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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

Here is a quick list of reasons to get Market Research engaged early in order to give social media (People fueled) initiatives the best chances of long term success. Either way, the market research team should be established pros at getting feedback from existing and target customers. Will there be future demand for products?

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What is Market Research?

Idaconcpts

Market research supports marketing in creating a deeper understanding of the marketplace, competitive environment, organization’s image and competencies, and customer needs and wants. There are two main types of market research: quantitative and qualitative. Qualitative Market Research. Quantitative Market Research.

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New Research: Most Companies Do Not Have the Talent to Leverage Marketing Analytics

Convince & Convert

First of all, the study is solid–while it is based on a self-selected sample of about 400 marketers (88% of which are at least VP level), the sampling has been consistent since 2009 , and as we always say in my business, the trend is your friend. » Social Media Research' Read the whole entry. »

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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. Best to you. Happy New Year.

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A Social Network For Genetics Research: Can It Help Isolate Parkinson’s Genes?

The Realtime Report

Can social networks help with medical research? It started in 2009, when 23andMe decided to do genetic research and invited anyone diagnosed with Parkinson’s to donate their DNA sample. The company recruited people using social media, and at Parkinson’s research conferences.

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Indians in Social Media (2009) «

The Marketing Blog

01 am Indians in Social Media (2009) Jump to Comments By-and-large most of us would agree with that Social media is still in a nascent stage in the Indian context and there is a lot that remains to be explored in the Social media space. Reply Sampad Swain September 29, 2009 at 3:03 pm Thanks Daksh for the list.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. The Air Miles program logo in Canada since 2009. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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