How Should I Use Incentives in Research?
It’s not as easy as just offering everyone a gift card or a chance at an iPad. Incentive strategy can have a big impact on your response rate (and your legal liability)!
Many marketers don’t really think about the difference between data, insight and HELPFUL insight when strategizing research work. And it’s absolutely CRUCIAL when it comes to getting the ROI out of market research. Data are just numbers or text. How many clicks? How many views? What’s an individual’s gender or age? What’s an organization’s revenue…
Whether you’re dealing with a decision-maker in your organization or with a client, you’ll likely come across this question. Those who have been working in organizations for some time often have assumptions about their customers and prospects that are firmly entrenched. The “Why bother?” question is one you’ll need to be prepared to answer….
You don’t have to wait until you can pull off a major new research study to start building your thought leadership with research. Even small, simple approaches can be a great start!
My face tells you my answer in this one.
Thought leadership is all about getting the right people to tune in to your content. Research can be a very effective tool to do that, if you plan properly.