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7 ways to use social media for market research

Sprout Social

While focus groups are helpful to reference at the start of new product or campaign development, they’re less useful for gathering customer feedback once said post-launch. Social media is much cheaper than surveys or focus groups, which can cost thousands of dollars depending on the size and complexity of your research panel.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ed Shahzade and others. kevinertell Great post, Adam. More about this blog here.

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A guide to content ideation & development

Sprout Social

Through social media, your newsletter or focus groups, ask what problems are at the top of your customers’ minds right now. Maybe you want to see which product type your customers are talking about the most on Twitter. Dates might also limit what content you want to focus on. Connect with other departments.

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Making the Leap: Why Companies Struggle with Social Media

Adam Cohen

The approach was always one-sided, and the feedback loop could be carefully and slowly measured with focus groups and research. The retailer already tried the leap – they started with the prototypical Facebook page, a couple of Twitter accounts, some user generated content contests.

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Barcamp Delhi 5: Spreading the Word out !

The Marketing Blog

Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 5 Comments Filed under BarCamp Tags: BarCamp , BarCamp Delhi , BCD5 , delhi , Google , open source , Social media , startup , twitter 5 Comments Sesso January 22, 2009 at 12:25 pm Great site. & every month, subscribers are kept abreast with the latest offers through monthly catalogue.

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How to develop a winning customer experience strategy

Sprout Social

Use surveys, interviews and focus groups to collect feedback. For example, let’s say a retail business sets a goal to reduce customer support response times. More importantly, listening shows customers you value their opinions. So, listen actively. Then, act on the feedback. Not sure exactly how social media ties into CX?

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Four Ways to Develop Amazing Social Media Content

Ignite Social Media

But, by thinking of your social audience like a focus group, you can use the information you receive to develop better, more meaningful content that will inspire your audiences to take the action you desire. Twitter: 140 seconds. If you have a retail location, go in-store and get some content! Videos should be kept short.