Just like in sports, it never hurts to review the fundamentals of market research. We toss around the terms quantitative and qualitative like our younger brothers after watching an episode of WWE, but what exactly is the difference?

COVID-19 has been tough for everyone, and GreatBlue Research wants to help. Now more than ever, it is critical to stay in contact with your utility customers, both internal and external. By conducting customer satisfaction studies, employee assessments, and operational efficiency studies, you will obtain a better understanding of your customers and employees in order…

Market research is imperative to today’s utilities industry.  Understanding current and potential customer needs and wants helps us make more informed business decisions and aids in the development of focused business strategies.  Customer surveys take the guesswork and the assumptions out of determining what initiatives will likely be successful and cost effective.  Consistently working to…

The results of the Kissimmee Utility Authority’s recent customer satisfaction survey by GreatBlue Research illustrate how to use customer feedback for continuous improvement and demonstrate why it is so important to consistently ask for feedback. Deciding what to ask your customers can be challenging, but once you identify your target areas, you can focus in…

During the challenging time of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to understand the thoughts, opinions, and sentiments of your customers so you can better prepare to meet their needs. As we begin to return to a “new normal”, it is important to understand how your utility will operate in the coming months, and how…

To help community-owned utilities design their COVID-19 response, GreatBlue Research has developed a low-cost digital research solution to effectively and efficiently gather insights directly from customers.

The industry’s leading provider of customer research for community-owned utilities, GreatBlue Research is sharing insights into the world of market research. In excerpts below from the February 2020 issue of GreatBlue Point of View, you will learn about common “sampling” options and why digital surveys are popular.

As explained in this excerpt from the February 2020 issue of GreatBlue Point of View, the vast majority of public power customers nationwide say it is important to them that their electric utility is community owned.

Committed to supporting the customer survey requirements of community-owned utilities, GreatBlue Research is sharing insights into the world of market research. In excerpts below from the January 2020 issue of GreatBlue Point of View, you will learn what “margin of error” in polling means and why conducting customer surveys by telephone continues to be relevant.

The changing electric industry landscape has compelled many public power utilities to take a more in-depth look at how satisfaction and preferences are changing among their customers. Two public power organizations, ElectriCities of North Carolina and Turlock Irrigation District in California, took on customer survey projects in 2017, working through GreatBlue Research.