article thumbnail

7 ways to use social media for market research

Sprout Social

While focus groups are helpful to reference at the start of new product or campaign development, they’re less useful for gathering customer feedback once said post-launch. Social media is much cheaper than surveys or focus groups, which can cost thousands of dollars depending on the size and complexity of your research panel.

Research 144
article thumbnail

10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

surveys, focus groups, test marketing) often spend millions to locate their target markets. You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On a few occasions, they also have served as focus groups providing us with valuable feedback on a number of topics. We agreed to forward the information on to this group of members, and asked for their permission to share their contact information with Royal Caribbean. We received a second, similar request, in October, 2008.

Brands 133
article thumbnail

Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson Respond to Digg Complaints

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Kevin says that earlier this evening, he hosted a focus group at Digg to beta test some new features to be rolled out in the future. (The concern of the users, however, is that not many regular Digg users visit the Upcoming section of Digg. This was not addressed in the chat.)

Digg 100