You are the Diver
Thought leadership research is the diving board. YOU are the diver.
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.
It’s not as easy as just offering everyone a gift card or a chance at an iPad. Incentive strategy can have a big impact on your response rate (and your legal liability)!
Response counts depend on a variety of factors. Learn how to plan ahead for healthy response levels.
Using research to track how things may be changing with your audience over time can be very valuable, but there are some things you should watch for to make sure your data is representative and helpful.
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.
Sarah and I rant about making sure your agency clients are ready for research.