Smartees Webinar on Consumer Understanding - How consumer communities engage the organization with the consumer world. Presentation by Tom De Ruyck and Anouk Willems, hosted by InSites Consulting on October 23, 2012.
1. Tom De Ruyck
Head of Research Communities
Anouk Willems
Senior Research Innovator
CONSUMER
UNDERSTANDING
Webinar 23.10.2012
How consumer communities engage the
organization with the consumer world
2. 1. ABOUT COMMUNITIES
2. ENGAGING CONSUMERS
3. ENGAGE THE ORGANIZATION
4. CHALLENGES
5. RESULTS
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3. Your
customers
are probably
the most
effective
consultants
you can hire
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4. An MROC defined by Forrester
Research (2008):
[Captive interactive groups of people online
joined together by a common interest,
which are systematically harvested for
qualitative market research purposes.]
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5. #
Number Profile Objectives Duration
We work with 50-150 people that are interested
& interesting. The duration of the community is
flexible from 3 weeks to months & ongoing,
depending on the objectives.
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6. This approach enables stakeholders to observe
real stories, emotions through photos and videos
from participants, which creates awareness within
the organization about new themes & trends.
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7. How to engage a crowd of executives
and connect them with their consumers?
Our approach is illustrated with 3 cases
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25. “We printed out the profiles of our
consumer to generate
conversations in the coffee
[during the games]
corner, people started to compare
“Sometimes we were with
their consumers”. 3 behind our pc’s!”
“The way Consumer&U was organized
makes you spent time and makes it sticky,
you really had to dive into the world of your
consumer to score in the game”
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28. ENGAGE YOUR INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
BALANCE STORIES & ACTIONABLE RESULTS
MEASURE YOUR EFFORTS AND SHARE SUCCESS
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29. Tom De Ruyck
Head of Research Communities
Tom@insites-consulting.com
linkedin.com/in/tomderuyck
Anouk Willems
@tomderuyck Innovator
Senior Research
Anouk@insites-consulting.com
tom@insites-consulting.com
www.insites-consulting.com
Webinar:
@tomderuyck Consumer
@anoukw1
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31. Tom De Ruyck
Head of Research Communities
Tom@insites-consulting.com
linkedin.com/in/tomderuyck
Anouk Willems
@tomderuyck Innovator
Senior Research
Anouk@insites-consulting.com
tom@insites-consulting.com
www.insites-consulting.com
Webinar:
@tomderuyck Consumer
@anoukw1
Understanding