Report: Nissan courts social media to help with product planning

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Automotive News reports Nissan may turn to the company’s social media followers to help plan future products. Erich Marx, director of interactive and [social media](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/social media) marketing, thinks sites like Pintrest and Facebook could be used as specialized focus groups to help answer questions that the automaker’s product planners and managers face.

Nissan already plans to ask its followers what sorts of vehicles and technologies they expect to see on the market in the next 10 years. Depending on how that goes, further and more specific queries could follow.

The report says Marx understands the online community isn’t a place for throwing out confidential designs, but with over 1 million fans on Facebook and a similar number on Google+ and Twitter, he sees plenty of potential consulting power.Nissan courts social media to help with product planning originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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