VERBATIMS

Which of the above, in your opinion, is most important to know?
Topics of interest with consumers.........what they care about...........why?
Early warning
Early warning
Word of mouth
overall business or brand health monitoring
General consumer understanding
General consumer understanding
Issues
Competitive Information
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products
General Consumer Understanding
Early warning signals on issues
Overal brand monitoring
consumer likes/dislikes
Brand health
potential product/service improvements
Campaign Tracking
general consumer understanding
Consumer likes/dislikes
Whether people are aware of our brand
General conusmer understanding
competitor information
consumer likes/dislikes
All of them really, which boil down to: understanding and being plugged into the marketplace
Consumer reaction to products
Early warning signals on issues
Specific consumer like/dislikes
Industry trends and thought leadership
competitive information
General consumer understanding
potential service improvements
Potential product or service improvements
general consumer understanding
Early warnings
overall business or brand health
Competitive information
word of mouth
consumer understanding
consumer likes/dislikes
customer understanding
ALL
Overall business or brand health monitoring
word of mouth
Early warning signals on issues
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
consumer understanding
Campaign tracking
Competitive tracking
Specific consumer likes/dislikes
Trends, culture
Consumer likes/dislikes
Early warning signals on issues
consumer perceptions
competitive
competitive information
early warning
general consumer understanding
Client/Consumer understanding
to get a general pulse on what my consumer base thinks about my company and the competition
Early Warning Signals
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
issues
Competitive activity
Early warning signals on issues
Expert analysis of an industry. Expert commentary weighing the market landscape. Expert insight.
consumer understanding
Overall business and brand health monitoring
Consumer likes/dislikes...what are they saying about us and the work we do
Early warning signals
overall brand health
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
negative WOM
early warning signals
LIkes/dislikes
Specific consumer likes/dislikes
Overall business or brand health
word of mouth
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
early warning signals on issues
Early warning signals
Early warning signals
Early warning signs on issues
early warning signals
early wanring signs on issues
specific consumer likes/dislikes
early warning on issues
Specific consumer likes/dislikes
Early warning signals
Business monitoring
Early warning signals on issues
Early Warning
overall business or brand health monitoring
potential product/service improvements
Word of mouth
product/service improvements
It depends on what the blog is generally covering and what the commentary is focused on.
Overall business or brand health monitoring
Overall business/brand monitoring and specific consumer likes/dislikes
Word of Mouth on spokespeople/affiliations
general consumer understanding
General Consumer Understanding
Word of Mouth
general consumer understanding
early warning signals
Potential product/service improvements
Word of Mouth
Overall business monitoring
Word of mouth
General consumer understanding
General "consumer" understanding (such as don't call them consumers)
trends
Overall brand health
early warning signs
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
both
business/brand health monitoring
competitive information
consumer likes/dislikes
General consumer understanding
Consumer dislikes
Early warning
Consumer Likes and Dislikes
common sense analysis: as long as you are looking in the right place!!
consumer understanding
Potential product/service improvements
Tracking
Specific consumer likes/dislikes
#1
general consumer understanding
Specific consumer likes/dislines about products/services
overall busiess health/brand monitoring
competitive information
Word of Mouth
potential product/service improvements
Spokesperson "Word of Mouth" on proudcts
Consumer likes/dislikes
Overall business or brand health monitoring
All of those categories give insight as to what people are thinking about.
early warning signals, overall health, brand monitoring
consumer understanding
Specific consumer likes/dislikes
early warning signals
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
specific consumer reactions to product/messaging
consumer insights
Early warning signals on issues
Identifying new trends
word of mouth
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
consumer likes/dislikes
General consumer understanding
general insight
General Understanding
Word of Mouth on spokespeople
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
General consumer understanding
What people are saying about my client
customer likes/dislikes
pulse of the consumer
General consumer understanding
Competitive information
Consumer likes/dislikes
trends
That people are spreading the word about us - in a positive manner
early warning signals
Specific likes/dislikes
early warning signals on issues
Overall brand health
general consumer understanding
Word of mouth
Complaints AND advertising awareness/impact/buzz
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
Early warning signals on issues
Negative issues on customers products or services
Specific consumer likes/dislikes
word of mouth on spokespeople affiliations, create buzz
General consumer understanding
the first
Early warning signals on issues
Early warning signal on issues
Latest marketing trends
early warning signals
Early warning signal on issues
early warning signals
early warning
depends on company objectives, but i would use most to monitor buzz on recent campaigns/products/etc
overall business or brand health monitoring
deep consumer and cultural insights
early warning
Early Warning
word of mouth
Overall business or brand health monitoring
Overall business or brand health monitoring
Early warning on potential issues
Consumer understanding
Consumer related likes/dislikes
Early warning signals on issues
Specific consumer likes and dislikes
what real people are saying about our clients
consumer likes and dislikes
competitive information
Potential product / service improvements
General consumer understanding
things I care about
general consumer understanding/trends
consumer thoughts
consumer reactions, where their head is
Consumer Understanding
All
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
Specific consumer likes/dislikes about products/services
WOM
early warning signals
Early warning signals
Early Warning signals
brand health
Information on the marketplace as whole -- not just in my area
Staying in touch with the leading edge
If there is something consumers feel particularly strongly about
general consumer understanding
early warning signs on issues
consumer insight
Potential product/service improvements
competitive information
Consumer likes/dislikes
General consumer understanding
Competitive Information
general consumer understanding
Early warning and specific consumer likes/dislikes
potential service improvements