Avoiding Dusty Binder Syndrome
Research shouldn’t sit on a shelf, neglected and unused. There are definitely ways to avoid this common problem!
Sharing your research project — during development and after results are in — can reap lots of rewards within your organization. Don’t be stingy!
Your goal with research shouldn’t be to confirm you’re right — it should be to prove yourself wrong. Thanks to Edison Research VP Tom Webster for inspiring this one.
Even if you’re not very familiar with research, you’ve heard the terms “quantitative” and “qualitative”. What’s the real difference? These terms refer to types of data — not necessarily to research approaches. Quantitative results are those you can count, that you can tabulate. These are either numbers you can work with mathematically or text…
purple flower growing on crack street, soft focus You might think successful agencies have higher revenue and more staff, but our research shows that’s not the case. A successful agency is just as likely to have fewer than 10 employees as it is to have over 100. Three in four respondents have worked in the…
If you’re going to go to the effort of conducting thought leadership research, don’t let it be a one and done content initiative! You can do more with it.
Many people who do research with their customers or prospects forget this simple and incredibly valuable step!