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What’s Causing the Pilot Shortage and How to Solve It
Posted at: 8/23/2022 12:30 PM
It’s no secret that the current pilot shortage is affecting far more than just airlines. The shortage doesn't have any singular cause, but many contributing factors that come together to create the perfect storm. From retirement numbers to plane manufacturers, this is an issue with many moving parts. Below, we'll cover some of the top reasons why the shortage is happening, and how employee surveys can help. What’s Causing the Shortage? So, why is there a pilot shortage? While some fligh
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How to Boost Nurse Retention Rates: 5 Effective Strategies
Posted at: 8/22/2022 12:30 PM
If you work at a healthcare facility and are concerned about nurse retention rates, you’re not alone. Recently, research found that a massive 1.1 million nurses were needed to fill the gap in the current nursing shortage. In a time where healthcare workers are stressed and overloaded with duties, medical facilities need to think of ways they can retain their nurses, and hopefully gain more. Below are five strategies to ensure your healthcare staff is happy. Strategy #1: Ask Questions If
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How to Conduct a Survey with Nurses
Posted at: 8/18/2022 12:30 PM
Last year, it was found that enrollment in nursing programs rose by over 3%. This came at a welcome time, as it was unclear how COVID-19 would affect the future of nursing. This post will discuss conducting online surveys with nurses by outlining a case study of a project completed by our healthcare market research company. The main focus is not simply on nursing as a career, but on factors surrounding nursing education. Market research is an excellent way to provide your team with statistic
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How to Conduct Market Research with Military Veterans
Posted at: 8/16/2022 12:30 PM
While almost everyone knows a military veteran, this audience can be tricky to reach and recruit for market research. Especially on a large scale! Luckily for one client who contacted Drive Research, our team has experience with this audience and knows just how to reach them. This case study outlines the step-by-step process for our most recent veteran recruitment project. Step 1: The Kickoff Once a signed contract is in place, our market research firm held a 30-minute kickoff meeting to
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Creative Testing in Market Research: Strategies & Solutions
Posted at: 8/15/2022 12:30 PM
Recently, HubSpot found that 68% of marketing professionals believe paid ads are important for a brand. This may not be a shock–of course, the popularity of ad spending is going to be high. But when so many professionals are focusing on ads, it makes you think: how many are actually effective? We’ll put it like this: your ads can always do better. Even if you have a stellar ad campaign that’s thriving, wouldn’t you want to find a way to have it be even more effective? Or, on the opposite en
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PPC Ads Not Converting? Here's What To Do Next.
Posted at: 8/12/2022 12:30 PM
If you’ve read any ‘Top Marketing Strategies’ list in the past couple of years, you know pay-per-click (PPC) ads are always a popular recommendation. And for good reason. Google AdWords campaigns produce one of the strongest returns on investment for organizations. Studies have shown for every dollar companies spend on pay-per-click advertising, they earn two dollars on average from Google Ads. While these conversion rates are the case for some, not all advertisers generate the same number
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How to Analyze Quantitative Survey Data: Reporting to the Maximum
Posted at: 8/11/2022 12:30 PM
Analyzing long surveys with endless amounts of data is intimidating, even for the best market researchers. Largely due to the time and attention required for a solid review, extracting the most relevant information from quantitative survey data is a time-consuming process–but for good reason. “Quantitative” refers to broad-scale research – think the bigger picture. There are many common forms of quantitative research we could talk about, but for now, we’ll stick to online surveys. Recently,
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Retail Marketing: 5 Key Strategies to Gain More Customers
Posted at: 8/10/2022 12:30 PM
We have a shocking fact for you today, are you ready? Businesses need customers. But get this – customers also need businesses. That’s how loyal, frequent consumer relationships are made in retail. When you're able to successfully market your business, you develop a relationship with new customers while also giving them a reason to keep coming back. That's where effective retail marketing comes in! Maybe you have a top-notch social media account with incredible shots, but it’s not generat
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Brand Sentiment: What It Is and How You Can Track It
Posted at: 8/9/2022 12:30 PM
Perhaps there is no more vital aspect to measure and understand than your brand. What is it? What does it stand for? How do people define it? Brand sentiment is arguably the most valuable asset for any person, organization, product, or service and is the umbrella image that shapes all other interactions. It is an evolving asset of a collection of ideas and impressions that can change for the good or bad over time. It’s always shifting based on the internal culture, marketing, strategy, ma
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How to Get More Members for Kids Programs and Youth Organizations
Posted at: 8/8/2022 12:30 PM
After facing changes due to COVID-19 and returning to the new normal, making new friends is an important topic for many parents. So much so, PBS provided tips for parents to help their child(ren) make friends as children's social worlds are expanding again. Luckily for parents and caregivers, there are several different afterschool programs, extracurriculars, and youth classes to help the social development of young children. Consequently, this can mean a lot of competition for nonprofit org
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Name Testing a Healthcare Product or Service
Posted at: 8/5/2022 12:30 PM
You are likely never short of ideas when naming a product or service in healthcare. You can spend weeks or months with your internal teams fine-tuning the name and figuring out the best path forward. However, some brands fail to realize that your buyers, not your sellers, determine the best product or service name. Although you may have arrived at an internal consensus, it is always essential to conduct market research to get feedback from your buying audience – whether that be doctors, phys
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Market Research vs. Marketing Research: What’s the Difference?
Posted at: 8/2/2022 12:30 PM
The two terms we will discuss today seem interchangeable at first glance. It’s only a difference of 3 letters, they can’t be that different right? Well actually, there are many differences between market research and marketing research. To put it more simply, market research pertains to events that occur in and around markets. Marketing research refers to the research tasks related to marketing. I know, it’s still a bit confusing. Throughout this blog post, we will discuss both market and m