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4 Ways Your Website Can Replace Focus Groups

Buzz Marketing for Technology

While focus groups attempt to simulate and gain insights on what the customer potentially thinks, nothing can substitute truly anonymous, honest and unbiased feedback. So how are websites replicating—and advancing—the traditional focus group? We look at four ways that your website can replace focus groups: 1.

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An Overview of Bulletin Board Focus Groups

Idaconcpts

Bulletin boards focus groups (also known as BBFGs) are extended online discussions that take over 3 to 5 days, or more. BBFGs may have between 18 to 25 participants per group and develop in an asynchronous, threaded, self-paced fashion. . Here is an overview of bulletin board focus groups and their advantages and disadvantages.

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The Power of Facebook Groups: Tips for Strengthening Your Business

Ignite Social Media

Since early last year, Facebook has been putting more emphasis on groups within its platform. This focus stemmed from users wanting to have more of a community feel around topics and interests they care about. We will dive into why Facebook groups are important for brands and new opportunities for brands within those groups. .

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How to Use Facebook Groups to Grow Your Business and Engage Customers

Hootsuite

Today, though, with the power of Facebook groups for business , brands have an opportunity to build fan communities in a way that just wasn’t possible back then. Here’s how to promote your business and reap the benefits of Facebook group marketing. Facebook page vs. group. Benefits of Facebook groups for business.

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Generating New Income with Major Brands

The Realtime Report

Especially if you focus on content marketing (like creating a blog), you can promote different brands in one single blog post and increase your chances of earning commission. Online Focus Groups. Online focus groups are exactly the same as traditional focus groups, they obviously just take place via an online platform.

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A social media focus group in the 99-year old home of the Red Sox

Jeff Esposito

So when I got an invitation from the Boston Red Sox to visit their home offices for a Twitter focus group, I could not have said yes quickly enough. The Sox’ social media team asked the focus group of their Twitter community what we liked, what we didn’t and what they could do better.

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How Do I Keep My Facebook Group Alive?

agora pulse

An active Facebook group will help you build a band of advocates who will talk about you not just in the group but elsewhere, both online and offline. In this post, we’ll take a look at how you can build an active and engaged Facebook group that helps you reach more people and (ultimately) increase sales and show ROI.

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