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Putting people first: The path to building a digital center of excellence

ClickZ

Sabrina: So that might involve thinking about a central team or multiple central teams depending on regional set up, hub and spoke models can work well in the right structural context, or perhaps it is simply the need for a peer-to-peer community – or of course, the business might require all three of those things.

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Ask a Content Strategist: How Do You Create Data-Driven Content?

Contently

Welcome to Ask a Content Strategist , the column where I answer the questions you’re terrified your boss will ask you in the next marketing all-hands meeting. It’s July, which means two things: seething with jealousy over the out-of-office messages of your European colleagues (“On Holiday until September!”),

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7 ways to use social media for market research

Sprout Social

While focus groups are helpful to reference at the start of new product or campaign development, they’re less useful for gathering customer feedback once said post-launch. Social media is much cheaper than surveys or focus groups, which can cost thousands of dollars depending on the size and complexity of your research panel.

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Who Should the SDR Team Report To: Sales or Marketing?

Engagio

” The Bridge Group found that inbound-focused groups are 2.1X ” The Bridge Group found that inbound-focused groups are 2.1X ” The Bridge Group found that inbound-focused groups are 2.1X One of the most commonly debated questions in ABM is “who should the SDR team report to?”

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6 Reasons Social Media Sucks, But You Need to Use It Anyway

Webbiquity

It’s more of a place to interact with peers than to engage prospects. Ultimately, both sides need to come to an understanding, with management conceding that not all of that peer interaction is a waste of time and employees focusing primarily on achieving business goals through social media activity during work hours.

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The Best Types of Market Research for Professional Services Firms

Hinge Marketing

Focus groups. Get a group of your target customers together in one place and ask them a series of questions. You have a focus group. But focus groups have several limitations that make them impractical for most professional service applications. Types of Market Research. Secondary research.

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How to Humanize Your Brand With Employees on Social Media

EveryoneSocial

Do an audit via a non-intrusive survey or focus group. How do you build a brand that taps into the power of social media to increase brand awareness, generate leads, and more while also being more human? You have heard the buzzwords… be human, speak human, humanize your brand. What does it really mean? Aren’t we all human?