the MRA, as its members rely on us to get the results they are seeking and we understand that nuance and have developed skills internally to accommodate this very meticulous science.
There are many things that make CETRA very special; first and foremost though is that the President of the ATA (American Translators Association), Dr. Jiri Stejskal, resides here, in-house! Another rewarding aspect of CETRA is our personable nature, internally with coworkers and that we truly love our clients as we relate to them from not only a business perspective, but also from the human side of this very technology-driven organization. It’s also our ability to grow and advance with them, understand their needs and meet most all their requirements.
We are an organization of inclusion with great diversity. Whether it’s the birthday card that arrives with well wishes in over 30 languages, an MS function we will recruit you for or a company ski trip we include you in, it’s all in great fun and we enjoy it right along with you.
You can find more information about CETRA and all of us at http://www.cetra.com and you can reach me at fee@cetra.com or 215-690-9090.
Amy Shields says:
What a difference a coast makes! Having been a part of the executive team at a well-established West Coast company for over 13 years, my recent move to Advanced Focus, a data collection firm located on the East Coast, has certainly been a time of education/growth for me. All market research is not equal and no two markets or segments are the same. While I could speak to what I feel makes Advanced Focus unique (true national recruiting capabilities, extraordinary medical recruiting, 60-station in-house recruiting in NYC, long and varied history of volunteerism, etc), I actually think that our company motto says it best: “Passion lives here!” If you don’t know what a strong and positive affinity for marketing research looks like, you haven’t met our team! http://www.advancedfocus.com
Ed Ledek says:
Merrill– thank you for this opportunity. I know some of you… and I’m just coming back to our industry (after a two year hiatus) and truly need to reconnect. I appreciate this opportunity to tell you about our services at Scientific Telephone Samples (STS). Here is a summary of our core strengths:
RDD samples–we are hands down the best in the business. Our sample databases and geographic definitions are very tight and as precise as they can be. We have developed a system based on very accurate zip code inclusion models and we pull our samples at the hundred block phone number level versus the less precise thousand block level. Why do these type of things matter to you and your colleagues? Quite simply, the call centers will have better production. In addition, you will have better representation– yielding more accurate and projectable survey results.
Listed sample– we employ more rigorous scrubbing of the databases and carry out basic sample methodology as we assist in putting together each sample. Here are key reasons our sample will be more efficient and effective for research projects.
1) We do not use vague age buckets when building age specific samples. We actually provide precise and specific age targeted sample. Of course, due to when birthdays fall and database updates, this is not 100% accurate but, it is positively a more precise and effective manner to target age based samples; 2) for ethnically targeted samples, we can target by first, middle and last name. Doing such, these samples are more accurate and again, yield greater sample efficiency, survey productivity and projectable results. We also use these and other similar techniques to provide B2B and B2C targeted samples.
In addition to this rigorous and sound methodologically approach, we offer consultative client service.
Finally, our pricing is very competitive and when combined with our quality and service– that will present a compelling offer to allow us to prove that STS will be a valued and attentive research partner.
Please let me know when we can assist with any of your phone based sampling needs. You can call me at 801-592-1943 or email me at ed.ledek@stssamples.com. Thanks!