An article about lack of research into sales pitches has Cre8asite Forums members reeling.
A new study by the Intelligent Business Group, a UK-based marketing think tank, provides a devastating critique of the performance of most advertising and marketing agencies ... Eighty-five percent of the survey respondents believe that the agencies pitching them do a lousy job of researching their basic business issues before making their pitch. Astonishingly, 61 percent believe that the agency did no research at all.
That's a huge number. The forums discussion wonders how much time members spend to pitch their SEO or SEM services.
Everyone says that they do research in some form or another whether to determine the industry, the type of product or service being sold, and information about competitors. Some of the participants don't generally make sales pitches at all; instead, people seeking services call them.
But this much is true:
The statistics are staggering but not unexpected. Too many people want to do their job w/o doing it.
Forum discussion continues at Cre8asite Forums.
