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Case Study: Higher Education Website Research
Posted at: 6/8/2018 6:59 PM
Website research is trending! Wondering why? Everything is at our fingertips online. In fact, I'd be surprised to hear a business does not have a website. Even if a business does a lot of communication face-to-face, or through other mediums, its website is key to its communication with customers and consumers. Is your website up to snuff? Recently, a college was asking that same question. Website research is able to find the answers from target audiences to ensure their needs on being met. Lo
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Case Study: Readership Study for a College Magazine
Posted at: 6/7/2018 6:55 PM
Wondering if the content your organization creates is being read? If readers enjoy it? How long is spent reading it? Topics readers would like to covered more? Readership market research studies answer these questions and more! Recently, our team partnered with a higher education institution to understand readership of its college magazine. These types of magazines take a lot of manpower to produce and the results layout a clear direction of what readers want. The results of these types of stu
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Case Study: Website User Feedback a Motor Vehicles Website
Posted at: 6/6/2018 6:51 PM
Website intercept surveys do an excellent job at collecting feedback from site users in-the-moment. This data and feedback can be an invaluable piece to assist with user journeys, paths, points of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, and provide context for bounces. The website surveys can be set up in a variety of ways. Here are 3 options to conduct user feedback surveys on websites. This case study outlines a recent pilot study. It involved both a site survey and employee survey. Each of the 2
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4 Steps to Get Started With a Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSAT)
Posted at: 6/5/2018 6:47 PM
Of all of the different types of market research projects an organization can pursue, a customer satisfaction survey (CSAT survey) is likely the most widely used. Why? The process is simple and informative. Doesn't every organization want to know how they are performing? What do customers or users think about their product or service? Hopefully the answer is yes. The results from a customer satisfaction survey are used to drive improvements and measure performance. CSAT studies typically involv
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5 Questions to Ask Your Market Research Vendor
Posted at: 6/1/2018 6:38 PM
In the process of choosing a market research vendor? Here are 5 questions you should ask. Market research is a bit of a niche specialty. Market research vendors available are not as common as say marketing or advertising firms. Market research firms specialize in one or many forms of qualitative and quantitative research to collect feedback and data to help educate the marketing, operations, and strategy at a company. Market research ensures your next steps are fact-based and evidence-based. Re
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5 Reasons Your Business Should Use Market Research
Posted at: 5/31/2018 6:33 PM
Market research is a niche service for many. The biggest companies in the world use it consistently to fuel insights, promotions, and strategy. But for smaller and mid-size companies where budgets are smaller, market research is often thought of as a nice to have, and not a must have. What is this derived from? Part of this is driven from a lack of knowledge about the process. What exactly is market research? How does it work? What benefits can it provide my organization? When should I use it?
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Case Study: State of the Content Marketing Industry for Financial Services
Posted at: 5/29/2018 6:28 PM
Thinking about collecting data for an industry study? Great idea. We've talked a lot on our blog about content being the most underutilized outcome of market research. Collecting proprietary data for your organization and then sharing it pins your organization as a thought-leader in the space. You can re-use the data for content such as marketing materials, sales collateral, e-books, infographics, blogs, and press releases. Agencies often partner with Drive Research to conduct these content-dri
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Market Research Pittsburgh PA | Key Statistics, Data, and Demographics
Posted at: 5/25/2018 6:21 PM
for key statistics on Pittsburgh, PA to discuss at the office water cooler? We've got your back! Below is insight into the Pittsburgh, PA demographic market area (DMA). The information below includes data on the population size, gender, age, income, housing, and education. Drive Research is a market research company that serves Pittsburgh, PA. The data discussed below was gathered using a proprietary in-house secondary data system. This type of data can be used for various types of market resea
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Top 5 Books You Must Read if You Work in Market Research
Posted at: 5/23/2018 6:11 PM
Over the years, I've really enjoyed reading books related to my passion and career in market research. The books that still sit on my bookshelf today collecting dust have helped me learn about perspective, new ways of thinking, and have even offered me tactical changes to improve how I do work at my market research company. Market research is a niche topic and there are not a lot of authors out there writing about it. So when I find a book in my travels that touches on the principles of market
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Healthcare Market Research Recruiting Company | How It Works?
Posted at: 5/21/2018 5:32 PM
Drive Research works with a number of healthcare organizations to assist with market research recruiting needs. This expertise spans beyond just the healthcare industry and includes segments such as manufacturing, advertising, financial services, and others. The focus of the post below is to outline a typical healthcare recruitment project highlighting our abilities to reach a very niche audience through state-of-the-art recruitment techniques and focus group software. No matter what your need,
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5 Tips When Choosing a Survey Platform
Posted at: 5/18/2018 5:29 PM
There are many great online survey platforms available so finding the right one can be tough. Once you start looking at online survey platforms, you will realize there are cheaper options that come with some limitations as well as expensive options that offer all of the online survey tools market research professionals desire. So, the question becomes which are you truly looking for? At Drive Research, market research company that serves Buffalo, NY, our team of market research pros has experie
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Creative Ways to Generate Leads | Market Research Surveys
Posted at: 5/17/2018 3:40 PM
Are your lead generation efforts getting stale? Trying to find new ways to grow your business and generate new leads? Rather than going back to the drawing board or refining old strategies with new messaging, consider lead generation surveys and market research. It's a fresh, innovative, and powerful way to attack lead generation. In this post, we outline how the lead generation survey process works and the benefits of the process. We work with a number of clients who find tremendous value in m