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15 Simple Ways to Research Your Target Customer for FREE [podcast + worksheets]

Pam Moore

We do this through a combination of methods that may include online research, surveys, social media network insights, focus groups, interviews and the list goes on. Tips to conduct focus groups on little or not budget. Why Google is your best friends for customer research. Today I am not holding back.

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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. Reply Jayesh Paul May 19, 2010 at 10:54 am Powerful points, social media tools are making more easier to check your SMO efforts via social stats with google analytics. Where are the people most likely to buy your products and services?

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Social Pros 16 – Jay and Eric Strike Back

Convince & Convert

Jay : I mean it’s a focus group of one at that point, is it not? If you sort of weighed in on what Google was going to become or whether Google was going to be a fad, just a few years after Google really had hit its stride, you would be very surprised in terms of what it is today and the same is true for a lot of other companies.

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

Convince & Convert

Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. Make sure you’re not just shopping who you think your competitors are, but also who Google says your competitors are, based on search engine results. When you find a pattern, create content to address it.

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25 Compelling Reasons to Blog for Business Yesterday

Writtent Blog

Google and other major search engines associate fresh content with authority. Remember when corporations had to spend thousands of dollars on focus groups to compile consumer insights? Purchasing links and stuffing your website pages with keywords is more likely to get you banned from Google than ranked well.

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