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Talk It Out: Successful Focus Group Discussion Tips
A lot of thoughtful work and planning goes into ensuring a focus group discussion generates the type of deep insights a client seeks. Here are a few tips from our experts on how to successfully moderate one. Focus groups generate deep insights by bringing together a small group of people (usually about eight to ten)…
Read MoreTo Poll or Not to Poll
Due To The Prominence Of Polls, Clients Often Come To Meeting Street Insights Assuming They Are The Best And Easiest Method For Getting The Information They Need. Often This Is True. Sometimes It’s Not. When we at Meeting Street tell new acquaintances what we do for a living, most people hear “market research” and think…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Market Research
Market research is the best tool for getting the targeted, industry-specific insights required to make truly strategic business decisions. Strengthening or expanding your organization’s foothold in the market can be challenging. There are numerous factors to take into account. Some are standard considerations, such as best practices surrounding business management and administration. Others are more…
Read MoreThe Impact of the Pandemic on Survey Research
A deeper look at how the pandemic affected polling It’s been over one year since we published a letter to our clients about the changes that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to Meeting Street Insights. We wanted to take this opportunity to take a deeper look at how the pandemic affected polling in both the long-…
Read MoreVoters and The Supreme Court
New research from Meeting Street Insights shows that the Supreme Court is one of many important election issues for voters. With the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court has taken on new importance in the discourse around the Presidential and Senate elections. Meeting Street Insights launched a national survey to learn more…
Read MoreMailing It In
A new survey by Meeting Street Insights shows that over two-thirds of voters plan to cast their ballots early. More voters are likely to mail in absentee ballots or vote early this year than ever before. Here in North Carolina, for instance, over 800,000 voters have already requested absentee ballots. That’s nearly one-fifth of the total number…
Read MoreVoter Opinions on the Economic Fallout of COVID-19
The second post in the ongoing national survey series about COVID-19, How Coronavirus is Changing America, focuses on job losses and public perception of the economy. The economic disruption caused by COVID-19 is staggering. Despite the federal government’s passage of the CARES Act, PPP, and subsequent other bailout efforts, the U.S. economy has lost all…
Read MoreNational Coronavirus Study Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for the Federal Stimulus: eBook
The first in the ongoing national survey series about the immediate and projected ongoing impacts of COVID-19, How Coronavirus is Changing America, focuses on public response to the national stimulus bill. On March 25th, in response to the economic and social upheaval caused by COVID-19, the federal government passed a $2 trillion stimulus bill. We…
Read MoreWhat are the pros and cons of online survey research?
Online surveys are just one of the many tools that public opinion researchers have to gather data. Thanks to a proliferation of DIY online survey platforms (with funny primate names), the mechanism is widely understood and used. As with most tools, online survey research offers a host of benefits and drawbacks that are important to…
Read MoreGetting to the Heart of the Most Important Issue for Voters in 2020
With so much focus on impeachment, recession fears, and conflicts in the Middle East, it’s easy to overlook one important data point. Health care remains the most important issue for voters who are deciding how they are going to vote for U.S. Congress in November. In fact, health care far surpasses any other voter issue.…
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