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Words and Pictures – the Batman and Robin of Content Marketing

Waxing UnLyrical

They’ve recently started offering improv focus groups to get a more real reaction to what people are thinking. Martin is a member of the South by Southwest Interactive Advisory Board and a 2014 mentor; is chair-elect of PRSA Counselors Academy’s executive committee; and past-president of CPRS Toronto. Second City knows this.

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This Overlooked Marketing Strategy Can Help You Succeed in 2019

Pixlee

This constant interaction and trust-building have helped the brand grow 600% annually since it launched in 2014. In the past, community-driven marketing involved less-than-ideal focus groups, over-the-phone interviews, or in-store questionnaires that often yielded poor results.

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How to Apply Youtility to Internal Communication

Convince & Convert

The 2014-2018 Email Statistics Report by The Radicati Group reveals the average employee receives 121 emails each day, and this number will only grow. Facilitate focus groups or interviews with employees. Internal Communicators face a similar information challenge inside of an organization.

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An Introduction to Social Media for Business

Sprout Social

Before social media you’d have to pay thousands of dollars to put together focus groups and send surveys. In 2014 social media accounted for 31.24% of overall online traffic , up from 22.71% in the previous year. All of this information lets you dig deeper into who your customers are and what they like/dislike.

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How to Use Retail Bots for Sales and Customer Service

Hootsuite

French beauty retailer Merci Handy, who has made colorful hand sanitizers since 2014, saw a 1000% jump in ecommerce sales in one 24-hour period. What used to take formalized market research surveys and focus groups now happens in real-time by analyzing what your customers are saying on social media.

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Get Your Social Media Story Straight | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

Then the Bulls picked Johnson at 16 and that deal fell through, leading to the plan B trade of pick 18 to the Nuggs for the Bobcats protected first rounder through 2014. But I wasn’t the only person doing this, and by no means was I doing it any more than anybody else in the community.

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

Convince & Convert

Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group.