Our LiveTribe online research panel continues to grow from strength to strength since its launch in October 2009. LiveTribe is an online community where our members receive rewards, prizes and incentives for taking part in online market research activities like surveys, live discussion groups, research blogs, forums and polls.

The management and staff at i-Link would like to thank all our clients for their continued business and support throughout 2009.

 

We look forward to the prospect of working with you again next year, whilst hoping 2010 proves to be an exciting and prosperous year for you all

 

From all of the team here at i-Link, we wish you a Happy Christmas and peaceful New Year.

 

 

 To all our customers,

 

We are going to be taking a short break over the Christmas and New Year period during which time our office will be closing. Our last business day will be on Wednesday, December 23rd.

 

Our dates are as follows;

 

Closed:              Thursday 24^th December 2009

Re-opening:       Monday 4^th January 2008

 

 

Please rest assured that any pre arranged or ongoing projects will not be affected, however if you have any last minute project or timelines that we are not yet aware of please discuss these with us as soon as possible.

 

The Qualified Opinions Research Panel has been re-launched this month with a brand new name: LiveTribe.com! Under the guidance of our imaginative and resident designer, Francis Fenlon, we've aimed for a fun, friendly and inviting user experience, with lots of colour and a great dollop of imagination!

At the beginning of 2009, i-Link announced the opening of its first representative office in Kuala Lumpur to service the South East Asian market. Since that time our operations have continued to expand within the region and the company is now operating as a fully trading entity. This marks a significant step forward for i-Link as we strive to fulfil our commitment to support both the Asian & Australasian research industries.

i-Link Research welcome Andrew Yeoh to the position of Business Director – South East Asia. Andrew will be based in the Malaysia office located in Kuala Lumpur. Andrew has more than 8 years experience in market research in retail audit, quantitative and consumer panel research.

i-Link would like to welcome Edward Hertz to the position of Account Manager at our Sydney office. Edward comes to i-Link with over ten years experience in the Australian market research industry to date. He is a former graduate of Macquarie University, where he completed a BA in Social Sciences, specialising in Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy.

A traditional focus group is a controlled discussion amongst six to ten participants who usually share a set of common characteristics. These characteristics can be demographic profiles such as age, gender or location, or their commonalities may relate to stated preferences for a certain brand, product, organisation or purchasing behaviour.

i-Link has developed a range of visual Point & Click style questions, which are available to all our clients when using i-Link’s advanced online survey system, i-Question.

These question styles are designed with a point and click action to enable faster, intuitive and more considered respondent participation. Participants are able to select from words, statements, logos, images, new products, packaging etc. in both a visually appealing and interactive way.

The Qualified Opinions Research Panel was brought under management last December and will now be operated by the i-Link team in Sydney. Qualified Opinions is a sister company to i-Link Research and this measure was taken to enable the panel to be better coordinated and developed from a central location.

i-Link Management and Staff would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

We would also like to say thank you to our partners, clients and suppliers for all your support during the past year and we greatly look forward to working with you in 2009!

i-Link will briefly close our office over the Christmas & New Year period.

Please rest assured that all ongoing projects will not be affected, however if you have any last minute or unexpected projects please discuss timelines with us as soon as possible.

CLOSED: Thursday 25th December 2008

REOPENING: Monday 5th January, 2009.

On behalf of all the team at i-Link Research we wish all our research partners a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support during the last year and greatly look forward to working with you again in 2009.

At i-Link the development and launch of our second generation i-Focus and i-Discuss applications are complete. Already uptake of these offerings has been strong as they offer both our clients and their respondents an easy to use platform through which to conduct their online research.

At the recently concluded ESOMAR World Research Conference in Singapore, forecasters reliably indicated that Asia is quickly evolving into a dominant economic force. i-Link, in recognition of this predication, has stepped into this hugely exciting region and is assembling a team of IT experts and a dedicated online team to work in our newly opened office in Malaysia.

At i-Link we have achieved another milestone in our company history. After over 48 procedures, 50 internal audits, and a 4 day external audit from SAI Global, our team was successfully awarded the ISO20252 certification in May 2008. i-Link is now one of the only 21 companies in Australia certified under the international standard for market, opinion and social research.

This year i-Link was again proud to be a sponsor of the 2008 AMSRS Conference, which was hosted at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. First and foremost the event was a huge success, primarily due to the high calibre of content and speakers presented.

At i-Link we understand that to continue as global leaders in the provision of online services we must maintain an ethos of continual investment in our research systems and applications. In doing this, we are ensuring our position at the forefront of innovation and development within our industry as we continually strive to improve on the service and capabilities we offer our clients

In early December of this year, i-Link will be inviting a range of our key clients and affiliates to consult with us on our new Panel Management System which we are aiming to develop and launch to market by April 2009.