Exit Polling...
.........of some early returns from our annual Product Research and Buying Habits study, turned up one finding that surprised me.Asked to indicate the importance of a handful of product and company...
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....from the ongoing Buying Habits study....Answering the question "What's the best NON-VENDOR website you've found to help you with product research?", this machine builder answered, "How is anything...
View ArticleReeeealllly Bigggg Study
If you're a machine builder or system integrator who works with one, we want to learn about the methods you prefer to use when you do your automation and control products research. If you didn't...
View ArticleDo You Love the Web More Than Your Local Distributor?
If you're a subscriber to Control Design or registered visitor to ControlDesign.com, and you're a machine builder or system integrator, you should have received my email invitation to participate in...
View ArticleProduct Research Study: Early Returns
We're about to close the study, so if you had intentions to add your voice, tempus fugit, folks, and a carpe diem for good measure. But here's an interesting preliminary result for those of you who've...
View ArticleThe Ying and the Yang of Product Research
We'll be posting the results of this year's Product Research and Buying Habits Study shortly. Here's a result that maybe captures the essence of the love/hate relationship most of us have when we use...
View ArticleGet in Your Suppliers' Heads
Believe it when I tell you that the automation vendors take the results of our annual Readers' Choice balloting pretty seriously. More than a few product managers and marketeers alike get a bit nervous...
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