The Marketing Research Interview Guide
Categories and Sample Questions for Developing Effective Marketing Research Interview Guides
In developing your marketing research interview guide, you can use the example categories and questions presented below as a starting point. In fact, a very robust and well-rounded interview guide can be constructed by simply developing at least one question in each category.
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