Should I Buy Existing Research?
Buying publicly available research reports can seem like an expedient way to get the information you’re looking for. But there are some things to be aware of.
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.
This week it’s just a rant about irritating your customers and prospects by using research! Listen and learn!
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…
This episode is the first in a series with my special guest Dr. Sarah McKenzie. Today we’re discussing how to talk about research with people who don’t really understand research.
Sarah and I talk about respondent sources and representative samples.
There are pros and cons for both choices, and you may want to use different approaches for different respondent groups.