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Listening to Your Customers In the Digital Age

The Effective Marketer

Let’s do a focus group and find out. In an interesting BusinessWeek article dating back to 2005, titled “ Shoot the Focus Group ”, the author states that although there are plenty of examples and ample evidence that Focus Groups fail time and again, companies keep using them. What do customers want?

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The Science of Email Marketing « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

I like Dan’s presentation for its brevity and focus on key action items based on solid data. What I wish he had shared is how the data from focus groups and MailChimp is broken down. billion emails sent. billion emails sent. How many B2B vs. B2C companies, industries, and even job titles.

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How The Democratisation Of Data Is Helping Small Business

The Effective Marketer

Of particular interest for small business is how this new found ability to easily access, collect and analyse data is creating new opportunities for everyone to gather information about markets and customers. That story is the democratisation of data. How useful is it to collect and analyse data as a business owner?

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How The Democratisation Of Data Is Helping Small Business

The Effective Marketer

Of particular interest for small business is how this new found ability to easily access, collect and analyse data is creating new opportunities for everyone to gather information about markets and customers. That story is the democratisation of data. How useful is it to collect and analyse data as a business owner?