DigitalMR

DigitalMR is a tech market research company specialised in web-based market research with a focus on social media.[1] With its headquarters in London - UK, and parent company in Cyprus, and team members in multiple countries, it offers services globally. Founded in 2010, the company is a member of ESOMAR and MRS (Market Research Society).[2]

DigitalMR
IndustryMarket Research
Founded2010
FounderMichalis Michael (CEO)
Headquarters
London
,
UK
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Michalis Michael, Dr. Nicos Rossides, Sophia Papagregoriou
Productslistening247, communities247
ServicesActive Web Listening, Private Online Communities, Co-creation, Web Applications for Market Research, Needs Based Segmentation, Web Based Market Research
Number of employees
Employees and external associates in the UK, Poland, France, Italy, Turkey, and Romania as well as consultants in America and Cyprus.
Websitehttp://www.digital-mr.com/
DigitalMR old logo, used until 2017

Services

DigitalMR offers several services such as social media listening & analytics, private online communities, online quantitative research, online qualitative research and advanced analytics. Social media listening operates on the principles of harvesting public posts from the web, analysing them, understanding and engaging with the creators of the posts, and deals with semantic and sentiment analysis,[3] while private online communities enable insights, co-creation, and customer advocacy. The company helps its clients understand consumers and market needs (by identifying how a brand is perceived) as well as manage their online reputation and improve their services.[4]

DigitalMR also has a noteworthy blog, which is updated continuously by different employees and the occasional guest. Entries on the blog address pressing new questions in the social media listening world as well as the traditional market research world.

History

In August 2010 when DigitalMR was established, founder, Michalis Michael, had been MD for Western Europe at Masmi, and prior to that, head of the global online division at Synovate, a multinational in market research ranking number 6 globally at the time. Masmi - a current client - has supported the company from the start, in fact DigitalMR was incubated from within Masmi in London. [5] The first advisory board was made up of the following individuals: Dr.Nicos Rossides; CEO at Masmi, Steve Alexander; president at Symmetrics, Stavros Hadjiyiangou; Managing Partner at A.T.A Associates LLP, Simon Preston; CEO at risebeyond.org and former Young Presidents' Organization international chairman, Peter Nathanial; partner at Impala partners and former Group Chief Risk Officer for RBS, and Neil Everitt; investor and entrepreneur.[6] In August 2011, Michalis Michael participated in an online debate on research and privacy in relation to social media, hosted by GreenBook blog.[7] Michael supported that if the new ESOMAR and MRS guidelines on privacy, anonymity, and consent were to be implemented, software development companies would probably prevail in the sector. He was the first one to respond in this discussion through a blog post, questioning the Market Research Society's position on the subject,[8] and argued that people posting online actually want to be heard, and are aware of the potential consequences.[9] In 2012, the company headquarters moved from their previous location to a larger space at Westminster Business Square in Vauxhall.[10]

Networking

Partners

DigitalMR has a number of agency partners offering its products to clients in their own countries,[11] including Cocedal, MindTake, 360Insights, Masmi, Nielsen, MRB Hellas in Europe, as well as Decision Analyst in the USA.

Clients

DigitalMR has gained a diverse group of clients since its beginning. From banks to coffee shop chains, DigitalMR has connected internationally to a wide variety of companies. Noteworthy clients include, Procter & Gamble, Sony Music, Young Presidents' Organization, Radley London, Coca-Cola, Nielsen, and Nissan.

Competitions and awards

In late 2011, the DigitalMR blog was nominated for the 'Top New Market Research Blogs of 2012' annual competition.[12] The blog had also received a badge from Next Generation Market Research as one of the most influential in research.[13] During the same year, Michalis Michael was one of the individual finalists for the 'Next Gen Market Research Innovation Award'.[14] In 2013, the DigitalMR online communities platform won the ‘Best Implementation of Enterprise Gamification’ award by Ovum for the use of gamification in market research.[15] In early 2014, DigitalMR was announced as a finalist for the Digital Innovation-Advertising contest in the category of Next Generation Social Media Analytics.[16] Also, DigitalMR was a runner up in a competition to win a place at the UK Trade & Investment Pavilion at CeBIT 2014.[17] Both were supported by IC tomorrow, a Technology Strategy Board programme.

Media attention

In 2011, DigitalMR made several news reports[18] regarding their research done on customers' social media posts about five major banks. They brought to light the importance of checking criticisms on newer platforms such as social media. They revealed the top 10 unknown problems, such as customer service, that were going unnoticed in the banking world.

gollark: Maybe your descriptions are just bad, some offense.
gollark: That's pretty much ußelessly vague.
gollark: But probably mostly good.
gollark: Feminism loosely defined and some stuff identifying as it somewhat problematic.
gollark: Amazingly enough, sometimes changing a mostly functional system a bit works.

References
  1. DigitalMR Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine GreenBook.org
  2. "Esomar Directory of Research". Esomar.org.
  3. Baron, James. "DigitalMR – Profile of a Leader in Social Media Monitoring". SocialMediaCoucil.eu. November 2012
  4. Laszcz, Gabriela. "Company Profile: Digital MR holistic web market research architects". IntelligentHQ.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2013-11-25. March 2012
  5. Verrinder, James. "Masmi backs MD Michalis Michael in DigitalMR agency launch". Research-live.com. August 2010
  6. Verrinder, James. "DigitalMR announces advisory board""Research-live.com. October 2010
  7. Tarran, Brian. "Genning up on the big data privacy debate" Research-live.com. August 2011
  8. Murphy, Leonard. "The Data Privacy Debate:Defining the Future of an Industry" GreenBookBlog.org. August 2011
  9. Bain, Robert. "Time to rewrite the rules of research?" Research-live.com. August 2011
  10. "New Office for Expanding DigitalMR". MrWeb.com. October 2012
  11. "HoraCore to Bring DigitalMR eCommunities to Turkey" MrWeb.com. March 2013
  12. Copeland, Sean. "The Full List of Nominees for the Top New Market Research Blogs of 2012" Archived 2013-09-19 at the Wayback Machine AbacusInsider.com. September 2011
  13. H.C. Anderson, Tom. "Next Gen Market Research Top Blogs" TomHCAnderson.com. January 2011
  14. H.C. Anderson, Tom. "2011 NGMR Disruptive Innovation Finalists" TomHCAnderson.com. October 2011
  15. Jennings, Tim. "Ovum announces winners of inaugural "On the Radar" awards". Ovum.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. May 2013
  16. Arnold, Sophie. "Digital Innovation Contest-Advertising: Finalists". ictomorrow.innovateuk.org.
  17. Hamacher, Adriana."CeBit competition: the winners" connect.innovateuk.org.
  18. Gun, Matt."bank tech" banktech.com.
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