Intellicast

Welcome back to Intellicast! Brian Lamar and Producer Brian are all over the place on this episode. It kicks off with the guys talking about some recent news stories, including a cruise ship that had been at sea since January 5th finally coming into port, Optus moving to work-from-home full time, and Facebook’s plan to warn users over COVID-19 misinformation. The last story causes both of the guys...

Welcome back to Intellicast! This is a different kind of episode. We are all aware the market research industry has been hit hard due to the global pandemic, with organizations initiating furloughs, pay-cuts, and even layoffs. Everyone here at Intellicast knows what those affected by this are going through, and a little while back Brian Lamar put out an offer on LinkedIn for anyone who has had the...

Welcome back to Intellicast! On this episode, Brian Lamar is joined by Colson Steber, Co-CEO of Communications For Research and the current President of the Great Lakes Chapter of the Insights Association. In the first segment of the interview, Colson discusses how he got his start in market research, and what led him to take over the family business. Colson also talks about the history of Communi...

Welcome back to Intellicast! On this episode, Brian Lamar is joined by Mark Menig, Chief Product Officer of PureSpectrum. We kick the interview off learning about how Mark got started in market research. He then sets the record straight on how he started in online sample. Mark then gets into his career journey that led him to PureSpectrum. Mark then give Brian a great overview of PureSpectrum’s ne...

Welcome back to Intellicast! On this episode, Brian Lamar and Producer Brian are joined by EMI’s own Courtney Sandfoss to discuss the latest in the market research industry. The episode kicks off with Courtney’s introduction and a possible family relation to Brian Lamar! They talk about their Kentucky backgrounds and EMI’s Fried Chicken Day. In the second segment, they discuss some current events,...

Welcome back to Intellicast! On this episode, Brian Lamar and Producer Brian sitdown to discuss the latest in market research industry. The guys kick-off the episode talking about some of the recent changes to the conference season, including IIeX being rescheduled, as well as NEXT going virtual, and how that may impact conferences in the future. In the second segment, the guys explore the all the...

Welcome back to Intellicast! On this episode of Intellicast, Brian Lamar and Andrew DeCilles are joined by Alex Millet and Lindsey Bartel of the research and strategy firm, Brandtrust. They dive into how Alex and Lindsey got started their start in market research, and what led them to Brandtrust. This leads to a discussion around the history of brand trust and what makes them unique in the market...

Welcome back to Intellicast! Brian Lamar and Producer Brian kick off the show discussing how going virtual has been going, and if each other has gone stir crazy yet. They also touch on the adjustments both the industry is making as a majority of people are working from home, as well as the changes they have noticed in their neighborhoods. In the next segment, the guys discuss the latest news aroun...

Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Intellicast! In this episode, Brian Lamar and Producer Brian, talk a variety of topics and try to find stories that don’t have to do with the Coronavirus. The guys start off the episode talking about the many different COVID-19 research and resources that the market research industry has put out over the last week. Moving into the market research news, the g...

Thanks for tuning in to Intellicast! Today’s episode is a little different – Brian Lamar is joined virtually by Producer Brian. To kick off the episode, the guys discuss the latest news around COVID-19, including Greenbook’s projecting on the economic impact of the CPOVID-19 outbreak, WPP’s announcement for staff to work from home, and the MRBA announcement around financial support to market resea...

Welcome back to Intellicast! We have a bit of a different episode for you this week. On the first half of the episode, Tony Brown joins Brian Lamar to talk about some of the latest news in market research. They include Cint’s new CTO, and Dynata’s new partnership with CMNTY. Brian any Tony then turn their attention to COVID-19 and its impact on the market research industry. They discuss what they...

On this week’s Intellicast, Jason Inderhees joins Brian Lamar for a second time. The episode starts off with the guys discussing the postponement of the Qualtrics X4 Summit due to Coronavirus concerns, and how it might affect other upcoming conferences. They then talk about Schlesinger Groups’ acquisition of Market Cube, and what it means for the industry. And in the final news story of the week,...

Welcome back to Intellicast! On this week’s episode, Brian Lamar and Producer Brian are joined by former Poll Party host, Rory Dineen. The episode kicks off with Brian and Rory catching up on some of the latest current events, including the latest on the coronavirus, the South Carolina Democratic Primary, and more. Rory then brings back the Poll Party segment, Quiz of the Week, to Intellicast. She...

Welcome back to Intellicast! In this week’s episode, Brian Lamar sits down with Jeremy Zogby, Partner at John Zogby Strategies. Jeremy talks about growing up surrounded by polling and politics, and how he knew he was going to work with his Dad, but took nine years to pursue teaching first. Brian and Jeremy then talk about what it was like for Jeremy to live in Prague, and the cultural differences...

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Intellicast! We cover a wide range of topics on this episode. Kicking off the show, Brian, Producer Brian, and new guest co-host Adam Clements, kick off the episode talking about some of the recent podcast feedback we have received, and a discussion on the recent Iowa Caucus. The guys then turn to the latest market research news, including data quality...

We have a great episode of Intellicast for you! One of our favorite guests, Damon Jones, Vice President of Telephone Operations at Burke, joins us for a second time. He and Brian are both involved in the Great Lakes Chapter of the Insight Association and are both members of the Diversity and Education Committee. They discuss how Damon got started with the Insights Association and his roles he has...

We have a special episode of Intellicast for you this week! Brian Lamar is joined by not one, but two special guests. Joining him in the co-host seat for this episode is Mary Draper, Senior Research Manager and Network Quality Officer for EMI. They are also joined by Shannon Frazier, Sample Manager for Directions Research. The three of them were all in Atlanta last week for SampleCon and the confe...

Welcome back to Intellicast! This week Brian Lamar and Producer Brian sit down to discuss the latest market research news, the start of conference season, and have a conversation with EMI’s intern on what she is learning about market research in school and how it compares to her learnings on the job. Kicking off the episode, Brian and Producer Brian discuss the sudden passing of Kobe Bryant, his d...

Welcome back to Intellicast! On this week’s episode, Jason Inderhees joined Brian Lamar and Producer Brian as guest co-host. The guys kick off the episode discussing some current events, including some Joe Burrow and Bengals talk, as well as the Houston Astro cheating scandal. They then discuss PureSpectrum’s announcement of their new respondent scoring system, PureScore. You can find more about t...

Welcome back to Intellicast! On this week’s episode, Brian Lamar is joined by Producer Brian to talk about the latest in the market research industry, some current events, the latest thing they are watching. The episode kicks off with a discussion about the latest market research news, including the launch of Oasis Intelligence, a new cannabis insights firm in Los Angeles (http://www.mrweb.com/drn...

Welcome to season 3 of Intellicast! Kicking off the episode, Brian makes a couple of big announcements regarding the future of both Intellicast and Poll Party. After the announcements, he and Producer Brian are joined by special guest host, Tony Brown. Tony joins to discuss the latest market research news, including Facebook’s latest fine for data misuse, which leads to a bigger conversation aroun...

And we’re back with part 2 of the Best of 2019! In this episode, Adam and Brian revisit interviews with Andrew Cannon of GRBN, David Butler of Pure Spectrum, Ted Waz of The Opinion Economy, and Roddy Knowles of Alpha. In Andrew’s interview, he chats with Adam and Brian about how he got started in market research, how he started GRBN, and he gave us a preview of his 2019 SampleCon presentation! The...

Happy Holidays! In this series we are going to be revisiting some of our favorite interviews from this year. This episode includes interviews with Rachel Alltmont of SampleCon, Thania Farrar of Burke, and Priscilla McKinney of Little Bird Marketing. In Rachel’s interview, she gives a preview of the upcoming SampleCon conference, and touches on gamification, respondent experience, global conversati...

Welcome back to Intellicast! Adam and Brian are back from their travels and have a jam-packed episode. Kicking things off, the guys dig into the latest market research news, including Measure Protocol and Kantar Profiles winning at the MRS/ASC Awards, Kantar launching Express Surveys on Kantar Marketplace, and the biggest news of the week, Melanie Courtright being named CEO of the Insights Associa...

Welcome back to the Poll Party! Kicking off this week’s episode, Adam and Rory discuss the recent announcements that have changed the Democratic Primary field, including Kamala Harris dropping out and Michael Bloomberg entering. They also review a couple of new national polls on the Democratic field, the first from Taubman (https://watson.brown.edu/taubman/files/taubman/imce/taubman_national_f2019...