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Invoke In The News
For articles, white papers, hot topics, and more, visit the Invoke Archive. Below are some recent articles in which Invoke Solutions has been featured:

Xconomy - March, 2009
The Death of the Focus Group?
At Invoke Solutions, Apple Vet Makes Market Research User-Friendly, for the Surveyors and the Surveyed Wade Roush of Xconomy interviews Invoke's CEO, Ben Cesare. Read the full interview here.


Forrester Research - February, 2009
Fused Research Will Save You Money
Brad Bortner recommends Invoke for their "fully Fused" research approach. Download a Free copy of the report here.


Forrester Research - December, 2008
2009 Market Research Predictions
Brad Bortner cites Invoke as one solution to the challenges of today's business climate. Read the summary or buy the report from Forrester here.


Research Magazine - September, 2008
People on the Move
[Extract] Jennafer Stahl joins Invoke from TNS to bolster copy testing and brand expertise. Read the press release here.

Research Conference Report - July, 2008
Bringing Qual and Quant Best Traits Together
[Extract] Read how Invoke helps Unilever better understand their shoppers and drive business success as presented at the Shopper Insights in Action Conference.
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Zillion Business Review - June, 2008
Bringing Market Research to Life
[Extract] Zillion International Business Review profiles Invoke, discusses the launch of the Engage suite of applications research platform, and examines the company's impact on the research industry.


Mass High Tech - May 31, 2007
Invoke Rewards Mobile Consumers
[Extract] Mass High Tech profiles Invoke, discusses the launch of the Invoke Ping mobile research platform, and looks at the company's growth potential.
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Marketing News - April 1, 2007
Tips Offer Better Response Rates, Engaging Surveys
[Extract] Invoke and Greenfield online discuss learnings from recent research and offer tips to researchers for getting respondents more engaged and collecting more useful information.
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Inc Magazine - October 12, 2006
The Future of Consumer Research
[Extract] Are you still using traditional focus groups? New techniques could help you discover what your customers are really thinking.
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Boston Business Journal - June 2006
With new CEO, Invoke pushes Web focus group
[Extract] Invoke Solutions has named a new CEO, tapping its own VP of Sales to take over the firm and focus on growing revenue.
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BoxOffice Magazine - April 2006
The Moment of Truth: The Numbers Are In and There's No Denying It: Audiences Are in Full Retreat
[Extract] Only a few months ago, on the eve of the holiday season, BoxOffice Magazine spoke with distribution chiefs and executives at every major studio, with the noteworthy exception of Universal, as well as mega-indie Lions Gate (now Lionsgate) for their take on 2005's box-office doldrums. Nearly all, while acknowledging the need for change, denied that there was anything sufficiently amiss to justify the doomsday talk that spread like wildfire through the summertime news cycle.
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Gartner Cool Vendors in CRM Marketing and Analytics - March 20, 2006
[Extract] The companies represented in Gartner's report have developed new delivery models and new ways for their clients to use customer insight and relationships to build better and more profitable businesses.
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Boston Business Journal - December 16-22, 2005
Online Focus Group Startup Invoke Lands $9M Round
[Extract] Invoke Solutions has received $9 million in a third round of funding from Bain Capital Ventures and several other investors, which the technology company hopes will yield its first profitable year ever.
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BusinessWeek - November 14, 2005
Shoot the Focus Group
Advertisers are inventing new ways into the consumer's head
[Extract] My research department doesn't know it, but I'm killing all our focus groups." So spoke Cammie Dunaway, chief marketing officer at Yahoo! Inc., at a Silicon Valley conference in September. Dunaway doesn't plan to harm the groups of innocents that marketers have long assembled in beige conference rooms to observe behind two-way mirrors, like zoo animals, as they hold forth about coffee and shampoo preferences. But she does want to put the two-way-mirror manufacturers out of business.
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Mass High Tech - July 25, 2005
Invoke Seeks Name-Brand Status as a Market Research Provider
[Extract] When you want to find something on the Web, you "Google" it. When you want to watch a TV show later, you "Tivo" it. When you want to know how people perceive your product, internal corporate message or political ad, someday you just might "Invoke" it.
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HR.com - July 13, 2005
Keeping a Finger on the Pulse of the Work Force: How to Sucessfully Gain Insight Into Employee Views and Opinions
[Extract] "I feel my professional development has been stunted since my start here." "Last night I was here until 11 p.m. working to complete a project without as much as a thank you." "My company was recently acquired by another, I don't know if I should start looking for a new job." "I feel as if I'm just seen as working cog, as opposed to a living person." "I wish we'd evaluate our benefit program more frequently."
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Quirk's Marketing Research Review - July 1, 2005
Strange Bedfellows or Friendly Neighbors?
[Extract] Umbria Communications in Boulder, Colo captures and analyzes unsolicited opinions culled from the musings of nine milliam bloggers per day using processing technology. Invoke Solutions in Wellesley, MA, provides a software platform that gives online focus groups a whole new meaning, accommodating up to 175 participants and 30-40 observers with high performance and real-time analytics.
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