In the wake of last week's election, "marketers now find themselves asking serious questions about how they study consumers, use data and quantify the value of facts — questions about the
fundamental nature of their business. Advertisers, like many others, 'may have found ourselves in bubbles of our own making,' said Rishad Tobaccowala, chief strategist for the Publicis Groupe,"
The New York Times reports. "Sarah Hofstetter, the chief executive of the digital agency 360i, said the disconnect between Mr. Trump’s win and the predictions from polls and forecasters
threw into question 'the rules of market research,' traditionally rooted in surveys, interviews and discussions with focus groups in controlled settings." The upshot? That type of intelligence should
be supplemented by "social listening" on outlets like Twitter, Reddit, and others. Hofstetter told the
Times that behavioral data like what people are shopping for online should also be taken
into consideration.
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