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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. Additional supporting resources such as our Buyer Persona Worksheet , 5-Day Buyer Persona Bootcamp Virtual Training and our Content Calendar Editorial Template.

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Make Each Dollar Count: How to Maximize Marketing Budget in 2024

Oktopost

Focus Groups: Conduct focus group discussions with a representative sample of your target audience. In addition, Gartner’s recent survey found that training and upskilling employees was the second most prominent challenge for marketing leaders across the board.

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Surveys: Essential to the PR Pro’s Toolbox

Waxing UnLyrical

In this case, a simple Google Form can go a long way for a grand total of zero dollars. But interviews, among other qualitative methods like focus groups, are crucial in the discovery process that ultimately leads to developing a meaningful survey that can be distributed to a larger population and lead to valuable results.

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How to define and share your core brand values effectively

Sprout Social

Marriott International CEO Anthony Capuano was a guest speaker for the course, designed to train hospitality professionals in using sustainable practices. We did this by sending an open invitation to the entire company and then whittling it down to a working group of 15 individuals. Serve360 [link]. How to define your brand’s values.

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31 free social media templates that will elevate your workflows

Sprout Social

This customizable Google Sheets template is designed to help you break down your strategy to audiences beyond marketing with thoughtful hooks and benchmark data. Social media market research worksheet We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Social media is the world’s largest, most important focus group.

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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. Author information Martin Waxman Martin Waxman is a social media, content marketing and communications strategist, conducts social media training and workshops and teaches digital strategy at University of Toronto.

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How to use social listening tools for business-wide success

Sprout Social

Social media is the world’s largest and most transparent focus group. Social listening lets you tap into that focus group, their conversations and the trends happening not just around your brand, but around your industry as a whole. What power!

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