The Syracuse Small Office Home Office (SOHO) show is an annual event held in Syracuse, NY. It attracts exhibitors and attendees who work for a variety of businesses and organizations in Central New York (CNY). The 2017 event was held at the OnCenter in Downtown Syracuse on May 17. The event lasted from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.
Drive Research is an intercept survey firm in Syracuse, NY.
Objectives
The SOHO management team partnered with Drive Research, an intercept survey firm in Syracuse, to conduct on-site surveys at the event in May. SOHO wanted to better understand how often attendees have come to the event over the years, where attendees and exhibitors have seen or heard information about the event, likelihood to recommend, what attendees would like to see at the show next year, as well as main reason(s) for coming to SOHO this year.
Approach
To address the objectives at-hand, Drive Research recommended an online survey. The online survey included 5 questions and was administered via tablet at the Drive Research booth. A random selection of attendees who walked by the booth were invited to offer feedback on the event. The Drive Research booth was strategically placed near the final row and exit of the event.
Online surveys and tablets were used because the survey was quick and the WiFi reception at the show was strong. With a limited number of open-ends, the survey was easy for the respondent to take via the tablet device. On average, surveys lasted 2 minutes.
The survey was also shared via social media to garner additional attention. The link was shared on organically on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter encouraging attendees to the show to share their experience and ratings. This garnered some additional feedback beyond what was obtained on-site.
The sources of awareness tested were CNYBJ, radio, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, the SOHO website, word-of-mouth, LinkedIn, and other(s).
The survey coded main reasons for attending into several categories including being a booth exhibitor, networking, learning about exhibitors, supporting local business, supporting small business, presentations, and other(s).
Finally, the survey collected age to give Drive Research the ability to cross-tabulate results broken down by age group.
Highlights
At the conclusion of the fieldwork the client was passed several deliverables. This included a data summary of question-by-question results from the survey. Another deliverable was the raw data file with individual responses from each participant. The final deliverable was a topline summary of themes, insights, and recommendations from the data. This additional interpretation and recommendations from our team is a true differentiator for us.
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