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Who wouldn't want to get inside the minds of their customers and know exactly what they want from your business? What better way to grow that business and look like a hero to your loyal fans. Assuming that sounds good, surveys have got to be a huge part of your market research efforts. Nothing else gets you direct answers to the specific questions you want answered on subjects as wide-ranging as:

  • What your customer's favorite products are...and which they can't stand
  • What you should be thinking about as far as new products are concerned
  • Who your customers are - what their demographic makeup looks like, what their patterns and activities say about them
  • How they'll react to the various business concepts you have racing around your entrepreneurial brain

And that's just with the first survey you run - subsequent questionnaires can help you dive even deeper into specific products or concepts, and the information you can mine is gold when it comes to planning future improvements in your business.

To get you started, co-founder Rich Sloan and StartupNation web guru Brian Cleveland discuss tips for effectively using online survey tools, methods for implementing surveys for your business, and the powerful marketing insights you can glean from this vital activity. Listen in.


Comments

RabbitMountain RabbitMountain Posted: 11/2/2007 11:18:30 PM

Bribe them with entering their name to win some free goodie... iPods seem to get a lot of bribery mileage.But I'm wondering, are you surveying them regarding your product? Not sure I understand how...

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albx albx Posted: 11/2/2007 5:57:59 PM

ok, quick question. what if you don't have customers yet for a product or service, but you know the target market? how can we get survey respondents who are opt-in people that want to supply...

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