For Consumer Product Strategy Professionals (Length: 11 pages)

October 21, 2009

Reaching Consumers Who Will Help Product Development

Where And Who Are Those Key Social Media Users That Can Help You Deliver New Killer Products And Services?

This is the fifth document in the "Consumer Product Innovation" series.

by Paul Jackson

with J.P. Gownder, Laura Wiramihardja


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Having established a need or desire to engage with a consumer community to help product and service development, how do you find, target, and engage the appropriate people? Locating the right channels, forums, and communities is not hard, but this should depend on the level of input that you are looking for, at what stage of development you are, and how open you can be with those consumers. Deriving a persona from your available data will provide a quick, lower-risk assessment of to whom you should be talking; don't assume that Creators will automatically be the best users with which to engage.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemGetting To The Right Social Media Audience Is Crucial

itemThe Hierarchy Of Consumer Engagement In Product Development

itemSelecting The Appropriate Channels

itemExample: Getting Input On The Features Of A New, Connected Digital Photo Frame

recommendations

itemDon't Treat Product Development In The Same Way As Social Media Marketing

We used data from Forrester's European Technographics Benchmark Survey, Q2 2009.

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Analyst: Paul Jackson
Technology: Brand Tactics, Customer Experience, Design & Usability Processes, Interactive Marketing, Marketing & Advertising, Social Computing & Web 2.0
Industry: Consumer Electronics, Consumer Technology
Geography: Europe