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Knowledge is power; cliché, perhaps, but true in communication and marketing today more than ever. In fact, this adage speaks volumes about communicating effectively. Skilled communication and marketing professionals know better than to communicate anything arbitrarily. If it is worth saying, it is worth saying well. Even in the simplest of messages, when it comes to successful communication, research is usually behind it.
Knowing your own position, targeting the right audience, and understanding how best to approach them, for example, drastically increases the chances that your message will get the results you desire. Some questions research can help you answer include but are by no means limited to the following general sample market research questions, for example:
- What questions should we be asking?
- What are our strengths and weaknesses? What can be improved? What should we improve?
- Who is our competition and where do they stand? How are we different?
- Who are our clients? What do we know about them? What do we need to know about them?
- Who are our prospects? Where are they? What do they need? What do they want? Why will they take action?
- What are our goals? Are they realistic?
Within each of these questions, there can be many more. Some may apply to your communication, some may not. The point is, to communicate effectively, you need wisdom. To get wisdom, you need relevant information and a sound understanding of how that information applies to your particular situation. To get relevant information, you need to direct the right questions to the right sources.
What applies in effectiveness in communication between persons applies in communication in general: ‘Seek first to understand, and then to be understood’ (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey).
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