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5 Market Research Myths
As a leading market research agency, Alpha-Diver specializes in providing innovative solutions to businesses. With a unique approach to...

Julie Maines
Oct 13, 20236 min read


The GenZ Food & Bev Behavior Equation
Hunter Thurman was featured as a keynote speaker at the SIAL America Conference 2023. In this talk, he reveals the 3 core strategies to...

Julie Maines
Apr 21, 20231 min read


Three Reasons We Can’t Disconnect from Social Media
This article originally appeared in Webbiquity by Mary Mathes & Rosalie Samide, PhD The term “social media” implies connecting with...

Mary Mathes
Apr 11, 20233 min read


Brand Strategy Spoilers: Getting Beyond the B.S. of ‘Experience’
This report originally appeared in Branding Mag by Hunter Thurman This is the fourth installment in a series which unpacks the...

Hunter Thurman
Mar 18, 20235 min read


Neuroscience in MRX: shiny objects vs. insight breakthroughs.
The research industry is awash in hype around new technologies that promise unprecedented insights into consumer behavior – but it can be...

Hunter Thurman
Mar 14, 20234 min read


Insights: Agency vs. Client-side assumptions & myths DEBUNKED
Insights teams work closely together on a daily basis to crack tough challenges, with both agency-side and client-side researchers...

Julie Maines
Feb 17, 20231 min read


One shot, one bourbon, one beer… One Vesper Martini with a Smoke Bubble On Top
by Hunter Thurman This article originally appeared in Research World Imagine four people sitting at a bar. Imagine they’re the same...

Hunter Thurman
Feb 15, 20234 min read


Inflation cools, prices not so much
By Brad Kallet, Editor at LinkedIn News Inflation is starting to decelerate, which means we'll start to see the cost of everyday expenses...

Hunter Thurman
Feb 9, 20231 min read


Food business strategy: moving from what, to when and how.
Think less about WHAT foods consumers want, and focus instead on WHEN and HOW they want them. This article originally appeared in SIAL...

Hunter Thurman
Feb 9, 20233 min read


Brand Strategy Spoilers: The Tribe Has Spoken
by Hunter Thurman This article originally appeared in Branding Mag This is the third installment in a series which unpacks the...

Hunter Thurman
Jan 31, 20235 min read


The social media Behavior Equation
by Hunter Thurman This article originally appeared in ESOMAR's Research World Marketers everywhere pine for ways to stand out from the...

Hunter Thurman
Jan 19, 20234 min read


Is Nothing Sacred? Why Branded Bowl Games Rub Us the Wrong Way
by Mary Mathes and T. Sigi Hale, PhD. This article originally appeared in The Customer The college football bowl season promises an...

Mary Mathes
Jan 5, 20234 min read


Hunter Thurman Of Alpha-Diver On How To Use TikTok To Grow Your Business
An Interview With Ben Ari This article originally appeared in Authority Magazine TikTok is currently the fastest-growing social network....

Hunter Thurman
Jan 2, 20236 min read


The beautifully-irrational response to inflation by GenZ consumers
There's no shortage of 'noise' for consumers to filter out. How do we craft the messages that actually get through to help them in daily...

Hunter Thurman
Dec 15, 20221 min read


Brand Strategy Spoilers: Sometimes Consumer Behavior Is Rational
by Hunter Thurman This article originally appeared in Branding Mag This is the second installment in a series, which unpacks the four...

Hunter Thurman
Dec 6, 20225 min read


The science of holiday gifting: unwrapping what really drives our buying behaviors
by Mary Mathes This article originally appeared in The Customer The holidays are here, and with them the annual onslaught of gifting...

Mary Mathes
Dec 5, 20224 min read


For Consumers, the High Cost of Saving Money
This article originally appeared in MediaPost Inflationary doomsday prophecies abound, and big brands are rightly worried about the...

Julie Maines
Nov 7, 20222 min read


Do you use social media to sell your brand?
What actually drives real-world behavior with young consumers? Take 3 minutes to get new-news from my talk at the IAB Brand Disruption 2022.

Hunter Thurman
Nov 7, 20221 min read


The not-so-secret of driving purchase via social
I recently shared fresh insight from our Omni-Pulse database around the approach to take when planning social media strategy. In short,...

Hunter Thurman
Oct 20, 20221 min read


Neuroscience in Market Research: Beyond the Hype
This article originally appeared in The Customer. In 2011, neuroscientist T. Sigi Hale PhD was principal researcher (known in academia...

Hunter Thurman
Oct 18, 20225 min read
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