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What is Market Research?

Idaconcpts

There is no greater input for any marketing strategy than listening to customers in their own words express the impact of a product or service. Market research supports marketing in creating a deeper understanding of the marketplace, competitive environment, organization’s image and competencies, and customer needs and wants.

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The Value of Social Listening in B2B Digital Marketing

Oktopost

In recent years, B2B marketers have started to see the value of social listening and incorporate it into their marketing strategy. This year, just over half of leading marketers are using social listening as one of their primary sources for timely consumer information. The importance of social listening for B2B marketing.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

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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31 free social media templates that will elevate your workflows

Sprout Social

Consider this: When you spend an hour formatting a spreadsheet, you’re losing an hour that you could have spent on your social media marketing strategy. In this article, we’re sharing every social media marketing template we’ve ever made. Facebook marketing strategy template Facebook is synonymous with social media.

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

Sprout Social

Used together, the two strategies can empower marketers to create relevant content that engages their audience no matter which channel they find themselves on. 4 social media vs. traditional media statistics that prove you need to invest in both. The influence of social extends beyond marketing.

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14 Social Listening Tools for Effortless Brand Monitoring

Hootsuite

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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Facebook for Marketing Research: Political Polls #auspol

Laurel Papworth

I read an article on Wendy Harmer’s Hoopla Polls Fake Story by @gabriellechan that got me thinking about Nielsen polls, sentiment analysis and focus groups. Behavioural Statistics is THE job of the future and of Big Data. Facebook Advertising as a Free Marketing Tool. How to do Facebook Marketing Research.

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