Research Won’t Make You Do Anything
Clients sometimes avoid market research because they’re afraid it will “box them in” when it comes to decision-making. Nope. Research is a flare, not a cage.
Every researcher I know has gotten this question or comment at some point: “Steve Jobs said research isn’t helpful because people don’t know what they want.” Actually, what Steve said in an interview in 1998 was: “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want…
Sharing your research project — during development and after results are in — can reap lots of rewards within your organization. Don’t be stingy!
Oh no! Your research showed you something that goes against what you previously thought. You can still make great thought leadership content from those insights.
Research can be a wonderful way to establish your organization as an expert on an audience, a geography or an industry.
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.