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Michael Wissot

Guide to Focus Group Moderators

How to leverage qualitative research to improve your marketing strategy


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Focus group moderators can often serve as powerful liaisons between you and your customers. Of course, it's important to first recognize that you may not know everything that your customers are thinking before, during and after the purchasing process. Focus groups offer the ideal environment to extract honest feedback, helping you hone the messages that customers expect to hear, and the services/products they want to receive.

Maximizing value from your focus groups starts with the preparation you put into it. A reputable research firm will add value beyond simply moderating your focus group sessions -- including recruiting an accurate sample of your prospective customers, drafting a thorough moderator's guide, preparing creative session materials, moderating each session with every strategic objective being accomplished, and delivering comprehensive analyses of our strategic findings and recommendations.

Focus groups present a tremendous opportunity to uncover the candid reactions of your customers in a non-threatening setting. With the right moderator, there is no limit to the value of the qualitative information at your disposal. Unravelling the mystery behind what a customer or employee thinks and why they think in such a way can transform a company's communication, as well as its bottom line.

That’s why focus groups can play a pivotal role as you position your company in ways that not even your biggest competitors will consider. Industry leaders are most successful when they tailor their products and services to the precise needs of their customers.

So, the next time why your sales are lower than your forecasts, or why your company's reputation is lower than expected, consider a humble, yet rewarding investment by researching these issues and hearing directly from your stakeholders. The feedback can be quite illuminating.



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