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14 Social Listening Tools for Effortless Brand Monitoring

Hootsuite

Back in the day, marketers had to dedicate substantial budgets to consumer and competitor research through surveys, focus groups, and market testing. HubSpot Source: HubSpot HubSpot’s social listening tools allow you to create keyword monitoring streams and set email alerts for specific keyword mentions.

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Building an Epic Buyer Persona Profile: a Totally Comprehensive Guide

Writtent Blog

Major companies may leverage focus groups to determine consumer reactions to their marketing messages, and spend significant time and budget compiling demographic insights. Great marketers rely on demographics and consumer insights to target their marketing.

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PBEVENT 2015: A Roundup of Tips and Advice Shared at the ProBlogger Training Event Sessions

ProBlogger

Invite people from your email list to an informal focus group on the phone. You can learn more about email engagement campaigns via this great course at Hubspot. Could you use any of these ideas to come up with a list of 100? Thanks to Tonya Grant from our Facebook community for that idea.

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5 Traits of the Social Sales Person

Janet Fouts

Think of social media as a huge focus group. Social CRM tools like Salesforce , Hubspot and Nimble allow us to see what prospects and clients are saying on social media sites and create relationships with them before and beyond the sale. Rinse, repeat. Keep in touch with clients and prospects.

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26 Outstanding LinkedIn Tips and Tactics

Webbiquity SMM

Furthermore, due to its multiple sharing options including buttons, apps, personal updates, company updates, and industry-focused group discussions, LinkedIn is often among the top three or four traffic sources for B2B blogs. 6 Lessons from HubSpot’s LinkedIn Company Page by Business Insider. Marketing with LinkedIn.

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10 Marketing Techniques for Content Marketers from Traditional Advertising

Writtent Blog

As HubSpot blogger Dan Lyons points out, it’s not like the situation is going to improve next quarter, either. We’re specifically referring to focus groups, scheduled panels of carefully-selected consumers who would provide feedback over the course of a few hours on a potential marketing campaign. Know Your Audience.

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How to Write a Bare-Bones Content Strategy for Small Business

Writtent Blog

Ellie Mirman of HubSpot recommends advertising for interviews if you’re short of customers. Think of the costly and time-consuming focus groups huge companies often utilize just to figure out what their customers think. Is your company so incredibly fresh-off-the-press that you haven’t made a single sale yet? That’s okay.