Two Nerds Talking Research with Wine #4
What makes a client a good research candidate for your agency.
Guess what? The research isn’t the thought leadership. It’s what you build on top of the research that demonstrates your expertise.
It’s tempting to want to connect an individual’s responses to their email or other data you have, but there are good reasons not to — and a better way to get their permission to reach out to them.
A couple of smart questions from a client spurred this video — what do you want to get out of your research? And what will your respondents get out of participating?
Thought leadership research is the diving board. YOU are the diver.
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.
In February 2020, I started a weekly video series. Little did I know what was to come.