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How Does Qualitative Research Support Captivating Story Creation?

Vision Edge Marketing

Edelman, one of the world’s largest public relations firms, asserts that “great storytelling today requires a more intimate relationship with our audience, supporting analytics and a strategy that drives the brand narrative.” Because stories have the power to persuade, engage, and inspire.

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9 new performance marketing metrics to measure how you’re impacting revenue

Velocity Partners

We also don’t run focus groups for readers of our work, or follow it down the rabbit hole of social media to gauge public opinion (thank God). Building the content Powerful, engaging storytelling: This is where creative teams shine. You have the format to work in, and the creative idea that sits at the heart of it.

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How Neuromarketing Could Revolutionize the Marketing Industry

Hubspot

Immersion Neuroscience’s findings suggest that knowing what the brain actually resonates with is much more important than what people say they like, especially when you test ideas in focus groups -- participants are prone to shielding their true opinions due to groupthink and the urge to please authority figures.

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Community-led brands & retailers aim for success in China

SmartBrief - Marketing

There has been a shift in marketing focus in China, where consumers increasingly value brand storytelling, connection, responsibility and the shopping experience. For passive listeners, brands can still activate customers by endorsing key opinion consumers.

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The 15 Best LinkedIn Pulse Articles On Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

This article is one of the best on the list and covers the pros and cons of Steve’s hotly debated idea that you cannot create great products by focus groups. The author calls this “one of the most famous opinions from a highly opinionated man.”

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Makings Of A Modern Creative Director

Bluetext

Bill Replogle of Sparkys garage fame taught me a lot about storytelling and the power of the word. Bill also taught me that having a great attitude and opinion; knowing what is a good product and what is not is a critical skill. Growing up I was always looking for better effects and more intense media delivery.

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Customer Obsession? Really?

Eric Mower + Associates

Sure, we found that they had definite opinions about brands, products and their jobs. Yes, you can do research, focus groups, customer satisfaction studies, customer panels — all that quantitative and qualitative work that informs teams about the customer as a research subject.