Q: What is CAMSS?

A: CAMSS, the Center for the Advancement of Marketing and Social Science, is a market-based, customer-focused initiative that seeks to connect businesses, nonprofit organizations, students (undergraduate and graduate), and faculty through a fee-based, research-focused approach to solving customer-defined problems. The Center is supported by Clemson University's Departements of Marketing and Sociology.

Q: What types of services does CAMSS offer?

A: We offer a wide range of services for both for-profit and non-profit organizations including:

1. market research,
2. brand tracking,
3. seminar education and training,
4. workshop facilitation,
5. survey expertise,
6. policy and non-profit research,
7. service leadership, and
8. market-driven solution planning for organizations.

Q: Why CAMSS?

A: CAMSS:

1. provides unique, unbiased answers to your business and industry problems
2. allows the tapping of knowledge and experiences of faculty
3. utilizes both marketing and social science principles to provide fully integrated solutions to your problem
4. has access to some of the most up-to-date and high-tech resources available in the field due to its affiliation with Clemson University
5. involves the top marketing and social science student leaders to bring fresh, different perspectives to the issues
6. extends education to your business and applies the newest concepts to satisfy your industry questions

Q: What are the credentials of the CAMSS consultants?

A: All CAMSS members are Ph.D. qualified in their field, usually Marketing or Sociology. Depending on a project's level of sophistication, undergraduate or graduate students may assist with data collection and research analysis. The use of students under faculty supervision provides a rich learning environment and helps reduce project cost without sacrificing final product quality.

Q: What is your fee structure?

A: Fees are individually determined based on the project's work and skill-set requirements. Please contact the CAMSS office for more specifics.

Other Questions:

Please contact the CAMSS center at mailto:camss@clemson.edu if you have any other questions.