Marketing Research

EXCELLENCE ZONE’S Research Services
Provide Direction for Your Growing Business

EXCELLENCE ZONE is your research partner. Our expertise, attention to detail and creativity are shown by:

Creating a relaxed working atmosphere -- Clients and research participants work harder, think more deeply, speak candidly and have fun.
Impeccable service, that thinks and acts on your behalf -- We provide "something extra," that extends beyond contracted activities.
Our success orientation -- No aspect your project is overlooked. We are vigilant in seeking value, cost efficiencies and deeper insights that make your research work harder.
Our enjoyment of research -- And our pride in ensuring your project's success!

Analysis, Reporting and Presentations

• Executive Summaries (24-hour turnaround)
• Comprehensive qualitative research reports, including: recommendations, conclusions and highlights supported by participants' quotations
• Research findings presented to senior management
Research findings are presented in a balanced, professional manner, allowing good ideas to come to fruition. When you assign research to EXCELLENCE ZONE you can be confident that your project will be addressed in an exemplary fashion.

Comprehensive Qualitative Research Management and Coordination

The most dynamic and powerful research tools are put to work for the benefit of your projects.
Every aspect of your research -- including design, recruiting, selection, analysis and reporting -- will be impeccably executed.

Concept Development

Brainstorming, Brainwriting; Conceptual Mapping; Mindstorming.
These exciting research techniques turn worthy ideas into moneymaking reality!

Facilitation of Small Groups

Roundtables for Employees, Boards of Directors, Customers and Conventions.
Advisory Board -- coordination, management and integration of findings.
Your organization maximizes every opportunity by systematically collecting and evaluating ideas from all stakeholders

Moderating Services

Focus Group Moderating and co-ordination; One-on-One In-Depth Interviews; Small Group Facilitation; Dyads, Triads.
When your research is planned and executed by MARKETING SOLUTIONS you obtain the widest possible range of insights and options.

Strategic Planning

Process facilitation, including Visioning and Core Values Determination; Developing Goals and Mission Statements; SWOT and Competitor Analysis; Strategic Plan Development.
These activities assess your organization’s strengths, and set the stage for efficient deployment of all of your resources.

Compare EXCELLENCE ZONE'S thorough commitment with other options, then contact us to ensure your project's success

Research, Design Execution and Analysis

YOUR ADVANTAGE: Information That Ensures Your Success

As a general rule, the most successful person is the one with the most information.”
-- Benjamin Disraeli

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Dyads and Triads: Powerful Alternatives to Traditional Focus Groups
Send Participants “Off to the Races!”

Have you ever talked casually with several family members, close friends or valued co-workers and the vibes and communication really clicked and provided stimulating food for thought? The others were as eager and interested in your ideas and opinions as you were in theirs. The interaction met all of your needs for information, communication, comradeship, fresh perspectives, new ideas, comfort or even humor. You felt affirmed, energized and elevated by the sharing you gave and received.

ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL FOCUS GROUPS
With qualitative research the use of dyads and triads fosters this kind of vigorous interaction, and leads to superior research findings. Rather than the usual “ping pong ball” of having the moderator pose a question and the participants swat back their responses, the intimate setting and smaller scale of dyads and triads allow the participants to set the pace and provide free flowing, revealing responses.

Many business decision makers believe the only option for qualitative research is a traditional focus group of 8 to 12 pre-screened participants gathered in a conference room and led by a skilled moderator. But dyads (two participants) and triads (three participants) are a qualitative research technique that can yield rich results, especially for sensitive topics and among individuals who are private, closed and/or skittish.

A definition states:
[Dyads and Triads] are the simplest human groups that can be studied and are mostly [considered by] microsociology.
A [dyad or] triad can be viewed as a group of [two or] three people that can create different group interactions.
HOW PEOPLE REALLY THINK
Given their roots in sociology, dyads and triads were important because of how these small groups shape society, and how communication plays a role in different relationships scenarios.2 But the value of dyads and triads in qualitative research is that they replicate how information is acquired, how thinking is processed and how decisions are made – in small groups of opinion leaders and influential peers.

I have used dyads and triads with great success in researching participants from very private, closed, fraternal groups about sensitive, confidential topics. My job was to set the stage and then get out of the way. Once I got them started they were “off to the races;” their own remarks and opinions shaped crucial decisions about the topics they discussed.

In planning qualitative research, marketing professionals will benefit by considering dyads and triads among the array of options for effective research design. Contact us to help you apply these valuable tools where they will yield the richest information.

Thank you for reading. I wish you continued success and excellence.
Judy, Judith C. Allen, President, Excellence Zone Marketing Strategies, Inc.

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1Wikipedia
2"Georg Simmel and Avant-Garde Sociology: The Birth of Modernity, 1880 to 1920". Contemporary sociology (Washington). 32. ISSN 0094-3061.