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Center for Marketing and Opinion Research
E-Newsletter

March 2012

 

 Last Chance to Participate in the 2012 Stark Poll 

 

The Stark Poll is an annual telephone survey open to any organization with a county wide interest giving an opportunity to ask questions in a survey of county residents without having to pay for an entire survey alone.   

 

At the end of the project, you will receive a full report giving you information you can use to take action and achieve your objectives.  

 

The Stark Poll will be conducted in April 2012.  

Please contact Amanda for more information.    

 

 

 

What CMOR Clients are Saying: 

    

"The staff at CMOR has done an outstanding job administering Community Awareness Surveys on behalf of Stark State College. Survey turn-around time has been excellent and the Center has produced informative, high-quality summary reports at a reasonable cost. The Center has also graciously shared the results of the Stark Community Pulse report. I highly recommend CMOR for your organization's research and evaluation needs."

 

Peter Trumpower,

Director of Institutional Research and Planning  

Stark State College

 

 

 

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It's a busy time at CMOR. We are excited to be doing good work with organizations and agencies that are improving the quality of life in their communities including our annual collaborative polls and a new Community Health Needs Assessment.  We look forward to many other opportunities to serve the community in the coming months.   

 

In addition, we have both had the opportunity to speak at several community events. We recently presented to Leadership Stark County's Government Academy, the Akron/Canton Chapter of the American Marketing Association, a class at the University of Akron and will soon be speaking at Summa Western Reserve.    

At CMOR, we partner with our clients to make data collection and research easy for them. Contact us today to see how we can help you See More (CMOR) with research. 

 

 

Michelle Henry and Amanda Barna
Founding partners of CMOR

 

3 Causes of Bad Data in Survey Research

 

Fail signSurvey research is a way to learn about a large population by studying a small random sample of that population. Survey Research is used for many reasons including reducing a company's risk of making wrong decisions, providing companies with a "picture" of its clients or customers, and "weighs" the public's perception of a particular issue. In order to make data driven decisions, you first have to ensure that the data that you are basing your decisions on is both valid and reliable.

 

Click here to learn about three common sources of bad data and how you can avoid them.  

 

CMOR on Pinterest 

 

PinPinterest is the newest rage in Social Media. Pinterest is an on-line bulletin board where you can 'pin' images and videos on different boards for easy access to review later and to share with your network. The images and videos that are being 'pinned' are often linked to the sites where they were found and include articles and tips and interesting ideas that have made this new form of social media so popular. Though at first Pinterest was seen only as a social network for people to share recipes, craft ideas, and meaningful quotes, it has morphed into a valuable marketing tool for businesses to share their products and increase traffic to their websites as well as their reach to potential new customers. Click here to read about how CMOR has harnessed the power of Pinterest.

Call Center Corner

 

EmployeesThe CMOR call center team is invigorated and excited to work on our upcoming projects! But keeping the staff motivated isn't as easy as it seems. Here are three pieces of advice that any company can use for all levels of staff.

 

Most importantly you have to commit to creating an atmosphere of excellence. People often chuckle at me when I say that but it is simply the truth and there is no better way to motivate staff to do their best every day. You do this by holding every member of your staff accountable to perform at the highest level he or she is capable. By encouraging your staff to push beyond expectations every day you will see an immediate improvement. Warning: You can't expect your staff to do so unless you lead by example!

 

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The Center for Marketing & Opinion Research is a full service public opinion research firm providing innovative research solutions to non-profits, government agencies, social service organizations, colleges and universities, and hospitals. From telephone, web and mail surveys to field, intercept and key informant interviews as well as focus group administration, CMOR will customize  data collection to meet client needs. We answer our clients most important questions through survey research.