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What is Market Research?

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Market research supports marketing in creating a deeper understanding of the marketplace, competitive environment, organization’s image and competencies, and customer needs and wants. The main types of qualitative research are focus groups (e.g. Busy, time-pressed high-level executives prefer this approach to focus groups.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. When you find a pattern, create content to address it. This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Ask your customers directly. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC.