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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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What’s your social listening strategy?

Janet Fouts

Maybe we have loyalty to a specific brand because of a particular memory association. For example, we may say, “Oh I hate it when it’s easy to win”. Still, I will say that social media is ever so much better a resource than using focus group scenarios. because people know they are being watched in a focus group.

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Social Media Listening – It’s About Emotions

Janet Fouts

Maybe we have loyalty to a specific brand because of a particular memory association. For example, we may say, “Oh I hate it when it’s easy to win”. To my mind, studying social media is ever so much better than using focus group scenarios. because people know they are being watched in a focus group.

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Why social media vs. traditional media is not the debate you should care about

Sprout Social

Social serves as a brand’s largest, real-time focus group, yielding critical insights that inform departments outside of marketing. Product teams, for example, can use consumer feedback from social to improve existing products or inspire new offerings.

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This Overlooked Marketing Strategy Can Help You Succeed in 2019

Pixlee

Brand Loyalty. When brands involve communities in an authentic and transparent way, they can boost company loyalty on the whole. In the past, community-driven marketing involved less-than-ideal focus groups, over-the-phone interviews, or in-store questionnaires that often yielded poor results.

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Four Effective Ways Brands can Create Digital Communities in 2020

Pixlee

For example, the Michelin guide was primarily created as a way to inspire people to drive more and use Michelin tires – but it adds a lot of value to each customer. Make sure it’s easy to find your social media profiles for example by adding big enough badges and buttons on your site. This doesn’t have to be really big and complex.

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The pros and cons of social media

Sprout Social

Booktok , for example, has become a flourishing online community. Social media is an always-on focus group. The Arab Spring is one of the earliest examples of social media facilitating real-world protests. It’s Corn – Tariq & The Gregory Brothers & Recess Therapy. Ability to crowdsource.