http://blog.communispace.com market research, social media, the internet, culture, and breakthroughs that matter. Fri, 18 May 2012 19:06:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.communispace.com/learn/ramifications-of-yes-consumer-driven-insight-minimize-risk/ http://blog.communispace.com/learn/ramifications-of-yes-consumer-driven-insight-minimize-risk/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:04:59 +0000 Kat L. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=5914 MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/learn/ramifications-of-yes-consumer-driven-insight-minimize-risk/feed/ 1 http://blog.communispace.com/connect/insights-for-the-public-service-announcing-our-partnership-with-the-ad-council/ http://blog.communispace.com/connect/insights-for-the-public-service-announcing-our-partnership-with-the-ad-council/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:38:57 +0000 Kendra M. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=5357 Kendra Metzger, Community Manager and Ad Council partnership liason at Communispace discusses our exciting new partnership with The Ad Council – through which we will tap our proprietary insights communities to help expand and deepen their public service efforts.MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/connect/insights-for-the-public-service-announcing-our-partnership-with-the-ad-council/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/align/diane-hessan-ngmr-disruptive-innovation-award/ http://blog.communispace.com/align/diane-hessan-ngmr-disruptive-innovation-award/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:32:41 +0000 Chris O. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=5345 Communispace was recently awarded the Disruptive Innovation Award by Next Gen Market Research (NGMR) for our work pioneering online market research communities. Our CEO Diane Hessan sat down for an interview with NGMR founder Tom H. C. Anderson to talk about being a disruptive innovator, surfacing breakthrough insights, the recent acquisition by Omnicom, travel, and the Red Sox.MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/align/diane-hessan-ngmr-disruptive-innovation-award/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/align/takeaways-from-the-4as/ http://blog.communispace.com/align/takeaways-from-the-4as/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:30:57 +0000 Bill A. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=4994 MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/align/takeaways-from-the-4as/feed/ 1 http://blog.communispace.com/align/volkswagen-a-customer-service-case-study/ http://blog.communispace.com/align/volkswagen-a-customer-service-case-study/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:58:31 +0000 Chris O. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=4218 MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/align/volkswagen-a-customer-service-case-study/feed/ 2 http://blog.communispace.com/learn/virtual-violations/ http://blog.communispace.com/learn/virtual-violations/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:20:23 +0000 Julie W.S. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=3663 Wall Street Journal ran an article about a “break-in” at PatientsLikeMe, a website largely by and for people suffering from a range of medical and psychiatric conditions. Nielsen, in a practice they have since vowed not to repeat, was scraping postings, profile data, and in some cases, personally identifiable data from private patient forums on the site. They did this despite a User Agreement that explicitly states, "You may not use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Site or content or services provided on the Site for any purposes."MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/learn/virtual-violations/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/align/an-open-letter-to-our-non-clients/ http://blog.communispace.com/align/an-open-letter-to-our-non-clients/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:46:32 +0000 Bill A. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=3372 100 more great brands, our clients are only a handful of the companies who would benefit from having their customers at their fingertips. Consider the following companies who are our non-clients:

• Approximately 462 of the FORTUNE 500
• Approximately 83 of Interbrand’s list of the top 100 Best Global Brands
• And not one of the Big Three, four or five automakers

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