Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Twitter is one of the top platforms to keep up with the latest trends and conversations. You may already be using Twitter on a daily basis to follow your favorite brands and take part in trending conversations. What do people think about a certain topic or trend? But what about using Twitter for your business? And rightly so.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 23, 2021

No need for research, testing or iteration—let’s just do this! The sharp, brand-defining edges of inspired ideas are often worn down in focus groups as innovation teams strive for mass relatability at the expense of deeper relevance with their desired audience. Get more out of research . Go deeper with your audience.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 26, 2018

To keep up with evolving market trends, make sure you take note of these foolproof tips. Use Online Market Research. Traditional market research is still a tried and tested way of finding out more about your customers. Research is conducted using community platforms or on a one-to-one basis.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 26, 2019

Immediate research : Analyzing current social media listening data provides you with immediate research that does not need to run through focus groups or other in-person structured analyses. More affordable : Coordinating focus groups and hiring marketing research agencies can be pricey.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The intuitive collaboration between artificial intelligence (AI) and human effort is driving innovation across a range of industries such as health sciences, supply chain management, manufacturing and research & development. It also reduces the risk of miscalculations common when analyzing complex data manually for patterns and trends.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 17, 2021

Do you have burning market research questions? Need insight into an emerging trend? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, we have good news for you: You don’t need to schedule a focus group to get answers. Looking to prove a long-held belief about your audience? You just need social listening data. .

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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. These research methods- although can and have uncovered fascinating insights- are expensive, time-consuming and questionable in their accuracy.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 30, 2021

The agency reviewed a month’s worth of data and looked at which days trend with the highest volume of messages referring to leg day. The company viewed social media as a massive, unorganized focus group. But with Sprout’s Social Listening, the brand was able to tap into that focus group in a structured, prioritized way.

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Keyhole.co

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The best way to get to know your audience is with thorough research. Why not run a focus group and talk to followers directly? Research the latest trends, and get to know the kinds of content that your audience responds to. Jumping on the latest trend can appear opportunistic.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Before the proliferation of social media, brands sought these insights through a variety of different tactics: surveys, focus-groups, shop-alongs. Performing research and data analysis to answer tough questions requires data be offered in a flexible format. They provide insights that can inform an entire business strategy.

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Socialmedia.biz

APRIL 17, 2019

Go a step beyond and conduct some research. If you’ve established a target demographic, get a focus group to get some feedback on different colors or packaging ideas. Research has shown that as many as two-thirds of purchase choices are made when customers are already in the store. Proper packaging increases profits.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

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. Is sentiment trending up or down? What power! Are users running into bugs?

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Source: Hootsuite’s Digital Trends report 2. People join private Facebook Groups or forums to meet and talk with other like-minded people. 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. What about in 2023?

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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. Social listening is the process of analyzing the conversations and trends happening around not just your brand, but also your industry as a whole. What is voice of the customer & why is it important?

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Sprout Social

MAY 18, 2021

Our research reveals 58% of business leaders anticipate social will be their primary communications channel by 2024. Social serves as a brand’s largest, real-time focus group, yielding critical insights that inform departments outside of marketing. Communication will be centralized on social.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 7, 2022

Commissioning a five-figure biannual brand perception survey—and spending multiple months on data collection and analysis—means the research you conduct will always be stale. Think of it as a real-time focus group that provides honest, unfiltered feedback. It also provides vital details on how sentiment is trending over time.

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Based on Google’s “2016 Food Trends on Google: The Rise of Functional Foods,” searches for turmeric has grown over 300% in the last 5 years. It’s a focus group with the ultimate product road test. Target audience research tools.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 26, 2023

That’s why marketers regularly conduct market research, investigating industry trends, gathering feedback, and surveying focus groups to try and glean whatever information they can. But in 2023, this research process can be slow and incomplete. This is where social media market research comes in.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The “It’s Corn” viral trend became a cultural touchstone for friends and strangers alike. Social media is an always-on focus group. Half of US adults get their news from social media at least some of the time, according to Pew Research. Social media can bring joy. Ability to crowdsource. Real-time news and information.

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2013

Google Trends. Google Trends enables you to compare search volume patterns across location and time frame, and provides related search terms and comparative volume for them. An analysis of “pellet smokers” on Google Trends shows a sharp spike in searches for that term in the United States from 2008 onward.

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Pixlee

APRIL 2, 2019

Ride the Wave of Emerging Trends. By listening to the most highly engaged customers, brands can anticipate emerging trends before they become mainstream. Research has shown that 64% of customers look for peer reviews before making a purchase, and there’s no better peer review than organic UGC.

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Diva Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

This is the second part of my interview series with Joel Rubins on , Chief Research Officer at ARF, Advertising Research Foundation. The ARF mission is to improve the practice of advertising, marketing and media research in pursuit of more effective marketing and advertising communications. Part I of Interview with Joel.

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Pam Moore

APRIL 6, 2019

Social media is equivalent to one big fat focus group that never sleeps. Smart marketers know how to tap into the research and testing power of the social networks without becoming a spammer. It's there for the taking.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We’ve been hearing for a while that lengthy retainers are being replaced with shorter, project work , and it’s no surprise that COVID-19 has thrown this trend into overdrive. 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. .

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 9, 2015

In the globalized village, social media is Earth’s biggest focus group. Social media analysis cuts to the chase, spotlighting trends in real time. Market researchers are spotlighting trends and directing corporate activity quickly and accordingly. People post their emotions, thoughts, and opinions.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 20, 2021

This is why B2B market research is critical. Market research helps companies to: Understand and build B2B buyer personas. Develop relevant, valuable content to assist buyers with their research. You don’t need to spend a lot of money on research firms. Get to know B2B buyers through keyword research.

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Pam Moore

JULY 11, 2018

It takes hard work, research, knowledge of people, tools, design, best practices and more. Why is that jingle you hear one time on the radio or TV in the morning stuck in your head all day? Why do you consistently buy one brand over another? Standing out in a crowd of noise, confusion, spammers and fake bots online is a challenge.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 7, 2023

What you should do : Keep a close eye on the changing industry trends and cultural shifts. They view diversity not as a trend but as a norm that will shape the future. Watch trends, participate in challenges, and embrace short, engaging content that resonates with their values.

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Pam Moore

APRIL 1, 2020

It takes hard work, research, knowledge of people, tools, design, best practices and more. Want to leverage the latest trends for digital marketing and social media marketing for your brand? Why is that jingle you hear one time on the radio or TV in the morning stuck in your head all day? Don't do it!

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 27, 2015

Research Your Market, in Realtime. The next thing you knew, you were in a room with a dozen other suckers tasting chips and being scrutinized by a group of researchers whose number one goal was to decide which chip should be mass produced for the market at-large. Said another way, your influencers may be creating the news.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

The keynote presentation by Greg Chapman , President of Sitewire covered ways to measure social media influence across multiple channels using some advertising research methods that helped measure how catalog advertising affected customer purchasing. 2010 SEO Trends. Social Media Strategy.

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The Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be it Web Technologies, technology related trends, Mobiles, Hacking, Blogging, Vlogs, Social Media etc. The research which their focus group discussions revealed was that Indian customers are not price sensitive, they are value sensitive. that interests the people.

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Pam Moore

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Another day of amazing content creation. You create yet another epic piece of content. You publish yet another epic piece of content. Your epic piece of content is shared all over the social and digital web, once again. However, as usual your content is not converting. It is not driving business.

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Pam Moore

JULY 26, 2017

Would you build a new house without a plan? Of course you wouldn't, right? To build a house that will last a lifetime you need a framework and architecture. A framework and plan is what helps ensure the house is developed on time, meets standards to keep you safe and enjoy the home for decades to come.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 2, 2019

Which is exactly why today we’re covering 5 data-backed social media trends you need to know to make 2019 your best year yet with social media marketing. 5 data-backed social media trends you need to know for 2019. Trend 1: In-the-moment content will win out over highly-produced content. Let’s dive in! Table of Contents.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 12, 2023

Time and again, customer experience research has shown that superior CX can drive high retention, Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV), revenue and growth for your business. Use surveys, interviews and focus groups to collect feedback. And that’s not all. More importantly, listening shows customers you value their opinions.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

Podcast Production Google Home and Amazon Alexa are driving the on-demand audio content trend. Research Skills. Traditional Research Provides insight to inform strategy and creative. Conduct stakeholder/key informant interviews and focus groups, interpret survey and poll data, document reviews.

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