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How Blending Can Boost Your Business

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Measuring reactions to a potential innovation before building a concept through efforts like focus groups is essential to successful blending. When Taco Bell and Frito-Lay got together in 2012 to create the Doritos Locos Taco, they sold 100 million units in the first 10 weeks , according to Fast Company.

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How to Make the Zero Moment of Truth Work for You

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The thick of the 2012 holiday season is here. 4 Ways Your Website Can Replace Focus Groups While focus groups attempt to simulate and gain insights on. Related posts: Online Shopping’s – Zero Moment of Truth Although the average online shopping cart abandonment rate is a.

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6 Potentially Wildly Inaccurate Observations about Tostitos and Social Sentiment

Convince & Convert

Dusty (@DustyHunt) January 3, 2012. Twitter is a living focus group. Given that I almost never watch television without an iPad nearby, I quickly retweeted displeasure about the commercial. Just think of how bad the other ideas for the Tostitos commercial were if that talking chip bag was the best of the bunch #marketingfail.

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The 15 Best LinkedIn Pulse Articles On Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

This popular article is a deeper dive into Marc Andreessen’s now-famous Wall Street Journal essay from 2012 on “ Why Software Is Eating The World.” 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.

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6 Potentially Wildly Inaccurate Observations about Tostitos and Social Sentiment

Convince & Convert

Dusty (@DustyHunt) January 3, 2012. Twitter is a living focus group. Given that I almost never watch television without an iPad nearby, I quickly retweeted displeasure about the commercial. Just think of how bad the other ideas for the Tostitos commercial were if that talking chip bag was the best of the bunch #marketingfail.

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Is Content Marketing Turning Into Brand Entertainment?

Content Standard

Uncle Drew already has a long-established story on Pepsi’s YouTube channel, where the videos have pulled in a couple hundred million views since 2012. Advertising professionals get some limited metrics on the performance of their broadcast spots, and these metrics are further informed by tactics like focus groups.

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15 Fluff-Free Ways to Step Up Your Social Media Game

Hubspot

A recent survey conducted at the Pivot Conference revealed that 37% of marketers plan to move beyond just experimentation in social media in 2012. Here's how you can step up your social media game and leverage all social media has to offer your business in 2012. Are you planning to move beyond social media experimentation in 2012?