Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 26, 2022

It teaches readers how to use behavioral science to create persuasive and effective marketing messages that will guide customers through their decision-making process. It also offers practical advice and case studies on how to effectively measure the effectiveness of behavioral science-based marketing campaigns.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 26, 2021

As marketers, it’s our job to know our target audience’s needs and preferences. It’s why we conduct market research every year to better understand what our customers want and uncover new business opportunities. But sometimes market research alone isn’t enough, especially when consumer preferences can change overnight.

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Sprout Social

JULY 6, 2022

Data points that could impact your pricing, sales strategy, product development and, of course, marketing. You probably collect survey data from your customers, monitor product reviews and conduct focus groups. When you put out a survey, you’re getting input from your current customers. Cast a wider net.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 1, 2023

Everyone—from marketers to social media users—loves creators. According to a Q1 2023 Sprout pulse survey, over two-thirds (79%) of marketers plan to spend up to 50% of their total social budget on content creators. Another 39% of marketers work with creators on a monthly basis. your potential customers) can come in handy.

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 22, 2021

By tapping into a daily habit that already exists, you can create social advocacy and amplify your marketing efforts. According to a 2016 survey from Bambu by Sprout Social, seven in ten employees are using social media at work. Sure, there’s always going to be the 10 percent of surveyed employees who spend over two hours on social.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

However, the trend in marketing is focused on big data, filtered and sifted, often to get the results that validate our company and products rather than to divine what the customer wants. Scraping the web, surveys, competitive research, all give us loads of data, but is it the right data, and how do we parse that data for the truth?

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MARCH 11, 2013

“We didn’t want to fall into the trap of having a great name and then focus group it to death to the point where you go, ‘Ah, it doesn’t work, let’s go with something safe.’ ”. Sports team names are at the very core of any team’s personality and the culture of their community of supporters, not to mention their marketing brand.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 24, 2017

But much of the research we do when marketing products and services is focused on big data, filtered and sifted, often to get the results we are looking for rather than to divine what the customer wants. To my mind, studying social media is ever so much better than using focus group scenarios. Why are consumers so unpredictable?

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Social Media Focus Group Sentiment Analysis 144

Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Gen Z is the most diverse generation yet, and it’s no surprise they expect to see themselves represented in marketing content. But, it’s not only the newest generation that cares about inclusive marketing. Work With Diverse Influencers. Create a brand community for your customers to invite conversation in a more accessible environment.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 18, 2018

How to Leverage Your Customers to Improve Your Marketing Strategy . Planning a marketing campaign should not start with your marketing team. Everything that you do that is related to marketing your business must come from the people you are trying to advertise to. Feedback Forms and Surveys.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Voice of the customer is a market research term for the process of collecting, analyzing and implementing customer feedback data. Through collection methods like surveys and reviews, the data will then be analyzed and distributed to relevant departments. Others, like surveys and customer interviews, require a more active approach.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 23, 2012

In traditional research, companies elicit feedback through periodic surveys and then enhance their findings through focus groups. Surveys are episodic and offer inauthentic information since the questions themselves alter the answers given, creating a distance between reality and what is articulated.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 26, 2018

Smart companies will use the insights they get from customers in a number of ways; from fixing holes in marketing campaigns to informing product messaging and even developing and co-creating new products. To keep up with evolving market trends, make sure you take note of these foolproof tips. Use Online Market Research.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 9, 2012

Some might, but the vast majority of people who share content, post comments, or offer sentiments and opinions online do so because they are in what Andrew Jeavons of Survey Analytics calls “the point of emotion.” In other words, they are emotionally invested in the product, service or experience about which they are opining.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In fact, according to Joe Rice, who leads Twitter’s EMEA Data & Enterprise Solutions, “Twitter is the world’s largest focus group because at its core, Twitter is a consumer insights engine. Hopefully now you have a clearer idea of how these benefits of Twitter can add value to your marketing mix. And rightly so.

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Below, we’ve broken down the latest updates as well as key takeaways to help inform your social marketing strategy. Another potential use case would be to setup a video room for a focus groups with some of your top fans. The first of these rolled out earlier this week via a 36-minute live stream by Zuckerberg. Live Video.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 23, 2018

Traditionally market research has been built on claimed data. This could be surveys, interviews or focus groups. Although this reality can be worrying it’s not doom and gloom for brands and marketeers. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz book “Everybody Lies” is built on the disparity between claimed and observed data.

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Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have. Brian Solis has a terrific series starting this week on the changing marketing, advertising and communications, where he adds a 5th P: People. Will there be future demand for products?

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Pam Moore

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Many savvy marketers will tell you that you “must know your customer.” However, very few marketing experts, agencies or consultants in the industry will actually tell you HOW to research and learn the details about your customer! Targeted Marketing is Human Science, Not Rocket Science. ” Yes, this is true.

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Sprout Social

MAY 18, 2021

Used together, the two strategies can empower marketers to create relevant content that engages their audience no matter which channel they find themselves on. Our recent survey of 250 business executives further illuminates the need to invest in both traditional and social media to ensure your business is set up for the future.

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Social Media Team Focus Group Loyalty 111

Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Social listening tools are some of the most important for any social media marketer to master. Back in the day, marketers had to dedicate substantial budgets to consumer and competitor research through surveys, focus groups, and market testing. Why do marketers need social listening tools?

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Audiense

JUNE 13, 2017

A few years ago, companies spent months researching their target audiences (with market surveys, focus groups, etc). In this regard, the enormous amount of public data available is a great source of strategic knowledge on audiences and target audiences for brands and agencies.

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The tried and true marketing and product development standard is doing consumer insight surveys. The primary benefits are being able to focus on specific information and target questions to specific audiences. Also, over the years, the accuracy of these types of surveys has been questioned. billion searches per day.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 2, 2014

It’s important to do the appropriate research, either with focus groups and surveys or by hiring an outside agency. Knowing how your customers perceive you gives you a benchmark to measure progress and helps you know how to proceed with marketing to improve your brand perception.

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Audiense

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It underpins every marketing decision you make. From marketing managers to senior executives increasing your ROI is a common goal shared by all. Market Research. Influencer Marketing. Market Acquisition. The higher the better! Could social data help you achieve this fundamental objective?

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Source: Morning Consult Great news for social media marketers, but what if your target audience isn’t Gen Z? But dbrand also proves it doesn’t need to be complicated: Source: r/dbrand Your own dark social community is like having a focus group ready to go 24/7. It’s a direct line to your most valuable customers.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

By tapping into a daily habit that already exists, you can create advocates and amplify your existing marketing efforts. According to a recent survey from Bambu by Sprout Social, seven in ten employees are using social media at work. Harness employees who are already sharing. highlight to tweet). Empowering Your Employees.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Social gives you the opportunity to get insightful feedback on your product or service all while building a community that can further amplify your digital marketing without having to spend large advertising budgets.”. Social media is an always-on focus group. Enables instant communication. Ability to crowdsource.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Now I routinely trade updates and information with smart marketers and other interesting people across North America as well as in the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, South Africa, India, Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and elsewhere. Social media makes marketing more fun. Leave a comment to share.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

For marketers it naturally raises several more questions: What do they say when I’m not in the room? The answers to these questions reach beyond brand and even marketing. Before the proliferation of social media, brands sought these insights through a variety of different tactics: surveys, focus-groups, shop-alongs.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 16, 2015

Sure, they might have done the occasional test/focus group or survey but those were never a large enough sample size. For the longest time, companies just pushed out what they thought the customer needed and wanted. They didn’t really ask. You never really expected them to get back to you.

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agora pulse

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When you are looking for a pulse check from your audience, and do not have the resources for focus groups and ten-page surveys, an Instagram Poll can offer some interesting insights. One of the benefits of Instagram Polls are their simplicity and brevity.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 12, 2016

This week the company introduced Twitter Insiders, a group of 12,000 Twitter users that will participate in research studies, help test creative ideas, provide honest input with the goal of making consumer and market research more timely and accessible. Gemma Proctor Research Manager at Twitter UK @gemmaproc.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Project work empowers agencies to focus on what they do well, ensuring they deliver great work which goes a long way to build trust with clients. . In marketing, when one campaign finishes, the next begins. We are a #strategic , forward-thinking marketing agency with a focus on social media, content marketing, and paid ads.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

From a pure lead generation / ROI standpoint, this skepticism isn’t entirely unjustified; research from earlier this year showed that branding metrics (increased brand exposure, webs traffic, email subscribers partnerships)—not strict revenue or ROI measures—topped the list of benefits that b2b marketers realized from social media activities.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The answer lies in marketing diversity. 70% of millennials choose to buy from brands that exhibit diversity in their marketing campaigns. Dive in, and I’ll show you the incredible benefits of diversity marketing and insights into unlocking the vast treasures of a multicultural market. What Is Marketing Diversity?

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

Some people think they can just send out a couple of surveys , or do a few focus groups , and gather all the information they need about the public’s opinion about their products. While these are useful ways to gather marketing and demographic data , you still need to know what people are saying behind closed doors.

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