The Biggest Secret About Thought Leadership Research
Guess what? The research isn’t the thought leadership. It’s what you build on top of the research that demonstrates your expertise.
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.
Research jargon is intimidating and doesn’t help your audience understand.
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.
There are pros and cons for both choices, and you may want to use different approaches for different respondent groups.
One of the most productive things you can do for your organization is to develop your own, opted-in group of volunteers to participate in ongoing research and discussions. Your proprietary research panel (or “Insiders” or “Advisory Panel” or whatever you want to call it) can serve a variety of valuable roles: They can reduce…