<link>http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/company/sparta-social-networks-news-and-events/blog/</link><description>RSS feeds for Sparta Company and Product News</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><comments>http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/company/sparta-social-networks-news-and-events/blog/bid/19657/General-Mills-Selects-Sparta-Focus-Market-Research-Platform#Comments</comments><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><title>General Mills Selects Sparta Focus Market Research Platformhttp://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/company/sparta-social-networks-news-and-events/blog/bid/19657/General-Mills-Selects-Sparta-Focus-Market-Research-Platform<p><img src="http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/images//GM-Blog.jpg" mce_src="http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/images//GM-Blog.jpg" alt="general mills and sparta" title="" style="border: medium none ;" vspace="" align="left" border="" hspace="">General Mills utilizes Sparta Focus to conduct market research with its customers, across multiple brands.</p> <p>Sparta Focus is a specialized configuration of Sparta CommUnity&nbsp;social network&nbsp;platform&nbsp;constructed with the virtual focus group in mind where customers, clients and employees engage with your market research team and provide deep insight about your product or service.&nbsp;<img src="http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/images//rep3.jpg" style="width: 302px; height: 250px;" title="" alt="" mce_src="http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/images//rep3.jpg" width="337" align="right" border="0" height="280"></p> <p>With&nbsp;all the latest&nbsp;social network features users demand - from news feeds to user-generated videos to blogs and polls - participants are more likely to become engaged and stay engaged with the community.</p> <p>For the Client, apart from the benefits of greater participation, Sparta Focus comes equipped with Sparta Insight, an enterprise class reporting suite which features both quantitative AND qualitative analysis.&nbsp; For example, with a few clicks, the Client can determine in colorful graphics, the content of key conversations, frequency and&nbsp;whether the audience generally likes an item - plus the Client can track attitudes over time. </p> <p><img src="http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/images//rep2.jpg" title="" alt="" mce_src="http://www.spartasocialnetworks.com/images//rep2.jpg" width="327" align="left" border="0" height="252"></p> <p>With a successful social network, the amount of data generated can be staggering.&nbsp; For the Project Manager, it removes the hurdles of deciphering all the data, figuring out what it all means and presenting it to management.&nbsp;</p> <p mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</p> <p>Sparta Insight provides easy-to-read charts&nbsp;which facilitate&nbsp;deep understanding of&nbsp;participants' behavior and attitudes, and that&nbsp;&nbsp;can be quickly added to any presentation.&nbsp; The end result is an excellent Return-On-Investment -&nbsp;successful action plans which can be constructed and implemented more rapidly.</p>David RingThu, 16 Apr 2009 12:31:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:19657