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Doing meaningful research is one thing, relating it to strategy and practice is another. At BlueRiverStone we bridge the gap with metrics and tools you will not find elsewhere among web development or research companies.

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-Welcome Awards Online Category 2010
-Security Industry Research 2008
-IIG-Instrumentation & Automation Survey 2008
-Careers24 Talent Survey 2009
-Investor Information Portfolio Survey

 

Corporate eCommunications Awards

Welcome Awards Online Category 2011

 

We are an applied research company, with a particular interest in the interaction between technology and the people who use it in the context of the Internet as a key medium.
Research is conducted within a framework covering and integrating the following themes:
Business Strategy Insight
User/Customer Insight
Industry/Competitor Insight
Strategy Practice Alignment
User Centred Design and Usability Testing
Website Quality Assurance & Performance Testing
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Welcome Awards 2009 Online Category Winners

Gearing up for 2010: What the SA Travel & Tourism Industry (OTTI) needs to do.
A study into the state of online practice for the SA travel and tourism industry. Sponsored by TEP; SAT, FNB, Quirk eMarketing and endorsed by SATSA
RESULTS PUBLISHED 14 MAY 2007
Reports at
http://www.blueriverstone.com/otti

FM's Best Corporate Websites Awards 2006 PUBLISHED 19 JANUARY 2007
Financial Mail's Web Awards recognises the quality of service offered by listed corporates by their public facing websites and email communications. Nomination close mid 2006 ...read more 

December 2005
WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT

Alexander Forbes is 2005's best corporate online communicator. The financial services group beat Liberty Group and Reunert into second and third places respectively in the FM's annual online communications index (OCI), which determines which p...more

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November 2005
Employee Research

A survey of employees and potential candidates determining job attractors and retainers. It was used to design a recruitment strategy

August 2005
Innovation Practice Research
A survey of a range of companies in terms of  the adequacy of their platforms for innovation to sustain enterprise wide innovation
June 2005
Human Resource Development Trends

A survey of Human Resources professionals’ current issues and training requirements
Assessment of Site Labeling
A client in the banking industry required an assessment of the relative usefulness of their website navigational taxonomy and the appropriateness of the content to user's needs. We designed a survey and methodology to determine the fit.
Usability Assessment
The developers of a UK based University required a usability evaluation of their beta website to help them pinpoint areas for improvement before launch
2004
Rank your Online Bank
An ongoing piece of research that looks at what online banking clients value in their banking. We looked at banking service requirements across multi-channel banking, value added service in online banking and overall quality of service experience
Corporate Governance Index
This survey evaluated some 114 listed companies’ progress in complying to King II requirements and reveals underlying issues that companies were struggling with.
FM Top 100 Websites that save you time& money
Readers of FM were asked to nominate the sites that they used the most and give reasons on why it was useful to them. This survey gave some insight into what net savvy people in SA are using the Internet for as well as providing insight to the owners of those websites
Online Communications Index 2004
FT Fortune 150 Websites
 
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