There’s a school of thought within the market research profession, that many have lost confidence in the value and accuracy of research. I’d redefine the issue more as one of collective indifference, brought about by a number of factors: Clients are overwhelmed by the exponentially increasing abundance of data, commensurate with a lack of resources to […]
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December Research Business Report
SLRG’s Jon Last was again featured among other market research industry leaders in RFL Communications’ Annual Predictions Issue, weighing in regarding what the profession should be looking for in 2018.
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Generic Sports Marketing Strategies Begin With An Understanding Of Fan Motivations
In this month’s Marketing Sports, SLRG’s Jon Last speaks to a framework with which sports marketers can deploy generic strategies to each of two basic fan segments, defined by their motivations. As we put another year of conducting research with sports enthusiasts in the rear-view mirror, there’s opportunity to reflect on what we’ve collectively learned. […]
Read More » If Mobile Video Content Is King, Is The Emperor Wearing The Right Clothes?
In the December Marketing Sports, Jon Last speaks to research driven insights for sports marketers to optimize their digital video content. It seems like just yesterday that sports properties and their brand partners were beginning to discover mobile video as a synergistic platform to enhance their activations. Today, it seems almost impossible to find a […]
Read More »Voice of the Customer Research Informs Sports Venue Renovations
SLRG is no stranger to working with sports and travel properties, seeking to understand and prioritize specific guest amenity needs, having executed custom studies for various venues. We recently began working with a new client on a multi-modal design study that will further evolve our approach to evaluate the unique and differentiating aspects of what […]
Read More » Disrupting The Intermediaries And Controlling The Message – An Opportunity For Sports Marketers
In MediaPost’s October 2017 Marketing: Sports, SLRG President Jon Last speaks to how growing skepticism about media objectivity is creating great opportunities for sports marketers to engage a direct dialogue with their target audiences.< Fresh out of undergrad, and before I became a marketing researcher, I was a publicist. Fascinated by the “machinery” that helped […]
Read More » Why Do We Keep Measuring The Wrong Things In Evaluating Sports Marketing Activation?
Sports marketing programs continue to become more sophisticated, but measurement of their impact has not kept pace. In the latest Media Post: Marketing insider, SLRG offers their take on why and how properties and brands need to gauge return on objective. For many brands, it’s planning season. Couple that with the push by some to […]
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When the next Tiger Woods enters golf, will the industry be ready?
SLRG President Jon Last offers his take on how golf course developers can learn from the past, in the September issue of Golf Business. by David Gould When the next Tiger Woods enters golf, will the industry be ready? His many injuries, surgeries and setbacks prompt doubts that Tiger Woods could ever return to prominence as […]
Read More »Real Time Guest Satisfaction Dashboards Meld Behavioral and Motivational Insights for Gaming, Sports and Resort Marketers
We’ve often opined in this space, that the intersection of big data and traditional marketing research, can birth incredibly actionable insights. Several of our clients in the casino, resort, and sports property space have wisely invested in CRM systems that collect and output a vast array of customer behavior. Whether it’s as simple as tracking […]
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SLRG Launches Insights Partnership with ASGCA
The American Society of Golf Course Architects leads their June 2017 issue with highlights from SLRG’s Survey of the American Golfer, conducted for Golf.com. Click here to view the article. Concurrently, this marks the beginning of a partnership between SLRG and the ASGCA, as the association introduces a greater emphasis on providing their members and […]
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