Two Nerds Talking Research with Wine #6
Sarah and I rant about making sure your agency clients are ready for research.
If you have to present data to others, you MUST have this little book. All the ins and outs (and do’s and don’ts) of making your data clear and interesting.
This week it’s just a rant about irritating your customers and prospects by using research! Listen and learn!
Thought leadership research serves you and your audience. It doesn’t need to serve everyone.
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…
Research jargon is intimidating and doesn’t help your audience understand.
If you want your research to be statistically reliable — meaning that you can depend on it to accurately represent a particular audience, guide your strategic direction, etc. — you need to have a certain number of respondents. So the simple answer to this question is 400. But of course, that’s not the only…