{"id":14971,"date":"2025-05-28T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leap.staging.ribbitt.com\/humanx\/?p=14971"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:53:38","slug":"common-mistakes-brands-make-when-doing-diy-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leap.staging.ribbitt.com\/humanx\/insights\/branding\/common-mistakes-brands-make-when-doing-diy-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Mistakes Brands Make When Doing DIY Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Is your brand’s internal team currently in charge of its own marketing research? With tight profit margins and constant pressure from stakeholders, it’s easy to see why many companies \u2013 especially those that are small but still growing \u2013 would prefer to complete their market research in-house. The trouble is, DIY market research is prone to DIY research mistakes, and some of them come with major repercussions.<\/p>

At (human)x, we specialize in market research tips and research best practices, and we’d love to win your business, but we’re also here to offer helpful suggestions that truly set your brand up for success. Whether you’re ready to partner with our (human)x team or you’re here to expand the knowledge base of your own, we’re here to help.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Sneaky Pitfalls of DIY Brand Research<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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All too often, brands reach out to (human)x for support after their internal market research has crashed and burned. Even the most well-intentioned marketing teams can underestimate the complexity of designing proper, effective research elements, which results in poor sampling, biased questions, and misinterpreted or overlooked data. In the hustle and bustle of launching campaigns, it’s also easy (though costly) to overlook ethical obligations. The trouble is, many brands don’t recognize their DIY research mistakes until these errors have already cost precious time and money. In short, lack of research expertise leads to flawed results. Here are some pitfalls to watch out for:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If you’re committed to DIYing your market research, don’t let these mistakes put you off. To help your company avoid the many pitfalls of DIY market research, we’ve compiled a checklist your internal team can work through that will help ensure research best practices are in place and all your efforts yield the best possible results. Let’s dive in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Universal DIY Market Research Tips<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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No matter the size or scope of your company, these market research tips can help your brand avoid common DIY research mistakes like biased or poorly written survey questions or incomplete data analysis and move toward positive outcomes with these research best practices. We know a simple Google search could yield similar instructions, but Google pages aren’t always right, and they’re definitely not backed by decades of firsthand experience. The market research tips here, however? They are our tried-and-true methods of achieving accurate, thorough, goal-driven success for brands across the globe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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