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  • Adding Market Research to Your 2021 Budget | Drive Research

    Why Market Research Should be in Your 2024 Budget

    Believe it or not, the new year is right around the corner - and that means it's time to start planning your 2024 budget (if you haven’t already). With every new year comes new objectives, goals, and challenges. How will you choose the right tools to assist your organization in breaking new ground and making it the best year yet? By adding market research to your 2024 budget. In doing so, businesses can be assured they are taking a step in the right direction. Types of market research metho

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  • Blog: How to Recruit B2B Participants for Market Research

    How to Recruit B2B Participants for Market Research

    Every business, from startups to Fortune 50 organizations, deserves intelligent, relatable, and thorough market research to help them make decisions. Unfortunately, not all market research is cut from the same cloth. Customer surveys? Easy. Trying to recruit B2B professionals for 90-minute interviews? Challenging. Running a short survey with your customers or sending out an employee survey is simple. However, if you came across this post because you’re struggling to… Recruit B2B participan

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    Customer Journey Mapping: Plotting Paths to Purchase

    Identifying and measuring the intricacies of customer interactions is necessary for any business. This is where customer journey mapping steps into the spotlight. It's more than just a visual representation; it's a strategic compass that guides businesses toward a deeper understanding of their customer's experiences. In this blog post, our market research company defines journey mapping, the importance of journey maps, and the process of creating a data-driven journey map. What is Customer

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  • Blog: How to Recruit Social Media Influencers for Market Research Studies

    How to Recruit Influencers for Market Research

    Content creators and bloggers have taken the marketing world by storm. As a result, many brands are turning to social media influencers to promote their brand, products, and services. Recruiting influencers for market research is a great first step to mastering influencer marketing. It provides brands with the insights needed to target, plan, and launch a successful influencer referral program. Because this is a newer marketing strategy for most businesses, it is critical to rely on data-dr

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    Restaurant Focus Groups: Your Recipe for Success

    In the ever-evolving landscape of the culinary world, understanding the preferences of your customers is incredibly important. Enter: Restaurant focus groups. These curated groups of diners offer a direct line into the minds (and palates) of your target audience, providing insights that can transform your eatery into a dining destination of choice. In this blog post, our restaurant market research company explores focus groups: what they are, their value in the restaurant industry, and exam

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  • Exploring Email Surveys [+ Benefits & Best Practices]

    Do you know the key ingredient that makes a business successful? Asking questions. Whether you're asking questions of your staff, customers, or any other key group, the feedback you receive will empower your brand. This move can reveal information about key aspects of your company - some good, and some bad but important to know nonetheless. A great tool to gather this data is email surveys. These surveys will be emailed to your target audience, where they will then be able to easily complete

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    What is Multivariate Analysis? [+Types & Examples]

    Multivariate analysis is like a powerful magnifying glass for data enthusiasts. It's a set of techniques that helps us make sense of complex information by examining multiple variables at once. Imagine you have a basket of fruits with various characteristics like weight, color, and sweetness. Multivariate analysis allows us to unravel how these traits relate to each other, revealing hidden patterns and insights. In this blog post, we'll dive deeper into multivariate analysis, exploring its typ

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  • AI in Market Research: Dos and Don'ts

    Within less than a year, the popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) has expanded dramatically. From songs to images to videos, AI can seemingly create anything. But what does this mean for industries like market research? Believe it or not, AI in market research isn't new - but it's becoming more clear how this tool can be successfully leveraged. That said, there are areas where AI can hinder the research process. Keep reading to learn more about when it's best to use AI market research

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  • Conducting In-Home Usage Tests (IHUTs) [2023 Ultimate Guide]

    Conducting In-Home Usage Tests (IHUTs) [2024 Guide]

    In-home usage tests (IHUTs) are a popular market research methodology for all stages of product development. As part of the testing, your product is shipped to targeted audiences where they can use it in their home as they normally would in its natural environment. And with preferences for contactless research on the rise, IHUTs are an effective way for brands to remotely test concepts, products, and services before fully launching them into the market. In this ultimate guide, we'll cover ever

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  • Blog: What Are Customer Experience (CX) Insights? [& How Do I Use Them]

    Explaining Customer Experience Insights [& How to Use Them]

    Customer experience isn't just a buzzword; it's the lifeblood of businesses striving for sustainable growth and customer loyalty. Therefore, collecting customer experience insights to drive business decisions is incredibly important. In this blog, we'll explore the multifaceted world of CX insights, from deciphering customer sentiments to identifying pain points and implementing strategies that resonate with your audience. We’ll also dive into the methodologies that help collect customer feedb

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  • Blog: Fast Food Consumption Statistics

    75+ Fast Food Consumption Statistics

    Indulging in fast food has become a cornerstone of modern dietary habits, shaping the way many of us approach mealtime. Knowing that we surveyed over 950 consumers to collect the latest and most essential fast food consumption statistics such as: 2 in 3 people consume fast food at least once a week (65%) Males are nearly three times more likely to eat fast food daily than females On average, people spend $148 on fast food each month 40% of American consumers use drive-thrus to purchase fast fo

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  • Blog: Copy Testing Surveys

    Copy Testing Surveys: How to Use Data-Driven Copywriting

    In the fast-paced world of marketing, crafting compelling copy is an art form that can make or break a campaign. But how do you know if your words are truly resonating with your target audience? This is where copy testing surveys step in as invaluable tools, offering a window into the minds of your target customers and providing critical insights into the effectiveness of your messaging. In this blog post, our advertising market research company dives deeper into copy testing surveys, explorin

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