<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/rss20.xsl" media="screen"?> <rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>DervalResearch</title> <description>Marketing Research for Innovative and Fast-Moving Companies</description> <link>http://derval.blogspirit.com/</link> <lastBuildDate>Fri,  4 Jul 2008 21:39:03 +0200</lastBuildDate> <generator>blogSpirit.com</generator> <copyright>All Rights Reserved</copyright>  <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/03/19/top-10-online-personas-revealed-by-dervalresearch-with-partn.html</guid> <title>Top 10 Online Personas revealed by DervalResearch</title> <link>http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/03/19/top-10-online-personas-revealed-by-dervalresearch-with-partn.html</link> <author>noreply@blogspirit.com (Diana Derval)</author>   <category>[Publications]</category>   <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:20:00 +0100</pubDate> <description> &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://derval.blogspirit.com/media/01/01/1839ad567aa48b02e612d6511b3bb087.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img name=&quot;media-158408&quot; src=&quot;http://derval.blogspirit.com/media/01/01/1839ad567aa48b02e612d6511b3bb087.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;1839ad567aa48b02e612d6511b3bb087.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0.7em 0px; border-width: 0px&quot; title=&quot;DervalResearch, online personas, segmentation, wait marketing, SLIC, GMI&quot; id=&quot;media-158408&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;DervalResearch, with Seattle partner GMI, presented at the MRS Annual Conference in London (with over 800 marketers and researchers) the Top 10 Online Personas identified and described thanks to face-to-sofa interviews conducted in Second Life.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Waitress, the Housewife and the Disabled were the most popular Personas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can read the full paper here: &lt;a name=&quot;media-158396&quot; href=&quot;http://derval.blogspirit.com/media/01/00/2cf352c3434f4d5f390d137639b1e14f.pdf&quot; title=&quot;media-158396&quot; id=&quot;media-158396&quot;&gt;Top10OnlinePersonas_DervalResearch200803.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Feel free to call us at +31 61 824 0803 for any question&lt;/p&gt; </description>  </item>  <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/07/business-dilemmas.html</guid> <title>Quick-Wins for your Company</title> <link>http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/07/business-dilemmas.html</link> <author>noreply@blogspirit.com (Diana Derval)</author>   <category>Research</category>   <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:05:00 +0100</pubDate> <description> &lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;I cannot afford to waste my time making money&lt;/em&gt;.&quot; Louis Agassiz&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img name=&quot;media-41422&quot; src=&quot;http://derval.blogspirit.com/media/02/02/5e83ffa86bdb9219ebcdb7e6faeccb9a.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;8826d6ca1639b32e7025a321118c64de.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0px; border-width: 0px&quot; id=&quot;media-41422&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Firms lose 15 to 20 percent of their turnover because their product doesn't suit their customers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here are some &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quick-Wins&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; for your company:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Conduct an &lt;strong&gt;opportunity&lt;/strong&gt; and a &lt;strong&gt;feasibility study&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;before&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;deciding&lt;/font&gt; to launch a new product&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get consumers &lt;strong&gt;interviews&lt;/strong&gt; and input &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;before designing&lt;/font&gt; your product&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Do &lt;strong&gt;beta-testing&lt;/strong&gt; with representative users &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;before freezing&lt;/font&gt; your commercialization strategy&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Research team will help you avoid costly errors with your customers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </description>  </item>  <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/07/business-dilemmas1.html</guid> <title>Marketing Research for Innovative and Fast-Growing Companies</title> <link>http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/07/business-dilemmas1.html</link> <author>noreply@blogspirit.com (Diana Derval)</author>   <category>- Our Mission</category>   <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description> &lt;p&gt;You have different options to develop your business. Which one will lead you to success?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img name=&quot;media-41402&quot; width=&quot;288&quot; src=&quot;http://derval.blogspirit.com/media/00/01/a9dd624084092e268b478cb0f79a1dff.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;a9dd624084092e268b478cb0f79a1dff.jpg&quot; height=&quot;152&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 0.2em 0px 1.4em 0.7em; width: 288px; height: 152px; border-width: 0px&quot; id=&quot;media-41402&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Who are my profitable &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;customers&lt;/font&gt; Which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;product&lt;/strong&gt; will be a best-seller How can we &lt;strong&gt;reach&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;strong&gt;convert&lt;/strong&gt; more consumers How can our company beat competition What are the best &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;opportunities&lt;/font&gt; for this &lt;strong&gt;innovation&lt;/strong&gt; on the market How do customers perceive our &lt;strong&gt;brand&lt;/strong&gt; At which stage of our product &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;development&lt;/font&gt; shall we involve &lt;strong&gt;customers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Team will help you find your way in the market.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </description>  </item>  <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/07/create-business-opportunities.html</guid> <title>Create Business Opportunities</title> <link>http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/07/create-business-opportunities.html</link> <author>noreply@blogspirit.com (Diana Derval)</author>   <category>Consultancy</category>   <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:25:00 +0100</pubDate> <description> &lt;p&gt;Successful companies discover new business by observing their customers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here are some &lt;strong&gt;tips&lt;/strong&gt; to identify these opportunities:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;img name=&quot;media-41342&quot; src=&quot;http://derval.blogspirit.com/media/01/00/186780c4daefc64c8273722b93a2bfa5.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;e4b676a34081749280002d69d7e16bed.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 0.2em 0px 1.4em 0.7em; border-width: 0px&quot; id=&quot;media-41342&quot; /&gt;Keep up with the latest sales and marketing &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;best practice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;Get feedback&lt;/font&gt; from your customers but also from your &quot;non-customers-yet&quot;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Learn to &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;take measured risks&lt;/font&gt; to gain unexplored markets&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Consultancy team will help you adapt the best practice to your context and grab new opportunities.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </description>  </item>  <item> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/07/innovation.html</guid> <title>Lots of Innovative Projects?</title> <link>http://derval.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/07/innovation.html</link> <author>noreply@blogspirit.com (Diana Derval)</author>   <category>Innovation</category>   <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:30:00 +0100</pubDate> <description> Your idea has multiple applications in the market. Which one should you focus on?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;&lt;img name=&quot;media-41321&quot; src=&quot;http://derval.blogspirit.com/media/02/02/86687b58e1582820125665fa0fe2d127.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;25b2323338fcf6cb59a11f43ef68036c.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0.7em 0px; border-width: 0px&quot; id=&quot;media-41321&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Our Innovation team will help you turn the best idea into a winning business plan&lt;/strong&gt;. </description>  </item>  </channel> </rss> 