What Should My Agency Thought Leadership Be About?
How to settle on a topic that will give your thought leadership efforts the most bang for your buck.
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….
Have you been asked to rustle up some quick research on spec for a prospect? There’s a better way to provide valuable insights for the pitch, help your existing clients AND build your agency new business funnel.
There are a lot of things you can do to make sure that your research respondents have a great experience and you’re not throwing roadblocks in their way.
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…
Partners can be an incredibly smart way to gain respondents — and a win/win for both of you.
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.